CREMORNE.—The first I recollect of Cremorne was a man known as Baron de Barranger, who used to ride about in grey military uniform with his two sons, tall, military-looking men. They carried on a sort of livery stable and tavern at Cremorne House, by the river, and called it the Stadium Canteen. It was on a road by the river, leading from the bottom of Cremorne Lane past Cremorne and Ashburton House and the cottage to the Lammas Lands, known as the Lots meadows, some eight or ten acres in extent, which was sold by the parish for about three or four hundred pounds. There was, even in De Barranger’s time, some entertainment at Cremorne, for in the meadow known as Cremorne Meadow on the opposite side of the King’s Road, a fair was held, and at Cremorne ground some pony races and a horse and sporting-dog show, but the commencement of Cremorne as a place of public entertainment was in about 1839, under Baron Nicholson, of the Garrick Head, in Bow Street. This was where the “Judge and Jury” was held, with Baron Nicholson as the presiding judge, when counsel used to appear in wig and gown, and very remarkable mock trials were held, the evidence being of a broad and indecent character. The partner of the Baron in organising the fete at Cremorne was a man of the name of Littlejohn. It was extensively advertised by bands of music drawn about in stage coaches, and was called a “Thousand Guinea Fete.” The entertainment lasted three days, and dancing, singing, music and drinking went on till the small hours of the morning. This, I believe, was not a commercial success.