... whom be was opposing. What gained Sir William his position In Kirkcaldy was unquestionably his gift of speech. The steady old Whigs, of coarse, voted against him, bat the more impressible among them were carried away by bis eloquence. Dealing with the admission ...

... thing, That in roeiry months spring Delighted rue to bear thee sing. What comes thee ? Where wilt thou cower thy cluttering whig And close thy 'es ? in which, too, gives expression his indignation *t;aiEfet •pprtssion'B iron grip, concluded— But deep ...

... convictions, are with the Liberal cause ”; but on the very evening its issue, it was stated at a meeting support of the old Whig member, who was seeking re-election, that he Lad been sent to Kirkcaldy by the Carltou Club, and in the interest of the existing ...

... and was one of his supporters. That is quite erroneous. The Laird of Wemyss was in the same election contenting Fife in the Whig interest against the late Lord Rosslyn (then Lord Loughborough), who championed the Cjnserva tive cause. Again, the correspondent ...

... criminals' are now receiving their punishment. Was there ever engineer so hoist by his own petard! The old game of ‘dishing the Whigs’ has broken down, and bids fair to turn out a ‘Disraeli manque,* He has tempted the Tones to sell their souls for votes; they ...

... {Wiliam Vernon Harcourt wooed and lost Kirkdldy. He was beaten by fourteen votes. His oppoaent |was Colonel Ferguson, of Raikb, a Whig, appeared a “hot Radical.” It is aid that Mr Harcourt lost his seat because he itsyed at the house of a Conservative. Bat later ...