... would be moré mis chievous out of office than in. Resignatio n woul ? course, be the most constitutional proceeding, bu 5 the Whigs are traditionally too fond of place, powels an salary, to resign under any conceivable disgrace. op being admitted upon all ...

... The friends of the right lion. and learned gentleman thereupon improvised a demonstration in his behalf, and all parties, Whigs, Tories, and Radicals, at once expressed their willingness to join in it. When, a few minutes afterwards, Mr. Whiteside, looking ...

... Conservatives ., ee ee ee ee 303 Peelites ee oe ee ee ee ee 14 Whigs ee ee ee ee ee ee 239 Uitra Radicals. . oe oe ae ee 93 649 The Conservatives thus, singly, out-number Lord Pal- merston and his Whigs by 64 votes; so that his tottering Ministry is only propped ...

... refreshingly cool, considering that the Government had, a couple of hours before, met the motion with a direct negative. The Whigs, however, like well-bred spaniels, know how to retire gracefully when they see the prospect of being igno- miniously ejected ...

... vestries of the two parishes, that a certain Mr. Torrens McCullugh, late M.P. for Yarmouth, and quondam private secretary to an ex-Whig Cabinet Minister, should be elected as the first representative of the newly created borough. The Government therefore looked ...

... thought his audience scarcely sacrifice), and concluded short narrative of his an assurance (almost unnecessary, t 0 pj from Whig Statesman), that he meant to stick e P oWer as on as ne COU W- The noble Lord, Self ° armounceraent 0I thus identifying himia ...

... Right Hon. William Hutt, M.P., SirW. M.P., nearly all the local Liberal members of liament, the Dean of Durham, and most of the Whig y, clergy, and manufacturers in the two north-eastern Unties. Discount and Viscountess Campden had the honour e ntertaining ...

... deducted, the Government would have been beaten by a majority of 5, presuming, of course, that the Opposition had left the Whigs and Radi- cals to settle their differences in their own way. Lord Palmerston may, therefore, congratulate himself upon the ...

... have done a graceful act, in recognition of splendid public services, at a moment of almost unprecedented emergency. But the Whigs are rarely animated by a generous impulse, and very seldom give to anyone else what, by any possibility, they can keep for ...

... fate of the Govern- ment is, as usual, in the hands of a small knot of inde- pendent members, who have nothing to expect from Whigs or Tories. They consist of the ultra Roman Catholic members, of whom there are about a dozen in the House. Of these some six ...

... which meant, it is presumed, that it was susceptible, of amendment in detail. It would, however, be wholly at variance with Whig traditions if a Government consisting of Russells, Greys, and Woods, with their numerous family should resign, unless under ...

... struggle take place before their successors are re- turned. Mr. Sidney Herbert was one of the most popular and respectable of the Whig party, and had many private friends in the House. Mr. Deasy’s recent speeches against certain of his co-religionists in Ireland—he ...