... out. From 1836 to 1849 Gore House was the centre of literary and artistic London. Here came poets and prose writers, both Whig and Ton', distinguished journalists, Edinburgh and Quar terly reviewers, actors, artists, exiles, travellers; Landor and 'Tommy' ...

... clergyman, the Rev. Henry Sacheverell, preached a sermon before the Lord Mayor at St. Paul's, in which he held to ridicule the Whig party which was then in power and preached passive obedience to the throne. As a result, he was tried by impeachment and suspended ...

... know that we ever heard or chronicled speeches made before royal person- I aves bv mayors whether thev were I i Tories or Whigs, or Liberals or Radicals, which were couched in such a tone at once of courteous 1 1 homage, manly independence, and gentlemanly ...

... last half century have given their names to parties. Peelites were Conservatives who abandoned Conserva tism, a Palmerstonian Whig was a doubtful Liberal. There have never been Russellites, nor are there Disraelians, nor Salisburyites. There is only one ...

... the Liberal Party. To the old Liberal Party I am far from antagonistic. My forbears were all Whigs, the old Liberal Party wore the cloak which fell from the Whigs, and I myself was brought up to venerate the G.O.M. More than this, I clearly appreciate the ...

... stronger with Creevey, who was proud of a con nection with the legs. His mother's sister, Charlotte, was married to a well-known Whig host of that day, Colonel Hughes of Kinmel, afterwards Lord Dinorben. Mrs. Payne's family originally consisted of five children ...

... preparation. I shall merely toy with the skeleton at present. HAS DEMOCRACY SUCCEEDED The world did not come to an end when the Whigs passed Reform, nor (on the other hand) did the Millen nium arrive. TheToryaris- tocracy expected to see its roof tumble about ...

... the French Revolution, with stn reactions on Europe which led in olin country to the triumph (in spite ma themselves) of the Whigs in 1832, n' of to our abiding veneration for libertv irid whose name so many crimes have I* of THE KING WITH THE YEOMEN OF ...

... father was Vice-Pre sident of the Council in the last Liberal Admi nistration, and his grandfather, an influential west- country Whig, was a personal friend of Mr. Glad stone. A nice young fellow is what the Liberals have said of him when they saw him doing ...

... National Govern ment. THE LATE LORD FITZ- MAURICE The Whig tradition, of which Bowood and Lansdowne House were famous cradles, died hard. Both the late Lord Lansdowne and his brother, Lord Edmond, were Whigs at heart. They were liberal-minded and had the courtesy ...

... a shell the other day, was more than 300 years old and was in 1800 in the occupation of Charles Western, M.P. for Maldon, a Whig stalwart who knew a lot about agri culture, was known as stiff-rump and died Lord Western of Rivenhall in 1844. He was educated ...

... still play bridge and exchange modest wagers there. In old days, nothing was too trivial for a wager vide the old books. No Whig, of course, would have shown his face there in the days when polities were carried bitterly into home life. Charles 'Fox dis ...