... some hours' wrangling. Yesterday the Conservative side of the argument was more fully heard, and it was contended that the Whigs had done nothing for Ireland; it had been said that the people of Ireland were half a century behind those of England ...

... creation of a Minister of Public Instruction he is undoubtedly right, but in recommending that he should be a Whig or Tory, according as Whigs or Tories get the upper hand, he shows how entirely he has failed to appreciate the difficulties of the time ...

... pushed his way to the front, and infused a new spirit into the ranks of the Whig party. From the appointment of Brougham to the post of leader of Opposition the work of Whig regeneration proceeded at a rapid pace, and supported by Lord John Russell, Lord ...

... have convictions, because by such means he succeeds best in carrying out his original plans; and moreover, if he is neither Whig nor Tory, there is nothing to be got in the way of solid advantage. The House of Commons having an enormous amount of good ...

... the Liberal linendraper, told the commissioners of one John Adcock, whowas paid three times by the Tories and once by the Whigs-and who (said Mr. Living- ston) would rather vote for the devil than the Tories. Adcock got altogether 75, and at last voted ...

... without bribery. What decided me most to retire, said Mr. Marshman, was a remark by one of the voters-whether Tory or Whig I don't know-who said, 'I am ready to lay down my life for Jesus Christ, but I don't consider that it would be a sin to take ...

... muddle in which things are generally found when these gentlemen go out of office. Scarcely is Downing-street rid of the Whigs, when the latter seem to become suddenly conscious that the country is in desperate need of reconstructive energy. All those ...

... utmost to excite the rabble of London and of the country against the Tories for the very acts they would have upheld in the Whigs. Never have I seen the spirit of partisan- ship meaner or more malignant. Charles Cripps, a house proprietor in Magdalen-lane ...

... that whenever a rigid political virtue begins to be common among Englishmen, it may spread as freely among Tories as among Whigs and Radicals, and all together may agree in putting an end to the abominable system of which these three southern boroughs ...

... is himself the most conspicuous living instance of a great judge promoted to the bench as the parliamentary advo- cate of a Whig Minister who knew how to reward eloquent partisans. lout it is one thing to become a judge by distinguished services asa political ...