Plymouth and Devonport: Messrs. Tallis and Co.’s annual dinner, provided for their staff of canvassers and other persons connected with the firm in this district, took place on Wednesday last, at the Clarence Hotel, Devonport. After the dinner, which did great credit to Mr. Webb, the worthy host, several neat and appropriate speeches were made. The district agent, Mr. Edward Mullins, who presided, took the opportunity of complimenting the several canvassers on the success of their labors last year, in comparison with those of preceding years, especially noticing Mr. Pinsent, who obtained, in the space of five weeks, 272 orders for various works, to be delivered in part monthly, – the books, when completed, averaged from £1 to £5 each. Mr. Pinsent, in return, candidly acknowledged that it was not so much from his individual exertions as from the cheapness and getting up of the various works published by his spirited employers, that he proved so successful. The evening was enlivened with many very excellent songs, and the ventriloquism of that justly celebrated amateur ventriloquist, Mr. E. Diot, whose extraordinary vocal illusions excited the greatest interest.
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GRO0888 Hennock: William Pinsent: 1797 – 1882