... papers to- day announcing the secession of Lord Ampthill, Lord Arthur Russell, Mr. Goschen, and a number of other distinguished Whigs from the Cobden Club. The ground for the secession which is given in this, which appears to be an official communica- tion ...

... of the Premier and the other members of the Government. The cheers that greeted the question were significant, and as the Whigs seemed to be quite as much as the Conservatives, Mr. Gladstone will probably experience a mauvis quatre d’heure when he attempts ...

... The noble earl belongs to a class which is rapidly becom- ing extinct. He is a Whig of the old schoul, and, as the Marquess of aptly described the genus in question, a Whig is a man who denounces in private the measures which in public he supports. Lord ...

... Sovereign, offers to do valuable work for the State, his services are to be declined because Mr. Gladstone wishes to “square” a Whig Marquess who a few months ago left hisGovernment in: Constitutional The statement that there are difficulties is a mere af ...

... Canada to the eertainty of encountering it in Irtland. Then the was pressed on Lord Rosebery, who declined it ; and another Whig nobleman was asked to go, but he also declined. Mr. Gladstone has again gone to Lord Rosebery, who is oncp more Mr. Gladstone’s ...

... Radicals and the Conservatives (cheers). You hear a good deal of the Whigs. T have not a notion what their opinions are; but my im- pression is that the definition of a modern Whig is a man who denounces in private the measures which in public he supports ...

... works of the midland metropolis, On Thursday, as if to show that the views of Mr. Briout are in harmony with those of the Whigs as of the Radicals, Lord was trotted out Mr. BERLAIN, having to propose at a banquet in the Townhall the toast of “ Our Guest ...

... penal clauses of the Corrupt Practices Bill give no satisfaction in any quarter. The Radicals object to them as mueh as the Whigs, while the Conservatives foresee that the very stringency of the Bill will be the cause of its failure as deterrent measure ...

... avowing them at the expense of their political con- victions. This speech of Lord will do much to unveil the. conduct of such Whigs as Lord Lord and Lord and we feel sure the exposure will bring with it the just punishment of their dishonour. people are very ...

... Leonard Courtney but declined. It is worth ten thousand a year. Perhaps Mr. Gladstone is waiting to find another recalcitrant Whig. He likes to pacify them with a Colonial bonne bouche occasionally. Really, considering the of virtuous in- dignation which ...

... which fatal. - The Radicals are going to make a mighty display at the Cobden Club dinner on Saturday. The defection of the Whigs has stirred them to action, and they are going to have their revenge for the snub, as they put it, which has been put on Mr ...

... in others whom they detest may build (cheers). The listening to the speech of my right hon. friend (Mr. position which the Whigs occupy in our Constitutional Gibson) beside me; but I was much relieved that he aystem vitiates the compensatory action to ...