... 338. have lost a vote at Pontefract, which, however, they can afford to set off against the five seats they wrested from the Whigs last Session and the one just gained at Beverley. Mr. Tom Duncombe is shocked at the revelations lately brought to light at ...

... and Syneham, Wilts, in the 73rd year of his age. The Death of Sir Robert Alexander an old and faithful follower of the Irish Whig Liberal took place on Tuesday, in Dublin, at the house of a where he had been residing since the commencement oi . Q illness ...

... and had fancied to be fairly within their grasp when they renewed their allegiance to the Cabinet of Lord Palmerston. The Whigs, a body, are equally with the Radicals, though they lack the honesty of the latter, and affect to be satisfied with the scheme ...

... of regard for a love of peace, not oppose the Bill! The Hon. Colonel Rowley, a Conservative, has achieved a victory over the Whig Candidate at the Borough Harwich; the vacancy was caused by the elevation of the Hon. W. F. Campbell to the Barony of Stratheden- ...

... thrown out the placemen and place-hunters, naturally enough, hold opposite views. True to their traditional character, the Whigs are quite prepared for any snubbing, so long as they can hold their offices and draw their salaries. The Premier himself is ...

... you may suppose for the Duchess patronises the little Duke, and invariably uses her influence to get him a seat in whatever Whig Cabinet may be formed. Lady Emma Stanley, who sat in the opposite gallery, was greatly amused with the scene j as were the ...

... caused by his own inadvertence crossing the line of fire, when the troops were practising with the rifle at long range. The last Whig job, the elevation of the Bishop of Carlisle, (brother of the Earl of Clarendon) to the lucrative Bishopric of Durham, has ...

... made an Irish Peer by the Whig Government of which Lord Palmerston was the head, and it was, of course, ungrateful in him to attack his old friend and patron; but gratitude is not an abiding sentiment in the human mind, and Whig gratitude is generally admitted ...

... raised that early next Session a bill would be brought in on the subject. The House laughed, of course, at this genuine Whig stereotyped promise; which has been made so often that no one believes in it. Sir Jame9 Elphinston, who is an old sailor and ...

... Parliament to be prorogued until either the Paper uties arc repealed, or the House of Lords abolished ! or Fermoy, as an old Whig with new title, will in fill £ probability yield to Ministerial pressure (for Lord made him an Irish Peer and Lord John ussell ...

... rife yesterday, but I believe there is no truth in it. The Cabinet may not be, and possibly not a happy family, but as the Whigs have always made wonderful sacrifices for place and power, I don't fancy they are so short-sighted to their own interests as ...

... Herbert and Mr. Ennis, Ministerialists. The sixteen English Members who voted with Col. Erench consisted of an odd mixture of Whigs, Tories, and Radicals. The minority complain that, of the 88 who voted against them, 29 were members either of the present ...