... witnessed the strange spectacle of the representative in the Commons of one of the oldest and the wealthiest families of the Whig aristocracy rising to oppose ap important measure brought forward by a Cabinet of which Earl Russell is the head. Scarcely ...

... witnessed the strange spectacle _of . the representative in . the. Commonsof one of the oldest and the wealthiest families of the Whig aristocracy rising to oppose an • important measure brought forward by a Cabinet of which Earl Russell is the head. Scarcely ...

... and predicted that no bill would pass which was framed with such an utter disregard to the views of the Conservative and the 'Whig parties. He denied emphatically that the resolution had been drawn by a Tory hand, and, in dealing with the objections to the ...