... and honourable gentlemen before they commence their logomachies. For the last month rumours have been as plentiful as blackberries, in some Conservative circles, that Lord Palmerston was seriously indisposed, and that ha meant to resign. His entrance ...

... with solid gold; rich ducapo, a yard wide, brocaded with oak sprig in natural colours; and rich moire antique, with the blackberry brocaded in satin and tissue. There are several rich moire antiques in perfectly new colours, beautifully soft and ladylike ...