Palace and Hovel; Or, Phases of London Life — John Shaqi
Palace and Hovel; Or, Phases of London LifeKirwan, Daniel Joseph
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Palace and Hovel; Or, Phases of London Life
Kirwan, Daniel Joseph
London (England) -- Description and travel; London (England) -- Social life and customs
Number of Students--Gray's Inn--The New Hall of Lincoln's
Inn--Parliament Chamber--How to become a Lawyer--Procuring
Admission--"Hall Dinners"--Cup of "Sack"--The Toast--Irish
Students, 518
CHAPTER XXXVII.
BANK OF ENGLAND AND THE MINT.
Its History--The Riots--Ledgers and Money-Bags--A Powerful
Corporation--Bankers' Eating-House--Great Panic of 1825--In
the Vaults--Making Sovereigns--Marking Room--How the Coin is
Tested--Celebrated Counterfeiters, 526
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
BRIDGES OF LONDON.
History of Old London Bridge--The Fire of 1632--Where Traitors' Heads
were Suspended--Temple Bar--Traffic of London Bridges--Southwark
and Waterloo Bridges--The New Blackfriars Bridge--Suspension
Bridges--Acrobatic Feats--Scott, the American Diver, 547
CHAPTER XXXIX.
WINDSOR CASTLE.
Great number of Apartments--The Round Tower--The Audience
Chamber--Throne Room--Visit to the Queen's Bedroom--An
Elegant Apartment, 556
CHAPTER XL.
BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES.
The "Old Bailey"--Its Jurisdiction--The Lord Mayor's Court--The
Trial of a Young Forger--The Judges' Dinner--Loading the Prison
Van--The Mansion House--Detective Irving--The Forger Harwood--How
Justice is Administered, 566
CHAPTER XLI.
CANTERBURY AND ROME.
Churches and Sects--Bishop of London--Archbishop of
Canterbury--Spurgeon--"Apocalypse Cumming"--Church of
England--Father Ignatius--Roman Catholic Lords--Marquis of Bute, 576
CHAPTER XLII.
LEGION OF THE LOST.
The Great Parade Ground--"Scott's" in the Haymarket--Oysters in every
Style--Prostitutes and Abandoned Women--The Midnight Mission--Rev.
Baptist Noel--Cremorne Gardens at Chelsea--A Row at Cremorne--"Skittles"
and the Princess Mary of Cambridge, 587
CHAPTER XLIII.
SCARLET WOMEN.
Goodwood Races--Men of the Turf--Swarms of People--The Barouche and
Four--Beauty of its Occupants--"Anonyma" and the Chestnut Mare--"Mabel
Grey" and "Baby Hamilton"--The Race for the Goodwood
Cup--The Itinerant Preacher--Mabel Grey at Home--"The Kitten"--Alice
Gordon, 598
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHEAP LODGING HOUSES.
Eve of the Great Derby Race--Visit to Westminster--Lodging House of
Jack Scrag--_Four-Penny_ Beds--Unpleasant Bed-Fellow--Attacking
the Enemy--A Lucky Escape--Crowded Buildings--Eminent
Philanthropists--Model Lodging Houses--Munificent Gifts--George
Peabody's Statue, 615
CHAPTER XLV.
A TRAMP IN THE BY-WAYS.
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