... elected by his fellow-citizens to represent the Scottish metropolis in Parliament. Mr. Black was a Whig, and a supporter of the Whig Lord-Advocate, and the Whig Lord Advocate had no intention to disturb the existing order of things. Mr. Black, therefore, had ...

... divided state of the Liberal party is not to be ascribed exclusively to him. He did but carry to extremes maxims which the Whigs had more or less cautiously acted upon for the last twenty years. We have had no such thing as political party, in the legitimate ...

... rise or fall of Cabinets affects it; but because the Commander-in Chief occupies an independent position, whether Tories or Whigs are in power, the actual military administration goes on without interruption. To have it otherwise would be seriously to reduce ...

... tarians were called Whigs after their Scutch and Covenanting allies, But the original significance of the terms did not last long. There have long abounded men— “ lo moderation placiag all their glory, While Tories call them Whig and Whigs a Tory.” During ...

... ' great difficulty in James Graham, all of he noble Lord the upon the occasion m embers of that hate , I had alluded, by Whigs would fain have performance of the Online' and active • War and of for Jou. '' • . . _ ...

... Commons, ended. The trial of Father Ryan has been postponed, on his own application, till next term. BICTALIST. —The Belfast Whig says— The following sow took place in a house in this town, on Wedoes. day evening last : —A couple of live rats were securely ...

... favourites be taken in office. Why must a Liberal Premier always be lord? Even the Tories are incomparably less « clusive than the Whigs. They have elevated Canning, the son of a provincial actress, and a Pe the son of a spinner, and in the present Minist one ...

... upon no less than twelve persons, most of whom received the same as the guerdon of parliamentary services rendered to the Whigs. To these additions to the peerage the immaculate oracle raised no objection. It wore the Palmerston badge, and anything that ...

... members of the party already whisper their hopes of finding future leader in the austerest utilitariar. among the hereditary Whigs. If, however, recent experience is to influence the anticipations of the future, it may be conjectured that the Government ...

... discussion they did well; for,'although they prevented the upsetting of a Conservative Ministry, and the installation of number of Whig place-hunters, a matter which we consider of no great moment, they prevented the House of Commons from disgracing itself by ...

... was carried by the Whigs, and they made it onesided; the next Reform Bill ought to be, and it is bat fair that it should be, Introduced and carried by the Conservatives, if only for the purpose of making even the balance. The Whigs will, no doubt, if ...

... side of the fractured he ekull, while in a stooping He was removed home, and till Tuesday evening, wren he died.—-Northern Whig. MURDEROUS the evening of the 13th inst., as Thomas Toner, of Ballindrate, near Lifford, was leaving Strabuve to bomewards ...