... The Whigs were out of place. The sceptre of England wa3 borne by gracious and feminine hands, and the heart of the Sovereign was touched by domestic sorrow. All that •vas necessary to make the plot successful was to draw together the great Whig nobles ...

... same policy which, in the hands of the late Sir Robert Peel, had been secretly and openly approved the whole phalanx of the Whig aristocracy. It coincided exactly with the Liberal spirit which dictated the Maynooth grant, taking the form of a safe and ...