There seems to have been a great joke about President Madison losing his supper on this occasion, as, for instance, in the _Morning Chronicle_ of October 15th, is the following: "Although MADISON was deprived of his _supper_ in consequence of the British troops entering his mansion at Washington, yet it must be some consolation to him that he did not lose his _desert_." The same occurs in the dialogue accompanying this illustration which is entitled "The Fall of Washington, or Maddy in full flight." The three bystanders say, respectively, "Jonathan, where thinkest thou our President will run now?"--"Why, verily, to Elba, to his Bosom friend!"--"The great Washington fought for Liberty, but we are fighting for shadows, which, if obtained, could do us no Earthly good, but this is the blessed effect of it." Madison, who carries under his arm "A plan for laying England under Contribution," "Project for the Conquest of Canada," "Correspondence with Boney," &c.,--says "Who would have thought of this, Man? To oblige us to run from the best Cabinet Supper I ever order'd--I hope you have taken care of Boney's promissory notes--The people won't stand anything after this." His companion says, "D--n his Notes! what are they good for, now? We should get nothing but Iron, he hasn't any of his stock of Brass left, or some of that would have helped us through!" Two bystanders say, "I suppose this is what Maddis calls benefiting his Country!"--"Why it will throw such a light on affairs that we shall find it necessary to change both _men_ and _measures_." Two English Men-of-War's men standing by, say to each other, "I say, Jack! what is that there man of war that was to nihilate us, as Master Boney used to say?"--"Aye, Messmate, he is a famous fighter over a bottle of Shampain; why he'd have played Hell with us if we had let him sit down to supper." Proposals of peace were made, and a treaty signed at Ghent, on the 24th of December, thus making out the Christmas "Peace on earth and good will towards men," and a happy ending to this year. CHAPTER XIX. 1815. Health of the King -- Extension of the Order of the Bath -- Wife selling -- A Sailor's frolic -- "Nelson's Lady Hamilton" -- "The Pig-faced Lady" -- The advantage of being able to play the violin -- Napoleon's escape from Elba. Neither this, nor any of the succeeding years of the Regency, can produce any string of events to vie with 1814. After that stirring year, all others fall flat. Still, with the exception of Napoleon's hundred days, we shall probably find more social chit-chat in them, than those which have preceded them in this Chronicle. Unfortunately for me there is no _sequence_ of events, and my narrative must, necessarily, be made up of disjointed fragments culled from various sources, but which, nevertheless, illustrate the idea of this book--the Social life of the period.