... had attended the operation of the Reform Act of 1832 in Scotland. Well, if anybody ought to be satisfied at this it was the Whig party. The not of 1832 gave the Liberal party in Scotland a large majority of representatives, and he believed that it was ...

... not often be the case. And further, the grouping will generally, if not always, put an end to that dictation on the part of Whig magnates, like the Duke of SOMERSET, which has so often done the party good service. But it is not equally clear that a group ...

... sincerely professed, wilt satisfy them now. Mr. GLA.DSTONB doubts, and with some reason,, the security of his command over the Whig party.. Ile is not one of them ;he does not like there, and they do not trust him. He must have a pasty which shall not accept ...

... 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 ...

... that the petty shuffles by which the details of that portion of the measure are intended to add to the preponderance of the Whig-Radical interest in the House of Commons may fairly be left to the detection which they cannot hope to escape when the measure ...

... 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 ...

... tables will thow. that , the simple test of popliation . :9 - oduees some extraori - ,linary restaltsonost favourable to,Whig interests, and that we., are still with a charming little list , uf almost entirely Whio—borea,g'ns with an insinificant number ...

... uproar). What were the principles of the coalition which. had been formed against him? Lord Amberley professed to be a .moderate Whig, but it was not certain what be was. They were putting a jibbing horse by the side of a _runaway (loud applause). Mr. Cossham ...

... e farmers were compelled to affiliate themselves; to secure protection for their families and property, at a time when the Whig Irish Government, for the flurtherance of their own purposes; refused them adequate protection. Now, all those detached as ...

... 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 ...

... being subject evening introduced them to the electors at a public meeting, to similar treatment in future. At present the Whigs appear to be at a loss how to meet the I emergency. The names of Lord Eliot, son of the Earl of St. . . q, but • Gerrans; and ...

... South, which is to remain in state quo. The reason is evident. The latter division is not under the influence of any great Whig landed proprietors, but mainly consists of an independent body of freeholders. AN OLD CONSERVATIVE. MR. GLADSTONE'S REFORM ...