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LITERATURE

... When King George was seized for the first time by his mental ailment the case was reported to the Laird of Gask by one of the Whig clergy, and the charac- teristic answer was- Ye see what ye've done to the bonest man. He has never had a weel day sin ye ...

DROGHEDA SPRING FAIR

... annual tair, which was held tozday, was fairly supp.ied with stock of alldascrlptip~y.~eially those ~it fosr She 4atolier, of whig the3, was a very large number, the miorrxy I otf~ finaished, heving to be forced on the mnarxm*106 to the supply of tarnips ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... Maria II., Queen of Portugal. George Canning, Lord Grey, Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, and the principal leaders of the Whigs courted and liked him. The Wel. lesleys, the Duke of Wellington at their head, showed the highest regard for him. He had mixed ...

OPINION OF THE WEEKLY REVIEWS

... measures they had proposed in vain. The Lords baffled the Commons and laughed at them for being baffled. Lord Lyndhurst killed the Whig bills, and then once a year danced his war-dance, and counted the scalps he had taken. Could this happen again ? Could Lord ...