Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-12-26
s-etch of T. 2. IEacauIay.

,Fsa,ess B. DBINGIos MACAULAY is the son of
Zachary Nacaufsy, well known as the friend of
Wilberforce. and. though himself an African
merchant. one OF the most ardent abolitionists
of slavery. In 1915, I. B. daeaulay became
a member of Trinity College, Cambridge,
where he took his Bachelor's degree in 1922.
He distinguished himself as astudent, having
obtained ascholarship, twice gained the Chan
csior's medal for English verse, and also
gained the second Craven Scholarship, the
3,ielsst honor in classics which the Univer-
sitv confcrs. Owing to his dislike Of d2the-
MATES, he did not compete FOR honors at gra-
duation, but nevertheless he obtained Fel-
lowship at the October competition open TO
graduates of Trinity, which he appears TO have
resigned before his subsequent departure for
India. He devoted much of his time to the
.Union' Debating Sociciy, where he was reck-
oned an eloquent speaker.
Mr. Macaulay studied at Lincolnis lnn' and
was called 10 the bar in 1926. In the same
wear his Essay on Milton" appeared in the
s.EdifiburglI Review - and ont of Lord (thcn
Mr.) .Jefrey's admiration of that paper, arose
an intimate friendship. Macaulay, visiting
Scotland soon afterward, went the circuit with
Mr.. Jeffrey. Ills connection with the ''Edin-
bureh Review has continued at intervals ev-
ser since. ..as.i
b. Ry the Wing administration Mr.. Macaalay
was appointed dcommissioner Of Baukrupts. He
commenced his parliamentary career about
the same period, as member for Colne in the
reform Parliament of 1852, and again for
Leeds in 1884, atswhich time he was secreta-
~ to the India Board. His seat was, however,
soon relinquished, for in the same year he
was appointed Member of the Supreme Coun-
ell in Calcutta. under the East India Gompa-
! ny's new charter. la5' @
Arriving in Calcutta, in September. 1884,
Mr. Macaulay assumed an important tlust in
addition to his seat at the Council. At the
,roquest of the Goyernor-general, Lerd VIII
] liam Benticlz, he became President of the
commission of FIVE appointed TO frame penal
! code for India; and the principal provision:
i of this code have been attributed to him. One
! of its enactments, in particular, was so unpop
-ouIar among the English ihhatitants, as to re
:. ceige the appellation Of the :'Black Act. ."5I
abolished the right of appeal from the Loca
4 Courts to the Supreme Court at the PreSiden
I cy, hitherto exclusively enjoyed by Europea
ans, and put them on the same footing viii
!, NATIVES, giving. 10. both an equal right Of Ap
1 peal to the highest Provincial Courts. Incon
d vtnienee and delay of Justice had been cause
by the original practice, even when India wa
] closed against Europeans in general, but sucl
7 practice was obviously Incompatible with th
a rights and property of the natives under tn
new system of opening the country to gener
al resort. This measure of equal justice, how
Il ever, exposed Mr. MacauIay, TO whom it wa
y universally attributed, to outrageous persona
4 attacks in letters, pamphlets, and at publ
i meetings.
sIe- The various reforms and changes institute
by Lord w. Bentincfl and Lord Auckland
We're advocated in general by Mr.. Macauiay
! He returned to England in 1898.
B Mr.. MacauIay was elected member for I'D
al;nbnrrl, on, the liberal interest in 1889; an
being appointed Secretary at War, he was re
4 elected the following year, and again at tn
general election in 1871. No review of HI
i,poiiticaI career is here Intended although
relation to literature, it should be mentlone
.litbat he onposed Mr.. Sergeant Talfourd's Cop
+ Right Bill, and was the principal agent IN de
!, ,feating it.. As public speaker, he usuail
. displays extensive information, close reason
/, ing. and eloauence and has recently bid ia