Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign
Chapter 24
1845 Murder by Tawell--Curious Story--Statue of King 256 William IV.--Visits by the Queen--Testimonial to Rowland Hill--Breaking the Portland Vase--Sad End of William Austin--Sale of Van Amburgh's Stud--Hungerford Suspension Bridge--Accident at Yarmouth--An Excise Case--Beginning of the Railway Mania--Sailing of Sir John Franklin