... 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 ...

... a fascination for the present Tory leaders, who are bent on dishing the Whigs” once more, this time on the question of Ireland ; but instead of strutting, on this occasion, in Whig plumes, the stupid party” have, if we may change the metaphor, stolen and ...

... to see in our time. But oven the brief attempt of Duffy and Moore and Lucas in 1852 form Irish party, independent alike of Whig and Tory, utterly broke down. The average Irish Liberal member understood that he was free to shout semi-seditious patriotism ...

... to be surprised it. Figs do not come of thistles, nor grapes of thorns, and it would be manifestly futile to expect from a Whig the political views of an Irish Nationalist. But what might have been expected from a man of Mr. Russell’s ability is something ...

... This prediction was fulfilled to the letter. Had Mr. Shaw and those who followed his lead paid no heed to the crack of the Whig whip—had they, instead of filing into the Ministerial lobby, Changed sides for the nonce—the Ministerial majority would have ...

... popular rights ; but what material difference could it make to Ireland if instead of those Tories Mr. Forster had Whigs as his subordinates ? Whig secretaries and inspectors and head clerks would, if they were called upon, have done precisely the same kind ...

... degree from that which Lord Salisbury and the Tories would consider “ fair.” The game of these latter, beyond “ dishing the Whigs,” is perfectly intelligible. Now that they see the Irish landlords driven to the wall, and Irish landed property depreciated ...

... Wednesday. In Dublin the previous day placard was posted in various places pointing out to the electors of the city that a Whig Government was preparing to silence the voice of the Irish representatives in the House of Commons, and asking them if they ...

... grant for the Duke of Albany 1 We do not remember any more striking illustration than these facta furnish of the saying about Whigs becoming dumb when they settle into places. understand that some of the patriotic Irishmen of Nottingham have conceived the ...

... continue to disgrace ourselves by electing mem* hers to keep us still in bondage and ignorance We have no leaders here but Whigs, and hence such representatives as Divan and Findlater but remember that when we bad Parnellite our leaders” shook at the knees ...

... equally encouraging reports have come to band. The patriotic electors of Dublin have in several inßtciTio>B rejected well known Whigs and replaced them stronger men, while in the Southern, Western, and midland districts the candidates of the people’s choice ...

... only way out of the quandary was to make the absentees pay, and the English Tory Ministry agreed in that view. But certain Whig peers in England—such as Devonshire, Bessborough,. and Upper wore Irish landlords well, and who would have been the most heavy ...