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PUNCH’S POCKET BOOK FOR 1855

containing
RULED PAGES FOR CASH ACCOUNTS AND MEMORANDA
FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR ;
An Almanack ;
and a variety of useful business information.

The Illustrations by John Leech and John Tenniel.

IN TWO PARTS.

PART I.

The State. — 1
  • The Royal Family 1
  • Sovereigns of Europe 2
  • The Queen’s Ministers 2
  • The Queen’s Household 3
  • Officers of State in Scotland 4
  • Officers of State in Ireland 4
  • Ambassadors and Ministers Abroad 5
  • Ambassadors and Ministers in England 6
  • Lords Lieutenant of England, &c. 6
  • Government Offices and Officers 6
  • The Most Noble Order of the Garter 9
  • The Legislature. — 10
  • The House of Peers 10
  • Peeresses 15
  • Peers who are Minors 15
  • Officers of the House of Peers 15
  • The House of Commons 16
  • Alphabetical List of the Commons 20
  • Officers of the House of Commons 24
  • Commerce. — 25
  • The City Corporation 25
  • East India Company 26
  • Bank of England 26
  • Bankers in London & Westminster 27
  • Army Agents 29
  • Navy and Prize Agents 29
  • The Public Funds 30
  • Law. — 31
  • English Courts of Law 31
  • Scottish Courts of Law 35
  • Irish Courts of Law 36
  • Governors of British Colonies and Possessions 36
  • Law Terms and Returns 37
  • Allowance to Witnesses 38
  • Quarter-Sessions 38
  • University Terms 38
  • Public Offices 39
  • Eclipses of the Sun and Moon 42
  • Solar Ingresses 42
  • Table to Calculate Wages, &c. 42
  • Theatres 43
  • Exhibitions, &c. 43
  • Taxes. — 45
  • Assessed Taxes 45
  • Commercial and other Stamps 47
  • Hackney Coach and Cab Fares 50
  • Railways 50
  • Post and Transit. — 51
  • General Notes for the Year 54
  • Calendar 55
  • Memoranda for 1856 61
  • Moveable Feasts 61
  • Moon’s Phases 61
  • Cash Account 62
  • Diary and Memoranda 87
  • Marketing Table 140
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    THE STATE

    THE ROYAL FAMILY OF ENGLAND.

    Born
    QUEEN ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA (Acc. June 20, 1837)May 24, 1819
    Prince Albert Francis Augustus Charles EmanuelAug. 26, 1819
    Albert Edward, Prince of WalesNov.  9, 1841
    Albert Ernest AlfredAug.  6, 1844
    Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Princess RoyalNov. 21, 1840
    Alice Maud MaryApr. 25, 1843
    Helena Augusta VictoriaMay 25, 1846
    Louisa Catherine AlbertaMar. 18, 1848
    Arthur William Patrick AlbertMay  1, 1850
    Leopold George Duncan AlbertApr.  7, 1853
    George Frederick, King of HanoverMay 27, 1819
    His Son, Ernest AugustusSept. 21, 1845
    - 2 - ↑ {f.2} George William Frederick, Duke of CambridgeMar. 26, 1819
    Princess Augusta Caroline of CambridgeJuly 19, 1822
    Princess Mary Adelaide of CambridgeNov. 27, 1833
    Princess Mary, Duchess of GloucesterApr. 25, 1776
    Victoria Maria Louisa, Duchess of KentAug. 17, 1786
    Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, Duchess of CambridgeJuly 25, 1797

    SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE.

    Born.Acces.
    AustriaFrancis Joseph CharlesEmperor18301848
    BadenFrederic (Regent)Grand Duke18261852
    BavariaMaximilian II.King18111848
    BelgiumLeopold I.King17901831
    Denmark–HolsteinFrederick VII.King18081848
    EnglandVictoriaQueen18191837
    FranceNapoleon III.Emperor18081852
    GreeceOthoKing18151832
    HanoverGeorge V.King18191851
    Hesse DarmstadtLouis III.Grand Duke18061848
    Hesse CasselFrederick William I.Elector18021847
    ModenaFrancis V.Duke18191846
    Naples and SicilyFerdinand II.King18101830
    NetherlandsWilliam III.King18171849
    PortugalPedro V.King18371853
    Prussia–BrandenburgFrederick Wm. IV.King17951840
    RomePius IX.Pope17921846
    Russia and PolandNicholas I.Emperor17961825
    SardiniaVictor EmmanuelKing18201849
    SaxonyJohnKing18011854
    SpainIsabella II.Queen18301833
    Sweden and NorwayOscarKing17991844
    SwitzerlandJames Fazy[Comment by BQ] : Considered to be the creator of modern Geneva and author of its 1847 constitution, Swiss politician James Fazy (1794-1878) was instrumental in revolutionizing governmental structures and social services at both federal and canton levels. He served as part of the Swiss Federal Assembly as a member the Council of States (1848-1849, 1851-1854, 1856-1857, 1871-1872) and National Council (1857-1866). For further information on Fazy, see Jean de Senarclens, 'Fazy, James,' Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS), version 07.02.2018, (in French). Pres. of the Diet
    TurkeyAbdul MedjidGrand Signior18231839
    TuscanyLeopold II.Grand Duke17971824
    WurtembergWilliam I.King17811816
    United States[Comment by BQ] : The only state in this list not physically located in Europe.Franklin PiercePresident18101852

    THE QUEEN’S MINISTERS.

  • First Lord of the Treasury, Earl of Aberdeen[Comment by FB] : George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860) was Prime Minister of the UK between December 1852 and January 1855. He was a specialist in foreign affairs who was successively a Tory, a Conservative, and a Peelite politician.
  • Lord High Chancellor, Lord Cranworth
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone
  • Lord President of the Council, Lord John Russell.
  • Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Argyll
  • Home Secretary, Visc. Palmerston
  • Foreign Secretary, Earl of Clarendon
  • Colonial Secretary, Sir George Grey
  • War Department Sec. Duke of Newcastle
  • First Lord of Admiralty, Sir James Graham, Bart.
  • Pres. of Bd. of Control, Sir Charles Wood, Bart.
  • Chief Com. of Parks and Public Buildings,[Comment by FB] : From 1851, the First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings was appointed by royal warrant. The Board of Works oversaw public buildings maintained by parliamentary funds, royal palaces, and other buildings paid for out of the civil list (the amount of money annually paid by the government to the crown). It was also responsible for the provision and maintenance of buildings overseas. For further information, see the Records of the Successive Works Departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and Inspectorate (1609-2011) from the National Archives. Sir William Molesworth, Bart.[Comment by FB] : Sir William Molesworth, eighth Baronet (1810-1855) was the only Radical member in the Earl of Aberdeen’s Cabinet. He was MP for Southwark from 1845 to 1855 and had hoped to be appointed colonial secretary. As First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, Molesworth opened Kew Gardens to the public on Sundays, initiated ornamental gardens in the London parks, and secured funds for rebuilding Westminster Bridge. For further information, see Peter Burroughs, 'Molesworth, Sir William, Eighth Baronet (1810–1855), Politician,' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 23 Sep. 2004.
  • Chanc. Duchy of Lancaster, Earl Granville
  • Secretary at War, Rt. Hon. Sidney Herbert
  • Without Office, Marquis of Lansdowne
  • The preceding form the Cabinet.

  • Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Willoughby d’Eresby
  • Lord Chamberlain, Marquis of Breadalbane
  • Lord Steward, Earl Spencer
  • Com.-in-Chief, Visc. Hardinge
  • Master-Gen. of Ordnance, Lord Raglan
  • President of Board of Trade, Right Hon. E. Cardwell
  • Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Paymaster-Gen., Ld. Stanley of Alderley
  • Postmaster-Gen., Visc. Canning
  • President of Poor Law Board, Right Hon. M.T. Baines
  • Attorney-General, Sir Alx. Cockburn
  • Solicitor-General, Sir Richard Bethell
  • ↑ - [3] - {f.3} THE QUEEN’S HOUSEHOLD.

  • Hered. Joint Great Chamberlains of England, Lord Willoughby d’Eresby and the Marquis of Cholmondeley
  • Sec., Rt. Burrell, Esq.
  • Hered. Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk, K.G.
  • Sec., W.A. Blount, Esq.
  • Lord Steward, Earl Spencer
  • Treas., Earl of Mulgrave
  • Comp., Lord Drumlanrig
  • Master of Household, Major T.M. Biddulph
  • Sec. to Bd. of Green Cloth, Hon. C.A. Grey
  • Lord Chamberlain, Marquis of Breadalbane
  • Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Ernest Bruce
  • Comptroller of Accounts, Sir W. Martins
  • Lords in Waiting, Earl Somers, Earl of Listowel, Lord Camoys, Lord Rivers, Lord Waterpark, Lord de Byron, Lord Tabley
  • Grooms in Waiting, Sir E. Bowater, Sir H. Seton, Sir F. Stovin, Hon. Capt. J.A. Hood, J.R. Ormsby Gore, Lieut.-Col. Berkeley Drummond, Hon. M. Sackville West, W.H.F. Cavendish
  • Extra Groom in Waiting, Hon. C.A. Murray
  • Keeper of the Privy Purse, Lieut.-Col. Hon. C.B. Phipps
  • Master of Ceremonies, Hon. Sir Ed. Cust
  • Assistant, Col. Wm. H. Cornwall
  • Marshal, Hon. Spencer Lyttelton
  • Examiner of Plays, J. Mitchell Kemble, Esq.
  • Principal Portrait Painter, Sir G. Hayter
  • Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland
  • Ladies of the Bedchamber, Duchess of Wellington, Marchioness of Ely, Duchess of AthollAthol, Countess of Desart, Viscountess Jocelyn, Viscountess Canning, Lady Churchill
  • Extra Ladies of the Bedchamber, Duchess of Norfolk, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Lady Portman
  • Maids of Honour, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Hon. M. Paget, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. L.M. Kerr, Hon. Flora C.J. Macdonald, Hon. M.F. Seymour, Hon. Beatrice Byng, Hon. Mary Bulteel
  • Bedchamber Women, Lady C. Barrington, Lady C. Copley, Viscountess Forbes, Lady Teresa Digby, Lady Gardner, Hon. Mrs. G. Campbell, Hon. Amelia Matilda Murray, Hon. Mrs. G.E. Anson.
  • Master of the Horse, Duke of Wellington[Comment by FB] : Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807-1884), was the eldest son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister. He succeeded his father in the dukedom in 1852. In 1853, he was sworn of the Privy Council. For further information, see 'At the Court at Windsor, the 7th Day of February, 1853,' The London Gazette, no. 21409, February 8, 1853: 330.
  • Chief Equerry and Clerk-Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget
  • Equerries in Ordinary, Lt.-Col. Hon. C. Grey, Maj.-Gen., E. Buckley, Col. E.W. Bouverie, Hon. A.C.L. Fitzroy.
  • - 4 - ↑ {f.4} Master of Buckhounds, Earl of BessboroughBesborough
  • Hereditary Grand Falconer, Duke of St. Albans
  • Lord High Almoner, Bishop of Oxford
  • Sec., J. Hanby, Esq.
  • Hered. Grand Almoner, Marquis of Exeter
  • Sub-Almoner, R.W. Jelf, D.D.
  • Physicians, Sir J. Clark, Bt., M.D., Sir H. Holland, M.D.
  • First Physician Accoucheur, Chas. Locock, Esq., M.D.
  • Second Phys. Accoucheur, R. Ferguson, M.D.
  • Surgeon Accoucheur, Richard Blagden, Esq.
  • Serjeant Surgeons, Sir B.C. Brodie, Bart., Robert Keate, Esq.
  • Clerk of the Closet, Bishop of Chester
  • Deputy Clerks of the Closet, Hon. the Rev. John Vane, M.A., the Hon. and Rev. E.S. Keppel, and the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell.
  • Dean of the Chapel, Bishop of London
  • Captain of Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Visc. Sydney
  • Capt. of Yeomen of Queen’s Guard, Ld. Foley
  • PRINCE ALBERT’S HOUSEHOLD.

  • Treasurer, Lt.-Col. Hon. C.B. Phipps
  • Lords of the Bedchamber, Visc. Torrington, Lord G. Lennox, and Viscount Clifden
  • Extra Lord, Lord Colville
  • Chief Equerry, Hon. A.N. Hood
  • Equerries, Lieut.-Col. F.H. Seymour, Hon. Capt. D.C. Fitzgerald De Ros, Capt. C.T. du Plat.
  • Grooms of Bedchamber, Capt. F. Seymour and Lieut.-Col. Wylde
  • Groom of the Stole, Marquis of Abercorn
  • Chaplain at Osborne, Rev. T. Protheroe, M.A.
  • Librarian, Dr. Meyer
  • PRINCE OF WALES’S HOUSEHOLD.

  • Chancellor, Right Hon. T.P. Leigh
  • Privy Seal, Lord Alfred Harvey
  • Treasurer and Cofferer, Lt.-Col. Hon. C.B. Phipps
  • Attorney-General, W.J. Alexander, Esq.
  • Tutor, F.W. Gibbs, M.A.
  • DUCHESS OF KENT’S HOUSEHOLD.

  • Comptroller, Col. Sir G. Couper, Bart.
  • Physician, Isaac Wilson, M.D.
  • Physicians Extraordinary, W.E. Swaine, M.D., Jos. McCarogherM‘Carogher, M.D., Sir Alex, Downie, M.D.
  • Surgeon in Ordinary, R. Blagden, Esq.
  • OFFICERS OF STATE IN SCOTLAND.

  • Hereditary Lord High Constable, Earl of ErrollErrol
  • Kt. Marischal, Duke of Hamilton
  • Hered. Royal Stand. Bearer, F.L.S. Wedderburn
  • Lord Registrar, Marquis of Dalhousie
  • Hereditary Mast. of Household, Duke of Argyll
  • Hereditary Standard Bearer, Earl of Lauderdale
  • Hered. Armour Bearer, Lady Seyton Steuart of Touch-Seyton
  • Hered. Usher of White Rod, Heirs of the late Sir P. Walker, Kt.
  • Hered. Carver, Sir W. Anstruther, Bt.
  • Hered. Cup Bearer, Sir J. Carnegie.
  • Physician Extra., Robert Spital, Esq.
  • Physicians in Ordinary, John Scott, M.D., W.J. Alison, M.D., Rob. Christison, M.D.
  • Surgeons in Ordinary, Sir Geo. Ballingall, James Miller, M.D., David McLaganM‘Lagan, M.D.
  • Deans of Chapel Royal, John Lee, D.D., Norman McLeodM‘Leod, D.D., Robert Lee, D.D.
  • Commander of the Forces, Maj.-Gen. T.E. Napier.
  • Capt.-Gen. of Queen’s Body-Guard, Duke of Buccleuch.
  • Keeper of the Great Seal, Earl of Selkirk.
  • Lord Advocate. — Rt. Hon. Jas. Moncrieff
  • Solicitor General. — Robt. Handyside, Esq.
  • OFFICERS OF STATE IN IRELAND.

  • Lord Lieutenant, Earl of Saint Germain
  • Private Secretary, Hon. Major Ponsonby
  • Lord High Chancellor, Right Hon. Maziere Brady
  • Master of the Rolls, Rt. Hon. T.B.C. Smith
  • Deputy Keeper of the Rolls, Rt. Wogan, Esq.
  • Chief Secretary and Keeper of the Privy Seal, Sir John Young, Bart.
  • Under Sec., Major Larcom
  • Private Sec., G.T. Dalton, Esq.
  • Lord Almoner, The Primate
  • State Steward, Lord Dunkellin
  • Ulster King at Arms, Sir J.B. Burke[Comment by BQ] : Sir John Bernard Burke (1814-1892) helped his father John Burke publish Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage. Still considered a major authority for British genealogical records connected to the nobility, Burke’s Peerage began in 1826, then was updated and published annually from 1847 well into the 1900s. For more on the Burkes and their work, see the Burke’s Peerage website. As Ulster King at Arms, Sir John Bernard Burke regulated all Irish heraldic issues, including granting and confirming all coats of arms, from his appointment in 1853 until his death.
  • Chamberlain, George L’Estrange, Esq.
  • Comptroller, Major Bagot
  • Dean of the Chapel, Rev. H.U. Tighe
  • Gentleman Usher, Capt. F. Willis
  • Master of the Horse, Capt. F.W. Hervey
  • Commander of the Forces, Rt. Hon. Sir E. Blakeney
  • Military Secretary, Lt.-Col. Greaves
  • Commander of the Artillery, Col. Thos. Dyneley, R.A.
  • Commander of the Engineers, Col. Oldfield
  • Clerk of Survey, W. Booth, Esq.
  • Judge Advocate Gen., David Walker, Esq.
  • Attorney-General, Rt. Hon. A. Brewster
  • Solicitor-General, Wm. Keogh, Esq.
  • ↑ - [5] - {f.5} AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS ABROAD.

    Argentine ConfederationHon. R. Gore
    AustriaEarl of Westmoreland
    BavariaSir J.R. Milbanke, Bt.
    BelgiumLord H. de Walden
    BrazilH.F. Howard, Esq.
    ChiliHon. Capt. E.J.A. Harris, R.N.
    DenmarkAndrew Buchanan
    FranceLord Cowley
    Germanic ConfederationSir Alex. Malet, Bt.
    GreeceRt. Hon. Sir T. Wyse
    GuatemalaC.L. Wyke, Esq.
    HanoverHon. J.D. Bligh
    MexicoP.W. Doyle, Esq.
    MoroccoJ.H.D. Hay, Esq.
    NaplesHon. W. Temple
    NetherlandsHon. R. Abercrombie
    New GranadaEdw. Thornton, Esq.
    NicaraguaF. Chatfield, Esq.
    PersiaHon. C.A. Murray
    PeruS.H. SullivanSulivan, Esq.
    PortugalSir Rich. Pakenham
    PrussiaLord Bloomfield
    Russia
    SardiniaJames Hudson, Esq.
    SaxonyHon. F.R. Forbes
    SpainLord Howden
    SwedenA.C. Magenis, Esq.
    SwitzerlandG.J.R. Gordon
    TurkeyViscount Stratford de Redcliffe
    TuscanyRt. Hon. Sir H.L. Bulwer
    United StatesJ.F. Crampton, Esq.
    Uruguay
    VenezuelaHon. R. Bingham
    WurtembergHon. G.S.S. Jerningham

    ↑ - 6 - {f.6} AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS IN ENGLAND.

    Argentine ConfederationDon M. Moreno
    AustriaCt. Colloredo-Wallsee
    BavariaBaron de Cetto
    BelgiumM. Van de Weyer
    BoliviaGen. Santa Cruz
    BrazilChevalier de Macedo
    DenmarkGen. d’Oxholme
    FranceCt. Colonna Walewski
    GreeceM. Tricoupi
    GuatemalaDon F. Molina
    HanoverCt. von Kielmansegge
    MexicoSenor de Castello y Lanzas
    NetherlandsBaron Bentinck
    Persia
    PeruGen. Mendiburn
    PortugalCount Lavradio
    PrussiaCount Bernstorff
    Russia
    SardiniaMarquis d’Azeglio
    SaxonyCt. Vizthum-d’Eckstädt
    SiciliesPrince di Carini
    SpainDon Antonio Gonzales
    SwedenBaron von HochschildHochscild
    SwitzerlandJ.L. Prevôt, Esq.
    TurkeyMusurus Bey
    Tuscany & LuccaPrince J. Poniatowski
    United StatesJames Buchanan
    VenezuelaM. Ayala
    WurtembergBernard Hebeler, Esq.

    LORDS LIEUTENANT, ETC., OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF ENGLAND
    AND WALES.

    ENGLAND.

  • Bedford, Earl De Grey
  • Berks, (vacant)
  • Bucks, Lord Carrington
  • Cambridge, E. of Hardwicke
  • Chester, M. of Westminster
  • Cornwall, Sir W. Trelawny
  • Lord Warden, H.R.H. Prince Albert
  • Cumberland, E. of Lonsdale
  • Derby, Duke of Devonshire
  • Devon, Earl Fortescue
  • Dorset, Earl Digby
  • Durham, Earl of Durham
  • Essex, Viscount Maynard
  • Gloucester, E. Fitzhardinge
  • Hants, Marq. of Winchester
  • Hereford, Lord Bateman
  • Hertford, Earl of Verulam
  • Huntingdon, E. of Sandwich
  • Kent, Earl Cowper
  • Lancashire, Earl of Sefton
  • Leicester, Duke of Rutland
  • Lincoln, Marq. of Granby
  • Middlesex, Mqs. of Salisbury
  • Monmouth, C.H. Leigh, Esq.
  • Norfolk, Earl of Leicester
  • Northampton, Mq. of Exeter
  • Northumberland, Earl Grey
  • Nottingham, Earl of Scarborough
  • Oxfordsh., D. of Marlborough
  • Rutland, Marquis of Exeter
  • Shropshire, Viscount Hill
  • Somerset, Lord Portman
  • Stafford, Lord Hatherton
  • Suffolk, Earl of Stradbroke
  • Surrey, Earl of Lovelace
  • Sussex, Duke of Richmond
  • Tower-Hamlets, Visc. Combermere
  • Warwick, Earl of Craven
  • Westmoreland, Earl of Lonsdale
  • Wilts, Marq. of Lansdowne
  • Worcester, Lord Lyttelton
  • York, E.-Riding, Earl of Carlisle
  • York, West Riding, Earl of Harewood
  • York, North Ridiny, Earl of Zetland
  • WALES.

  • Anglesey, M. of Anglesey
  • Brecon, J.V. Watkins, Esq.
  • Caermarthen, Earl Cawdor
  • Caernarvon, Sir R.B.W. Bulkeley, Bart., M.P.
  • Cardigan, Thos. Lloyd
  • Denbigh, Middtn. Biddulph, Esq., M.P.
  • Flint, Sir S.R. Glynne, Bt.
  • Glamorgan, C.R.M. Talbot, Esq., M.P.
  • Merioneth, Lord Mostyn
  • Montgomery, Lord Sudeley
  • Pembroke, Sir John Owen, Bart., M.P.
  • Radnor, Sir John Walsh, Bart., M.P.
  • GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND OFFICERS.

    * For the site and hours of these offices see “Public Offices.”

    treasury.

    Lords Commissioners.

  • Earl of Aberdeen, Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone, Lord A. Hervey, Lord Elcho, C.S. Fortescue, Esq.
  • Joint Secretaries, Rt. Hon. G. Hayter, J. Wilson, Esq.
  • Assistant Secretary, Sir C.G. Trevelyan
  • Private Secs. to First Lord, Hon. H. Gordon, Esq., Clinton Dawkins, Esq., J.H. Cole, Esq.
  • Assist. Do., W.M. Dwight, Esq.
  • Auditor of the Civil List, G. Arbuthnot, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk for Colonies, W.H. Stephenson, Esq.
  • Principal Clerk to Fees, S.R.M. Leake, Esq.
  • Clk. of the Bills and Receiver of Fees, L. Rumsey, Esq.
  • Law Clerk, R. Hankins, Esq.
  • Solicitor, H.R. Reynolds, Esq.
  • Assistant, J. Greenwood, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, F. Mudge, Esq.
  • - 7 - {f.7} exchequer.

  • Chancellor, Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone
  • Private Sec., R. Wilbraham
  • Comptroller, Ld. Monteagle
  • Assistant, Sir E. Ryan
  • Chief Clerk, F.F. Ottey, Esq.
  • Accountant, G.S. Frederick, Esq.
  • home office.

  • Sec. of State, Lord Palmerston
  • Under Secs., Hon. H. Fitzroy, H. Waddington, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, H.J. Knyvett, Esq.
  • Private Secs., R.W. Grey, Esq., C.C. Clifford, Esq.
  • foreign office.

  • Sec. of State, Earl of Clarendon
  • Under Secs., Lord Wodehouse, Edmond HammondHamond, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, G.L. Conyngham, Esq.
  • Private Sec., Hon. S. Ponsonby
  • Précis Writer, F.W.H. Cavendish, Esq.
  • colonial office.

  • Sec. of State, Rt. Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart.
  • Under Secs., F. Peel, Esq., H. Merivale, Esq., T.F. Elliott, Esq.
  • Private Secs., Lord Hobart, Sam Whitbread, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, Peter Smith, Esq.
  • Précis Writer, W. Strachey, Esq.
  • war department.

  • Secretary, Duke of Newcastle
  • Military Sec., Lt.-Col. Mundy.
  • Private Sec., H. Roberts, Esq.
  • privy council office.

  • Lord President, Lord John Russell
  • Private Secs., A. Russell, Esq., J.P. Boileau, Esq.
  • Clerks in Ordinary, C.C.F. Greville, Esq., Hon. W.L. Bathurst
  • Chief Clerk, J.B. Lennard, Esq.
  • Clerk of Appeals, H. Reeve, Esq.
  • board of control.

  • President, Rt. Hon. Sir Chas. Wood, Bart.
  • Secretaries, Robert Lowe, Esq., Sir T.N. Redington
  • Private Sec., T.G. Baring, Esq.
  • Solicitor, R. Groom, Esq.
  • Keeper of the Papers, Mr. T. Sharp
  • privy seal.

  • Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Argyll
  • Private Sec., J.P. Campbell, Esq.
  • Clerk, W. Goodwin, Esq.
  • Keeper of Rec. and Receiver of Fees, R. Eden, Esq.
  • irish office.

  • Chief Sec., Sir John Young
  • Chief Clerk, Geo. Trundle, Esq.
  • Private Sec., G.T. D’Alton, Esq.
  • Assistant, Hon. S.D. Montagu
  • Counsel, E. Batty, Esq.
  • board of audit.

  • Chairman, E. Romilly, Esq.
  • Secretary, C.Z. Macaulay, Esq.
  • signet office.

  • Keepers of the Signet, the three Secretaries of State
  • Chief Clerk, Rev. W.H.E. Bentinck
  • Deputy, H.D. Scott, Esq.
  • Rec. Keeper, W.H. Sanders, Esq.
  • board of trade.

  • President, Rt. Hon. E. Cardwell
  • Vice-President, Ld. Stanley of Alderley
  • Secretaries, Jas. Booth, Esq., Sir J.E. Tennent
  • Legal Assistant, A. Barron, Esq.
  • Registrar, E.A. Bowring, Esq.
  • Private Sec., C. Cardwell, Esq.
  • Statistical Department.

  • Director, A.W. Fonblanque, Esq.
  • Deputies, W.D. Oswald, Esq., R. Valpy, Esq.
  • Railway Department.

  • Sec., Capt. Simmons, R.E.
  • Reg., D. McGregorM‘Gregor, Esq.
  • Inspectors, Capt. Wynne, Capt. Galton
  • admiralty.

    Lords Commissioners.

  • Rt. Hon. Sir Jas. Graham, Bart., Rear-Adm. M.F.F. Berkeley, Hn. Rear-Adm. R.S. Dundas, Capt. P. Richards, Capt. A. Milne, Hon. W.F. Cowper
  • Secretaries, Bernal Osborne, Esq., Capt. W. Hamilton
  • Private Sec., Capt. H. O’Brien
  • Chief Clerk, J.J. Dyer, Esq.
  • Hydrograph., Capt. J. Washington
  • Assistant, M. Walker, Esq.
  • Translator of Foreign Papers, H.F. Amedroz, Esq.
  • Astron. Royal, G.B. Airy, Esq.
  • Assistant, Mr. R. Maine
  • SuperintendentSuperintendant of the Nautical Almanack, Lieut. Baily, R.N.
  • Chief Engineer, T. Lloyd, Esq.
  • Civil Department.

  • Surveyor, Capt. Sir B.W. Walker
  • Assistants, Jn. Edye, Isaac Watts, Esqrs.
  • Accountant Gen. of the Navy, R.M. Bromley, Esq.
  • Director Gen. of Medical Department, Sir William Burnett, M.D.
  • Storekeeper, Hon. R. Dundas
  • Chief Clerk, J.R. Clarke, Esq.
  • Gov. of Greenwich Hosp., Sir Edw. Parry
  • Victualling Department.

  • Comptroller, T.T. Grant, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, W. Leyburn, Esq.
  • admiralty court.

  • Adm. Judge, Right Hon. S. Lushington, D.C.L.
  • Registrar, H.C. Rothery, Esq.
  • Queen’s Adv., Sir J.D. Harding
  • Adm. Adv., J. Phillimore, D.C.L.
  • Judge Adv., T. Phinn, Esq., M.P.
  • Queen’s Proc., F.H. Dyke, Esq.
  • Adm. Proc., W. Townsend, Esq.
  • Marshal, Evan Jones, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, R.G.M. Browne, Esq.
  • com. in chief’s office.

  • Com. in Chief, Visc. Hardinge
  • Mil. Sec., Col. Charles Yorke
  • Private Sec., Capt. Hon. A. Hardinge
  • - 8 - {f.8} Aides-de-camp, Col. Lord C. Wellesley, Lt.-Col. Robt. B. Wood, Capt. Marquis of Worcester, Lt.-Col. A.A.T. Conynghame
  • Assists. to Mil. Sec., F.H. Lindsay, Esq., F. Fergusson, Esq.
  • war office.

  • Sec. at War, Rt. Hon. Sidney Herbert
  • Deputy, Benj. Hawes, Esq.
  • Private Sec., W.L. Willoughby, Esq.
  • Examiner, R.C. Kirby, Esq.
  • First Clerk, J. Crooms, Esq.
  • Senior Clerks.

  • J.M. Sandham, T.P. Matthew, R.H. Stewart, J.L. Parsey, H. Kendrick, E. Biddle, P. Bernard, Esqrs.
  • board of ordnance.

  • Master-Gen., Lord Raglan
  • Surv.-Gen., (vacant.)
  • Clerk, Wm. Monsell, Esq., M.P.
  • Storekeeper, Sir T. Hastings
  • Secretary to Master-Gen., (vacant.)
  • Sec. to Board, Joseph Wood, Esq.
  • paymaster-general’s
    office.

  • Paymaster.-Gen., Lord Stanley of Alderley
  • Assistant Paymaster, E.A. Hoffay, Esq.
  • Principal Clerks, T. Morris, J. Perrier, H.A. Harrison, Esqs.
  • adjutant-general’s
    office.

  • Adj.-Gen., Gen. Sir George Cathcart
  • Deputy, Col. G.A. Wetherall
  • Assistant, Lt.-Col. W. Sullivan
  • Deputy, Capt. A.J. Packe
  • First Clerk, R. Cannon, Esq.
  • quarter-master-general’s
    office.

  • Quarter-Mast. Gen., Col. J. Freeth
  • Assistant, Lieut.-Col. John Enoch
  • Confiden. Clk., J. O’Neil, Esq.
  • Clerks, T. Marsh, G. Mather, J. Sewell, Esqrs.
  • judge-advocate-general’s
    court.

  • Judge Adv. Gen., C.P. Villiers
  • Deputy, F.N. Rogers, Esq.
  • works and public
    buildings.

  • Commissioners, Sir W. Molesworth, Bart., the Secs. of State, the Pres. and Vice Pres. of the Board of Trade
  • Secretary, T.W. PhillipsPhilipps, Esq.
  • Assist. Sec., John Thornborrow, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, W. Adams, Esq.
  • Architect & Surveyor, Jas. Pennethorne, Esq.
  • Surveyor of Works, W.S. Inman, Esq.
  • Rangers, Keepers, &c.

  • Windsor Great Park, Prince Albert
  • St. James’s Park, Duke of Cambridge
  • Hyde Park, D. of Cambridge
  • Richmond Park, Duchess of Gloucester
  • Greenwich Park, Earl of Aberdeen
  • Hampton Ct., Lady Bloomfield
  • New Forest, vacant
  • Waltham Forest, Earl of Mornington
  • Dean Forest, Earl of Carlisle
  • queen’s mint.

  • Master Worker, Sir J.F.W. Herschel, Bart.
  • Deputy, Capt. H.D. Harness
  • Comptroller, W.H. Barton, Esq.
  • SuperintendentSuperintendant , W.T. Brande, Esq.
  • Chief Engraver, Leonard Wyon, Esq.
  • Chief Medallist, B. Pistrucci, Esq.
  • Assayer, H.W. Field, Esq.
  • Registrar, C. Elouis, Esq.
  • general post-office.

  • Postm.-Gen., Visc. Canning
  • Secretary, Rowland Hill, Esq.
  • Assist. Sec., Fred. Hill, Esq.
  • Private Sec., C.F. Scott, Esq.
  • Inspector-Gen., J. Ramsey, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk of the Mails, W.T. Wedderburn, Esq.
  • Supr. of London District and Foreign and Inland Offices, W. Bokenham, Esq.
  • Solicitor, M.B. Peacock, Esq.
  • Money Order Office.

  • President, F.R. Jackson, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, W. Farmer, Esq.
  • inland revenue office.

  • Chairman, J. Wood, Esq.
  • Deputy, J. Thornton, Esq.
  • Commissioners, C.P. Rushworth, H.F. Stephenson, C.J. Herries, A. Montgomery, C. Pressly, Esqrs.
  • Secretary, W. Keogh, Esq.
  • Solicitor, Joseph Timm, Esq.
  • Receiver Gen., J. Brotherton, Esq.
  • Accountant Gen., L.S. Lyne, Esq.
  • custom house.

  • Chairman, Rt. Hon. Sir T.F. Fremantle, Bart.
  • Deputy, Rt. Hon. Geo. R. Dawson
  • Commissioners, T.P. Dickenson, Esq., F. Goulburn, Esq., Hon. E. Spring Rice, Rear-Adm. E. Saurin
  • Secretary, W. Maclean, Esq.
  • Assistant, F.G. Gardner, Esq.
  • Committee Clerks, H.G. Clyde, C. Claridge, Gec. Dickens, and T.C. Thorpe, Esqrs.
  • Plantation Clerk, C.J.A. Maclean, Esq.
  • Receiver-Gen., Sir F.H.C. Doyle, Bart.
  • Compt.-Gen., J. Dickinson, Esq.
  • Solicitor, F.J. Hamel, Esq.
  • Assistant Solicitor, Latham Blacker, Esq.
  • poor law board.

  • President, Rt. Hon. M.T. Baines
  • Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal, Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • Secretaries, Visc. Courtenay and Hon. G. Berkeley, M.P.
  • board of health.

  • President, Sir Benj. Hall, Bart.
  • Private Sec., A. Berrington, Esq.
  • Secretary, Tom Taylor, Esq.
  • ↑ - 9 - {f.9} duchy of lancaster.

  • Chancellor, Earl Granville
  • Vice-Chan., W.M. James, Esq.
  • Attorney-Gen., T.F. Ellis, Esq.
  • Clerk of Council, F.D. Danvers, Esq.
  • duchy of cornwall office.

  • Chancellor, Rt. Hon. T.P. Leigh
  • Secretary and Surveyor Gen., J.R. Gardiner, Esq.
  • Auditor, Wm. Geo. Anderson, Esq.
  • Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Prince Albert
  • Vice-Warden of the Stannary Court, Edw. Smirke, Esq.
  • Attorney-Gen., W.J. Alexander, Esq.
  • Mineral Inspector, W.W. Smyth, Esq.
  • colonial land and emigration commissioners.

  • 9, Park street, Westminster, C.A. Wood, Esq., F. Rogers, Esq., T.W.C. Murdoch, Esq.
  • Secretary, S. Walcott, Esq. Government Emigration Office, 70, Lower Thames St.
  • London, Capt. Lean, R.N.
  • Liverpool, Capt. C.F. Schomberg, R.N.
  • Plymouth, Lt. Carew, R.N.
  • Dublin, Capt. Robt. Kerr, R.N.
  • Cork, Capt. Friend, R.N.
  • Belfast, Capt. M. De Courcy, R.N.
  • Sligo, &c., Capt. Willis, R.N.
  • Galway, Lt. Saunders, R.N.
  • Londonderry, K.L. Sutherland, Esq.
  • Limerick, Capt. Ellis, R.N.
  • Waterford and New Ross, Lieut. Griffith, R.N.
  • Glasgow and Greenock, Capt. Keele, R.N.
  • joint stock companies registration office.

  • Registr., F. Whitmarsh, Esq.
  • Assist. do., Geo. Taylor, Esq.
  • Senior Clerk, G. Deane, Esq.
  • copyhold, inclosure, and tithe commission.

  • W. Blamire, Esq., T.W. Buller, Esq., G. Darby, Esq.
  • Secretaries, J. Stewart, Esq., and H.C. Mules, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, J.W. Tottie, Esq.
  • metropolis roads.

  • Secretary, J.L. Panter, Esq.
  • Surveyor-Gen., Js. McAdamM‘Adam, Esq.
  • Accountant, V.C. Wright, Esq.
  • Inspector, H. Browse, Esq.
  • registry of metropolitan buildings.

