... the last moment the Dake of. Wellington igave uip his perilocat attempt, and the humiliated manaroh was forced to reosll the Whigs. William IV received Lcuds Grey and Broughsam under the influence of mortifi- cation, which he did not uffect to disguise; ...

... the bill for excluding the Duke of ne York fromithe sceiotathtwo great political in sections became known by the names of Whigs and ful Tories. The account given of these titles bya tin Roger North and Burnet is this-- The supporters ;he of the Duke ...

... oratory in the )a House of Commons was chiefly employed in halloo- ed ing on the rabid Jacobitism of his party to worry m whigs, dissenters, bank directors, and all others rywho presumed to question the infallibility of the a, high church faction. The ...

... quickly recovered himself and resumed his elabo- rate train of reasoning. Again and again, however, he recurred to old Whig ties and old Whig principles, conceding the best and highest motives to the leaders of the Opposition, while he mercilessly dealt with ...

... Admiral to resist any bias fronm either of these co-operating forces, and to serve England, whose Government had now become Whig, and was not responsible for his command. The position was trying, but the Commander was equal to the occasion. There is a ...

... he does not see any probability of an immediate accession of the Conservatives to power; and he thinks it better that the Whig-Liboral party should be permitted to die out of itself. An A hedge dying out at bottom, and getting thinner and thinner every ...

... with considerable ability and nl admirable temper. The author traces the beginning of P that alienation to the refusal of the Whigs under Lord V John Rueoell through Lord Clarendon in 1817 to apply ' themselves to the redress of Irish grievances, and g attributes ...

... place in the Court-house, Wakeifiold, odi Monday last, before a pretty numerous atttendauce of froehollers. Major Fawkes, the Whig candidate for the office, haviag retired from the contest at the end of last week, no oppositicz was offered to the return ...

... which the Political Unions le had forced upon them; this we know frora personal ex- ti perience. In the elections of 1834 the 'whigs and radi- ec cals lost about 100 seats, and their continued ascen- h dancy was only preserved by the Lichfield-house corm- ...

... Parliament by help of a tem- porary vacancy made for him in a snug Welsh family borough. There soon followed the defeat of the Whigs, who had brought in a free trade Budget. Mr F. Baring's proposal for a reduction of the sugar duties having been rejected, ...

... to con- tinue this tax; and, once removed, they both saw itcoald not againbeimnposed. They were willingto give way to their Whig opponents; but the want of confidence of Earl Grey in Lord Palmer- ston as Foreign Minister made it impossible for them to ...

... was fearfully beaten, to his own great surprise. The Captain had argued in this way. That Lord Charles, though coining of a Whig house, must, being a duke's son, be at heart a Tory. That was Captain Blockstrop's unalterable opinion. So le issued a rather ...