The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A social sketch of the timesAshton, John
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The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A social sketch of the times
Ashton, John
England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
———— Firemen, 212.
———— Great fires in, 211.
———— not beautiful, 232.
———— streets, Condition of, 201.
———— ” Description of, 214.
———— water supply, 212-214.
Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Murder of, 102.
———— Mayor Combe, Proclamation by, 23.
———— Mayor hoaxed, 71.
———— Mayor’s show, 44.
Lord’s Cricket ground, 318.
Loss of Trade, 50.
Lotteries, Government, 290, 291.
Lottery, Fraud at a, 291.
———— Last public, 292.
Louis XVIII., Arrival of brother of, 110.
Lunatics, Treatment of, 391-393.
Luxurious travelling, 186.
Lyceum Theatre, 357.
Lying in state of Nelson, 121, 122.
Machinery, Introduction of into cloth-working, 61.
Madhouses, Public, 391.
Mail Coaches, List of, 231.
———— ” Routes of, 231.
Malcontents, Political, lightly dealt with, 37.
Malta, Evacuation of, 50.
———— Hesitation of England to evacuate, 64.
Mara, Mdlle., Salary of, 365.
March of intellect, Retarding, 62.
Margate “Hoys”, 196.
Marriage of Prince of Wales, 47.
Marshalsea, Prison of the, 148, 456.
Martin, Mr., M.P., called to order, 35.
Mary-le-bone Cricket Club, 318.
Matrimonial Advertisements, 280.
Maunday Thursday, 148.
Meat, Forestalling in, 22.
———— Quantity consumed, 235.
Medical Hospitals, 393.
Meeting at Lloyd’s, 75.
Meetings held all over the country, 98.
———— met with vigorous repression, 28.
Melville, Lord, Impeachment of, 126, 127.
Middlesex Elections, 58-109.
Militia almost permanently embodied, 413.
———— reviewed at Hatfield, 417.
Milk, Prices of, 220.
Miller, Patrick, Esq., Offer of, 426.
Ministry jealous of England’s honour, 68.
Mobbing Quakers, 19.
Modified Postal arrangements, 37.
Montagu, Mrs., friend of “climbing boys”, 216.
Money, Difference in value of, 29.
———— Scarcity of, 105.
———— thrown to the mob, 42.
Moravian missionaries in Barbadoes, 108.
Morland, George, Death of, 373.
_Morning Post_ and _Times_, 380-382.
———— Number printed, 380.
———— Rise in price of, 380.
Mudie, Miss, Description of, 334.
———— ” Fate of, 336.
———— First appearance in London, 334.
———— Reception of, 335.
Mulgrave’s, Lord, Reply to Napoleon, 114.
Murder of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, 102.
———— of Lord Kilwarden, 102.
———— ” Rev. Richard Wolfe, 102.
Murdoch, Gas introduced by, 204.
Mutinies on board ship, 408-410.
Mutiny in Bantry Bay, 410.
———— on board _Hermione_, 408.
Names of race-horses, 293.
Naples, Evacuation of, by French Troops, 50.
Napoleon, Ambition of, 65.
———— at Boulogne, 96.
———— Caricature on, 72.
———— cordially hated, 39.
———— Coronation of, the Pope at, 377.
———— crowned King of Italy, 112.
———— distrusted, 3, 26, 68.
———— elected Emperor, 112.
———— English proposal accepted by, 39.
———— Fall of, 135.
———— Fox introduced to, 52.
———— Letters from, 2, 3, 112, 114.
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