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DEATH OF THE DUKE OF BEDFOKD, X.Q. The Duke of Bedford, who has for some months past been in declining

... public career in the Lower House, voted on all occasions with the Whig party, and, although an unfrequent speaker in the House of Peers, invariably supported the views and measures of the Whig Governments. On the death of his father, in October. 1839 he succeeded ...

Published: Saturday 18 May 1861
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 396 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MR. BRIGHT ON THE REFORM BILL

... that the Government tim l 11,1811 m the rule of Whig government in past M cs ' and sought advice at that end of the House where he y r - generally sat. (Laughter). He was not dislosed to deprecate the Whig party, because if we looked *fCk for 100 years ...

Published: Saturday 05 May 1866
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 755 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE

... The hon. gentleman does not avow himself as a Conservative, but he refuses to be bound down to all tbe formularies of the Whig party; and he was wroth with his relative, Sir Robert Peel for having, at the recent meeting on the other side, misrepresented ...

Published: Saturday 03 October 1863
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 207 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

READING

... compliance with his own view of the necessities of his position, he proposed to offer high office to several members of the Whig party, and even to certain members of Lord Russell's Government. He should, therefore, have to ask from his own supporters ...

Published: Saturday 30 June 1866
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 757 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

IRELAND

... police were obliged to draw their swords and charge the crowd in self-defence. This time there were fire-arms,bnt the Northern Whig says that scarcely the briskest periods of the last riots were so many people seen assembled in the disturbed districts. By ...

Published: Saturday 06 May 1865
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 293 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

IRELAND

... no name painted upon her, but will, we believe, be known in future as No. 27. She left for the Clyde last night.— Belfast Whig. Lunacy Inquiry.—At an inquisition de lunatico held on Tuesday, an unfortunate gentleman named Price, entitled to landed property ...

Published: Saturday 11 June 1864
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 346 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GUILDFORD

... expected. He reviewed the circumstances under which the Government had been changed, and asked if he was wrong in saying that the Whigs had got into office under false pretences. Having argued that an extension of the franchise was necessary, he went on to justify ...

Published: Saturday 01 November 1862
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 397 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

POLITICAL PROSPECTS

... Ministers recant their Protectionist doctrines. Lord Derby had come into office through the weakness and mischances of the Whigs, and he appealed to the country to discover whether he really possessed its confidence. The answer was the negative; he resigned ...

Published: Saturday 17 June 1865
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 960 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AMERICA

... AMERICA. New York, Aug. 22.—The Richmond Whig contains Charleston news to the 20th inst., stating that during the last hours, the Federal operations were confined to steady and continuous bombardment of Fort Sumter from guns on Morris' Island. The Federal ...

Published: Saturday 05 September 1863
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1008 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AMERICA

... Baker's Creek and Black River Bridge, and say that Vicksburg closely besieged, the enemy closing in on every side. The Richmond Whig, speculating upon the chances of Vicksburg and Port Hudson falling, says that although their loss would be a great success ...

Published: Saturday 13 June 1863
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2320 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

To the ELECTORS of BERKS. Gentlemen, Seeing that Mr. W alter of Bearwood has announced his intention of ..

... a candidate to represent Berkshire at the next general election; permit me to address a few words to you. do not think the Whig party could have selected gentleman in every way better calculated to represent their interests, had he not avowed his intention ...

Published: Saturday 06 June 1868
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 321 | Page: 2 | Tags: none