Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . nning became foreign secretary in Percevalsadministration ; and to him may justly be ascribed the line of British policyin Spain, which destroyed the hopes of Napoleon, and led to his final over-throw ; for, as he once emphatically declared, his had been the hand whichcommitted England to an alliance with Spain. Having, as it was alle
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . nning became foreign secretary in Percevalsadministration ; and to him may justly be ascribed the line of British policyin Spain, which destroyed the hopes of Napoleon, and led to his final over-throw ; for, as he once emphatically declared, his had been the hand whichcommitted England to an alliance with Spain. Having, as it was alleged,unfairly endeavored to procure the removal of Lord Castlereagh from office, aduel took place, and both parties had to quit office. In 1812 he was elected a member for the great commercial town of Liverpool;and in 1816 he again became minister, being appointed president of the boardof control. In this situation he made himself extremely unpopular by his defence of the six acts, and other no less obnoxious measures. On the return ofQueen Caroline to England in 1820, Mr. Canning retired from office, that hemight not have occasion to vote against her. This did not prevent his beingappointed governor-general of India in 1822; and he had already made prepa-. 506 WALTER SCOTT. rations for his departure, when the melancholy death of the marquis of Lon-donderry caused the seals of the foreign office to be delivered to Mr. conjunction with Mr Huskisson, he now advocated a course of both homeand foreign policy, strikingly at variance with that of which he had for yearsbeen the wittiest and readiest, if not the most profound, defender. His newpolicy was as popular as his old had been obnoxious ; and the earl of Liver-pool being seized with paralysis, from which there was no hope of his recov-ery, Mr. Canning reached ihe grand object of his ambition—that of being theacknowledged head of the administration. But though the new premier was pop-ular with the country, the party
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