... The national spirit in the Dublin Corporation has at length triumphed over Whig and Tory obstruction, and Mr. Parnell, M.P., and Mr. John Dillon, M.P.,are now honorary burgesses the city. At the meeting of the council Tuesday the West-Britons resorted ...

... is it if, in Whig circles in the Four Courts, the prospects of Ireland never seemed brighter, and if it be thought that the best thing that could happen would be the con' tinuance in power of the Great and Good Whig Government ? Not all Whig barristers ...

... Tories have been anathematising the Whigs, and the Whigs have been answering the attack by anathematising the Tories. Yet, what is the fact ? The notorious truth is that there is no difference whatever between the Whig policy and the Tory policy in Egypt ...

... have never denied that there are Whigs and Whigs, and we are perfectly well aware of the fact that the action of the Whig member for Dundalk has been much less objectionable, from an Irish point of view, than that of the Whig members for Monaghan. But, surely ...

... division Captain M'Ghee, a moderate tenant-right Whig, was opposed by Mr. William Polly, a former member of the Down Central Branch of the Land League. The most strenuous efforts were made by the landlord and Whig parties on behalf of Captain M'Ghee, but the ...

... This gentleman defines a Whig as servile follower of English Liberal Ministry” ; and then right earnestly does he protest against the action of the Nation in arraigning Mr, Russell with the faction known in Ireland as the Whig clique.” This plea is tr ...

... sneeringly but truly upbraided with poverty. Some years ago an Irish «• Cawtholio Whig member—a brother of lordappealed to his master, Palmerston, for bread. The Whig Premier knew that the member had faithfully obeyed the whip with which such fellows ...

... FLUNKEYS. In divers quarters, it seems, efforts are being made to procure popular honours in Ireland for Sir Garnet Wolseley. Some Whig and Tory members of corporations, in especial, are anxious that the honorary burgess-ship of their respective cities and boroughs ...

... Rolls, as one who will probably offer himself in the Whig interest to the constituency. It is further stated that the early appearance of Mr. O’Brien in the field has somewhat disconcerted the Whigs, and that Mr. Johnson will consequently wait for a little ...

... illegal gatherings. In compliance with the promise made in committee, Mr. Trevelyan submitted his amendment. Mr, Cartwright, the Whig member for Oxfordshire, opposed it in a temperate but rather determined speech. His proposition to reject the amendment was ...

... candidates put in an appearance. These were Mr. M. J. Kenny, the choice of the people, and Mr. Reeves, D.L., the nominee of the Whigs and Tories. Mr. Drinkwater, whose name had been put forward prominently in connection with the representation of the borough ...

... before or not, provided when the time came for the candidates to issue address the electors were not left to choose between Whig and Tory. If I mistake not. an error of this kind was committed not long since in one or two of our Northern counties. According ...