... downwards a Ferguson succeeded patnral Whig inheritance to tb* representation of the Burghs, and when Mr Vernon Harcourt appeared to try and break the suooeesion Fergusons, the indignation and consternation of the Whigs were unbounded. The presumption, the ...

... subscription from mi'.' 1 Oh, dear me,' said Robert Chalmers, 4 1 astonished, Sir Jeexns, at a gentleman o* your to expect either Whig or Tory out the mouth o' instrument.' Sir Jamea, like the good-natured gentleman was, aubacribed liberally, and Robert came ...

... several of the largest manufacturers are working many hundred hands short Owing to the ravages of this scourge the Northern Whig says many lioueeholds, whole families, husbands, waves, children, and servants are helplessly confined to their beds. ...

... Reform Club, but with characteristic modescy he described himself as a ** newsvendor.” This was too much for the aris- tocratie Whigs who then the Ciub, and they ignomiuiously poor Mr Smith. Mr Smith, senior, who began life, it is said, as a newsboy, paid £20 ...

... later he abandoned this occupation, and devoted himself to history and politics. Renouncing his previous connection with the Whigs attached himself to the victorious Democratic party. 1838 President Van Buren appointed him Collector of Customs Boston, ana ...

... and measures, never once took any part in debate, but contented himself with sedulously supporting the Whig leaders. The Duke was one the very few Whig magnates who, after the death Lord Palme re ton, cordially accepted the leadership Mr Gladstone, for ...

... number of years that it was coming to this. As long the temperance movement was not made political the drink interest voted Whig Tory according to the political ideas of its members. Now the temperance men have won the Liberals to their standard, and in ...

... God, that you never, by word or deed, give encouragement those d——d Whigs, who would upeet roe Church of England. Longley was the nominee of Lord Melbourne, the leader of those d Whigs. Dean Stanley showed himself to be a very remarkable judge young ...

... he is annihi hated. The Belfast News Letter says :—The at Cork prove the unfitness of Irish self-govern- ment. The Northern Whig says :—Reconciliation is impossible. Mr Parnell’s grave lies between the two factions. The Irish News says:—One thousand of ...

... freedom than when he began the fight for nation- ality with but « slender iollowing, and the forces of ‘Lory landlordism and Whig opponents against him. A DAY OF GREAT SUCCESS THE EX-LEADER. The Dublin Ex, ss says:—The delegates who assembled yest enday ...

... deer, and other animals. How did the policy of the Whigs differ from that the Tunes in Anne's reign?— The Whigs wanted place Arabella Stuart the throne of England. The Tories differed from ths Whigs in this respect, that thsy wanted to surprise and imprison ...

... at the patriarchal age of 83. He was nowise remarkable figure in the great world of politics, though the head of the great Whig house of Cavendish. His sole political significance, in fact, resides in the fact that he was the father the Marquis of Hartington ...