... resignation of the Ministry and so we should, if Conservatives were in office. We must bear in mind however, that they are Whigs and Whigs of the modern stamp, who notwithstanding the protestations to stand or fall by the Bill may stick to power. Sir William ...

... entirely without a controlling hand guide them. They are evidently much at a loss what line take, and how to take it. The Whigs are falling off from them ; the Peelites are used ; Mr. Cardwell and the Attornev-Geneaal are all that remain of that clever ...

... whole emanates from the Government, spurred on by the member for Birmingham; in order to get support, they employ the usual Whig screw, that they risk their retention of office on the measure. Whether even this will avail them on the present occasion ...

... n. Nor must it be forgotten that a short period out of office is alterative and a tonic. In the bracing air of opposition Whigs grow strong, and achieve audacity which they lose when long debauched by the sweets of place. With nothing to reflect upon ...

... Reform as they apptar to on the Cattle Plague, for Earl Russell must have an awkward team to drive. Lord Harrington we have Whig, in Mr. Goschen Liberal, and in Messrs. Stansfield and Foster Radicals, while Mr. Gladstone is a kind of political chamelon ...