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WILTS AND

... question of Reform ; that I beg to deny is Coto. The Government introduced a Reform Bill in 1859, and they were defeated by the Whigs it was a teas-pound uniform franchise, and it would have been a large measure, though not so large as the present one, but ...

EXTRACTS FROM FUN

... Election Epigram. Quoth Jones— I'd fain know if the victory clings To the Tories or Whigs on the whole. Quoth Brown— 'Twatld be beet, in the fitness of things, if the W(h)ig were a top of the poll. A CATTLE-SHOW THOU.:MT.-It moat be evidist to the meanest ...

THE VICAR OF BOURTON AND MR. GLADsTONE

... friends, however. Mr. Henry Tucker, of Bourton House ; Mr. Pocock, Mr Hunt, and Mr. Mansfield, who are all of them strong Whigs, and who heartily wish to support you if they can do so conscientiously, would be glad to have your express aasu.atioe that ...

the working classes if they should get into power I would wish for class legislation I cannot say ; but

... attempted. It may, but I very much doubt whether it will long succeed. I think either one of two things will happen. Either the Whigs and Radicals will do as they have done before; when their tarn is served all agree they will quietly shelve their opinions ...

DELIVERY

... country. I am not speaking of the nobility of one party more than another—l don't lay more blame upon the Tories than upon the Whigs of the day, but the great men of that day sat about ruling the constituencies in order that they might command their votes ...

WILTIS AN]) C*loo

... free-trader. I recollect him as a Whig ; I recollect him as • Radical; and now I know him as • democrat (cheers and laughter). We arc told that he is to be the next Prime Minister of this country. Now, I believe the Whigs, pure and simple, dislike him, but ...