... ATTITUDE OF THE WHIGS. Up to last night there was little pcrceptiblc change in the political situation. Lord Salisbury, having had early interview with Her Majesty at Osborne, returned to town by noon, and held a conference with his colleagues. A summons ...

... ballot with a view of breaking up tho power of the Whigs, but now that the Whigs were powerless these measures were unnecessary.” If this explanation means anything it must means that whenever the Whigs were in office there ought to be triennial parliaments ...

... Minister. Out of the fifteen members of the new Whig cabinet of 184 G, eleven had held office 1836 when the “Letters of Runnymcde” were published. These 10 years seem to have effected wonders for the Whig statesman. Xu 1836 Mr. Disraeli experienced groat ...

... the too impatient Radicals. ATTITCDE THE ** OLD WHIGS.” It is with a certain melancholy, rather than annoyance, that the Spectator regards the present attitude and possible future action of the Old Whigs. Differing this from a very large section, or, perhaps ...

... SATURDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1885. “UNDISHABLE WHIGS.” The Whigs have decided. They have answered the cry of Lord Randy, Come i over and help ui.’* Having been dished i onco too often already by unscrupulous office-seekers, they respectfully decline to I»e again ...

... his history the Whigs is in many respects not only not in accordance with, but in direct contradiction to plain facts. It is interesting to see that ho takes Lord Bolingbroke for his political model. Inasmuch as it is agreed both Whig and Tory historians ...

... before Mr. Parnell arrived enforce the fetem of experienced Mr. thna the qualification! of hia leader’* numiote “ A reneged#, “ Whig a rotten name “a politkal “a •'a performer tbe cnbSSt trick, defeated and arriwUd humbug. “an agent of beckataira diplomacy ...

... Corniih and Devon Dost, Si®.--I don’t agree with your corro-pomlcut last week that Mr. Aclaad, our fine Member, n Whig. What I understand by Whig i« one who wants the support of the and yet went rote for any re* iom that they want. Now Mr. has always voted ...

... to effected, each them presenting great difficulties The Whigs had to detached from the enemies’ camp, and the Protectionists had to he induced to join their forces to those of the revolted Whigs. Mr. Disraeli saw that the key to the whole position consisted ...

... electors of Wycombe he is represented by Colonel Grey to have said, The Whigs have cast off, and they shall repent it.’’ According, however, to Mr. Disraeli what he said was, The Whigs have opposed me, not I them, and they shall repent it.” He added, no ...

... it would bo doing Peel good turn to show the House of Commons that the Tories had better right to be Free Traders tlian the Whigs. Therefore at the beginning of the session of 1841 ho announced that •“ the progress of Commercial Reform was only ar- , tested ...

... to indicate that Mr. Disraeli had taken lesson from O’Connell scurrility, and bettered his instructor. declares that the « Whig Samson,” meaning the editor of tho Globe, shall never silence him “by the jaw of ass,” and indulges in many oilier equally ...