... to raise twelve millions of money for the National I; Defences-a proposal which Conservatives have long n foreseen, which Whigs blandly suggested the Anglo- t Gallican treaty might obviate, and which Mr. BRIGHT S stoutly opposes. The matter and manner ...

... country certainly appear to he involved in the arrangement of the Treaty which has been agreed to; the Tories, well as the Whigs, having, their conduct, pledged themselves that it shall he sustained ; and, should the House of Commons now decline carry ...

... Government would rs never have done anything in the matter'if Mr. Jones had nort taken ?? Matter, op (1 Oh I oh- I) Several Whig Govern. pr ments had promised to dor somethi~ng but had never done it. and then through Mr. Adderley, the Conservatives were ...

... successful, their own amendment would have pledged them take the same course at a future period”—next year probably as the Whig Government proposed; and so far from creating satisfaction the country, or even among the English paper manufacturers, the ...

... approbation, and that, in some respects, is grudgingly rendered. But it is felt that, though justly liable to censure, the Whig Ministry has, in the main, been true to its professions, and has had to cope with Opposition united in seeking its overthrow ...

... of legislation, but an abor- L- tive treaty, an increased debt, and a doubled income- tce tax. If Conservatives, instead of Whigs, had thus at blundered, what a commotion our candid brethren of C the Liberal party would have raised. fo d In__ __ _ II The ...

... its next rising, would come forth of an angry C rsand portentous line? Some half century ago, when only C heabout a dozen Whigs could be mustered in the House of tat Commons, one of them, Sir George Stauntota, was led to de- s ad cdare, in reference to ...

... cbaute inured to disappointments expected sonie good; and hurl it forms another instructive chapter in the dreary to t annals of Whig failures. prol D r pior On Friday last, the Chancellor of the Exchequer startled the House of Commons and the money mar- I ...

... reason is obvious. Notwithstanding many deficiencies, the House of Commons sees in Lord. Palmerston the ablest representative Whig principles of the present day, and, we may add, the most fearless and honest defender of them ; principles far removed from ...

... equity prac- tice; while Mr. Barker is currently rumoured to have de- voted himself, principally to the assistance of a great Whig landlord on the bench of his county. The Critic says:- To become a member of the Times staff appears to be not the least ...

... and the folly of noun be both overruled for the people's happi. ness and welfare! l S A vicious attempt has been made by the Whig- fi Badicals to fasten a charge of political corruption on .1r. D~SIuAFLn. Burning with revenge, and a rash ,zeal for reprisals ...