... the. Colquhouns of Luss, and he had the patropage of several livings in the Church of Scotland. The deceased was a staunch Whig, and he represented the county of Dumbarton in Parliament from 1837 to 1841, He will be succeeded by his son, Sir James Col ...

... Privy Seal. That purely honorary position in the Cabinet was to some extent more appropriately allotted to one of the old passé Whig administrators once notorious as Sir CHARLES WOOD latterly shrunk into political obscurity as Lord HALIFAX. Another, changein ...

... civilians call an acting appointment, and should Mr. Childers be unable to return to his post it is understood that the aged Whig peer will be confirmed. It is probable that Sir Sydney Dacres will shortly leave Whitehall for Portsmouth. Lord John Hay ...

... the Left Right the Moderate Conservatives, and, just as many Eng. lish politicians seriously advised a combination of the Whigs with the Liberal Conservatives at the time of the late General Election, so the two' French Moderate p arties are contemplating ...

... for any long term, - even supposing they should win it, .but will be able so materially to modify the Liberal programme that Whig-ism of the Granville type might all well perform. the Japanese hari-kari. It will be seen from the foregeing that Mr. Bra ...

... insurrection of the great Whig, against the Russell-Gl a d s t one Mi n i stry o f 1866: Gladstone can afford to be magnanimous ; and, this act of generosity will, together with the apP Oll/ of Lord Halifax, satisfy the old Whigs, 1 ; 1° 4 hitherto been ...

... that he will come forward as a candidate for the city only on condition of receiving promises of support from the leading Whigs, who intend to meet on Thursday to consider the present position of the party. Mr. Edward Warner has refused to become a candidate ...

... The Ulster Echo of Tuesday states negotiation have been compl eted between the present pro.. prieters of the .21rorthern ,Whig and Sir John .A.rnott, 'Cork, whereby the latter obtains • of th ir e plant and copyright, and purposes continuing tbe,„Pude ...

... Disraeli. I remember that when Lord Enfield first came into the House as Mr. Byng he was pointed at as the rising hope of the Whig party, the astyanax of the family connection, who for a generation or so was to spare them the ignominy of borrowing leaders ...

... more keenly regret his death because it removes the one link which connected the present Government with the old and great Whig party. The death of the Earl of Clarendon leaves that party unrepresented in the Cabinet, anal signifies the complete triumph ...

... well, the House in which the Conservatives preponderate did ill. The amendment to the Irish Land Bill, moved indeed by the Whig Lord CLANRICARDE, but supported by the great bulk of the Conservative peers, and by Lord CAIRNS with vehement warmth, strikes ...

... well, the House in which the Conservatives preponderate did ill. The amendment to the Irish Land Bill, moved indeed by the Whig Lord CLANRICARDE, but supported by the great bulk of the Conservative peers, and by Lord CAIRNS with vehement warmth, strikes ...