... to the politics ot his family, who had for some time been enrolled auong the Whig houses, and it was suou clear that he wouln prove a formidable rival to the rising young Whig of that period, Lurd John Russell. It was not, however, until 1824 that he made ...

... etary for the Colonies. In the disruption of parties after the death of Canning, Mr Stanley drifted into the ranks of the Whigs, became an advocate of Parliamentary Reform, and in Lord Grey's Administration assumed the importantpost of Chief Secre- tary ...

... Karia Dillon, eldest daughter of Henry Augustus. I J3th V'iscount Iiloc. He had been for many year, jiotitically ?? with the Whig party. Soon after coropleting his education at Christ Church, Oxford, where hie graduated B A. in 1825, he was elected rep ...

... but this ndid not materially increase his income. Sir Robert Clifton successfully contested Nottingham in 1861, against the Whig party, who adopted Lord Lincoln (the present Duke of New- castlei) as their candidlate: .and again, in 1865, but was un- i ...

... Knoasley, on the 2i9th of -Marchli, 1iJ79. For elcacsy years the Earls et' Derby had identified theut- ?? anid tldir house, with Whig principles. The- thirteenth Earl had held office as Chaunellor 4e the Dlery of Liaicaster, but his oliisi al tencus' of pl::ne ...

... capacity was unsuspected, and it was not imagised that in a elicit period lie would soar far shove an- other rs-iing youag Whig, thou in his 31st year-Lord Jolin Russell, The speech on the Irish Church elicited unusual a complinsents froii Mr Hume himself ...

... system of canvassing, not to attack by anonymous placards or squibs the private or personal character of any of their oppenont, Whig or Tory, but to meet everyone on the high ground of principle and moral worth. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR CARLISLE. In Monday's ...

... the famous expression, r `-Johnny has upset the coach. And so s Lord John actually had, for ere the close of the v Year the Whigs 'found themselves in occupa- t: tioe of the opposition benches. This prove- ed the turning point in Lord Derby's poli. c tical ...

... among us who can wield deftly the pen of critic, or philosopher, or historian: eminentjnrists have worthily succeeded the great Whig and Tory lawyers of a bygone generation: the aristocracy and the country gentry are men of attainments, liberality, moderation ...

... Parliament. In those days of close boroughs a seat was soon found for him. His family was staunchly 1Vhig, and thus it was as a Whig he was returned for Stockbridgc in 1821. For nearly three years he made no sign in the House of Commons, and when he first ...

... Bentinchr, and Mr. Disraeli apply themselves to this two-fold opposi- tion, that, in February, 1852, on the dissolution of the Whig Cabinet of Lord John Russell, the Protec- tionist Conservatives were called into office. In the Midsummer of the preceding ...

... wlsesiho becam~ecretary for, the Colonies. ln both eaphoities hi~ e.nergy and eloquence bad been of signal service to theb Whig zGoverament. But in'-lS:' in conjunetion 'with Sir James Graham, the fluke of fRichmond, and Lord Ripon, ho separated from ...