... friends, and giving weapons to the quiver of their enemies. He went on to show that an extension of the suffrage had been. a Whig proposition from the first, and that in I852 he had brought in for Scotland a larger bill-namely, for a A5 borough franchise-than ...

... proof of the fact that real law reform will not come from lawyers of their own good will, nor will be done by any Government Whig or Tory, until the people grow strong enough to force them to do the work confided to their charge. THE PAPAL PROBLEM. The ...

... mended in that particular, it would be able to present a firmer front to the enemy. Some particulars are given by the Northern Whig of the arrest at Belfast of an Italian army surgeon as a Fenian. The fact was telegraphed by our local correspondent yesterday ...

... either of his relations to the press or to his party. At last, in I853, and chiefly, we believe, owing to the assistance of Whig friends, he obtained a post in the Register House, the depository of Scottish records. It was not well paid, but it suited ...

... peace with France and Spain which had just been concluded by Lord Bute, as soon as he had turned out the elder Pitt and the Whigs, and the King, who had been on the throne two years, was boldly feeling his way towards governing as well as reigning. Pitt ...