... branch of the London and North-Western BaUway. WhUe they were enjoying this exercise, the ice suddenly gave way, and Mi__ Whig fell through into the water. Assistance was useless, there being a strong current at the spot where the accident occurred, ...

... not up to the mark, although an able poUticiaa. The hopes of the Opposition are now fixed upon Lord Grey, who is less of a Whig than Lord Derby once was, aud who is supposed to be capable of bring- ing over such men as tlie Right Hon. E. Horsman, the ...

... with him snch nondescript ?? as Lord Elcho and Mr. Horsman, if not the Right Hon. Edward Eltice, the Nestor of the old Whigs — all of whom have no prospect of office under present or pos- sible fusions of the Liberal party. But if Earl Grey is to ...

... party. Then, Sir Fras. Baring has issued an address to his constituents, which may be taken to reflect the views of the old Whig ex-placemen, that there should be no Reform Bill next session. A Ballot conference, to be held at Manchester on the 29th, and ...

... charity. Although a Republican, his republi- canism should be subordinate to the Union. He was willing to support the folio whig measures : — l. As to the Fugitive Slave laws, he conceded that, while by the constitution it is left to each State to determine ...

... Mr. Divett; and there is no doubt it would have been carried by an overwhelming majority but for the interposition of the Whig government of the day, which promised to bring in a bill for the settlement of the question. It appears from this historical ...

... he came into office, to hide the old line of demarcation separating re- formers from ant-ireformers. He declared that the Whigs should not have the monopoly of reform ; and that though Lord Derby came into power in 1852 to stem the tide of democracy, ...

... head, supported the Aboli! tion Bill, while five Whigs voted against it. Ports- mouth occupies a peculiarly anomalous position— itg Conservative M.P. (Sir J. Elphinstone) voting for abolition, and its Whig M.P. (Sir P. Baling) staving away. The Irish did ...

... the expenditure of the coun- j try have been so great. Lord Palmerston's Govern - I ment was pledged to reform, but had the Whigs fol- i filled the promise ? Lord John Russell had for the last i four years been playing with the people. He had | brought ...

... their feel- ings, for it seemed it was agitation and not reasoning that was now required from the people. (Hear, hear.) The Whig and Conservative Governments had admitted the necessity of reform. A resolution, declaring among other things, that the efforts ...

... (Laughter.) You Whigs have had power since 1832. You plelged your- selves to economy and retrenchment, but I bjive never seen you cany it out. The expenditure in 1835 amounted to little more than £40,000,000 a tear, but what js jt now ? You Whigs have made ...

... directors, to Lord Derby's government for a subsidy. (Hear, hear.) The sub- sidy to the Liverpool line had been granted by a Whig administration. I said, that being the case, I suppose it is a liberal measure, and I am only ?? out what my Überal predecessors ...