His resignations were accepted but he was forced to take the oath required of all prelates and officials before he was allowed to retire to his diocese.
Now, if these resignations had not taken place, the army would have been overloaded with supernumerary second lieutenants.
All the members of the late President's cabinet gave in their resignations immediately, but were requested by President Fillmore to retain their places until successors could be appointed; which they did.
The resignations of Ministers were accepted the next day, and Lord Salisbury was for the second time summoned by the Queen.
Resignations broke the Cabinet circle; patriotic choruses resounded in the streets; the Reserves were called out, native Indian troops were brought to Malta, and a vote of credit of six millions was granted by the House of Commons.
The Ministerial resignations and the imminence of the Parliamentary crisis induced Lord Randolph to urge by telegraph Lord Salisbury's return.
Thence arose endless heart-burnings and jealousies, followed byresignations and the loss of valuable officers.
As a result, resignations were threatened which, if carried out, would affect the character of the army very deeply.
We were all so mad at the fool rashness, we had our resignations in our pockets.
In the past year, Ken, five senators have announced their resignations from the Senate of the United States.
With the arrests and the resignations and everything else, nobody wants to take any chances; the few guys that aren't locked up are scared they will be.
We'll start assuming that there is some kind of organization behind all this--behind all the senators' resignations and everything like that.
The very resignations are the consequences of these changes, and not of the desire to secure other employment.
In the House of Lords, also, the resignationsand Lord Morley's position were discussed, but without much fresh enlightenment.
General Gough; but the Cabinet, as there was no difference of policy, had asked them not to persist in their request, as their resignations would be a serious misfortune to the Army and the State.
He cited the resignationsof three English Ministers (p.
Ewart had tendered their resignations and persisted in them.
The first day of war was marked in the Commons by the announcements of the resignations of Ministers (p.
You have the resignationsof the present board--why not put in new men, the strongest 'Standard Oil' men you know?
He had the resignations in his pocket, and he began joyously to detail the specific opprobriums he had cast upon the management.
Resignations would come in slowly at first, and then in a rush, until only twenty or thirty people would be left, of which the majority would be short-term scientific teams.
He says thirty more resignations came in just now.
Thirty more resignations came in on this last mail flight.
Questions over, SEELY read studiously prosaic statement of events leading up to resignationson the Curragh.
The result of the election was so unfavourable to the Gray-Wilmot government that they at once tendered their resignations to the lieutenant-governor, agreeing to hold office only until their successors were appointed.
Two courses only were now open to them, to tender their resignations or advise the dissolution of the legislature, and they chose the latter.
Others resigned as soon as their resignations would be accepted.
Many appointments were made on account of the deaths or resignations of the civil officials.
They were notified that unless they paid the assessments their resignations would be accepted.
On this, the Queen accepted the resignations (June 11), and summoned Lord Salisbury to Balmoral.
If such resignations took place, how was a Coercion bill to be fought through the House, when some liberals had already declared that they would resist it?
Resignations were still only suspended, yet the prospects of compromise were hopeful.
The resignations were announced to parliament the next day.
The misapprehension was explained, and though theresignations were not formally withdrawn, they were suspended.
After the two resignations at the end of March, Mr. Stansfeld came in as head of the Local government board, and we sat with the ominous number of thirteen at table.
He preached a short sermon with the air of a plagued, unkempt angel; then he took up the resignations and read them out exactly as he read the church letters of new members, accepting each one and giving the reasons why.
In the first place, to accept their resignations was an unprecedented proceeding and the last thing they had expected him to do.
Supported by only small and dwindling majorities, they saw that it was hopeless to carry the measure, and they decided on placing their resignations in the queen's hands.
Peel was aware that without this it would have been impossible, and as it is, he expects great opposition, and severalresignations in the Cabinet.
The resignations of seats still continue, but Peel is in high spirits, not at all dejected or dismayed.
The three gentlemen whoseresignations had been voluntarily tendered, were, in modern political parlance, at once "taken care of.
To this end, the resignations of Van Buren, Eaton, and Barry were voluntarily tendered, and promptly accepted.
The two vacancies that occurred by the resignations of McCrary and Thompson were acceptably filled by Governor Ramsey, of Minnesota, and Goff, of West Virginia.
I knew that Mr. McCormick was on friendly terms with Collector Arthur, and that he might better than I inform him of the wish of the President to receive the resignations of himself, and Messrs.
A Cabinet was held in the afternoon, at which it was decided that Palmerston should repair to Buckingham Palace with the resignations of himself and his colleagues.
Lord Crashaw told me that theresignations would certainly be in the papers this week, and that the ministry would go on--after a rearrangement of posts.
At last the resignations of the two ministers were in the Times; there were communications between the Queen and the Premier, and London plunged with such ardor as is possible in late July into the throes of cabinet-making.
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