... any amount of indirect taxation. It is within the memory of the middle-aged, that an English minister of the Lind denominated Whig, took credit upon himself for aiding in the establishment of the South American republics in opposition to the tyranny of Spain ...

... been prepared, but nothing to excite interest in the country. The question of retrenchment, one of the old watchwords of the Whigs, at one time threatened to become a parlia- mentary topic, but the moment Lord Palmerston saw what was brewing, he adroitly ...

... pound, what may we look for should the peace of Europe be once more disturbed ? There has been a sort of rivalry between the Whigs and the Tories as to which could spend the most on the 6'national defences. Mr. Disraeli, though as much responsible'as Lord ...

... apathy, and induce them to put on that pressure from without which, in the last resort, has seldom been ineffectual with either Whigs or Tories Our national expenditure has risen to 70 millions annually, and, after the late division, will no doubt go ahead ...

... l, nd predicted that the winning borse in a future prrliamentary session would be retrenchment, whether ho was jockeyed by Whig or Conservative. A rumour is current that the post-office authoritis hanve prob. posed to the government to purehasie all the ...