  • Registrar, A. Symonds, Esq.
  • Official Referees, W. Hosking, Ambrose Poynter, J. Shaw, Esqrs.
  • state paper office.

  • Keeper, Rt. Hon. H. Hobhouse.
  • Deputy, C. Lechmere, Esq.
  • general register office of births, marriages, and deaths.

  • Reg. Gen., G. Graham, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, Thomas Mann Esq.
  • First Cl. of Records, Edw. Edwards, Esq.
  • Examiner and Compiler of Abstracts, W. Farr, Esq.
  • Reg. Gen. for Scotland, W. Pitt Dundas, Esq.
  • london gazette office.

  • Editor, &c., T.L. Behan
  • Chief Clerk, F. McGedyM‘Gedy, Esq.
  • Printers, T.R. Harrison & Son
  • The Most Noble Order of the Garter.

    Was instituted by Edward III. in 1347. The habit and insignia are, The Garter, of dark-blue velvet, inscribed with the motto, Honi soit qui mal y pense ; The Mantle, of blue velvet ; The Hood and Surcoat, of crimson velvet ; The Hat, of black velvet ; The Collar, of gold ; The George, or figure of St. George, suspended from a broad dark-blue riband ; and The Star, of silver. The number of knights is restricted to twenty-five, exclusive of the Sovereign, princes of the blood royal, and foreign princes.

    THE SOVEREIGN

  • Prince of Wales
  • Prince Albert
  • King of Hanover
  • Duke of Cambridge
  • King of Wurtemberg
  • Duke of Brunswick
  • King of the Belgians
  • Emperor of Russia
  • King of Prussia
  • King of Saxony
  • Dk. of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
  • Duke of Rutland
  • Duke of Devonshire
  • Marquis of Exeter
  • Duke of Richmond
  • Duke of Buccleuch
  • Marquis of Lansdowne
  • Duke of Somerset
  • Duke of Sutherland
  • Duke of Buckingham
  • Marquis of Salisbury
  • Duke of Cleveland
  • Earl de Grey
  • Marquis of Abercorn
  • Marquis Camden
  • Marquis of Hertford
  • Duke of Bedford
  • Duke of Norfolk
  • Earl Fitzwilliam
  • Earl of Clarendon
  • Earl Spencer
  • Duke of Northumberland
  • Earl of Carlisle
  • Earl of Ellesmere
  • Prelate of the Order, Bishop of Winchester
  • Chancellor, Bp. of Oxford
  • Registrar, Dean of Windsor
  • Garter Principal King-of-Arms, Sir C.G. Young
  • Gentleman Usher of the Blk. Rod, Sir A.W. Clifford, Bart.
  • ↑ - [10] - {f.10} THE LEGISLATURE.

    THE HOUSE OF PEERS.

    ⁂ The Titles here given are those by which the Noblemen sit in the House of Peers.
    Princes of the Blood Royal  3
    Dukes 20
    Marquises 21
    Earls112
    Viscounts 23
    Barons195
    Peers of Scotland (elected 1852) 16
    Peers of Ireland (elected for life) 28
    English Archbishops and Bishops 26
    Irish representative Archbishop and Bishops  4
    Total Number of Peers448
    * Marked thus are Scotch Peers. o Marked thus are Irish Peers. a Marked thus are Scotch Repres. Peers. b Marked thus are Irish Represen. Peers.

    Speaker, The Lord High Chancellor.

    Chairman of Committee, Lord Redesdale.

    royal princes.

  • Wales, Pr. A.E., 1842
  • Cambridge, Pr. G.W., 1801
  • Cumberland, Geo. Fred., King of Hanover, 1799
  • archbishops.

  • Canterbury, John Bird Sumner, 1848
  • Dublin, R. Whately, 1831, b
  • York, Thos. Musgrave, 1847
  • dukes.

  • Beaufort, H.C.F. Somerset, 1682
  • Bedford, F. Russell, 1694
  • Brandon, W.A.A.A.H. Douglas, 1711 (Hamilton, D., 1643*)
  • Buckingham and Chandos, R.P.B.C.T. Grenville, 1822 o
  • Cleveland, Henry Vane, 1833
  • Devonshire, Wm. Spencer Cavendish, 1694
  • Grafton, H. Fitzroy, 1675
  • Leeds, Francis Godolphin D’Arcy Osborne, 1694
  • - 11 - {f.11} Manchester, Geo. Montagu, 1719
  • Marlborough, Geo. Spencer Churchill, 1702
  • Newcastle, Henry Pelham F.P. Clinton, 1756
  • Norfolk, H.C. Howard, 1483
  • Northumberland, Algernon Percy, 1766
  • Portland, John Scott Bentinck, 1716
  • Richmond, Chas. G. Lennox, 1675,*
  • Rutland, J.H. Manners, 1703
  • St. Albans, Wm. Aubrey A. de Vere Beauclerk, 1683
  • Somerset, Edw. Adolph. St. Maur, 1546
  • Sutherland, Geo. Granville S. Leveson Gower, 1833
  • Wellington, A. Wellesley, 1814
  • marquises.

  • Abercorn, James Hamilton, 1790, o*
  • Ailesbury, Chas. B. Brudenell Brudenell-Bruce, 1821
  • Ailsa, Arch. Kennedy, 1831*
  • Anglesey, Henry Paget, 1815
  • Bath, John Alex. Thynne, 1789
  • Breadalbane, J. Campbell, 1831,*
  • Bristol, F.W. Hervey, 1826
  • Bute, J.P.C. Stuart, 1796,*
  • Camden, G. Chas. Pratt, 1812
  • Cholmondeley, Geo. Horatio Cholmondeley, 1815
  • Dalhousie, J.A. Ramsay, 1849
  • Exeter, Brownlow Cecil, 1801
  • Hastings, H.W.C.P. Hastings, 1816
  • Hertford, Rich. I. Seymour-Conway, 1793, o
  • Lansdowne, H.F. Petty, 1784
  • Normanby, Constantine H. Phipps, 1838, o
  • Northampton, C. Douglas Compton, 1812
  • Salisbury, Js. Brownlow W. Gascoigne-Cecil, 1789
  • Townshend, George Ferrars Townshend, 1787
  • Tweeddale, G. Hay, 1694, a
  • Westmeath, Geo. Thos. J. Nugent, 1822, b
  • Westminster, R. Grosvenor, 1831
  • Winchester, J. Paulet, 1551
  • earls.

  • Abergavenny, Rev. William Neville, 1784
  • Abingdon, Montagu Bertie, 1682
  • Airlie, D.A. Ogilvie, 1639 a
  • Albemarle, G.T. Keppel, 1696
  • Amherst, W. Pitt Amherst, 1826
  • Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, 1730
  • Aylesford, H. Finch, 1714
  • Bandon, Jas. Bernard, 1800, b
  • Bantry, Richard White, 1816, b
  • Bathurst, H.G. Bathurst, 1772
  • Beauchamp, Hen. B. Lygon, 1815
  • Beverley, Geo. Percy, 1790
  • Bradford, G. Augustus Fred. H. Bridgeman, 1815
  • Brownlow, J.W. Spencer Brownlow Cust, 1815
  • Buckinghamshire, Rev. A.E. Hampden-Hobart, 1746
  • Burlington, Wm. Cavendish, 1831
  • Cadogan, G. Cadogan, 1800
  • Caernarvon, Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 1793
  • Caledon, Jas. Dupré Alexander, 1800, b
  • Camperdown, R. Dundas Duncan-Haldane, 1831
  • Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell, 1661
  • Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, 1661
  • Cathcart, Charles Murray Cathcart, 1814,*
  • Cawdor, J.F. Campbell, 1827
  • Charlemont, Francis W. Caulfield, 1763, b
  • Chesterfield, Geo. Stanhope, 1628
  • Chichester, H.T. Pelham, 1801
  • Clarendon, G.W.F. Villiers, 1776
  • Cottenham, C. Edw. Pepys, 1850
  • Coventry, G. Wm. Coventry, 1697
  • Cowper, G.A. Cowper, 1718
  • Craven, Wm. Craven, 1801
  • Dartmouth, W. Legge, 1711
  • De Grey, T.P. De Grey, 1816
  • Delawarr, G.I.S. West, 1761
  • Denbigh, Wm. Basil Percy Feilding, 1622, o
  • Derby, Edw. Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 1485
  • Desart, John Otway O’Connor Cuffe, 1793, b
  • Devon, W. Courtenay, 1553
  • Digby, Edw. Digby, 1790
  • Doncaster, Walter Francis Montagu Douglas-Scott, 1662 (Buccleuch and Queensbury, D., 1663,*)
  • Ducie, H. John Moreton, 1837
  • Durham, G.F.D. Lambton, 1833
  • Effingham, H. Howard, 1837
  • Eldon, John Scott, 1821
  • Ellenborough, Ed. Law, 1844
  • Ellesmere, F. Egerton, 1846
  • Erne, Jn. Creighton, 1789, b
  • Essex, A. Algernon Capel, 1661
  • Ferrars, W.S. Shirley, 1711
  • Fitzhardinge, W.F. Berkeley, 1841
  • Fitzwilliam, Chas. W. Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 1746
  • Fortescue, Hugh Fortescue, 1789
  • Gainsborough, Charles Noel Noel, 1841
  • Glengall, R. Butler, 1816, b
  • Graham, J. Graham, 1722, (Montrose, D., 1707,*)
  • Granville, G. Granville Leveson Gower, 1833
  • Grey, Henry Grey, 1806
  • Guildford, Rev. F. North, 1752
  • Harborough, Robt. Sherard, 1719, o
  • Hardwicke, C.P. Yorke, 1754
  • Harewood, H. Lascelles, 1812
  • Harrington, Leicester Fitzgerald C. Stanhope, 1741
  • Harrowby, Dudl. Ryder, 1809
  • Hillsborough, A. Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill, 1772 (Downshire, M., 1789,) o
  • Home, Cospatrick Alex. Ramey-Home, 1604, a
  • Howe, R.W. Penn Curzon-Howe, 1821
  • Huntingdon, F.T. Henry Hastings, 1529
  • Ilchester, H. Stephen Fox Strangways, 1756
  • Innes, J.H.R. Innes Ker, 1837 (Roxburgh, D., 1707,*)
  • Jersey, Geo. Child Villiers, 1697
  • Lanesborough, G.J. Butler Danvers, 1756, b
  • Leicester, T. Wm. Coke, 1837
  • Leven and Melville, David Leslie Melville, 1641, a
  • Lichfield, T.G. Anson, 1831
  • Lindsey, G.A.F.A. Bertie, 1626
  • Lonsdale, W. Lowther, 1807
  • Lovelace, Wm. King, 1838
  • Lucan, G.C. Bingham, 1795, b
  • Macclesfield, T.A.W. Parker, 1721
  • - 12 - {f.12} Malmesbury, Jas. Howard Harris, 1800
  • Mansfield, Wm. D. Murray, 1776,*
  • Manvers, Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 1806
  • Mayo, Robt. Bourke, 1785, b
  • Minto, Gilbert E.M. Kynynmond Elliot, 1813
  • Morley, Edm. Parker, 1815
  • Morton, George Sholto Douglas, 1457, a
  • Mountcashel, Step. Moore, 1781, b
  • Mount Edgcumbe, Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, 1789
  • Munster, Wm. George Fitz-Clarence, 1831
  • Nelson, Horatio Nelson, 1805
  • Onslow, A.G. Onslow, 1801
  • Orford, Hor. Walpole, 1806
  • Orkney, Thomas John Hamilton Fitzmaurice, 1696, a
  • Pembroke and Montgomery, Robert Hen. Herbert, 1551
  • Pomfret, G. Wm. R. Fermor, 1721
  • Portsmouth, Isaac Newton Fellowes, 1743
  • Poulett, John Poulett, 1706
  • Powis, E.J.H. Clive, 1804
  • Radnor, W.P. Bouverie, 1765
  • Ripon, F.J. Robinson, 1833
  • Romney, C. Marsham, 1801
  • Rosse, William Parsons, 1806, b
  • Rosslyn, James Alexander St. Clair Erskine, 1801
  • Saint Germans, E.G. Eliot, 1815
  • Sandwich, J.W. Montagu, 1660
  • Scarborough, J. Lumley-Savile, 1690, o
  • Seafield, C. Ogilvie Grant, 1701, a
  • Selkirk, Dunbar Js. Douglas, 1646, a
  • Shaftesbury, Anthony Ash. Cooper, 1672
  • Shrewsbury, Bertram Arth. Talbot, 1442, o
  • Somers, Charles Somers Cocks, 1821
  • Spencer, Fred Spencer, 1765
  • Stamford and Warrington, G.H. Grey, 1628
  • Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 1718
  • Stradbroke, J.E. Cornwallis Rous, 1821
  • Strafford, John Byng, 1847
  • Strange, G.A.F.J. Murray, 1786 (Atholl, D., 1703,*)
  • Strathmore, T.G.L. Bowes, 1606, a
  • Suffolk and Berkshire, Chas. John Howard, 1603
  • Talbot, H.J. Chetwynd Talbot, 1784
  • Tankerville, Charles Aug. Bennet, 1714
  • Vane, G.H.R.C. Vane-Tempest, 1823.
  • Verulam, Jn. Walter Grimston, 1815,* o
  • Waldegrave, William Waldegrave, 1729
  • Warwick and Brooke, Henry Geo. Guy Greville, 1746 and 1759
  • Westmoreland, J. Fane, 1624
  • Wicklow, W. Howard, 1793, b
  • Wilton, Thomas Egerton, 1801
  • Winchelsea & Nottingham, G.W. Finch Hatton, 1628
  • Yarborough, C. Anderson Worsley Pelham, 1837
  • Zetland, Thomas Dundas, 1838
  • viscounts.

  • Bolingbroke and St. John, Henry St. John, 1712
  • Canning, C.J. Canning, 1828
  • Canterbury, C.J.M. Sutton, 1835
  • Clancarty, Wm. T. le Poer Trench, 1823, o
  • Combermere, Stapleton S. Cotton, 1826
  • De Vesci, John Vesey, 1776, b
  • Exmouth, E. Pellew, 1816
  • Falmouth, E. Boscawen, 1720
  • Gordon, G. Hamilton Gordon, 1814 (Aberdeen, E., 1682,*)
  • Gough, Hugh Gough, 1849
  • Hardinge, H. Hardinge, 1846
  • Hawarden, C. Maude, 1791, b
  • Hereford, Revd. R. Devereux, 1549
  • Hill, Rowland Hill, 1842
  • Hood, Francis Wheler Hood, 1796, o
  • Hutchinson, Richard John H. Hutchinson, 1821 (Donoughmore, E., 1800, o)
  • Leinster, A.F. Fitzgerald, 1747 (Leinster, D., 1766, o)
  • Lorton, R.E. King, 1806, b
  • Maynard, Henry Maynard, 1766
  • Melville, Henry Dundas, 1802
  • O’Neill, J.B.R. O’Neill, 1795, b
  • Ponsonby of Imokilly, John Ponsonby, 1839
  • St. Vincent, E.J. Jervis, 1801
  • Sidmouth, Rev. W. Leonard Addington, 1805
  • Stratford de RedcliffeRedclyffe, S. Canning, 1852
  • Strathallan, W.H. Drummond, 1686, a
  • Sydney, J.R. Townshend 1789
  • Torrington, G. Byng, 1721
  • bishops.

  • Bangor, C. Bethell, 1830
  • Carlisle, Hon. Hugh Percy, 1827
  • Chester, J. Graham, 1848
  • Chichester, A.T. Gilbert, 1842
  • Durham, Edw. Maltby, 1836
  • Ely, T. Turton, 1845
  • Exeter, H. Philpotts, 1830
  • Gloucester and Bristol, Jas. Henry Monk, 1830
  • Hereford, R.D. Hampden, 1848
  • Killaloe, Lord Riversdale, 1839, b
  • Kilmore, M.G. Beresford, 1854, b
  • Lichfield, J. Lonsdale, 1843
  • Lincoln, J. Jackson, 1853
  • Llandaff, A. Ollivant, 1849
  • London, Chas. J. BloomfieldBlomfield, 1828
  • Manchester, J.P. Lee, 1848
  • Meath, J.H. Singer, 1852, b
  • Norwich, Sam. Hinds, 1849
  • Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce, 1845
  • Peterborough, G. Davys, 1839
  • Ripon, C.T. Longley, 1836
  • Rochester, G. Murray, 1827
  • St. Asaph, Thomas Vowler Short, 1846
  • St. David’s, Connop Thirlwall, 1840
  • Salisbury, W.K. Hamilton, 1854.
  • Winchester, C.R. Sumner, 1827
  • Worcester, H. Pepys, 1841
  • [The junior Bishop is without a seat in the House of Lords, but the present junior Bishop (Bath and Wells) sits in the House in his own right as Baron Auckland.]
  • barons.

  • Abercromby, G. Ralph Abercromby, 1801
  • Abinger, Rt. C. Scarlett, 1835
  • Alvanley, R. Pepper Arden, 1801
  • Ardrossan, Arch. William Montgomerie, 1806 (Eglinton, E. 1607,*)
  • - 13 - {f.13} Arundell of Wardour, Henry Benedict Arundell, 1605
  • Ashburton, W. Bingham Baring, 1835
  • Auckland, Rt. Rev. R. John Eden, 1793, o, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
  • Audley, G.E.T. Tuchet, 1296
  • Bagot, Wm. Bagot, 1780
  • Bateman, William B. Bateman Hanbury, 1837
  • Bayning, Rev. Henry W. Powlett, 1797
  • Beaumont, Henry Stapleton, 1433
  • Berners, H.W. Wilson, 1455
  • Berwick, Rich. Noel Hill, 1784
  • Blantyre, Cs. Stuart, 1606, a
  • Blayney, C.P. Blayney, 1621, b
  • Bolton, Wm. H.P.O. Powlett, 1797
  • Boston, George Irby, 1761
  • Boyle, E. Boyle, 1711, (Cork and Orrery, E., o)
  • Braybrooke, R. Griffin Neville, 1788
  • Brodrick, Charles Brodrick, 1796 (MiddletonMidleton, V., 1717, o)
  • Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, 1830
  • Broughton de Gyfford, J.C. Hobhouse, 1851
  • Bruce, G.W. Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 1746
  • Byron, George Anson, 1643
  • Calthorpe, Frederic Gough Calthorpe, 1796
  • Camoys, Thos. Stonor, 1344
  • Campbell, J. Campbell, 1841
  • Carew, R. Shapland Carew, 1838, o
  • Carleton, Rich. Boyle, 1786 (Shannon, E., 1756, o)
  • Carington, R. John Carington, 1797, o
  • Carysfort, J. Proby, 1801, (Carysfort, E., 1789, o)
  • Castlemaine, R. Handcock, 1812, b
  • Chaworth, William Brabazon, 1831 (Meath, E., 1627, o)
  • Churchill, Francis George Spencer, 1815
  • Clanbrassil, Robt. Jocelyn, 1821, (Roden, E., 1771, o)
  • Claneboye, F.T. Blackwood (Dufferin and Claneboye, B o.) 1850
  • Clanwilliam, Rich. Meade, 1828 (Clanwm., E., 1776, o)
  • Clarina, Eyre Massey, 1800, b
  • Clements, N. Clements, 1831 (Leitrim, E., 1795, o)
  • Clifford of Chudleigh, Hugh Charles Clifford, 1672
  • Clifton, J. Bligh, 1608 (E. Darnley, o)
  • Clinton, Charles Rodolph Trefusis, 1298
  • Clonbrock, R. Dillon, 1790, b
  • Cloncurry, E. Browne-Lawless, 1831, o
  • Colchester, Chs. Abbot, 1817
  • Colville of Culross, John, 1609 a
  • Congleton, John Parnell, 1841
  • Cowley, H.R.C. Wellesley, 1828
  • Cranworth, R.M. Rolfe, 1850
  • Crewe, Hungerford Crewe, 1806
  • Crofton, Edward Crofton, 1797, b
  • Dacre, T. Trevor Brand, 1307
  • Dartrey, Rh. Dawson, 1847, o
  • De Freyne, A. French, 1839
  • Delamere, Thos. Cholmondeley, 1821
  • De L’Isle & Dudley, Philip Sidney, 1835
  • De Mauley, Wm. Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1838
  • Denman, T. Denman, 1834
  • De Ros, W.L. Lascelles Fitzgerald de Ros, 1264
  • De Saumarez, Rev. James Saumarez, 1831
  • De Tabley, G. Warren, 1826
  • Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1786
  • Dormer, Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, 1615
  • Douglas of Douglas, Rev. James Douglas, 1790
  • Downes, Ulysses Burgh, 1822, b
  • Dunally, H. Prittie, 1800, b
  • Dunfermline, James Abercromby, 1839
  • Dunmore, Charles Adolphus Murray, 1831 (E., 1686,*)
  • Dunsandle and Clanconal, Denis St. George Daly, 1845, b
  • Dynevor, G.R. Rice Trevor, 1780
  • Elgin, James Bruce, 1849,* (Elgin, E. 1633)
  • Elphinstone, John Elphinstone, 1509, a
  • Erskine, David Montagu Erskine, 1806
  • Farnham, Henry Maxwell, 1756, b
  • Feversham, W. Duncombe, 1826
  • Fife, James Duff, 1827 (Fife E., 1759,*)
  • Fingall, Arthur James Plunket, 1831 (Fingall, E., 1628, o)
  • Fisherwick, G.H. Chichester, 1790 (Donegal, M., 1791, o)
  • Fitzgibbon, R.H. Fitzgibbon, 1799 (Clare, E., 1795, o)
  • Foley, T.H. Foley, 1776
  • Forester, J.G. Weld Forester, 1821
  • Foxford, W.H.T. Pery, 1815, (Limerick, E., 1803, o)
  • Gage, H. Hall Gage, 1790 (Gage, V., 1720, o)
  • Gardner, Alan Legge Gardner, 1806
  • Gifford, R.F. Gifford, 1824
  • Glenelg, C. Grant, 1835
  • Godolphin, G. Osborne, 1832
  • Granard, Geo. Arthur Hastings Forbes, 1806 (Granard, E., 1684, o)
  • Grantley, Fletcher Norton, 1782
  • Gray, John Gray, 1445, a
  • Grinstead, W. Willoughby Cole, 1815, (Earl of Enniskillen, 1789, o)
  • Hamilton, R. Montgomery, 1831 (Belhaven and Stenton, L., 1647*)
  • Harris, G.F.R. Harris, 1815
  • Hastings, J. Astley, 1290
  • Hatherton, E.J. Littleton, 1835
  • Hawke, E.W. Harvey-Hawke, 1776
  • Hay, T.R. Drummond Hay, 1711 (Kinnoul, E., 1704,*)
  • Heytesbury, W. A’Court, 1828
  • Holland, H.E. Fox, 1762
  • Hopetoun, J. Alex. Hope, 1809 (Hopetoun, E., 1703,*)
  • Howard de Walden and Seaford, Chas. Aug. Ellis, 1597
  • Howden, J.H. Caradoc, 1831 o
  • Hunsdon, L.B. Cary, 1832 (Falkland, V., 1620,*)
  • Keane, Ed. Arthur Wellington Keane, 1839
  • Kenlis, T. Taylour, 1831 (Headfort, M., 1800, o)
  • Kenmare, T. Brown, 1841 (Kenmare, E., 1800 o)
  • Kenyon, G. Kenyon, 1788
  • Ker, W.S.R. Ker, 1821 (Lothian, M,*)
  • Kilmaine, J.C. Browne, 1789, b
  • Kilmarnock, Wm. Harry Hay, 1831 (Erroll, E., 1452,*)
  • - 14 - {f.14} Kingston, R. King, 1821 (Kingston, E., 1768, o)
  • Kintore, F.A. Keith-Falconer, 1838 (E. Kintore, 1677,*)
  • Lauderdale, J. Maitland, 1806 (Lauderdale, E., 1624,*)
  • Leigh, W.H. Leigh, 1839
  • Lilford, T. Atherton Powys, 1797
  • Lismore, C. O’Callaghan, 1838 (Lismore, V., 1806, o)
  • Loftus, J.H.L. Loftus, 1801 (Ely, M., o)
  • Londesborough, A.D. Denison, 1850
  • Lovat, T.A. Fraser, 1837
  • Lovel and Holland, G.J. Perceval, 1762 (Egmont, E., 1733, o)
  • Lurgan, C. Brownlow, 1839
  • Lyndhurst, J. Singleton Copley, 1827
  • Lyttelton, G.W. Lyttelton, 1794, o
  • Manners, J.M.T. Sutton, 1807
  • Maryborough, W. Wellesley Pole, 1821 (Mornington, E., 1760, o)
  • Meldrum, C. Gordon, 1815 (Huntly, M., 1599,*)
  • Melros, T. Hamilton, 1827 (Haddington, E., 1619,*)
  • Mendip and Dover, H. Agar Ellis, 1794 (Clifden, V., 1781, o)
  • Methuen, F.H. Paul Methuen, 1838
  • Middleton, D. Willoughby, 1711
  • Milford, R.B.P. Phillips, 1847
  • Minster, F. Nathaniel Conyngham, 1821 (Conyngham, M., 1816, o)
  • Monson, W.J. Monson, 1728
  • Monteagle, G.J. Browne, 1806 (Sligo, M., 1800, o)
  • Monteagle of Brandon, T. Spring Rice, 1839
  • Moore, H.F.S. Moore, 1801, (Drogheda, M., 1791, o)
  • Mostyn, E.M. Lloyd Mostyn, 1831
  • Northwick, J. Rushout, 1797
  • Oriel, J. Skeffington Foster, 1821, (Massarene, V., 1660)
  • Ormonde, J.E.W.T. Butler, 1821 (Ormonde, M., 1825, o)
  • Overstone, S.J. Lloyd, 1850
  • Oxenfoord, North Dalrymple, 1841 (Stair, E., 1703*)
  • Panmure, Fox Maule, 1831
  • Penshurst, Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 1824 (Strangford, V., 1628, o)
  • Petre, W. Barnard Petre, 1603
  • Plunket, Thos. Plunket, 1827 (Bishop of Tuam)
  • Poltimore, G.W. Bampfylde, 1831
  • Polwarth, H.F.H. Scott, 1690, a
  • Ponsonby, G.J.B., 1749 (Bessborough, E., 1730, o)
  • Portman, E. Berkeley Portman, 1837
  • Raglan, G.F. Somerset, 1852
  • Ranfurly, T. Knox, 1826 (Ranfurly, E., 1831, o)
  • Ravensworth, T.H. Liddell, 1821
  • Rayleigh, J.J. Strutt, 1821
  • Redesdale, J.T.F. Mitford, 1802
  • Ribblesdale, T. Lister, 1797
  • Rivers, G. Pitt Rivers, 1802
  • Rodney, Rt. Dennett Rodney, 1782
  • Rosebery, A.J. Primrose, 1828 (Rosebery, E., 1703,*)
  • Ross, J. Carr Boyle, 1815 (Glasgow, E., 1703,*)
  • Rossie, G.W. Fox Kinnaird, 1831 (Kinnaird, L., 1682,*)
  • Rossmore, H.R. Westenra, 1838, o
  • St. John of Bletso, St. Andrew Beauchamp St. John, 1558
  • St. Leonard’s, E.B. Sugden, 1852.
  • Saltersford, James Thomas Stopford, 1796 (Courtoun, E., 1762, o)
  • Sandys, A.M.W. Hill, 1802
  • Saye and Sele, Rev. F. Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes, 1603
  • Scarsdale, N. Curzon, 1761
  • Seaton, J. Colborne, 1839
  • Sefton, C.W. Molyneux, 1831 (Sefton, E., 1771, o)
  • Sheffield, G. Aug. Fred. C. Holroyd, 1802 (Sheffield, E., 1816, o)
  • Sherborne, J. Dutton, 1784
  • Silchester, E.M. Pakenham, 1821 (Longford, E., 1785, o)
  • Sinclair, C. St. Clair, 1489, a
  • Skelmersdale, E. Bootle Wilbraham, 1828
  • Somerhill, Ulick John de Burgh, 1826 (Clanricarde, M., 1825, o)
  • Sondes, G.J. Milles, 1760
  • Southampton, C. Fitzroy, 1780
  • Stafford, H. Valentine Stafford-Jerningham, 1640
  • Stanley of Alderley, Edw J. Stanley, 1839
  • Stewart, J.W.R. Stewart (Londonderry M. 1815, o)
  • Stewart of Garlies, Randolph Stewart, 1796 (Galloway, E., 1623,*)
  • Stourton, C. Stourton, 1448
  • Strafford, G.S. Byng, 1853
  • Stuart de Decies, H.V. Stuart, 1839
  • Stuart, of Castle Stuart, Francis, 1796 (Moray, E., 1562*)
  • Sudeley, C.H. Tracy, 1838
  • Suffield, Charles Harbord, 1786
  • Sundridge and Hamilton, G.D. Campbell, 1776 (Argyll, D., 1701,*)
  • Templemore, H. Spencer Chichester, 1831
  • Tenterden, J.H. Abbot, 1827
  • Teynham, G.H. Roper-Curzon, 1616
  • Thurlow, E.T.H. Thurlow, 1792
  • Truro, Thos. Wilde, 1850
  • Tyrone, H. de la Poer Beresford, 1786 (Waterford, M., 1789, o)
  • Vaux of Harrowden, G. Mostyn, 1523
  • Vernon, G.J. Warren, 1762
  • Vivian, C. Crespigny Vivian, 1841
  • Walsingham, T. De Grey, 1780
  • Ward, W. Ward, 1664
  • Wemyss, F. Wemyss-Chatteris-Douglas, 1821 (Wemyss and March, E. 1633,*)
  • Wenlock, Beilby Richard Lawley, 1839
  • Wharncliffe, J. Stuart-Wortley, 1826
  • Wigan, J. Lindsay, 1825 (Crawford and BalcarresBalcarras E., 1650,*)
  • Willoughby de Broke, Robt. John Barnard, 1492
  • Willoughby D’Eresby, P.R. Drummond Willoughby, 1313
  • Wodehouse, J. Wodehouse, 1797
  • Worlingham, Arch. Acheson, 1835 (Gosford, E., 1806, o)
  • Wrottesley, J. Wrottesley 1838
  • Wynford, W.S. Best., 1829
  • ↑ - 15 - {f.15} PEERESSES.

  • De la ZouchZouche, Baroness, 1308, Curzon
  • Le Despencer, Baroness, 1269, Boscawen
  • De Clifford, Baroness, 1269, Russell
  • North, Baroness, 1554, North
  • Grey de Ruthyn, Baroness, 1322, Hastings-Yelverton
  • Braye, Baroness, 1529-47, Cave-Otway
  • Bassett, Baroness, 1797, Bassett
  • Keith, BaronessBrness. , 1803, Elphinstone-Flahault
  • Wenman, Baroness, 1834, Wykham
  • Stratheden, Baroness, 1836, Campbell
  • Inverness, Duchess, 1840, Underwood
  • PEERS WHO ARE MINORS, AND THE YEARS THEY ATTAIN THEIR MAJORITY.

  • Prince of Wales, 1859
  • Abercrombie, Lord, 1859
  • Brownlow, Earl, 1863
  • Bute, Marquis, 1868
  • Coventry, Earl, 1859
  • Dunmore, Earl, 1862
  • Granard, Earl, 1854
  • Hastings, Marquis, 1863
  • Hood, Viscount, 1859
  • Skelmersdale, Baron, 1858
  • St. Albans, Duke, 1861
  • Ormonde, Marquis, 1865.
  • ⁂ To obviate the difficulty of finding the names of those Scotch and Irish Peers who sit in Parliament under English Titles, but who are not commonly addressed by them, we subjoin the following List of them ; as also of English Peers who have a higher title by courtesy.
  • Aberdeen, E. (see Gordon, V.)
  • Argyll, D. (see Sundridge and Hamilton, B.)
  • Atholl, D. (see Strange, E.)
  • Balcarres, E. (see Wigan, B.)
  • Belhaven, B. (see Hamilton, B.)
  • Bessborough, E. (see Ponsonby, B.)
  • Buccleuch, D. (see Doncaster, E.)
  • Clanricarde, M. (see Somerhill, B.)
  • Clare, E. (see Fitzgibbon, B.)
  • Clifden, V. (see Mendip, B.)
  • Conyngham, M. (see Minster, B.)
  • Cork, E. (see Boyle, B.)
  • Courtoun, E. (see Saltersford, B.)
  • Darnley, E. (see Clifton, B.)
  • Donegal, M., (see Fisherwick, B.)
  • Donoughmore, E. (see Hutchinson, V.)
  • Downshire, M. (see Hillsborough, E.)
  • Drogheda, M. (see Moore, B.)
  • Dufferin, B. (see Claneboye, B.)
  • Eglinton, E. (see Ardrossan, B.)
  • Egmont, E. (see Lovel, B.)
  • Ely, M. (see Loftus, B.)
  • Enniskillen, E. (see Grinstead, B.)
  • Erroll, E. (see Kilmarnock, B.)
  • Falkland, V (see Hunsdon, B.)
  • Galloway, E. (see Stewart of Garlies, B.)
  • Glasgow, E. (see Ross, B.)
  • Gosford, E. (see Worlingham, B.)
  • Haddington, E. (see Melrose, B.)
  • Hamilton, D. (see Brandon, D.)
  • Headfort, M. (see Kenlis, B.)
  • Huntly, M. (see Meldrum, B.)
  • Kingston, E. (see Kingston, B.)
  • Kinnaird, B. (see Rossie, B.)
  • Kinnoul, E. (see Hay, B.)
  • Leitrim, E. (see Clements, B.)
  • Limerick, E. (see Foxford, B.)
  • Londonderry, M. (see Stewart, B.)
  • Longford, E. (see Silchester, B.)
  • Lothian, M. (see Ker, B.)
  • Massarene, V. (see Oriel, B.)
  • Meath, E. (see Chaworth, B.)
  • Middleton, V. (see Brodrick, B.)
  • Montrose, D. (see Graham, E.)
  • Moray, E., (see Stuart of Castle Stuart, B.)
  • Mornington, E. (see Maryborough, B.)
  • Ormonde, M. (see Ormonde, B.)
  • Roxburgh, D. (see Innes, E.)
  • Roden, E. (see Clanbrassil, B.)
  • Shannon, E. (see Carleton, B)
  • Sheffield, E. (see Sheffield, B)
  • Sligo, M. (see Monteagle, B.)
  • Stair, E. (see Oxenfoord, B.)
  • Strangford, V. (see Penshurst, B.)
  • Talbot de Malahide, B. (see Furnival, B.)
  • Waterford, M. (see Tyrone, B.)
  • OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF PEERS.

  • Chairman of Committees, Lord Redesdale
  • Clerk of the Parliaments, Rt. Hon. Sir G.H. Rose, Bart.
  • Clerk Assistant, J.G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq.
  • Additional Clerk Assistant, W. Rose, Esq.
  • Counsel to the Chairman of Committees, R. Palk, Esq.
  • Reading Clerk, and Clerk of Private Committees, L. Edmunds, Esq.
  • Clerk of the Journals, Edw. Parratt, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, H.S. Smith, Esq.
  • Principal Clerk for Bills, W.E. Walmisley, Esq.
  • Short-hand Writer, W.B. Gurney, Esq.
  • Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Rear Adm. Sir A.W. Clifford, Bart.
  • Yeoman Usher, J. Pulman, Esq.
  • Sergeant-at-Arms, Lt.-Col. A. Perceval
  • Deputy, G. Goodbody, Esq.
  • Receiver of Fees, Mr. J. Oldrini
  • Librarian, J.F. Leary, Esq.
  • Assistant-Lib., J.H. Pulman
  • ↑ - 16 - {f.16} THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
    Speaker, Hon. C.S. Lefevre.

    ENGLAND AND WALES.

    EnglishCounty Members144467
    Universities  4
    Cities and Boroughs319
    WelshCounty Members 15 29
    Cities and Boroughs 14
    ScotchCounty Members 30 53
    Cities and Boroughs 23
    IrishCounty Members 64105
    University  2
    Cities and Boroughs 39
    Total Number of Members654

    Sudbury and St. Alban’s disfranchised.

