... There was a feeling amongst a few that a penny weekly sheet would be below the dignity of the Society. One gentleman of the old Whig school, who had not. originally belonged to the Committee, said again and again, It is very awkward. Lord Brougham, however ...

... to the Captain, occasioned much merriment; and it is re. lated that as-long as Sempill remained in Glasgow he and Cromwell's whig captain were always to- gether-the latter declaring that Beltrees was the cleverest gentleman in Scotland. Now, if the land ...