... it deals, the ' Scottish Farmer ' will be received as an important addition to the literature of agri- culture.—' Northern Whig.' ?? If the iiumi>t.rs already received are a fair sample of what is to be hereafter, it will prove an important addition to ...

... Conservative Minister had entered into the transaction for the purpose of securing the Irish members, it was not unlikely a Whig Minister would effect similar operation when became necessary to attach the Hibernians his standard. What we then pointed out ...

... Finance one of the weak points of the Whigs, and few mei, who have been educated their school, are fitted to preside over the Exchequer. The present Chancellor one of the most popular of those who have served with Whig administrations ; but he was trained ...

... Knight Marshal of Scotland, Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire, and Colonel of its militia. In his politics he belonged to the Whig party, but did not take any prominent part in the debates of the House of Lords. The Cardross case, at the instance of the ...

... Trade »ne«. Corn Laws were a modern invention. In their principle tbey were connected with methods government initiated by the Whigs, and the Tories the reign of Queen would have fought against them the death. But the action of the Anti-Rrpeal party was not ...

... dnly other matters are those relating to fortiga affairs, and cannot see what would be altered by shifting parties. Whether Whigs or Tories are in, the Maori war will be carried on, and there will be fighting with the bill tribes of India, and, perhaps ...

... would be ludicrous to reflect that all this confusion and danger follows on a Treaty not yet twelve years old, negotiated by Whig Minister and signed by a Conservative Foreign Secretary. A Treaty which was to secure the integrity of Denmark, preserve the ...

... grumbling may be something else than symptom of ambition. It may well be that the Conservatives are but ill content to see the Whigs have so long a lease of power, but they are still more disinclined to take If it were not so, it probable the 1 Pi>es« ght ...

... labourers. this true ? If it is, the Conservatives have an election cry before them of a character too democratic for the Whigs to echo, unless under severe pressure. While Lord Russell and his colleagues wereholding the idea of a. fixed corn duty, Sir ...

... or without Whig consent, given the Whig bulwark aiude shaking ; and it is remarkable and significant, that while he did so, Mr Disraeli was silent. It may be, that the leader of th» Opposition was not a prey to grief because he saw the Whig handiwork in ...

... expense and working of the Board of Charity Commissioners, and in so doing, denounced the Board a great Whig job, and its offices as a perfect Whig snuggery. Mr Bruce defended the Board and the Government, and said the Government could not accede to the ...

... catching a majority is diminished by the thought of the uselessness of turning out one pacific Cabinet to put in another. If the Whig a mean peac% and the Tories mean the same thing, what difference is there between them except as to the estimation of the past—a ...