... WEDNESDAY, MrARCII 10, 1886. THlE WHIG POSITION. Lord HARTINGTON is as blind as ever to thiL k inexorable sequence of events. He obstinatel ,\ refuses to see if you set a ball rolling down aI a inclined plane the chances are a thousand to one ir 'e will ...

... more thoughtful membersof the Whig connection. con It is understood that it represents that section, dies and it represents the Review moreover, very ably. Bui With the result of the %edistribution agitation the pull Whig party, it would seem, are well ...

... by Radicals, on the charac- ter and action of the Whigs, and he comes forward to offer what he evidently intends as an apologei for that unfortunate party. According to Conservatives, he says, a Whig is a man who by circumstances belongs to the party ...

... 1885. FROMI THE OLD TO THE NEW WHIG S.| The unexpected announcemnent of Mr. T. WV. Of EVANS'S unconditional withdrawal from the new to a political arena of ?? is tantamount to an cap appeal from the newr to the old Whigs. It is con- ColT sequently of far ...

... that such men as Lord HARTIOToNG , and men of the old Whig stamp, are not the moving power of Liberal- ism. The moving power, he said, had been the Radicals, vho were not satisfied with the Whigs, and said they must go further.' And this should beborne ...

... description of the average Whig, but we are surprised to find Earl CowrEn giving utterance to it. It is, indeed, somewhat difficult to discover what is exactly the Earl's political position. He says in one place, speaking of the Whigs, we are more nearly ...

... cannot say; but certain it is elect that the writer, whoever he was, had not picked up tong among his plain Whig principles that peculiar Whig eart] style in which egotism permits itself to be pompous ing but never condescends to be flippant. The current ...

... the Whig tradition than Lord ZETLAND, whose allegiance to Mr. GLADSTONE cannot fail to be shaken by the outspoken words we have quoted The number of those who professedly belong to the Ministerial Party, whether they are called Liberals or Whigs, and ...

... statement declaring the Duke of Monmouth to be illegi- timate, and otherwise securing James' interests. The vio- lence of the Whigs increased to such a pitch as to he fatal in themselves. The Exclusion Bill was proceeded with, and the speeches upon it give ...

... Liberalism are not nruch more frequent than, they are. Why have they not been more numerous in the past ? Why have not the Whig Lords gone over in a body to the Con- servative camp ? Wby, at any rate, have they not followed the examplo of Lords GREY and ...

... the qualifications of his leader's tered, al nd nominee : ' A renegade,' ' a Whig grub,' ' a rotten commen a WVhig,' s a cabby sheep,' ' a rotten rudder,' ' a would b y Whig intriguist,' a thief in the night,' 'a into all er Government man,' I a political ...

... To add to the perplexities of the Premier, there ra are rumours of the formation of a Cave, a refuge me for malcontent Whigs and others who regard with m/ deep repugnance the tampering with fundamental do principles to which Mr. GLADSTONE lends himself ...