... member might say much, and it is a matter for sincere regret that the consideration thus freely promised for the expected Whig measure was not honestly and fairly given to that Reform Bill of Lord Derby's which, to say the least, would have far more ...

... Conservative members. He believed that the Scotch members who had done so much to advance the Bill were either the nominees of Whig peers or of Radical baillies. After some further discussion, which at last became of rather a tumultous character, the committee ...

... glorious Reform Bill, proposed by Earl Russell, strenuously opposed by the Duke of Wellington and tory party, but, usual, thj whigs are in the ascendancy, and the bill passes. The slave question was ably advocated by Wilberforce and Fowell Buxton, was opposed ...

... Never mind how many people there are iv place—never mind how is otherwise entitled to be represented, the question is, is it Whig or is it Tory ? If the former there are nine arguments out ten against its beiug enfranchised, —if it is Tory then there are ...

... bestow more than the coldest expressions of endearment. The best men of the Liberal party openly scout it; the independent Whigs and the Liberal Conservatives stoutly oppose it the Conservatives have agreed to resist it to the utmost ; and the extreme ...

... of 123,000. this period of the Session it was impossible to carry measure so full of anomalies, and he appealed to the old Whigs, with whom the issue lay, to save the country from the consequences which had been entailed by the blunders of the Government ...

... The bait is tempting, and as concession after concession has taught Dissenters that they may ask anything they please, with a Whig Government to back them up, they will soon be knocking at the gates of Christ Church. We have described the Colleges religious ...

... unqualified satisfaction when he looks at them with reference to the promotion of the views of the late Government. The Whig ex-Premier and the Radical ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer are quite prepared to head a violent Democratic agitation, and to ...

... advise her Majesty to send for Lord Granville, Lord Clarendon, or the Duke of Somerset, with view to endeavour to arrange a Whig Government. It not considered likely that either of these noblemen will succeed, and then of course Lord Derby will be asked ...

... those twelve are very siguificant. They include Lord Castlerosse, officer of the Household ; Lord Milton, the heir of the great Whig house of Fitzwilliam ; Sir E. M. Buller, who owes his baronetcy to Lord Russell; Lord Portmau's eldest sou; Sir J Gray; and ...

... impute to the Conservatives that opposition to the Ministerial plan of Reform which has been originated and chiefly urged by Whigs and Liberals, and evinced his inability to comprehend the scope of complete project of Reform by characterising the debate ...

... insight into its bearings upon the interests of all sections of the community. The late Reform debates have not gained.for the Whig-Radical party the confidence of reading and thinking men, or added tho least to whatever reputation that party may have had ...