... Uons appears the journals. pun taa Since the accession of the House of «. sentatioß of this great county has been • by the whig and the tory interest. The influence, long the head of that housf. '' whir connexion, which terminated about the 10 the Fourth'* ...

... the London press, and the uproario usness of the provincial, by the solemn taciturnity of the House of Commons, all sunk, whigs and radicals, in the blind worship of Peel, and the frank declaration of every man to be met with, that the bill of 1841 has ...

... of 183-5, the two Whig candidates, Mr. Holland and Mr. T. H. Cookes, the one by 2.271 votes, the other by 2,201, rejecting Mr. Horace St. Paul, who, however, polled 2,061. The western division returned one conservative and one whig, at an election also ...

... enjoyed by his descendants, the Earls of Bessborough. The family have always held a distinguished position among the Irish Whigs. George Ponsonby was, in 1806, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and the leader of that party. ...

... gain. The agitation for the repeal of the union was then taken up, but it was greatly mitigated by the liberal policy of the whigs. Justice for Ireland would have satisfied Mr. O'Connell'ssecret wish at anytime, whatever he might have been driven to declare ...

... have thereby added their influence to that of the landocracy of the county. Yet, in the face of such apparent difficulties, a whig candidate is the field for North Essex, with fair prospect of success. Indeed, if Mr. Rebow is defeated, his failure will proceed ...

... an alliance with the rival tory coterie (the red). Lord Melgund comes forward under the auspices of these combined coteries (whig and tory), who would keep Greenock a close borough, in the hands of one or other them, against a liberal candidate who is the ...

... constituency, which he has long should discard him. Übi lapsus,—in what '&e erred ? His oddities and extravagancies, his horror of whigs and of Irishmen, his coquetting with Peel, and political adultery with Brougham, are old and known. And though none of these ...

... England then who said These whigs will be too much beaten—let give them half the representation—let take care they are not too much defeated when we come to the poll. ( Hear, and laughter.) such indulgence was shown the whigs 1841; therefore, say, it ...

... government. t» ! alteration of the taxes what had he done ? The income-tii emanated from him, and was opposed by the wfjj* whig party; the whig government had now been more than a year, but it had shown no of repealing ® tax. What was the object of the tax but ...

... felt compelled by the force of facts and arguments to repeal the corn-laws; and when he was obliged to retire last year the whigs, supported by the strength of Sir R. Peel's party, brought a liberal sugar measure, and they had the sugar fifty per cent, ...

... much annoyed, and somewhat fearful of the result, and have issued several placards, warning the electors not to vote for a whig, stating lordship to a Roman catholic, &c., &c. Lord Henley is nephew of Sir Robert Peel. ...