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Spirit of the Press

... its members are so entangled; and if it were I not for the hopes of a pure Whig Cabinet, and that a share of the power of Government would again fall to I certain influential Whig families, it is certain that the Commons would never have asserted themselves ...

Published: Thursday 17 July 1856
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2400 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

SUMMARY

... of ti the nation and possess themselves alternately of its patronage, take their cue almost entirely from st a few powerful Whig and Tory families. For va these and for their followers exist the prizes of the al State. They make war and patch up peace ...

Published: Friday 18 July 1856
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2062 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

HOUSE OF LORDS

... Parliament ! For has he not already dwindled politically upon the very threshold of the House of Commons-into the mere nominee of a Whig Marquis? Now that the Edil of Shelburne has been'summoned to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Wycombe of Chipping ...

Published: Wednesday 16 July 1856
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1989 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

Foreign Intelligence

... rapidly gaining in popularity all over the country, and bets are freely offered that he will be the next President. The old line Whigs of Maryland and Virginia have both held conventions, and endorsed the ?? as the only fit man for the emergency. Even the Herald ...

Published: Wednesday 30 July 1856
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2594 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

Provincial Intelligence

... as by many of. his admirers in various parts of the country.. Every good Whig most have admired Mr IHume in his long and consistent political career, writes a well-known Whig gentleman in the county to the committee, sending, at the same time, a hand- ...

Published: Saturday 19 July 1856
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 5456 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

Home Intelligence

... are, therefore, not so anxious about it. Still it will secure the honest voter against oppression, and we all know that both Whig and Tory take care to exercise their influence and put on the screw of self- interest to obtain votes. With respect to Church- ...

Published: Thursday 17 July 1856
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4431 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

Home Intelligence

... AN ImSa EDUCATIONAL GRANT.-According to Mr Whiteside, there is a gentleman who says that he received L.1000 a-year from the Whigs to read the newspapers at his office, and afterwards L.1 000 a-year from the Tories to read the newspapers at home. DEATH OP ...

Published: Tuesday 29 July 1856
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 9018 | Page: 3 | Tags: News