Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign
Chapter 27
The Last Post Office Bell-man--The "Corn Law" 296 Act--Sir Walter Scott's Monument--The Irish Famine--The Duke of Wellington's Statue--Gun Cotton--Introduction of Ether--Model Dwelling Houses--Baths and Washhouses--Smithfield Cattle Market--"The Bull Fight of Smithfield"--The first Submarine Telegraph