  • 1 Abingdon, (vacant)
  • 2 Andover, W. Cubitt, H.B. Coles
  • 3 Anglesey, Sir R.B.W. Bulkeley, Bart.
  • 4 Arundel, Ld. E. Howard
  • 5 Ashburton, G. Moffatt
  • 6 Ashton-under-Lyne, Chs. Hindley
  • 7 Aylesbury, Sir Rich. Bethell, Dr. A. Layard
  • 8 Banbury, H.W. Tancred
  • 9 Barnstaple, J. Laurie, R.S. Guinness
  • 10 Bassetlaw, now East Retford, Lord Galway, W.G. Duncombe
  • 11 Bath, Capt. G. Treweeke Scobell, T. Phinn
  • 12 Beaumaris, Lord G.A.F. Paget
  • 13 Bedfordshire, F.C.H. Russell, Col. R.T. Gilpin
  • 14 Bedford, H. Stuart, S. Whitbread
  • 15 Berkshire, R. Palmer, Visct. Barrington, H.G. Vansittart
  • 16 Berwick-upon-Tweed, Jn. Forster, Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks
  • 17 Beverley, W. Wells, Hon. A. Gordon
  • 18 Bewdley, Sir T. Winnington, Bt.
  • 19 Birmingham, G.F. Muntz, W. Scholefield
  • 20 Blackburn, J. Pilkington, M.J. Feilden
  • 21 Bodmin, C. Sawle, Dr. Michell
  • 22 Bolton, T. Barnes, J. Crook
  • 23 Boston, B.B. Cabbell, G.H. Heathcote
  • 24 Bradford, R. Milligan, H.W. Wickham
  • 25 Breconshire, Sir Josh. Bailey, Bt.
  • 26 Brecon, Col. J.L.V. Watkin
  • 27 Bridgewater, Col. C.J.K. Tynte, B.S. Follett
  • 28 Bridgnorth, H. Whitmore, John Pritchard
  • 29 Bridport, T.A. Mitchell, J.P. Murrough
  • 30 Brighton, Capt. Sir G.R.B. Pechell, Bart., Lord A. Hervey
  • 31 Bristol, Hon. Adm. F.H.F. Berkeley, W.H.G. Langton
  • 32 Buckinghamshire, Hon. C.C. Cavendish, C.G. Dupré, Right Hon. B. Disraeli
  • 33 Buckingham, Col. John Hall, Marq. Chandos
  • 34 Bury, Lancashire, F. Peel
  • 35 Bury St. Edmunds, Rt. Hon. Earl Jermyn, J.H.P. Oakes
  • 36 Caermarthenshire, D.A.S. Davies, D. Jones
  • 37 Caermarthen, D. Morris
  • 38 Caernarvonshire, Col. Hn. E.G.D. Pennant
  • 39 Caernarvon, &c., W.B. Hughes
  • 40 Calne, Earl of Shelburne
  • 41 Cambridgeshire, Hon. E.T. Yorke, Lord G.J. Manners, E. Ball
  • 42 Cambridge University, Rt. Hon. H. Goulburn, L.T. Wigram
  • 43 Cambridge, R.A.S. Adair, F. Mowatt
  • 44 Canterbury, C.M. Lushington, Sir Wm. Somerville, Bart.
  • 45 Cardiff, &c., W. Coffin
  • 46 Cardiganshire, Lord Lisburne
  • 47 Cardigan, &c., Pryse Loveden
  • 48 Carlisle, Rt. Hon. Sir Jas. Graham, Bt., J. Ferguson
  • 49 Chatham, Capt. L. Vernon
  • 50 Cheltenham, Hon. C.F. Berkeley
  • 51 Cheshire (North), W.T. Egerton, G.C. Legh
  • 52 Cheshire (South), Sir P.D.M.G. Egerton, Bt., J. Tollemache
  • 53 Chester, Earl Grosvenor, Hon. W.O. Stanley
  • 54 Chichester, Lord H.G. Lennox, J.A. Smith
  • 55 Chippenham, J. Neeld, Capt. H.G. Boldero
  • 56 Christchurch, Capt. J.E. Walcott
  • 57 Cirencester, J.R. Mullings, Hon. A.J.G. Ponsonby
  • 58 Clitheroe, Legendre N. Starkie
  • 59 Cockermouth, Lt.-Gen. H. Wyndham, John Steel
  • 60 Colchester, Ld. J.J. Manners, W.W. Hawkins
  • 61 Cornwall (West), Sir C. Lemon, Bart., Mich. Williams
  • 62 Cornwall (East), T.J.A. Robartes, N. Kendall
  • 63 Coventry, Rt. Hon. E. Ellice, Chas. Geach
  • 64 Cricklade, &c., J. Neeld, A.L. Goddard
  • 65 Cumberland (East), Hon. C.W.G. Howard, W. Marshall
  • 66 Cumberland (West), H. Lowther, S. Irton
  • 67 Dartmouth, &c., Sir T. Herbert, Bt.
  • 68 Denbighshire, Sir W.W. Wynn, Bart., Col. M. Biddulph
  • 69 Denbigh, &c., F.R. West
  • 70 Derbyshire (North), Hon. G.H. Cavendish, Wm. Pole Thornhill
  • 71 Derbyshire (South), W. Mundy, C.R. Colvile
  • 72 Derby, M.T. Bass, Lawrence Heyworth
  • - 17 - {f.17} 73 Devizes, G.H.W. Heneage, Capt. J.N. Gladstone
  • 74 Devonport, Lt.-Gen.Lt.-Gn. Sir G. Berkeley, Sir T. Erskine Perry
  • 75 Devonshire (North), Sir T.D. Acland, Bart., L.W. Buck
  • 76 Devonshire (South), Sir J.B.Y. Buller, Bart., Laurence Palk
  • 77 Dorchester, R.B. Sheridan, H.G. Sturt
  • 78 Dorsetshire, H.K. Seymer, J. Floyer, Rt. Hon. G. Bankes
  • 79 Dover, Visct. Chelsea, E.R. Rice
  • 80 Droitwich, Rt. Hon. Sir J.S. Pakington, Bt.
  • 81 Dudley, John Benbow
  • 82 Durham County (North), R.D. Shafto, Lord A. Vane Tempest
  • 83 Durham Co. (South), Ld. H.G. Vane, J. Farrer
  • 84 Durham City, W. Atherton, Jas. R. Mowbray
  • 85 Essex (North), Sir J.T. Tyrell, Bart., Right Hon. Major Beresford
  • 86 Essex (South), Sir W.B. Smijth, Bart., T.W. Bramston
  • 87 Evesham, Sir H.P. Willoughby, C.L.G. Berkeley
  • 88 Exeter, E. Divett, Sir J.T.B. Duckworth, Bt.
  • 89 Eye, Sir E.C. Kerrison, Bart.
  • 90 Finsbury, T.S. Duncombe, Ald. T. Challis
  • 91 Flintshire, Hon. T.E.M.L. Mostyn
  • 92 Flint, &c., Sir J. Hanmer, Bart.
  • 93 Frome, (vacant.)
  • 94 Gateshead, W. Hutt
  • 95 Glamorgansh., C.R.M. Talbot, Sir G. Tyler, Bt.
  • 96 Gloucestershire (East), Sir C.W. Codrington, Bt., Sir M.H. Hicks Beach
  • 97 Gloucestershire (West), R.N. Kingscote, R.B. Hale
  • 98 Gloucester, Adm. Hon. Maurice F.F. Berkeley, W.P. Price
  • 99 Grantham, G.E. Welby, Lord M.W. Graham
  • 100 Gt. Grimsby, Earl of Annesley
  • 101 Greenwich, &c., P. Rolt, M. Chambers
  • 102 Guildford, Capt. R.D. Mangles, Jas. Bell
  • 103 Halifax, Rt. Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bt., F. Crossley
  • 104 Hampshire (North), Rt. Hon. C.S. Lefevre, Melville Portal
  • 105 Hampshire (South), H.C. Compton, Lord W.H.H. CholmondeleyCholmondely
  • 106 Harwich, D. Waddington, J. Bagshaw
  • 107 Hastings, P.F. Robertson, Fred. North.
  • 108 Haverfordwest, &c., J.H. Philips
  • 109 Helston, Sir R.R. Vyvyan, Bart.
  • 110 Herefordshire, T.W. Booker, J.K. King, Hon. C.S.B. Hanbury
  • 111 Hereford, Sir R. Price, Bart., Col. H.M. Clifford
  • 112 Hertfordshire, Sir H. Meux, Bart., Sir E.B. Lytton, Bt., A. Smith
  • 113 Hertford, Hon. W.F. Cowper, T. Chambers
  • 114 Honiton, Josh. Locke, Sir J.W. Hogg, Bart.
  • 115 Horsham, W.R.S. Fitzgerald
  • 116 Huddersfield, Vis. Goderich
  • 117 Huntingdonshire, E. Fellowes, Visct. Mandeville
  • 118 Huntingdon, T. Baring, Col. J. Peel
  • 119 Hythe, E.D. Brockman,
  • 120 Ipswich, J.C. Cobbold, H.E. Adair
  • 121 Ives, St., Capt. R.M. Laffan
  • 122 Kendal, G.C. Glyn
  • 123 Kent (East), Wm. Deeds, Sir E.C. Dering, Bart.
  • 124 Kent (West), Sir Edm. Filmer, Bt., M. Smith
  • 125 Kidderminster, R. Lowe
  • 126 King’s Lynn, Ld. Stanley (one vacant)
  • 127 Kingston-upon-Hull, W.D. Seymour, W.H. Watson
  • 128 Knaresborough, J.D. Dent, B.T. Woodd
  • 129 Lambeth, William Williams, W.A. Wilkinson
  • 130 Lancashire (North), J.W. Patten, J. Heywood
  • 131 Lancashire (South), W. Brown, J. Cheetham
  • 132 Lancaster, S. Gregson, Thos. Greene
  • 133 Launceston, Hon. J. Percy
  • 134 Leeds, Rt. Hon. M.T. Baines, Sir G. Goodman
  • 135 Leicestershire (North) Marquis of Granby E.B. Farnham
  • 136 Leicestershire (South), Sir H. Halford, Bart., C.W. Packe
  • 137 Leicester, Sir J. Walmsley, R. Gardner
  • 138 Leominster, Geo. Arkwright, J.G. Phillimore
  • 139 Lewes, Hon. H. Fitzroy, Hon. H.B.W. Brand
  • 140 Lichfield, Lord A.H. Paget, Ld. Waterpark
  • 141 Lincolnshire (Pts. of Kesteven & Holland), Rt. Hon. Sir J. Trollope, Bart., Lord Burghley
  • 142 Lincolnshire (Pts. of Lindsey), Rt. Hon. R.A. Christopher, J. Banks Stanhope
  • 143 Lincoln, Col. C.D.W. Sibthorp, G.F. Heneage
  • 144 Liskeard, R.W. Grey
  • 145 Liverpool, Hon. H.T. Liddell, T.B. Horsfall
  • 146 London, Ld. John Russell, Baron L.N. de Rothschild, J. Masterman, Sir J. Duke
  • 147 Ludlow, Ld. W.F. Powlett, Hon. P.E. Herbert
  • 148 Lyme Regis, W. Pinney
  • 149 Lymington, E.J. Hutchins, Sir J.R. Carnac, Bart.
  • 150 Macclesfield, J. Brocklehurst, E.C. Egerton
  • 151 Maidstone, J. Whatman, Wm. Lee
  • 152 Maldon, G.M.W. Peacocke, J. Bramley Moore
  • 153 Malmesbury, T. Luce
  • 154 Malton, J.E. Denison, Hon. W. Fitzwilliam
  • 155 Manchester, Rt. Hon. T.M. Gibson, J. Bright
  • 156 Marlborough, Ld. Ernest A.C.B. Bruce, Major H.B. Baring
  • - 18 - {f.18} 157 Marlow (Great), T.P. Williams, Lt.-Col. B.W. Knox
  • 158 Marylebone, Sir B. Hall, Bart., Lord Dudley C. Stuart
  • 159 Merionethshire, W.W.E. Wynne
  • 160 Merthyr Tydvil, H.A. Bruce
  • 161 Middlesex, Rt. Hon. Ld. R. Grosvenor, Ralph B. Osborne
  • 162 Midhurst, Rt. Hon. S.H. Walpole
  • 163 Monmouthshire, Capt. E.A. Somerset, C.O.S. Morgan
  • 164 Monmouth, &c., Crawshay Bailey
  • 165 Montgomeryshire, Capt. Herbert W.W. Wynn
  • 166 Montgomery, &c., D. Pugh
  • 167 Morpeth, Sir Geo. Grey, Bart.
  • 168 Newark-upon-Trent, Hon. J.M.H.M. Sutton, G.E.H. Vernon
  • 169 Newcastle, S. Christy, W. Jackson
  • 170 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, J.F.B. Blackett, T.E. Headlam
  • 171 Newport, W. Biggs, W.N. Massey
  • 172 Norfolk (East), H.N. Burroughes, E. Wodehouse
  • 173 Norfolk (West) W. Bagge, G.P. Bentinck
  • 174 Northallerton, W.B. Wrightson
  • 175 Northamptonshire (N.), Col. T.P. Maunsell, A.S. O’Brien Stafford
  • 176 Northamptonshire (S.), Capt. R.H. Vyse, R. Knightley
  • 177 Northampton, Rt. Hon. R.V. Smith, R. Currie
  • 178 Northumberland (N.), Lord Lovaine, Lord Ossulston
  • 179 Northumberland (S.), W.B. Beaumont, G.T. Liddell
  • 180 Norwich, S.M. Peto, E. Warner
  • 181 Nottinghamshire (N.), Lord H. Bentinck, Lord R. Clinton
  • 182 Nottinghamshire (S.), Visct. Newark, Wm. H. Barrow
  • 183 Nottingham, J. Walter, Rt. Hon. E. Strutt
  • 184 Oldham, J.M. Cobbett, W.J. Fox
  • 185 Oxfordshire, G.G.V. Harcourt, Rt. Hon, J.W. Henley, Lt.-Col. J.S. North
  • 186 Oxford City, J.H. Langston, Right Hon. E. Cardwell
  • 187 Oxford University, Sir Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone, Wm. Heathcote, Bt.
  • 188 Pembrokeshire, Viscount Emlyn
  • 189 Pembroke, &c., Sir John Owen, Bart.
  • 190 Penryn and Falmouth, H. Gwyn, J.W. Freshfield
  • 191 Peterborough, Hon. G.W. Fitzwilliam, Thomson Hankey
  • 192 Petersfield, Sir W.G.H. JolliffeJoliffe, Bart.
  • 193 Plymouth, R.P. Collier, Roundell Palmer
  • 194 Pontefract, R.M. Milnes, B. Oliveira
  • 195 Poole, H. Danby Seymour, G.W. Franklyn
  • 196 Portsmouth, Rt. Hon. Sir F.T. Baring, Bart., Visct. Monck
  • 197 Preston, Sir Geo. Strickland, Bart., R.T. Parker
  • 198 Radnorshire, Sir J.B. Walsh, Bart.
  • 199 Radnor, &c., Rt. Hon. Sir T.F. Lewis, Bart.
  • 200 Reading, F. Pigott, H.S. Keating
  • 201 Reigate, T.S. Cocks
  • 202 Richmond, Henry Rich, M. WyvillWyvil
  • 203 Ripon, Hon. Edward Lascelles, W. Beckett
  • 204 Rochdale, Edwd. Miall
  • 205 Rochester, Hon. F. Villiers, Sir T.H. Maddock
  • 206 Rutlandshire, Sir G.J. Heathcote, Bt., Hon. G.J. Noel
  • 207 Rye, W.A. Mackinnon
  • 208 Salford, J. Brotherton
  • 209 Salisbury, W.J. Chaplin, Maj.-Gen. E.P. Buckley
  • 210 Sandwich, Lord C.P.P. Clinton, J. McGregorM‘Gregor
  • 211 Scarborough, Sir J.V.B. Johnstone, Bt., Earl of Mulgrave
  • 212 Shaftesbury, Hon. W.H.B. Portman
  • 213 Sheffield, J.A. Roebuck, G. Hadfield
  • 214 Shoreham, Sir C.M. Burrell, Bt., Lord A.F.C.G. Lennox
  • 215 Shrewsbury, E.H. Baldock, G. Tomline
  • 216 Shropshire (North), W.O. Gore, J.W. Dod
  • 217 Shropshire (South), Vis. Newport, Robt. Clive
  • 218 Somersetshire (East), W. Miles, W.E. Knatchbull
  • 219 Somersetshire (West), C.A. Moody, W.H.P.G. Langton
  • 220 Southampton, Sir A.J.E. Cockburn, B.M. Wilcox
  • 221 South Shields, R. Ingham
  • 222 Southwark, Sir W. Molesworth, Bart., A. Pellatt
  • 223 Staffordshire (North), C.B. Adderley, Smith Child
  • 224 Staffordshire (South), Hon. Edw. R. Littleton, Earl of Uxbridge
  • 225 Stafford, J.A. Wise, A.J. Otway
  • 226 Stamford, Sir F. Thesiger, Lord R.G. Cecil
  • 227 Stockport, J. Kershaw J.B. Smith
  • 228 Stoke-upon-Trent, J.L. Ricardo, Hon. F.L. Gower
  • 229 Stroud, G.P. Scrope, Edw. Horsman
  • 230 Suffolk (East), Sir E.S. Gooch, Bt., Sir Fitzroy Kelly
  • 231 Suffolk (West), Capt. T. Bennett, H. Spencer Waddington
  • 232 Sunderland, G. Hudson, W.D. Seymour
  • 233 Surrey (East), Hon. P.L. King, T. Alcock
  • 234 Surrey (West), W.J. Evelyn, H. Drummond
  • 235 Sussex (East), A.E. Fuller, C.H. Frewen
  • 236 Sussex (West), Earl of March, H. Wyndham
  • 237 Swansea, &c., J.H. Vivian
  • 238 Tamworth, Sir R. Peel, Bart., Capt. J. Townshend
  • 239 Taunton, Rt. Hon. H. Labouchere, Sir J.W. Ramsden, Bart.
  • - 19 - {f.19} 240 Tavistock, Hon. G. Byng, J.R. Phillimore
  • 241 Tewkesbury, J. Martin, H. Brown
  • 242 Thetford, Earl of Euston, Hon. Francis Baring
  • 243 Thirsk, Sir W. Payne Gallwey, Bart.
  • 244 Tiverton, J. Heathcoat, Visct. Palmerston
  • 245 Totness, Lord Seymour, T. Mills
  • 246 Tower Hamlets, Sir W. Clay, Bart., C.S. Butler
  • 247 Truro, J.E. Vivian, H. Vivian
  • 248 Tynemouth, W.S. Lindsay
  • 249 Wakefield, G. Sandars
  • 250 Wallingford, R. Malins
  • 251 Walsall, C. Forster
  • 252 Wareham, J.S.W.S.E. Drax
  • 253 Warrington, G. Greenall
  • 254 Warwickshire (North), R. Spooner, C.N. Newdegate
  • 255 Warwickshire (South), Lord Guernsey, E.P. Shirley
  • 256 Warwick, G.W.J. Repton, E. Greaves
  • 257 Wells, Right Hon. W.G. Hayter, R.C. Tudway
  • 258 Wenlock, Col. Hon. G.C.W. Forester, J.M. Gaskell
  • 259 Westbury, J. Wilson
  • 260 Westminster, Sir G. De Lacy Evans, Sir J.V. Shelley, Bart.
  • 261 Westmorland, Lt.-Col. Hon. H.C. Lowther, Earl of Bective
  • 262 Weymouth, &c., Col. Freestun, G.M. Butt
  • 263 Whitby, R. Stephenson
  • 264 Whitehaven, R.C. Hildyard
  • 265 Wigan, Hon. Col. J. Lindsay, Jsph. Acton
  • 266 Wight, Isle of, Col. F.V. Harcourt
  • 267 Wilton, Major C.H.W. A’Court
  • 268 Wiltshire (North), W. Long, T.H.S.B. Sotheron
  • 269 Wiltshire (South), Hn. S. Herbert, W. Wyndham
  • 270 Winchester, Sir J.B. East, Bart., J.B. Carter
  • 271 Windsor, Lord C. Wellesley, C.W. Grenfell
  • 272 Wolverhampton, Hon. C.P. Villiers, T. Thornely
  • 273 Woodstock, Marquis of Blandford
  • 274 Worcestershire (East), Capt. Hon. G. Rushout, J.H.H. Foley
  • 275 Worcestershire (West), Visc. Elmley, F.W. Knight
  • 276 Worcester, O. Ricardo, W. Laslett
  • 277 Wycombe, Sir G.H. Dashwood, Bart., M.T. Smith
  • 278 Yarmouth, C.E. Rumbold, Sir E. Lacon, Bt.
  • 279 Yorkshire (East Rid.), Ld. Hotham, Hon. Capt. A. Duncombe
  • 280 Yorkshire (W. Rid.), R. Cobden, E.B. Denison
  • 281 Yorkshire (North Rid.), E.S. Cayley, Hon. O. Duncombe
  • 282 York, J.G. Smyth, W.M.E. Milner
  • IRELAND.

  • 283 Antrim Co., G. Macartney, Capt. G. Pakenham
  • 284 Armagh, R.S. Moore
  • 285 Armagh County, Hon. Col. J.M. Caulfield, Sir W. Verner, Bart.
  • 286 Athlone, W. Keogh
  • 287 Bandon-bridge, Viscount Bernard
  • 288 Belfast, R. Davison, H. Mc C.M‘C. Cairns
  • 289 Carlow County, J. Ball, Capt. N. McClintockM‘Clintock Bunbury
  • 290 Carlow, John Alexander
  • 291 Carrickfergus, Hon. W.H.S. Cotton
  • 292 Cashel, Sir Timothy O’Brien, Bart.
  • 293 Cavan County, Sir J. Young, Bart., Hon. J.P. Maxwell
  • 294 Clare County, Sir J. Fitzgerald, Bart., C. O’Brien
  • 295 Clonmel, John O’Connell
  • 296 Coleraine, Rt. Hon. Lord Naas
  • 297 Cork, W. Fagan, Fras. B. Beamish
  • 298 Cork County, E.B. Roche, V. Scully
  • 299 Donegal County, Sir E.S. Hayes, Bart., Thos. Conolly
  • 300 Down Co., Ld. A. Edwin Hill, D.S. Ker
  • 301 Downpatrick, Hon. C. Stewart Hardinge
  • 302 Drogheda, J. McCannM‘Cann
  • 303 Dublin, E. Grogan, J. Vance
  • 304 Dublin University, G.A. Hamilton, Rt. Hon. J. Napier
  • 305 Dublin Co. J.H. Hamilton, Col. T.E. Taylor
  • 306 Dundalk, Geo. Bowyer
  • 307 Dungannon, Hon. W. Stuart Knox
  • 308 Dungarvan, J.F. Maguire
  • 309 Ennis, Clare, J.M. Fitzgerald
  • 310 Enniskillen, Jas. Whiteside
  • 311 Fermanagh County, Sir A.B. Brooke, Bart., Capt. M. Archdall
  • 312 Galway, A. O’Flaherty, M.J. Blake
  • 313 Galway Co., Sir T.J. Burke, Bt., Capt. J.A. Bellew
  • 314 Kerry County, H.A. Herbert, Visc. Castlerosse
  • 315 Kildare Co., W.H.F. Cogan, D. O’C. Henchy
  • 316 Kilkenny, M. Sullivan
  • 317 Kilkenny County, Capt. John Greene, Serj. Wm. Shee
  • 318 King’s County, P. O’Brien, L.H. Bland
  • 319 Kinsale, J.I. Heard
  • 320 Leitrim County, H.L. Montgomery, J. Brady
  • 321 Limerick, W.F. Russell, (vacant)
  • 322 Limerick Co., W. Monsell, Wyndham Goold
  • 323 Lisburn, J.J. Richardson
  • 324 Londonderry, Sir R.A. Ferguson, Bt.
  • 325 Londonderry Co., Capt. T. Jones, Capt. T. Bateson
  • 326 Longford Co., R.M. Fox, Col. F. Greville
  • 327 Louth County, C.S. Fortescue, T. Kennedy
  • - 20 - ↑ {f.20} 328 Mallow, Sir C.D.O.J. Norreys, Bart.
  • 329 Mayo Co., G.G.O. Higgins, G.H. Moore
  • 330 Meath Co., E.M. Corbally, F. Lucas
  • 331 Monaghan County, C.P. Leslie, Sir G.M. Forster, Bart.
  • 332 New Ross, C.G. Duffy
  • 333 Newry, W. Kirk
  • 334 Portarlington, Colonel Dunne
  • 335 Queen’s Co., M. Dunne, Sir C.H. Coote, Bart.
  • 336 Roscommon Co., F. French, O.D.J. Grace
  • 337 Sligo, John Sadleir
  • 338 Sligo Co., Sir R.G. Booth, Bart., Richard Swift
  • 339 Tipperary Co., F. Scully James Sadleir
  • 340 Tralee, Dan. O’Connell
  • 341 Tyrone Co., Rt. Hon. H.T.L. Corry, Ld. Claude Hamilton
  • 342 Waterford, T. Meagher, R. Keating
  • 343 Waterford Co., N.M. Power, Sir T. Esmonde, Bart.
  • 344 Westmeath W.H. Magan, W. Pollard Urquhart
  • 345 Wexford, J.T. Devereux
  • 346 Wexford Co., P. McMahonM‘Mahon, J. George
  • 347 Wicklow Co., Vis. Milton, W.F.W. Hume
  • 348 Youghal, I. Butt
  • SCOTLAND.

  • 349 Aberdeen Co., Lord Haddo
  • 350 Aberdeen, G. Thompson
  • 351 Andrew’s, St., &c., E. Ellice, jun.
  • 352 Argyle Co., Sir A.I. Campbell, Bt.
  • 353 Ayr Co., Lt.-Col. J.H. Blair
  • 354 Ayr, Irvine, &c., E.H.J. Craufurd
  • 355 Banff Co., J. Duff
  • 356 Berwick Co., Hon. Fras. Scott
  • 357 Bute Co., Rt. Hon. J.A.S. Wortley
  • 358 Caithness Co., G. Traill
  • 359 Clackmannan & Kinross, Jas. Johnstone
  • 360 Dumbarton Co., A. Smollett
  • 361 Dumfries Co., Viscount Drumlanrig
  • 362 Dumfries, &c., W. Ewart
  • 363 Dundee, G. Duncan
  • 364 Edinburgh Co., Earl of Dalkeith
  • 365 Edinburgh, Right Hon. T.B. Macaulay, C. Cowan
  • 366 Elgin and Nairn, C.L.C. Bruce
  • 367 Elgin, Banff, &c., G.S. Duff
  • 368 Falkirk Dist., J. Baird
  • 369 Fife Co., J. Fergus
  • 370 Forfar Co., Viscount Duncan
  • 371 Glasgow, J. McGregorM‘Gregor, Alex. Hastie
  • 372 Greenock, A.M. Dunlop
  • 373 Haddington Co., Lord Elcho
  • 374 Haddington, &c., Sir H.R.F. Davie, Bart.
  • 375 Inverness Co., H.J. Baillie
  • 376 Inverness, &c., A. Matheson
  • 377 Kilmarnock, &c., Hon. E.P. Bouverie
  • 378 Kincardine Co., Mj.-Gen. Hon. H. Arbuthnot
  • 379 Kirkaldy, &c., Lt.-Col. R. Ferguson
  • 380 Kirkcudbright Stewartry, John Mackie
  • 381 Lanark Co., W. Lockhart
  • 382 Leith, &c., Rt. Hon. Js. Moncrieff
  • 383 Linlithgow Co., George Dundas
  • 384 Montrose, Forfar, &c., Jos. Hume
  • 385 Orkney and Shetland, Hon. F. Dundas
  • 386 Paisley, Arch. Hastie
  • 387 Peebles Co., Sir J.G. Montgomery, Bart.
  • 388 Perth Co., W. Stirling
  • 389 Perth, Hon. A.F. Kinnaird
  • 390 Renfrew Co., Col. W. Mure
  • 391 Ross and Cromarty, Sir J. Matheson, Bart.
  • 392 Roxburgh Co., Hon. J.E. Elliott
  • 393 Selkirk Co., A.E. Lockhart
  • 394 Stirling Co., W. Forbes
  • 395 Stirling, Culross, &c., Sir Jas. Anderson, Bt.
  • 396 Sutherland Co., Marquis of Stafford
  • 397 Wick, Kirkwall, &c., S. Laing
  • 398 Wigton Co., Visc. Dalrymple
  • 399 Wigton, &c., Sir J. McTaggartM‘Taggart, Bart.
  • ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
    (The figures refer to the previous list.)

