... Parliamentary contest. Meetings Were held daily in all the wards, and speeches, squibs, and scandal were as plentiful as blackberries in harvest. The Association was victorious, and at the first meeting of Vestry it made the best use of its victory. Mr ...

... petitions arc disclosing some pretty incidents. The gifts ot ten, twenty, thirty sovereigns for votes are as common as hope blackberries will be next month. Black, luscious, and staining ate they, nevertheless. Liberals and Conservatives are equally bad* We ...