... THE WHIGS AND THE ADVANCES OF DEMOCRACY (Prom the Weekly News.) The poor creatures” of the who sneak down the area steps and shiver at the pantry-door of '* Liberal Administration,*' are now making great parade of some bits of information, which they ...

... than any exertion of their own. do not mean to say that since the Whig* hare been office there was roioe raised to state grieranoes and demand reform ; nor can we forget, when attempt was made to increase the income tax, how heartily all classes nnited ...

... HISTORY OF A CHARITABLE REQUEST. (From the Noi'them Whig ) The following are the particulars in connexion with the will of the Ute Mrs. Magee, whose bequest of 20,C00Z. towards founding a Presbyterian college in the north of Ireland has been the origin ...

... Independent 32,640 New York Tribune Whig 19,480 New York Sun Neutral 55,000 Courier and Enquirer Whig 5,200 Journal of Commerce Neutral 4,800 New York Express Whig 10,700 Morning Star Neutral 15,000 Commercial Advertiser Whig 3,500 New York Evening Post Free ...

... THE “ SWEATING” SYSTEM. The Northern Whig, referring to the practice prevalent in some of the large towns, and known as the sweating system,” says : —There are few features, if any, in the annals of the artisan, so revolting as the abominable system of ...

... of the most courteous of Chancellors of the Exche- quer. We have seen many Chancellors in oar time— Tory, Whig, and something more than Whig,—but we never met with any one who could do the amiable anti-tax deputations, with greater gracefulness or effect ...

... so fierce in their denunciations of him, and so zealous supporters of the rascal Whigs as they were in *4B. Amen, I say; th> y are getting their reward from the * Whigs.* ** ...

... SAMPLE OP HAND SPUN YARN. The Northern Whig states that a remarkable specimen of what can be done by the human hand in producing linen yarn of wonderful fineness, on a common wheel, is now to be seen at the Northern Whig office. The sample consists of two ...

... for years the warm supporter of the Whig Government; but the Whigs were afraid to appoint him, fearing the seat for Oxford would be lost to them. Mr. Erie, disgusted at the treatment which he received from the Whigs, retired from Parliament ; and, strange ...

... Register, edited by a Whig and a Democrat, each of whom stands up for his own pecliar political faith, thus addresses its readers :—“ Every Democrat should take it, because it is a Democratic paper—every Whig should take it, because is Whig paper. wiU contain ...

... SNOW STORM IN JUNE. A Ballymena correspondent of the Northern Whig says that ou Weduesdsy last, weighty shower of snow fell on the Braid Hills. Oa one of them, not three miles from Ballymena, called Billyclonahan, the snow was upwards of two inches deep; ...

... is a strong party in his Ministry who are thoroughly opposed to it. It is clear, therefore, that the question, whether the Whig Cabinet are to concede the ballot or not, depends entirely on the people themselves. If it is to be wrung from the hostile ...