    Acland, Sir T.D., Bart. 75
    A’Court, Major C.H.W.267
    Acton, Joseph265
    Adair, H.E.120
    Adair, R.A.S. 43
    Adderley, C.B.223
    Alcock, T.233
    Alexander, John290
    Anderson, Sir Jas. C., Bt.395
    Annesley, Earl of100
    Arbuthnot, Gen. Hon. H.378
    Archdall, Capt. Mervyn311
    Arkwright, Geo.138
    Atherton, W. 84
    Bagge, W.173
    Bagshaw, J.106
    Bailey, Crawshay,164
    Bailey, Sir J., Bart. 25
    Baillie, H.J.375
    Baines, Rt. Hon. M.T.134
    Baird, Jas.,368
    Baldock, E.H.215
    Ball, Edw. 41
    Ball, J.289
    Bankes, Rt. Hon. G. 78
    Baring, Rt. Hon. Sir F.T., Bart.196
    Baring, Maj. H.B.156
    Baring, T.118
    Baring, Hon. F.242
    Barnes, T. 22
    Barrington, Visc. 15
    Barrow, W.H.182
    - 21 - {f.21} Bass, M.T. 72
    Bateson, Capt. T.325
    Beach, Sir M.H.H. 96
    Beamish, F.B.297
    Beaumont, W.B.179
    Beckett, W.203
    Bective, Earl of261
    Bell, James102
    Bellew, Capt. J.A.313
    Benbow, John 81
    Bennett, Capt. Philip231
    Bentinck, Lord H.181
    Bentinck, G.P.173
    Beresford, Rt. Hn. Mj. W. 85
    Berkeley, Lt.-Gen. Sir G., Bt. 74
    Berkeley, Hon. Adm. F.H.F. 31
    Berkeley, C.L. Grenville 87
    Berkeley, Adm. M.F.F. 98
    Berkeley, Hon. C.F. 50
    Bernard, Viscount287
    Bethell, Sir Rich.  7
    Biddulph, Col. M. 68
    Biggs, W.171
    Blackett, J.F.B.170
    Blair, Lt.-Col. J.H.353
    Blake, M.J.312
    Bland, L.H.318
    Blandford, Mq. of273
    Boldero, Capt. H.G. 55
    Booker, T.W.110
    Booth, Sir Rt. Gore, Bt.338
    Bouverie, Hon. E.P.377
    Bowyer, Geo.306
    Brady, John320
    Bramston, T.W. 86
    Brand, Hon. H.B.W.139
    Bright, John155
    Brocklehurst, J.150
    Brockman, E.D.119
    Brooke, Sir A.B., Bart.311
    Brotherton, Joseph208
    Brown, H.241
    Brown, W.131
    Bruce, C.L.C.366
    Bruce, Lord E.A.C.B.156
    Bruce, H.A.,160
    Buck, L.W. 75
    Buckley, Major-Gen.209
    Bulkeley, Sir R.B.W., Bt.  3
    Buller, Sir J.B.Y., Bart. 76
    Bunbury, Capt. H. Mc C.M‘C.289
    Burghley, Lord141
    Burke, Sir T.J., Bt.313
    Burrell, Sir C.M., Bt.214
    Burroughes, H.N.172
    Butler, C.S.249
    Butt, G.M.262
    Butt, Isaac348
    Byng, Hon. G.240
    Cabbell, B.B. 23
    Cairns, H. Mc C.M‘C.288
    Campbell, Sir A.I., Bt.,352
    Cardwell, Rt. Hon. E.186
    Carnac, Sir J.R., Bt.149
    Carter, J.B.270
    Castlerosse, Visc.314
    Caulfield, Hon. J.H.285
    Cavendish, Hon. C.C. 32
    Cavendish, Hon. G.H. 70
    Cayley, E.S.281
    Cecil, Lord R.G.226
    Challis, Ald., T. 90
    Chambers, M.101
    Chambers, T.113
    Cheetham, J.131
    Chandos, Marquis of 33
    Chaplin, W.J.209
    Chelsea, Visct. 79
    Child, Smith,223
    Cholmondeley, Lord W.H.H.105
    Christopher, Rt. Hon. R.A.142
    Christy, S.169
    Clay, Sir W., Bart.246
    Clifford, Col. H.M.111
    Clinton, Lord R.181
    Clinton, Lord C.P.P.210
    Clive, Robert217
    Cobbett, J.M.184
    Cobbold, J.C.120
    Cobden, R.280
    Cockburn, Sir A.J.E.220
    Cocks, T.S.201
    Codrington, Sir C.W., Bt. 96
    Coffin, W. 45
    Cogan, W.H.F.315
    Coles, J.H.B.  2
    Collier, R.P.193
    Colvile, C.R. 71
    Compton, H.C.105
    Conolly, Thomas299
    Coote, Sir C.H., Bt.335
    Corbally, E.M.330
    Corry, Rt. Hon. H.T.L.341
    Cotton, Hn. H.W.S.291
    Cowan, C.365
    Cowper, Hon. W.F.113
    Craufurd, E.H.J.354
    Crook, J. 22
    Crossley, F.103
    Cubitt, W.  2
    Currie, Raikes177
    Dalkeith, Earl of364
    Dalrymple, Visct.398
    Dashwood, Sir G.H., Bt.277
    Davie, Sir H.R.F., Bt.374
    Davies, D.A.S. 36
    Davison, Rich.288
    Deedes, Wm.123
    Denison, J.E.154
    Denison, E.B.280
    Dent, J.D.128
    Dering, Sir E.C., Bt.123
    Devereux, J.T.345
    Disraeli, Benj. 32
    Divett, Edward 88
    Dod, J.W.216
    Drax, J.S.W.S.E.252
    Drumlanrig, Visct.361
    Drummond, H.234
    Duckworth, Sir J.T.B., Bt. 88
    Duff, J.355
    Duff, G.S.367
    Duffy, C.G.332
    Duke, Sir J.146
    Duncan G.363
    Duncan, Visc.370
    Duncombe, Cpt. Hon. A.279
    Duncombe, T.S. 90
    Duncombe, Hon. O.281
    Duncombe, W.G. 10
    Dundas, Hon. F.385
    Dundas, Geo.383
    Dunlop, A.M.372
    Dunne, Lt.-Col. F.P.334
    Dunne, Mich.335
    Dupré, C.G. 32
    East, Sir J.B., Bt.270
    Egerton, Sir P. de Malpas G., Bart. 52
    Egerton, W.T. 51
    Egerton, E.C.150
    Elcho, Lord373
    Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. 63
    Ellice, E., jun.351
    Elliott, Hon. J.E.392
    Elmley, Visc.275
    Emlyn, Visc.188
    Esmonde, Sir T., Bt.343
    Euston, Earl of242
    Evans, Sir G.D.L.260
    Evelyn, W.J.234
    Ewart, W.362
    Fagan, Wm.297
    Farnham, E.B.135
    Farrer, J. 83
    Feilden, M.J. 20
    Fellowes, E.117
    Fergus, J.369
    Ferguson, J. 48
    Ferguson, Sir R.A., Bt.324
    Ferguson, Lt.-Col. R.379
    Filmer, Sir E., Bart.124
    Fitzgerald, J.M.309
    Fitzgerald, W.R.S.115
    Fitzgerald, Sir J., Bt.294
    Fitzroy, Hon. H.139
    Fitzwilliam, Hon. G.W.191
    Fitzwilliam, Hon. W.154
    Floyer, John 78
    Foley, J.H.H.274
    Follett, B.S. 27
    Forbes, W.394
    Forester, Hon. G.C.W.258
    Forster, C.251
    Forster, John 16
    Forster, Sir G.M., Bt.331
    Fortescue, C.S.327
    Fox, R.M.326
    Fox, W.J.184
    Franklyn, G.W.195
    Freestun, Col.262
    French, F.336
    Freshfield, J.W.190
    - 22 - {f.22} Frewen, C.H.235
    Fuller, A.E.235
    Galway, Visct. 10
    Gallwey, Sir W.P., Bt.243
    Gardner, R.137
    Gaskell, J.M.258
    Geach, Chas. 63
    George, J.346
    Gibson, Rt. Hon. T.M.155
    Gilpin, Col. R.T. 13
    Gladstone, Capt. J.N. 73
    Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W.E.187
    Glyn, G.C.122
    Goddard, A.L. 64
    Goderich, Visc.116
    Gooch, Sir N.E.S., Bt.230
    Goodman, Sir G.134
    Goold, Wyndham322
    Gordon, Hon. A. 17
    Gore, W.O.216
    Goulburn, Rt. Hon. H. 42
    Gower, Hon. F.L.228
    Grace, O.D.J.336
    Graham, Rt. Hon. Sir J.R.G., Bart. 48
    Graham, Lord, M.W. 99
    Granby, Marquis of135
    Greaves, Edw.256
    Green, Thos.132
    Greene, Capt. J.317
    Greenall, G.253
    Gregson, Samuel132
    Grenfell, C.W.271
    Greville, Col. F.326
    Grey, Sir G., Bt.167
    Grey, Ralph Wm.144
    Grogan, E.303
    Grosvenor, Rt. Hn. Ld. R.161
    Grosvenor, Earl 53
    Guernsey, Lord255
    Guinness, R.S.  9
    Gwyn, H.190
    Haddo, Lord349
    Hadfield, J.213
    Hale, R.B. 97
    Halford, Sir H., Bart.136
    Hall, Sir B., Bart.158
    Hall, Col. J. 33
    Hamilton, G.A.304
    Hamilton, J.H.305
    Hamilton, Ld. C.341
    Hanbury, Hon. C.S.B.110
    Hankey, T.191
    Hanmer, Sir J., Bart. 92
    Harcourt, G.G.V.185
    Harcourt, Col. F.V.266
    Hardinge, Hon. C.S.301
    Hastie, Arch.386
    Hastie, Alex.371
    Hawkins, W.W. 60
    Hayes, Sir E.S., Bart.299
    Hayter, Rt. Hon. W.G.257
    Headlam, T.E.170
    Heard, J.I.319
    Heathcoat, J.244
    Heathcote, Sir G.J., Bt.206
    Heathcote, G.H. 23
    Heathcote, Sir W., Bt.187
    Henchy, D. O’C.315
    Heneage, G.F.143
    Heneage, G.H.W. 73
    Henley, Rt. Hon. J.W.185
    Herbert, H.A.314
    Herbert, Hon. P.E.147
    Herbert, Rt. Hon. S.269
    Herbert, Sir T., Bt. 67
    Hervey, Lord A. 30
    Heywood, J.130
    Heyworth, Laurence 72
    Higgins, G.C. Ouseley329
    Hildyard, R.C.264
    Hill, Lord E.A.300
    Hindley, C.  6
    Hogg, Sir J.W., Bart.114
    Horsfall, T.B.145
    Horsman, Edw.229
    Hotham, Lord279
    Howard, Hon. C.W.G. 65
    Howard, Lord Edward  4
    Hudson, G.232
    Hughes, W.B. 39
    Hume, Joseph384
    Hume, W.F.W.347
    Hutchins, E.J.149
    Hutt, William 94
    Ingham, Robt.221
    Irton, S. 66
    Jackson, W.169
    Jermyn, Rt. Hon. Earl 35
    Johnstone, James359
    Johnstone, Sir J.V.B., Bt.211
    Jolliffe, Sir W.G.H., Bt.192
    Jones, D. 36
    Jones, Capt. T.325
    Keating, H.S.200
    Keating, R.342
    Kelly, Sir F.230
    Kendall, N. 62
    Kennedy, T.327
    Keogh, W.286
    Ker, D.S.300
    Kerrison, Sir E.C., Bt. 89
    Kershaw, Jas.227
    King, J.K.110
    King, Hon. P.J.L.233
    Kingscote, R.N. 97
    Kinnaird, Hon. A.F.389
    Kirk, Wm.333
    Knatchbull, W.E.218
    Knight, F.W.275
    Knightley, R.176
    Knox, Lt.-Col. B.W.157
    Knox, Hon. W.S.307
    Labouchere, Rt. Hon. H.239
    Lacon, Sir E., Bart.278
    Laffan, Capt. R.M.121
    Laing, S.397
    Langston, J.H.186
    Langton, W.H.G. 31
    Langton, W.H.P.G.219
    Lascelles, Hon. E.203
    Laslett, W.276
    Laurie, J.  9
    Layard, Dr. A.  7
    Lee, Wm.151
    Lefevre, Rt. Hon. C.S.104
    Legh, G.C. 51
    Lemon, Sir C., Bart. 61
    Lennox, Ld. A.F.C.G.214
    Lennox, Ld. G.C.H.G. 54
    Leslie, C. Powell331
    Lewis, Rt. Hon. Sir T.F., Bt.199
    Liddell, G.T.179
    Liddell, Hon. H.T.145
    Lindsay, Col. Hon. J.265
    Lindsay, W.S.248
    Lisburne, Lord 46
    Littleton, Hon. E.R.224
    Locke, J.114
    Lockhart, A.E.393
    Lockhart, W.381
    Long, W.268
    Lovaine, Lord178
    Loveden, Pryse 47
    Lowe, R.125
    Lowther, Lt.-Cl. Hn. H.C.261
    Lowther, H. 66
    Lucas, Fred.330
    Luce, T.153
    Lushington, C.M. 44
    Lytton, Sir E.B., Bt.112
    McCannM‘Cann, Jas.302
    Macartney, G.283
    Macaulay, Rt. Hon. T.B.365
    McGregorM‘Gregor, John371
    McGregorM‘Gregor, Jas.210
    Mackie, John380
    Mackinnon, W.A.207
    McMahonM‘Mahon, P.346
    McTaggartM‘Taggart, Sir J., Bart.399
    Maddock, Sir F.H.205
    Magan, W.H.344
    Maguire, J.F.308
    Malins, R.250
    Mandeville, Viscount117
    Mangles, Capt. R.D.102
    Manners, Lord G.J. 41
    Manners, Lord J.J. 60
    March, Earl of236
    Marjoribanks, D.C. 16
    Marshall, W. 65
    Martin, J.241
    Massey, W.N.171
    Masterman, J.146
    Matheson, Sir Jas., Bt.391
    Matheson, A.376
    Maunsell, Col. T.P.175
    Maxwell, Hon. J.P.293
    Meagher, T.342
    Meux, Sir H., Bart.112
    Miall, E.204
    Michell, Dr. 21
    Miles, W.218
    Milligan, R. 24
    Mills, T.245
    Milner, W.M.E.282
    Milnes, R.M.194
    - 23 - {f.23} Milton, Viscount347
    Mitchell, T.A. 29
    Moffatt, George  5
    Molesworth, Sir W., Bt.222
    Moncrieff, Rt. Hon. J.382
    Monck, Visc.196
    Monsell, Wm.322
    Montgomery, Sir G., Bt.387
    Montgomery, H.L.320
    Moody, C.A.219
    Moore, G.H.329
    Moore, J. Bramley152
    Moore, R.S.284
    Morgan, C.O.S.163
    Morris, D. 37
    Mostyn, Hon. T.E.M.L. 91
    Mowatt, F. 43
    Mowbray, J.R., 84
    Mulgrave, Earl of211
    Mullings, J.R. 57
    Mundy, W. 71
    Muntz, G.F. 19
    Mure, Col. W.390
    Murrough, J.P. 29
    Naas, Rt. Hon. Lord296
    Napier, Rt. Hon. J.304
    Neeld, John 64
    Neeld, Joseph 55
    Newark, Visc.182
    Newdegate, Charles N.254
    Newport, Viscount217
    Noel, Hon. G.J.206
    Norreys, Sir C.D.O.J., Bart.328
    North, Frederick107
    North, Lt. Col. J.S.185
    Oakes, J.H.P. 35
    O’Brien, C.294
    O’Brien, P.318
    O’Brien, Sir T., Bart.292
    O’Connell, Dan.340
    O’Connell, John295
    O’Flaherty, A.312
    Oliveira, B.194
    Osborne, Ralph Bernal161
    Ossulston, Lord178
    Otway, A.J.225
    Owen, Sir J., Bart.189
    Packe, C.W.136
    Paget, Lord A.H.140
    Paget, Lord G.A.F. 12
    Pakenham, Capt. G.283
    Pakington, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Somerset, Bart. 80
    Palk, Laurence 76
    Palmer, Robt. 15
    Palmer, Roundell193
    Palmerston, Viscount244
    Parker, R.T.197
    Patten, J. Wilson130
    Peacocke, G.M.W.152
    Pechell, Capt. Sir G.R. 30
    Peel, F. 34
    Peel, Sir R., Bt.238
    Peel, Colonel J.118
    Pellatt, A.222
    Pennant, Col. Hn. E.G.D. 38
    Percy, Hon. J.133
    Perry, Sir T.E. 74
    Peto, S.M.180
    Philips, J.H.108
    Phillimore, J.G.138
    Phillimore, J.R.240
    Phinn, T. 11
    Pigott, F.200
    Pilkington, J. 20
    Pinney, W.148
    Ponsonby, Hon. A.J.G. 57
    Portal, Melville104
    Portman, Hon. W.H.B.212
    Power, N.M.343
    Powlett, Lord W.F.147
    Price, W.P. 98
    Price, Sir Robt., Bart.111
    Pritchard, J. 28
    Pugh, D.166
    Ramsden, Sir J.W. Bt.239
    Repton, G.W.J.256
    Ricardo, John Lewis228
    Ricardo, Osman276
    Rice, Edw. Royd 79
    Richardson, J.J.323
    Rich, H.202
    Robartes, T.A.J. 62
    Robertson, P.F.107
    Roche, E. Burke298
    Roebuck, J.A.213
    Rolt, P.101
    Rothschild, Baron L. de146
    Rumbold, C.E.278
    Rushout, Capt. Hon. G.274
    Russell, W.F.321
    Russell, Rt. Hon. Ld. J.146
    Russell, F.C.H. 13
    Sadleir, James339
    Sadleir, John337
    Sandars, G.249
    Sawle, C.B.G. 21
    Scholefield, W. 19
    Scobell, Capt. G.T. 11
    Scott, Hon. F.356
    Scrope, G. Poulett229
    Scully, F.339
    Scully, V.298
    Seymer, H.K. 78
    Seymour, Lord245
    Seymour, H.D.195
    Seymour, W.D.232
    Seymour, W.D.127
    Shafto, R.D. 82
    Shee, Serjt. W.317
    Shelburne, Earl of 40
    Shelley, Sir J.V., Bart.260
    Sheridan, R.B. 77
    Shirley, E.P.255
    Sibthorp, Colonel143
    Smith, Abel112
    Smith, John Abel 54
    Smith, J.B.227
    Smith, M.124
    Smith, M.T.277
    Smith, Rt. Hn. R. Vernon177
    Smijth, Sir W.B., Bart. 86
    Smollett, Alexander360
    Smyth, J.G.282
    Somerset, Capt. E.A.163
    Somerville, Sir W. Bart. 44
    Sotheron, T.H.S.B.268
    Spooner, R.254
    Stafford, S.A. O’Brien175
    Stafford, Marq. of396
    Stanhope, J.B.142
    Stanley, Lord126
    Stanley, Hon. W.O. 53
    Starkie, Legendre N. 58
    Steel, John 59
    Stephenson, R.263
    Stirling, Wm.388
    Strickland, Sir G., Bt.197
    Strutt, Rt. Hon. E.183
    Stuart, Henry 14
    Stuart, Lord Dudley C.158
    Sturt, H.G. 77
    Sullivan, M.316
    Sutton, Hon. J. Manners168
    Swift, R.338
    Talbot, C.R.M. 95
    Tancred, H.W.  8
    Taylor, Col. T. Edward305
    Thesiger, Sir Frederick226
    Thompson, G.350
    ThornelyThorneley, Thomas272
    Thornhill, W.P. 70
    Tollemache, John 52
    Tomline, G.215
    Townshend, Capt. J.238
    Traill, George358
    Trollope, Rt. Hon. Sir John, Bt.141
    Tudway, R.C.257
    Tyler, Sir G., Bt. 95
    Tynte, Col. C.J.K. 27
    Tyrell, Sir J.T., Bart. 85
    Urquhart, W.P.344
    Uxbridge, Earl of224
    Vance, John303
    Vane Tempest, Lord A. 82
    Vane, Lord Harry G. 83
    Vansittart, H.G. 15
    Verner, Sir W., Bt.285
    Vernon, Capt. L. 49
    Vernon, G.E.H.168
    Villiers, Hon. Chas. P.272
    Villiers, Hon. F.205
    Vivian, H.247
    Vivian, John Ennis247
    Vivian, John Henry237
    Vyse, Capt. R.H.R. Howard176
    Vyvyan, Sir R.R., Bart.109
    Waddington, D.106
    Waddington, H.S.231
    Walcott, Capt. J.E. 56
    Walmsley, Sir J.137
    Walpole, Rt. Hon. S.H.162
    Walsh, Sir J.B., Bart.198
    Walter, J.183
    Warner, E.180
    - 24 - ↑ {f.24} Waterpark, Lord140
    Watkin, Col. J.L.V. 26
    Watson, W.H.127
    Welby, Glynne Earl 99
    Wells, W. 17
    Wellesley, Lord Chas.271
    West, F.R. 69
    Whatman, James151
    Whitbread, Samuel 14
    Whiteside, James310
    Whitmore, H. 28
    Wickham, H.W. 24
    Wigram, L.T. 42
    Wilcox, B.M.220
    Wilkinson, W.A.129
    Williams, Mich. 61
    Williams, T.P.157
    Williams, W.129
    Willoughby, Sir H.P., Bt. 87
    Wilson, J.259
    Winnington, Sir T. Bart. 18
    Wise, J.A.,225
    Wodehouse, Edmond172
    Wood, Rt. Hon. Sir C., Bt.103
    Woodd, B.T.128
    Wortley, Rt. Hon. J.A.S.357
    Wrightson, W. Battie174
    Wyndham, Henry236
    Wyndham, Wadham269
    Wyndham, Lt.-Gen. H. 59
    Wynn, Capt. H.W.W.165
    Wynn, Sir W.W., Bart. 68
    Wynne, W.W.E.159
    Wyvill, M.202
    Yorke, Hon. E.T. 41
    Young, Sir John, Bart.,293

    OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

  • Chief Clerk, Sir Denis Le Marchant, Bart.
  • Clerk Assistant, W. Ley, Esq.
  • Second Clerk Assistant, H. Ley, Esq.
  • principal clerks :

  • Of Public Business, &c., Arthur Jones, Esq.
  • Of Committees, George Dyson, Esq.
  • Of Journals, James Gudge, Esq.
  • Of Private Bills, R.K. Gibbons, Esq.
  • Senior Clerks, C. Rowland, G. Gunnell, J.L. Postlethwaite, J.B.C. Rose, C.W. Pole, and F.H. Gray, Esqs.
  • Assistant Clerks, C. Frere, W. Ginger, W. Hodgkin, W. Rose, H. Mayne, R. Marriott, H.H. Creed, J. Bull, S.B. Gunnell, Edw. H. Ley, A. Palk, and C. Eales, Esqs.
  • Junior Clerks, W.D. Hawes, E.L. Dew, M.C. Conry, C.H. Ley, G.J. Stone, F. Eden, C.E.A. Leigh, J.E. Dorington, F.H. Webber, R. Palgrave, A. Bonham Carter, and R. Fanshaw, Esqs.
  • Accountants, J.J. Wilkinson, and G. Broom, Esqs.
  • Examiners of Petitions on Private Bills, S. Smith, and T.E. May
  • Taxing-Master, T.E. May — Clerk, E. Webster
  • Librarian, T. Vardon, Esq. — Assist. Hon. G. Waldegrave
  • Short-hand Writer, Joseph Gurney, Esq. — Deliverer of Votes, C. Paskin, Esq.
  • Keeper of Refreshment-room Mr. D. Steers
  • Chaplain, Rev. T. Garnier
  • Counsel to Speaker, G.K. Rickards — Clerk, C. Brooksby
  • Secretary to the Speaker, C.E. Lefroy, Esq.
  • Sergeant-at-Arms, Lord C.J.F. Russell. — Deputy, Capt. R.A. Gosset.
  • Assistant-Sergeant, Col, C.W. Forester.
  • Train-Bearer, Robt. Baily
  • Printer of the Journals, &c. Henry Hansard, Esq.
  • Printers of the Votes, J.B. Nichols, Esq., and Son.
  • The Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds is an office in the gift of the Crown, which members of the House of Commons are supposed to accept when desirous of resigning their seats ; in former times, the office was one of some emolument, but at present the salary is merely nominal ; and the office is resigned as soon as the seat is vacated.

    [Quantities of Taxed Articles]

    The following are the quantities, so far as can be given, of the Taxed Articles on which duty was paid for home consumption in 1853 : —

    Great Britain.Ireland.
    Spirits, Foreign and Colonialgalls. 4,931,639  211,685
    Spirits, Britishgalls.16,884,9558,136,362
    Sugar, Foreign and Colonialcwts. 6,999,884  487,705
    Sugar, British (Beet Root)cwts.…    1,538
    Wine, Foreign and Colonialgalls. 6,227,022  586,809
    Tealbs,51,001,8517,832,236
    Tobaccolbs,24,940,5554,624,141
    Beerbarrels16,543,781  640,251
    Maltbushels40,362,1021,630,076

    ↑ - [25] - {f.25} COMMERCE

    THE CITY CORPORATION.

    LORD MAYOR.

  • Right Hon. F.G. Moon,[Comment by FB] : Sir Francis Graham Moon 1st baronet (1796-1871) was a stationer, printer, bookseller, and publisher. Between 1825 and 1836, he worked in partnership with Henry Graves and Thomas Boys. Moon, Graves, and Boys became renowned for its high-quality engravings of works after Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Edwin Landseer (1802-1873) , and Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). He left the company in 1836 and became ‘Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.' From 1853, he devoted himself to public life, becoming Lord Mayor in 1854, when he was also knighted. For further information, see Lucy Peltz, 'Moon, Sir Francis Graham, First Baronet (1796–1871), Printseller and Publisher,' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 23 Sep. 2004. Portsoken.
  • ALDERMEN.

  • Bridge-without — Sam. Wilson, Esq.
  • Aldersgate — Sir Peter Laurie
  • Lime-street — C. Farebrother, Esq.
  • Bishopsgate — W.T. Copeland, Esq.
  • Farringdon-within — T. Kelly, Esq.
  • Bridge-within — Sir C. Marshall
  • Aldgate — J. Humphery, Esq.
  • Vintry — Sir William Magnay, Bart.
  • Candlewick — Sir George Carroll, Kt.
  • Farringdon-without — Sir Jas. Duke, Bart., M.P.
  • Bassishaw — Thomas Farncomb, Esq.
  • Broad-street — Sir J. Musgrove, Bt.
  • Coleman-street — Wm. Hunter, Esq.
  • Cripplegate — Thos. Challis, M.P.
  • Billingsgate — T. Sidney, Esq.
  • RECORDER, The Hon. J.A.S. Wortley, Q.C., M.P.

  • Cordwainers — David Salomons, Esq.
  • Tower — Thos. Quested Finnis, Esq.
  • Bread-street — W. Lawrence, Esq.
  • Dowgate — Sir R.W. Carden
  • Walbrook — D.W. Wire, Esq.
  • Cornhill — John Carter, Esq.
  • Langbourn — Sir Wm. Cubitt, M.P.
  • Castle Baynard — H. Muggeridge, Esq.
  • Cheap — R.H. Kennedy, Esq.
  • Queenhithe — W.A. Rose, Esq.
  • ⁂ All before the Recorder have passed the Chair.

    ↑ - 26 - {f.26} SHERIFFS AND UNDER-SHERIFFS.

  • Ald. H. Muggeridge
  • C.D. Crossley, Esq.
  • Fred. Farrar, Esq.
  • Alex. Crosley, Esq.
  • CHAMBERLAIN, Sir John Key, Bt.

  • Town Clerk, H.A. Merewether, Serjt.-at-Law.
  • Common Serjeant, E. Bullock, Esq.
  • Judge of Sheriffs’ Court, Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C.
  • Common Pleaders, A. Ryland, Esq., H. Randell, Esq., J. Locke, Esq.
  • Comptroller of the Chamber, and of Bridge House Estate, F. Brand, Esq.
  • Remembrancer, E. Tyrrell, Esq.
  • Solicitor, C. Pearson, Esq.
  • Clerk of the Chamber, J. Sewell, Esq.
  • Clerk of Arraigns, J. Clark, Esq.
  • Medical Officer of the Board of Health, J. Simon, Esq.
  • Coroner, W. Payne, Esq.
  • Cl. to Lord Mayor, R.S. Goodman, Esq.
  • Sword Bearer, C.W. Hick, Esq.
  • Common Crier, S. Beddome, Esq.
  • Architect and Surveyor, J.B. Bunning, Esq.
  • Commis. of Police, D.W. Harvey, Esq.
  • City Marshals, Messrs. N. Brown and T. Theobalds
  • Bridge Masters, Messrs. G. Ledger and C. James
  • Chief Clerk under City Small Debts Act, Mr. G. Wilkinson
  • High Bailiff of Southwark, W. Pritchard, Esq.
  • EAST INDIA COMPANY.[Comment by FB] : The Charter Act of 1853 reduced the number of East India Company directors to eighteen and provided that six of these should be nominated by the Crown. Previously, there were twenty-four directors, six of whom were chosen for four years, six for three, six for two and six for one year. For further information, see C. H., and D. Philips, 'Alphabetical List of Directors of the East India Company from 1758 to 1858,' The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, no. 4 (1941): 325–36.

    From the second Wednesday in April, 1854, there have been eighteen Directors of the East India Company, three (ultimately to be six) of whom are appointed by the Crown. Henceforward the change is to be biennial, and each Director will be appointed for four years. The figure prefixed denotes the number of years each has to serve.

    directors.

  • Chairman — (4) Maj. James Oliphant
  • Deputy Chairman — Elliot Macnaghten, Esq.
  • Directors — (2) J. Harvey Astell, Esq. ; (4) W. Butterworth Bayley, Esq. ; (6) Sir Frederick Currie, Bart. ; (6) Wm. Joseph Eastwick, Esq. ; (4) Russell Ellice, Esq. ; (6) Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P. : (2) Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P. ; (4) Hon. Wm. H. Leslie Melville ; (2) Chas. Mills, Esq., (2) Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Pollock ; (4) Henry Thoby Prinsep, Esq. ; (6) John Shepherd, Esq. ; (2) Martin Tucker Smith, Esq., M.P. ; (6) Lieut.-Col. William Henry Sykes ; Sir Henry Willock ; (4) John Pollard Willoughby, Esq.
  • Secretary — James C. Melville, Esq.
  • Dep. Sec. — John D. Dickinson, Esq.
  • BANK OF ENGLAND.* The changes in the Bank Direction, and those of the East India Company, take place in April.

  • Governor — Jn. Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq.
  • Deputy Governor — Thos. Matthias Weguelin, Esq.
  • Directors. — Thomas Baring, Esq. ; Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. ; Edw. Hen. Chapman, Esq. ; William Cotton, Esq. ; Robt. Wigram - 27 - ↑ {f.27} Crawford, Esq. ; Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esq. ; Benj. Buck Green, Esq. ; Thomas Hankey, Jun., Esq. ; John Oliver Hanson, Esq. ; John Benjamin Heath, Esq. ; Kirkman Dan. Hodgson, Esq. ; Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. ; Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. ; Charles Fred. Huth, Esq. ; Alfred Latham, Esq. ; George Lyall, Esq. ; Thomas Masterman, Esq. ; Alexander Matheson, Esq. ; Jas. Morris, Esq. ; George Warde Norman, Esq. ; John Horsley Palmer, Esq. ; Henry James Prescott, Esq. ; Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. ; Francis Wilson, Esq.
  • Secretary — John Knight, Esq.
  • Deputy Secretary — J. Bentley, Esq.
  • branch banks of the bank of england.

    Birmingham — Bristol — Hull — Leeds — Liverpool — Leicester — Manchester — Newcastle-upon-Tyne — Norwich — Portsmouth — Plymouth — Swansea.

    BANKERS IN LONDON AND WESTMINSTER.

  • Agra and United Service Bank, 9, Old Jewry
  • Bank of Australasia, 8, Austin-friars
  • Bank of Australia, 17, Cannon-street
  • Bank of British North America, 7, St. Helen’s-place
  • Bank of Deposit, 3, Pall Mall East
  • Bank of England, Threadneedle-st.
  • Bank of New South Wales, 37, Cannon-street
  • Barclay, Bevan, Tritton & Co., 54, Lombard-street
  • Barnett, Hoares, & Co., 62, Lombard-street.
  • Bauer, A., & Co., 113, Leadenhall-street
  • Biggerstaff, W. & J., 8, W. Smithfield
  • Bosanquet & Co., 73, Lombard-street
  • Bouverie, Bouverie, & James, 11, Haymarket
  • Brown, Janson, & Co., 32, Abchurch-lane
  • Brown, John, & Co., 25, Abchurch-lane
  • Bult, Son, & Co., 85 & 86, Cheapside
  • Call (Sir W.P., Bart.), Marten, & Co., 25, Old Bond-street
  • Challis & Son, 37, West Smithfield
  • Child & Co., 1, Fleet-street
  • Cocks, Biddulph, & Co., 43, Charing-cross
  • Colonial Bank, 13, Bishopsgate-within
  • Com. Bank of London, 6, Lothbury, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent GardenCoventgarden
  • Coutts & Co., 59, Strand
  • Cunliffe, Roger, Son, & Co., 24, Bucklersbury
  • Cunliffes, Brooks, Cunliffe, & Co., 24, Lombard-street
  • Curries & Co., 29, Cornhill
  • Davies, Robert & Co., 187, Shoreditch
  • Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowler, & Barnard, 50, Cornhill
  • Dixon, Brooks, & Co., 25, Chancerylane
  • Drummonds, 49, Charing-cross
  • Feltham (John) & Co., 42, Lombard-street
  • Fullers & Co., 66, Moorgate-street
  • Glyn (Sir R. Carr, Bart.), Mills, & Co., 67, Lombard-street
  • Goslings & Sharpe, 19, Fleet-street
  • Hallett, Robinson, & Co., 14, Great George-street
  • Hanburys & Lloyds, 60, Lombard-street
  • Hankeys & Co., 7, Fenchurch-street
  • Herries, Farquhar, Davison, Chapman, & Co., 16, St. James’s-street
  • Heywood, Kennards, & Co., 4, Lombard-street
  • Hill & Sons, 17, West Smithfield
  • Hoares, 37, Fleet-street
  • - 28 - {f.28} Hopkinson (Chas.) & Co., 3, Regent-st., Waterloo-place
  • Ionian Bank, 6, Great Winchester-st.
  • Johnston (H. & J.) & Co., 15, Great Bush-lane, and 27, Cannon-street
  • Jones, Loyd, & Co., 43, Lothbury
  • Lacy & Son, 60, West Smithfield
  • London Joint Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street, Bank ; Western Branch, 69, Pall Mall
  • London and County Joint Stock Banking Company, 21, Lombard-st. ; St. George’s-pl., Knightsbridge ; and Connaught-ter., Edgeware-rd.
  • London and Westminster Bank, 38, Lothbury. Branches, St. James’s-sq. ; 213 & 214, High Holborn ; 3, Wellington-st. Borough ; 87, High-street, Whitechapel, & 4, Stratford-place
  • Lubbock (Sir J.W., Bt.), Forster, & Co., 11, Mansion-house-street
  • Martins & Co., 68, Lombard-street
  • Masterman, Peters, Mildred, Masterman, & Co., 35, Nicholas-lane
  • Mercantile Bank of India, 9, Broad-street-buildings
  • National Bank of Ireland, 13, Old Broad-street
  • National Provincial Bank of England, 112, Bishopsgate-within
  • North-Western Bank of India, 62, Moorgate-street.
  • Oriental Bank, 7, Walbrook
  • Praeds & Co., 189, Fleet-street
  • Prescott, Grote, Cave, & Cave, 62, Threadneedle-street
  • Price (Sir Ch., Bart.), Marryat, & Co., 3, King William-street
  • Provincial Bank of Ireland, 42, Old Broad-street
  • Puget, Bainbridges, & Co., 12, St. Paul’s Churchyard
  • Ransom & Co., 1, Pall Mall East
  • Robarts, Curtis, & Co., 15, Lombard-street
  • Rogers, Olding, Sharpe, & Co., 29, Clement’s-lane
  • Royal Bank of Australia, 2, Moorgate-street
  • Royal British Bank, 16, Tokenhouse Yard ; 429, Strand ; 77, Bridge-rd., Westminster ; and 97, Goswell-st.
  • Sapte, Muspratt, Banbury, Nix, & Co., 77, Lombard-street
  • Scott (Sir Samuel, Bt.) & Co., 1, Cavendish-square
  • Shank, John, 76, West Smithfield
  • Simla Branch Bank, 4, St. Martin’s-place
  • Smith, Payne, & Smiths, 1, Lombard-street
  • South Australian Company, 54, Old Broad-street
  • Spooner, Attwoods, & Co., 27, Gracechurch-street
  • Stevenson, Salt, & Sons, 20, Lombard-street
  • Strahan, Paul, & Bates, Temple Bar Without, 217, Strand
  • Stride, John, & William Stephen, 41, West Smithfield
  • Tisdall & Ward, 15, West Smithfield
  • Twigg, Charles, 29, Great St. Helens
  • Twinings, 215, Strand
  • Union Bank of Australia, 38, Old Broad-street
  • Union Bank of London, 2, Prince’s-street. Branch Offices, 4, Pall Mall East, and Argyll-place, Regent-street
  • Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thornton, & Co., 20, Birchinlane, Cornhill
  • Willis, Percival, & Co., 76, Lombard-street
  • In 1853, there were coined of gold 10,597,993 sovereigns, and 2,708,796 half-sovereigns. Of silver there were coined 3,919,950 florins, 4,256,188 shillings, 3,837,930 sixpences, 16,038 fourpences, 36,168 threepences, 4,752 twopences, and 7,920 pence ; the total value of the silver used was £701,544 14s. 3d. Of copper there were coined 1,021,440 pence, 1,559,040 halfpence, 1,028,628 farthings, and 955,224 half-farthings ; the total value of the copper coin was £9,073.

    ↑ - [29] - {f.29} ARMY AGENTS IN LONDON.

  • Barron & Smith, 6, Duke-street, Westminster
  • Codd, Messrs., 15, Fludyer-street
  • Collyer, G.S., 9, Park-pl., St. James’s
  • Cox & Co., 2, Craig’s-c., Charing Cross
  • Fagan, J.H. 75, Old Broad-street
  • Downes & Co., 14, Warwick-street, Charing Cross
  • Hopkinson & Co., 3, Regent-street
  • Kirkland, Sir John, 80, Pall Mall (General Agent for the Recruiting Department)
  • Lawrie, A., 10, Charles-st., St. James’s
  • McGrigorM‘Grigor, 17, Charles-street, St. James’s-square
  • Price & Bousted, 34, Craven-street
  • Sandell, J.C., 2, Warwick-street
  • Walker, Wm., 2, St. James’s-square
  • NAVY AND PRIZE AGENTS IN LONDON.

  • Barwis, W.H.B., 1, New Boswell-ct.
  • Burnett & Co. 22, Surrey-street
  • Case and Loudonsack, 1, James-street, Adelphi
  • Chard, W. & E., 3, Clifford’s Inn
  • Chippendale, J., 10, John-st., Adelphi
  • Collier & Snee, 6, New Inn, Strand
  • Dufaur, F., 13, Clement’s Inn
  • Goode, Lawrence, & Beale, 15, Surrey-street, Strand
  • Halford & Co., 41, Norfolk-street
  • Hallett, Robinson, Maude, & Hallett, 14, Great George-street
  • Muspratt, J.P., 33, Abchurch-lane
  • Ommanney, Son, & Co., 40, Charing-cross
  • Slade, Wm. 21, Cecil-street, Strand
  • Smith, Joseph, Marshall-street, Golden Square.
  • Stillwells’, J.G. and T., 22, Arundel-st.
  • Woodhead & Co., 1, James-street, Adelphi
  • For Petty Officers and Seamen — There are also Agents, who are licensed for three years — for whose addresses see the Navy List.

    Marines — Cox & Son, 44, Hatton Garden.

    ↑ - 30 - {f.30} TRANSFER DAYS OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS.

    STOCK.Dividends Due.Transfer Days.
    At the Bank.
    3 per Cent. ConsolsJanuary 5 and July 5, from 9 to 3Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri. Long Annuities Monday, also.
    New 5 per Cent. Annuities
    3 per Cent., 1726
    Annuities to Jan. 7, 1860
    Bank Stock, 7 per CentApril 5 and Oct. 10, from 9 to 3Private Transfer for 2s. 6d. on Monday and Saturday.
    3 per Cent. Reduced
    3¼ per Cent. Annuities* This Stock is 3¼ per Cent. till October, 1854, then New 3 per Cents., not redeemable till October, 1874.
    Long Annuities to Jan. 1860
    3 per Cent. Old AnnuitiesApril and OctoberMon., Wed., Fri.
    3 per Cent. New AnnuitiesJanuary and JulyTues., Thurs., Sat.
    3 per Cent., 1751January and JulyTues., Thurs.
    At East India House.
    East India StockJan. and June, 9 to 3Tues., Thurs., Sat.
    East India BondsInterest due March 31and September 30

    The Dividends are payable three days after they are due.

    Tickets for preparing the transfer of Stock must be given in at each office before one o’clock, at the India House before two.

    Private transfers may be made at other times than as above, the books not being shut, by paying

    At the Bank and India House … 2s. 6d. for each transfer.

    Transfers at the Bank must be made by half-past two o’clock, at the India House by three. Expenses of transfer in

    B. Stock for £ 25 and under 9s.above that sum12s.
    I. Stock for £ 100 and under£ 110s.above that sum£ 114s.

    Powers of Attorney for the Sale or Transfer of Stock to be left at the Bank, &c., for examination, before two o’clock the day previous to being acted upon. If for receiving dividends, present them at the time the first dividend is payable.

    The expense of a Power of Attorney is £1 1s. 6d. for each Stock ; but for the Bank and India Stocks, £ 1 11s. 6d. If wanted for the same day, half-past twelve o’clock is the latest time for receiving orders ; but instructions should be given as early in the morning as possible. The boxes for receiving Powers of Attorney for sale close at two.

    Probates of Wills, Letters of Administration, and other proofs of decease, must be left at the Bank, &c., for registration, from two to three clear days, exclusive of holidays.

    The unaltered possession of £ 500 or upwards, Bank Stock, for six months clear, will give the proprietor a vote.

    The clear unaltered possession for a year of £1000 India Stock entitles the proprietor to one vote, of £3000 to two votes, of £6000 to three votes, of £10,000 to four votes.

    ↑ - [31] - {f.31} LAW

    ENGLISH COURTS OF LAW.

    court of chancery.

  • Lord High Chan., Lord Cranworth Prin. Sec., W.C.S. Rice, Esq.
  • Chief Registrar of Bankrupts, J. Campbell, Esq.
  • Judges of Appeal, Sir J.L. Knight Bruce and Sir G.J. Turner
  • Master of the Rolls, Sir J. Romilly Chief Sec., W.G. Brett, Esq. Under Sec., J.A. Murray, Esq.
  • Vice-Chancellors, Sir T.R. Kindersley, Sir J. Stuart, Sir W. Page Wood
  • Accountant-Gen., W. Russell, Esq.
  • Masters in Chancery, Sir G. Rose, R. Richards, Esq., W.H. Tinney, Esq., J.E. Blunt, Esq., and Jos. HumpheryHumphry, Esq. (office to be abolished as soon as the existing business is closed).
  • courts of law.

  • Queen’s Bench — Lord Chief Justice, Lord Campbell. Judges, Sir J.T. Coleridge, Sir W. Wightman, Sir W. Erle, and Sir Charles Crompton
  • Common Pleas — Lord Chief Justice, Sir John Jervis. Judges, Sir W.H. Maule, Sir C. Creswell, Sir E.V. Williams, and Sir R.B. Crowder
  • Exchequer — Lord Chief Baron, Sir F. Pollock. Barons, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Parke, Sir E.H. Alderson, Sir T.J. Platt, Sir S. Martin. Cursitor Baron, G. Bankes, Esq. Queen’s Remembrancer, H.W. Vincent, Esq.
  • law officers.

  • Attorney-General, Sir Alex. Cockburn
  • Solicitor-General, Rich. Bethell, Esq.
  • ecclesiastical courts.

  • Vicar-General’s Office — Vicar-Gen., Dr. Travers Twiss. Dean of Peculiars, Rt. Hon. Sir John Dodson Registrar, F.H. Dyke, Esq.
  • - 32 - {f.32} Apparitors-General of the Province of Canterbury, F. Knyvett and J. Barber, Esqs.
  • Court of Arches — Official Principal, Rt. Hon. Sir John Dodson. Registrar, Wm. Townsend, Esq.
  • Prerogative Court — Master, Right Hon. Sir John Dodson. Registrar, Rev. Robt. Moore. Deputy Registrars, C. Dyneley, J. Iggulden, and W.F. Gostling, Esqs.
  • Apparitor-General, F. Knyvett, Esq.
  • Faculty Office — Master, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Dodson, D.C.L. Registrar, Hn. J.H.T. Manners Sutton. Deputy E.C. Currey
  • Consistory Court — Judge, Rt. Hon. S. Lushington, D.C.L. Regist., Rev. Rd. Watson, M.A. Deputy Registrar, J. Shepherd, Esq. Apparitor, Mr. T.A. Lewis
  • admiralty court.

