... his maternal uncle, Mr. Wm. Joseph Denison, who bequeathed to him the bulk of his wealth. His lordship was a supporter of the Whig party. The deceased was a patron of the turf, and had a princely racing stud. He 18 succeeded in his title and extensive hmhdM ...

... his essgy on Milten, in the Edinburgh Review, drew ugm him the attention of the entire reading public. The leaders of the Whig party, in u:knowled‘snunz of his literary n:seriovity, appointed Mr. Macaulay a Commissioner Bnnhupww in 1830 he entered Parliament ...

... Lord John Russell and Reform. In a little while the lesdersbip of the Whigs was placed in Lord Jobhn Russell's hands, and a hard time of it he Had. The reaction came, and the Whigs were unpipular ; Lord Stanley had forsaken them, Sir Jameés Graham had ...

... a change of ministers ; Lord Derby gave way to Lord Palmerston, with a broad-bottomed following, for it included, with old Whigs, the best remains of Peel and a few decided Radicals—indeed, one Quaker, a professor of peace principles, not in the Cabinet ...

... ?’ dressed, udvitheuoflbanfini‘o:fly, whiskerless faces which make even an old man look yonsd It was clear that he was a good Whig, and of an fawily, otherwise Lord John would have beem a little less friendly. It was also clear that he was in office, or ...

... resignation of the Secretarysbip at War by Mr. Canning, Lord Palmerston took the vacant place, and filled it until 1828. When the Whigs came into power, Lord Palmerston beeame Sceretary of State for Foveign Affairs, and ng-uud South Hants, and vltimately the ...

... success, and of that of a still greater man before him, Sir Robert Walpole, who kept the Hanover family on the throne and the Whigs in office for many years. HIS ORATORY. A thing very remarkable in the House of Commons is the decline of omrg It is common ...

... money. He was then about forty-four years of age, with a strong taste for applause, patronage, and public life. His wealsh;and Whig connections made him a peer, and he earned his honours, for he patronised everything, subscribed to ‘everything, and became ...

... respectable lawyer, who had been President of the Poor-Law Board, and g XA 3= Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under the Whig Governments. e whs a contemporary of Macaulay at Cambridge, and took a respectable degree, but owed his position rather to ...

... brother, George IV., made him for a short time Lord High Admiral. But some of the same sort of influence that made that devoted Whig, experienced turfite, and aristocratic leg, General Anson— who had never served with any regiment since, as a subaltern, he ...

... fought a duel with the captain, obtained a divoree in the House of Lords, but never married again. The Astleys are a very old Whig family in Norfolk. The title dates back to 1289, and, in 1811, the late peer succeeded in proving his right to be summoned ...