... King had been reading his reviews, and said, ' He was a very clever fellow, but that he would never be a bishop. In 1806 the Whigs came into power, and Lord Erskine gave Smith the living of Poston-le-Clay, in Yorkshire. Before taking possession of a benefice ...

... unassisted by any such aid; and, therefore, he was justified in saying [JUNE 30, 1855.. that the Government of England, whether Whig or Tory, had done its best to prevent the circulation of the Bible in Ireland. The Board of Works had, no doubt, erected a ...

... adopted by Napoleon. Then, as now, Austria professed to be restrained by fear of Prussia, while England, in the hands of the Whigs, was blind to the perils to which her eyes were at length opened. The Emperor has addressed the following letter to Madame ...

... created one of her Majesty's counsel in 1552, and about the same time was elected for the borough of Armagh, defeating the former Whig member, Colonel Rawdon, by a smart majority. Mr. Moore ,was a strenuous supporter of Lord Derby. ACCIDENT TO THE QUEEN DOWAGER ...

... weakness is known to every one. In like manner his opinions, positive and clear as they are, are equally well known. He is a Whig, and the phlegmatic Dutchman to whom it was given to realise more bitterly than most Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown ...

... names were mentioned in the course of these inquiries, was one who stood alone and unapproached in guilt and infamy, and whom whigs and tories were equally willing to leave to the extreme rigour of the law. On that terrible day which was succeeded by the ...

... cover again, tnence towsr is Lis. cumbe Park, crossing at a slashing pace Leatkarn Brook, oa through a praniat oust Ascots Whig. Hera he passed over ibe Ding and Aylesbury Ternpike Woad to Southcot., where he was run is ground ui a grand pit in. hunt ...

... seen by Mr. Yates. A better piece of writing is TANCREDI ; OR, TIIF. NEW PARTY. Brookes's was in a valiant uproar. The voung Whig heroes were leaping upon the club-room tables, and delivering the most vehement invectives. The Reform party were rallying ...

... daughter married Sir Francis Wood, a wig -baronet, and whose grandson is Sir Charles Wood, a Cabinet Minister under several Whig administrations. Mrs. Clarkson was for many years confined to the couch of art invalid, but yet the fit companion, the solace ...

... one of Lydia White's small and trio.t agreeable dinners in Park-street, the company (most of them, except the hostess, being Whigs) were discussing in rather a querulous strain the desperate prospects of their party. ' Yes,' said Sydney ' we are in a most ...

... 'Yes of intelligent foreigner as the Court Newsman. lie Id mot of the absurd little obstructions perpetually In the way of Whig understood abroad. The quiet greatness and indepehetnee of national characer stems s., irreconcilable with its Itartn7 any ...

... ago, in the House of Peers, the Marquis of Londonderry, in the heat of a violent attack on the foreign policy of the present Whig Administration, made sonic very personal allusions to the private character of Prince Talleyrand, which, as Ambassador to a ...