... heading of a bright chapter in the history of the Whigs, and proceeds to trace the leading incidents in Whig policy towards that country. At present the Whig E!erB have severed themselves from the liulk of the* iberal party. Mr. Gladstone regret 3 this because ...

... weaken the hands of the Government and strengthen the Opposition. It would be a'heavy blow to Radicalism and a godsend to the Whigs; most of all it would damage his own position far more than it would injure the Irish cause. The landlords of the three kingdoms ...

... idea that radical self-assertion would drive the Whigs over to the Tories is absurd. We should, however not lose much if this did happen ; but, as a matter of fact, the danger is imaginary. For the Whigs of convenience—the men who hanker after the fle ...

... Givan, who has accepted the office of Crown Prosecutor for the counties of Kildare and Meath. Four Conservatives and three Whig candidates are spoken of, addition to * Nationalist, and also Mr. Healy, the member for the horough of Wexford. The possible ...

... therefore, resolves itself into this: are the Radicals to cease to be Radicals and to re-enter the Whig fold, or are they to act independently of the Whigs In other words, are the millions to yield to the thousands, or are the thousands to yield to the ...

... England, can go on supporting Mr. Gladstone, who on every really important question acts against the old opinions of the great Whig leaders. ...

... as well as in the Supreme Being. The rejection of the brothers Chamberlain at the Reform Club was the result of outburst of Whig petulance against the President of the Board of Trade. The gentlemen who before 1880 used to go about denouncing Mr. Gladstone ...

... principle, why as large, or a larger, measure of self-government should not be granted to Ireland by the Tories as by the Whigs. ...

... think they would find any ready to join the menagerie on the Treasury Bench. Whigs and Radicals had, however, joined hitherto, and by mutual concessions had worked together. The Whigs, however, had walked the quarter deck, whilst the Radicals had slaved in ...

... Radicals. The Whigs in the Houae are hostile to him. When, therefore, he finds himself obliged to yield to the Whigs in his Cabinet, there is no protest from the Radicals in the House, and this strengthens the case of the Cabinet Whigs. The latest victory ...

... transpired to there « sensions in the Cabinet. Mr. Gladstone it his policy were too strong, that he would be desCTtea »J his Whig supporters ; and if it were too «eak be deserted by his Irish friends He therefore thought the present Parliament would be ...

... M'Crae objected to the matter being brought up without previous notice, and characterised Mr. Chamberlain being neither Tory, Whig, Liberal, nor anything else. Councillor Nicoll retorted that Bailie M'Crea was an obstructionist. The Provost objected to thiß ...