... Leslie who had unsuccessfully commanded the , Scottish army against Cromwell at Dunbar. Melville had \ always been accounted a Whig and a Presbyterian. Those who speak of him most favourably have not ventured to ascribe to him eminent intellectual endowments ...

... the city in particular. He was Whig, when to be a Whig was regarded In something the same light as a physical force Chartist now; and, to do him justice, he has never forsaken his first love. He has been the soul of the Whig clique of Edinburgh for many ...

... of his house. There, on the benches opposite to his early friend and political associate, Lansdowne—that aged and consistent Whig—stood the fantastic Henry Brougham, his tongue once the denouncer of kings, the trumpet of revolution, the idol his countrymen ...

... religious dissenter, from the Irish Papist to our own native Protestant Seceder, could escape from this fatal word. THE WHIGS. The real Whigs were extremely few. Self-interest had converted some, and terror more ; and the residue which stood out, consisted ...

... disputed hia right to remain uncontrolled ruler of the country. The Liberals represented by Espartero are the Whigs of Spain,—meaning by that term the Whigs, as we know them, in opposition, and not in office. Then there is a strong party who are more democratic ...

... people's edition, for Cockburn was always great favourite with the general populace of Edinburgh. Hp was Radical heart, although a Whig in office, and he was loved more warmly than the wee reekit deil of criticism, Brancis Jeffrey. M.—What is that you are admiring ...

... favour of the contemplated improvement. We know of but one exception to the unanimity and energy manifested in the matter. The Whig clique of Edinburgh have met the proposed reform, not indeed with straightforward and manly opposition, but with a sneaking ...

... deemed not to have been injured the sligh.est degree the admixture of such incongruous materials with its food northern Daily Whig. Bishop Marley had a good deal of the humour of Swift. Once when the footman was out of the way, he ordered the coachman to ...

... on the last occasion there was reversal of all that kind of thing. For, with reference to Mr B. a ported him because ha was Whig, some because ne was a Conservative, while Mr M'Laren supported him because lie held his views on tho Maynooth question and ...

... were so peculiar, so distinct, that we feel less prejudice in discussing them than could feel in discussing our own times. The Whig and Tory, for instance, as they appear in Roman history, are characters so distinct that we can far more easily untwine ourselves ...

... Monument has not only roused the indignation of Scotsmen from Gretna Green to John o' Groats, but Irish journal ( The Northern Whig), resenting the attack of the English thunderer°on old Scotland, flourishes his shilellah with the following concentrated ...

... historic men, who were also the amiable but weak worshippers of the ancient stone-images, supported right and left by a few Whig friends and the fiery partisans of the Establishment. On the other side stood a firm phalanx of genuine liberals and sensible ...