... Confederate Secretary of State does not yet see the necessity, nor approve of the policy, of, arming the slaves. The Ricrhmond Whig opposes President Davis's proposition to emancipate the slaves after service. Butler, in a speech that he made at the Fifth ...

... enough to press him, or will Lord John Manners or Lord Robert Cecil do so, supposing the first-named wnallekus or hammer of the Whigs declines to hit the nail on the head on this occasion ? A fine opportunity presents itself for punishing that shabby party ...

... ability; yet it is hard on an able man to ask him to play the part of a State dummy. Our respected contemporary, the Northeru Whig, suggests the appointment of Prince Alfred, and if that be not feasible, asks whether the Government cannot find an Irish nobleman ...

... between the principles of Catholicism and Protestantism, or the old English political struggle between Tory and Whig. The old Tory and Whig have both grown with the the growth of knowledge that their conflicts tested before it was established, and the ...

... while he retains his own opinion, there is no use talking about the matter. In foreign politics he avows himself as much of a Whig as Lord Russell, or rather more so; and in finance he is more of a Glad- stonian than Mr Gladstone himself. By these concessions ...

... overlooked, I shall now quote: At the last general election, in 1859, Earl Russell, then Lord John, was opposed as one of the Whig candidates for the city of London. It was - expected he would be run hard, and therefore every vote was necessary to secure ...

... the same direction, bat to no purpose. A tacit compact had been entered into b ttween time-serving Tories and milk-and-water Whigs to bausle the question whenever it should reappear, while irteieing to talk vaguely and loudly in its favour. The Etislit'g ...

... the ground. He had carte blanche to be all things to all men, so that if possible he should offend none. His muddle-headed Whig acquaint- ances were left under the impression that he was a rather Conservative Liberal, while his un-particular Tory friends ...

... job. He also gave a history of his contests for Devonport, and of the mode in whi( h, as he alleged, he was opposed by the Whig Board of Admiralty.-The House went into committee of supply pro forma. TuESDAY.-Mr LOCKE KING moved for leave to bring in a ...

... it. As to Parlia- aent, the Tories probably look to make political capital out of what will be, apparently, a defeat to the Whigs. i They cannot, however, well do this without arlnain I their readiness to make war. Theyhad an excellent oppor- tunity for ...

... desire it. Everything throws the Tories into the arms of the Powers personifying in Europe the old right of despotism. The Whigs have not always done justice to the Imperial Government, but reflection and time cannot fail to bring the English Government ...

... then, in_ oeed, Ie could understand a keen debater taking up and f itbomlng the question. But there was no hope of hek -d. Whigs and Tories are both committed to the Treaty of 1852, whilst the Radicals seem to care very little bout it. At least they said ...