... the office of Secretary at War, and in 1840 was returned to Parliament for the City of Edinburgh. At tbe restoration of the Whig party to power in 1846, Mr. Macaulay was appointed paymaster of the forces, with a seat in the cabinet. In cousequeuce, however ...

... provided ; and, to complete the tout ensemble, my father, who was a determined Whig partisan, insisted on toy wearing a yellow waistcoat and breeches, yellow being the Whig colour, of which I was admonished never to be ashamed. A more certain mode calling ...

... bart., the rejected of the Yarmouth freemen ou the same occasion, who is brought forward by the fusionist party Radicals, Whigs, and nondescript Liberals. Neither candidate had any local influence in the borough, although Sir Francis Goldsmid is the owner ...

... will and pleasure of the House of Commons. This year he may preside over administration of Conservatives, and the next, of Whigs or Radicals. Among us, the power of the Monarch lies, iu the first place, iu the divinity which doth hedge a King,—in that ...

... country, deliberately assassinating one another. after-life be could remember how during that awful reign of terror a young Whig, having found a friend murdered and mutilated by his political opponents, devoted himself to the slaying of Tories, and after ...

... all aloug been of a piece. In every great political question which for many years has agitated the public mind, how have the Whigs and Radicals succeeded accomplishing their objects ? By strong pressure from without—by holding popular meetings, making vehement ...

... several comrades my acquaintance, both inconvenient and expensive. The trickery b>.'iug practised j somewhere may smack of Whig tactics, but is very uu-English. How much longer are we to be trifled with ? Your obedient servant, ! New Park-street, Feb ...

... disembodiment. This announcement will sound strangely to the public, considering the uncertain aspect of affairs abroad; but the Whig-Radical faction, which at the present moment happen unfortunately to preside over the destinies of England, seem determined ...

... newspapers of smaller bulk, the paper duty on copy is so diminutive that there is no coin small enough to denote it.—The famous Whig Economist, Mr. M'Cullocb, has said, The abolition of the duty on paper would not make any difference the price of books, ...

... far in is in some instances up to a point which 'far exceeds the rates paid in the days of the First Napoleon. The Northern Whig remarks Butter is a ready sale at 121s the cwt. for prime, being the highest price known for 40 years past; and pork sells ...

... ve Reform appears be one the great difficultly the day. The production of the measure has been the pledge Conservative and Whig on taking office —and both have now redeemed their promises. As the comparative merits of the two Bills brought forward within ...

... the preaent bill to pass, so that the question of reform should longer obstruct his battles with bis old antagonists, the Whigs. Others among Tory opposition would also willingly give it their support ; but he feared the policy of lukewarm Liberals. He ...