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... it was not to be. The Lords suddenly appeared to take an excessive interest in the Representation of the People Bill, and Whigs, Radicals, and ultra-Tories set themselves to find some flaw which would retard, if not set aside, that which the Commons had ...
... that Reform Bill, which had been in the main salutary, formed the principal argument in favour of another dose of the same Whig medicine. But, though a dose of six drops of strong medicine per day might benefit a patient, it might kill him to take a bottleful ...
... attend the Reform Banquet, although it has not pleased the prominent reformers, has gained him praise from many members of the Whig party, who more than once had reason to vote against him in the recent Parliamentary campaign. It is strange that a man who ...
... erected by Sir John Vanbrugh. It was raised by 80 persons of rank, principally of the Whig party, if we may judge by their Inscribing the first stone with the words Little Whig, In compliment to Lady Sutherland, a celebrated beauty of the day. The money subscribed ...
... the Conservative elements of the constitution as affecting the House of Commons surrendered Certainly not, It was only the Whig borough franchise of 1882 that had disappeared (cheeriO. Was it the Conservatives Who had surrendered that .910 borough franchise ...
... been excitement in Parliament. In the House of Lords the very principle of the Reform Bill has been attacked, and the old Whigs have been termed the obstructives. Earl Grey tried very hard to carry an amendment which would have completely upset the hill; ...
... With a grand view halloo—will come in with a rush, And partake of the honours when claiming the brush. FIRST WHIP FOR THE WHIGS. Bridgend, 2nd April, 1867. THE FLYING FISH. AWAY, away to the tropical seas, Where the billows are gently heaving; See the ...
... masters could pay would soon be ascertained, and strikes be mitigated, and, to a great extent, discontinued. Mn. BRAND, the Whig whipper-in, has made a speech to his constituents, in which he assumes that there will be a Reform Bill proposed by Lola Derby's ...
... moderate Liberals and progressive Conservatives, which, it is thought, will be the death-blow to old Toryism, and that the old Whigs will be the Tories of the future. Much comment has been made upon Lord Derby's remark, that they have made a step in the dark ...
... him. Few men were more universally popular, and he was liked even by those who had no reason to thank him for turning out the Whig Government, and leading the Adnllamites. Ile was taken prisoner in the trenches, during the Crimean war, in rather an amusing ...
... natural and necessary thing to do, though not very cheerful. IT is a curious thing that the late Joseph Parkes, known is the Whig Attorney-General is the days of the Reform Bill of 184 am! whose whole life was so active and political, should have had in ...
... criminals, and the honest can hold op his head whilst the sinner must sink into nothing. We have honest men, whether they are Whigs or Tories, steering the State barge. Working men are willing to settle their differences by arbitration. We have a kind feeling ...