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thing — 20 dishes fish ; 10 dishes boiled fowls ; 10 ditto 

 roast ditto ; i ditto boiled leg pork and peas-pudding ; 

 2 ditto hams ; 2 ditto haunches of mutton ; 6 ditto 

 geese; 10 ditto pigeon-pies; 3 ditto boiled beef; 3 ditto 

 roast ditto ; 2 ditto fillets veal ; i ditto loin ditto ; i 

 ditto roast leg pork ; 2 ditto forequartcrs ditto ; i roast 

 turkey ; I boiled ditto ; 2 roast pigs ; 16 plum-puddings ; 

 60 custard ditto ; 20 fruit-pies ; 10 dishes custard ; fruit 

 ditto, ditto ; blanc-mange, jellies, etc. etc. Well may 

 the loyal and independent voters regret the loss of 

 the " good old times ! " 



Some very amusing stories are told about the feasting 

 that went on at several of the lesser inns ; but one bill 

 sent in was so outrageous in the charges, that the 

 committee were determined to examine the premises, 

 and when they had measured up the cubical contents of 

 the cellar, they found that if it had been filled from the 

 floor to the ceiling and close up to the door, it would 

 not contain much more than half the wine, spirits, and 

 beer charged for. The landlord of this hostelry sat 

 comfortably smoking his pipe in the parlour when the 

 agents of the Hon. C. C. Cavendish came into the 

 house to settle the bill, and Boniface, not daring to meet 

 them, left it to his wife to complete the bargain. The 

 only accounts which could be furnished were sundry chalk 

 marks on the backs of doors of the rooms wherein the 

 voters had been entertained ; under the head of "Beer" 

 were a great number of lines, showing how many quarts 

 of that potent beverage had been there consumed, also 

 innumerable strokes of chalk for the tumblers of grog 

 and punch, and, in addition, like marks for every bottle 



