I believe that they will resign if any material alteration should be made; and then everything is confusion.
These circumstances render it very difficult for me to shape my course right with respect to the West India Bill, the Second Reading of which stands for this evening.

I am fully resolved to oppose several of the clauses.

But to declare my intention publicly, at a moment when the Government is in danger, would have the appearance of ratting.

I must be guided by circumstances; but my present intention is to say nothing on the Second Reading.

By the time that we get into Committee the political crisis, will, I hope, be over; the fate of the Church Bill will be decided one way or the other; and I shall be able to take my own course on the Slavery question without exposing myself to the charge of deserting my friends in a moment of peril.
Ever yours affectionately T.B.MACAULAY.
To Hannah M.Macaulay.
London: July 24, 1833, My dear Sister,--You will have seen by the papers that the West India debate on Monday night went off very quietly in little more than an hour.