... was foremost in making the famous, or rather infamous, Lichfield House Compact with O'Connell, in order to prop the failing Whig Cabinet by obtaining the support of the Irish Catholic members, —a compact identical its nature, though far less serious in ...

... Couservative feeling. The terms of the informal alliance long branded as the Lichficid House Con:fiwt alienated the moderate Whigs, and the prevalent 'u:cndu].i?u to his Aincerit: increased the disorganization of the party, while the violence of his language ...