  • Judge of the Admiralty, Right Hon. S. Lushington, D.C.L. Queen’s Adv.-Gen., Sir J.D. Harding. Admiralty Adv., J. Phillimore, D.C.L. Counsel to Admiralty and Navy and Judge-Advocate of Fleet, T. Phinn, Esq., M.P. Registrar, H.C. Rothery, Esq. Marshal, John Deacon, Esq.
  • court of bankruptcy.

  • Lords Justices of Appeal, Sir J.L. Knight Bruce, Sir G.J. Turner. Commissioners, Mr. Serj. Goulbourn, J. Evans, Esq., J.S.M. Fonblanque, Esq., G.C. Fane, Esq., and E. Holroyd, Esq.
  • Country Commissioners. — Birmingham, J. Balguy, Q.C. — Bristol, M.D. Hill, Q.C. — Exeter, Montagu B. Bere — Leeds, M.J. West, and Wm. S. Ayrton — Liverpool, Mr. Serjeant Ludlow, and H.J. Perry — Manchester, W. Skirrow, Q.C., and W.T. Jemmet — Newcastle, N. Ellison.
  • insolvent debtors’ court.

  • Chief Commissioner, Wm. J. Law, Esq. Commissioners, C. Phillips, Esq., and Serj. J.S. Murphy. Provisional Assignee, S. Sturgis, Esq.
  • Chief Clerk, Henry Simpson, Esq. Tax Master, H.C. Richards, Esq. Clerk of the Rules, C.V. White, Esq.
  • Registrars & Auditors, H. Simpson, H.W. Lamb. Edw. Ingpen, and Wm. Harriskime, Esq.
  • county courts.

  • City (Sheriff’s Court,) near Guildhall, Mr. Commissioner Bullock
  • District Towns and Judges.

  • Circuit, No. 1 : Alnwick, Belford, Bellingham, Berwick, Gateshead, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Morpeth, Newcastle, North Shields, Rothbury, Wooler — James Losh.
  • No. 2 : Barnard Castle, Bishop’s Auckland, Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Shotley Bridge, South Shields, Stockton, Sunderland, Wolsingham — Henry Stapylton.
  • No. 3 : Alston, Ambleside, Appleby, Brampton, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Keswick, Kirkby Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Penrith, Ulverstone, Whitehaven, Wigton — T. Hastings Ingham.
  • No. 4 : Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, Garstang, Kirkham, Lancaster, Poulton, Preston — John Addison.
  • No. 5 : Bolton, Chorley, Leigh, Ormskirk, St. Helen’s, Wigan — W.A. Hulton.
  • No. 6 : Liverpool — Joseph Pollock.
  • No. 7 : Altrincham, Birkenhead, Chester, Knutsford, Nantwich, Northwich, Runcorn, Salford, Warrington — John Wm. Harden.
  • No. 8 : Manchester — Robert Brandt.
  • No. 9 : Ashton, Congleton, Glossop, Hyde, Macclesfield, Stockport — Joseph St. John Yates.
  • - 33 - {f.33} No. 10 : Bury, Haslingden, Oldham, Rochdale, Saddleworth — J.S.T. Greene.
  • No. 11 : Bradford, Keighley, Otley, Settle, Skipton — Edw. Cooke.
  • No. 12 : Halifax, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Todmorden — James Stansfeld
  • No. 13 : Barnsley, Doncaster, Goole, Rotherham, Sheffield, Thorne — W. Walker.
  • No. 14 : Dewsbury, Leeds, Pontefract, Wakefield — Thos. Horncastle Marshall.
  • No. 15 : Boston (near Tadcaster), Easingwold, Knaresborough, Leyburn, Northallerton, Richmond, Ripon, Selby, Stokesley, Thirsk, Whitby, York — Mr. Serjeant Dowling.
  • No. 16 : Barton-on-Humber, Beverley, Bridlington, Great Driffield, Hedon, Helmsley, Howden, Kingston-upon-Hull, New Malton, Pocklington, Scarborough — W. Raines.
  • No. 17 : Boston, Brigg, Caistor, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Market Rasen, Sleaford, Spilsby — J.G. Stapylton Smith.
  • No. 18 : Bingham, East Retford, Mansfield, Newark, Nottingham, Worksop — R. Wildman.
  • No. 19 : Alfreton, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Burton, Chapelen-le-Frith, Chesterfield, Derby, Wirksworth — Joseph Thomas Cantrell.
  • No. 20 : Ashby de la Zouch, Hinckley, Grantham, Leicester, Loughborough, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Uppingham — J. Hildyard.
  • No. 21 : Atherstone, Birmingham, Tamworth — Leigh Trafford.
  • No. 22 : Alcester, Banbury, Coventry, Daventry, Lutterworth, Nuneaton, Rugby, Shipston, Solihull, Southam, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick — F. Trotter Dinsdale.
  • No. 23 : Bromyard, Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Evesham, Kidderminster, Ledbury, Pershore, Redditch, Stourbridge, Tenbury, Upton, Worcester — B. Parham.
  • No. 24 : Abergavenny, Chepstow, Hereford, Kington, Knighton, Leominster, Monmouth, Newport, Pontypool, Presteign, Ross, Tredegar, Usk — J.M. Herbert.
  • No. 25 : Dudley, Oldbury, Walsall, Wolverhampton — Mr. Serj. Clarke.
  • No. 26 : Cheadle, Hanley, Leek, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyne, Rugely, Stafford, Stone, Uttoxeter — R.G. Temple.
  • No. 27 : Bishop’s Castle, Bridgenorth, Cleobury, Drayton, Ludlow, Madeley, Newport, Shrewsbury, Wellington, Wem, Whitchurch — U. Corbet.
  • No. 28 : Aberystwith, Bala, Bangor, Caernarvon, Conway, Corwen, Dolgelly, Holywell, Llangefni, Llanrwst, Machynlleth, Portmadoc, Pwllheli — A.J. Johnes.
  • No. 29 : Denbigh, Holywell, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Mold, Newtown, Oswestry, Ruabon, Ruthin, St. Asaph, Welshpool, Wrexham — E.L. Richards.
  • No. 30 : Brecknock, Bridgend, Builth, Cardiff, Crickhowel, Hay, Merthyr Tydvil, Neath, Rhayader, Swansea — Thos. Falconer.
  • No. 31 : Aberayron, Cardigan, Caermarthen, Fishguard, Haverford-west, Lampeter, Llandeilofawr, Llandovery, Llanelly, Narbeth, Newcastle-in-Emlyn, Pembroke — John Johnes.
  • No. 32 : Attleborough, Aylsham, East Dereham, Great Yarmouth, Holt, Little Walsingham, North Walsham, Norwich, Wymondham — T.J. Birch.
  • No. 33 : Beccles, Bury St. Edmund’s, Eye, Framlingham, Halesworth, Harleston, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, Stowmarket, Thetford, Woodbridge — Francis King Eagle.
  • - 34 - {f.34} No. 34 : Bourne, Downham Market, Ely, Holbeach, King’s Lynn, March, Peterborough, Soham, Spalding, Stamford, Swaffham, Wisbeach — J.D. Burnaby.
  • No. 35 : Bedford, Biggleswade, Cambridge, Haverhill, Huntingdon, Kettering, Newmarket, Oundle, Royston, Saffron Walden, St. Neots, Thrapstone — John Collyer.
  • No. 36 : Ampthill, Aylesbury, Bicester, Brackley, Buckingham, Leighton Buzzard, Newport Pagnell, Northampton, Thame, Towcester, Wellingborough — John W. Wing.
  • No. 37 : Abingdon, Chipping Norton, Farringdon, Henley-on-Thames, Hungerford, Newbury, Oxford, Reading, Wallingford, Wantage, Windsor, Witney, Woodstock — J.B. Parry.
  • No. 38 : Barnet, Bishop’s Stortford, Chesham, Edmonton, Hertford, High Wycombe, Hitchin, Luton, St. Alban’s, Uxbridge, Waltham Abbey, Watford — John Herbert Koe.
  • No. 39 : Braintree, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dunmow, Hadleigh, Halstead, Harwich, Maldon, Rochford, Romford, Sudbury — Wm. Gurdon.
  • No. 40 : Whitechapel (Court, Osborne-st.) — Mr. Serj. Manning.
  • No. 41 : Shoreditch (Court, Old Street-road), Bow (Office near the Baptist Chapel) — Mr. Serj. Storks.
  • No. 42 : Clerkenwell (Court, Duncan-terrace, City-road) — Serjeant H.G. Jones.
  • No. 43 : Bloomsbury (Court, Portland-road, Regent’s-park) — D.D. Heath.
  • No. 44 : Brentford, (Court, Town Hall), Brompton, (Court, Whitehead’s-grove), St. Marylebone (Court, New-rd., opposite Lissongrove) — J.L. Adolphus.
  • No. 45 : Westminster (Court, St. Martin’s lane) — Francis Bayley.
  • No. 46 : Chertsey, Croydon, Dorking, Epsom, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford, Kingston, Reigate, Wandsworth — J.F. Fraser.
  • No. 47 : Southwark (Court, Swan-street, Newington) — G. Clive.
  • No. 48 : Greenwich (Court, Burney-street), Woolwich (Court, Brewer-street), Lambeth (Court, Denmark-hill, Camberwell) — J. Pitt Taylor.
  • No. 49 : Bromley, Dartford, Graves-end, Maidstone, Rochester, Seven-oaks, Sheerness, Tonbridge, Tonbridge Wells — James Espinasse.
  • No. 50 : Ashford, Canterbury, Deal, Dover, Feversham, Folkstone, Hythe, Margate, Ramsgate, Romney, Sandwich, Sittingbourne, Tenterden — Charles Harwood.
  • No. 51 : Arundel, Brighton, Chichester, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, Midhurst, Petworth, Rye, Worthing — Wm. Furner.
  • No. 52 : Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Bishop’s Waltham, Newport (I.W.), Petersfield, Portsmouth, Romsey, Southampton, Winchester — Charles Jas. Gale.
  • No. 53 : Bath, Bradford, Calne, Chippenham, Devizes, Frome, Marlborough, Melksham, Swindon, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury — J.G. Smith.
  • No. 54 : Cheltenham, Cirencester, Dursley, Gloucester, Malmesbury, Newent, Newnham, Northleach, Stow, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Winchcombe — James Francillon.
  • No. 55 : Bristol, Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury — Sir J.E. Wilmot, Bt.
  • No. 56 : Blandford, Bridport, Christchurch, Dorchester, Fordingbridge, Lymington, Poole, Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Wareham, Weymouth, Wimborne Minster — Edw. Everett.
  • No. 57 : Axbridge, Bridgewater, Chard, Clutton, Crewkerne, Langport, Taunton, Wellington, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Williton, Wincanton, Yeovil — G. Willmore.
  • - 35 - ↑ {f.35} No. 58 : Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Crediton, Exeter, Honiton, South Molton, Tiverton, Torrington — John Tyrrell.
  • No. 59 : Camelford, East Stonehouse, Holsworthy, Kingsbridge, Launceston, Newton Abbot, Oakhampton, Tavistock, Totnes — W.M. Praed.
  • No. 60 : Bodmin, Falmouth, Helston, Liskeard, Penzance, Redruth, St. Austell, St. Colomb Major, Truro — G.G. Kekewich.
  • metropolitan police courts.

  • City — Mansion House, Lord Mayor. Guildhall, an Alderman
  • Bow street, T.J. Hall, T. Henry, and D. Jardine, Esqs. — Westminster, late Queen-square, W.J. Broderip, and T.J. Arnold, Esqs. — Marlborough-street, P. Bingham and J. Hardwick, Esqs. — High-street, Marylebone, R.E. Broughton and G. Long, Esqs. — Clerkenwell, R.P. Tyrwhitt, and W. Corrie, Esqs. — Warship-street, John Hammill and L.C.T. D’Eyncourt, Esqs. — Kennington-la., Lambeth, Hn. G.C. Norton and G.P. Elliott, Esqs. — Southwark, Boyce Combe and G.A. à Beckett, Esqrs. — Thames Police, E. Yardley and J.T. Ingham, Esqs. — Greenwich and Woolwich, J. Trail and I.O. Secker, Esqs. At Greenwich, from 10 till half-past 1 ; at Woolwich, from 2 till 5, daily. — Wandsworth and Hammersmith, W.F. Beadon, T. Paynter, Esqrs.
  • N.B. The City Police is under the control of the city authorities, directed by D.W. Harvey, Esq. ; and the Metropolitan Police under that of the Commissioners, Sir Richard Mayne and Capt. Wm. Hay, whose office is 4, Whitehall Place.

    SCOTTISH COURTS OF LAW.

    court of session.

    Inner House — First Division.

  • † The Lord President — The Right Hon. Duncan McNeillM‘Neill
  • † Jas. Ivory, Lord Ivory ; Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson ; Rt. Hon. A. Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd.
  • Second Division.

  • † The Lord Justice Clerk — Rt. Hon. J. Hope
  • Sir J.A. Murray, Lord Murray ; John Marshall, Lord Curriehill ; † J. Cowan, Lord Cowan.
  • Principal Clerks, J. Walker, J.M. Lindsay, J. Russell, Cosmo Innes, Esqrs.
  • Jury Clerk, H.S. Bringloe.
  • Outer House — Permanent Ordinaries attached equally to both Divisions of the Court. — † Alex. Wood, Lord Wood ; † George Deas, Lord Deas ; Robert Handyside, Lord Handyside ; H.J. Robertson, Lord Benholme ; Chas. Neaves, Lord Neaves.
  • Court of Exchequer — Two of the Judges.
  • Queen’s Remembrancer — J. Henderson.
  • lord ordinary on teinds.

  • Alex. Wood, Lord Wood
  • ☞ The Judges marked thus † are Lords of the Justiciary, or Chief Criminal Court
  • law officers.

  • Lord Advocate, Rt. Hon. James Moncrieff.
  • Solicitor-General, James Crawfurd, Esq.
  • Advocates-Depute, George Young, Thos. Cleghorn, Geo. Dingwall Fordyce, and A.R. Clark.
  • Crown Agent, J.C. Brodie, W.S.
  • Clerk of Justiciary, P. Boyle, Esq.
  • ↑ - 36 - {f.36} IRISH COURTS OF LAW.

    court of chancery.

  • Lord Chancellor, Rt. Hon. Maziere Brady. Sec., M. Brady, jun.
  • Master of the Rolls, Rt. Hon. T.B.C. Smith
  • Deputy, Robert Wogan, Esq.
  • Masters in Chancery, W. Henn, Edw. Litton, William Brooke, Jer. John Murphy, A. Lyle, Esqs.
  • Account.-Gen., S. Barrington, Esq.
  • Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper, C. Fitzsimon, Esq.
  • Registrars, R. Long, Y. O’Keefe, Esqs.
  • court of queen’s bench.

  • Lord Chief Justice, Rt. Hon. Thos. Lefroy. — Judges, Hon. P.C. Crampton, Rt. Hon. Louis Perrin, and Rt. Hon. Richard Moore.
  • Master, A. Bushe, Esq.
  • Clerk of the Rules, C.N. Duff, Esq.
  • court of common pleas.

  • Lord Chief Justice, Rt. Hon. J.H. Monahan. — Judges, Hon. Robert Torrens, Rt. Hon. Nicholas Ball, Hon. J.D. Jackson
  • Master, Chas. Granby Burke
  • Clerk of the Rules, Ar. Greene, Esq.
  • court of exchequer.

  • Lord Ch. Baron, Rt. Hon. D.R. Pigot
  • Barons, Hon. R. Pennefather, Rt. Hon. J. Richards, Rt. Hon. R.W. Greene
  • Master, R. Hitchcock, Esq.
  • Clerk of the Rules, H. Yeo, Esq.
  • ecclesiastical courts.

  • Vicar-Gen. of Consistorial Courts, Joseph Radcliff, LL.D.
  • Registrar, J. Samuels, Esq.
  • Judge of Prerogative Court, Rt. Hon. R. Keatinge, LL.D.
  • Registrar, W. Stuart, Esq.
  • court of admiralty.

  • Judge, Joseph Stock, LL.D.
  • Surrogate, Joseph Radcliff, LL.D.
  • Queen’s Advocate-Gen., Sir T. Staples, Bart.
  • Registrar, John Anster, LL.D.
  • bankrupt court.

  • Commissioners, John Macan, Esq. and Hon. P. Plunket. — Registrars, Barry Collins and Thomas Batley, Esqrs. Official Assignees, Rob. Orr, and M. Murphy, Esqs.
  • Secretary of Bankrupts, C. Brady, Esq.
  • insolvent debtors’ court.

  • Commissioners, W.H. Curran, and John Hatchell, Q.C., Esqs. — Chief Clerk, J.T. Lloyd, Esq.
  • Registrars, Thos. Farrel, and H. Parsons, Esqs.
  • Provisional Assignee, C.H. Lauder.
  • court for sale and transfer of encumbered estates.

  • Commissioners, Rt. Hon. Baron J. Richards, M. Longfield, Esq., and C.J. Hargreave, Esq.
  • Master, S.W. Flanagan, Esq.
  • Secretary, H. Carey, Esq.
  • Accountant, Thompson Teed, Esq.
  • law officers.

  • Attorney-General, Right Hon. A. Brewster
  • Solicitor-General, Wm. Keogh
  • Serjeants, John Howley, James O’Brien and J. Christian, Esqs.
  • GOVERNORS OF BRITISH COLONIES AND POSSESSIONS.

    Europe.

  • Gibraltar, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert Gardiner, Governor.
  • Malta, Lieut.-Col. Sir W. Reid, Gov.
  • Ionian Islands, Sir H.G. Ward, Lord High Commissioner
  • Heligoland, Captain Sir John Hindmarsh, R.N., Lieut.-Governor
  • ↑ - 37 - {f.37} Asia.

  • Bengal, Marquess of Dalhousie, Gov.-General of India
  • Madras, Lord Harris, Governor
  • Bombay, Lord Elphinstone, Gov.
  • Ceylon, Sir G.W. Anderson, Gov.
  • Hong-Kong, Sir John Bowring, Gov. and Superintendent of Trade
  • Aden, (vacant.)
  • Labuan, John Scott, Lieut.-Gov.
  • America.

  • Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward’s Island, Sir E.W. Head, Bart., Capt.-Gen. and Gov.-in-Chief
  • Nova Scotia, Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Gaspard le Marchant, Lieut.-Gov.
  • New Brunswick, Hon. J.H.T.M. Sutton, Lieut.-Governor
  • Prince Edward’s Island, Dominic Daly, Lieut.-Governor
  • Newfoundland, Ker Baillie Hamilton, Governor
  • Bermuda, Lieut.-Col. Freeman Murray, Governor
  • Vancouver Island, James Douglas, Governor
  • West India Islands.

  • Jamaica and Dependencies, Sir Henry Barkly, Gov.-in-Chief
  • Bahama Islands, Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor
  • BarbadosBarbadoes and Windward Islands, Col. Sir W.M.G. Colebrooke, Gov.
  • St. Vincent, R. Graves McDonnellM‘Donnell, Lieut.-Governor
  • Grenada, R.W. Keate, Lieut.-Gov.
  • Tobago, Willoughby Shortland, Lieut.-Governor
  • Antigua and Leeward Islands, R.J. Mackintosh, Governor
  • St. Christopher’s, E.H. Drummond Hay, Lieut.-Governor
  • St. Lucia, Maurice Power, Lieut.-Governor
  • Dominica, Major S.W. Blackall, Lieut-Governor
  • Trinidad, Capt. Charles Elliott, R.N., Governor
  • British Guiana (Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice), P.E. Wodehouse, Governor
  • Honduras, W. Stevenson, Superintendent
  • Australia.

  • New South Wales, Sir W.T. Denison, Capt.-Gen. and Gov.-in-Chief
  • Victoria, Capt. Sir C. Hotham, R.N., Lieut.-Governor
  • Van Dieman’s Land, Sir H.E.F. Young, Governor
  • Western Australia (Swan River), Comm. Charles Fitzgerald, R.N., Governor
  • Southern Australia, (vacant.) Lieut.-Governor
  • New Zealand, (vacant.) Gov.-in-Chief.
  • New Ulster, Col. R.H. Wynyard, Lieut.-Governor
  • New Munster, E.J. Eyre, Lt.-Gov.
  • Falkland Islands,[Comment by SL] : Note that the crown colony of Falklands is presented here under the category of Australian colonies and territories, despite its location in the South Atlantic. This may reflect the strategic importance of the Falkland Islands in consolidating British imperial and commercial interests in the southern hemisphere, as well as British unwillingness to acknowledge South American territorial claims to the islands. G. Rennie, Gov.
  • Africa.

  • Cape of Good Hope, Sir Geo. Grey, Bart., Gov. and Com.-in-Chief. — Lieut.-Gov. C.H. Darling
  • Natal, South Africa, C.C. Pine, Lieut.-Governor
  • Mauritius, Jas. Macaulay Higginson, Governor
  • Sierra Leone, A.E. Kennedy, Gov.-in-Chief
  • Gambia, Lieut.-Col. L.S. O’Connor, Governor
  • Gold Coast (settlements on the), Lt.-Col. S.J. Hill, Governor
  • St. Helena, Col. T.G. Browne, Gov.
  • LAW TERMS AND RETURNS.

  • Hilary Term begins Jan. 11, ends Jan. 31.
  • Easter Term begins April 15, ends May 8.
  • Trinity Term begins May 22, ends June 12.
  • Michaelmas Term begins Nov. 2, ends Nov. 26.
  • - 38 - ↑ {f.38} The first General Return Day for every term is the fourth day before the first day for the term, both days being reckoned in the computation. There were also three other General Return Days in the term upon which certain writs were returnable ; but now by the statute 1 Will. IV. cap. 3, sec. 2, “All writs now usually returnable before any of His Majesty’s Courts of King’s Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer, respectively, on General Return Days, that shall be made returnable after the 1st of January, 1831, may be made returnable on the third day exclusive before the commencement of each term, or on any day (not being Sunday) between that day and the third day exclusive before the last day of the term ; and the day for appearance shall, as heretofore, be the third day after such return, exclusive of the day of return ; or in case such third day shall fall on a Sunday, then on the fourth day after such return, exclusive of such day of return.” When the terms themselves commence on a Sunday, the term is dated from such day, although the sittings do not commence till the following day.

    ALLOWANCE TO WITNESSES.

    RATE OF ALLOWANCE TO WITNESSES ATTENDING THE SUPERIOR
    COURTS OF LAW.

    For Attendance and Expenses.Per day
    Surgeons, Surveyors, & Attorneys£ 2  2 0
    Merchants£ 1  1 0
    Tradesmen£ 0 15 0
    Journeymen Mechanics£ 0  7 0
    For Travelling (per mile)£ 0  1 0
    The Attorney in the cause£ 0  1 3

    ALLOWANCE TO WITNESSES ATTENDING COUNTY COURTS.

    Gentlemen, Merchants, Bankers, and Professional Men7s.6d.Per day.
    Tradesmen, Auctioneers, Accountants, Clerks, and Yeomen50Per day.
    Journeymen, Labourers, and the like20Per day.
    Travelling Expenses, per mile, one way06Per day.

    Quarter-Sessions.

    By the Act 1 Will. IV. c. 70, it is enacted, that “in the year 1831, and afterwards, the justices of the peace in every county, riding, or division, for which Quarter Sessions of the Peace by law ought to be held, shall hold their General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the first week after the 11th of October, in the first week after the 28th of December, in the first week after the 31st of March, and in the first week after the 24th of June.”

    UNIVERSITY TERMS.

    oxford.cambridge.
    Begins.Ends.Begins.Divides.Ends.
    LentJan. 15Mar. 31Jan. 13Feb. 20, noonMar. 30
    EasterApr. 18May 26April 18May 27, midn.July 6
    TrinityMay 30July 7
    MichaelmasOct. 10Dec. 17Oct. 10Nov. 12, midn.Dec. 16
    Oxford Act. and Camb. Commencement, July 3rd.

    ↑ - 39 - {f.39} PUBLIC OFFICES,
    WITH HOURS OF ATTENDANCE.

  • Accountant-General’s Office, Chancery-lane, 9 to 3, and 4 to 6 ; for payments, 11 to 3
  • Acknowledgment of Deeds by married women, 7, Lancaster-place, Waterloo-bridge, May to August, 11 to 2 ; Term, 11 to 5
  • Adjutant-General’s Office, Horse Guards, 11 to 5
  • Admiralty Court, College-square, Doctors’ Commons, 11 to 4
  • Admiralty Registry, Paul’s Bakehouse-court, Godliman-street, 10 to 4, summer ; 10 to 3, winter
  • Admiralty Civil Department, Somerset House, 10 to 4
  • Admiralty Naval Department, White-hall, 10 to 5
  • Admiralty Register and Record Office of Seamen, Custom House, (Ticketing Station, 2, Hammet-street, Minories), 10 to 4
  • Advocates, College of, Doctors’ Commons, 10 to 4
  • Affidavit Office, (Chancery), 25, Southampton Buildings, 10 to 4 ; in long vacation, 11 to 1
  • Annuity (Government) Office, 19, Old Jewry, 10 to 3
  • Arches’ Court, College-square, 10 to 4
  • Arches’ Registry, 20, Great Knight Rider-street, 10 to 4
  • Army Pay Office (now called Pay-master-General’s Office by Act of Parliament), Whitehall, 10½ to 3
  • Associates’ Office, C.P., Judges’ Chambers, Rolls’ Gardens, Chancery-lane, 11 to 4.
  • Associates’ Office, Exch., 18 and 19, Chancery-lane, 11 to 4
  • Attorney-General’s Office, 2, King’s Bench Walk, Temple, 10 to 4, and 6 to 8 ; vacation, 10 to 5
  • Attorney and Solicitors’ Registrar’s Office, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4.
  • Bankrupt Office, Quality-ct., Chancery-lane, 10 to 4 ; vacation, 11 to 3
  • Bankruptcy Court, Basinghall-street, 10 to 4
  • Bloomsbury County Court, 11, Portland-road, 10 to 4
  • Board of Health, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, 10 to 4
  • Bow County Court, Bow, 10 to 4
  • Brentford County Court, Town Hall, 10 to 4
  • Brompton County Court, Whitehead’s Grove, Chelsea, 10 to 4
  • Camberwell County Court, Denmark-hill, 10 to 4
  • Chancery Offices, 10 to 4, in Term ; 11 to 1, in Vacation
  • Chelsea Pension Office, 49, Great Tower Street, 10 to 4
  • Church Commission, &c., 13, Great George-st., Westminster, 10 to 5
  • City Police Commissioners’ Office, 26, Old Jewry, 9 to 5
  • City Solicitor’s Office, Guildhall-yd., 9½ to 5½
  • Clerkenwell County Court Offices, 32, Duncan-terrace, City Road, 10 to 4
  • Coal Exchange, 96, Lower Thames-street, 12 to 3.
  • Colonial Office, Downing Street, hours uncertain
  • Colonial, Land, and Emigration Office, 8, Park-street, Westminster, 11 to 5
  • Commander-in-Chief’s Office, Horse Guards, 10 to 5
  • Commissioners for Promoting the Fine Arts, House of Lords, no stated hours
  • Commissioners of Police, 4, White-hall-place, 10 to 4
  • Commissioners in Lunacy, 19, New-street, Spring Gardens, 10 to 4
  • Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London, Guildhall-yard, 10 to 4
  • Commissioners of Sewers for the Metropolis,[Comment by FB] : The Metropolitan Commission of Sewers was established in 1848, partly in response to public health concerns following serious outbreaks of cholera. As the September 1854 epidemic was raging in the Broad Street area of London, Edmund Cooper wrote a report for the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers advising the parochial authorities to apply the provisions of The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act of 1846. John Snow (1813-1858) identified the source of the contagion as a particular public water pump. For further information, see Snow’s 1854 'Report to the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers on the House-drainage in St. James, Westminster during the Recent Cholera Outbreak,' via The John Snow Archive and Research Companion. 1, Greek-street, Soho, 9 to 4
  • - 40 - {f.40} Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, 11 to 2
  • Custom-house, Lower Thames-street, In-door Offices, 10 to 4 ; Waterside Offices, from 1st March to 31st Oct., 8 to 4 ; from 1st Nov. to 28th Feb., 9 to 4
  • Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s Office, 5, Dean’s Court, Doctor’s Commons, 9½ to 5.
  • Dean and Chapter of Westminster’s Office, 19, Benet’s-hill, Doctor’s Commons, 9½ to 5
  • Designs Office (for registry), White-hall, 11 to 3
  • Doctors’ Commons, south side of St. Paul’s Churchyard
  • Duchy of Cornwall Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4
  • Duchy of Lancaster Office, Lancaster-place, Waterloo-bridge, 10 to 4
  • East India House, Leadenhall-street, 10 to 4 ; Pay Office, 9 to 3
  • Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ Office, 5, Whitehall Place, 10 to 4
  • Education Board, Privy Council Office, Downing-street, 10 to 4
  • Emigration (Government) Office, 70, Lower Thames-st., 10 to 4
  • Exchequer Bill Office, Whitehall, 10 to 4
  • Exchequer, Office of the Chancellor of the, Downing-street, 10 to 7
  • Faculty Office, 10, Knight Rider-st., 9 to 6
  • Fines levied within 20 years, Office for searching for, 7, Lancaster-pl., Waterloo-bridge, May to August, 11 to 3 ; Term 11 to 5
  • First Fruits Office and Queen Anne’s Bounty Office, Dean’s-yard, Westminster, 10 to 4
  • Foreign Office, Downing-st., hours uncertain
  • Foreign Marriage, Baptism, and Burial Office, Bishop of London’s Office, 3, Godliman-street, 10 to 4
  • French Passport Office, 47, King William-street, London-bridge ; Consul’s Office, 3, Copthall-builds., Passports granted, 11 to 4
  • Gazette Office, 45, St. Martin’s-lane
  • Gazette Advert. Office, 42, Chancery-lane
  • Government Annuity Office, 19, Old Jewry, 10 to 3
  • Greenwich Out-Pension Office, 49, Great Tower-street, 10 to 4
  • Greenwich County Court, Burney-street, Greenwich, 10 to 4
  • Half-pay Office. See Army Pay Office
  • Harbour Master’s Office, St. Katharine’s Stairs, 10 to 4
  • Heralds’ College, St. Benet’s-hill, Doctors’ Commons, 10 to 4
  • Home Office, Downing-st., hours uncertain
  • Incorporated Law Society, 106 to 109, Chancery-lane, 9 to 8
  • Inland Revenue Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4
  • Inrolment Office, 2, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4 ; vacation, 10 to 2
  • Insolvent Debtors’ Ct., Portugal-st., 10 to 4
  • Irish Deeds Registry and Affidavit Office, 10, Southampton Buildings, 10 to 4
  • Irish Office, 18, Gt. Queen-street, Westminster, 11 to 5
  • Irish Stamps’ Sale, Somerset House, 10 to 4
  • Joint Stock Companies’ Registration Office, 13, Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, 10 to 5
  • Judges’ Chambers, Rolls-gardens, Chancery-lane, 11 to 5 in term, and 11 to 3 in vacation, except from August 10 to October 24, when 11 to 2 only
  • Lambeth County Court Offices, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, 10 to 4
  • Legacy Duty Office, 1, Somerset Place, 10 to 4
  • Lord Chamberlain’s Office, Stable-yard, St. James’s, 11 to 4
  • Lord Mayor’s Court Office, 1, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, 10 to 4
  • Lunatic Office, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4, vacation 11 to 1.
  • Marylebone County Court Offices, New Road, near Lisson Grove, 10 to 4
  • - 41 - {f.41} Masters in Chancery Office, 25, Southampton Buildings, 10 to 4 ; in vacation, 11 to 1
  • Metropolitan Roads, 22, Whitehall-place, 10 to 4
  • Metropolitan Police Office, 4, Whitehall-place, 10 to 4
  • Mint, Tower-hill, 10 to 4
  • Money Order Office (central) Aldersgate-street, 10 to 4
  • National Debt and Government Annuity Office, 19, Old Jewry, 10 to 3
  • Navy Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4
  • Office of the Coroner for Middlesex, 1, Bedford-street, Covent GardenCovent-garden
  • Ordnance Office, 86, Pall Mall and Tower, 10 to 4
  • Parliamentary Papers, Office for the sale of, 5, Great Turnstile, Holborn, and 32, Abingdon street, 9 to 8
  • Patent Office, 10, Serle-street, Lincoln’s-inn, 10 to 4
  • Police Offices, 10 to 5
  • Poor Law Board, Gwydyr House, Whitehall, 10 to 4
  • Port of London Surveyor’s Office, 16, Bucklersbury
  • Post Office, St. Martin’s-le-Grand
  • Prerogative Court, College-square, Doctors’ Commons, 9 to 4, and 9 to 3 in winter
  • Prerogative Will Office, 6, Great Knight Rider-street, 9 to 4, and 9 to 3 in winter
  • Presentation Office, Quality Court, Chancery-lane, 10 to 3
  • Privy Council Office, Whitehall and Downing-st., 11 to 4
  • Privy Seal Office, Treasury Office, 10 to 3
  • Public Record Office — Head Office, Rolls House, Chancery-lane. Branch Offices, Rolls Chapel, Tower, Chapter House, Poets’ Corner, and Carlton Ride, 10 to 4
  • Public Works Loan Office, South Sea House, 10 to 4
  • Quarter-Master-General’s Office, Horse Guards, 11 to 5
  • Queen’s Printer, Printer-st., Shoelane
  • Queen’s Remembrancer’s Office, 22, Duke Street, Westminster, 10 to 4
  • Register Office of Deeds in Middle-sex, 23, Bell Yard, Temple Bar, 10 to 3. Registrar attends 11 to 2 only
  • Registrar General’s Office, 7 and 8, Somerset-place, 10 to 4
  • Registrar of Common Lodging Houses, 1, Palace-place, Great Scotland-yard, 10 to 4
  • Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings, 6, Adelphi Terrace, 10 to 4
  • Registry of Judgments, Serjeants’-Inn, Chancery-lane, 11 to 5, in Term ; 11 to 3, Vacation ; 11 to 2, Long Vacation
  • Royal Marine Office, 22, New-street, Spring Gardens, 10 to 5
  • Savings Banks Barrister’s Office, 5, Bolton-street, Piccadilly, 10 to 4
  • Sheriff’s Court (for small debts), Guildhall-buildings, 10 to 4
  • Shoreditch County Court Offices, 12, Charles-square, 10 to 4
  • Southwark County Court Offices, Swan-street, Trinity-st., Stone’s-end, 10 to 4
  • Sons of the Clergy, 2, Bloomsbury-place, Bloomsbury-square
  • Stamp Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4
  • State Paper Office, 12, Duke-street, Westminster, 11 to 4
  • Stationery Office, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, 10 to 4
  • Stock Exchange, Capel-court, Bank, 10 to 4
  • Tax Office, Somerset House, 10 to 3
  • Tithe Commissioners’ Office, 9, Harrington House, Whitehall, 10 to 4
  • Transport Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4
  • Treasury Office, Whitehall, 10 to 4
  • Vicars General and Peculiars’ Office, Bell Yard, Doctors’ Commons, 9½ to 5
  • Victualling Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4
  • - 42 - ↑ {f.42} Visitor of Lunatics’ Office, 45, Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, 10 to 4
  • War Office, Horse Guards, 10 to 4
  • Weights and Measures Offices, 3, Whitehall-yard, 10 to 4 ; for the City, Guildhall
  • Westminster County Court Offices, 82, St. Martin’s-lane, 10 to 4
  • Whitechapel County Court Offices, Osborne-street, 10 to 4
  • Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, Public Works and Buildings Office, Whitehall-place, 10 to 4
  • Woolwich County Court, Brewer-street, 10 to 4
  • ECLIPSES OF THE SUN AND MOON.

    In the year 1855, there will be two Eclipses of the Sun and two of the Moon. — First, a total Eclipse of the Moon, on the 1st of May, partially visible at Greenwich ; Second, a partial Eclipse of the Sun, on the 15th of May, invisible at Greenwich ; Third, a total Eclipse of the Moon, on the 24th of October, partly visible at Greenwich ; Fourth, a partial Eclipse of the Sun, on the 9th of November, invisible at Greenwich.

