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MEETING AT LORD JOHN RUSSELL’S

... parties were Whig and Tory, and their respective proceedings, in so far as they extended beyond repartition of the sweets of office, could easily anticipated. At present there are Tories, and in some sense it would be quite as well there were no Whigs. There ...

SCOTCH LAW APPOINTMENTS

... qualifications ; but beyond this, no reasonable man would push the claims of political partizankbip. The country not care whether Whigs or Tories are promoted, provided they get the best men. The system of exclusive dealing sits with a peculiarly bad grace upon ...

Published: Wednesday 16 April 1851
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 852 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The commencement of session of Parliament is generally looked to with some anxiety, if not with great ..

... all pressing for immediate discussion. Ministers will certainly have their hands full, and never, since the accession of the Whigs to office, have they had less chance of giving anything like general satisfaction than they have in the approaching session ...

THE DUNDEE ADVERTISER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28. The political chances and changes during the last few days have ..

... easiest weather, they make shipwreck at a moment's notice like a vessel without rudder or pilot. It must be admitted that the Whig Ministry, much as we regret the calamity, shipwrecked themselves,—refused to look at the signals which were displayed, for ...

THE DUNDEE ADVERTISER. FRIDAY, MARCH 7. In the absence of real business, politicians of all descriptions have ..

... suggesting the curious combinations into which circumstances may now force them. It has been the saying for years that the terms Whig and Tory, or rather the principles understood those.denominations, were rapidly losing force and significance, being displaced ...

SIR CHARLES WOOD'S DIFFICULTY

... DIFFICULTY. An eighth wonder of the world has appeared in the shape of a Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer with a surplus revenue. Previous their last retirement from office, the Whigs were going behind at the rate of some millions annually, and the country ...

Published: Wednesday 15 January 1851
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1101 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE DUNDEE ADVERTISER. The TUESDAY ' FEBRUARY 25. * th CCeSB ° f ' s motion t0 as sin &

... iBted, however, and a e i B of tne House supported him. The ' °° pled with the unpopularity of the ay the death blow to the Whig cn *' a vital question they could t! «ie t ? and abo votes. It was high itself glVe the Btru le ' the motion j hardly see room ...

THE DUNDEE ADVERTISER. FRIDAY, APRIL The wheels of Government are turning heavily. Day after day the propelling ..

... command the support of Parliament, and neither of them seem likely to take steps to improve or strengthen their position. Neither Whig nor Tory, as at present existing, thinking and acting, can succeed carrying on the public business, and the worst of it is ...

Discovery op Musical Gems by Paganin i It was said, just before the death of this great musician, tliat he

... nrgioei from entering that slate, and affixing heavy penalties upon them when they euter it, J. T. Mrron, of Ilenry, who is both whig and a wig, moved ind section, ' Th»t the bill should be in force from ana after its publication the lowa Free Democrat,' the ...

Published: Wednesday 16 April 1851
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 253 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The installation of Mr Sheriff Alison took place on Thursday, at two o'clock, in the common hall. THE DUNDEE ..

... and the Whigs will have the same ft, vounte plea for reconstructing this imposition which tbey have so long used for allowing it remam its iniquity. It 8 for difficulties that Ministers are chosen and paid, and it is high timo that the Whigs were preparing ...

THE DUNDEE ADVERTISER. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY XL ta .. no expectations of any gTeat revision !° this y ear Two millions,

... which he openly acknowledges. M 4 dy y of going to work—bold V j P ous. The most highly prized \ ef Sir Robert Peel to the Whigs Sthi\ lncoine * Indeed ' so did 11, tbat tbe at one * me P ro P° sed P er cent * countl would tbe additional imposition, however ...

Protectionists attribute the eclipse to the repeal of the Corn Laws, and watched it angrily through smoked ..

... some government offices at the neighbouring town. This embryo politician was condemning one party for coalescing with the Whigs, and another for too highly favouring the Democratic party. It would, moreover, astonish some of our respectable elderly men ...