... already known him to possess.’ His talents were ao great, his writings so effective, and his influence so strong that the Whigs obtained for him (this, we suppose, must have been the Coalition Ministry) an appointment as Commissioner of Bankrupts, and ...

... on Milton” the Edinburgh Rerieiv indicated essayist brilliancy to instruct amuse the reading public long the leaders of the Whig party in recognition of intellectual superiority appointed Mr Macaulay they opened for to the House of Commons through the ...

... member for Edinburgh iu 1836, and became Secretary War in the same year. Mr. Macaulay did not long remain office, for the Whigs wore soon ousted by Sir Robert Peel. Iu opposition Mr. Macaulay's voice was not often heard, but on one occasion expressed ...

... only delayed or thwarted by base, despicable, wicked England. a, The Pope's worst eneumies, cried the 'dTldet, are the to Whigs and Liberals at home. If the Emperor, echoed ,The O'Donohue, should waver in his fidelity to the - vicar of Christ-which ...

... Milner Gibson, the friend and fellow politician of Bright. Possibly the old game of delay, that so often before befriended the Whig government, may be once more tried. Indeed, already hear of many pressing questions that must take priority of Reform in the ...

... Nevertheless all their traditional notions of reform not yet up their mind sort they will offer for consideration of the House of Whigs held painted rag before oonntry and writ thereon “Parliamentary reform” for years they are compelled drop the into sea of public ...

... tendency, delivered with ultramontane fury, and garnished with much- vituperative*ess on English Ministers past and present—Whig and Tory alike. But these things we pass bv, and halt only to examine into more recent explosions. These take the shape of ...