Distress among discharged Seamen -- Finding the Scotch Regalia -- Strathfieldsaye bought for the Duke of Wellington -- The Kyrle Society -- Royal Marriages -- Annoying the Queen -- Riotous schoolboys -- The Regent mobbed -- Death of Queen Charlotte 161 CHAPTER IX. 1819. Sale of the Queen's effects -- Duke of York has custody of the King -- The "Dandy horse" -- Loss of, and finding the King's jewellery -- A public dinner -- A Royal freak -- Unqualified medical practitioners -- Emigration to America -- "The fair Circassian" -- Birth of Queen Victoria -- Napoleon's carriage -- An Irish witness 171 CHAPTER X. Reform Meetings -- Peterloo -- Orator Hunt's entry into London -- The King's last illness and death 203 CHAPTER XI. A foreigner's view of England -- The packets -- Roads -- People -- Posting -- Mail and Stage Coaches -- Amateur coachmen -- Fast driving -- Perils of travelling -- A lioness attacks the Mail -- Dog-carts and donkey-riding -- The Streets and Houses 215 CHAPTER XII. London improvements -- The Country -- Gleaning -- Dairying and out-door Washing -- The Gipsy 245 CHAPTER XIII. Ladies' dresses -- The Dandizette -- Waltzing -- The Quadrille -- Almack's -- Women's education -- Women's work -- Women Soldiers and Sailors -- Female rowing match -- Female pedestrian -- Gretna Green Marriages -- Some curious marriages 277 CHAPTER XIV. The Man of the period -- Drinking habits -- Dandies -- Lord Petersham -- A Dandy's diary -- Gaming -- Prize fighting -- Country Sports 303 CHAPTER XV. Eating and drinking -- Recipe for Punch -- The Stage -- Baron Geramb -- Romeo Coates -- Actors and Actresses -- Mrs. Jordan 327 CHAPTER XVI. The Italian Opera -- An uproar -- Catalani and her terms -- Vauxhall -- Musical prodigy -- Painters, Sculptors, Art exhibitions -- Literature and writers -- Bibliomaniacs -- George Bidder, the Calculating boy -- Musicians -- Medical men -- The Clergy -- Roman Catholic emancipation -- Joanna Southcott 347 INDEX 371 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II. PAGE RECRUITING 15 "ANSWER TO JOHN BULL'S COMPLAINT" 19 BONAPARTE ON THE QUARTER-DECK OF H. M. S. _NORTHUMBERLAND_ 36 BOXIANA; OR, THE FANCY 48 "A SINGLE LIFE ON THE CONTINENT, STARVING ON SOUR KROUT!!" 79 "COMES TO ENGLAND, IS MADE A GENERAL," &c. 80 "R----L WHISKERS," 1816 84