... upon the subject. His whole style, appearance, and manner fully corroborated the suitability, of the illustration of the “jellyfish ’’ recently applied to him and bis colleagues by the Duke of He and Lord Shkbbrooxx sat near the Lord President during the ...

... reasonableToryism—it will be in his power to show indubitably that is not the members of the Government that are the political jelly-fishes, but statesmen like Sir Stafford Northcote, who has no settled policy on the vexed question of tariffs, and, like the Duke ...

... Tory victory, but he called upon Sir Stafford to depart from his present unworthy position, and to play the part of the “jellyfish politician” no longer. Nothing could be more scathing than the dig the Premier gavo to the Tories not to double-shufflers ...

... strange Government it was) To what should liken it? Should be liken it to what one of their colleagues described it—as a jellyfish—(laughter)—or should be liken it to the very clever band of strolling musicians depicted in Puxck, and who seemed to playing ...

... They have done to the old country. Our prophet is dead, R.1.P., But his mantle it fell upon me; And mean to dish The stale jelly-fish,” As Beaconsfield dished Whiggery. Beaconsfield gave peace and allies ; Gladstone gives war and surprise; We caught Cetewayo ...

... three hours, when I came across an old scull, which I hung on for ten hours. I was picked up off Dover simply covered with jelly-fish. But I’m afraid you don’t seem interested by my story.”—Waggles Quito tho reverse, dear boy. lam very much so. To tell you ...

... “grand old man,” who always talking about the right course, and who always takes the wrong one (laughter and cheers), and his jelly-fish Government, understand that Englishmen will not allow their fellow-countrymen and their sailors to made food for sharks ...

... and polite oblivion of the chronic feebleness of the past It was clearly doubted whether you could put backbone into the Jellyfish Ministry. u Turn them ‘'out” was the course that the meeting urged, and there little doubt that the meeting represented the ...

... n which was given of the Government by one who, when he took leave of them, described them asa jellyfish Administration. (Cheers and laughter). A jellyfish hod no backbone, no muscle, no independent action. floated upon the tide, and was wafted whithersoever ...

... had conquered, prepares men to expect any dereliction of principle on the part of so plastic a statesman. The largest of jellyfishes, lightly has Lord Derby cast in his lot with the invertebrate Cabinet immortalised by the Duke of Argyll. Of all the de ...

... pretext. Mr. Brad* may make to millet UmssU upon the House Commons. I need hardly call you attention to tbs wsw In which oar jellyfish of Government has been aquosssn Into aorrsoder to the rowdy aad dhaepalaUs mob whMs constitutes Mr. Bradlangh’s surroondinr ...

... was before their late colleague, the Duke of Argyll, or somebody else—but the answer received was “Because they were all jelly-fishes' (loud laughter and cheers). Ido not use such disrespectful language as that. Well, but as 1 said, that really was very ...