... the mouth of Lord Russell:—“ln the session of ISIfl, when Sir Robert Peel had proposed th« repeal of the Coro Law, meeting of Whig Peers was held at Lunsdowne House, Lord Russell (then Lord John) being present. One spoke after another in favour of throwing ...

... contrary to the sound, sober, and honourable spirit of English statesmanship, which takes principle as its guide, whether it Whig or Tory, Radical or Independent. In the old days success was not the measure of man’s conviction. Under the Gladstnnian regime ...

... prevent people from being partisans, they should try to make them honest and judicious partisansr—make Tories good Tories, Whigs good Whigs, and Radicals good Radicals, S^y^*-~ —' ...

... Rudyard Kipling.” The Ballad of the Last Suttee is the title of powerful poem ,4 Yussuf;” and the education of children, and the Whigs and Imperial Federation, are treated hy able writers. But the article of chief interest in this district is furnished hy Colonel ...

... principles of the nation throne hand, and progress on the other. When Lord was in their party he was not in the progressive whig, and now his programme was as poor aud sorry he couid jina ...

... island of Voorno, near Rotterdam. Lord Conway was its governor when named his little daughter Brilliana. {f.) This is equal to Whig and Tory. There are those living who remember the fame, if not the person, of staunch old Tory, of the most hospitable bent ...

... Lechmeres, with whom they were associated in hank. There was a Cupel Wall, Esq., of Taviftock-street, London, who voted (as a Whig) in that Gloucestershire election which raised high the heat of party, is shown in these pages. fe.) If we are not mistaken ...

... who for many years shared with George Augustus Selwyn, the celebrated wit and humourist, the representation of this ciby. The Whig candidate was Mr. Henry Howard, the owner of Thornbury Castle, and he was opposed by a Gloucester man, Mr. John Pibb, solicitor ...

... Augustus Selwyo, the celebrated win and humourist, wh >s-i name was connected with that hist real country s«at, Matson Hou*e. The Whig caodidae was Mr. Henry Howard, owner Thorn bury Ca-tle. He was oppoeed by Glouc»ster man, Mr John Pitt, a solicitor practising ...

... them to elect him in place of Sir Charles Barrow. was unknown in Gloucester, probably even to most of the members of the close Whig Corporation, under whose auspices he was brought forward, and it was deemed necessary to explain that his qualification was ...

... of party any sacrifice, and. to use a favourite expression of the late Abraham Lincoln, I kept pegging away until all the Whigs were pegged out of Herefordshire, and tbe county was represented by three good men and true, ‘Booker. King, and Hanhurv,’ whom ...

... barber, who distinguished himself in the course of the contest. The barber refrained from voting until the last day. Howard, the Whig, went and qaid, want be shaved. Certaiuly, Mr. Upward, certain'y, sir, sit down sir. He was shaved with celerity, and Mr ...