... MORE WHIG JOBBERY. TO THE EDITOR. Silt,—ln July, 1842, just 20 years ago, a treaty was signed between Great Britain and Portugal, for the suppression of the traffic in slaves, and it was agreed on the part of Great Britain that courts of mixed commission ...

... of Commons and an abomination to the country. That which goes under a name of courtesy which places it on a level with the Whig party of former days, and with the Conservative party of all times, is but a body devoid of vital power, which is fast losing ...

... gravest duties and incur the greatest responsibilities. Sir, this goes on to the-very end—these unseemly discordances of a Whig' government. Only a few nights ago a right hon. friend of mine brought forward with great ability the question of our relations ...

... ready and the expedient are all and all with him. It is not wholly wrong to call Lord PALMERSTON a Tory or a Liberal, or a Whig or a Radical. He is everything by turns, but nothing long—nothing save the occupant of office. He has great spirit, and he ...

... system of naval warfare. The honourable gentleman did well to quote Admiral DENMAN'S pamphlet, for its writer, though of avowed Whig leanings, is a sailor of experience and judgment. With respect to the invulnerable ships in which France has taken and kept ...

... House of Commons by overwhelming majorities, in the resisting power of the House of Lords being strained to the utmost—the Whig leaders, in spite of their once passionate protestations, !deserting the Church; a bench of 'bishops, without influence or ...

... Franoe re mind us of the. two harmonious houses. Great contrasts are the order of the day in our present European policy. The Whigs got bold of power because they represent the French alliance, whilst the Conservatives were supposed to gravitate towards Austria ...

... the columns of this journal; but, it accordance with the general rule in such cases, those whom it concerned most—namely, the Whig.party in parliamenthave been the last to hear it openly pronounced. Detur mora parvula dum res, Nota urbi et populo coutingat ...

... be in the proportion of three Conservatives to two Whigs and Radicals. N ow, as in every year since 1850 there has been added some 50 per cent. to the Conservative strength, whilst that of the Whigs and Radicals has remained almost stationary, it is difficult ...

... to Sir Robert Peel an aggregate deficiency in six years—that is, from 1837 to 1843—0 f 10,072,000/. In 1840, Mr. Baring, the Whig Chancellor had endeavoured to equalise income and expenditure by an addition of 5 per cent. to the customs and excise duties ...

... read, culpable apathy kept so many of his promised supporters away from the poll, that the Jews and longshoremen returned the Whig-Puseyite. But the Conservatives of the City will have an opportunity of making the amen,(l4 honorable at the general election ...

... Accordingly, the tax was renewed for three years instead of five, and at the former scale of 7d. in the pound. This attempt of the Whig Government impaired whatever popularity had attached to the income tax. As a financial reserve, on which the nation could fall ...