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THE LATE LORD MACAULAY

... already known him to possess. His talents were so great, his writings so effective, and his influence so strong that the Whigs obtained for him (this, we suppose, must have been the Coalition Ministry) an appointment as Commissioner of Bankrupts, and ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3797 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

LEICESTER TOWN COUNCIL

... deal with it. They were aware that in Leicester each party lad its own organ. The Conservatives had the Journal; he moderate Whigs the Chronicle, and the ultra-Liberals he Mercury, and perhaps the Free Press. The Advertiser and Guardian he hardly knew how ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4535 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Accidents and Offences

... (a certain wellknown mason in Belfast), he will tell you all about me. The swindler has not been heard of since.— Northern Whig. Murder in the Forest op Dean.—A tragedy, including at least one murder, and accompanied bj circumstances of almost unparalleled ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4341 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

... rose into a strain of powerful eloquence at the conclusion of his address. Of late, it has been too much the fashion with Whig as well as with Conservative journalists to denounce Mr. Bright as mere political destructive, —as an overt enemy to the privileges ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2115 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Miscellaneous and Provincial News

... Lansdowne, and to his first love, Jeffrey, and his review. — Illustrated London News. Homes of the Poor in Belfast.—The Northern Whig has been sending its reporters into the poor places of Belfast, and it gives very terrible descriptions of the sate of the ...

Published: Saturday 14 January 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 8680 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE NEW REFORM BILL

... and whose mission it is, on this earth, to resist all improvements. Bill proposing less could not have been proposed by any Whig Statesman, unless he had intended it to be laughed out of the House, and condemned by the country. The noble Lord himself disclaims ...

Published: Saturday 03 March 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 967 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE NEW REFORM BILL

... greatest weight upon any decisions to which we may come. There were more than two centuries ago, and long before the names of Whig and Tory were used, disputes between two great parties the country to the nature of the functions of parliament. The ...

Published: Saturday 03 March 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 9344 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MEETING ON THE REFORM BILL

... rejected this, were they sure they would get a Reform Bill at ill ? If they rejected the Bill would not Lord John Russell and the Whigs say that they were clear of the responsibility, and would the party which wanted office bring in Bill to suit them all (hear ...

Published: Saturday 17 March 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5842 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETY

... remarked that a gentleman went to that body and discharged his duty, the town ought to be very much obliged to him, whether was Whig, Tory, or Radical, as there was so much business and so many committees, that there was plenty for every one to do. There had ...

Published: Saturday 17 March 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4003 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

TO THE EDITOR OF THE 1EICESTEBSHIRH MERCURY. Si Observing in the Chronicle of last week, an article DQ the public

... unintentionally, reflecting upon mvself, It is very singular to relate that we have heard of one of their number (i.e. the Whigs) who was asked to sign the requisition. In reply, or explanation, the facts of the case were simply these : Thinking it alike ...

Published: Saturday 24 March 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 336 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ST. MARGARET'S PARISH

... tampered with. spoke out upon this matter: he would have no tampering with the parish books (hear, hear). He did not care whether Whig, Tory, or Radical, every man who was entitled to his vote ought to have his fair vote. If that question had produced that large ...

Published: Saturday 28 April 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3641 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Local and Provincial News

... The ex-Speaker, Lord Eversley, voted with the Government, contrary to anticipation, did also Earl Fitzwilliam. Among recent Whig creations, two Lords, Aveland and Wensleydale, assisted to swell the Opposition, while Lords Llanover and Lyveden remained ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1860
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 9325 | Page: 8 | Tags: none