... the rest of the world were wide awake, and to have been labouring under the idea that the country was made for the Whigs and not the Whigs for the country. They have found out their mistake and that it is a fatal one. We regret their misfortunes sincerely ...

... question, and that a break-up of the Cabinet followed, where are we then They would not, afterthey had shot their spite at the Whigs, uphold a Tory Government. Lord Stanley, then, if he accepted the Premiership, would enter upon office with a minority in the ...

... easiest weather, they make shipwreck at a moment's notice like a vessel without rudder or pilot. It must be admitted that the Whig Ministry, much as we regret the calamity, shipwrecked themselves,—refused to look at the signals which were displayed, for ...

... iBted, however, and a e i B of tne House supported him. The ' °° pled with the unpopularity of the ay the death blow to the Whig cn *' a vital question they could t! «ie t ? and abo votes. It was high itself glVe the Btru le ' the motion j hardly see room ...

... which he openly acknowledges. M 4 dy y of going to work—bold V j P ous. The most highly prized \ ef Sir Robert Peel to the Whigs Sthi\ lncoine * Indeed ' so did 11, tbat tbe at one * me P ro P° sed P er cent * countl would tbe additional imposition, however ...

... disinterested men to have two opinions, and the rectification of which is the duty of an honest and independent Government. The Whigs have given hints, from time to time, of undertaking this work, and it is due from them as the last reformers of the constitution ...

... acceptable after their narrow escape on Mr Disraeli's motion; but the session threatens to be stormy one, and the fate of the Whigs depends on the merest chance. Divided as parties are, there are certain questions whose issue it is impossible to calculate ...

... better colleagues than those who have proved such steady, though disinterested allies. But, whether for good or for ill, the Whig school is generally averse to coalition. It too much of an oligarchy, almost too much of a family, to endure the introduction ...

... ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Lo.njjon, Monday Morning Express-Ministerial Crisis.—Nothing positive known, but belief in formation of a Whig-Peelite Cabinet continue*. The Marquis of Lansdowne, LordJ. Russell, Lord Stanley, and the Earl of Aberdeen bad an interview ...

... was confidently stated that the latter had refused to join the new Administration, and these rumours gave such hopes to the Whig par tv that the Herald has strong reason believe that a telegraphic message was yesterday afternoon dispatched to have an Admiralty ...

... withdrawal of the Conservative phalanx from the side ot the Government—and the hostile votes of 100 habitual adherents of the Whig Ministry, told with surprising effect on Lord John Russell, and that he felt the desertion ot so large a portion of his friends ...

... business, aud success, with a groat tant measure, whatever its always gives, for the time, dignity to its promoters. It must be Whig Government have not made effort to elude .this question. 3 letter, the Queen's speech and the * y sure, are all consistent ...