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THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... who, if as witty as she is here drawn beautiful, must indeed have justified the praise bestowed on this great toast of the Whigs. Now that the pictures are being hung, the light from thle gallery roof is found to be per- fect. As a rule, very few of the ...

LITERARY NOTICES

... by F. Guizot, Ambiaseador from His Majesty Louis Philippe, we find the following sketch of the late Earl Grey:- This great Whig leader, who after having for forty- four years given the example of staunch fidelity to his principles, had met with the nlre ...

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... apatronage at the disposal of the present governeut. It has been Sir John Harding's fate to advise the govement Fr(whether Whig or Tory) on the international questions that e arose during the Russian and Italian wars, on the affair of t the Charles et ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... wered by tes laudanum. 'Mr. Fox was nervous beforespeaking; Iso, I have heardi was Lord Plunkett. A distinguished member of the Whig party, now no more, and who was himself one of the- most sensitive of men -and one bf the must attractive of orators, told ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... LITERARY EXTRACTS. - ?? ~ .- - - - NERvOUSnESs.-A distinguished member of the Whig party, now no more, and who was himself one of the most sensitive of men and one of the most attractive of orators, told me that once, in the House of Commons, he had crossed ...

A BOURBONIST PICTURE OF ITALY

... a statesman to-day which I will repeat. e He observed-' You are talking munch about the s. occupation of Rome because the Whigs are in ~, power, but let the Torles coma ha and Bngland wil r, sulpport the Pope with foreign armns. Net a Tor apeke for ...

LITERATURE

... thit history is the remarkable simi. larity of oircmetsmsances between the commencement and the close of Ibis periosd. The Whigs Caere its oftite Its the year 1842 jttst as they are ino 1862. Pasties in the Honses of Commons waet so nearly balanced ttsot ...

COURT AND FASHION

... have to record the death, at Great Malvern, of the Right Hon. Samuel March Phillipps, well known to politicians as a veteran Whig, who for twenty years held the office of Under Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. Phillipps was the second son ...

Published: Sunday 23 March 1862
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1538 | Page: 7 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE QARTERLIES

... the public mind. Any discredit for inaction in the Reform cause must, says the writer, be equally shared by Mr Fox and the Whigs. The Westrminster article on Election Expenses, more than half- disposed to suggest that voting be compulsory on all electors ...

MEMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL Exhibition

... invested in the Indian Five per Cents., in addition to a previous sum of 16,000 invested in that stock. GLOrcssTERi ELECTIOw.-The Whigs have carried both Members for Gloucester Their presence in the House will be a most welcome addition to the otherwise diminishing ...

Published: Sunday 02 March 1862
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1686 | Page: 6 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

... rf the Cinque Ports, Leader of the House of Commons, President of the Romsey Mechanics' Institate, part author of the Nent Whig tGuide, Prime Minister of Englaud ; and, to the closest observer, his ago appeared to range between thirty-five and tbirty-fiveland ...

LITERATURE

... wasasomewhat loose politician-scarcely a whig, though he wrote g for the Edcnburf1h Review ; certainly not a tory. c Afterwards, it is needless to say that lie was a tory c of the tories ; and in those days whig and tory I meant more than the distinction ...