Refine Search

Countries

Counties

Lancashire, England

Place

Preston, Lancashire, England

Access Type

954

Type

954

Public Tags

EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE

... extended to occupiers, and three out ef the four measures fixed the franchise at £10. Two of tllec bills were brought in by the Whigs, one by the Pelit(,. and one by the government of Lord Derby. in the House are thus publicly committed to tfl pra- ciple of ...

Published: Saturday 27 February 1864
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 690 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

IRELAND

... within two miles of Lisunskea, the metal of which is said to be of an auriferous quality. Ferma- sagh MKail. The Northern Whig says:- We understand that an address from the county Down is about to be presented to Mr. Crawford, and there are some rumours ...

Published: Saturday 07 August 1852
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 713 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE BOROUGH FRANCHISE BILL

... Commons a few weeks since to reject Mr. Locke King's motion for a £10 county frachise, about the reasonableness of which both Whigs and Torys professed to be agreed five years ago. This week Mr. Baines has brought forward a measure for granting a £6 borough ...

Published: Saturday 14 May 1864
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 744 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

IRELAND

... money should be dis- bursed through the agency of the Roman Catholic bishops. THE O'CONNELLS.-The Nation announces that the Whig government have provided for another O'Connell- The hon. member for Tralee has got a positive promise of the collector-g ...

Published: Saturday 20 July 1850
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1597 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

MISCELLANEOUS

... the same neighbourhood. Nothing additional has been elicited by the Board of Trade inquiry. AMr. Roebuck's History of the Whig Ministry of 1830 to the passing of tihe Reform Bill, appeared on Thurs- a day. On dipping into the preface, we find an intimation ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1852
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1694 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE DEATH OF LORD PARLIMERSTON

... with which his lordship's name wil be most generally associated in time to come, was first bestiowed upon him by the great Whig states- man, whose principles were'pea ce, retrenchment,: and reform, and under. whose LeadeaaeK p. Lord John Russell brought ...

Published: Saturday 21 October 1865
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1658 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE BUDGET

... is very popular with the moderate Tories, made a dead set against the proposed change, and was sup- ported by all the pure Whigs, the Premier himself watching the struggle, and not caring much which way it went, provided it did not disturb himself or his ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1747 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

LOCAL ADULLAMITES

... tail, and how amused all were at the happy allusion to the cave Adullam when he spoke of the discontented section of the Whig party turning against government on the Re- formiBill. The Adullamites have, however, gained their object ; they have wreaked ...

Published: Saturday 07 July 1866
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1684 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

PRESTON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1857

... the scene of one of those gladiatorial displays in which the noble earl, the present head of the conservative party, the once Whig member for this borough, is so fond of taking part.' It was an event of the 'fashionable season, and, as usual, gossiping ...

Published: Saturday 21 March 1857
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1630 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

LORD MACAULAY

... a bishop. 'Tis true that the great men of his party mustered at his obsequies, and probably there were some of the mighty Whigs who could afford a tear to the'memdry of one of the brightest ornaments of their party. The veteran Lansdowne was there, the ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1860
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1669 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE POSITION OF THE MINISTRY

... under fairer auspices, their triumphant path being literally paved with the blunders of their discomfited predecessors. The whigs had literally died out of power, and when they gave up the ghost there was no one to strew flowers over their grave. Lord Derby's ...

Published: Saturday 09 September 1854
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1683 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

WIGAN

... and'thus ended this ad- mnirabl~e farce., U~po? wy futurt 'occasion let the electors of Wgen. sing in jhappy'eoncord- Let Whig: and Tory all agree; ynless; they' have too m~uchl mahosy in their pockets, and they wish to have a flouris~h of jtawtreo ...

Published: Saturday 25 January 1851
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1468 | Page: 6 | Tags: News