... his party iv legal ability ; and a yet stronger evidence is afforded by the choice of his successor. In all the ranks of the Whig supporters there is not a lawyer whose reputation would justify the Government in appointing him successor to Sir William Atherton ...

... GOVERNMENT DEFEATS. It was an independent supporter of a former Whig- radical administration who compared the Ministry to a tough beefsteak, because it took a great deal of beating. Certainly the Palmerston Ministry ought to be tender by this time, for ...

... the Gazette. It is very possible that Lord John may not b2 free from the hankering after titles which seems to be part of the Whig nature — not a very consistent characteristic, you will say, of a party which is only powerful by allying itself with the Demo- ...

... and driven to find a seat in the Irish nomination borough of Bandon Bridge. In IS3O, on the succession of Lord Grey and the Whigs to office, he was made Paymaster of the Forces, but ** ithout a seat in the Cabinet. He was nevertheless appointed one of a ...

... party interests and parky passions. The question has been fought ont so Peng— it is little less than thirty years since the Whig Ministry attempted to get rid of chorchrates — that it might be thought it is fully understood, and ripe for a decision. But ...

... office of Solicitor-General is thus reu- dered vacant. — Globe. The Wolverhampton election has resulted in the return cf the Whig candidate on Tuesday. The numbers were — Wegueliu 1317 Griffiths 761 Hill 637 Acts of Parliament. — Up to the present period ...

... or another. It seems, too, that a seat has been found for Mr. Palmer at Richmond, by the retirement of Mr. Rich, a veteran Whig hack, whose only claim to posterity lies in the late Mr. Drummond's happy application to his latter condition, of Gilray's ...

... yesterday the patent of the new Attor- ?? was made out ; and it is yet undecided who is to be Solicitor-General. The fact is, the Whigs are in such a state of utter destitution as regards legal abili- ties, that they have not a man to put forward whose name can ...

... ridicule for being the son of a hairdresser, made answer : So I am, and lam come into the House to give a dressing to the Whigs. liat^JuftKiSS 3^* 8 battle of Aboukir as a drawn S. a Ms 88 ,* NeUon » they are quite right-only they drew the blanks and ...

... already learnt that Mr. Roundell Palmer, the Solicitor-General of Lord Palmerston's Administration, is to be the nominee of tbe Whig Lord Zetland for the borough of Richmond. His acceptance of office and of this seat clearly amounts to an abandonment of his ...