_SOCIAL ENGLAND._ SOCIAL ENGLAND UNDER _THE REGENCY_. BY JOHN ASHTON, AUTHOR OF "SOCIAL LIFE IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE," "OLD TIMES," "DAWN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY," ETC. _WITH 90 ILLUSTRATIONS._ IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. London: WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCXC. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE 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 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 board -- Ordered to Plymouth -- Crowds try to get a glimpse of him -- His protest against being sent to St. Helena -- Transferred to the _Northumberland_ -- Opinion as to the Prince Regent's conduct towards him -- Sails for St. Helena 23 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 -- A zealous Lord Mayor -- Hotels and clubs in 1815 51 CHAPTER IV. 1816. 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 Orange by the Princess Charlotte, and acceptance of Prince Leopold as her husband -- Her marriage -- "The R----l Whiskers" -- The Regent's yacht 67 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 -- Cruelty to a "climbing boy" -- The Mortar at St. James's Park -- Lighting by means of Gas -- The Coinage 89 CHAPTER VI. Smuggling -- "Resurrection Men" -- More riots -- Orator Hunt -- Meetings at Spa Fields -- Riots arising therefrom -- Execution of one of the rioters -- The King's health 109 CHAPTER VII. 1817. 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 -- The Case of Abraham Thornton and appeal by battle -- The Queen at Bath -- Death of the Princess Charlotte -- Richard Owen and his scheme -- "The Fortunate Youth" -- "Caraboo" 133 CHAPTER VIII. 1818.