scot Races--Land
at Melbourne--Sunday Trading--New Way of Paying
Church Rates
CHAPTER X.
The Eglinton Tournament--Sale of Armour, &c.--The 100
Queen of Beauty and the Cook--Newspapers and their
Sales
CHAPTER XI.
The Chartists: Their going to Church--Dissolution 111
of the Convention--Approaching Marriage of the
Queen--The Queen and Lunatics--Raid on a Gaming
House--Act of Penance
CHAPTER XII.
1840 Commencement of Penny Post--Postage Stamps--Prince 118
Albert's Allowance--_The Times_' Comments on the
Marriage--Royal Wedding Cake--Louis Napoleon's
Duel--Nelson Column--Noblemen's Servants--Uproar
at the Royal Italian Opera House
CHAPTER XIII.
The Mulready Envelope--Plans of Royal Exchange 130
decided on--Fire at York Minster--Queen shot at by
Oxford--Oxford in Bedlam--Scientific
Agriculture--Electro Metallurgy--Embossed
Envelopes--Sale of Louis Napoleon's Effects
CHAPTER XIV.
Lord Cardigan and the "Black Bottle" Case--Lord 142
Cardigan's Duel with Lieut. Tuckett--Steam to
India--Nelson Column--Mormonism--"The Boy
Jones"--Napoleon's Body transferred to France
CHAPTER XV.
1841 Death of Scott, "the American Diver"--Prince 152
Albert's Ducking--Monster Cheese--"The Boy
Jones"--"Tracts for the Times"--Tract XC.--Earl of
Cardigan flogs a Soldier on Sunday--Dispute as to
the Discovery of the Electric Telegraph--Sale of
Shakspere Autograph--The Census--Astley's
Amphitheatre Burnt--Behaviour of "Gentlemen"
CHAPTER XVI.
Story of an Irish Informer--Steam Cars--Sale of 165
Vauxhall Gardens--First Jewish Baronet--New
Railway opened--High Tide--Fire at the
Tower--Birth of Prince of Wales: His Patent as
such--The Thames at length Tunnelled--Antiquities
found in the Royal Exchange
CHAPTER XVII.
1842 Foundation of Royal Exchange laid--Medal connected 177