... Russell proposed the Bs. duty he objected to it as totally inadequate ; yet when ihe mea- sure became matured in the bands of the Whig Premier he suddeuly snatched it from his grasp ; but so awkwardly did the laurels sit upon bis brow that the gratification ...

... over tbe graves of the departing Whigs. ( Laughter and cheers.) He addressed them as a Whig. From his earliest days he had been attached to old Whig principles ; but from the bottom of hia heart did he abhor modern Whig practices. (Vociferous cheers.) ...

... op- posed themselves strenuously to the creation and progress of the national debt, the nucleus of which was formed when the Whigs were in power. It is well that those who in our times bitterly denounce the system which has landed its in such in- extricable ...

... strength of die two sections, tbat another President from die slaveholding states will hardly find a majo- rity among either Whigs or Democrats at any future election. A bill for suspending diplomatic relations widi Austria had been introduced into the ...

... Bright intends to renew bis Motion ou the Game- laws soon after the meeting of Parliament. A Whig Onslaught on the Whig Government. — Mr. Horsman, the Whig memberof Parliament for Cockermouth. bas issued an address to bis constituents, iv which be indulges ...

... noise.) Mr. D. Lynes, in seconding the resolution, declared that although a Whig, be would vote for a Protectionist Conservative at the next election if no Protectionist Whig should present himself. (Applause.) Mr. Bowyeb Smijth came forward to move the ...

... made to tbem. ( Applause.) He did not believe there was a single inhabitant of the town of Colchester, whether Conservative or Whig, or even Radical, who would not personally, and a very large proportion of them politically, regret the separation which tbat ...

... to one and the other dogma. This, the first election since the opening of Parliament — since the emphatic declaration of a Whig Ministry in the Queen's Speech, that nothing is to he hoped for from them — cannot he otherwise than deeply interesting to ...

... Bridge. These zealots were most numerous among the rustics of tlie Western Lowlands, who were vulgarly called Whigs. Thus the appellation of Whigs was fastened on the Presby- terian zealots of Scotland, and was transferred to those Eng- lish politicians ...

... Stephen Brown undertaking the duty referred to in the resolution. Announcement of a Liberal Candidate. On Tuesday evening the Whig-Radical part of the constitu- ency were again summoned to tlie Lion Wulk Room, by the announcement that a gentleman would attend ...

... . Present of Country party 18 ~ Tellers * Pairs ■ Present Whig Protectionists ■*» SBDB Absent of Conntry party, without pairs 35 Country party supporting Government 22 260 TREE-TRADEBS. Whigs and Radicals present ••• 255 Tellers 2 Pairs » Peeliies 34 ...

... numbers polled with those at the gene ral election of 1847 exhibits a considerable discrepancy in the relative strength of the Whig-Radical party, who have their choice of accounting for it either by a revulsion of feeling in favour of Protectionist principles ...