Employment of children in factories -- Evidence -- Passing of Factory Act -- Gambling -- Crockford's club -- Gambling "hells" -- Police case 132 CHAPTER XIV. 1833. The overland route to India -- The Government and Lieutenant Waghorn -- Police magistrate and the press -- Cobbett and the British Museum -- Prevalence of influenza -- "National Convention" riot -- Policeman killed -- The coroner and the jury -- Adulteration of tea 143 CHAPTER XV. 1833. The Queen's visit to the City -- Her unpopularity -- King's dislike of the Duchess of Kent -- Hungerford Market opened -- Death and funeral of Wilberforce -- Abolition of slavery -- Synopsis of Act -- A Women's rowing match -- List of periodicals and their circulation -- Return of Captain Ross -- State of Ireland -- Passing of "Coercion Bill," etc. 154 CHAPTER XVI. 1834. Corporation commission -- Curious advertisement -- Discovery of treasure -- Bribery at Liverpool -- Duke of York's statue -- Trades' unions -- Skit thereon -- Riot at Oldham -- Unionist oath -- Union meeting and monster petition -- Its fate -- Duke of Wellington made Chancellor of Oxford -- The Princess Victoria's lover 165 CHAPTER XVII. 1834. Crockford's and game -- The _chef_ in trouble -- Burning of the Houses of Parliament -- The tapestry in the House of Lords -- Story of one piece -- Temporary House of Lords -- Tithe riots in Ireland -- Change of Ministry 178 CHAPTER XVIII. 1835. First cargo of ice to India -- Election riots at Halifax and in Scotland -- A female sailor -- The new temporary Houses of Parliament -- The King and others hissed -- Question of admitting ladies -- A political skit -- Deaths of Hunt and Cobbett 189 CHAPTER XIX. 1835. Gambling house police case -- Curious superstition -- A cook's letter to her mistress -- Jews and public employment -- Fire at Hatfield House -- Curious discovery of jewels -- Scarcity in Ireland 201 CHAPTER XX. 1836. Curious case of a girl stolen by gipsies -- Superstition _re_ light at Christmas in the North of England -- Designs for New Houses of Parliament -- King William III. statue blown up -- Admission of ladies to the House of Commons -- Stuart impostors -- An inter-university boat race -- How Cambridge came to have light blue as a colour 214 CHAPTER XXI. 1836. Report on the British Museum -- The King and the Duchess of Kent; a scene -- Inauguration of George III.'s Statue at Charing Cross -- Poetry at the police court -- The trip of the Nassau balloon 226 CHAPTER XXII. 1837.