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LORD JOHN AND DIZZY

... from being brought lr, to discredit. After asserting that he did not e tray, nor desert, nor Surrender the confidence'' of Whig part}*, his lordship made the following statement:— The man I naturally went to consult on that occasion not one who had been ...

Published: Friday 02 June 1854
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 779 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PROPOSED MINISTER OF WAR

... Lord Melbourne. was the favourable opinion formed of him at that time by the merchants of London which first encouraged his Whig friends in the city to put him forward candidate for its representation. Relieved from the burdensome duties of the Bouse of ...

Parliament met yesterday week, after tho Whitsuntide recess, wlien the Earl of Aberdeen in the House of Lords, ..

... Ministry, consequenton this arrangement. Sir George Grey, who so ably conducted the duties of the Home Office under the last Whig Government, takes charge of the Colonies; and Lord Granville becomes Chancellor of the Duchy Lancaster—an office but ill suited ...

Published: Friday 16 June 1854
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 577 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LITERATURE

... connects the town of Cromarty with Kessock Ferry there was the Whig portion of the Inverness cavalcade just coming up. The newly appointed sentinel stood aside, to let his officer deal with the Whig gentlemen, as, of course, best became both their quality and ...

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BILL—ADMISSION OF DISSENTERS

... to an opinion, that he is about to desert the Derby-D'lsraeli flag, and either hoist a new standard or attach himself to the Whig party, with which the house of Derby was so long allied. As the University of Oxford bill stands at present, the Dissenters ...

Published: Friday 30 June 1854
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 700 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Literature

... a . which was the chief source of his fame, was an insuperable obstacle to his advancement; and after having cast oft the Whigs, and materially aided in reinstating the Tories in power—conferring also many acts of substantial kindness and favour on literary ...

Published: Friday 09 June 1854
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3147 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DINNER AND PRESENTATION TO JOHN GRANT, Esq., GLEN-GRANT

... his business talents, and his obliging manner, fully entitled him to the confidence his constituents. (All the honours.) Band Whig an* Tory. * Man son proposed The Health of Lord Fife. would not waste their time by attempting pass ail eulogium on a n ...

Published: Friday 16 June 1854
Newspaper: Elgin Courier
County: Moray, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6319 | Page: 3 | Tags: none