... a tedious quarantine, and eventually reaching its destination a day later than the passenger! Reasons as plentiful as blackberries might urged against the continuance of preposterous system, but this letter has already extended to an uuwished-for length ...

... Hull shall not suffer from political stagnation. This week Speaker’s Warrants are said to be as plentiful in this Borough blackberries in autumn. Of course this has roused the old party spirit, and nothing is talked of but the probable results of the Election ...