... first of that long series of brilliant essays with which, during twenty years subsequently, enriched the pages the Review. The Whig party, then in power, were not slow to recognise the merits of the son of Zachary Macaulay. They gave him lucrative appointment ...

... of the Liberal party. It is said that opportunities were taker at these réuuions to soothe the amour propre of more than one Whig magnate, who fancied he was to Lord Paimerston’s Cabmet; but, of course, one distinguished statesman has been more alluded ...

... necessity give way somewhere, and then the crash will come. If the thing comes a fight we expect four things— first, that the Whigs will dismissed; secondly, that England and France will fight on opposite sides: thirdly, that England will declare war against ...

... forward Session after Session—he felt that he wonld ply have a better chance in his contention for office against the hat Whigs, than he has while the question remains in its present ey state. In the Honse of Lords, too—even in that assembly, where the ...

... things—saw this, and he ebbed back a little with the tide, till now we find him floating side by side with that unmistakeable Whig, Lord Jon~ RvsseEtt, and taking credit for having lea mnt moderation. Instead of the magnitude of his proposed changes, and ...

... Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1855, at salary of 2,000/. per annum. He was Liberal—not of the advanced schoolj but of the Whig party. Deceased retired from public life his resignation of the honour of representing Leeds. His services were much valued ...

... well worth perusing. “ Government by Families,” is a severe but just comment: ary on the s stem of gove practised by the great Whig and Tory families during the r eign of George h “The Revivals of 15 is one of the best articles ever published upon the subject ...

... out licenses to sell beer and wine. But the brewers are all-powerful, especially in London, and when it is borne in mind that Whig peers and “ Liberal ” Members of Parliament are amongst the largest proprietors in such powerful firms as Whitbread’s, Truman ...

... our interest and our desire to be our friends—was an object which it was unquestion- ably the duty of the Government, whether Whig or Tory, to use all reasonable exertions to accomplish ; but, to give him our full confidence, to unite with him in bonds of ...

... illustrate the doctrine that “all violent delights have violent ends ;” and they are as prone to turn their backs hastily upon Whig blandish- ments as they are to fall at certain intervals beneath their influence. This being the case, we may look for some ...

... in favour of the Government Reform Bills. The absence of the leading members of the Whig party gave rise to a suspicion which was expressed by Mr. M'Laren that the Whigs were not favourable to Reform. This stung the Lord Advocate. whose reply was unsatisfactory ...

... theatricals, and of course as there was something like censure upon the Government involved, the attacking party was an old Whig, disap- pointed at not being in office as Prime Minister, or Foreign Secretary at least, for which he was quite con- vinced ...