... kept .:Loof froimthepoliticaX ?? ; exclusively to the exercise of his profession. 0 'Ii 1854 he was the candidate of the Whigs for zr the digiiity of 2Senator-'for'bii '8tajbjiut' 'was r- defeated. In i856'hisraiie'wvas at the head it of the liistof ...

... -preeedent so eu-kously. appealed to of iiej~evolutiii oW8@, is re 'vealed tbe idio jsa~ of Lord.' John.. lhere 'he. is, 'the W~hig #otheReVolution, the d neat *npiewv 'of Lbsd 1'll-th, ',:nStrW tould '.not mone' say. at~n ±bls.great Lord:ilueselr had b4eg ...

... the post= after the Pifret: business 'Mr ISptforith amctm 'ii. the e cha- racter for the Tories: as Coppock did for thhe' Whigs but> 'Mr 3Spodff i si' ot'a;coppouk, nor will the world. agali- foor ia long 'ime !see ti'li like of',that noitab-le ma~n.'qr; ...

... oppose. But their tactics couild not to the have succeeded had so-called Liberals been in ice earneist-(hear, hear). The old Whigs did .ici precisely the same thing, though in a more sisten dlignified inaunet; and not a few men taking the nc unto themselves ...

... iaough, ,Ctp Ain rtp,,4feiese :iot to ?? ( a. O§F'ons~er'firtsivs, on 'th'e-other hand, h~e d~id not' S .come,-out as,a, Whig. ie 4w tolmsA jbe very ! 1 ?? LilM~op>7,n ol lgela Water brothe t whab sitsfor7the county- a purposeless 1inde-B pentdan~t ...

... 3must rejoice. It is astonishing how Leith has * redeemed itself since it got rid of the incubus of the Lord Advocate and the Whig, or rather,. we should say, Tory party, with whom his m Lordship was and is associated. The day of co Edinburgh's emancipation ...

... MU7NICIPA ' LECTIOK=S.' TO TIEt EDITo:R OF THE CALEDONLAN MlERCURY. Si n |, T, 3he aine anxious spirit which char'ac- terised the Whigs and Tories in tie good olden r, Dtime ,seems to have returneid once more amongst us. . Tuesday first is 'looked forward to' ...

... said at ti~tl , banquet totlchsinig.,the,.s1tate of European affirs OxT FIi&L'lst ? 'tiewpt a challenge to our rene~gade W~higS cotemporary, the Scot~nuoi, ?? ' ihe'y' o itsi own statements, with respect tojtiie-eeling of *the ele~toir'so'f this' city'on' ...