... does not appear to have taken much direct interest in municipal affairs after that. But hbe woe regarded as the leader of the Whigs in the town. and, no doubt, did good service to his political friends. He was a man of fine social parts, and fiad the art ...

... we are sare, retain a recollection of the leading part ,hich Sir Juhn, then Mr. Her1e, took on the Emancipation I aide. The Whig party wais at that period split into two greet sectieflO, Mr. James Evan Ilaillie leading, what was known as the West India ...

... his tenants should adopt all .t*he snodern practical inventihns in agricultural .ixnpimesrts. In politica he was a staunch Whig, anu a' flirst, like many other persons having great lanede interest, wan opponed to the repeal of the . eorn laavs, and voted ...

... 1750.-[See Dr. Strang's Clubs of Glasgow.]' In 1830 Sir John contested the representation of the county of Lanark, on the Whig side, with the Hon. Charles Douglas, but was unsuccessfuil by 15 votes. On that occasion Sir James Graham of Netherby made ...

... remedy. Thqe Whigs were at the time singularly destitute of financial l ability, and the Tories, though blessed with a leaner of more than ordinary sagacity in such matters, were as a body even more prejudiced and ignorant than their Whig rivals. It may ...

... occupy as the leader of the ?? party, both in Parlie- ineut and in the country. In 1841 a vote of want of confidence in the Whig government of the day, proposed in the Souse df Commons by Sir Robert Peel, was carried by a majority of one. A dissolution ...

... occupy as the leader of the free-trade party, both in Parliament and in the country. In 1841 a vote of want of confidence in the Whig Government of the day, proposed in the House of Commons by Sir Robert Peel, was carried by a majority of one. A dissolution ...

... hostility of the Tory party, (r i then strong under the skilful guidance of Peel-f through the more disguised hostility of the Whigs |f -Richard Cobden worked his way. Lord Mel. -01 bourne, who went through. life hoping that every- b' body would let everything ...

... matters anrl salaries, dawned upon the practical mind of the Anglo-Saxon race. A new political group took its seat beside the Whigs and the Tories. Henceforth it never quitted the House of Commons. There it acquired its rank, its influence; there it caused ...

... lecturers through the country; a few years afkerwards it raised a quarter of a million. Gradually the more ad- vanced of the Whigs gave their adhesion, and session after session the Parliamentary majority against Ml. Villiers became small by degrees and ...

... oooupy as the leader of the free-trade party, both ho parliament and in the country. ?? 181 a vete of want of confidence imthe whig cermenent or the day, proposed in the H~ouse of Comons boy Sir lobert Peel, was3 carried by a ma- tolit! of one, A dissolution ...

... matters and salarie, dawned upon the practical mind of the Anglo- Saxon race. A new political group took its seat beside the Whigs and the Tories. Henceforth it never quitted the House of Commons. There it acquired its ranic, its influence; there it caused ...