... BODVEEIE'S LAMENT. Whigs, idle Whigs, I know not what ye mean, Whigs, that are cast into deep despair, Rise from your slumber, gather to the fray, And looking on the happy Treasury bench, Think how to seize it, have before. Sweet is the vote that wafts ...

... dark committee-room—made darker still By recollections ghostly, sad, and grim— In close recess and solemn conclave sat Big Whigs, sage Lib'rals, also Radicals Of school advanced. After short silence, then, And mutual nods, the great consult began. With ...

... with Mr. W. E. Gladstone. The most noteworthy incident probably was a letter from the Duke of Portland, one of the greatest of Whig magnates and a munificent supporter until lately of the Lib era l party, enclosing a cheque for £2,000 in support of the patriotic ...

... Although thy dream of Being M.P. was in vain, Easton says that thou wilt some day Be statesman known to fame. First from Whigs, and then from Tories, Thou h»st bad to bear defeat; Never mind, thy coming glories Will by this be made more sweet. Aubey ...

... your opinion that this Bill do pass ? cried No, forcing another division, and defeating this liberal measure, like a true Whig, by couple of votes, perhaps even by one, as I write entirely from memory. I say the County is better misrepresented by three ...

... of The Revolution we are bound to drive the party to logical conclusions, or break it into a thousand pieces, as was the old whig party, unless we get our rights.' That brought him to his pocket-book, and he signed his name Andrew Johnson, with a bold hand ...

... unexampled rapidity. The first remark which one naturally makes on glancing at ihe list of the Ministry is that the aristocratic Whigs seem as usual to have taken good care of themselves. There is the Earl of Clarendon the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the ...

... a candidate to represent Berkshire at the next general election; permit me to address a few words to you. do not think the Whig party could have selected gentleman in every way better calculated to represent their interests, had he not avowed his intention ...

... are observed in some parrs of the north of Ireland wag afforded at an investigation at Banbridge, reported in the Northern Whig : In the month of June some Roman Catholic missionaries visited the town, and special services were conducted in the chapel ...

... early and abundant harvest. Disturbances in Ulster. —Religious rancour still rife in certain districts of Ulster. The Northern Whig reports some rioting Banbridge on Friday and Saturday, occasioned by some persons who took offence at the prolonged visits ...

... against King James, for civil and religious freedom ; remember the example of our forefathers, bishops, and barons, and good old Whigs, who always looked to ancient landmarks, clun 6 to the fundamental principles, held fast ancient charters, and so built up ...

... document is not charged by one or another of our Radical contemporaries ; from the polished and refined organ of the aristocratic Whigs to the coarse rowdyism of Mr. Bright's expositor. However, there are three special grounds of plausible misrepresentation upon ...