Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign
Chapter 15
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"