... glad to allow the present Bill pass, that question Reform should no longer obstruct his battles with his old antagonist, the Whigs. Others among the Tory Opposition would also willingly give it their support; but he teared tbe policy lukewarm Liberals. He ...

... most effectually serve their pur- poses; and they act a most unwise and inconsistent part it. We fear, however, that between Whigs and Tories there is very little to chovse in this matter. We have digressed in some measure from the subject with which we ...

... After some further observations, Mr. Ferrand went on to say that strange circumstances had happened since August last. The Whig Government had then only a ma- jority of thirteen, but by means the most disgraceful, the cotton lords of Manchester—that “city ...

... Bulwer Lytton, and an argumen- tative and statesmanlike defence of the Lord Russell, measure by The best answer to the recreant Whig would probably have been, the Citation of one of his speeches in favour of Reform but the noble lord evidently hit the m in ...

... the present moment as the crisis of his disap- pointment. One section of the great confederacy is not ouly included in the Whig Cabinet, but visibly forms its extréme gauche. The other has been so committed by its leaders to a false policy, that it is ...

... appoint- pointment of Sir William Symonds and Sir Baldwin Walker to the office of Surveyor—neither being a shipwright—as “Whig jobbery,” and condemned the practice of placing a civilian at the head of the Admiralty. The Duke of Somerset admitted that ...

... made his selection, end preferred Lord Palmerston as a colleague. This is an offence which has never been forgiven, though the Whig party have done everything they possibly could te compensate the Earl for the loss of office.— Court Journal. At the Castle ...

... ex-Speaker, Lord Eversley, voted with the Government, contrary to anticipation, as did also Earl Fitzwilliam. Among recent Whig creations, two, Aveland and Wensley- dale, assisted to swell the Opposition, while Lords and Lyveden remained faithful to their ...

... pence for principles and beer for brains. Unfortunately, neither party in the State is impec- cable The excuse pleaded by the Whigs, in ex- tenuation of their guilt, is, that they have generally resorted to corrupt agencies in self-defence—a lame excuse, ...

... very reasonable one, and the opposition to it had been emboliened memoers on the Liberal aide of the House who wanted sound Whig Government, which would U seen again—which was just as much extinct the dodo Hut was glad that the Government had proposed ...

... posterior part of his person.— Examiner. S. G. Getty, a moderate Conservative, has been elected without a con- test. The Northern Whig speaks of him as “ much less objectionable than many other gentlemen whom the Tories might have selected.” Mr. Getty has been ...

... to the House of Commons by the electors of that borough 1835. During his Parliamentary career he had uniformly supported the Whig administration. all occasions while I'ailiament displayed nstiong and most natural interest in the efficiency the navy. The ...