[2] Wash: stand; hold its colors.
[3] In a blue funk: horribly frightened.
[4] Congenial: agreeable.
[5] Lessons: here, portions of Scripture.
[6] Midland Counties: the central counties.
[7] The war: probably the war against Napoleon.
[8] Courts: places; short streets closed at one end.
[9] County yeomanry: that is, with the calling out of the militia of the county to quell the riots.
[10] Utopian: fanciful.
[11] Salver: a tray.