... ihe Whigs were never very remarkable for hospitality, or even courtesy. A well-known Whig Archbishop once allowed a learned Society to meet at his Palace in the depth of Winter, and gave them neither food nor fire, although they were nearly six hours ...

... office under very discouraging cir- n Ces. His political tergiversation of late years has = (from him the majority of the old Whig Party : leals below the gangway regard him as a greater i © Parliamentary Reform than even the late Pre- s admitted, on all ...

... the members for Devonport, feeling himself uncomfortable at the prospect of re-election for the Dockyard Borough (where the Whigs are always detested) his seat and threw himself into the arms of Liskeard. Being a Coriish man, and in of the Ballot and the ...

... es are not such as to require public assi§ 10 and, secondly, her friends have recommended he of accept any favor from the Whigs, The public ser the late Mr. Cobden are such as to preclude the ybig? of his family coming to want; whereas, if ‘ were to get ...

... been able to protrude himself within the historic precincts of the House of Commons, Later, too, Mr. George Fieschi Heneage, Whig M P, for the City of Lincoln, not having the melancholy fate of Mr. C urrie duly impressed his mind, took it into his hea d ...

... new House. The loss of Under these circumstances is a terrible blow, effects of which his fortunes may never recover. 2 the Whigs bad given him nothing but a silk hag .,-Yen Mr. Powell, the late Member for Gloucester, a better reward during his brief Parlia- ...

... a Government not wiUing fulfil the pledges of lHo'.t and lK»i0. hen its a question of reform or expulsion from office, the Whig statesmen will decide in favour of reform. This is the only effectual mode of dealing with them, and I hope it will lie adopted ...

... struggle fierce is o er, The Liberal member for our town, Is member now no more ! For Tory valour gained the day, And put the Whigs to flight. At four o'clock they went away, In sail and shameful plight. If green aud orange still they were, They certainly ...

... appointment in the House of Lords, he undertook to give a douceur equivalent to £500 per annum to the brother of a well-known Whig nobleman, through whose instrumentality (as is alleged) he received his preferment. These payments now amount to upwards of ...

... whispered be made Chan- cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the Cabinet. Mr. Bouverie, though under 50, is an old Whig Statesman, having held various offices under different He is a fluent speaker, aud weil up in Constitutional history. The Duchy ...

... horrified and appalled him, while it made him indignant at the disgraceful manner in which the country had been governed by the Whigs during the last thirty years, Mr. Henry Danby Seymour, the Mem- ber for Poole, who never misses an opportunity to assail the ...

... y is that it will send Mr. McKenna to Parliament, and Lord Palmerston does not want to see Mr. McKenna there. Indeed, the Whigs don’t like to see independent gentlemen representing Irish constituencies. They would rather have the Counties and Boroughs ...