... late Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Baronet, by whom he loaves two sons and four daughters surviving him In politics Mr Ogle was a Whig of the old school, and' after the general election of 1852, when his brother Mr Savile Ogle, retired from tho representation ...

... the only House in which literature can hope to be represented. Mr Ellice, too, is just the typo of that large class of rich Whig magnates who seem to be born for no other purpose but that of developing into peers. Why he should have refused the honour ...

... As for those who have gained the coveted prizes, there is but little to be said. They are like most of the peers whom the Whigs have made—not very remarkable for anything except their Wluggism. I ought to make exceptions, howevur, in the cases of Sir ...

... so the establishment of a National Debt was a robbery of posterity. The Whigs may have the credit of both. Our present National Debt dates from the reign of that idol of all Whigs, William 111. The Dutchman found that his English subjects were not likely ...

... defeat leads us to think improbable, Mr Bradlaugh means to do some very great things. He should go there “as much to oppose Whig sham as to combat Tory opposition to popular improvements.” We suspect Mr Bradlaugh would find much more employment in the ...

... respect to the L.400 a year, there was a piece of political corruption connected with it —it was given to the freemen by the Whigs in 1832 and 1835, on condition that they did not oppose the Reform Bill. _ The contemplated bill was a ■ freemen’s bill; and ...

... at the expense of the public service. We have of course seen the same thing done by previous ministers, and notably by the Whig predecessors of the present Government ; but no one can forget that tw elve months ago the hustings were ringing with protestations ...