    SOLAR INGRESSES.

    Spring Quarter begins March214 h  8 m. p.m.
    Summer Quarter begins June220 h 49 m. p.m.
    Autumn Quarter begins September233 h  0 m. a.m.
    Winter Quarter begins December228 h 48 m. p.m.

    TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES, AND OTHER PAYMENTS.

    Year.Per Mon.Per Week.Pr. Day.
    ££s.d.£s.d.s.d.
     10 1800 4¾0 0¾
     20 3400 9¼0 1¼
     30 5001 1¾0 2
     40 6801 6½0 2¾
     50 8401110 3¼
     6010002 3½0 4
     7011802 8¼0 4½
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    If the wages be guineas, add one penny for every pound to each month, or one farthing for every pound to each week.

    ↑ - [43] - {f.43} THEATRES.

  • Adelphi, Strand.
  • Astley’s, Westminster-Bridge-Road.
  • City of London, Norton Folgate.
  • Drury Lane.
  • Haymarket.
  • Lyceum, Wellington-street North, Strand.
  • Her Majesty’s, Haymarket.
  • Marylebone, Church-st., Portman Market.
  • Olympic, Wych-st, Strand.
  • Pavilion, Whitechapel-road.
  • Princess’s, Oxford-street.
  • Queen’s, Tottenham-street.
  • Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden.
  • Sadler’s Wells, John-street-Road, Islington.
  • Standard, Shoreditch.
  • St. James’s Theatre, King-street.
  • Strand, near Somerset House.
  • Surrey, Blackfriars-road.
  • Victoria, New Cut, Lambeth.
  • - 44 - {f.44} EXHIBITIONS, ETC.

  • Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park — Daily, Mondays 6d., every other day, 1s.
  • Surrey Zoological Gardens — Daily, 1s.
  • National Gallery, Trafalgar Square — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and in Easter and Whitsun Weeks, Friday also ; 10 to 5. Closed for 6 weeks, from end of second week in September.
  • Vernon Collection, Marlborough House, Pall Mall — Same days and hours.
  • Dulwich Gallery, Dulwich College — Every week day, except Friday, from 10 to 5 in summer ; 11 to 3 in winter. Tickets to be had gratis of Mr. Moon, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; Graves, Pall-Mall ; or Colnaghi, Cockspur-street. No tickets to be had in Dulwich. Schools, and children under fourteen, not admitted.
  • Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park — Daily, by Member’s Ticket.
  • British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury — Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and, in Easter and Whitsun Weeks, Tuesday and Thursday also ; Nov. to Feb., 10 to 4 ; Sept. to April, 10 to 5 ; May to Aug., 10 to 6. Closed the first week in Jan., May, and September. Children under eight years not admitted.
  • Crystal Palace, Sydenham — Saturdays, from 12 till dusk, 5s. ; Monday from 9, and every other day, except Sunday, from 10 till dusk, 1s.
  • Christ’s Hospital, Newgate Street — Daily, Tickets.
  • East India Company’s Museum, India House, Leadenhall Street — Friday, 10 to 4.
  • Missionaries’ Museum, Bloomfield Street, Moorfields — Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 10 to 3 ; March 25th to Sept. 29th, 10 to 4.
  • Geological Museum, Jermyn Street, St. James’s — Daily, 10 to 4.
  • Entomological Society’s Museum, 17, Old Bond Street — Every Tuesday, 3 to 8.
  • Soane Museum, 13, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields — April, May, and June, Thursday and Friday. Admission by ticket, to be applied for on the premises a day or two beforehand. Foreigners can obtain admission at any time on application to the resident Curator.
  • College of Surgeons’ Museum, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields — The first four days in the week, 12 to 4, with orders from members. Closed in September.
  • Royal Institution Museum, Albemarle Street (Minerals) — Daily, 10 to 4, by member’s order.
  • Saul’s Museum, Aldersgate Street.
  • Gresham College, Gresham Street — Lectures, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, free.
  • Society of Arts, John Street, Adelphi — Any day, except Wednesday, 10 to 2, by member’s order.
  • Linnæan Collection, Soho Square — Wednesday, and Friday. Tickets.
  • United Service Museum, Middle Scotland Yard — Daily, 11 to 4, by member’s order.
  • Museum of Practical Art — Marlborough House, Mondays and Tuesdays, 10 to 4.
  • School of Design, Marlborough House — Monday, 1 to 3, except August and September.
  • Royal Military Repository, Woolwich — Daily, 9 to 11 and 1 to 4, by ticket from Master-General of Ordnance, or personal introduction by an officer. To the Dockyard free.
  • Kensington Palace — Apply to the House-keeper.
  • Deptford Dockyard — Daily, 10 to 3.
  • The Mint, Tower Hill — Daily, 11 to 3 ; with order to be obtained from Deputy Master.
  • Hampton Court Gardens — Every week day from 10 to 4, Friday excepted. On Sundays from 2 till dark.
  • Kew Gardens — Pleasure Grounds, Sunday and Thursday, from 12 till sunset, from Midsummer till Michaelmas ; the Botanical Gardens and Arboretum on Sunday, from 2 to 6, other days from 1 to 6 in winter, from 1 to sunset in summer.
  • Temple Gardens — Every evening from June 18th to August 31st, from 6 in the evening till dusk ; and from 8 in the morning till dusk throughout the year, on order from a bencher.
  • Temple Church — Daily, by bencher’s order.
  • Horticultural Society’s Garden, Chiswick — Daily, by member’s ticket.
  • Bazaars, &c. — Pantheon, Oxford Street ; Bazaar, Soho Square ; Lowther Bazaar, 35, Strand ; Pantechnicon, Pimlico ; Western Exchange, Old Bond Street ; Lowther Arcade, West Strand ; Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly ; King Street Bazaar, Portman-square.
  • Polytechnic Institution, Regent Street — Daily, from 10 to 6, and 7 to 10 evening, 1s.
  • Private Galleries — Grosvenor, Upper Grosvenor Street ; Bridgewater House, Cleveland Row, St. James’s Street ; Stafford House, St. James’s ; Ashburton, Piccadilly ; S. Rogers’s, 12, St. James’s Place ; Bevan’s, Connaught Place ; Bridel’s, Eaton Square. Tickets may be obtained on application by letter to the proprietors.
  • ↑ - 45 - {f.45} TAXES.

    ASSESSED TAXES.

    By 16 & 17 Vict., cap. 88, the following duties, wherever they have been altered from the previous years, are to come into operation from and after April 5, 1854 ; up to that date all will remain as before and those not altered are to continue : —

    ARMORIAL BEARINGS. — Any person keeping a coach or other carriage, charged with a duty of not less than £ 3 10, and using or wearing any armorial bearing, to pay annually 2l. 12s. 9d. Any person not so charged, 13s. 2d.

    Per annum.
    CARRIAGES. — For every coach, chariot, landau, chaise, caravan, &c., with four wheels, drawn by two or more horses or mules£ 3100 each
    Carriages drawn by one horse or mule only£ 2 00 each
    Carriages with four wheels of less diameter than 30 inches, and drawn by ponies or mules not exceeding 13 hands in height£ 1150 each
    Carriages drawn by one only£ 1 00 each.
    Carriages with less than four wheels, drawn by two or more horses or mules£ 2 00 each
    Carriages drawn by one only£ 0150 each
    Carriages drawn by one not exceeding 13 hands in height£ 0100 each
    Carriages kept solely to be let to hirehalf the above
    Carriages used by common carriers, occasionally carrying passengers for hire, so as not to be liable to the Stage-Coach duties, with four wheels£ 2 68 each
    Carriages with less than four wheels£ 1 68 each

    Exemptions. — Carriages with horses kept solely for the purpose of being let to hire by persons licensed to let horses ; and any wagonwaggon, van, cart, &c., used solely in the course of trade, or in husbandry, marked with the name and residence of the owner.

    DOGS. — For every dog of whatever description, 12s., but no person to be charged more than £ 39 12s. for any number of dogs, nor more than £ 9 for any number of greyhounds : dogs under six months old are not chargeable, and dogs wholly used in the care of sheep or cattle, not being hounds, spaniels, &c., are exempt.

    GAME-DEALERS. — Persons licensed to deal in Game are to take out a certificate, charged with a duty of 2l. ; but certificated persons may sell Game to licensed dealers, if paying the duty of 3l. 13s. 6d.

    GAME DUTY (Great Britain). — On a Gamekeeper, acting under a deputation duly registered —

    If assessed as a servant£ 1 50
    If not so assessed£ 3136
    On every other person using dog, gun, net, or engine, for the taking or killing of Game£ 3136

    HAIR POWDER. — Every person who wears it to pay annually 1l. 3s. 6d.

    HORSES. — For every horse or mule used for riding or drawing carriages chargeable with duty£ 1 10 each.
    Horses kept for other purposes£ 0106 each.
    - 46 - {f.46} Per annum.
    Ponies and mules, not exceeding 13 hands in height, used for riding or drawing carriages chargeable with duty£ 0106 each.
    Horses, &c., kept for other purposes£ 0 53 each.
    Race-horses£ 3170 each.
    Clergymen, physicians, surgeons, farmers, and farmers’ bailiffs, keeping only one horse for riding, or drawing any carriage chargeable with duty£ 0106

    Exemptions. — Horses used in husbandry or in gardening, mares kept solely for breeding, or any horse not used for any purpose of labour whatever — all horses otherwise charged with duty ; horses kept by licensed horse-dealers for sale ; horses used by field-officers in volunteer corps, and by field-officers and others employed in Her Majesty’s Service, or in the Militia.

    Horses let for hire, where the person taking out a license keeps but one horse or one carriage£  7100
    Not exceeding two horses or two carriages£ 12100
    Not exceeding four horses or three carriages£ 20 00
    Not exceeding eight horses or six carriages£ 30 00
    Not exceeding twelve horses or nine carriages£ 40 00
    Not exceeding sixteen horses or twelve carriages£ 50 00
    Not exceeding twenty horses or fifteen carriages£ 60 00
    Exceeding fifteen carriages£ 70 00
    Exceeding twenty horses, for every ten or fraction thereof£ 10 00

    Exemptions. — Stage-coach and hackney carriage horses.

    HOUSE DUTY. — For every Inhabited Dwelling House which, with the Household and other Offices, Yards, and Gardens therewith occupied and charged, is or shall be worth the Rent of Twenty Pounds or upwards, by the Year. Dwelling-houses 9d. in the pound ; shops and farm-houses 6d. in the pound.

    INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX. — By an Act of 6 Victoria, an assessment of 7d. in the pound was charged in England on profits arising from property, professions, trades, and offices ; and dividends received by persons resident therein, payable out of the revenue of Foreign States ; and by an Act passed in the session of 1853, the assessment is continued and applied to the whole of the United Kingdom, until the 6th of April, 1855 ; at the same rate till April 5, 1856, then till April 5, 1857 at 6d. in the pound ; and then till April 5, 1860, at 5d. in the pound on all incomes amounting to 100l. a-year ; and on occupiers of farms the half of the above sums on the annual value. All persons whose incomes are between 100l. and 150l. a year, to pay only 5d. in the pound for the whole term ; and persons insuring their lives are allowed to deduct the amount so paid from the return of their incomes. By the 17 Vict. cap. 24, the foregoing rate to be 14d. and 10d. in the pound, from April 5, 1854, and continue until April 5, after the signing of a treaty of peace, when the rates are to revert to the previous scale.

    SERVANT-MEN. — For every male servant of the age of eighteen and upwards, 1l. 1s. ; for every such servant under eighteen, 10s. 6d. This duty includes waiters.

    Exemptions. — A son or grandson residing with his employer, and under the age of twenty-one ; public-house boys employed to carry out beer though waiting occasionally ; ostlers employed in the stables of a licensed innkeeper ; ostlers or helpers employed in the stables of livery-stable - 47 - ↑ {f.47} keepers, horse-dealers, persons licensed to let horses, or to drive stage-coaches or hackney-carriages, and persons employed in training race-horses.

    STAGE COACH DUTIES. — For every original license, 3l. 3s. For every supplementary license, 5s. Every stage-carriage is also chargeable with a mileage duty of 1½d. Hackney carriages (England), 1l.

    Duties on passengers conveyed for hire by Carriages travelling upon Railways. — 5l. per cent. on the gross amount of fares, Parliamentary trains being exempt.

    COMMERCIAL AND OTHER STAMPS.

    Receipts.s.d.
    Receipt or discharge given for any payment whatever of £ 2 or upwards01
    Scrip Certificates01

    Penalty for giving receipts without a stamp £ 10 under £ 100, and £ 20 above that sum.

    Penalty for not effectually cancelling or obliterating adhesive stamps when used, £ 10.

    Penalty for committing frauds in the use of adhesive stamps, £ 20.

    Inland Bill of Exchange, Draft, or Order for the Payment to the Bearer, or to Order, at any time otherwise than on Demand, of any Sum of Money

    £s.d.
    Not exceeding£     50 01
    Exceeding £     5 and not exceeding£    100 02
    Exceeding £    10 and not exceeding£    250 03
    Exceeding £    25 and not exceeding£    500 06
    Exceeding £    50 and not exceeding£    750 09
    Exceeding £    75 and not exceeding£   1000 10
    Exceeding £   100 and not exceeding£   2000 20
    Exceeding £   200 and not exceeding£   3000 30
    Exceeding £   300 and not exceeding£   4000 40
    Exceeding £   400 and not exceeding£   5000 50
    Exceeding £   500 and not exceeding£   7500 76
    Exceeding £   750 and not exceeding£ 1,0000100
    Exceeding £ 1,000 and not exceeding£ 1,5000150
    Exceeding £ 1,500 and not exceeding£ 2,0001 00
    Exceeding £ 2,000 and not exceeding£ 3,0001100
    Exceeding £ 3,000 and not exceeding£ 4,0002 00
    Exceeding £ 4,000 and upwards2 50

    Foreign Bill of Exchange drawn in, but payable out of, the United Kingdom,

    If drawn singly or otherwise than in a Set of Three or more, the same Duty as on an Inland Bill of the same Amount and Tenor.

    If drawn in Sets of Three or more, for every Bill of each Set,

    Where the Sum payable thereby

    £s.d.
    Shall not exceed£    250 01
    And where it shall exceed £    25 and not exceed£    500 02
    And where it shall exceed £    50 and not exceed£    750 03
    And where it shall exceed £    75 and not exceed£   1000 04
    And where it shall exceed £   100 and not exceed£   2000 08
    And where it shall exceed £   200 and not exceed£   3000 10
    And where it shall exceed £   300 and not exceed£   4000 14
    And where it shall exceed £   400 and not exceed£   5000 18
    And where it shall exceed £   500 and not exceed£   7500 26
    And where it shall exceed £   750 and not exceed£ 1,0000 34
    And where it shall exceed £ 1,000 and not exceed£ 1,5000 50
    And where it shall exceed £ 1,500 and not exceed£ 2,0000 68
    And where it shall exceed £ 2,000 and not exceed£ 3,0000100
    And where it shall exceed £ 3,000 and not exceed£ 4,0000134
    And where it shall exceed £ 4,000 and upwards0150

    Foreign Bill of Exchange drawn out of the United Kingdom, and payable within the United Kingdom, the same Duty as on an Inland Bill of the same Amount and Tenor.

    Foreign Bill of Exchange drawn out of the United Kingdom, and payable out of the United Kingdom, - 48 - {f.48} but indorsed or negotiated within the United Kingdom, the same Duty as on a Foreign Bill drawn within the United Kingdom, and payable out of the United Kingdom.

    Promissory Note for the Payment in any other Manner than to the Bearer on Demand of any Sum of Money,

    s.d.
    Not exceeding£   501
    Exceeding £  5 and not exceeding£  1002
    Exceeding £ 10 and not exceeding£  2503
    Exceeding £ 25 and not exceeding£  5006
    Exceeding £ 50 and not exceeding£  7509
    Exceeding £ 75 and not exceeding£ 10010

    Promissory Note for the Payment, either to the Bearer on Demand, or in any other Manner than to the Bearer on Demand, of any Sum of Money,

    £s.d.
    Exceeding £   100 and not exceeding£   2000 20
    Exceeding £   200 and not exceeding£   3000 30
    Exceeding £   300 and not exceeding£   4000 40
    Exceeding £   400 and not exceeding£   5000 50
    Exceeding £   500 and not exceeding£   7500 76
    Exceeding £   750 and not exceeding£ 1,0000100
    Exceeding £ 1,000 and not exceeding£ 1,5000150
    Exceeding £ 1,500 and not exceeding£ 2,0001 00
    Exceeding £ 2,000 and not exceeding£ 3,0001100
    Exceeding £ 3,000 and not exceeding£ 4,0002 00
    Exceeding £ 4,000 and upwards2 50

    Licence to Demise Copyhold Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or the Memorandum thereof if granted out of Court, and the Copy of Court Roll of any such Licence if granted in Court : — Where the clear yearly Value of the Estate to be demised shall be expressed in such Licence and shall not exceed £ 75, — the same Duty as on a Lease at a yearly Rent equal to such yearly Value, under the Act of the 13 & 14 Vict. c. 97.

    And in all other Cases£ 0100

    Lease or Tack of any Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, or Heritable Subjects, for any Term of Years exceeding Thirty-five, at a Yearly Rent, with or without any Sum of Money by way of Fine, Premium, or Grassum paid for the same, the following Duties in respect of such yearly Rent,

    If the term shall not exceed 100 years.If the term shall exceed 100 years.
    £s.d.£s.d.
    Where the yearly Rent shall not exceed £ 50 300 60
    And where the same shall exceed £ 5 and not exceed 100 600120
    And where the same shall exceed £ 10 and not exceed 150 900180
    And where the same shall exceed £ 15 and not exceed 2001201 40
    And where the same shall exceed £ 20 and not exceed 2501501100
    And where the same shall exceed £ 25 and not exceed 5011003 00
    And where the same shall exceed £ 50 and not exceed 752 504100
    And where the same shall exceed £ 75 and not exceed 1003 006 00
    And where the same shall exceed £ 100 then for every £ 50, and also for any fractional part of £ 5011003 00

    And where any such Lease or Tack as aforesaid shall be granted in consideration of a Fine, Premium, or Grassum, and also of a yearly Rent, such Lease or Tack shall be chargeable also, in respect of such Fine, Premium, or Grassum, with ad valorem Stamp Duties.

    Conveyance of any Kind or Description whatsoever in England or Ireland, and Charter, Disposition, or Contract containing the first original Constitution of Feu and Ground Annual Rights in Scotland (not being a Lease or Tack for Years), in consideration of an annual sum payable in perpetuity or for any indefinite Period, whether - 49 - {f.49} Fee Farm or other Rent, Feu Duty, Ground Annual, or otherwise, — the same Duties as on a Lease or Tack for a Term exceeding 100 years, at a yearly Rent equal to such annual Sum.

    Leases or Tacks and Grants respectively, for a Life or Lives not exceeding three, are chargeable with the Stamp Duties to which the same were subject and liable before the passing of the Act 16 & 17 Vict. c. 63.

    Every such Lease or Tack, and every Conveyance, Charter, Disposition, or Contract as aforesaid hereby charged with Duty, and the Duplicate or Counterpart thereof respectively, shall be chargeable with the respective Stamp Duties made payable by the 13 & 14 Vict. cap. 97.

    Bonds and Mortgages.

    s.d.
    Not exceeding£  5013
    Exce. £  50 & not ex.£ 10026
    Exce. £ 100 & not ex.£ 15039
    Exce. £ 150 & not ex.£ 20050
    Exce. £ 200 & not ex.£ 25063
    Exce. £ 250 & not ex.£ 30076

    And where the same shall exceed £ 300, then for every £ 100, and also for any fractional part of £ 100, two shillings and sixpence. With a progressive duty on words, for every entire 1080 words above the first 1080.

    Apprentices’ Indentures.

    £s.d.
    When the premium is under£   30 100
    If   30 and under£   50 200
    If   50 and under£  100 300
    If  100 and under£  200 600
    If  200 and under£  3001200
    If  300 and under£  4002000
    If  400 and under£  5002500
    If  500 and under£  6003000
    If  600 and under£  8004000
    If  800 and under£ 10005000
    If 1000 and upwards6000
    If no premium 026

    Duties on Succession and Legacies.

    Of the Value of 20l. or upwards, out of Personal Estate, or charged upon Real Estate, or on 100l., if in direct succession, &c. ; and upon every share of Residue :

    To a child or parent, or any lineal descendant or ancestor of the deceased, 1l. per cent. — To a brother or sister, or their descendants, 3l. per cent. — To an uncle or aunt, or their descendants, 5l. per cent. — To a great uncle or great aunt, or their descendants, 6l. per cent. — To any other relation, or any stranger in blood, 10l. per cent. — Legacy to husband or wife, exempt.

    Agreements.

    Of the value of 20l., or upwards, and not containing more than 1080 words, 2s. 6d. ; and for every 1080 words over and above the first 1080 words a progressive duty of 2s. 6d.

    Appraisements.

    s.d.
    Appraisement of Estate and Effects when the value does not exceed£  50 26
    Above £  50 & not exceed.£ 100 50
    Above £ 100 & not exceed.£ 200100
    Above £ 200 & not exceed.£ 500150
    Above £ 500 & not exceed.—200

    Life and Fire Assurances.

    Policy of Assurance made upon any life, or upon any event or contingency depending upon any life, where the sum assured shall not exceed 500l., for every 50l. or fractional part of 50l., 6d. ; above 500l., and not exceeding 1000l., 1s. for every 100l. or fractional part of 100l. ; above 1000l., 10s. for every 1000l. or fractional part of 1000l.

    Policy of Assurance for loss or damage by fire, 1s. And for every 100l. insured for a year, and for every fractional part of 100l., 3s. per cent. per annum.

    ↑ - 50 - {f.50} Marine Insurances.

    £s.d.
    Where the premium or consideration for such insurance does not exceed the rate of 10s. per cent. on the sum insured003
    Exceeding 10s. and not exceeding 20s. per cent.006
    Exceeding 20s. and not exceeding 30s. per cent.010
    Exceeding 30s. and not exceeding 40s. per cent.020
    Exceeding 40s. and not exceeding 50s. per cent.030
    Exceeding 50s. per cent.040
    If the separate interests of two or more persons be insured by one policy, the duties to be charged for each£s.d.
    Charter Party050

    Stamps are also now used instead of payments by fees in proceedings in Bankruptcy and Insolvency, and in all proceedings in Chancery.

    Sundries.

    Affidavits0 26
    Awards1150
    Bills of Lading0 06
    Protest0 50
    Charter Party0 50
    Warrant of Attorney, when given by a Prisoner0 50
    General Release1150
    Powers of Attorney1100
    Railway Proxies0 26

    HACKNEY COACH AND CAB FARES.[Comment by FB] : 'A Cabman’s Lament' in this volume provides an amusing answer to this informative section on fares.

    If a hackney coach or cab is hired by time, then the legal fares are, for a cab, an hour, 2s. ; and for all stoppages, 6d. for every complete fifteen minutes ; if by distance, 6d. per mile for two persons, and 6d. extra for each person beyond two for the whole distance. For hackney coaches the fare is one-third more.

    If the driver of any hackney carriage refuses to go with any person hiring his carriage, for the legal and proper fare allowed by the Act 1 & 2 Vic. cap. 22, clause 22, or if such driver refuses to drive with all proper expedition, or if he shall exact or demand for the hire of such carriage more than the proper sum limited by the said Act, he is liable to a penalty of 40s.

    If a hackney coach or cab be discharged beyond a circle of four miles from Charing Cross, the full fare is to be paid back to the nearest point of the four mile circle.

    Property left in hackney carriages to be taken to the nearest Police-Office, and deposited there under a penalty of ten pounds for default.

    Luggage is not to be charged for except more than two persons ride, and there is not room for it inside, then 2d. per package may be charged for what is carried outside.

    Railways.

    The length of railway open on Jan. 1, 1853, was 6,336 miles. On Dec. 31, it was 6,640 miles. The number of passengers conveyed in the year was, in England and Wales, 84,222,961 ; in Scotland, 10,999,223 ; in Ireland, 7,074,475 ; total number, 102,296,659. In England and Wales considerably less than one-half of the passengers were parliamentary and third-class ; in Scotland, two-thirds ; and in Ireland, about one-half. The total receipts for the year were 10,035,875l., of which 8,623,146l. were received from passengers. In England the receipts from the goods traffic somewhat exceeds those from the passenger traffic ; in Scotland they generally double the passenger traffic ; and in Ireland they amount only to about two-thirds of the passenger traffic. The total number of miles travelled by passengers in the year was 1,500,589,041 miles, giving an average of nearly 15 miles to each passenger.

    ↑ - [51] - {f.51} POST AND TRANSIT

    POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.

    At the Receiving Houses, letters can be posted until ½ past 5, and will also be taken until 6 o’clock, on payment of a fee of one penny by stamp affixed to letter.

    At the Branch Offices at Charing Cross, Old Cavendish-street, and Blackman-street, Borough, letters can be posted until 6 o’clock, and with an extra fee of one penny, paid by stamp affixed to letter, until ¼ to 7.

    At St. Martin’s-le-Grand and Lombard-street, letters can be posted until 6 o’clock ; until 7 o’clock with a penny extra fee and postage paid in advance ; and until ½ past 7 o’clock by payment of postage, by stamps affixed, and a fee of 6d. in money.

    For the Morning Mails. — The Letter Boxes at the Receiving Houses are open till seven a.m. for newspapers, and 7.45 a.m. for letters ; and those at the Branch Offices, Charing Cross, Old Cavendish-street, and the Borough, for the reception of newspapers until half-past seven a.m., and for letters until eight a.m. At the General Post Office and the Branch Office in Lombard-street, the boxes will close for newspapers at a quarter before eight a.m., and for letters at half-past eight a.m. Mail despatched at half-past nine a.m. Letters and newspapers for Ireland, posted at any Receiving Office before two, or any Branch Office before three, or at St. Martin’s-le-Grand by half-past three, are despatched at five, and reach Dublin early on the following morning.

    There are ten deliveries daily in London ; but at the following places - 52 - {f.52} there are only six deliveries daily ; namely, Camden Town, Camberwell, Dalston, Hackney, Holloway, Islington, Kentish Town, Kennington, Kingsland, Newington, Butts, Old Kent Road, Pentonville, Shacklewell, South Lambeth, Somers’ Town, Vauxhall, and Walworth.

    The following are the times at which letters are forwarded for delivery to all other places within three miles from the General Post Office, St. Martin’s-le-Grand : —

    If posted at Receiving-houses in the morning —

  • ¼ bef. 8 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 10 o’clock.
  • ¼ By 10 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 12 o’clock.
  • ¼ By 12 o’clock are despatched for delivery at  1 o’clock.
  • ¼ By  1 o’clock are despatched for delivery at  2 o’clock.
  • ¼ By  2 o’clock are despatched for delivery at  3 o’clock.
  • ¼ By  3 o’clock are despatched for delivery at  4 o’clock.
  • ¼ By  4 o’clock are despatched for delivery at  5 o’clock.
  • ¼ By  5 o’clock are despatched for delivery at  6 o’clock.
  • ¼ By  6 o’clock are despatched for delivery at  8 o’clock.
  • ¼ By  8 o’clock are despatched for delivery at  8 next mor.
  • If posted at the Principal Office, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, in the morning —

  • Bef. 9 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 10 o’clock
  • Bef. 11 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 12 o’clock
  • ¼ bef. 1 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 1 o’clock
  • ¼ bef. 2 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 2 o’clock
  • ¼ bef. 3 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 3 o’clock
  • ¼ bef. 4 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 4 o’clock
  • ¼ bef. 5 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 5 o’clock
  • ¼ bef. 6 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 6 o’clock
  • ¼ By 7 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 8 o’clock
  • ¼ By 9 o’clock are despatched for delivery at 8 next mor.
  • These deliveries occupy about one hour and a half from the time of despatch.

    Newspapers, to go the same day, must be put into the General Post-Office before six o’clock ; but those put in before half-past seven o’clock will go the same evening by paying a halfpenny with each. In the Branch Offices they must be put in before half-past 5, and at the Receiving Houses before 5. They must be sent in covers, open at the sides, and, to go free, no words or communication must be printed on such paper after the same shall have been published, nor any writing or marks upon such printed paper, or the cover thereof, other than the name and address of the person to whom it is sent ; but, by affixing a stamp conspicuously on the cover, the paper itself may be written on, but this exemption does not apply to papers sent abroad. If addressed to persons who have removed, they may be re-directed, and sent free of extra charge. Failure in these conditions subjects the paper to the same rate of postage as an unpaid letter. Within the London District (three miles from the Post-Office) the postage is a penny each.

    British newspapers sent to foreign countries (where they are permitted to go free through the foreign post) go free : but if otherwise, they are charged a British postage of 2d. each ; or a rate equivalent to the foreign rate. French and Belgian newspapers are subject to a postage in England of one halfpenny. English papers pay in France a postage of 5 centimes.

    Newspapers to and from the Colonies are transmitted free (unless sent by private ships), and must be posted within a week of their publication.

    Books and printed sheets may be sent by post in Great Britain, at the rate of 6d. if not exceeding half-a-pound, and 1s. per lb. (every fraction over a pound being charged as a pound) prepaid by stamps and open at the ends ; single books may be sent at the same rate to the British East and West Indies, British North America, Newfoundland, Bermuda, Ceylon, Hong-Kong, Cape Town, Gibraltar, Malta, the Ionian Islands, and Heligoland.

    Rates of Postage. — From and to all parts of the United Kingdom — the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, if pre-paid, and not exceeding,

    Half an OunceOne Penny.
    One OunceTwopence.
    Two OuncesFourpence.
    Three OuncesSixpence.
    And so on, adding Twopence for each Ounce.

    - 53 - {f.53} By the 10th and 11th Vic. c. 85, letters transmitted through the Post-Office to Bankrupts are to be delivered by the Post-Office authorities to the Assignees, for the period of three months after the issuing of the Fiat.

    Money-Order Office. — The Money-Order Office No. 1, Aldersgate-street, nearly opposite the General Post-Office, where Orders are granted and payable from 10 to 4.

    Money Orders for sums under Five Pounds are granted by every post-town upon every other post-town in the United Kingdom, on application at the various offices ; and also by and upon certain offices in the metropolis, of which the postmasters are furnished with a list. Orders for sums under Two Pounds, are charged Threepence ; not exceeding Five Pounds, Sixpence ; and above that sum no order is granted.

    Money Orders are paid only to the person for whom they were obtained ; but he may depute another person to receive the money by signing the order, and giving his deputy the Christian and surname, the address and occupation of the person who originally obtained the order. Where parties have several Christian names, one of such Christian names only is required, and they may be made payable to and signed for a firm. They must be presented for payment within the second calendar month after their issue, or a fresh order will be charged for, and within the twelfth calendar month, or they will not be paid at all. Post-Office Orders are recommended for small sums ; and, if neither that nor registration be adopted, that all bills, notes, &c., be cut in halves, and sent by different posts ; the numbers, dates, &c., should also be carefully taken. No money orders are issued or paid on a Sunday.

    All Unpaid Letters are charged double, and all letters can be prepaid only by affixing stamps thereon.

    Parcels sent by Post are not restricted as to weight, but the charge is twopence per ounce, which must be prepaid by money or stamps, and the parcel must not exceed two feet in length.

    Letters to persons who cannot be found, are returned to the Dead Letter Office, opened by the proper Officer, and returned to the writer ; and all dead letters bearing on the seal the name and address of the sender will be returned unopened.

    Letters directed to the Post-office to be left until called for, are sent to the Paid Letter Window in St. Martin’s-le-Grand, and may be had upon application between 10 and 4 ; if not applied for within a reasonable time they are sent to the Dead Letter Office, and are then opened and returned to the writer.

    Registration of Letters. — Letters may be registered between the hours of 10 and 4, on payment of a fee of Sixpence, which, with the post, must be paid in advance.

    Overcharged Letters. Overcharges are returned between the hours of 10 and 5, on application at the window of the hall in St. Martin’s-le-Grand ; the letter or envelope marked with the overcharge must be produced. The letter may be sent to the Office by the district letter-carrier, and the overcharge will be returned in the course of two days. Overcharges may likewise be obtained at the Branch Office in Lombard-street.

    All letters containing improper enclosures, such as razors, scissors, knives, forks, &c., or any thing which by pressure might prove injurious, will be detained at the Office where posted, and the party to whom sent must apply there for it.

    ↑ - [54] - {f.54} GENERAL NOTES OF THE YEAR

    Golden Number13
    Epact12
    Dominical LetterG
    Solar Cycle16
    EpiphanyJan. 6
    Sundays after Epiphany4
    Septuagesima SundayFeb. 4
    Lent beginsFeb. 5
    Good FridayApril 6
    Easter SundayApril 8
    Rogation SundayMay 13
    Ascension DayMay 17
    Whit SundayMay 27
    Trinity SundayJune 3
    Sundays after Trinity25
    Advent SundayDec. 2

    The year 5616 of the Jewish era commences on Sept. 13, 1855.

    Ramadan (Month of Abstinence observed by the Turks) commences on May 18, 1855.

    The year 1272 of the Mohammedan era commences on Sept. 13, 1855.

    ↑ - [55] - {f.55} CALENDAR.

