SCOTCHMEN HOLDING HIGH OFFICES IN ENGLAND.
—« An English paper writes :—" Considering that {Scotchmen are to other inhabitants of the British Isles in the proportion of one to ten, it is astonishing to see what a number of offices they hold and have held. Thus, during the last 120 years the post of Lord Chief Justice of England has been filled by seven lawyers of eminence, of whom four have v by y birth.or descent —Mansfield /-jSleuuoroV&.'g' Campbell, and Sir Alexander Cockburu ; men who need fear no comparison with
I^Kr"~~^T. *.•••;!••:', 'Eton-roan. No '/•'* ':■ cie»* has ever had the jMKhee-- , Lord Justice- General ■'., t the present century, - tu-dd the f""f L^„',,f them, Ki-sfcine and ■fIW»V T-l'viir' had tlli," rare di*tim> ■*«» •»* w '" The first minister of the Hand i! u V'irn"l-niil> »»<* *&« lil " st Mci'.uruh '* J' » j Scotchman. Finally, ■ ift { ?A «h» mi»*o««ne to be inMvnlvi; la rtim |j command Would ■ tha ', "I'J3.«» Hctelc™ •* that
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 278, 14 March 1877, Page 2
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150SCOTCHMEN HOLDING HIGH OFFICES IN ENGLAND. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 278, 14 March 1877, Page 2
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