... of tho Birmninghamli Radi- cals. The local Tories of those days were anti. Reformers to the back-bone. The numne- rous 'Whig families of the opulent classes of the town, principally Disse sters, cons tidered any large and sufficient measure of Par ...

... ]ixs continiuied to hold xili indepsentielnt positioxI in the Upper House, frcely criticisixig the political acasltres of Whig zcd Tory Goverimonts alike, but pay- ing constanut txicd careful attention to the legal business of the uise as ontt of the ...