The approaching event, therefore, which we this day communicate to our users, ...

The approaching event, therefore, which we this day communicate

to our users, must

be left to speak for itself. From The Times, 4 December 1845: The reforming impulse of the Whigs was exhausted with the passing of the Municipal Reform Act of 1835. The reorganization of the Judicature which Brougham ought to have effected in 1833 was left for Selborne in 18 7 3. Graham, their best administrator, Stanley their best debater, left them.

Lord Grey gave up; Lord Melbourne lounged along. The

genial Althorp, who kept the Commons in good

temper, was taken from them to the Lords.

Harried by the Irish, baited by the Radicals, blocked by the Peers, divided among themselves, equally unable to pass their Bills or balance their budgets, the Whigs sank in

public esteem and dragged Parliament with them.

Their one admitted success did them as much harm as their numerous failures.

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