    JANUARY XXXI.
    Full Moon  3 day at 8 19 morn.
    Last Quarter 11 day at 0 13 after
    New Moon 18 day at 8 37 morn.
    First Quarter 25 day at 1 39 morn.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1M  1Circumcision.13
     2Tu  2Sun rises 8h. 8m.14
     3W  3Sun sets 4h. 1m.F
     4Th  416
     5F  517
     6S  6Epiphany. Old Christ. Day18
     7S  71 Sun. aft. Epiph.19
     8M  820
     9Tu  921
    10W 1022
    11Th 11Hil. Term begins23
    12F 1224
    13S 13Cam. Lent T. beg.25
    14S 142 Sun. aft. Epiph.26
    15M 15Oxford Lent T. b.27
    16Tu 1628
    17W 1729
    18Th 18N
    19F 19 1
    20S 20 2
    21S 213 Sun. aft. Epiph. 3
    22M 22 4
    23Tu 23 5
    24W 24 6
    25Th 25Con. of St. Paul 7
    26F 26 8
    27S 27Sun rises 7h. 49m. 9
    28S 284 Sun. aft. Epiph.10
    29M 29Sun sets 4h. 41m.11
    30Tu 30K. Charles Mar.12
    31W 31Hilary Term ends13
    FEBRUARY XXVIII.
    Full Moon  2 day at 3 41 morn.
    Last Quarter 10 day at 3  0 morn.
    New Moon 16 day at 6 48 after.
    First Quarter 23 day at 5 34 after.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1Th 32Sun rises 7h. 42m.14
     2F 33Purif. Candlem.F
     3S 34Sun sets 4h. 50m.16
     4S 35Septuages. Sun.17
     5M 3618
     6Tu 3719
     7W 3820
     8Th 39Half.-quar.-Day21
     9F 4022
    10S 4123
    11S 42Sexagesima Sun.24
    12M 4325
    13Tu 4426
    14W 45Valentine27
    15Th 4628
    16F 47N
    17S 48 1
    18S 49Quinqua. Sun. 2
    19M 50 3
    20Tu 51Shrove Tu. Cam. Lent T.d.n. 4
    21W 52Ash Wednesday. 5
    22Th 53 6
    23F 54 7
    24S 55St. Matthias. 8
    25S 561 Sun. in Lent 9
    26M 57Sun rises 6h. 55m.10
    27Tu 58Sun sets 5h. 34m.11
    28W 59Ember Week12
    MARCH XXXI.
    Full Moon  3 day at 10  8 after.
    Last Quarter 11 day at  1 59 after.
    New Moon 18 day at  4 45 morn.
    First Quarter 25 day at 11 25 morn.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1Th 60St. David13
     2F 61Sun rises 6h. 46m.14
     3S 62Sun sets 5h. 41m.F
     4S 632 Sun. in Lent16
     5M 6417
     6Tu 6518
     7W 6619
     8Th 6720
     9F 6821
    10S 6922
    11S 703 Sun. in Lent23
    12M 7124
    13Tu 7225
    14W 7326
    15Th 7427
    16F 7528
    17S 76St. Patrick29
    18S 774 S. in Lent. Ps. Lou. b. 1848N
    19M 78 1
    20Tu 79 2
    21W 80Spring Quar. com. 3
    22Th 81 4
    23F 82 5
    24S 83 6
    25S 845 Sun. in Lent. Lady-Day 7
    26M 85 8
    27Tu 86 9
    28W 87Sun rises 5h. 48m.10
    29Th 88Sun sets 6h. 25m.11
    30F 89Camb. Lent Ter. e.12
    31S 90Oxf. Lent Term e.13
    APRIL XXX.
    Full Moon  2 day at 2 28 after.
    Last Quarter  9 day at 9 36 after.
    New Moon 16 day at 3  5 after.
    First Quarter 24 day at 5 57 morn.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1S 91Palm Sunday14
     2M 92Sun rises 5h. 36m.F
     3Tu 93Sun sets 6h. 34m.16
     4W 9417
     5Th 9518
     6F 96Good Friday. Old Lady D.19
     7S 97P. Leop. b. 185320
     8S 98Easter Sunday21
     9M 99Easter Monday22
    10Tu10023
    11W10124
    12Th10225
    13F10326
    14S10427
    15S105Low Sunday. Easter Term beg.28
    16M106N
    17Tu107 1
    18W108Oxf. & Cam. Eas. Term beg. 2
    19Th109 3
    20F110 4
    21S111 5
    22S1122 Sun. af. Easter 6
    23M113St. George 7
    24Tu114 8
    25W115St. Mark. Prss. Alice b. 1843 9
    26Th11610
    27F11711
    28S118Sun rises 4h. 41m.12
    29S1193 Sun. af. Easter13
    30M120Sun sets 7h. 18m.14
    MAY XXXI.
    Full Moon  2 day at 4  3 morn.
    Last Quarter  9 day at 3  2 morn.
    New Moon 16 day at 2 13 morn.
    First Quarter 24 day at 0  2 morn.
    Full Moon 31 day at 2 48 after.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1Tu121St. Phil. & St. Ja. P. Ar. b. 1850.15
     2W122F
     3Th123Sun rises 4h. 31m.17
     4F124Sun sets 7h. 25m.18
     5S12519
     6S1264 Sun. af. Easter20
     7M12721
     8Tu128East. Term ends22
     9W129Hf.-Qu. Day.23
    10Th13024
    11F13125
    12S13226
    13S1335 Sun. aft. East. Rogation Sun.27
    14M13428
    15Tu13529
    16W136N
    17Th137Ascension Day. Holy Thurs. 1
    18F138 2
    19S139 3
    20S140Sun. aft. Ascen. 4
    21M141 5
    22Tu142Trin. Term beg. 6
    23W143 7
    24Th144Q. Vict. b. 1819 8
    25F145P. Helena b. 1846 9
    26S146Oxf. East. Term e.10
    27S147Whit Sun. Cam. East. T. div. m.11
    28M14812
    29Tu149K. Chas. II. res.13
    30W150Oxf. Trin. T. be. Ember Week14
    31Th151F
    JUNE XXX.
    Last Quarter  7 day at  7 48 morn.
    New Moon 14 day at  2 29 after.
    First Quarter 22 day at  4 52 after.
    Full Moon 29 day at 11 14 after.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1F152Sun rises 3h. 51m.16
     2S153Sun sets 8h. 6m.17
     3S154Trinity Sunday.18
     4M15519
     5Tu15620
     6W15721
     7Th158Corpus Christi.22
     8F15923
     9S16024
    10S1611 Sun. aft. Trin.25
    11M162St. Barnabas26
    12Tu163Trin. Term ends.27
    13W16428
    14Th165N
    15F166 1
    16S167 2
    17S1682 Sun. aft. Trin. 3
    18M169 4
    19Tu170 5
    20W171Queen’s Access. 1837 6
    21Th172Longest Day 7
    22F173Sum. Qr. begins 8
    23S174 9
    24S1753 Sun. aft. Trin.10
    25M176Mids. Day. St. John Bapt.11
    26Tu17712
    27W178Sun rises 3h. 46m.13
    28Th179Queen’s Cor. 183814
    29F180St. PeterF
    30S181Sun sets 8h. 16m.16
    JULY XXXI.
    Last Quarter  6 day at 1 28 after.
    New Moon 14 day at 4  1 morn.
    First Quarter 22 day at 7 50 morn.
    Full Moon 29 day at 6 20 morn.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1S1824 Sun. aft. Trin.17
     2M183Sun rises 3h. 49 m.18
     3Tu184Ox. Act & Cam. C.19
     4W185Sun sets 8h. 17m.20
     5Th18621
     6F187Camb. East. T. e. Old Midsum. Day22
     7S188Oxf. Trin. T. ends23
     8S1895 Sun. aft. Trin.24
     9M19025
    10Tu19126
    11W19227
    12Th19328
    13F19429
    14S195N
    15S1966 Sun. aft. Trin. St. Swithin 1
    16M197 2
    17Tu198 3
    18W199 4
    19Th200 5
    20F201 6
    21S202 7
    22S2037 Sun. aft. Trin. 8
    23M204 9
    24Tu20510
    25W206St. James11
    26Th20712
    27F20813
    28S20914
    29S2108 Sun. aft. Trin.F
    30M211Sun rises 4h. 21m.16
    31Tu212Sun sets 7h. 48m.17
    AUGUST XXXI.
    Last Quarter  4 day at 9 21 after.
    New Moon 12 day at 6 52 after.
    First Quarter 20 day at 8 33 after.
    Full Moon 27 day at 1 21 after.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1W213Lammas.18
     2Th214Sun rises 4h. 26m.19
     3F215Sun sets 7h. 44m.20
     4S21621
     5S2179 Sun. aft. Trin.22
     6M218P. Alf. b. 184423
     7Tu21924
     8W22025
     9Th22126
    10F22227
    11S223Half Quarter-Day28
    12S22410 Sun. af. Trin.N
    13M225Grouse shooting b. 1
    14Tu226 2
    15W227 3
    16Th228 4
    17F229Ds. of K. b. 1786 5
    18S230 6
    19S23111 Sun. aft. Trin. 7
    20M232 8
    21Tu233 9
    22W23410
    23Th23511
    24F236St. Bartholomew12
    25S23713
    26S23812 Sun. af. Trin. P. Albt. b. 181914
    27M239F
    28Tu24016
    29W24117
    30Th242Sun rises 5h. 10m.18
    31F243Sun sets 6h. 48m.19
    SEPTEMBER XXX.
    Last Quarter  3 day at  8 24 morn.
    New Moon 11 day at 10 52 morn.
    First Quarter 19 day at  7  1 morn.
    Full Moon 25 day at  9 25 after.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1S244Part. sh. begins20
     2S24513 Sun. af. Trin.21
     3M246Sun rises 5h. 16m.22
     4Tu247Sun sets 6h. 39m.23
     5W24824
     6Th24925
     7F25026
     8S25127
     9S25214 Sun. af. Trin.28
    10M25329
    11Tu254N
    12W255 1
    13Th256 2
    14F257 3
    15S258 4
    16S25915 Sun. af. Trin. 5
    17M260 6
    18Tu261 7
    19W262Ember Week 8
    20Th263 9
    21F264St. Matthew10
    22S26511
    23S26616 Sun. aft. Trin. Autumnal Qr. b.12
    24M26713
    25Tu268F
    26W26915
    27Th270Sun rises 5h. 55m.16
    28F271Sun sets 5h. 44m.17
    29S272St. Mich. Mich. D.18
    30S27317 Sun. af. Trin.19
    OCTOBER XXXI.
    Last Quarter  2 day at 11  4 after.
    New Moon 11 day at  3 24 morn.
    First Quarter 18 day at  3 38 after.
    Full Moon 25 day at  7 27 morn.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1M274Pheas. sh. begins20
     2Tu275Sun rises 6h. 3m.21
     3W276Sun sets 5h. 31m.22
     4Th27723
     5F27824
     6S27925
     7S28018 Sun. af. Trin.26
     8M28127
     9Tu28228
    10W283Ox. & C.M.T. b.29
    11Th284Old Mich. DayN
    12F285 1
    13S286 2
    14S28719 Sun. af. Trin. 3
    15M288 4
    16Tu289 5
    17W290 6
    18Th291St. Luke 7
    19F292 8
    20S293 9
    21S29420 Sun. af. Trin.10
    22M29511
    23Tu29612
    24W29713
    25Th298Eclipse of Moon.F
    26F29915
    27S30016
    28S30121 Sun. af. Trin. St. Sim. & S. Jude17
    29M30218
    30Tu303Sun rises 6h. 51m.19
    31W304Sun sets 4h. 34m.20
    NOVEMBER XXX.
    Last Quarter  1 day at  5 17 after.
    New Moon  9 day at  7 31 after.
    First Quarter 16 day at 11 15 after.
    Full Moon 23 day at  7 51 after.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1Th305All Saints21
     2F306All Souls. Mich. T.b.22
     3S307Sun rises 6h. 58m.23
     4S30822 Sun. af. Trin.24
     5M309Gunp. Plot 160525
     6Tu310Sun sets 4h. 23m.26
     7W31127
     8Th31228
     9F313P. of W. b. 1841 Ld. Mayor’s DayN
    10S314 1
    11S31523 Sun. af. Trin. St. Martin. Hf.-q. 2
    12M316Cam. M.T. div. m. 3
    13Tu317 4
    14W318 5
    15Th319 6
    16F320 7
    17S321 8
    18S32224 Sun. af. Trin. 9
    19M32310
    20Tu32411
    21W325Prs. Roy. b. 184012
    22Th326St. Cecilia13
    23F327F
    24S32815
    25S32925 Sun. af. Trin.16
    26M330Mich. Term ends17
    27Tu33118
    28W332Sun rises 7h. 41m.19
    29Th333Sun sets 3h. 54m.20
    30F334St. Andrew21
    DECEMBER XXXI.
    Last Quarter  1 day at  2 11 after.
    New Moon  9 day at 10 18 morn.
    First Quarter 16 day at  6 56 morn.
    Full Moon 23 day at 10 39 morn.
    Last Quarter 31 day at  0  4 after.
    Days of theSundays and Remarkable Days.Moon’s Age.
    m.w.y.
     1S335Sun rises 7h. 45m.22
     2S336Advent Sunday23
     3M337Sun sets 3h. 52m.24
     4Tu33825
     5W33926
     6Th34027
     7F34128
     8S342Grouse sh. ends29
     9S3432 Sun. in AdventN
    10M344 1
    11Tu345 2
    12W346 3
    13Th347 4
    14F348 5
    15S349 6
    16S3503 Sun. in Advent Cam. Mich. T. e. 7
    17M351Oxf. Mich. T. ends 8
    18Tu352 9
    19W353Ember Week10
    20Th35411
    21F355St. Thomas Shortest Day12
    22S356Winter Qu. b.13
    23S3574 Sun. in AdventF
    24M35815
    25Tu359Christmas Day16
    26W360St. Stephen17
    27Th361St. John18
    28F362Innocents19
    29S363Sun rises 8h. 8m.20
    30S3641 Sun. af. Christ.21
    31M365Sun sets 3h. 58m.22

    ↑ - 61 - {f.61} MEMORANDA FOR 1856.

    BEGINNINGS OF THE MONTHS AND SUNDAYS.

    Jan. 1,Tuesday
    Jan. 6,Sunday
    Jan. 13,Sunday
    Jan. 20,Sunday
    Jan. 27,Sunday
    Feb. 1,Friday
    Feb. 3,Sunday
    Feb. 10,Sunday
    Feb. 17,Sunday
    Feb. 24,Sunday
    Mar. 1,Saturday
    Mar. 2,Sunday
    Mar. 9,Sunday
    Mar. 16,Sunday
    Mar. 23,Sunday
    Mar. 30,Sunday
    April 1,Tuesday
    April 6,Sunday
    April 13,Sunday
    April 20,Sunday
    April 27,Sunday
    May 1,Thursday
    May 4,Sunday
    May 11,Sunday
    May 18,Sunday
    May 25,Sunday
    June 1,Sunday
    June 8,Sunday
    June 15,Sunday
    June 22,Sunday
    June 29,Sunday
    July 1,Tuesday
    July 6,Sunday
    July 13,Sunday
    July 20,Sunday
    July 27,Sunday
    Aug. 1,Friday
    Aug. 3,Sunday
    Aug. 10,Sunday
    Aug. 17,Sunday
    Aug. 24,Sunday
    Aug. 31,Sunday
    Sept. 1,Monday
    Sept. 7,Sunday
    Sept. 14,Sunday
    Sept. 21,Sunday
    Sept. 28,Sunday
    Oct. 1,Wednesday
    Oct. 5,Sunday
    Oct. 12,Sunday
    Oct. 19,Sunday
    Oct. 26,Sunday
    Nov. 1,Saturday
    Nov. 2,Sunday
    Nov. 9,Sunday
    Nov. 16,Sunday
    Nov. 23,Sunday
    Nov. 30,Sunday
    Dec. 1,Monday
    Dec. 6,Sunday
    Dec. 13,Sunday
    Dec. 20,Sunday
    Dec. 27,Sunday
    Dec. 31,Wednesday

    MOVEABLE FEASTS.

    Septuagesima SundayJan. 20
    Quinq. Shrove SundayFeb. 3
    Ash WednesdayFeb. 6
    Quad. 1st Sunday in LentFeb. 10
    Palm SundayMarch 16
    Good FridayMarch 21
    Easter SundayMarch 23
    Low SundayMarch 30
    Rogation SundayApril 27
    Ascen. Day. Holy Thurs.May 1
    Whit SundayMay 11
    Trinity SundayMay 18
    Corpus ChristiMay 22
    1st Sunday in AdventNov. 30

    MOON’S PHASES.

    h.m.
    Jan. 7 New1117 a.
    Jan. 22 Full 329 m.
    Feb. 6 New1036 m.
    Feb. 20 Full 940 a.
    Mar. 6 New 839 a.
    Mar. 21 Full 4 5 a.
    April 5 New 553 m.
    April 20 Full 914 m.
    May 4 New 242 a.
    May 19 Full1157 a.
    June 2 New1140 a.
    June 18 Full1152 m.
    July 2 New 930 m.
    July 17 Full 931 a.
    July 31 New 9 8 a.
    Aug. 16 Full 555 m.
    Aug. 30 New1114 m.
    Sept. 14 Full 2 8 a.
    Sept. 29 New 348 m.
    Oct. 13 Full1059 a.
    Oct. 28 New 954 a.
    Nov. 12 Full 855 m.
    Nov. 27 New 4 1 a.
    Dec. 11 Full 813 a.
    Dec. 27 New 845 m.

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    ↑ - [140] - {f.140} Part II.
    CONTENTS.

  • A Prize Baby Show 141
  • Home-Made Wine 143
  • The Cloak in the Window 144
  • A Small Chapter on Paradoxes 147
  • Parlour Magic 148
  • Marriage Ceremonies of the Great Britons 152
  • Punch Gravidus Pleno Jecore ad Fontes Leamingtonias 155
  • Love’s Rational Dream 156
  • A Few Idle Thoughts 158
  • Prophecy for 1855 159
  • The London Boy 160
  • Chronology of the Past Year 161
  • Mrs. Frisbee on the Fashions 166
  • The Experiences of a Discontented Old Bachelor 168
  • Accidents 169
  • The Lovely Girl 170
  • A Relic from the Tomb of Memory 171
  • Pattern People 173
  • Sonnet Written in the Refreshment Stalls, Crystal Palace 174
  • Vegetable Mutton ; or, Beef without a Butcher 175
  • Stanzas for the Sentimental 177
  • Everyday Reflections 178
  • Loblolly’s Ode to the Sea 180
  • The Weather Made Interesting 183
  • A Cabman’s Lament 184
  • A Dumbfounded Bore 185
  • A Watering-Place Correspondence 187
  • Fortune Knocks once at Every One’s Door 191
  • An Old Man’s Definition of Love 192
  • ↑ - [141] - {f.141} PART II.

    A PRIZE BABY SHOW.[Comment by FB] : Author: Not credited in the Bradbury & Evans ledger for 1854/55. Many of the stories in this section of the 1855 Pocket Book were written by Mark Lemon, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, William Makepeace Thackeray, Percival Leigh, Horace Mayhew, Sterling Coyne, and others of the staff.

    THERE is to be a powerful and most interesting opposition to that great annual feast of fat, which, under the name of a Christmas Cattle Show, brings all the connoisseurs of suet and amateurs of hog’s lard to the Bazaar in Baker Street. We confess that we never had a leaning towards mere fat, and we have never been operated upon by that species of animal magnetism, which has proved so attractive to the public, when an ox, whose flesh has amounted to a load of several stone, has acted as a perfect loadstone to the curiosity of the community. It is true we may be told, in the words of the poet, we “have no children butchers,” and perhaps we might allow that “if we had” we might look with a sympathetic eye on a quantity of fat, and fall into the “melting mood” over an extravagant waste of obesity, which is quite at variance with the rules of “animal economy.”

    The rival exhibition to which we have alluded is that most interesting and touching display, “A Prize Baby Show.” We are convinced that even the poultry, including the whole family of Cochin China fowls, will be compelled to show the white feather and retreat before those delightful little ducks that are to be brought into competition by those who have had the interesting task of rearing them. Who would not turn away in disgust from the aspect of a pile of greasy, wheezy, uneasy mutton, in favour of one of those lambs that one may expect to meet with in a prize baby show. We can imagine the very interesting catalogue that would be made up from a - 142 - {f.142} collection of infants reared by all the various modes of nourishment which are adopted in the numerous nurseries of our mother country. We will suggest a few extracts which will be found more worthy of paper and ink, than the contents of those pens which constitute the material of a Christmas Cattle Show.

    Class I. — Male, one year old, infant, reared in the nursery on natural diet — First Prize.

    Class II. — Stout, short-legged, male infant, fed on natural diet with tops and bottoms.

    Class III. — Woolly-headed infant, fattened on mutton-chops, milk, and arrow-root.[Comment by FB] : The text compares the newly introduced baby contests with livestock shows like the Smithfield annual exhibition, which took place between 5-8 December 1854.

    If we were to be allowed to criticise this imaginary show, we should call attention to No. I. as a beautiful specimen of the effects of natural diet, unalloyed by those extraneous substances which produce podginess without plumpness, and achieve a sort of unwholesome expansion of bulk at the cost of solidity.

    In speaking of No. II., we should object to a slight touch of pudding about the head, which we should attribute to the excess of farinaceous food, which also imparts a decided dash of paste to the whole countenance.

    No. III. we might object to on account of the tendency to bone, which may be traced to the injudicious abundance of mutton-chops ; and a slight inclination about the legs, which appear to be verging on the bow, from a possible overloading of the system with the root of the arrow.

    In a collection of infants such as might be found at a Baby Show, we should of course meet with some objectionable specimens, as long as ignorance will purchase, and knavery is allowed to sell, those poisons advertised to set infants to sleep, and which perform their office only too effectually, by producing sleep of a kind that there is frequently no waking from. The soothing syrup system has done much to damage the breed of British babies, but we believe an infant show in the present day would furnish comparatively few specimens of those languid-looking objects, with the jaws of a lantern, unilluminated by any light in the eye, which, a few years ago, were to be met with in some of the “best of families.”

    - 143 - ↑ {f.143} We are afraid there are still a sufficient number of babies to make a very frightful show of the effects of drink and dirt on the growth and health of infancy.[Comment by FB] : Strongly reminiscent of Beer Street and Gin Lane (1751) by William Hogarth (1697-1764). Published as a pair, Beer Street and Gin Lane contrasted the health and productivity benefits of drinking beer with the vice of gin drinking. See Beer Street and Gin Lane, 1751, etching and graving, 34.8 x 29.8cm, Royal Academy of Art. Such a show would exhibit few specimens of more than one year old ; for a twelvemonth is above the maximum age of those specimens of minimum growth, which are the result of parental neglect on one hand, and poisonous narcotics on the other.

    In giving encouragement to the “Prize Baby Show” we do not wish to throw cold water on the cattle ; but while the agricultural stock is being fattened to the utmost size, we think the family stock deserves also to be made much of. While Paterfamilias attends to his farming stock, Materfamilias may give her attention to the more interesting chickens ; and we are sure that this arrangement will not be objected to by the most enthusiastic husbandman, if he happens to be at the same time a man and a husband.

    HOME-MADE WINE.

    When house we first began to keep,
     My wife, desirous to combine
    Prudence with pleasure, said, How cheap
     ’Twould be if we drank home-made wine !
    We bought some fruit, some sugar bought,
     (All the expense of course was mine)
    And brandy — which you’d scarce have thought
     Has to be put in home-made wine.

    I think the cost of all the mess,
     Came to some shillings eight or nine,
    Or thereabouts, a dozen, less
     Than one would pay for foreign wine.
    But when we came the cask to tap,
     What was the cause I can’t define,
    ’T had all turned sour by some mishap ;
     We could not drink our home-made wine !

    ↑ - 144 - {f.144} THE CLOAK IN THE WINDOW.

    SCENE — Towzery House, the Emporium of Messrs. Foister & Hook, Haberdashers. Shop-Walker, Cashier, Foreman, Assistants, and Stranger.

    Enter Ellen De —— from street-door to Assistant behind Counter.
    Ellen.You have a velvet cloak there marked Two Pounds.
    Assist.A velvet cloak at two, Miss, did you say ?
    Ellen.Yes ; in the window there.
    Assist.Directly, Miss.
    A Velvet, Two !
    Shouting up-stairs.
    Ellen.The cloak I wish to see
    Is that one in the window.
    Assist.All alike,
    Enter Youth from staircase, with Cloaks.
    Miss, I assure you, on my honour’s word.
    Displays Cloak.
    Ellen.Hm ! let me look.
    Examines Cloak.
    Assist.Superior article.
    Ellen.I like it not.
    Assist.Show you another, Miss.
    Shows another Cloak.
    Ellen.Nor this, nor this, nor this, nor this, nor this !
    The cloak within the window I might like,If you would show me that.
    Assist.Oh ! certainly.
    Retires up shop, and whispers Foreman.
    Ellen.Yes ; they would catch their bird, and save their bait :
    Keep their show cloak, and sell their worthless ware.But they’ll not sell me. I am too well schooledBy the wise counsels of a shrewd mamma,Who taught my young idea how to shop.
    Assist.
    (returning with cloak.)
    We should not recommend you this, indeed.
    - 145 - {f.145} Compared to these it is an articleDecidedly inferior.
    Ellen.
    Puts down money.
    Never mind.
    My fancy doth that velvet cloak affectFar above all the rest. Two pounds ? One — two.So put it in a parcel up for me.
    Assist.Well ; as you please, Miss — and — ahem ! — and what Is the next article ?
    Ellen.I want no other :
    Only that cloak : wherewith I would be gone.
    Assist.We have some nice barèges and delaines,
    Merinos, of superior quality,Superb Cashmeres, rich damasks, splendid twills,Tartans reshershy, poplins very chaste,Velvets.
    Ellen.No velvet, thank you, save that cloak.
    Assist.Light glassy bonnets.
    Ellen.Bonnet me no bonnets,
    And glacez me no glace ; but, if you please,Cloak me that cloak with all the speed you can.
    Assist.
    Makes up Cloak in parcel.
    Miss, in one moment.
    Shall we send this — where ?
    Ellen.Thank you — I’ll take it with me.
    Takes hold of parcel.
    Assist.Oh ! dear, no,
    We could not think of such a thing as that —Send it for you to any part of Town,Or Country.
    Takes hold of parcel also.
    Ellen.I’ll not trouble you.
    Assist.No trouble.
    A pleasure !
    Ellen.Thank you ; you are very good.
    But I prefer to take it in a cab.
    Assist.Oh ! really — really !
    They pull at the Cloak together.
    Ellen.Let me have it, Sir !
    Stranger
    (coming forward).
    Yes, Sir ; hands off that purchase, I request.
    - 146 - {f.146} That garment is the lady’s property,And I attest the sale. A vehicleThat shall convey it wheresoe’er she will,Stands at the door. That vehicle is mine.Upon its panel is a coronet,I am the Earl of Knightsbridge !
    The Shopmen assume attitudes of devotion.
    Ellen.My lord, your lordship — really is — I’m sure —
    Too — really — this is such an — honour — thatI feel quite — if your lordship would excuse —I think I’d rather — with a thousand thanks —Take my cloak in a cab.
    Knights.Stay, lady, stay.
    The strength of mind, which I, in this affair,Whilst I was cheapening an Opera tie,Saw you evince, hath, with your charms combined,Quite won my heart ; which here I offer you,Together with my title and my coach.
    Kneels.
    Ellen.Oh ! my lord — rise — this sudden — it is so ! —
    I know not what to say.
    Knights.
    Rising, takes her hand
    Be silent then.
    And in that silence let me read assent.My lady, let me drive you to your home.
    Ellen.Your lordship is beyond all measure kind.
    Your pleasure be my will !
    Knights.Then let us go.
    Shop-Walker.Your ladyship — my lord — I beg your pardon,
    Hope we shall have the honour to supplyHer ladyship’s trousseau ?
    Knights.
    (not minding him).
    Come, dearest, come,
    My own — what ? — Mary Anne ?
    Ellen.Ellen, my lord.
    Knights.Come, Ellen, dearest, and the wedding cake
    We’ll order Gunter instantly to make.
    Ellen.Let us forget not one thing ere we go.
    Knights.What thing, my love ?
    Ellen.My velvet cloak, you know.
    Knights.
    Assistant gives parcel.
    Points to Ellen.
    Timely remembrance. Ho there, sirrah Doo !
    - 147 - ↑ {f.147} Give me that cloak — that velvet cloak at Two.Thus prize and winner both I bear away.This is of all my life the happiest day.Add to the heart of woman, quick to feel,A brain as sharp to bargain and to deal ;And for a wife you have the very girl.Match for a haberdasher — and an Earl !
    the curtain falls.

    A SMALL CHAPTER ON PARADOXES.

    PITY a Poor Paradox ! It is too much the fashion nowadays to turn up one’s nose at everything that is paradoxical. A Paradox may often be an Omnibus that we get into with the fond notion that it is going in the precise direction we want, and yet takes us out of our way — but it is still oftener a Cab that carries us home safely, and puts us down at the very door of the Truth itself. Ask the Royal Society,[Comment by FB] : Reference to the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, initially known as the ‘College for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematical, Experimental Learning' (Gresham College, London, 1660). Today, the Royal Society is a charity organisation whose purpose is ‘to recognise, promote and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity.’ ask our Colleges, ask the Academies of Europe, if they can name a single Truth — which they all agree in admitting to be a truth — that did not make its first start in the world as a Paradox and was scouted, pelted, and hooted at accordingly. The movement of the Earth — wasn’t that a Paradox ? The existence of the Antipodes — another Paradox. Illumination by Gas — propulsion by Steam — vaccination — circulation of the blood — all so many Paradoxes, each one enjoying at the time its high celebration of ridicule, and every one of them at present recognised, vulgar, Truths ! Even the life and circulation of Punch[Comment by FB] : Self-referential joke on the difficult beginnings and current popularity of Punch magazine. The circulation of Punch is here compared to a ‘Law of Nature,’ as a permanent and ineluctable ‘Truth.’ Launched July 1841 in a highly competitive publishing market, Punch struggled financially until it was taken over by the printing firm of Bradbury & Evans (December 1842). In the mid-1850s, the magazine had become a staple of middle-class culture. was for a long period a Paradox, ready for any one’s sneer — until now it has become another Law of Nature, that is believed in just as strongly as electricity, or gravitation, or the sun, or the moon, or stars, or that the Government of England could possibly be carried on by any Minister who was not a Lord. Therefore, do - 148 - ↑ {f.148} not let us, in our superior ignorance, despise any Paradox — for who knows but what the Paradox we are laughing at to-day may be the honoured Truth of to-morrow — as in fact most of the Truths of to-day — high-placed Truths, that every man lifts his hat to, and is only too proud to be seen in their company — were only yesterday nothing better than poor wandering outcast Paradoxes, that every one turned away from his heart with no more compunction than he would turn away a beggar from his door. Paradoxical as it may appear there is no such thing as a Paradox ! — By a Great Lover of Paradoxes.

    PARLOUR MAGIC.

    MARGARET.Dear Henry, lay aside that wise, dull book,
    And take your Margaret for an evening stroll.Ere long the dews will fall.
    Henry.The dews don’t fall
    (As I have told my Margaret twenty times) ;They form, by reason of the temperatureOf earth ——
    Marg.O yes ! I know. How you do love
    To keep correcting of me.
    Hen.Drop the “of,”
    And take my arm. I’d have you more exactIn thought and speech, my Margaret. Come along.
    They walk out.
    Marg.How fast the sun goes down behind yon waves.
    Hen.I understand you, dear ; but why not say
    How fast our side of earth turns from yon sun.
    Marg.Bother ! And there’s the moon — the dear new moon.
    Give me some money, Henry, quick.
    Hen.My purse
    Is yours, dear girl, or rather what is in it.But why this need ?
    - 149 - {f.149} Marg.’Tis the first time I’ve seen
    The moon, and I must turn a coin and wish,Or we shall have no luck.
    Hen.You silly child !
    What’s the connection ’twixt this piece of goldAnd yonder sphere ? and how can it affectOur fortune ?
    Marg.I don’t know, but there, I’ve done it,
    And wished.
    Hen.And, baby, what’s your wish ?
    Marg.No, no,
    I must not tell it, or it will not happen.
    Hen.Indeed. More likely that it should, if told,
    And if a husband has the power to aid it.
    Marg.I’ll tell you by and by. Eyeough ! (recoils) Eyeieigh !
    Hen.Strange sounds. Have they a meaning ?
    Marg.Kill it then —
    A horrid earwig. It was on my bonnet.See where it runs — you’ll let it go.
    Hen.I will.
    Poor harmless creature, far more scared at youThan you at it, but it had far most cause.
    Marg.A dreadful thing. Suppose that it had got
    Into my ear, and eaten up my brain.
    Hen.
    (aside)
    I fear me a slight dinner. Nonsense, Madge.
    The creature never does such things, the chargeIs an exploded folly. If he crawledUpon your dress it was by accident.Nay, were he in your ear, how could he passUnto the brain you fancy you possess.First there’s the drum, about whose region liesA substance —
    Marg.There, now don’t be disagreeable,
    I tell you I hate earwigs. Henry ! hark !How that dog howls. A sign that somebody —
    Hen.Has shamefully forgot the poor dog’s supper.
    Marg.Don’t be so wicked. When poor Grandmamma —
    Hen.Talking of her, have you begun the slippers
    - 150 - {f.150} Your Grandpapa expressed a wish to have ?He’s rich, and he deserves the warm affectionYou bear him. — Don’t neglect the widower’s whims.
    Marg.No, I’ll begin the work on Saturday :
    I have the Berlin wool.
    Hen.Why not to-morrow ?
    Marg.To-morrow’s Friday — nothing I’ll begin
    On that unlucky day. He would not like them,Or they would throw him down, or I should prickMy finger to the bone in working them.
    Hen.And fifty and two days in every year,
    One year of every seven, you sacrificeTo this absurdity.
    Marg.It’s no use talking.
    You but confuse my thoughts. I’m very silly,And you are very clever, and my mind,Between my dullnessdulness and your intellectHangs, quivering, like the coffin of the ProphetMohammed, dangling between heaven and earth.
    Hen.Your illustration, darling, is so neat,
    And does you so much credit, that I blushTo tell you there’s no coffin of the kind,Mohammed, dying in six thirty-one,Was buried at Medina, and his tomb,(When in Arabia, dear, I went to see it)Surmounts a coffin fairly fixed in earth :But take all honour for your pretty speech.
    Marg.I’m glad you’re pleased with me, at least a little,
    For I am so unhappy.
    Hen.You, my love.
    Let a fond husband share your grief. What is it ?
    Marg.To day I — I — I — broke a looking-glass.
    It’s such bad luck.
    Hen.Why, yes, for glass is dear,
    Though cheaper than it was since good Sir RobertTook off the duty, in the year — let’s see,Yes — eighteen forty-five.[Comment by BQ] : Sir Robert Peel’s government repealed the glass tax, originally introduced in 1746 and amended multiple times, in 1845. A large glass, love ?
    Marg.
    (sobs).
    The one you shave by.
    - 151 - {f.151} Hen.That ! Ha ! ha ! I think
    It cost me five-and-sixpence, in the daysI little thought to scrape a husband’s cheek.Come, ’tis a blow we’ll hope we may survive.
    Marg.But the bad fortune that the thing will bring.
    Hen.Unless you cut your fingers with the pieces,
    (Which, as I hope, your maid has swept away,)I see not how a nine-inch square of glass,Smeared on one side with an amalgam, whichMakes it reflective, can, or smashed or whole,Trouble or you or me. How very brightThat crescent moon is.
    Marg.Yes. It comforts me
    To think I see it for the first time, love,Out in the open air, and not through glass.
    Hen.Glass seems (excuse the joke) to be your pane,
    But since you are consoled, I’ll not ask why,But ask you in to supper, where we’ll hopeNo knife and fork may cross, no salt be shed,No table crack, by way of awful warning,No large black cat come in, (which you’re afraidTo drive away, lest so you drive out luck),No winding sheet within the candle thicken,[Comment by BQ] : The sheet that wraps a corpse for burial or mass of drippings on the side of a candle that resembles this piece of cloth, thought to be an omen of death. Punch magazine frequently mocks superstitions such as those listed here.No coffin pop from out our cheerful fire,(A purse we’ll pardon), and if we may addA trust no after-dreams may vex your rest,And cause you to set down to inspirationWhat is but indigestion —
    Marg.
    (plaintively).
    Laugh at me ;
    But I was taught this faith in early childhood,And cannot shake it off.
    Hen.
    (slyly).
    I think, to-day,
    Entering your chamber hastily, I sawPopped in a drawer a tiny cap and frock —And yet, methinks, you are too old for dolls.
    Marg.
    (smiling).
    You have no right to think.
    Hen.No more I will.
    But should there ever be — such things will happen — - 152 - ↑ {f.152} One whose first lesson must be taught by you —I’d pray your course of training might excludeMatters like those whereof we’ve talked to-night.What ho ! Shellfishes red, and bottled aleFrom Caledonia ! Sit, fair Superstition,And we’ll sup full on lobsters, not on horrors.

    MARRIAGE CEREMONIES OF THE GREAT BRITONS.
    (Translated from the Chinese.)

    Great Britain is an island which takes in washing from the German Ocean. It is distinguished principally by its cliffs, which exceed those of any island near it by a long chalk. The inhabitants are an industrious and peaceful race not very far advanced in civilisation, which is accounted for by their schoolmaster being abroad. In proof of their semi-barbarous condition their magnates classify themselves with dumb animals — thus the Crown-Prince is the prince of whales, and their highest civic Magistrate is known and treated as a Mare.[Comment by BQ] : This ‘factual’ essay on British marriage traditions uses an outsider perspective to perform a pseudo-orientalist critique. The homophones for the Prince of Wales (whales) and mayor (mare) supposedly prove the society’s ‘semi-barbarous condition’ since these government roles sound like animals.

    The people of this island appear to subsist principally upon a bitter weed called law, which grows in rank luxuriance upon commons. The Commons of Great Britain are like other uncultivated pastures, appropriated to the grazing of Donkeys and Geese.

    Every thing in this strange country is called prime — a word of doubtful origin and equivocal import — thus we hear of a prime Stilton cheese, a prime Milton oyster, a prime Minister, &c. &c.

    The inhabitants are short-lived, especially the females, none of whom (if unmarried) ever live beyond the age of thirty-five.

    When a young man has “fallen in love,” as it is rather curiously termed, with a young woman, he goes to her father’s - 153 - {f.153} house to pay his addresses, for amongst the Great Britons who pride themselves on their commercial character, even love making is regarded as purely a debtor and creditor transaction. When the addresses have been fully paid, a legal acknowledgment is given and the liabilities of all parties cancelled by a “settlement.” The first demand, however, made by the young man on visiting the father of the intended bride, is to look at his lands — a request which is immediately granted, from the proposed bridegroom granting to the bride’s father a similar privilege. Surveyors are then appointed on each side, and the lands are measured. If the bridegroom’s land falls short of that owned by the bride’s father, the young man is bowed out of the house with much ceremony — if the balance be in favour of the suitor, he shakes his beard thoughtfully and promises to consult his Mamma. He then retires and is seldom seen again.

    When it so happens that there is an equality of lands, it is looked upon as a match, and the bridegroom is called upon for pin-money. This peculiar species of coin does not at all resemble pins, which are sharp-pointed, whereas pin-money is blunt, and like those who stamp it with their approbation, rather flat than otherwise.

    On the morning of the nuptials the bridegroom presents himself, attended by a friend and supporter at the house of the bride’s father. As soon as the preparations are complete, which are conducted with great solemnity, the bride and bridegroom are led to an altar erected for that purpose, where they are bound together by an indissoluble knot, to borrow the awfully thrilling language of the Priesthood, in sickness and in health, until death them doth part — a judgment pronounced upon them with inexorable austerity, and which few people can listen to without a shudder.

