... credit either to the Government or the Parliament, for it was the good sense of the English people which had brought both the Whig and Tory parties to their senses. But although Parliament had not to tackle a reform bill last session, it had two or three ...

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

... entertain as free Englishmen, their own independent opinions. Let them be banded in the two great historic parties in the State—Whig or Tory. It would be an unfortunate thing in this country if any great and influential bode of men, entertaining differences ...

... became law ; and it is, I think, universally felt that the arrangement then made can no longer be defended or maintained. Three Whig Governments, one Coalition Government, and one Tory Government have, within the last ten years, admitted this. The Queen has ...

... next morning by Sir Edward Coey, Mayor of Belfast, when he consented to receive an address from the Town Council. The Northern Whig says The address was read by the Town Clerk. It welcomed Sir Robert Peel to Belfast, ref.rred in terms of commendation to his ...

... Lord Derby brought in in his Reform Bill a proposal for the enfranchisement of Birkenhead, and that it was rejected by the Whigs. Referring to foreign policy, he said he was a supporter of the nonintervention policy of • this country. If others did not ...