... were in the chair, that I would deal with anv Reform Bill candidly on its own merits, whether it should be introduced by a Whig or a Tory Govern- ment; and in this and all other proceedings respect- ing the question of Reform I have endeavoured to act ...

... vot some 28 years ago under the lodger franclise. ?? that time wve had to pay five shillings to tie age-nts employed by the Whig and Tory p. crties, th)e ltaU 1 of which 6nm wvent to the Towvn-Cl'ercsg fir nalcinlr up the roll. If I mistake not the Sheriff ...

... Scotch Bill, the compotund householder, and the evils of personal rating as a basis of the franchise. As an old and staunch Whig, Mr Dunlop was sat first strongly disposed to see nothing ex- cept trickery and corruption in the Tory scheme of Reform; but ...

... agricultural interest is surely en- titled to some share in the representation of the country, -whether its politics may be Whig, Radical, or Conservative, and such interests should not be overwhelmed by great cities such as Glasgow. Under the operation ...

... and encourage the Irish malcon- tents, and which should raise the largest sums of money in furtherance of their cause, The Whigs or Federals, represented ?? Seward, nowv Secretary of State; the extremie Radicals and Abolitionists, represented by Mr Horace ...

... the Universities. It is equally liberal 'to the counties, and though. it only gives -two -mem- Ibers to the burghs, while the Whig pisaure. gave three, the allocation is a great deal better. It was unfair that Edinburgh should have had a third member, and ...

... householder is really irrepres- sible. We might call him the blue devil of the Reform Bill, haunting the imaginations of Whig and Tory, and filling them with a fear which is as crushing and as unexplainable as a nightmare. Mr Disraeli has tried to lay ...

... James William Moncrieff, gent,, to be Lieutenant, vice Patrick, promoted. William Hugh Campbell. gent,, to be Lieutenant, vice Whig-ham, promoted. Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry.-Cornet William Samuel Cowpzer, to be Lieutenant, vice Crichton, removed; Charles ...

... himself a chamber practice. It is said that it is now in con- temlation to confer the chair on Mr A. S. Kinnear, advocate, a Whig. In this way a vacancy will be created in the office of Solicitor of Teinds, which Mr Skelton will probably fill. NVe are informed ...

... to induce him to return to his post, and to again take the initiative against the Govern- ment measure. Some of the older Whigs incline to the believe that the difficulty might be got over by puttingup Sir George Grey as successor to Mr Glad- stone; but ...