... been sang; the first two lines of the second verse are, Thee, while the first Archangel sings, He hides his face behind his whigs. Hardly had the solemn words escaped bis lips, and been taken the voices of a crowded congregation, when Dr. Beanmont was observed ...

... administrative strength which requires. The singular condition to which we are reduced ia this, —that neither the Tories nor the Whigs have any longer the power, in themselves alone, talorm an Adminotration or to command a majority. Much of the moat teilliant ...

... al in carrying the bill for the reform of the representative system. On the resignation of Earl Grey, in August, 1834, the Whig Ministry was modified, and Viscount Melbourne was raised to the office of first Lord of the Treasury. • This Ministry was dissolved ...

... not speak with entire certainty of the fast, that Lord Clarendon, Lord Granville, Lord Cranworth, and Sir George Grey, four Whig members of the late administration, whose character is entitled to the utmost respect for their high sense of political duty ...

... therefore inclined to think that although the premier, haring no party at his back, was obliged to select his cabinet from his Whig and Peelite colleagues, he has exercised his discretion in most judicious manner. The leading prints speak favourably of the ...

... of whom the Ministry has to choose, not probably exceed fifty among all parties: nay, question whether, including Tories, Whigs, Peelites, eligible Radicals, and competent nondescripts, could name forty in the Commons who are even seriously thonght of ...

... predecessor, Mr. Monsell. The latter, like others of his fraternity, jumped over board the moment the vessel struck. While the Whig portion of the crew thought it best to stick to the ship, ana have kept ever since at the pumps—though as yet but to little ...

... entrusted with the helm of the statecraft? Withhold Palmerston as Premier, every possible combination has been exhausted. The Whigs and Feelites in coalition have failed to fill up the vacant place. The Derbyites broke down through sheer incapacity. Lord ...

... and bom it were to the hereditary service the state, it is difficult ascertain at what period or under what circumstances the Whig party have ever possessed or could obtain a more efficient leader.—Coampthp. Oriental Custom Dropping the Handkerchief.— The ...

... Ntm Appleton, and one of the most extensive landed proprietors in Yorkshire, died recently. The deceased was, in politics, a Whig, and his son and eaooeoor is now, and has been for some years, the representatire the city of York. New Vessei. sob Olsssoh ...

... ministry. He condemned, in the most pointed terms, the system of administration and patronage in the army. He denounced the Whig- selfish and OTorbearing oligarchy, consisting of only about a dozen families, who persisted in arrogating to themselves the ...

... act cordially together for the public good; they usually found Churchmen and Dissenters joining hand in hand. Conservatives, Whigs Radicals working harmoniously together, master and workmen, rich and poor, young and old, labouring as one man to promote the ...