... But it was not to be. The Lords suddenly appeared to take 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 ...

... all has been excitement in Parliament. In the House of the vcn- principle of tho Reform Bill has been attacked, and the old Whigs have been termed the obstructives Earl Grey tried very hard to carry amendment which would hare completely upset tho bill; ...

... moderate Litorals and progressive Conservatives, which, it is thought, will be the death blow old Toryism, and that the old Whigs will be the Tories the future. Much comment has been made upon Lord Derby���s remark, that they have made a step the dark;” the ...

... him. Few men were more universally popular, and he was liked even by those who had no reason to thank him lor turning out the Whig Government, and leading the Aduliomites. He was taken prisoner in the trenches, during the Crimean war, rather amusing way ...