... which tho Tories had extended from taste the Whigs felt compelled to offer from necessity. At this time Mr. Macaulay was a desirable recruit for any party. He had studied largely whatever tended to advance the Whig view of opinions/and had carefully sought ...

... ;the oath which each member had to take, on the true faith of a Christian. It had been tried over and over again ; that pet Whig baby, Lord John Russell, had tried it more than once without success. But when it was found that the subject was raised and ...

... member for Edinburgh in 1839, and became Secretary at War in the same year. Mr. Macaulay did not long remain in office, for the Whigs were soon ousted by Sir Robert Feel. In opposition Mr. Macaulay’s voice was not often heard, but one occasion he expressed ...

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

... unseating of a sufficient number of Whigs to reduce the Whig majority to a tie. It is, however, but fair to add that the Tory Parliamentary agents managed far better than their opponents, and got all the worst Whig cases heard first, that the petitions ...

... unseating of a • sufficient number of Whigs to reduce the Whig majority to a tie. It is, however, but fair to add that the Tory Parliamentary agents managed far better than their opponents, and got all the worst Whig cases heard first, that the petitions ...

... lamented, was a clerk in the office of Mr. S. W. Knox, solicitor, and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.—JV or/Aern Daily Whig. Slaves ik Java.—The great work of the emancipation of Dutch slaves Java has begun. The plan adopted modelled on the Act of ...

... defeat of the Government by a majority of 39. So far the Whig Radicals had been successful. To their dismay, however, instead of retiring from office, and leaving JANUARY 2. itlgooda to the Whigs, the Cabinet appealed to the country. The result, though ...

... Government until September, 1841, when the Whig Ministry in which ho served gave way to the second cabinet of Sir Robert Peel, and ho (Mr. Macaulay) was consequently deprived of office. On the return of the Whigs under Lord John Russell, Mr. Macaulay took ...

... through the House of Lords ! No—it is quite obvious, Mr. CARDWELL cannot understand (any more than his present friends the Whigs can) anything like an unselfish devotion to a cause they affect so much to have at heart! They are wonderfally devoted to that ...

... such a case had arisen, as the springs of indirect taxation were dried up, proved in the' annually recurring deficits of the Whig budgets. Sir Kobeet Peel therefore deter- mined to make an experiment on the tariff by reducing ite rates, hoping to plaoe ...

... coolly arge that to paO a ?? of.a etorm Bill dearig the ?? whatnwuld b enough b, way of redeeming the pledge given by the Whigs when they wer sekn powe; ad tha the necessit o carring the other half 5n nothe session would he a suffiient pretence for retaining ...