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Court and Fashion

... repeating the announcement, and removing all doubt on the subject. An Old Whig'-Osr remarks apply to the mo1ern, not the old Whigs of the city. When referring to the Whigs of the present day we always make the necessary distinction between them and ...

Published: Wednesday 29 April 1863
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 802 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

OUR POLITICAL FIASCO

... reason why neither Mr White-Millar nor Mr Pyfe hadanychanceof a Government appointment, since all favours were reserved forthe Whigs. Our contemporarydoes not deny the fact, but contents itself 'with; sneering first at -the capacity of Independent Liberals ...

Published: Monday 01 April 1867
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 718 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE ADULLAMITES OPPOSING ALL REFORM

... merely one of party pride, which readers thefni averse from following the lead of Mr Walljole;in a, matter which Mhay affect the Whig administration, but that they are 'oposed under present circum. otnuces to the lowering of the suffrage iz towns,' where no ...

Published: Thursday 10 May 1866
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 511 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION TO THE LORD ADVOCATE

... Coucrant may be enabled to jadge of what the 'Tories of . this city think of Adam Black, the candidate ,of the Ediuburtlh Whigs,' and of the% Lord Advocate, who soeeus to be desorted, except by his itmmuediate retailers, we clip from ans editorial article ...

Published: Friday 09 June 1865
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 751 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE PRISON MINISTERS' BILL A POLITICAL BRIBE

... readers at the time, Catholics hal pinned themselves to the coat tails (if the Whig , Liberals, and had identified theniselves with the Liberal party to an extent which made the Whig Liberals reckon on their support whatever they might do ; while the Tory party ...

Published: Wednesday 24 June 1863
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 857 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

MR MACIFE ON THE SUFFRAGE

... be excluded. An election is at handl. -Why may not this be asked now and obtainqd'by the body~ f the people ? IUading. old. Whigs in' Eugia~d and 'Scotland have favourably entertained such an amendment of the Xepresettation; and I also know that alate, ...

Published: Monday 18 July 1864
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 491 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

SKIRMISH BETWEEN GARIBALDIANS AND AUSTRIANS

... understood Lord Derby is de. sirous of forming with the Lansdowne section' of the Whigs. In 1827 Mr Canning, then the Con- servative Premier, appealed to the moderate men of the Whig, party for, support. The apeal :was answered by Lord Lansdowne, father of the ...

Published: Saturday 30 June 1866
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 492 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

A CORNISH LANDLORD AND HIS TENANTS

... shortly anticipated, thought I may be excused if I add, that as many of my tenants 'as 'can conscientiously support 'a bona fde Whig candidate, in con- tradistinction to an ultra Radical on the one hand, or a so-called 'LiberaI Conservativei on the other, ...

Published: Friday 10 March 1865
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 536 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

SUMMARY

... Whiggeiy, de for a large part of those who. are now classed- tic as Tories are substantially Whigs. This ' of very fact shows the disintegration of the gr- Whig party and its incipient dissolution. wi .A'ndt sob, Whlle 'Whiggery is dying, Ipeople: th -begin ...

Published: Monday 03 October 1864
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3151 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

MR BRIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT

... Government, of which he had been a sup- porter, had departed from the rule of Whig Go- vernments in past times, and instead of taking entirely the advice of certain portions of the Whig powers, had taken advice from that end of the House of Commons-that section ...

Published: Thursday 03 May 1866
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3612 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE FUTURE REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH

... Cabinet to which he fbelongs, there may be worse Lord Advocates and worse Cabinets too ; and we should be soiry to see even a Whig sacrificing himself in a fit! not of heroism but insanity, by jumpirng, gown and al, down a rift which will l not close one ...

Published: Monday 12 March 1860
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1141 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

SECOND EDITION OF WEDNESDAY

... House, voted on all occasions with the Whig party, and although an unfrequent speaker fin the House of Peers, invariably supported the Fviews and measures of the Whig Governments. In the dissensions among the Whig perty, the .political congresses provided ...

Published: Thursday 16 May 1861
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 936 | Page: 3 | Tags: News