Exhibition of Cartoons—A Duel—Gambling—The “Albert 220 Hat”—Nelson’s Statue: Fun thereon—Soldier’s Savings Banks—A Post Boy and Lord Mayor’s Show—M. Jullien and his Orchestra—Prince Albert as a Farmer—George IV.’s Statue—Ojibbeway Indians CHAPTER XXII. 1844 A Child for Sale—Trial, &c. of Daniel 232 O’Connell—General Tom Thumb: His Visit to the Queen—The Polka—How to dance it—“Jullien’s Grand Polka” CHAPTER XXIII. An English Dinner—Consols at Par—The “Running 245 Rein” Case—Other Frauds—Royal Visitors—Opening Letters by Government—Duke of Wellington’s Statue—Barry on the Thames—Visit of Louis Philippe—Guano—Queen opens Royal Exchange—Lord Mayor Hissed CHAPTER XXIV. 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 CHAPTER XXV. The Queen’s Costume Ball—Copper Coinage of William 267 IV.—New Oxford Street opened—Sale of Napoleon Relics—Story of Nelson’s Coat—Visit of the King of the Netherlands—Railway Speculation—Hire of Newspapers—Reverse of Fortune—Prince Albert and his Taxes—Waghorn’s Overland Route CHAPTER XXVI. The Railway Mania—Deposit of Plans 277 CHAPTER XXVII. 1846 Collapse of the Railway Mania—Sheriffs’ 284 Officers—Hudson, the Railway King—First “Ethiopian Serenaders”—The Nigger Minstrel Craze—Commencement of Irish Famine—“The Battle of the Gauges”—Railway Surveyors—Suicide of Haydon, the Painter CHAPTER XXVIII. 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 CHAPTER XXIX. 1847 Medals for the Army and Navy—Grenville Library—Day 307 of Fasting—“Binding of Satan”—Suspension of Transportation—New House of Lords—Jenny Lind—_Bunn v. Lind_—“Jenny Linden”—Death of O’Connell—Story of the Duke of Buccleugh—Abolition of Eton “Montem”