... THE EDINBURGH REVIEW AND THE WHIGS. In the number published yesterday, the Edinburah I?m,,ieiv says :—If Mr. Gladstone had leaned more on his Whigs and Ie ...

... porters, and in defiance of the covert hostility and feeble support of his Whig allies ? And what, moreover, are those measures, in endeavouring to carry which he relied on the Whigs, and aban- doned his Radical supporters ? The fame and historical repute ...

... our queries, we may pass on to the next term which Mr CAppER'8 old encyclopedia defines for him, which is the word Whig. Now, a Whig is, in the estimation of most politicians now living, a mummy, If not a fossil, and therefore sought for only among ...

... THE WHIGS, THE TORIES, AND MR GLADSTONE'S RESOLUTIONS. LoRD ELCHo, who for some considerable time has played the part of judicious bottle- holder to the Tories, came last night to the rescue of !us friends in omce. Lord ELCiio represents a Scotch constituency ...

... Tories began to call themselves Conservatives and the Whigs to describe themselves as Liberals, is a matter of no real importance or historical valac. A Whig called by any other name, a blasted 'Whig' is all the same, is as true to-day as in 1830. The ...

... FAILURE OF THE WHIG CONSPIRACY. The meeting of Whig members of the House of Commons to consider the Disturbance Bill was a complete failure. It was called by a body of Whig malcontents, the SOD of the Speaker being one of them. But although circulars ...

... other method will Lord Lome get over the fact that his father and he, who repre- sent the great Whig house of Argyll, which was Whig in the brave old days when Whig meant Radical, are cordial and even violent supporters of the party now installed in power ...

... an's Magazine on the Name of Political Parties. The word Whig is of Scotch origin, but the real meaning is lost in obscurity. says the writer. On turning to Brewer I find that he derives Whig from Whir/gam more, a corruption of Uf/ham more (pack saddle ...

... political parties in this country, two great regions of opinion, and the Whigs were in one and the Toiies in the other and they could never come together. But^ moie than that, the Whigs were justly proud of a glorious political past, but the Tories had none ...

... TIIE LIBERAL PARTY. ITS POLICY AND POSIIION. ITS POLICY AND POSlfION. WE CAN BEAT THE T )RIES AND WHIGS COMBINED. My notion about the policy aud position of tM Liberal party, says Mr Labouchere in Truth, 'l this:—We are not likely to gain over Unionists ...

... THE COMPENSATIO FOR DIS- TURBANCE BILL. THE ACTION OF THE WHIGS. The following whip, quads uptly underlined, has been issued to Libeial members of the House of Commons :— LTrgent and im- portant. Your attendance is most urgently and most particularly ...

... easily understood. Probably if her politics were to be defined at the present moment she might be classed as a Whig-Unionist. She began as a Whig under Lord Melbourne, to whom she was infinitely indebted for political tuition and train- ing. She remained ...