... three Conservative aldermen. John Hyatt Harvey, Esq., was elected mayor. Mr. Howard Fletcher, wine-merchant, Mr. Charles Haden Adams, and Mr. Samuel Perkes, were elected aldermen, in the room of Mr. John Whitgreave, Mr. John Day, and Mr. J. Oakley—all Whigs ...

... for a single armed man effectually to defend himself against a host of armed savages. The very gun which he carried became the inducement to waylay and murder him. He would prove that for every armed herdsman there were always 30 or 40 armed Caffre robbers ...