... stagnant, sluggish, with a population of about 4,000, with less than 350 electors, swayed alternately by the influence of Whig Duke and by the potent charms of the money bags of the first China merchant who happens to be ambitious of a seat in Parliament ...

... of difl'ercnce between Whigs and Tories. Doth parties have formally committed themselves to reforms in Church and State, and both have violated their pledges in the most shameless manner. But there is this in favour of the Whigs —that their political ...

... man, itv consti'uem y, the ■ Lit eral party, will never stultify itself re. lurr.iug as their t , preset.tative a renegade Whig, jnoJc'Scd Palmerstouian, or hybrid Torv, like Ms. Charles hcbtcil'e:. and decs : uoi’ieem it needful to he constantiy looking ...