... catspaw with which, if pessible, to pluck their politicel chesnuts out of the fire, they naturally looked about for a feeble Whig lord to do the business. We are now all quite aware, too, however zealous Tory papers my try to hide the fact, that there is ...

... Li wiJl see that every section, every shade of opinion of the Liberal party, is re: ted here to night, from that of the most Whig to that of the most advanced Radical (laughter, and applause.) I think he will see that this meet- ing is largely composed ...

... might and would In conclusion justly repudiate anything that they did, he made a forcible appeal to the independent moderate Whigs to be wise in time, and not to bury themselves pre- maturely in that tomb in Westminster Abbey in which the hon. member for ...

... the Government, and none at all for the existence of the present Parliament. He made a forcible appeal to the independent Whigs not to render themselves in abject submission to the Government, but te be true to the traditions of their great party. Mr ...

... bench more competent to discharge his duties than his father, the Chief Justice, who, they say, no notion of makiog way for a Whig lawyer while the Government is in a critical state.” But they do not deny that Lefroy the son is between sixty and seventy ...

... ing of our institutions. Sir William Hutt promptly rose to repel the insinu- ions of Lord Elcho. He speaks in the true old Whig style ora rotundo—the style of which Earl Grey is one of the few remaining examples. Sir W. Hutt’s manner, however, did not ...

... tact and discrimination, then touched upon the by Earl Grosvenor; declaring that his amen’ t would tend to separate the great Whig party from the Liberal and popular party; and if he succeeded in: opeating political hostility, then he would remind the Jord ...

... the house Cavendishes, the Howards, the Sui e Somersets, course taken by the noble lord in this amendment would separate the Whig party from the Liberal and if he succeeded in so doing tell. the noble lord that if the great their virtues and against the ...

... still better. The battle between Whigs and Tories originated in a conflict for place and power When the Whigs were most numerous they constituted the Government When the Tories were most numerous they ejected the Whigs and took possession of their places ...

... with the Whig ty (hear). Now, if the novle lord will allow me in a pe hee tly frien dly manner to give him 4 little advice, I will do it in one sentence. 6 course that he ia taking is a course that tends to drive away im- t persons of the Whig party from ...

... greater popular authority into Parliament. It refuted the accusation against Lord Russell of not having consulted the old Whigs, by quoting, as amongst the supporters of the bill; the Bedfords, the Devonshires, the Howards, the Sutherlands, the Duke of ...

... had nottbeen insiucere, for he betrayed great emotion when he was obliged to withdraw his last bill, The noble earl and the Whig party were therefore not open to this charge. In 1861 an earnest and re- former upbraided the noble lord, who triumphantly ...