... bright in colour. Mrs. Bouverie was the daughter of Sir Everard Fawkener and the great friend of the beautiful Mrs. Crewe, the Whig toast of the day. This fine picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1770, with probably but little expectation on the ...

... the late Par- liament. But Sir William Harcourt is opposed to both of them. As far as they are concerned he i 3 a Whig, and, like other Whigs, a supporter of the Government. His complaint of the dulness of domestic politic* is therefore incomprehensible ...

... union by coalescing with the Whig element of the party, whose policy is very slightly distinguished from that of the present Government. The Non- ; conformist representation in Parliament is at least equal to that of the Whig element, which supports the ...

... done very much better as a leader of the party than he expected. The party had perfect confidence in him, but he carried his Whig caution to an extreme. Mr. Trevelyan'a Household Suffrage Bill should be made the subject of the first fight by the Liberals ...

... ; the rest I give to the poor.' On the whole he thought that we might take comfort over the last two sessions. The word Whig had m*.de its reappearance in the address of the Marquis of Tavi- stock to the electors of Bedfordshire, it having last been ...

... laughter) — and he would tell them why. Suppose for a moment that they were to agree — the Churchmen and Nonconformists — Whigs, Tories, and Radicals — suppose they were to agree that the Church should be disestablished next week. Well, could any man ...

... estima:ed len _1 of £'26,942. The two largest amounts in acreage in e_'i county appear in connection with the names of the folio whig private owner.-, viz. :— ln Bed- ford. Dake of B„fm 1 ar.tl Mr. S. •?. Wbitbread : Berks, Lieutenant Colo:. -1 Loyd-Lindsay ...

... effect of the Norman conquest on the structure of English society in tracing the existence of the two political parties of Whigs and Tories to their descent from Saxons and Normans, and Michelet's still more extraordinary notion that Eoiland was doomed ...

... the protection of theßritish flag ? He did not find any attempt on the part of his dear friends the Whigs to answer that. (Laughter.) Of course a Whig captain would take good care of them, treat them to the best description of food, and possibly give ...

... Major O'Gorman, in an amusing but rather discursive speach, expressed his intention to vote with the Government against the Whigs, who were the traditional enemies of the slave. Mr. Sullivan, however, hoped that the Irish contin- gent would not follow the ...

... (Hear, hear ) Ue appealed to those gentlemen who sat upon the front Oppo- sition bench to support hia motion. In old days tbe Whig party won its greatest triumphs by supporting tht- cause of peace, retrenchment, and reform, and let hon -H.nt.e- men that ...

... Government tripping, and had put down this resolution in the hope that it would have the effect of rallying around bim wise Whigs, philosophic Radicals, and patriotic Home Rulers all in one lobby. (Laughter.) But a position like that of the leader of the ...