... conjunction with The Chisholm of Chisholm, a newspaper called the Cerberus, advocating, under three different heads, Tory, Whig, and Radical politics. Soon after brought out cheap illustrated paper, published weekly, the engravings being all roughly coloured ...

... works the positions they honestly believed them to merit. There is a lot of grumbling heard now as to the redundancy of the Whig element in the Ministry, but what good can come of such lamentations lam entirely at a loss to comprehend. The Government is ...

... formed of youthful and vigorous men, who will not submit to be patronised, end whose independence is not to snuffed out by Whig cajolery ; that this administration which, in its entirety, looks so powerful, will prove a very difficult one to >ep together ...

... of the soil will not forget it in a short time. Mr. Disraeli, by adopting other people’s ideas, was said to have dished the Whigs; but over the molt duty, fancy that Mr. Gladstone has completely dished the Tories. The Bend Or complication is ended, and ...

... have an idea that the Government know something more than we do, and the fact that no secession has been made, looks as though Whig and Radical factors had agreed upon satisfactory course to be adopted. January 1, 1881. As a matter of course, the Government ...

... that, if the Government do not succeed in passing the Land Bill, there will be appeal to the country ; and, if so, Tories and Whigs will sorry for their blind resistance to the inevitable. Sir Wilfrid Lawson was twenty-four hours travelling from Carlisle ...

... taken ; then, every forward movement will resisted by the Conservatives, most of the Irish members, and, probably, by many Whigs. Every proposition will be thrashed and winnowed with painful elaboration, and it is quite possible that there will be hundreds ...

... will set in with the introduction of the Land Bill for Ireland, when Tories will lie down in peace with the Home Rulers, and Whigs will not consent to be chucked under the chin by advanced Liberals. And as I have more than once before stated, when the burdens ...

... January 21, 1882.] that if all Whigs were to go over to the Conservatives, the resitluum would be all of one mind. Radicalism, though, has its degrees like everything else; and if an advanced Ministry could formed to-morrow, there would soou be rumours ...

... it is said that Mr. Forster is not the right sort of man to fulfil the duties of the Irish Secretary, and now some of the Whigs are said to be petitioning for his removal. Mr. Forster has worked earnestly and with a manifest desire to be just. It is veiy ...

... Lord Spencer, and if there should be a couple ot* other secessions from the Ministry I should not be at all surprised. The Whig members of the Government who have all along showed some small dislike to the giving-in policy in favour among the more advanced ...

... there be a dissolution of Parliament is a question which is being very commonly asked just now. I don't fancy there will. The Whigs are, as usual, ready to side with the Conservatives, but the Irish party are just now with the Liberals. Lord Salisbury is ...