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Ackworth Lodge. - Note for Lord Morpeth respecting increase in salary for James Roberts the Postmaster; Militia question; shirks Pontefract Councillors: some have practical knowledge of prisons; future of Badsworth Hounds in doubt owing to financial problem:

Pontefract. - Municipal Reform Act has devalued the Corporation; harmful effects upon the borough; expenses of maintaining both Corporation and Quarter Sessions; drunkenness associated with council elections.

Ackworth Lodge. - Recommends W. Reeve for promotion.

Ackworth Lodge. - Glad [unnamed Peer] favours him; Milnes's forthcoming tour; Pontefract hostility towards Hepworth subsiding. Adds postscript: Carlton Church funds