... question into Mr Gladstone's hands. The chances, or rather the certainties were that the majority of sixty-five would b' to the Whigs what his last victory was to Hannibal. The dis- organisatioi of the Liberal host always begins as soon as its leaders pitch ...

... joker, he is rather a broad joker; at times, in the conventional sense of the term. !He rather likes to joke about the old Whig birds having proved barren, and been obliged to try a cross with the famous Peelite strain, He said of Mr Milner Gibson that ...

... of Toulon and the retreat of Corunna he had represented the county of Perth in the House of Commons. ' He was a consistent 'Whig, and his views on Catholic eman. cipation found so little favour with his constituents that on the general election of 1807 ...

... so gained remains as an inheritance to our bar of the present day -a most valuable I piece of patronage for Lords Advocate, Whig or Tory; but its tendency has been towards ease and. honour, while the Subntitute's office has been to. wards work and practical ...