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Burton's Parliamentary Diary

By P. T.

The sale of *clergymen for slaves* is alluded to in vol. iv. of Burton's *Diary*. This has received elucidation at p. 253. of your present volume. *Tobacconists.*—At p. 320, vol. i., of Burton's *Parliamentary Diary* it is stated, that "Sir John Reynolds said he had numbered the House, and there were at rising at least 220 present, besides *tobacconists*." What and who were the persons designated as tobacconists?

Topics: Parliamentary Diary, Historical Customs