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PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY

... England and France, as well in ail official misunderstandings and mistakes that have occurred during the present reign of the Whigs, that journal has not, as is generally its-course, calmly and impartially examined the facts, and from thence drawn its conclusions ...

Published: Friday 31 May 1850
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2300 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Ireland

... Colleges.—The Belfast and Cork Colleges have concluded their first session, and the results appear very satisfactory. The Northern Whig states, that the prizemen in Belfast include members the Established and .Roman Catholic Churches, Presbyterians the General ...

Published: Friday 21 June 1850
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 746 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE GREEK QUESTION—DEFEAT OF MINISTERS

... supporters, and to collect proxies, they were defeated by a majority of 37. This was a conclusive vote of censure, and, were the Whigs not as tenacious of office as oati are said to be of life, they would at once retire. As yet, however, they have given no sign ...

FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT. London, June 25, 1850. Thr Ministerial crisis, arising out of the debate on ..

... slow to advantage of these circumstances, for almost daily the most insultingfattacks are made on Lord Palmerston and the Whigs for their humiliating truckling after their recent display of defiance and big words. At the present time, notwithstanding ...

England

... fifty-one were in favour the Government. Out of these one hundred and fifty one, no fewer than eighty peers were created by the Whig Administrations since 1830, had their titles called out of abeyance, or have received an increase of rank in the peerage of ...

Published: Friday 28 June 1850
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1890 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE FOREIGN POLICY DEBATE

... THE FOREIGN POLICY DEBATE. Thb Foreign policy of the Whig Cabinet is now being discussed in the Commons House of Parliament. The debate commenoed on Monday on a motion by Mr Roebuck That the principles on which the foreign policy of her Majesty's Government ...

Parliamentary Division.—Mr Roebuck's motion of Confidence in the Foreign Policy Ministers called forth the ..

... burghs), and Sir W. We understand that Mr Traill p i red flf w Lor 1 Barnard; Mr Anderson is abroad. were 38 Conservatives and Whigs absent without p-iirs Public Mketino at Banpf. A public meeting- of the inhabitants was held in the Town Hall, Banff, Saturday ...

Scotland

... will be removed from before Mr D'lsraeli, who will then see his way more clearly, and enabled to conduct his hostility to the Whigs with more intrepidity and determination purpose.'' ...

Published: Friday 12 July 1850
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1489 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL

... which question he was placed in contact with the perhaps superior, and certainly more leisure-fed, minds of eminent men of the Whig party. Struck with the views, he did not shrink from adopting and carrying them against the earnest protests of his family ...

Published: Friday 12 July 1850
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4203 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MEMOIR OF SIR ROBERT PEEL

... of their vigour and efficiency bad King William IV. reoeived, that when, in November, Lord Altborp became a Peer, and the Whigs therefore lost their leader in the House of Commons, his Majesty aent to Italy to summon Sir Robert Peel to his councils, with ...

THE DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. It was with feelings of no ordinary regret that last week announced the sudden

... him to adopt, may be gathered from the almost unanimous eulogy of the metropolitan and country press, whether Conservative, Whig or Radical, from the feeling and befitting manner in which his death was adverted by the leaders of all parties in both Houses ...