... tightened, to the power of our kings. At the Bevolution our Government became virtually a Bepublic, administered by the great Whig families: but this Republic was hedged in by the social influence of the Crown on one side, and by the political influence ...

... the antagonism of the Radicals to the Conservative party, and thus prevent combinations which have sometimes proved fatal to Whig Governments. appears to me that the supporters of measure which is the offspring of such tactics are injudicious in claiming ...

... having time to pause on the road to destruction, and humbly be permitted to make amends for being fickle in our love for the Whigs. Your correspondent, as a finale to his views, trusts the Franchise Bill will pass safely through Parliament. I can easily ...

... unimpaesioned and statesmanlike address. He exposed the hollowness of the patriotic pretensions so loudly asserted by the Whigs, and reserving his objections to the Bill itself, argued forcibly on the terms of the resolution. Having tardily admitted the ...

... What CaVendiah or Grosvenor thinks may not be of much consequence probably to any human soul in Birmingham; but these great Whig families are of awful import in the House—mystic, wonderful—and their utterances regarded as oracular. Later the evening, on ...

... supported the Cavendishes, the Howards, tbe Sutherlands, and the Somersets. The course taken by Lord Grosvenor would separate the Whigs from the Liberals, but a contest between the nobles and the popular party, it might be relied on from experience that the former ...

... received with loud cheers, said: My fellow-citizens, allow me just to say that whatever yonr political principles are, whether Whig or Tory or Radical, you ought all of you to do what yon can to get this Reform Bill passed through the Legislature—(cheers) ...

... fehiow-cuntrysusen. It could t ot oe thought a bill of tis character could have been brought in w%,ithouit conssutltinig the Whig ?? and there could rot be aainsh danger in t bill brooght in by a mesber of ?? house r .of Bedford, and sup- Ilo denie~ ~ ~~Or ...

... had he to do with praising anything foreign- and democratic ? This comes of 2 his Lancashire blood, and his want of noble 'Whig ancestry. ' To me however, an outsider, the remarks had the ring of true metal; The hite civil war has impressed me deeply ...

... together. We are able to discuss this great question with perfect impartiality. True, the Franchise Bill is introduced by a Whig Ministry, and we, as advocates of a steady constitutional policy, differ on many material points with her Majesty’s present ...

... just bill. He said was very moderate, because it was less than the Tories had offered, and less than had been offered by the Whigs—(hear, hear). Many men present were whelly without any share in the representation. himself had been without a vote for long ...

... would justly, repudiate anything that they did. In conclusion, he made a forcible appeal to the independent and moderate Whigs to be wise time, and not to bury themselves prematurely in tbat tomb in Westminster Abbey in whioh the hon member for Birmingham ...