... by the watchful. Lord John Russell seeks the Upper House and its leadership, with a view to the ultimate leadership of the Whig party. In the Lords, he will be more independent of of his noble friend the Premier, and we may prepare for even greater ...

... under the almost exclusive guidance of the Whigs, it is,, not too much to inculpate them in the condemna. tion; we saw more done during the few months the Conservatives were in power than in as many years by the Whigs. It is to the efforts of the Conservatives ...

... give way to those whom they supplanted—in Cromwell's words, give place to honester men. It is the general opinion that the Whigs, by this act, are beyond all hope of rescue- that a breach has been occasioned which cannot be healed the public itself will ...

... together with an ambition for distinction at the English bar which about this time powerfully affected the young Scottish Whigs. Erskine, Who had studied at Campbell's own college, and who, indeed, was a school and class fellow of Campbell's father, was ...

... that the two parties had been mutually deceived-they fancying they had obtained a mere tool to vote black and white, as the Whigs de- sired, while he thought himself an independent Liberal notwithstanding which, the constituency passed a vote of censure ...

... never joined any Whig Club, they equally abstained from Conservative identification as members of the Carlton. Upon such nominal sup- porters no party can count hence had they, on retiring from Parii Iment, been even replaced by Whigs, we should not have ...

... departure to burke his evidence, are operating injuriously, and it is not too much to expect that, denunciators as these Whigs have ever been of all manner of abuses and trickery, they will be hoisted with their own petard. Evidently they do not like ...

... the year of his birth being 1792. The descendant of an ancient Scottish family, he was born bt Netherby and, like many of the Whig., was educated at Westminster School. From there he went to Queen's College, Cam- bridge, and very speedily entered upon public ...

... tbe former we account by the dread of what Lord Derby calls a succession of weak Governments—feeling persuaded that if the Whigs were ousted, the Conservatives are hardly in a posi- tion to form a strong Government; perhaps, also, they had a dread of so ...

... Piers Geale, and widow of Sir Marcus Somerville, Bart. The deceased nobleman had for many years been a zealous supporter of the whig party and had done good service to his political friends during his long career in the House of Commons, more especially during ...

... the revenue converted into a surplus, and taxes dispensed with when more are really needed, whereby the breach between the Whigs pure and the Manchester and Birming- hamites may probably be closed for this session. The reader will see, by a reference to ...

... own hands. Promises cost nothing, and will be readily given-which if they given to the ear, are broken to the heart ? The Whigs are somewhat peculiar as Scotch philosophers, pro- fessing if they never do the thing. One thing we are sufficiently impressed ...