... General Jackson’s funeral took place at Richmond on the 12th, with great demonstrations of sorrow and respect. The Richmond Whig says that since the death of Washington no similar event has so profoundly and sorrowfully impressed the people of Virginia ...

... it affects our Protestant Constitution and our national welfare is momentous enough, demand a stout and manly defence. The Whigs have now abandoned their old position and their former watchword, and the Conservatives are the only true defenders of the ...

... Baker’s Creek and Black River Bridge, and say that Vicksburg closely besieged, the enemy closing in on every side. The Richmond Whig, sj>eeulating upon the chances of icksburg and Port Hudson falling, says that although their loss would »k> great success for ...

... appointed Bishop of Exeter ! Colonel Tottenham, the Conservative candidate, has been returned for New Ross. There were two Whig candidates for Kinsale; Sir George Colthurst has been returned. The total number of steamships employed in the packet service ...

... devolved u|>on I him county gentleman with ability and courtesy which won him universal respect. In politics Mr. Probyn was Whig of other days than ours, and was firm supporter of his party ; but his political action was confined to the assertion principles ...

... was indebted the shrewd Bristolian for good service. Mr. Baillie, we stated, contested Bristol with Mr. Protheroe, on “the Whig and negro interest,” and won. It is said that this struggle cost £30,000, ami that he wrote to his lather, then in Invemesshire ...

... meaning. shows the utter nakedness and isolation the Ministry in the House of Commons. This may not lie offensive to statesmen of Whig proclivities, but it is discreditable to English government and slur upon the nation. It is, in fact* a stigma on consfcitutional ...

... of the North drugged with teufold bitterne«. Mercy to ourselves demands tnis act of retributive justice to them.— Richmond Whig. ...

... kindness many have felt, his advice many have listened to with profit, his amiability many have admired. In politics was a Whig ; but his influence, whether in parliament or in the secret meetings of his party, has rather been felt than seen since the ...

... procession oomrneooed —Netr York Tribune, Poisoned Bullets.—According the Troy Whig, the U.B. Government is engaged in manufacturing poisoned ballets. This is what the Whig «ays M have before ns some specimens of the minnie bullet now produced the U.fi ...

... are desirable, the country will rather rest contented with things as they are than entrust the work to Lord Russell and the Whigs. Whether or not the veteran Statesman felt the sting of his own remark we cannot tell; but assuredly the sentence which he ...

... Gienguoich. Mr. Ellice was one of the most respected members of the old Whig party. He first entered Parliament 1813. In April, 1833, he w as made Secretary of War. When the Whigs went out Mr. Ellice, of course, went with them ; and from 1834 the time ...