... declined the honour. The offer of such an office to such man is a cmious illustration of the blundering endeavours of the old Whigs fit round men into square holes, and vice versa. Earl Russell, in the extremity of his difficulty in reconstructing the Government ...

... and of the Royal asaent being given to in the House of Lorda, you will find that the Ministerial side of the house is full of Whig and Liberal peon, while the benches of the Tory and Opposition side are entirely empty. They did not give their countenance ...

... brought before the community by a question of disputed expenses. Since 1859 Bodmin has been represented by Mr. Leveson Gower, Whig, and by Mr. Wylu, who generally votes with the advanced Liberals. At the general election in that year Mr. was indeed defeated ...

... the present state of parties continues, and I may, I think, sum np the condition of parties in one brief expression—while Whigs and Tories are quarrelling Republicans are advancing.—(Applause.) This is, gentlemen, an unsound state of things, and what ...

... absence from their places in Parliament, when the great charter Mr. Bright seems to consider—became the law of the land. The Whig and the Liberal peerage muster in great force in this well-known engraving, but tie Tories arenowhere. This, however, is but ...

... Conaarvative were a goaraatea to the legialataie of theUoitad Stateawaa to beangiged io Couacvativei for the moderate policy of the Whig-Radical the duty of naoßitractiog them Coaubtutioo, it would ap- party, bat whole death had left the vee.nl of fiw. Rt.te te ...

... Conservatives held their meeting and consumed their roast beef and plum-pudding the Blue Boar at an earlier period than the Whigs of the county regaled themselves the Red Lion, it was so far a defeat for Toryism, and therefore there was a struggle to last ...

... through all the wiles and turnings of treason a politician who won his way from rank rank against the jealous traditions of Whig family influence. W'e axu, assured, also, that Russia, which was crushed by the Crimean defeat and the exposure of her weakness ...

... professed by the members who are likely to follow the lead in the new Parliament Mr. Maguire and the National party. The Irish Whigs still hold themselves quite aloof from the advanced Catholic members; but although not ready to join in the initiative, they ...

... condition parties in one brief expression. While tho Whigs and the Tories at* quarrelling, Republicans are advancing.” (Cheers and laughter.) Now 1 suppose, unless we are greatly mistaken! we know what the Whig* ate, and what the Tories ace; but np to this moment ...

... that time Lord Somers was very important person the House of Lords. was tho moat distiaguished man ever connected with the Whig party in this country. was not man aristocratic birth and connexions, but the son of soli- * citor in Worcester or the nei ...

... measures is gone.—(Cheers, j He talks of acoah tion, but what can such coalition an union between himself and those whom calls Whigs, has been for years systematically abusing I'—(Cheers.) He because fears that moderate men will forget party tics and looking ...