... ! This is a harsh term, but it is one which is justified by facts. Hustings Hampdens are plentiful in this country as blackberries, but where is Hampden's successor in the Senate ? Mr. Biffins, before he is returned, speaks of popular rights With a vehemence ...

... with his barrow. Tne gay stalls have been replaced by deal boards, some sodden with wet fish, others stained purple with blackberries, or brown with walnut-peel; and the bright lamps are almost totally superseded by the dim, guttering candle. Even if the ...

... is. Sd. to ls. 9d. per roll of 24 oz. ; eggs 18 to 19 for If-' 2s. 6d. to 3s. per couple ; ducks 3s. Od. to os. od. P blackberries 2d. per quart; elder syrup 6d. per ls. lid. per stone of 141bs. ; oatmeal 2s. lOd. per P cc *' ...

... brace, partridges Is. 6d to 2s. per orai f' 28 . to 3*4 ID-' Is. 9d. per couple, apples of English S™* 1 * x id. P er I blackberries 2jd. per quart, flour Is. 7d. to i • i r* oatmeal 3s. per 20 lb. — ^\^»l^ t ...

... and, if we may believe the hist accounts, was already the heroine of the day. Sonnets and serenades were as plentiful as blackberries. The season at Washington is unusually gay. The British minister and lady are remarked for their generous hospitality. ...

... THE FAMILY OF THE BORES—THE MODEL AGITATOR. In England the Bores are as plentiful as blackberries —the race is aU-pervading and inexhaustible. To Usten to a long speech on the currency, at the House of Commons, from an indifferent orator, and afterwards ...

... Woodcock Inn, Farn- h ley, on the body of Mary Snowdon, aged eleven years. On Wed- T nesday afternoon, deceased was gathering blackberries in the fields h of her uncle, who is a farmer, when she fell down the shaft of an a old coal pit. She was not missed for ...

... Dearslcy defended. On the afternoon of the above day, the little girl was iv a field near her parents' house, gathering blackberries, when she met the prisoner. He had some conversation with her, and at length, according to her statement, perpetrated the ...

... shaU be opened to the public. Suggestions for efficiently carrying out the events of next month are now as plentiful as blackberries. The criuohue fashion is toucliiugly deprecated by one correspondent, who shows that as only \~\ inches are allowed for ...

... bacon, ...

... and queens must be happy. Happy as a king is a very common phrase ; but since uncrowned kings have become common as blackberries, and attempts at assassination have ceased to be a nine days' wonder, the truth of the phrase has been very much questioned ...

... Beckett, had charge of a wood at Weetwood ; ana on the 24th Sept., whilst going his rounds, he observed three meu picking blackberries. As there is no public footpath through tne wood, he desired the men to leave, and two of them immediately did so ; but ...