... Mr. John Francis (the father of Mrs. Thorneycroft), who during his long and honourable career created a -whole Glyptothe of Whig notabilities in marble. It has been mentioned as a peculiar feature in Mr. Francis's artistic experience that he executed a ...

... principle. It was ]»olitical movement. It inattered not to them what was the character of the government the country—whether Whig or Tory, Liberal or Conservative ; whether Lord Derby or Lord Palmerston was in power they yielded not one jot of their claims ...

... their own free constitution. They have stood together, rifle on shoulder, with no feeling but love to their native land. The Whig Reform Bill has perished by no political opposition, but through the national dread of innovation. Across the Atlantic, democracy ...

... his kindness in desiring this interview and the courtesy and candour with which he had conducted the conference. —Northern Whig. Fox Hunting a Cellar. —During a run the foxhounds at Castor, reynard took refuge among a quantity of bottles in a gentleman's ...

... 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, Cambridgo, and very speedily entered upon public ...