... it. It seemed too bad that it should fall to the disposal of a Ministry confessedly in a minority and be lost to those noble Whig houses who had been brought up in a tradi- tional belief that they had a vested interest in every plan of emolument and power ...

... Liberal party, or until ho sees some nearer prospect of a union of moderate men to resist extreme measures. Mr. Laing is a Whig, but a Whig of the Palmerston class, and has not much in common with tbe bulk of those who at present form the majority at Mr. G ...

... of those well-paid j berths which are regarded as the due rewards of the ; political labours and sacrifices of aristocratic Whigs, but ' by getting rid of underlings and paring down office allow- | ances, and by reducing tbe number of dockyard labourers ...

... excited ; and yet there was neither tumult, revolt, or, what is still more sad, proscription and hunish- nieut. When the Whigs returned to office iv 1830, they did not dream of banishing Sir Robert Peel, or sending the Duke of Wellington to Botany Bay ...

... measure, they yet resisted the impulsive and dangerous eloquence of Lord Salisbuky, and declined lo join the remnants of the old Whig party in summarily- rejecting the measure. Acting on the calmer and more mature judgment of the Duke of Richmond and Lord j ...

... on such a step, no | words would have been strong enough to express the sense ■ which the pure and spotless and unselfish Whigs would have had of such conduct. The feeling on the Stock Exchange has been quieter throughout the week, and quotations fractionally ...

... ion against the Bill. The speeches and resolutions on the occasion show that the working classes have discovered that the Whigs have fol- lowed their old crooked policy, using them merely as instruments for their own personal elevation, and laving them ...

... EnSnUhij C H I)r ' WiUl *» t been so long an dis- ti»i^n o ?? - and wLicl1 ' I ''elieve, through the nca- £ lnflu ™ ce ...

... expenditure before Lhe ratepayers were aware of it. Their object tbat evening was not a political one, they did not meet as Whigs, Tories, Conservatives, or Radicals — (Hear, hear) — their object was not a religions one — they had nothing to do with Church ...

... (Hear, hear)— he was told at the last Court that some Magis- trates had held a meeting, and that as it was the turu of the Whig party to elect a candidate, they had determined to bring foward Mr. Greene. He protested then, as he did now, against the election ...