... The Radical party, if there was such a thing (a laugh), had no such power, because they had never been in office, but the Whigs and Tories had made Ireland their sport. If there had been a Radical party—nay, if there had been twenty Radical members in ...

... if carried into effect, would certa J“ y sweep away every vestige of confidence. The truth is that British administrations, Whig and Tory alternately, have degraded the bench by packing it with flagrant political partisans ; and It now wants only this ...

... by those who know him. He then proceeded as * I do not know whether my liberty is conditional upon the support of the new Whig policy in Ireland or hot (hisses and cheers); but as I have through my political career disregarded all the consequences that ...

... trial by special or landlord juries, wbat would have ? Our answer is that no such sweeping changes as are proposed by the Whigs and by the Tories are required at all. The jury system in Ireland, despite all that is said to the contrary by its opponents ...

... that, after all, it would notbe putintooperation, or at least but very slightly. Questioned as to the contingency of the pure Whigs voting against the Arrears Bill, he said the 40 Irish voles, hitherto nearly always given to the Opposition, would insure ...

... amendments which he thought would render the bill less objectionable, and advised Mr. Gladstone to stand firm against the Whigs. Mr. Macfarlane said what was wanted in Ireland was not more law, but better police and measures which would enlist public ...

... and accepted the services Mr, O'Shea in effecting the treaty of Kilmainham (cheers). I think it well to remind the jubilant Whigs, who believe they have captured the whole. Irish party through tho diplomacy of political go-between, that the Land League ...

... anxiety of the Whigs to avoid being outdistanced by their competitors; and in like manner the coming motion of Mr. W. H. Smith with regard to peasant proprietary shows that the Tories are not less prepared to bid high to “dish the Whigs.” The Lords’ committee ...

... believed here that the member for Bradford is endeavouring to form a cave in conjunction with Mr. Goschen and the old class Whigs, Poor Mr. Forster He does not appear to like filling the character of a dismissed and discredited Minister, ...

... must note, however, that The O’Donoghuo actually voted for the Government against Ireland. I may add that he alone of all the Whig converts did so 1 The debate which took place on the second reading the Arrears BiU Monday night was in many respects most ...

... lam inclined to think that in future the Highland electors of Scotland will give little attention to the distinctions between Whig and Tory. Measures, not men,” will be their policy, and it will go hard with some of our gushing Gladstonites if they do not ...

... departmental accuracy, carefulness, industry, and application to public business. These characteristics, well as the strong Whig connection, were the points in Lord Frederick Cavendish that won Mr, Gladstone’s approval, and that led to the appointment ...