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THE BERKELEY PEERAGE CASE

... to be acknow- ledged a baron by tenure. The claim was not, as we have said, adjudicated upon ; his political services to the Whig party obtaining for him at the coronation of Wil- liam the 4th, a peerage by the title of Lord Segrave, and he was subsequently ...

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP

... breaking the hearts of the reporters these two hours, beating Sir Charles hollow in entanglement; but he is a long. descended Whig, a rising young man, and must be taken care of. Your articles respecting the manner in which the estimates are treated in the ...

Published: Saturday 16 March 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 719 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

CONTEMPORARY PRESS

... candidate for a seat in parliament, that he eared nothing for politics or political principles, but would support any miestry, Whig, Tory, or Radical, that would make Gal- way the packet station for America. Pythias is of a kindrid opinion with regard to ...

Published: Saturday 23 March 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 847 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... sympathy with the cliques and facotions into which the Corporation is divided, and care not whether dwi the new alderman is Whig OrTory, D~issenter ?? Chilean, el provided he has earned by labouirs' ?? Iattet e the honour, 'and has intelligence and character ...

Published: Saturday 30 March 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6870 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

TIVERTON ELECTION

... -(Lauighter.) You whigs have had power since 1832. You pledged yourselves to economy and retrenchment but I mave never seen you carry it out. The expenditure in 1836 amounted to little moore than £40,000,0ot) a Zear; but what is it now ? You whigs have made a ...

Published: Saturday 30 March 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4414 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

MR. ROEBUCK AND THE SHEFFIELD BLADES

... his temper and bearing in parliament utterly unbearable. Having passed the turn of life, without getting any- thing from the Whigs, who never give anything out of their own circle when they can help it, Mr. Roebuck broke ofl; and supported Lord Derby, at ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 912 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... Macaulay, as may be verified by refer- ence to the 6th volume of his IHistor -I of Enlgland, are- canvassed actively on the whig side 1 A FAIR REMARK.- A middle-aged young lady is so angry with the government for asking her how old she is, that she declares ...

GARSTANG FARMERS' CLUB

... acqrraintance with him bad satisfied his hr was own mind that they would have to go very far indeed w at before they could find, Whig irs be was-(a 1aug1h)- ti and a better member of parliaruent.-(Elear, hear.) He was g the convi nced-for he hid had several ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5445 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

THE CHURCH AND DISSENT

... justice and fair- ( any ness. That was what he (the Vicar) had heard tromn a C isito member of the House of Lordti-himself a Whig. We A We had fought the battle on the part of the Church, but it lo -all was too late in the session, and government had got ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5326 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

THE BUDGET

... is very popular with the moderate Tories, made a dead set against the proposed change, and was sup- ported by all the pure Whigs, the Premier himself watching the struggle, and not caring much which way it went, provided it did not disturb himself or his ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1747 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP

... he would like to create an op- position, led by Gladstone, Cobden, Bright, and Milner Gibson, who would crush up theb old Whigs in a week, talk the Tories' heads off, and in a very short time rally a new and strong Radical party. No, this would not work ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 909 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE DEBATE ON THE BALLOT

... A single fact like this is more to the purpose than the elaborate literary efforts of the Times, or the affected horror of Whig and Tory for anything so un-English as the ballot box, to allow a man to vote according to his ow, views. ...

Published: Saturday 27 April 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1237 | Page: 4 | Tags: News