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... took his stand in the presence of the Whig dignitaries of whom he bad spoken evil, and of the puzzled country gentlemen, who could not undefatand how their Toryism was more democratic than the politics of the Whigs, who were wont to drink to civil and ...
... into a corner and pinioned there beyond the power of escape, the editor of the Whig has our permission to indulge low-born instincts in low-flung bravado. Of course the Whig replies in a similar strain, to which its antagonist rejoins witb increased vigour ...
... middle age, that he became M.P. for Lis native town. Mr. Baines, senior, was a Whig, for the Whigs abolished the Test and Corporation Acts, the Whigs made Leeds a borough, the Whigs made rtlr. Baines an M.P., and the present M.P. for Leeds still retains that ...
... He professes to be a moderate Conservative. The other candidates were Mr. Skipton, moderate Whig, and Mr. Greer ultra Liberal, a Radical from the start. The Whig nowhere on the poll, and thenceforward it was a gallant race between Messrs. M'Cormick and ...
... Bouverie William Brand, M.P. for Lewes, is an announcement of no little importance in a party sense at this junoture of politics. Whig whippers-in must, of course, get tired of their work like other persons, and covet a comfort- able retirement at a convenient ...
... man Friday—as the Whigs had irreverently nicknamed Sir Charles. The relationship of the latter to the Whigs was shortly to become more agreeable. Lord Howick went up to the House of Lords, in the room of his father, deceased. The Whigs were out of office ...
... IrclattU. COMMERCIAL FAILURE.—The Northern Whig alludes to the suspension of an eminent commercial firm in Belfast, with heavy liabilities; but as names are not given, it is unnecessary to particularise until the facts appear ia a more authentic and reliable ...
... show the licence of the press, Quotes a passage from the Knoxviile Whiff re- specting Attorney-General Mack. The editor of the Whig says:— We took a look at him, and we don't hesi- tate to say that in his countenance we could see mingled the virtues of the ...
... TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE WHIGS AND THEIR LAw-OFFMERS.—After much diplomatic management and official squabbling, the Whigs have contrived to get law-officers. Their nex i and more unpleasant task may be to get both into the Houso of Commons. At first the ...
... been adopted. They would find on refer- ring to past history that Lord Palmerston was a tory under Perceval, a whig under Lord Grey, a whig and something more under Lord Melbourne. He was now at the head of affairs, and he (Sir John) thought he might ...
... public career in the Lower House, voted on all occasions with the Whig party; and, although an unfrequent speaker in the House of Peers, invariably supported the views and measures of the Whig Governments. On the death of his father, in October, 1839, he ...
... quitting the Queen's service, after having held office for so many years under a Whig Minister. We believe the next session will, however, solve the mystery, and the quondam Whig Comp- troller of the Household, having succeeded to the peerage and be- come ...