... they were now to advertise for a pure thorough-bred young Whig, they would have as much difficulty in finding one and rearing him as they would with an infant go- rilla. (Much laughter.) The Whigs, like certain east- ern potentates, having no issue of their ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... magistrate, be sat at trie feet of his venerable senior, Justice Wil- kinson, then Vicar of Sheffield. Mr. Wilkinson was a Whig, and had long held sway ecclesiastical and judicial in the town. No doubt he was glad to be joineM in bis labours by a young ...

... 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 ...

... not conciliate the confidence either of the public or of his colleagues. No party followed him. When he broke away from the Whigs in 1834, he was one of the coterie in the Derby dilly carrying six in- Bides. When he joined Sir Robt. Peel in 1841, it ...

... lamented Prince Consort served the Queen and the country, but we have not yet spoken of his political influence. What was he ? A Whig or a Tory ? A supporter of Melbourne or of Peel ; of Russell, Aberdeen, or Palmerston ; or of Derby and Disraeli? Did he promote ...

... 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 ...

... to be more Conservative than those of Lord Derby himself. What if Lord^Malmesbury's gout should proi veterate, and the ex- Whig Foreign Minister consent to occupy that position once more, but this time in 11 paulo post future Tory Cabinet ?? The reports ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...