... acquiesce in the monopoly of administration by a few great Whig families; that Reform and Libe- ralism are not mere pass-worcte invented to faci- litate the admission of scions of three or four Whig ducal houses into the high offices of State. Of course ...

... Parliamentary cai 111 •. they will in not a few cases run a Radi- Wh a Whig, and thus let in a Tory. t}je etl ^hey cannot find a candidate of their own, iio 03a^' regard the contest of a Whig of Mr. and 8-8 s^amP with a Conservative with apathy 1:1 indifference ...

... be a subject of complaint, although it may be of congratula- tion, to the latter. Now that Reform has been abandoned by the Whigs, it is not likely that the Opposition will attempt to disturb the calm by making a bed in opposition to nothing. Thus the chief ...

... of the land in the neighbourhood. In the terms of Mr. Hawk- shaw's address, there is nothing to indicate whe- ther he is a Whig or a Tory but from his state- ment that Colonel Pinney will not oppose him, it is to be presumed that his politics are those ...

... towards Lynchburg. He is very confident of re- ceiving Lee's surrender, together with the remains of his army. The Richmond Whig, row the Union paper, says the evacuation of the city had been pro- gressing for a month the people, however, refused to believe ...

... General IXefos. if ti^ EriGKA3i.—Sir £ B. Lytton in his elec- of'p addres~ says that the Whigs u~e the question ea ^Wntary Reform much as a man who takes 9 u re of himself in this changeable climate uses an tr??er garmeut—when out, to be put cn when iD ...

... wondering at the marvellous knowledge displayed by their parents in counteracting them. Of course it would, as the Northern Whig reminds us, be as absurd to confound these Irish political children with the whole people of Ireland as to con- found the rick ...

... to suppose that a clear majority of the voters would wish to vote for a Tory unconnected with the borough, rather than for a Whig who is con- nected with it. Probably, however, he ex- pects that the Bute influence rules the town, and that the Trustees would ...

... upon the character of the bill. If it be strong enough for the politicians below the gangway, it will be too strong for the Whigs; and I think it very unlikely that Ministers will bring in a bill which they know will be too advanced to pass. If on the other ...

... calmly amidst the election storm, as an excuse, I suppose, for ratting him- self, defined the great principles for which Whig and Tory have done battle for generations as trumpery political crotchets. If the blood of the earnest politicians of Nottingham ...

... steadiness of cha- racter and official industry for the position.' Mr. Chichester Fortescue, however, is a steady office- loving Whig, with very fair ability, an Irishman, and aristocratically connected. Mr. Hutt, who gives up the Vice Presidentship of the ...

... as loyally under Lord Russell as he had served un&ar Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne, and if he was means of throwing out the Whig Ministry it wag under circumstances of great provocation. EEc fidelity to his colleagues has, indeed, become pro- verbial, ...