... bcve no time to attend to such matters, and so he left them entirely in the hands of bii brothers. We dare say that while the Whigs were on the shady aide of Downing-street everything was fair and aboveboard; but when the Reform party came into power there ...

... the Reform cause : were Mr. T. Q. Barino, Viscount Andover, &c., | and amongst Whig county members, Lord O. ' Cavendish, Mr. Coke, Mr. C. C. Clifford, &c. The gallant Whig member for Lichfield probably exhibited the effect his recent American experiences ...

... hopeful placehunters on the Whig front benches. What virtuous disclaimers from faltering Conservatives, too ready to throw their friends overboard. What feeble protestations of innocence and ad misericor- dium appeals. The Whigs, to do them justice, manage ...

... n te e d w , P an alia d r th m e e y n a t forced to relinquish office as not possessing the confidence of the house. The Whigs, who succeeded them, were, of course, morally bound to bring in a Reform Bill of their own, and this they did, and used, as ...

... there not been a meeting of Reformers at which this bill has not been contemptuously set wide as an antiquated and exploded Whig delusion (laughter and cheers). they have discovered, and announced the discovery, that the franchise is the property of the ...

... reform meeting which bad ventured to publish its proceedings but had condemned this proposal as an antiquated and exploded Whig delusion —(hear, hear). In Ills view it was the first of series of downward movements which would only cease when they had ...

... the unenfranchised millions, who marry, who keep house, who bring up children, and who pay taxes? Why do you tories and you whigs — those wise gentlemen wbo think Eke tories (whom, by the way, tbe hon. member for Birmingham supports) — why are you afraid ...

... even accept it, save as an instalment. Where was this system, once adopted, to end ? He denounced the 61. idea as antiquated Whig delusion and racily satirised the conduct and speeches of the hon. member for Leeds. The franchise never was the right of any ...

... mogrem ; sod it was his coevlctios that as the std. Lags wee extended society gerrelly would be beeciatted through the sad geed Whig aridag from a oessoicaumece the part of the sew electors el the share which they had thus obisheed is meldsg the laws the c ...

... country. When the new Parliament met they were forced to relinquish office as not possessing the confidence of the house. The Whigs, who succeeded them, were, of course, morally bound to bring in a Reform Bill of their own, and this they did, and used, as ...

... reform meeting which had ventured to publish its proceedings but had condemned this proposal as an antiquated and exploded Whig delusion. In his view it was the first of a series of downward movements which would only cease when they had reached the bottom ...

... session the next Parliament would be asked to agree to a further extension. A £6 franchise was an anti- quated aud exploded Whig delusion, and might be regarded as the first step in the sliding scale towards universal suffrage. He was uot prepared to qualify ...