... correspondence of the late Lord Fortescue, who was long the leader of the West of England Whigs, and (as Lord Ebrington) a very rominent and influential member of the Whig party t‘r\lnng the Grey-Melbourne x}nod. Sir Charles Adam has let Blair Adam, his wellknown ...

... a dozen carriage whips, one of which he offered to a gentleman for two guinecas. He wanted to know what had become of these whig:r —Debtor: It is false to say I had a dozen. I 1 only three or four. One I'sold for 11s. and another common cane-handle one ...

... institutions whother of a religious or a secular character need a little reform, lot us ondeavour to amend but not destroy them. Whigs elecied to serve in the new Parliament should make it plainly underatood that they will not feel themselves bound to snpport ...

... election, has immortalised the fact - there were practically only two colours, buff and blue, the former being monopolised by the Whigs, and the latter by the Turies. *“ There were Blue shops and Butf shops, Blue inns and Buff inns; there was a Blue aisle and ...

... Parliament with the largest majority his party has enjoyed during the present century. It falls, however, short of that which the Whigs obtained after the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832, The Liberal majority was then 800, or considerably more than two to ...

... ke of Marlboroagh by Dr. Sacheverell, son of the Rector of St. Peter's, Mariborough, to whose efforts the overthrow of the Whig ministry in the reign of Queen Anne was largely due. Succeeding those tarbulent times oame a period of comparative oalm, dariog ...