... and it is apprehended that they will raise the franchise in boroughs to £8., and in counties to £15. or £20. Moreover the Whig party to some extent may be expected to join with the Conserva- tives in keeping the suffrage as exclusive as possible, and ...

... allowed ie t r proceed, and he then stated that the decision to pro- uS1 secute as ?? to by a committee, three of whom were of 'whigs and two conservatives. He (Mr Edwards) had ay had a' fair trial in regard to the petition which was ore- sented against him ...

... men, the Queen-Anne period. For while, on the one hand, tory writers had' elevated the dean to the position of a desna-god; whig waiters, on the other, had sought to degrade hiim almost to the level of a beast. The consequence was, that sincere lovers ...

... was 'told by one of the members of that commlittOe, that there was upon it one young member connected by spcial' ties' with a Whig family, ...

... delayed in order that it may be used as a weapon of party defence. -The Tories are willing to agree to all, and more, that the Whigs can bring themselves to give, but they wish to have it brought forward and passed at once, in order to have it out of the way ...

... still flourishing in her villa at Hampstead, aud is now in her hundredth year. The late L ird Mscaulay was the third great Whig statesman who had commenced a history of the Revolu- tion of 1688, and had faffed to finish his task. A pure, generous, aud ...

... es in Whig legislation. Then, as to Legal Reform, their desire for it is suffi- ciently evidenced in their pertinacious opposition to anything of the kind proposed last year by the Con- servative Ministry. What really useful step have the Whigs taken ...

... told by one of the members of that committee, that I there was upon it one young member connected by special hi ties with a Whig family, whose casting vtot destroyed the I. otherwise imrmortal lord, of the treasury; the result was gi that he was never ...

... a parish road and a village lane. Besides these various interrogatories we have had a bold attempt by a thorough red tapist Whig, Mr. Bouverie, to reduce the House of Commons to a mere club for the discussion of Government measures, by depriving members ...

... Tewkesbury, Eve- I sham and Welle, were relieved of half their present ev boden' of responsibility, any Cabinet, whether N4 Whig or Tory, would be capable of the turpitude of fo, cfeon tiug their ieqetaeted honour. upon'any c et of cormmunities equaly ...

... impression on their memories. The most narrow-minded and fanatic of the Tories are now convinced that the part acted by the Whigs to-! wards the Reform Bill of 182 was a great deal more damaging to democracy, and beneficial to aristocracy, than the stupid ...

... prevalent in Gloucester, it is stated that the evidence heard, as far as it affects the part taken by Sir William Hayter, late Whig whipper-in, and Mr. Moffat, does not lead to the conclusion that either of these gentlemen was cognizant of the bri7 bery to ...