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MAYOR CHOOSING

... Lawless of course —(laughter). But a large city like Exeter there was always a floating population ready to do mischief to Whig or Tory. Agaiast those offenders he said the hand of tho Executive ought to be strengthened, and he therefore strongly advocated ...

Published: Tuesday 10 November 1868
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 5265 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BARNSTAPLE, THURSDAY, Nov. 12th, 1868. Mr. Gladstone can be defeated South-West Lancashire, and the Beat for ..

... ne W S ° rue folly on the 9th December, and thlt the aB will come under discussion on e lSb tho THXBE a hopeful change of Whig families with reference to the the ago the Marquis of £ew the house of Cavendish, gave a qualified So,? heir Port Mr. Berkeley ...

Published: Thursday 12 November 1868
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1635 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

EPITOME OF NEWS

... number of houses approved of in any month in many years, and \ I it is at the ra c of 3,600 new houses in the year.— ' Northern Whig. Visit of th Queen of the Netherlands. —The Queen of the Netherlands, accompanied the Countess de Bentinck, the Baroness de ...

Published: Thursday 12 November 1868
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2958 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Election Intelligence

... alleged that three millions increase of expenditure was due to the putting ! of artillery in the fortifications which the Whigs had put up without guns, and in giving breech-loaders to the Army. But Mr. Gladstone explained that the fortifications were ...

Published: Thursday 12 November 1868
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 4264 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

EXETER TOWN COUNCIL

... rabble. In every large city there was to be found a kind of floating population ever ready to do mischief, and harm to anybody, Whig, Tory, Conservative, or what not. was against those that he said the hands of the executive should be strengthened. If they ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1868
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 7392 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE TAVISTOCK GAZETTE

... and jobbery which made the word Whig to stink in England, and compelled a convicted party to adopt another name. I recollect that at Lord Amberley's Tavistock meeting, some speaker referred to the blunders of the Whigs. The Viscount in reply got entangled ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1868
Newspaper: Tavistock Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2974 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Political Gossip

... election two Liberals were returned. Dr. Russell, the Times correspondent, who is a candidate for Chelsea, charges upon the Whigs the creation and maintenance of enormous burdens of taxation, war, and incompetence. The First Lord of tbe Admiralty has decided ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1868
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2661 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FACTS FOR THE WORKING-CLASSES

... Factory Acts, 13th and 14th Vict. c. 54, 1850.—Lord Ashley. To render more stringent the provisions of the last act. Sir G. Grey (Whig Home Secretary) insisted on clause increasing the weekly toil of women and children by hours. In spite of this concession the ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1868
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1257 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

On Wednesday night the Chelsea Working Men's Electoral Association held meeting to tako into consideration Mr. ..

... may be added that these noble earls and Lord Palmerston were, with the exception of Lord Melbourne, the only members of the Whig Cabinet who obtained tho premiership after Earl Grey's retirement from power. It may further bo remarked that Lords ston, Derby ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1868
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 390 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE ELECTIONS: DEVON AND EXETER

... principle, and ministered by a Caucasian without faith. The infatuation of the 'lories is such that for the sake of dishing tbe Whigs they would dash at the Church. They have the impudence to ask liberals to split their votes Acland and Northcote. We have before ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1868
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1724 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NORTH DEVON

... tha; very exuberation whioh prevented them as a \ arty placing their trust in him—(yells). Mr. Gladstone's followers were old Whigs who followed him from party ties-which were hard to sever, and not from confidence in Lis policy— (oheers and uproar). They ...

Published: Tuesday 17 November 1868
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 8287 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MEETING AT THE PUBLIC ROOMS

... loo fellow, but he was no politician man, a handsome looia one (oh eers). A couple __he did not ne t d ° id uot know who was Whig and years ago probably he wM & who man feat not whftt wonld call a respectable 8 was great great man—(hear, about _ in natural ...

Published: Tuesday 17 November 1868
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1870 | Page: 3 | Tags: none