... is one of the three, has attained some eminence in the scientific world. Lord Athlumney, who become- Lord Meredyth, is old Whig official, once Chief Secretary for Ireland, and better known by his commoner's name, Sir William Somerville. The third Lord ...

... became successively President of the Board of Trade, President of the Board of Control, and Colonial Secretary in different Whig ministries. He was raised to the peerage in 1835, but as he never married his title becomes extinct. He was brother of the ...

... is to be joined to another borough, and to have only a fraction of one member. On the other hand Shaftesbury, which elects a Whig, is to remain as it is in solitary dignity, and Tavistock, which represented by a Russell and one other Liberal, will be allowed ...

... the Ascot week, but it has been placed at hia disposal by Lord Annaly, the owner of the house. The Queen (says the Northern Whig) has made very liberal and large purchases of Irish poplin for the wedding trousseaux of the Princess Helena. Prince Alfred ...

... the hands of Sir R. Knightley, political opponent, is threatened with yet further harm by Captain Hayter, the son of the old Whig whipper-in, who, propounding the sentiments of his father, declares the Redistribution bill is no reform at all and has ac ...