... self converted. Generally, however, his course was that of a moderate whig, though certainly not a party whig; and it is singular that in his old age he .became the victim of a whig intrigue,whici is thus Idenounced by Lord Brougham: I It was not by mere ...

... not discuss the question with him, His opi- g a ion may serve to indicate the character of his his- ou- tory-whig after the traditions of the whigs-gene- -.of the tim {- 1 d treat' ~ ~ = have access to dul ?? any. e. du 9But hzsnarrative is in themain oil ...

... worst of it, if we may be allowed thus to parody the famous speech in which Dr. Johnson desoribed his mode of dealing with tho Whig and Tory members ofPar- liament hen ho Nvas acting as a roporter. Thc ?? hardly aspire to the dignity of history; yet, as a ...

... especially that in which she says she will not be Heckter'd (sic), by the Whigs; and another ic which she expresses c hope that she may not fall into the hands of either party, W~hig or Tory, as iu that case she would regard herself aes not a Queen, but ...

... advise our Newry friend to cultivate that know- ledge of references which, according to Lord Maltesbury, is knowledge ?? Whig, ...

... appeired from most of the speeches which had been reetly deli- vee at such meetings a that, that it was difficult to may what was whig and what was tory. In fact, nobody semed to be able to make out the difference between the two; for the last two or three yea ...

... result was that words came to fisticuffs, making such a noise as to bring the admiral on deck to see what was the matter. Whigs and tories were equally anxious to explain that their mutual pum- melling had been exchanged in a strictly parliamentary and ...

... apatronage at the disposal of the present governeut. It has been Sir John Harding's fate to advise the govement Fr(whether Whig or Tory) on the international questions that e arose during the Russian and Italian wars, on the affair of t the Charles et ...

... the bill for excluding the Duke of ne York fromithe sceiotathtwo great political in sections became known by the names of Whigs and ful Tories. The account given of these titles bya tin Roger North and Burnet is this-- The supporters ;he of the Duke ...

... of the old whig party. If a' liberal be government were reconstructed, no dbubt there would he'n fi. great clanjeuron the part of hereditarypoliticians tooccoupy ia important positions in it,' and if there were' nzinfusion off c-the old Whig party, th ...

... against the Utilitarians, spoke never- theless on fixed principles as a Whig, that in to say, as a professor of High-statesmanship, and naturally and consistently grew into the Whig of 1832, the pleader for a cause which Somers and Halifax would have espoused; ...

... the world. We are told not to be afraid that modern progress is about to land us in democracy, and are bidden to admire the Whigs as the great fountain of all political blessings. The tone is rather that of 40 years ago than of the present day. Messrs. ...