... years afterwards, at the General Election of May, 1831, he was returned to Parliament for the Mon- mouthshire Boroughs in the Whig interest, but was unseated upon petition in the following July. He was, however, duly elected for the same constituency at ...

... one of those schemes for reforming the House of Lords which would be supported by the Conserva- tives and would attract the Whigs, and to which it would be the duty of the Radicals to again offer uncompromising resistance. Turning to the reforms which they ...

... did a Tory Government ever pass any measure of useful legislation for the people, save only when Tories wanted to dish the Whigs, or when they desired to pose as Reformers by passing counter- feit permissive measures, out of which the stronger parties ...

... the secret of van- quishing the Romans by imitating the tactics of the Romans. History repeats itself. The Tories found the Whigs bathing and stole their clothes in Lord BEACONSFIELD'S time. They have found the Liberals dozing and stole their methods in ...

... ring. A notice stuck up in the window of a Llanelly barber's shop a few weeks ago described the occupant as a Hairdresser and whig maker Where was this gentleman at the last election ? His presence at Llanelly might have.saved the Major his seat. The steam ...

... which a former leader of the Conservative party, to whom it is proposed to erect a statue, attempted to out- manoeuvre the Whigs by tampering with the ver- dict of a court of law. Lord Spencer has said (and his statement is enough for me) that when the ...

... pushed forward. On the eve of next Session the party is to dine together, in accordance with what is recognised as a very useful Whig tradition and a copy of the Queen's Speech will be expected at the dinner, as a matter of course, when it is probable an amendment ...

... candidate for the boroughs be was the man who seconded the proposal. In his (the speaker's) view, they wanted a Radical and not a Whig to represent them, but whoever they might select that day or at some other time, they would not, he believed, select a man ...

... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. SEPTEMBER 23HD. 1710—(Aane).-On the overthrow of he WhIg Ministry, Lord Cowper. who was Lord Chancellor for the first time, retired much against the wishes of the Queen- 1720-(George I.).—The Bank of England agreed ...

... hen criticising Mr MORLEY'S masterly address on BUBBLE, delivered on the centenary commemoration of the death of the great Whig statesman the other day — to admire; and to express its regret that a man of Mr MORLEY'S splendid attainments, and force and ...

... trial, and almost to the scaffold when he was judicially murdered by Charles Second for his political action as leader of the Whig party in Parliament. The picture repre- sents the parting of Lord and Lady Russell. As he passed this striking scene in the ...

... He only protested in effect that whilst main- taining the Liberal name and tradition, We are all Radicals now. Since the Whigs v praotteally disappeared the Liberal party v has had troubles with its name, its enemies have attempted to label it Separ- ...