... of Canning with the Whigs; and it is- curious to find in a letter of Lord Palmerston to his brother, dated May 4,. 1827, a description of the behaviour of the Whigs differing very widely indeed from the account given of it by the Whig leaders themselves ...

... unnecessary pain. We should have liked Whig Reviewers, as Painted by Them- selves, in B'lackwood better, but for a certain self-righteousness of tone that pervades the article. See, it seems to say, how these Whig-Radicals of the Edinbiaghz hated each ...

... to grant the Allies any terms they could reasonably demand. But the war was prolonged partly to suit the interests of the Whigs, and partly on account of the great distrust felt by Marlborough, Eugene, and Heinsius for Louis XIV. At last peace was made ...

... historical accuracy or alleged one-sidedness- a charge which, by the way, came with extremely bad grace from the lips of the great Whig historian. Fluctuating between Whiggism and Toryism--the one com- mending itself to his intellect, the other to his chivalrous ...

... historical accuracy or alleged one-sidedness - a charge which, by the way, came with extremely bad grace from the lips of the great Whig historian. Fluctuating between Whiggism and Toryism--the one com- mending itself to his intellect, the other to his chivalrous ...

... were the impending questions of foreign policy, was disgusted at the prevalence of party spirit which kept Peelites and s Whigs aloof from the Administration. His desire was that, whatever Government was in power, England should be united and strong; ...

... , he thinks, has shown that if it is wanted to rescue a seat from a Tory, a Radical is more likely to be successful than a Whig.-In The Musical Culture of the Day, Mr. H-. 11. Statham seeks to inquire whether the passion for music in modern English ...

... not be readily forgotten. The applause was frequent, and Mir Terry was called before the curtain at the close of the four ?? Whig, July 5th. Mirth reigned supreme lest evening at the Theatre Royal. If hearty uld spontaneous laughter is good for the mind ...

... peace party, and the party set against every increase in the power of the Crown; whilst so far is it from being true that the Whigs have always been the party of pro- gress, that when the Dissenters asked Walpole when they might look forward to the removal ...

... standard on the braes o' Mar, which the audience would have liked to have heard again; Signor Ghilberti's singing of Awa', Whigs, awe', a duet on Scottish airs for pianoforte and organ, executed by Mr. W. Carter and Mr. Edwin Bending; land the performance ...

... sacrificial mys-| teries. (what would he not sacrifice for a new sensation P) -and our effete aristocratic and bureaucratic Whigs who always grasp at all the spoils of office, ead nearly aiways. desert their followers and allies .in the day of serious' ...

... principles to expediency. It has been a fashion with shallow Liberals ever since the Reform Act to sneer at the Whigs as an obsolete Party. The Whigs, indeed, have never adopted the modern doctrine that legislation is to be dictated by public opinion; and in ...