... their existence and although they then escaped defeat, their position ever since has been exceedingly critical. Were they not Whigs, an appeal to the country would undoubtedly have been made ere this. But, with the proverbial tenacity for oflice which ch ...

... of Parliament. So much the worse for the country, our readers will probably say ; and such is unquestionably the case. Tbe Whigs are proverbial for their official tenacity. Nothing will induce them to resign office ; or the loudly expressed disapprobation ...