... their conviction that such conduct in so hiring the steamJboat, as aforesaid is truly reprehensible. The Belfast Nortliern Whig, in an article on this painful occurrence says :-''he facts esta- blished by the evidence brought before the inquest are-that ...

... several years, well known here as the first editorof the Glas- gow Argus-in his hands an able and influential organ of the Whig party. His training as an advocate gave him great advantages both as a writer for the press and as a speaker at political meetings ...