... yesterday's impression shows from the bill itself that the redistribution of seats has been arranged with a view to secure Whig interests. But Mr. Gladstone's limit of 8000 inhabitants may be seen more conclusively to have been selected for party purposes ...

... amalgamated boroughs will probably give 14 seats to the Constitutional and 8 to the Whig party. But inasmuch 'as by this process the Constitutionalists lose 38 seats, and the Whigs and Democrats only 25 seats, the balance of loss and gain upon the amalgamated ...

... whose proportion of members under the new scheme must he two. But at present there are two Whig nominees anif.three independent Conservative seats. How are the two Whig seats to be 0- exiled and the three Conservatives disfrzuchise4.l? The summate genius of ...

... above 8000 inhatitants, and those below it. There are those who, thoroughly cognisant of the ordinary dirty tricks of the Whigs, thought this magic number, 8000, had been adopted designedly, and that - it was chosen .because it happened to suit the policy ...

... remembered. They, very likely, bear in mind what were the principles by which the innovations of 1832 were determined. The Whigs then contrived to turn a Conservative into a Liberal majority. They virtually disfranchised the counties—bad as their repr ...

... at least, while the Whig gain. will most probably be increased to six by the returns from Dublin city and , the county Cork under its action. Portarlington, alwa3s heretofore returning a Conservative, but new designated as a Whig borough, because it happens ...

... government of 'which he had been a supporter had departed from the rule of Whig governments in past times, and instead of taking entirely the advice of certain portions of the Whig powers they had taken advice from that end of the House of Commons and that ...

... mention made of the Whig borough of Shaftesbury. Why has honest Mr. Gladstone—who so detests, if we are to believe him, pocket boroughs—omitted to group this place with others. I suppose such men as Mr. Bright call this an honest Whig scheme.—Your obedient ...

... almost every other didpate, ts not whether the measure proposed is advantageous to the nation, but whether the Tory or the Whig interest should predominate in parliament. It seems to me that if the Conservative party proposes in cemmittee an 8/. franchise ...

... Scotland by the Reform Bill of 1832. Was that country unfairly treated? When the paymaster of the hour and spokesman of -- the Whig party delivered his initiative speech ..Scotland included within its cool embrace rather less than two millions of people. ...

... further effect of the entire scheme, including the new franchises. Schedule A deprives the Constitutional party of 38 seats, the Whigs of 21 seats and the Democrats of four seats. Let us now see what is given in exchange. This is, of course, to some extent ...

... stood at the head of the poll last election. Had Sir George stooped to that course of conduct which is here familiarly termed Whig-Radical purity his return was certain, but he disdained to adopt such a course, and the result was that Lord Amberley had ...