... than at any election for many years past. The election of Gen. Pierce as president has been effected against Gen. Scott, the whig candidate, and the other officers who had to be elected by the same vote are also Democrats. We can scarcely expect that the ...

... of the ten gentlemen returned they have l secured six. l ?? Ward. l Rlchd. Liptrot (Tory).. 221 Thos. Ashton (Whig).. 163 Jas. Fairhurst (Whig).. 202 J. Stringfellow (Tory). 159 St. George's Ward. W. Waddington ?? 144 Wm. Platt (T) ?? 100 W. A. Barrow ...

... slavery questions have still further : divided and weakened the northern and the southern 1 whigs. The election of 1852 has given the severest blow i to the whig party which it has yet sustained; and unless its elements undergo some fresh transformation ...

... think the figures are exRggeratt; but we will take them as they are given. Arrayed against these Ministerialsts, there are:- 0 Whigs and Free Traders ?? 28 Irish Liberal members ?? 30 Peelites proper ?? -30 Making a total ?? 40 Showing a majority of at least ...

... gracious Majesty, with t its- alher royal power, nor Lord John Russell, with the base co re whigs, nor your lordship, with the most judicious combination te the of whig and tory which your skill in parliamentary chemistry at tan can produce, will be able to ...

... inconsistency in supporting a Tory. He stated that, in Mr. Irvines time, Anderson was a Tory; then came Mr. Fort, and he be- came a Whig; and then up came Wilson, and he at once bounced down to the Torys again-(laughter)-and he would twist any way for a few ...

... ion to carry them out in the full con- as viction of their justice and utility. But whatever hea may be the hesitation of Whigs or Peelites, as to the obj policy of bringing the question of free trade to a wo l direct and definite vote on such a motion ...

... crape on their arms for thirty days. The election of General Pierce, as President, seems placed beyond a doubt, though the Whigs expect that many who had promised votes to Mr. Webster would give them to General Scott. The Cuban question is at present somewhat ...

... that the feeling r fin favour of unrestricted commerce has become (1 svery prevalent in the United States, and that if f the Whigs wish to recover their lost ground they c must, like our Tories, bury Protectioin fortyD v fathom deep. ...

... honours of the Presidency, r' anld it is said that he was greatly disappointed at A > hiis not having been nominated by the Whig a a, Convention in June last,. ta From Turin we learn that Count de ICavour has rt lesucceeded in forming a Ministry. iThe- ...

... exact li'ts of tire killed and wvourrded. Don't Sr lebut wait a little lonrger'. tl1 Tire Ncev 1'0rh Courier' arid krrqrrirer (Whig paper) ?? is cer'trrir thrrt Franklin Pierce ryas yester- ,6ay rclceni Vvesiderrt of thre Unitedl States, rind alulost as rletainly ...

... He did not, however, op- pose the granting of supplies for the prosecution of the war. Mr. Webster was a candidate for the whig presi- dential nomination at Philadelphia, in 1848, but very meagrely supported. Had his friends chosen to assent to his nomination ...