... improvement of agriculture. At the festive board of the agricultural societies of this dis- trict, both large and small, Whigs and Tories a' agree and whatever room there may be for improvement in the conducting of these proceedings there is no room ...

... suitable candidate. He is connected with the neighbourhood by property, several of his ancestors have represented Preston, as Whigs and advocates of civil and religious liberty, and if he could be induced to become a candidate I think no more suit- able choice ...