... Lord John Russell and Reform. In a little while the leadership of the Whigs was placed in Lord John Russell's hands, and a hard time of it he had. The reaction came, and the Whigs were unpopular; Lord Stanley had forsaken them, Sir James Graham had done ...

... until his It George IV., made him for a short time Admiral. qt eoMo of the same sort of influence that 4 21 tl 'at devoted Whig, experienced turfite, etoeratic leg, General Anson— who had with any regiment since, as a sub(ll, e assisted at the battle ...

... money. Ile was then about forty-four years of age, with a strong taste for applause, patronage, and public life. His wealth and Whig connections made him a peer, and he earned his honours, for he patronised everything, subscribed to everything, and became ...

... and with one of those fresh, ruddy, whiskerless faces which make even an old man look young . It was clear that he was a good Whig, and of an o ld family, otherwise Lord John would have been a little less friendly. It was also clear that he was in office ...

... very respectable lawyer, wh o hod been President of the Poor - Law Board, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under the Whig Governments. He was a contemporary of Macaulay at Cambridge, and took a respectable degree, but owed his position rather to ...

... Spitalfields, and Clerkenwell, will be up in arms against the . unexpected competition. At Coventry, old Edward Ellice, an old, sly Whig and Free Trader, will have no scruples about Free Trade professions, but will back all his constituents' demands. But Paxton ...

... Syderthain and Forest Hill presented the eighth company of the Kent Rifle : Volunteers with a silv . er.bugle on Saturday last, it Whig the first general Muster in full dress uniforin. The presentation took place in Capt. Scott Russell's grounds before a numerous ...

... than one ocCasion taken an active part in. Sultelk politics in the Liberal—or perhaps it would be more Correct to say the old Whig—interest. Sunday's .3/eniteur publishes at full length the telegraphic summary of Mr. Bright's speech at Manchester, which ...

... elective franchise. This proposal is certainly a very reasonable one, and it is duff cult to see upon what ground: either Whigs or Tories can oppose. Upon what principle, indeed, can the latter vote against it, seeing, that the lodger suffrage formed ...

... their purse exercised a usurpation—that was to say, if the people yielded to their demand. (Laughter and cheers.) • Some of old Whig peers—to use the phrase of Lord J. Russell — ; •naade themselves conspicuous by their absence, just as several of the so-called ...

... Stitutiollal:flgiven.. The psi p had been, 'vie w tetaliie dardens, The ;. - Norikerta- baily the fortikatiaus, by the iheneh at Whig estimates that 20,000 Were preseht, , yortA;.c, fp= tr!o ran A of the fP 7 1?..P PAP VllttPe Pr 7 -- ., missionerS was at 6 ...

... Reform, Church-rates, National Education, had all been settled questions long ere this if the constituencies had sent honest Whigs or honest Tories. But when the huge class, without any fixed opinions, gave up its dead dry bones, then questions were played ...