... (Laughter.) You Whigs have had power since 1832. You pledged yourselves to economy and retrenchment, but I have never seen you carry it out. The expenditure in 1836 amounted to little more than £40,000,000 a year ; but what is it now ? You Whigs have made a ...

... public career in the Lower House, voted on all occasions with the Whig party, and, although an unfrequent speaker in the House of Peers, invariably supported the views and measures of the Whig Governments. On the death of his father, in October, 1839, ho ...

... l w t Other i r n e g a reasons have he r w i a t l h s also n ambition been of his intentions ; but the for distinction 'Whigs. The feeling ltyi deep-rooted affe cted t h s e e sense n o gf Scottishunfit the English bar which century. studies for N ot ...

... deep-rooted sense of unfitness for clerical duty , working together with an amabout this time notion at the English bar which Whigs. The e werfully affected the young Scottish toN N ow, as from the views of otfhtohs the professi on, day s u o fod r ri t e ...

... made by my father. Mr. Clay—Have you noticed that when the Whigs were in office they promoted more Whigs than Tories, and that when the Tories were in office they promoted more Tories than Whigs ?—I certainly think so, and have not noticed any difference ...

... their day of triumph was over. Ever since, the Opposition has been in the ascendant ; they have even gained the vote of the Whigs' own Speaker. On the measure, the only thoroughly liberal measure of the session, which the principal 'inisters, with one exception ...

... trains have arrived on Holyhead jetty in excellent time. The following agricultural report for Ulster, copied from the Northern Whig, might be taken as representing the harvest p rospects throughout the other provinces: Our agricultural repo r t s thi s week ...

... Rarely is anything heard when millions are being voted away, save a feeble remonstrance. As to rival cabinets, the race between Whig and Tory seems to► be as to which can spend money the faster or pile up the higher the already vast expenditure in the annual ...

... crowds which thronged the steamers that ran on Monday between the quays and the Royal Squadron exceeded in number, says the Whig, anything ever witnessed at this har- I bour All sorts and conditions of men, from the mayor to the mudlark, were up for the ...

... liberties and consolidating her security. Mr. J. F. Hollings, ex-mayor, occupied the chair. When the name of Mr. Harris, the Whig candidate, was incidentally alluded to by the chairman it was received with hisses and groans. Under present circumstances ...

... crowds which thronged the steamers that ran on Monday between the quays and the Royal Squadron exceeded in number, says the Whig, anything ever witnessed at this harbour : All sorts and conditions of men, from the mayor to the mudlark, were up for the ...

... steady patron. Mr. Francis became a pupil of Chantrey, and was subsequently introduced by Mr. Coke to the leading men of the Whig party, of who he was during the whole of his career the special sculptor. He was a great favourite with William IV., and was ...