... are aware that Lord John Russell at present sits on the fourth bench on the ministerial side of the house with a few ancient whigs. I believe his situation is not one very congenial. I believe that he would be happy to exchange it for one more accordant ...

... was taken upon the question of extending Sea Coast Fisheries in Ireland. I am glad to see in the late session all parties-Whigs, Tories, and Radicals—agreed to deprecate the present high rate of expen- diture. I hope that spirit will be carried into the ...

... Palmerston, and they only share to a limited extent the deference of their predecessors for the time-honoured leader of the Whigs. I see Mr. Albert Smith, in his farewell address, takes creclit to himself for doing away with what he calls the nuisance of ...

... of the Old Guard, has just died at Montgeron, near Paris, at the age of eighty-seven. Twelve Belfast jurymen, the Northern Whig informs us. have found a verdict de lu/natico against an old lady, named Mrs, Bailey, because she had recently married again ...

... weight and dimensions of Miles Dardne, who died in Tennessee, and was said to be the largest man in the world. The Jackson Whig has the following additional particulars of the deceased, furnished by the liev. John Brooks:— He was twice married. His children ...

... Huntingdon and Godmanchester. Respecting the county representation, there have been some meetings amongst the influential whigs this week and the result is that J. M. Heathcote, Esq., of Conington Castle, is announced as a candidate in the liberal interest ...

... however, is at present doubtful. Should Mr. Beckett become a candidate for Leeds, as so many of his conservative and high whig friends desire, there will be a vacancy for Ripon. The second representative of that city (the hon. Edwin Lascelles) will no ...