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CURRENT LITERATURE

... Harl6f ShoelbfifieoMW'- luillati) ndbrabes 'the pberiod betsween the death of Chatham and the memorable dissolution ot the ,Whig( party,' consequent uponte.V `ae antii.Gallioan Yronzy whioh was attributable in so great a degree to thle inflammatory pa ...

LITERATURE

... Fitzmaurice, is a melancholy instance of the preponder- ance of merely personal interests which has ever been the bane of the Whig oligarchy. It was still more dis- astrously exemplified by Fox's conduct in driving Shel- burne from power when well aware ...

LITERARY MISCELLANEA

... auspices in the Year 1-685 -WvYhen the trial came on, acrowd-of those who loved and honoured Baxter filledt the court. Two Whig barristers, of great note, Pllexfeu and Wallop, appeared for the defendant. Pollexfen had Scarce began his address to the jury ...

LITERATURE

... the article the chief information that one seems to have gained is the statement that the leaders of a certain section of the Whig party have held their tongues till the present cyclone should pass by. Of the other papers in the Edinburgh the most entertaining ...

HARRIET MARTINEAU'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.*

... Smith, soothingly. Never mind his damning the North Pole. 1 have heard him speak disrespectfully of the equator. At the Whig dinners of those days Miss Martineau wts8 a frequent guest, often going in his carriage with Rogers, who' was her neigh- bour ...

DRAMA

... s occurring across the I Atlautie that induced people to say, Thank (tod, we live I oin under a monarchy' WVo might be Whigs, Tories or 1 le licdinals, but we were holiest men, and he was thanktul I tho power il this country was not in the hands of ...

LITERATURE

... encouragement of flax-growing in the interior of Guiana, upon which he was confident the welfare of the nation depended. The Whig Government showed her every attention, took her advice upon all sorts of questions, and did their utmost to monopolise her ...

LITERATURE

... secretary to the Queen, was put forward in the Whig interest, he with- drew his letter of recommendation, and left Mr. Disraeli to fight his own battle. Mr. Disraeli thus fought High Wycombe against the Whig interest, and received the support of the few ...

LORD ABINGER.*

... expected promotion from the Whigs afterwards; as according to Lord Denman he did, having entertained the hope of being Tenterden's successor himself. Lord Brougham, however, agrees that he was very badly treated by the Whigs, though he could not have meant ...

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE ART OF POTTERY

... circumstance. Doubtless they h:d hbeard of the Whigg .and Tories (laughter). In the vaiddle of the last century there were Whigs and Tories in existeuce, and one of thles parties-to shdw his impartiality in the matter he had forgotten whiclh- that 'was ...

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE ART OF POTTERY

... took its origin from a very pecu- liar circumstance. Doubtless they had heard of the Whigs and Tories (laughter). In the middle of the last century there were. Whigs and Tories in existence, end one of those parties-to show his impartiality in the matter ...

THE AGE OF QUEEN ANNE.*

... soon as they returned to power; and that the Whigs connected themselves with the Regent Orleans in order to defeat the Tories, as the Tories had connected themselves with the late King in order to defeat the Whigs. This is very clearly put, both by Ranke ...