... charged against the Whigs. The policy of a great party consists not in this or that measure, however wide or important, but in the steady application of certain principles to events as they arise. It is not the fault of the Whigs that they have effected ...

... the Conservatives were the mainstay of the country, and that they had always acted in a more straightforward manner than the Whigs (cheers). They had heard a most lucid exposition of the principles which had guided the action of the Conservatives during ...

... with the Constitutional party. On other hand, half dozen English Liberals, most of them belonging to the remnant of the old Whig party —men of the stamp of Mr. Adeane, Colonel Coke, Sir John Ramsden, Mr. H. A. Herbert, Mr. F. W. Russell, and Mr. Talbot ...

... the country is strong against this portion of tho Budget, but with the Ministry it is a matter of life and death ; and the Whig' lings are chuckling with delight at the very adroit way in which Mr. Gladstone has lured back tb® wandering Liberals to the ...

... ancient worthies who rallied round the standard of the late Capt. Polhill and materially assisted in releasing the borough from Whig domination. The chair was taken by Mr. E. Essies, jun., supported Col. Stuart, M.P., Capt. Polhill Turner, Dr. Prior, Mr. W ...

... House of Lords in his father’s barony of The late Duke, during his public career in the House, voted on all occasions with the Whig P ar and, although an unfrequent speaker in the e invariably supported the views and measure the big Governments. On the death ...

... contains a goodly stand i ancient worthies who rallied round the in Folhill and materially assisted chair g tbe borough from Whig domination. The Col by Mr. E. Eagles, jun., supported by W E-’ Capt. Polhill Turner, Dr. Prior, Mr. cause p na d> and other ...

... possibility suggested, they are badly off indeed and the prospects of their trade are desperate. It may be very agreeable to the Whigs to keep in office, and very desirable for them to conciliate the Government in France as well the Cotton lords at home, but ...

... of the nation we trust that this kind of manoeuvring will never again be resorted to by the Financial Minister of England. A Whig Cabinet, driven to state of political desperation has been known to “temporize” a great deal to retain office ; but the proceedings ...

... lower than the worst piece of bunkum ever produced in trans-atlantic politics ; but upon this insincere pretence the once great Whig party condescends to take its stand and performs its single achievement of the session. ...

... political support—will not be forthcoming. They have no compunctions in “throwing away old glove,” as some of Mr. Gladstone’s Whig associates can testify. If Lord John would make John Bull his father confessor he would probably admit that the hardest blows ...

... the of Lords in his father’s barony of Howland. Duke, during his public career in the Lower 3e > on all occasions with the Whig party, - ou ?k unfrequent speaker in the House of the supported the views and measures of , dig Governments. On the death of ...