... 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 oratory. It is common ...

... his essay on Milton, in the Edinburgh Review, drew upon him the attention of the entire reading public. The leaders of the Whig party, in acknowledgment of his literary superiority, appointed Mr. Macaulay a Com- missioner of Bankruptcy, and in 1830 he ...

... 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 ...

... 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 sub- altern, he ...

... Lord John Russell and Reform. In a little while the leadership of the Whigs was placed in Lord John Russell's hands, and a hard time of it he had. The reaction came, and the Whigs were unpopular Lord Stanley had forsaken them, Sir James Graham had done ...

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

... maternal uncle, Mr. Wm. Joseph Denison, who be- queathed 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 is succeeded in his title and extensive landed ...

... with one of those fresh, ruddy, Whiskerless faooa -wlxich make oven an old man look young. It was clear that he was a good Whig, and of an old family, otherwise Lord John would have been a little less friendly. It was also clear that he was in office ...

... a very respectable lawyer, who had been President of the Poor Law Board, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under the Whig Governments. He was a contemporary of Macaulay at Cambridge, and took a respectable degree, but owed his position rather to ...

... Spitalfields, and Clerkenwell, will be up in arms against the unexpected competition. At Coventry, old Edward Ellice, an old, sly Whig and Free Trader, will have no scruples about Free Trade professions, but will back all his constituents' demands. But Paxton ...

... break up the presses, to throw the type out of the window, and to lock up the doors. Men of all shades of political opinion- Whigs, Tories, and Radicals-have long felt this. Unanimously—or nearly so—the House of Commons pledged themselves to the repeal of ...

... in, and the reforir Ministry were ingloriously driven from power. How ever, the principle of political reform once admitted Whigs and Tories have alike endeavoured to make political capital out of it. Last year Mr. Disrael brought in a Reform Bill; this ...