... foremost amongst them, to politics. Tories and Radicals seem to be equally jubilant, and equally hopeful; it is chiefly tbe poor Whigs who are filled with misgivings, and begin to suspect that they are being dished again. It is expected, however, not without ...

... detinite shape. Mr. VanNn- a is the Con- AGNEW, county ygeutleman, servative Ccaudidate, while Lord DALRYMPLE, the beir to the Whig Karl of Stark, who owns a large extent of property in the Stewartry, bas been put forward as tue Liberal champion. His has ...

... bow from lord. The three most desirable things to possess are sound digestiou, balance the banker's and tact. All Ministers, Whig, Ri iical, or Conservative, like a majority, a surplus, and No House. The three best letters in the Alphabet are LSD; the ...

... one lof whom had brother who was a member of tire Order of Jeso-\ He (Capt. was Liberal', and a strong Liberal, a Whig and strong Whig, but rather than support the Government he would turn round and vote again*' i hem (Hear, hear.) The Mayo-- then put ...

... for Wigtonshire. There is certain to be a close fight in that county between Mr. Vans Agnew and the heir-presumptive of the Whig Earl of Stair. The Home Secretary has not mended matters much by remitting the sentence on the five gas stokers who led the ...

... details, the recent election bore a remarkable resemblance to the contest in 1808, when Lord Garlics broke through the protracted Whig domination in Wigtonshire. Tbe Ballot is certainly working the Conservative party no harm. Can Liberals say as much The first ...

... to a shorthand-writer, and as quick as they can work the copy goes to the Scotsman, and is transferred into type. The great Whig paper in the North is facile princeps in this kind of journalistic enterprise, and the good people of Edinburgh are really ...

... broken victuals ? The Conservatives repealed the Corn Laws, and gave the working-man a cheap loaf, in spite of all the old Whig opposition ; secondly, they passed a Factory Act, which shielded men, and their wives, and children, from the tyranny of m ...

... tired of him. Where the Premier will go is as yet uncertain. They won't have him at Greenwich, but he can doubtless find a Whig lord to put him in his pocket. It is most important that country Conservatives shall not misled into joining or countenancing ...

... Lords by members of their order elected in the ordinary manner, and of course chosen by the majority. Mr. Gladstone thinks the Whig minority should be represented well, but discreetly advises the postponement of the matter to more convenient season. It is ...

... fined 40s. and costs. It may be recollected that gentleman r. sidiDg in the town recently offered £1,000 towaids erecting a whig to the In6rmary, a Hospital for children. lhe offer was accepted, and a special meeting was held Friday, Rev. R. R. Wolfe presiding ...

... the key-note of the situation. There is an essay in the current Whig Quarterly, which, I am informed, was written a leading Cabinet Minister, strenuously setting forth the claims of the Whig party to popular favour. It was well commented on in the last ...