... kingdom. One word more. The old party distinctions of Whig and Tory are now entirely out of date. The progress of enlightenment has brought the Tories, or Conservatives, up the standard of the old Whigs, or Moderate liberals, in every one of the questions ...

... towns to inhabitants in general. Fox and the Whigs opposed, and the Bill was lost. In 1787 Mr Pitt proposed a treaty of commerce with France, which very nearly approached to Free Trade. Mr Fox and the Whigs opposed, and as Mr Wilberforce well said at the ...

... begin with the Reform Bill of 1832, and the essential weaknesses of Liberalism are distinctly traceable in Whig party under Fox. 1717, the Whigs had comfortably settled into office for yean. Although the language of Hampden and was ever in their mouths ...

... LAYS OF THE TIMES.—No. 2. DEATH OF THE “MONARCHY OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES.” WORKMAN’S SONG. Arr—“ For a’ that.” The Whigs, right faithless to their trust, Decreed the middle class to be The workman’s claims, and a’ that, The Monarchy and a’ that ; And a’ ...

... position described by Pope— “ In moderation all his While Tories cail him Whig and Whigs a Tory.” If he still remain true to his former professions, how can a thorough-going Whig or Radical vote for him? Supposing him to have changed his creed, honest ...

... ANAGRAM. the Whig who'll be traitor to England's Rule, The Right Honourable William E wart Gladstone. ...

... of relief has been extended to the Ari c ultural interest of the country, All its acts and Sions have clearly shown that the Whig Govern- €Xists only by sufferance, and that three sections of of Commons are powerless for any effective Par ‘mentary action ...

... w °uld not, at this moment, be either suffering from Whig rule, or cursed with the Corn Laws aud Free Trade. T^i ere ls » and always has been, Conservatism enough in c to have kept both the Whigs and the reins where they ought to be; Protectionists enough ...

... mortally offended © great aristocratic Whig families of the country ; an Qce not a little aggravated by Sir Cuarnes Woop’s € electioneering speech, in which he eulogised the Free idol—Mr. the very skies. This split the Whig party will materially strengthen ...

... Question. In the former the Government are supported the Radicals, but the measure is regarded the Whig section with but partial favour. Some of the prominent Whigs in the Commons have shown anything but a friendly approval of its main principles; and this is ...

... generations of Whigs rivetted on the industry and people of Ireland has been done by the Conservatives. We would not have it forgotten that the Penal Laws and the repressive legislation which destroyed Irish industry emanated from a Whig administration ...

... already entered upon the agreeable task of wooing the affections of the electors of Thirsk, had accepted the in- vitation of the Whig-Radical party in Warwick, and, as their candidate, would oppose the re-election of the present Members. What were the political ...