... pound, what may we look for should the peace of Europe be once more disturbed ? There has been a sort of rivalry between the Whigs and the Tories as to which could spend the most on the 6'national defences. Mr. Disraeli, though as much responsible'as Lord ...

... been prepared, but nothing to excite interest in the country. The question of retrenchment, one of the old watchwords of the Whigs, at one time threatened to become a parlia- mentary topic, but the moment Lord Palmerston saw what was brewing, he adroitly ...

... government, and it had been the- practice of this government to recgnise' de facto governments. In less than twelve months a Whig govern- ment, because it had suited its purpose, had recoenired i Belgium, and it would not do to say that the-civil war was ...

... duke had originally a lease of Mon- tagu House, on such ridiculously low terms, that no Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Whig or Tory, I could for a long time be got to renew it. We were further informed that, at last, when a Tory ministry was in the ...

... our opinion that the time ws ill- I chosen for shaking the position of a minimter, or opening a gate for the opposition. The Whig ministry is cer- tainly not what it ought to be; but what a Tory mi- nistry would be we may infer from the conduct of the l ...

... pretty colour, it is one of W the nation~ colours, and the best way to divest it 0 of any political meaning is for all parties, Whigs, 11 Tories, anti Radicals, to accept it, asset wear it on a non-i pohlitical occasion. If there is at p recession some school ...

... Tory display, Your correspondent appears not Ito be aware that so far from blue and buff being a Tory colour, it is the old Whig party badge, and if there were any political meaning in the atair, which I am1 sure there is not, it would point in the direction ...

... In English counties the Conservatives have lost 27 seats. In Irish counties there has been a steady reaction against the Whigs, showing itself in a net Conservative gain of 13 votes. In Sctch counties the ?? loss, between 1841 and 1859, wras seven votes ...

... The loss incured, he addedwould be veryincousider- has able. ?? DISTURBANESs IN BELVAST.-On Thursday, says the able Northern Whig, the streets of Belfast, where formerly the Wei riots between Roman Catholics and Protestants took place, rive were crowded ...

... brought the highest prices; and on that practical experienc I ground my convictions vrith regard to the silk weed ' The Kingston Whig, in recommending its cultivation in Canada, observes- Who knows but this fibre plant, silk weed, or asclepias, may, from its ...

... their appointment. Under these circumstances, the conclusion to which the outer public came was that Sir Charles was merely a Whig necessity, that he could not be left out in any Liberal government, and that, therefore, there was nothing for it but patience ...