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... Hon. Mr. Curzondidnots/ioirat our assizes, or the authors of Rejected Addresses would have been almost as plentiful as blackberries. Suicide.—Mr. Edward Hitchins, valet to Earl Howe, hung himself in an outhouse belonging to the George Inn, Market Bosworth ...

Published: Saturday 05 August 1837
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1210 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE LEICESTER,

... Palace TsNracl.—A Mr. Patterson, of Dublin, has taken out a patent fur tanning from the roots, stems, and branches of the blackberry bush, obtained in the spring; and, after preparation, he states quite equal to oak bark. FROST UPON FRUIT-TREES.—At this ...

Published: Saturday 01 April 1837
Newspaper: Leicester Herald
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1409 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

POLITICAL PORTRAITS

... ks, men of no principles and scarcely any opinions for which you would give a fortnight's purchase, are as plenty as blackberries. What shoals of Lord Stanley's are gadding about the world seeking their fortunes, on the look-out for opportunities, ...

Published: Saturday 25 March 1837
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1831 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

~.~it.T.s`..~L>sl,T 5 Sumtwastrey FAIR was supplied abundantly with pr . ime stock, and buyers being numerous, ..

... wretched scarcity of good ones: What were brought worth. buying sold readily and well. Inferior on e s were plenty art blackberries, - but sales dragged most heavily. illooluent anti Zauttrupt Steamier- T iZ LONDOS °AMTS. FRIDAY, INSOLVENT. Free.eria ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 1837
Newspaper: Leicester Herald
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1399 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Local News

... of the Royal Artillery Company. Notice —Those pests of society, common informers, having become nearly as plentiful as blackberries, we consider it our duty to caution parties who do not employ a professional man, to compel the vagabonds to prove their ...

Published: Saturday 30 September 1837
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3626 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE LEICESTER HERALD

... House of Commons were not now—as formerly—as plentiful The Duke of Portland contemplates a voyage to as blackbe •hedges blackberries on the ; a man who went to parliament Lisbon during the season to Nisi. t Lord and Lady Howard de now sacrificed time and ...

Published: Saturday 20 May 1837
Newspaper: Leicester Herald
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4599 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

... none more difficult. And, first, a word or two as to the difficulty. Tbe time was, when candidates were as plentiful as blackberries. And why ? Because the office of a Member was then one of profit. The Electors of Leicester had seen a successful candidate ...

Published: Saturday 20 May 1837
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 11292 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Meeting of the Electors

... difficult than at the present time, but the difficulty was of recent creation. Time was when candidates were plentiful as blackberries, (a laugh), and why? because there was something to be made by becoming an M.P. They had seen a man spend his £20,000. ...

Published: Saturday 20 May 1837
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 10018 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Epiphany Quarter Sessions

... Shipman. Mr. White, after addressing the Jury,on behalf of the prisoner, called James who said that while he was gathering blackberries, at the back of Mr. Shipman's farm, company with the prisoner, they found a dead fowl lying the ditch. being cross-examined ...

Published: Saturday 07 January 1837
Newspaper: Leicestershire Mercury
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 9446 | Page: 1 | Tags: none