... 1840—Severe strictures were passed on the Tory Press for affecting to believe that the attempt of Oxford on the Queen a mere Whig trick to secure the Ministry in office. 1848—Joseph Hume advanced a resolution in the Commons to the effect that the House ...

... PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. SEPTEMBER 23HD. 1710—(Aane).-On the overthrow of he WhIg Ministry, Lord Cowper. who was Lord Chancellor for the first time, retired much against the wishes of the Queen- 1720-(George I.).—The Bank of England agreed ...

... n of cer- tain Post Offifte officials at the Bar of the Honse, Mr Disraeli described Sir Robert Peel as having caught the Whigs' bathing and run off with their clothes. 1860—At this time important financial changes were made in India by Mr James Wilson ...

... 3rd Lord Holland, died, aged 67. He had been Lord Privy Seal and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; wrote Memoirs of the Whig Party, Life of Lope de Vega, &c. 1854-Dr. Rae, the Arctic traveller, arrived at Deal with intelligence of the fate of Sir ...

... linquished Unionism, was the writer of some of the finest articles on the land question that ever appeared in the Northent, Whig. The accession of a man of Mr Houston's calibre to the Home Rule ranks is most significant, and we do not wonder that the Rev ...

... Concerning the Working of the Irish Church Temporalities Com- mission, which appeared originally in the columns of the Northern Whig, signed ilX. Y. Z. I regret that the question residing the manu- facture of new curates, which Mr M'Clure was requested to ...

... the nouses of Tredegar, represented by Sir Charles Morgan, the member for Monmouthshire 1796- 1831, who then championed the Whig interest and the house of Gwernyfed. The expense of this contest must have been prodigious, as the poll was kept open for 15 ...

... although he presented petitions against both returns Jan., 1735, he failed to upset either of the elections. Mr Gwyn Vaughan was a Whig in politics, and, having supported Sir Robert Walpole, was appointed one of the Commissioners of the Customs, with a salary ...

... £50. One mile. Mr Hudson's Fusilade, 3y 8t 13ib Winrfleld 1 Mr Gottsclialk's Chow Chow, 4y 9st 91b M. Cannon 2 Capt. Orr-IS Whig's Hereward, 4y 9;t 91b G. Chaloner Mr C, Hibbert's Calamine, 4y 94 91b Cartledire 0 Mr Thit-lwetl's Miss Cnsto, 4y 9st Hit ...

... (captain); backs, M. Picking and T. Jones half-backs, B. Taylor, J. Taylor, and J. Jones right wing, Evans and Starkey; left whig, J. Jones and R. Jones centre, J. Haywood. Cardiff— Goal, G. Wilding backs, J. Barnes (capt.) and 11. Farthing half-bucks, ...

... of combination. He was slow too and lost several chances from Biggs, who was forced to kick bccause Williams was not on his whig. Biggs was cool as ever, and neither he nor Lewis seriously prejudiced their side. Their defence was fairly sonnd, and their ...