... member state his expenses at £40,000 for one election—Oscar). Elections costing from £5,000 to £lO,OOO were 'plenty as blackberries' — (loud laughter). Now he (Mr. Bell) had had the excitement of an election, the luxury of a petition, and all the expenses ...

... member say had been spent on his election—comparing with the 5,e00/. and 10,000/. elections which were u plentiful as blackberries—(laughter)—comparing the 4.6001., which his election has cost him, with the sums be had just men. stored, he thought the ...

... wore fifty other boroughs just bad When it was notorious that elections costing from £6,000 £lO,OOO were as plentiful as blackberries; and that others costing £40,000 £50,000, and even £60,000 were not rare, why was borough, the election for which, including ...

... into the fields for the sake of a very little pleasure, such as the taking of a fish in a dingy pond, or the pulling of a blackberry on a dusty road; and who is not at heart a poacher P lnde- pendently of these out-door enjoyments, the destruc- tiveness ...