Category: History - Other
Anti-Corn Bill riots -- Riots in the north -- Ratification of the Treaty of Peace with America -- Attempt to steal the Crown -- Epithets applied to Napoleon -- The Prince of Wales' debts 1
Anti-Corn Bill riots -- Riots in the north -- Ratification of the Treaty of Peace with America -- Attempt to steal the Crown -- Epithets applied to Napoleon -- The Prince of Wal...
2. CHAPTER II.News of the Battle of Waterloo -- Rejoicings -- After career of Napoleon -- His abdication and flight -- Goes on board the _Bellerophon_ -- Arrives at Torbay -- His habits on bo...
3. CHAPTER III.Effects of Napoleon's capture -- The Navy in 1815 -- Margate and Ramsgate -- French Prisoners of war -- Treaty of Peace with France -- Napoleon's house -- A soldier's letter --...
4. CHAPTER IV.Day of Thanksgiving -- "Battle for the Standard" -- Return of the troops -- Frozen game brought over by Esquimaux -- The Regent's practical joke -- Rejection of the Prince of Or...
5. CHAPTER V.Riots and agrarian outrages -- Colliers, &c., coming to London -- "England in 1816" -- Riots in Newgate -- Marriage of the Duke of Gloucester -- A chimney sweep's wedding -- Cru...
6. CHAPTER VI.7. CHAPTER VII.Visit of the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia -- Stones thrown at the Regent -- Issue of the new Silver Coinage -- Riots and arrests for sedition -- First issue of Sovereigns -- Th...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Distress among discharged Seamen -- Finding the Scotch Regalia -- Strathfieldsaye bought for the Duke of Wellington -- The Kyrle Society -- Royal Marriages -- Annoying the Queen...
9. CHAPTER IX.Sale of the Queen's effects -- Duke of York has custody of the King -- The "Dandy horse" -- Loss of, and finding the King's jewellery -- A public dinner -- A Royal freak -- Unqu...
10. CHAPTER X.11. CHAPTER XI.A foreigner's view of England -- The packets -- Roads -- People -- Posting -- Mail and Stage Coaches -- Amateur coachmen -- Fast driving -- Perils of travelling -- A lioness att...
12. CHAPTER XII.13. CHAPTER XIII.14. CHAPTER XIV.15. CHAPTER XV.16. CHAPTER XVI.The Italian Opera -- An uproar -- Catalani and her terms -- Vauxhall -- Musical prodigy -- Painters, Sculptors, Art exhibitions -- Literature and writers -- Bibliomaniacs -- Geo...
17. CHAPTER I.At home our domestic peace was seriously interrupted at this time. Doubtless, with a view to assuage the agricultural distress, a measure was proposed, prohibiting the importati...
18. CHAPTER II.News of the Battle of Waterloo -- Rejoicings -- After career of Napoleon -- His abdication and flight -- Goes on board the _Bellerophon_ -- Arrives at Torbay -- His habits on bo...
19. CHAPTER III.Effects of Napoleon's capture -- The Navy in 1815 -- Margate and Ramsgate -- French Prisoners of war -- Treaty of Peace with France -- Napoleon's house -- A soldier's letter --...
20. CHAPTER IV.Day of Thanksgiving -- "Battle for the Standard" -- Return of the troops -- Frozen game brought over by Esquimaux -- The Regent's practical joke -- Rejection of the Prince of Or...
21. CHAPTER V.Riots and agrarian outrages -- Colliers, &c., coming to London -- "England in 1816" -- Riots in Newgate -- Marriage of the Duke of Gloucester -- A chimney sweep's wedding -- Cru...
22. CHAPTER VI.Smuggling, and illicit distilling, were reckoned among venial crimes, but both were practised to an extent unknown at the present time. Let us take a few examples in chronologic...
23. CHAPTER VII.Visit of the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia -- Stones thrown at the Regent -- Issue of the new Silver Coinage -- Riots and arrests for sedition -- First issue of Sovereigns -- Th...
24. CHAPTER VIII.Distress among discharged Seamen -- Finding the Scotch Regalia -- Strathfieldsaye bought for the Duke of Wellington -- The Kyrle Society -- Royal Marriages -- Annoying the Queen...
25. CHAPTER IX.Sale of the Queen's effects -- Duke of York has custody of the King -- The "Dandy horse" -- Loss of, and finding the King's jewellery -- A public dinner -- A Royal freak -- Unqu...
26. CHAPTER X.But I must return to my Chronicle. There were Reform Meetings everywhere. The evils in the Representation of the people were patent to every body who would see, but the Regent w...
27. CHAPTER XI.A foreigner's view of England -- The packets -- Roads -- People -- Posting -- Mail and Stage Coaches -- Amateur coachmen -- Fast driving -- Perils of travelling -- A lioness att...
28. CHAPTER XII.In writing a book like this, it is manifestly impossible to give an account of all the public works and improvements all over the country--perforce, they must needs be confined...
29. CHAPTER XIII.For the limits of a book like this, I have spent enough time on the Roads, Streets, Country, and even Gipsies, so let me turn to the men and women of the time. _Place aux dames_...
30. CHAPTER XIV.And what was the man of the period like? Well! there is no concealing the fact that he was narrow-minded--because he had no opportunity of mixing much with his other fellow crea...
31. CHAPTER XV.Perhaps they ate more solid food than we do, and it was a point of honour, at a dinner, to provide and display vastly more food than could possibly be eaten. As an example. On J...
32. did. The manager was called for, and came, went through the farceClowns are not responsible beings, at least on the stage, or, according to the following anecdote, off it. July 2, 1818: "Usher, the Clown of the Coburg Theatre (opened on the 9...
33. CHAPTER XVI.The Italian Opera -- An uproar -- Catalani and her terms -- Vauxhall -- Musical prodigy -- Painters, Sculptors, Art exhibitions -- Literature and writers -- Bibliomaniacs -- Geo...