... boroughs, where politics pure and simple stand more the background, tbat the best man is most often elected, not because is of the Whig or Tory persuasion, but because he is most likely to make good administrator. This is the system which ought to encouraged; ...

... Roxburghshire in Parliament for several years, announces his intention to contest Forfarshire against Mr. Barclay. He says is a Whig, or Moderate Liberal, and will vote for upholding the Established Church and support the present foreign policy of the Government ...