    As with most outlandish tribes, the Great Britons are naturally credulous, and disposed to take every thing upon trust. The bridegroom therefore is never permitted really to see the bride until after marriage. It is true that when friends are present he may admire her teeth, eyes, dimples, and so on, and she in return may contemplate tenderly his “imperial,” (a sign of valor attached to the chin), but beyond this all knowledge - 154 - {f.154} of each other is rigorously forbidden. After marriage, it is consequently found that the air usually worn is altogether false, and the surprise manifested by either party on making these startling discoveries, as may be imagined, is exceedingly ludicrous.

    In most domestic households after marriage there is an embodied Power, called in the language of these Goths a Mother-in-law ; for, as before observed, the Great Britons somehow mixed up everything, like a salad, with this bitter weed produced by the commons — hence they have fathers — mothers — uncles — aunts — brothers — sisters — nephews and nieces, all in law. The mother-in-law’s sway is absolute. To her hands are committed the reins of government, not as a matter of courtesy, but of course. She stands upon her prerogative and holds office during pleasure — generally for life. All questions of finance come within her jurisdiction, and there is no appeal. She hears all petitions, whether from husband or wife, and allows or dismisses them as she thinks fit, with or without costs. She has also the power of declaring war, which is often exercised by her in a very harassing manner, and the latchkey (the symbol of liberty, and which is highly prized by young husbands as giving them the right to travel within certain limits,) hangs entirely upon her dictum. During her very occasional absence from her seat of empire, the carpets are rolled up in token of desolation, and the wine-cellar is hermetically sealed.

    After marriage the husband’s bachelor friends are treated by the Powers that be with marked attention, a frigid shoulder of mutton being always provided at stated times for their special entertainment, and testifying by its cold and studied formality the respect in which they are held.

    Such are some of the connubial customs of this singular but amiable people.

    It’s a Fact that you never went to borrow money of a rich man but he hadn’t got it himself, but he knows a friend in the city, who, &c. &c.

    ↑ - 155 - {f.155} PUNCH GRAVIDUS PLENO JECORE AD FONTES LEAMINGTONIAS.[Comment by SL] : This poem parodies Horace’s Ode 3.13, playing upon the original poem’s eroticism. See Horace’s original poem via the Perseus Digital Library.

    VE salt, salt springs of Leamington, if Punch were not a hero,
    He never could address you now as dulci dignæ mero :
    Like that which Horace sang, you gleam splendidiores vitro,
    But ah ! his spring was not, like you, what’s call’d salino nitro.
    Oft as he quaff’d the cooling draught, the Roman bard would vaunt his
    Sweet stream had never felt the ray Caniculæ flagrantis ;
    But I would bless that star if, like a dogstar in the manger, he
    Would quite dry up those briny springs, which, doubtless, nescit tangere.
    The Roman loved his stream so well, that he vowed, as once he drank of it,
    Lascivi gregis soboles should die upon the bank of it,
    But Mrs. Wood ! — from whose fair hand I take the horrid pocula,
    Which, shamed by thee, I gulp in haste, hard striving to be jocular —
    If thou wilt do, what every day to me a greater labour is,
    Not with a kid, but with kid gloves in plenty cras donaberis.
    Bandusia fessis tauris was beloved, et vago pecore,
    And thou by Bulls dyspeptic fatigatis gravi jecore ;
    But Punch has drawn the parallel as far as he is able, he
    Can never say thy frigus is in any way amabile.
    Then Fare thee Well ! Sweet Mrs. Wood ! had Punch the dura ilia
    Messorum, these, his carmina, had been less atrabilia.
    But though he leaves thee with regret, charm’d with thy many graces,
    He dreads the cavos saxos whence desiliunt loquaces
    Lymphæ, in which magnesium and calcium and sodium
    Make up a mess that he must hold in everlasting odium.

    ↑ - 156 - {f.156} LOVE’S RATIONAL DREAM.

    TO-MORROW, dear Elizabeth, we exchange the marriage vow,
    And our hands will be united, as I trust our hearts are now.
    We’re to make each other happy, like the lovers in a play,
    Or a novel, at the end of it. My girl, I hope we may.

    Come, sit thee on that chair, my Bess ; I’ll seat myself on this,
    Let us see what lot awaits us, if that lot is to be bliss ;
    The bliss all lovers talk about, though few know what they mean,
    For the most are soft and green, my love, are very soft and green.

    Suppose not at the hour of eve, that we shall often roam,
    Nine evenings out of ten my love, you’ll be forced to stay at home.
    Trees breathe carbonic acid gas, and dews strike damp and chill,
    You’d be catching cold in the head, my love, and I should have you ill.

    It rarely will our pastime be to gaze upon the stars,
    And sit admiring Jupiter, and contemplating Mars,
    Folks abandon this amusement, after marriage, very soon,
    And wife and husband cease to take an interest in the moon.

    In listening to the nightingale few moments we shall spend,
    We shall not greatly feel disposed to blackbirds to attend :
    Small pleasure shall we take in hearing linnet, lark, or thrush,
    And for little Robin Redbreast we shall hardly care a rush.

    But seldom shall we stroll through fields and lanes, to gather flowers,
    Nor wander much among the groves, nor loll about in bowers,
    - 157 - {f.157} Nor stray along the shingly beach, nor climb amid the rocks,
    Nor give our ears to lowing herds, or our minds to fleecy flocks.

    For at mine office I shall have to fag from morn till eve,
    And thou wilt be too much engaged at home, the house to leave ;
    On Sunday only shall we have, for exercise and air,
    Supposing we are well enough, an hour or two to spare.

    And when at evening I return from working hard all day,
    Thou wilt not often sing to me, I shall not hear thee play :
    Most likely I shall fall asleep, and thou’lt be weary too ;
    Besides, thou’lt not keep up thy music, — women never do.

    No, ’twill be my chief pleasure to my business to repair,
    And think that I am earning a subsistence for us there ;
    And thine will be to render me that rare and happy man,
    Whose wife his income makes to go as far as e’er she can.

    The truest joys that we shall share are those which either feels
    Whilst both in peace and harmony partake their quiet meals ;
    Of which by constant industry the substance I provide,
    To be by thine economy, and thy housewifery applied.

    Ere I come down to breakfast, love, of a morning, thou wilt see
    That my egg is neither boiled too hard, nor yet too soft for me.
    Whilst other men on cold meat dine, for me thou’lt always do,
    Or have done, something relishing, — a hash, a broil, a stew.

    My things unto the wash, all marked, thy care will duly send ;
    My stockings thou wilt darn, love, and my linen thou wilt mend ;
    Thou’lt see no button’s wanting to my collar, front, or wrist :
    Thy happiness in kindly cares like these will much consist.

    To tend me in my sickness will for thee be one delight,
    To get my physic for me in the middle of the night ;
    To bind my brows with flannels, make my gruel and beef tea :
    But I hope thou’lt have as little of this pleasure as may be.

    - 158 - ↑ {f.158} And I will for the doctor send whenever thou art ill,
    Or run for him in time of need — and I will pay his bill ;
    Thus one another’s troubles shall we lighten, as they say,
    Enjoyment more than quite enough once only in a way.

    Of course, if children crown our hope, all these delights and joys
    Increased will in proportion be with our little girls and boys ;
    At least if with prosperity sound health we shall combine,
    And if thy temper turn out good, and my own prove sweet as thine.

    A FEW IDLE THOUGHTS,
    (By one who has nothing better to do.)

    A Woman thinks with her heart — a man loves with his head.

    Promising actors who promise the most, generally perform the least.

    A Sibthorp[Comment by SL] : Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (1783-1855) was the Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1826-1832 and from 1835-1855. He was on the extreme right-wing of British politics and vociferously opposed Catholic Emancipation, the Emancipation of the Jews in England, and the 1832 Reform Act. He was regularly caricatured in British periodicals, including Punch. His name also appears on pages 17 and 23 of this volume. For further information, see J. A. Hamilton and John Wolffe, ‘Sibthorp, Charles de Laet Waldo [known as Colonel Sibthorp] (1783–1855), Politician,’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 23 Sep. 2004. in the House of Commons is like a man on the top of the Monument — everything appears small to him, and he appears small to everybody.

    Persons who lose their tempers in arguing, and begin stamping, must imagine that the stamp will give their nostrums circulation in the same way that it does with a box of Quack Pills.

    A Critic is a sign-post in the paths of literature, pointing out the way for others to go, but never following it himself.

    The Links of affection require two flames before they will burn properly — and their burning depends entirely upon the way in which you pitch them.

    The Cloak of Religion is too often the Cloak of Hypocrisy turned — but the turning is done so cleverly as even to deceive those who have the best knowledge of the Cloth !

    ↑ - 159 - {f.159} Prophecy
    For 1855.
    Composed by the united labours of Zadkiel, Uriel, Gabriel, Ariel, and Raphael,[Comment by FB] : Zadkiel, Uriel, Gabriel, Ariel, and Raphael are archangels, or angels of the highest rank in the Christian hierarchy of angels. and revised by Mr. Punch.

    GROWLINGLY sets in January, and the stars indicate that a large promise will make a small performance, and though gold will glitter, a house totters, and insulted virtue boils over with just indignation. So to the frolic February, when the Fish of the South will rear herself amid the waters, and rosy raindrops will baptise her conjunctures — caution however — for the manly March is at hand, and Boreas, roaring amid oaks, will make his voice heard to the confusion of Mammon. April tenderly portends a temporary but sweet adumbration, where all is wont to be light, but a succession of asteroids sparkling over the firmament, remove apprehension, and vivify hope. May unfolds motives, but a sullen shadow crosses the ecliptic, and silver bells are resonant in vain, until June the joyous, with the golden mace, drives audacity before him with flying footsteps, and his rosy attendants weave garlands of joy. Nothing is permanent, and July, stumbling on the threshold, can be invigorated only by an infusion of royal hue and imperial lustre. Thus strengthened he proceeds, but one corner of the blanket of the dark is still pendulous into the crystal mirror. August enters statelily, but plumes are scattered in the breeze, and a form of mystery, rising from among the ocean-waves, looms with angry glare upon the fifth and eighth places of torment, and mocks the Wild Horseman, until softening September, with gentle healing, dilutes the baleful beam of Mars in the silver flood of moonlight, and the fierce avenger pauses in his blow. October brings the ghastly presence of the Astral Cloud Walker, gibbering amid the ice-keen hail, and the white dove, - 160 - ↑ {f.160} stricken, sinks moaningly into an abyss of snow. The stars of November are silent, but over the dark tide comes a murmur, and spirits are wandering with candles in their hands along the now granulated Milky Way. Lastly, December, scowling, but with his hands full of silver and gold, passes moodily over the expanse, his blue garment revivified with styptics and his belt sparkling with the promise of the effulgent horizon.

    [To be explained in our next.]

    THE LONDON BOY.

    OVER post and over paling,
    Over bar and over railing,
    Thorough kennel, thorough gutter,
    Bread and cheese, or bread and butter,
    Or a tatur all-hot, munching ;
    Orange sucking, apple crunching,
    Hardbake down his weasand ramming,
    Lollipops or toffee cramming,
    Mischief, prog, and dirt his joy,
    Leaps and runs the London Boy.

    His companion now he courses
    In among the heels of horses,
    Now he pelts him, and his missiles
    Break a window : then he whistles.
    Now he bids the tipcat[Comment by FB] : Tipcat (or tip-cat) is a traditional outdoor game in which a small piece of wood (the ‘cat’) is struck or ‘tipped’ at one end with a stick so as to spring up, and then knocked to a distance by the same player. For further information, see Oxford English Dictionary, 'tipcat (n.).' fly,
    Putting out some person’s eye ;
    Now he cheers some splendid marriage,
    Then gets up behind a carriage.
    Somebody he must annoy,
    Beadle, thrash that London Boy !

    ↑ - 161 - {f.161} CHRONOLOGY OF THE PAST YEAR.
    comprising all the most important events of 1854.
    Carefully compiled from public and private sources.

    JANUARY 2. Aldgate pump repainted. A tree blown down at Wimbledon.

    4. John Richards, of Esher, barber, aged 45, for a trifling wager cuts a customer’s hair in five minutes, eleven seconds, and drinks his health immediately afterwards.

    5. The Browns’ baby is vaccinated, from a child of their laundress, at Peckham.

    7. Two panes of glass broken at the Polytechnic Institution, it is conjectured by a sudden escape of cats.

    9. Fleet Street taken up to be repaved, for the first time since 1853.

    24. Heavy rain fell in the neighbourhood of Chichester and Haverfordwest, and the oldest inhabitants got wet.

    29. A remarkable meteor was seen over the north of London. It resembled a comet, ascended with a rushing noise distinctly audible, and appeared to burst, discharging a mass of coloured balls of fire, which speedily became extinct. Near the spot was next day discovered a deposit of wood, in the form of a lath about a yard long, which was sent to Professor Airy, who thrashed the messenger therewith.

    31. Parliament meets, and both Houses pass unanimous resolutions that nothing shall be done until the 12th of August.

    February 4. An exceedingly fine infant, aged six months, the child of poor but respectable parents resident in Southwark, falls out of bed into a basket of linen just home from the wash, and is unhurt.

    5. Fogs prevalent. Mr. Williams, of the Paragon, Old Kent Road, runs against Mr. Samuels, of Rotherhithe Crescent, but escapes with the loss of his temper.

    8. The new curb stones along Cannon Street are thrown open to the public.

    - 162 - {f.162} 17. The Browns’ baby begins to feel its feet.

    20. Mrs. Edwards, of Stamford Street, has in her coals.

    21–28. In consequence of the severity of the weather the police-magistrates receive several postage stamps for the poor-box, and expend the same in writing to thank the benevolent donors.

    29. There is no such day.

    March 2. The mercury in the thermometer of Professor Fuddles, of Hammersmith, suddenly falls from 32° to the oilcloth on the floor, in consequence, as is supposed, of a dig from the elbow of that eminent savant.

    5. A Lascar, at Chelsea, in revenge for the refusal of a passer-by to give him anything, throws himself into the mud of the river, and then runs a muck into the next public-house.

    7. The Browns’ baby walks with the aid of a chair.

    17. Alderman Chawle, of Liltringham, his lady, and family, visit St. Paul’s Cathedral, and express much approbation of the architecture of that sacred fabric.

    27. A life-guardsman, endeavouring to plumb the tepid bath in Holborn, before walking in, his foot slips, and he is precipitated to the bottom, a depth of nearly four feet.

    April 1. The Chancellor of the Exchequer receives a cheque for £109 19s. 6d. as conscience money, being arrears of income-tax, and pays the same into his bankers’.

    2. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the cheque in the Times.

    3. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is apprised by his bankers that the cheque is a hoax. He remarks that the sender is not such a fool as the right honourable gentleman imagined, when deeming the document genuine.

    11. A copper coin bearing the legend “Georgius III. D.G.” is discovered in the drawer of an old washhandstand in Wardour Street. It is supposed to have been there for some time.

    22. Mrs. Edwards, of Stamford Street, has much reason to complain of those coals.

    23. The Browns’ baby tumbles down stairs.

    29. The day seems likely to be wet, but clears up towards the afternoon.

    - 163 - {f.163} May 9. Colonel Spilk, the veteran gastronomist, eats six oyster patties in six successive minutes, and is so little exhausted at the close of the feat that he swallows half a pint of Madeira, and an anecdote in the Morning Advertiser.

    12. The Browns’ baby cuts its first finger.

    22. 43,009½ persons walk over London Bridge. We learn from the Economist that of these 2134 wore white hats, 163 had wide-awakes, 4081 had caps, and the remainder the ordinary black beaver.

    31. A country curate, visiting the city, and entering a mock auction-room, is severely bitten by a Jew silversmith, but recovers on the prompt application of a policeman.

    June 8. A hen, in the possession of a respectable farmer in Glamorganshire, lays an egg, which upon examination is found to be perfectly sound, and which is actually eaten by its owner in the presence of credible witnesses.

    9. Miss Smith, of the Grecian Saloon, is encored three times in the song, “I met him where the Bugles Blowed.”

    18. The Browns’ baby cuts its fourth tooth.

    21. The south wall of the yard of Wednesbury Workhouse whitewashed, and in celebration of the event every pauper inmate, male and female, including children, receives an order not to go near the wall until it is dry.

    30. A tradesman in the Strand waits upon a barrister in the Temple, and requests payment of his bill, having a large account to make up on Tuesday. By a singular coincidence, the barrister has just reduced his balance at the bankers’ to next to nothing, and deeply regrets that his creditor did not call on the previous day.

    July 1. Mr. Lobscouse, a highly respected inhabitant of Canterbury, finds a bad sixpence in his back garden. On the following Sunday he gives it to his youngest child to put into the poor’s box, but the latter, attempting an investment in goodies, the baseness of the coin and of the charitable party become simultaneously apparent, and the child is whipped.

    7. The Browns’ baby throws its shoe into the fire.

    29. The newly elected Mayor of Portington, Beds, proceeds - 164 - {f.164} to dine with the Corporation. He goes in a state coach, and comes back in a state of intoxication.

    August 7. Mrs. Edwards, of Stamford Street, finds that her coals are getting to the smalls, and orders more, in the meantime having them in by the sack.

    12. Parliament meets, and the Houses having exchanged congratulations upon the fidelity with which they have adhered to the resolution of the 31st January, adjourn until February next.

    20. Mr. Green having received three orders for the opera from a facetious friend, brings over his two rich old maiden aunts from Wandsworth to Covent Garden, and finds that the season having concluded, the house is shut up.

    21. The Browns’ baby scratches a good deal.

    28. Fight in Plumstead Marshes, between the Jewsbury Jobber and Lanky Sluggs, for £25 aside. A more dashing mill is not recorded in the annals of the Fancy. The Jobber fell every round, without a blow, but Lanky, who had sold the fight, in his extreme anxiety to “behave honourable” and lose it, hit foul thirty-seven times. In the thirty-eighth round, an exceedingly hard hit from Sluggs in the small of the Jobber’s back, was pronounced decidedly irregular, and the victory was adjudged to the Jewsbury pet.

    11. A singular development of animal instinct is recorded at Margate. A visitor, resident in Hawley Square, takes out his favourite spaniel for a walk. When they reach the fort, rain comes on, and the faithful and sagacious animal instantly runs home again.

    14. The Browns’ baby leaves off caps.

    16. Collision on the river. The Citizen steamer Fishmonger bumps the coal-barge, Isabella and Bill, near Lambeth.

    7. The driver of a cab finds a bracelet therein, which he puts into his pocket, intending to convert the produce to his own emolument. But while waiting for a fare, he reads the Family Herald,[Comment by FB] : The Family Herald or Useful Information and Amusement for the Million (1842-1940) was one of the most popular cheap and general interest magazines of the mid-nineteenth century. It was owned by George Biggs, edited by James Elishama Smith (known as ‘Shepherd Smith’), and printed by Bradbury & Evans, Punch’s owners and publishers. In 1855, the Family Herald’s circulation reached 300,000. See Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor, eds., Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism in Great-Britain and Ireland (Academia Press and The British Library, 2009), 213-4. The Family Herald was also the first publication worked entirely by female labour on the pianotype, an image of which featured in the masthead of the journal. In his diary for the period, Henry Silver notes that Punch collaborators generally despised this publication. See the Complete Transcript of Henry Silver’s Diary by R. G. G. Price, Punch Archive, British Library, London. Entry for 18 November 1863. and is so struck by one of the moral adages in the exterior, Honesty and Poverty is better than Riches and Guilt, that he instantly drives to the Times - 165 - {f.165} Office, advertises the article at his own expense, and refuses any reward but that of his approving conscience.

    12-15. A fishmonger in the Haymarket attracts much custom by exhibiting an oyster which mews like a cat. The deception was long profitable, but it was finally discovered that the oyster was placed close to the slit made in the counter for passing the money into the till, and that a hungry kitten was imprisoned in the latter.

    19. The Browns’ baby distinctly remarks “Adun.”

    7. All the houses in Exmouth Street, Walford Road, Bermondsey, have their doors newly painted, and their knockers blackened.

    9. The Browns’ baby grows a regular nuisance.

    11. The Vestry of St. Brian the Bigger unanimously vote that the rector of the parish be requested to abstain from the Puseyite custom of wearing a flower in his button-hole, which renders it quite impossible for his parishioners to profit by his discourses. The rector assents, but insists, in return, that the parish shall have his surplice washed oftener than once in six weeks. On this a poll is taken, and the additional washing carried by 709 to 653.

    20. An American engineer, self-educated, invents a vessel which will cross the Atlantic in a week, without coals, the motive power being supplied by galvanised gutta-percha.

    December 1. Sir Alexander Balliol discontinues his shower-bath for the winter.

    9. A large number of respectable families are plunged into affliction by the receipt of letters from scholastic establishments announcing that the vacation will commence on the 16th instant.

    11. After to-day, no more to be heard of the Browns’ baby.

    19, 20. Mrs. Wapples gives her husband cold meat two days running, and excuses herself by saying that the Christmas dinners are coming, when he will have all kinds of good things.

    21. Mr. Wapples leaves town to spend the Christmas anywhere but with Mrs. Wapples.

    22-24. Mrs. Wapples’s agony and remorse.

    - 166 - ↑ {f.166} 25. An affectionate and penitent letter has brought Mr. Wapples home this Christmas day, but it is hoped that the lesson will not be lost upon his wife.

    31. Publishing before that date, we decline recording what took place upon it.

    MRS. FRISBEE ON THE FASHIONS.

    THE way gals dress ! I must confess, I can’t contain myself from passion,
    To see a minx in all the jinks, which is considered now the fashion.
    There’s half the head without a shred or scrap of anythink upon it,
    So bold and gay and fly-away, with that ridicklus fall-off bonnet.

    Ugh ! don’tdont bepraise sich brazen ways — get out ! — I call them bonnets horrid :
    All back behind ! to speak my mind, I say they looks a deal too forrad.
    I can’t abear them hats they wear, which is as bad on the contrairy,
    With great broad brims ;[Comment by BQ] : In the 1840s bonnet brims extended forward beyond the sides of their wearer’s faces, blocking peripheral vision. However, in the 1850s bonnet brims shortened and bonnets themselves were worn further back on the head, exposing a woman’s hair. Here Mrs. Frisbee bemoans this change in fashion, commenting on specific elements she finds objectionable with the new styles. For more on women’s fashion in the 1850s, including bonnets like these, see FIT’s Fashion History Timeline. such silly whims quite puts me into a quandary.

    One’s flout, and strout, and stare-me-out ; the other’s poke and hide-my-face-in,
    Stuck on their heads so wide it spreads, it looks just like a wash-hand-basin.
    This is their pride at the sea-side, at picnics and all them fine doings ;
    I hate sich airs, and I compares their hats and them to musharooins.

    Them jacketees, or what you please to call ’em, ’s also my averson,
    Which, for our sect they’re incorrect, and suitable to no young person,
    - 167 - {f.167} The Fashion Book, or I’m mistook, says also some is wearing braces,
    What next, indeed ! I’d have them flea’d, the pusses, with their imperant faces !

    To see how sluts in waistcoats struts, and jemmy boots, like jack-a-dandy,
    It makes me mad, and wish I had a rolling-pin or broomstick handy.
    Then, round about, their frocks plinn’d out, before as well, but chiefly arter,
    Does worrit me to that degree, I feels as if I was a Tartar.

    And then them gals has such fal-lals, that every little chit as can, goes
    About with chains and chatterlanes, and crinkum-crankum and fandangoes :
    But them long gownds all folly crownds — them nasty, dirty trapesing dresses,
    That hides their feet, and sweeps the street, and mops up every kind of messes.

    To sweep the floors of rooms in-doors is bad enough with silks and satins,
    I’d try to sweep the streets more cheap : why don’t the hussies wear their pattens ?[Comment by BQ] : Overshoes meant to keep their wearers’ footwear from becoming wet or muddy outdoors. From the 1600s pattens often were made of wood soles and iron ring bases; by the 1850s they were not considered refined or fashionable. See a pair of pattens from this era via the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    That’s how I goes, thof, gracious knows, I hadn’than’t got heels like Cindereller’s,
    Suppose the men makes fun, what then ? — A fig, says I, for all sich fellers !

    Figged out like this, there’s every Miss in hoppykicky polkas flaunting,
    Walce a dew tong ; which I think wrong, with every kind of gallivanting.
    In my young days all sitch queer ways would have made folks cry, Highty, tighty !
    Ah ! — when they be as old as me, the gals p’raps wont be quite so flighty.

    ↑ - 168 - {f.168} THE EXPERIENCES
    OF A DISCONTENTED OLD BACHELOR. ÆTAT. 64.

    I Never knew a Baby cry consecutively for two hours, but it was “generally the quietest little thing in the world.”

    I never wanted any gruel, or something hot, for my supper, but that the kitchen fire had always “just gone out.”

    I never inquired at a Circulating Library for a particular book, but that they “expected it in directly.”

    I never knew a joint at an eating-house that was not “in exceedingly good cut.”

    I never went in a violent hurry to the City, but some of the streets were sure to be blocked up.

    I never knew, or saw, anything more of any umbrella I had accidentally left behind me.

    I never knew a horse, that was said to be “playful,” that didn’t kick ; and it is the same with a child.

    I never knew a married couple who “my-loved,” and “my-deared” and “my-ducked” one another to a fulsome extent in public, who didn’t quarrel in private.

    I never knew a man receive “private information” for a race, but he was sure to lose in betting upon it.

    I never knew a lady, who said she would only take “five minutes” to put on her bonnet, who really took them.

    I never knew a tradesman bother me for money, but he had “a little bill to make up.”

    I never knew the dinner to be ready precisely to a minute, but it was sure to be kept waiting for some fashionable fool who was late.

    And lastly, I never knew a young man keep the dinner waiting, but he was sure to be some conceited jackanapes, who thought considerably more about himself than the dinner.

    ↑ - 169 - {f.169} ACCIDENTS
    that do occasionally occur in the best regulated families.

    Your wife having provokingly “a sick headache,” when you take a friend home with you to dinner.

    The servant neglecting to say that “the tea is ready,” when the gentlemen have been sitting later than usual over a bottle of very old Port.

    A young lady spraining her ancle, when a disagreeable humdrum partner goes up to ask her to dance.

    The area-gate not being locked, just after a fresh barrel of beer has been taken in.

    That “stupid servant” leaving her things behind her whenever a vulgar-rich woman is surprised with a stocking on her hand in the act of mending it.

    The key of the piano being mislaid, if a professional, or first-rate singer happens to be in a house where the young ladies are musical.

    There being no cheese in the house, when a gentleman expresses a wish for a Welsh-rabbit[Comment by SL] : A Welsh rabbit, also known as a Welsh rarebit, is a dish of hot cheese sauce served on toast, often made with ale, mustard, or Worcestershire sauce. about two o’clock in the morning.

    There never being anything but cold meat, as often as a poor relative is pressed “to stay, and take pot-luck.”

    Your wife having “no dress fit to go in,” whenever there comes an invitation she doesn’t care much about, but which you are most anxious, for particular reasons, she should accept.

    The young ladies being “very poorly — in their bed-rooms” — in the event of a vulgar acquaintance (“that horrid Mrs. Elmore !”) happening to call.

    There being a smell of tobacco-smoke in the dining-room, if the gentlemen have been stopping up rather late over-night.

    The Doctor being sent for to see what is the matter with the children, the morning after Christmas Day.

    The Cat being more than usually hungry and mischievous in the kitchen, where “followers” are allowed.

    ↑ - 170 - {f.170} THE LOVELY GIRL.
    A Narrative Poem of High Life.
    by captain the hon. herbert c——.

    I Met her at the splendid fête
     With which Lord Jones the season crowned,
    When Royal parties came in state,
     And half the Peerage bowed around.
    Her snow-white arm outflashed with gems,
     Her jet-black hair was twined with pearl,
    And priceless laces fringed the hems
     Of silk that robed the Lovely Girl.

    It was a night remembered long,
     Lord Jones’s halls were bright with flowers,
    And Weippert’s band, and Grisi’s song,
     And Gunter’s ices, sped the hours.
    And when they formed the third quadrille,
     Her partner was an ancient Earl,
    And, happy lot, ’twas mine to fill
     A place beside the Lovely Girl.

    I marked her list his feeble chat
     With scorn she scarcely cared to hide —
    And many a glance she ventured at
     The pale young Guardsman by her side.
    She knew me not, yet well I wot
     For me she shook each glossy curl,
    For me she said, “It’s very hot,”
     With look piquante — the Lovely Girl.

    The look sufficed — it clearly said,
     “Why don’t you get presented, eh ?”
    A mutual friend afforded aid,
     And Herbert Clare knew Laura May.
    - 171 - ↑ {f.171} Her deep engagements all ignored,
     I bore her to the waltz’s whirl,
    And at the supper’s glittering board
     I sat beside the Lovely Girl.

    A RELIC FROM THE TOMB OF MEMORY.
    (Communicated by Mr. Anthony Furzewood, Bachelor.)

    MY niece, Amy, who is really getting quite a young woman, came to me, and said — I did not hear what she said at first — but I told her to speak louder — and she said, “Oh ! Uncle, here’s such a funny letter that was found in a bundle of papers this morning, when they cleaned out the lumber-room upstairs.” “Let me see it, my child,” I said. “No : I’ve left my specs in the other room. Read it out to me.” So she read as follows :

    “My dearest, dearest Angelina !

    “There surely is an influence — an emanation — an, I know not what — which permeates and transcends, and links together, and wraps in an invisible mantle all creation.”

    “What nonsense have you got there, child ?” I said.

    “I don’t know, Uncle,” she said, “there’s no name to it.”

    “No, I should think not,” I said, “anybody in his senses would be ashamed to put one.” Then she read on —

    “Dearest Angelina — last night I was looking at the moon” —

    “Booby ! — hadn’t he anything better to do than that ?” I said.

    “— looking at the moon : and that beautiful, that heavenly object strangely reminded me of You” —

    “Strangely enough,” I said. “Wonder it didn’t remind him of green cheese.” She proceeded —

    “Thou wilt believe me, dearest, when I tell thee this” —

    - 172 - {f.172} “Thee and thou !” I said. “Why he was just before addressing her in the second person plural, and now he changes all at once to the second singular. Suppose he turned Quaker in the middle of his letter. Go on.” On she went again.

    “— for the reflection of that lovely countenance in the mirror is symbolized by that fair, soft image of celestial brightness, glassed in the smooth and placid bosom of the tranquil stream.”

    “What an ass with his adjectives !” said I. She continued :

    “Beautiful moon ! Image of transcendent loveliness and unimaginable bliss !”

    “Image of what’s unimaginable — here’s nonsense !” I said. She went on again —

    “And yet, dearest, what an eccentric being is man. The most ludicrous ideas will intrude upon his loftiest musings. Whilst gazing on that lovely moon, the absurd thought of Mooncalves occurred to my mind.”

    “Sympathy with his fellow creatures,” I said.

    “And calves,” she proceeded, “remind me of something thou art fond of — and I love it too, the more for thy sake — and when — oh ! shall that happy time ever arrive ? — we will have it once a week, and always stuffed as we both like it, dearest — veal ; a fillet of veal. I wonder whether the beings who inhabit the moon are blessed with veal.”

    “Give me the letter, child,” said I, “and bring me my specs.” I love veal, myself, and the word suggested a train of thought like that with which you hunt up a dream. I took the letter and put the spectacles on. Egad, Sir, the letter was in my own handwriting ! In fact, it was mine. I had written it between forty and fifty years ago ; but it was never sent ; for before it was finished, Angelina jilted me for Captain Scamp, of the 146th. I burnt the rest of my letters, which she returned, but forgot to burn this one : and in course of time forgot all about the matter.

    What fools many of us have made of ourselves, Sir, when we were young men !

    ↑ - 173 - {f.173} PATTERN PEOPLE.
    (A leaf from the Note-book of our own Biologist.)

    THE husband who considers that three is company while two is none, and believes it is as cheap to provide for the former number as the latter : who rather prefers the leg of a chicken to the wing, and never expects to be helped more than once to pudding : who if he have an order to admit two to the theatre does not in the least mind paying for an extra place, and will even ride outside the cab to avoid crumpling the ladies’ dresses : who if there be only room for two next the fire at tea time, will consent with equanimity to sit away from it : who never by any chance looks into the house expenses, nor enquires of his wife how it is her draper’s bills are now nearly doubled : must be invaluable indeed to a mother-in-law !

    [Comment by BQ] : Compare this supposed biologist’s satiric tone and observations on gender and family norms with 'Marriage Ceremonies of the Great Britons' found earlier in this volume. The wife who doesn’t wash at home, and can manage a “cleaning” day without cold mutton : who is innocent of crochet, and will keep up her music as well after marriage as before it : who believes her husband when he tells her he has been “detained by business,” and will give him the latch-key rather than sit up for him : who doesn’t care for Chiswick, and considers that the opera is only meant for the aristocracy : who never bored her husband by making him go shopping with her, nor dragged him out at midnight to a remote “at home :” who does not object to the smell of a cigar, and can hear with equanimity that her husband has brought an old chum or two to dine with him : who never “for the children’s sake,” asks to go to the seaside, and when she travels can do so without fourteen band-boxes : must be a great blessing to her husband !

    The young lady who doesn’t wear thin shoes, and will always rather walk than take a cab when shopping : who keeps an account-book in preference to an album, and will mend her stockings rather than do crochet : who thinks that ices and lobster salad disagree with her, and is blessed with a natural - 174 - ↑ {f.174} aversion to the polka : who will wear a pair of white gloves twice, and can even walk down Regent Street without wishing for a new bonnet : she is the girl for a bachelor to be polite to !

    The medical student who prefers tea to beer, and eats penny buns in preference to oysters : who never plays pool, nor reads Bell’s Life[Comment by FB] : Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle (1822-1886) was a newspaper specialised in sports news. It also published pieces about politics, the royal family, the theatre and crime. It was lavishly illustrated, featuring woodcuts, engravings and cartoons. See Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor (Eds.), Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism in Great-Britain and Ireland, Academia Press and The British Library, 2009, pp. 46-47. at Lecture : who is innocent alike of the inside of a station-house, and the outside of a horse, and couldn’t sing a comic song to save his life : who wears Bluchers as being less expensive than Wellingtons, and has never “put on” any gloves but those of Berlin : who is only acquainted with Cremorne by hearsay, and believes that they only draw cyder at the Cider Cellars : who never “blacked a cutty,” nor called his hat a “tile,” and is wholly unacquainted with the meaning of “tick :”[Comment by FB] : ‘To go on tick’ and ‘to run on/upon tick,’ were popular Victorian colloquial expressions meaning to buy on credit and to run into debt, respectively. must be a great comfort to his parents !

    SONNET WRITTEN IN THE REFRESHMENT STALLS, CRYSTAL PALACE.

    I stood within the Palace of the Folk,
     That triumph rare of glazerie and grub,
    Where Smithfield Beeves in savoury sirloins smoke,
     And Bulls of Babylon most people snub.
    Here mind and body, both alike are fed
     With food unmatched in quantity and kind,
    And, after weeks of proof, it must be said
     The body takes more stuffing than the mind.
    Oh, glorious Paxton, knowing Laing and Geach !
     Your mingled piles of Frescoes, Fawns, and mutton,
    A studious youth, by grand examples, teach
     Either to be an artist — or a glutton.
    Blackwall with Baalbec, Rome with Richmond vies,
    In rival wealth of monuments and pies.

    ↑ - 175 - {f.175} VEGETABLE MUTTON ; OR BEEF WITHOUT A BUTCHER.[Comment by BQ] : Intended as absurd satire, this piece about the threat of vegetarianism and fake meat replacing beef proves oddly prescient with its formulas for creating meat substitutes, similar to products now being created and sold in the twenty-first century. More broadly, periodicals throughout nineteenth-century print culture railed against vegetarians, their eating habits, and philosophies. Take, for example, the 1860 review of The Principles and Practice of Vegetarian Cookery in The Athenaeum (no. 1729, 15 Dec 1860), which states that '[t]he vegetarian doctrine is not new; and it is only wonderful that enough people who believe in it survive to patronize a cookery-book intended for their particular service.' The writer then goes on to explain how morally there is no difference between an egg and a chicken, defend meat eating as vital for health, and finally states: 'We warn the public not to listen to the blandishments of stewed carrots and parsnips, fried cauliflowers and apple possets. These things may please the palate, they may fill the stomach, but they cannot supply to material of muscles and brains.' For more on the spread of vegetarianism in England, see Charles W. Forward, Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement In England (1898).

    THE British Public evinces an evident inclination to place itself under restraint — which may be a sign of returning reason, may be a symptom of incipient insanity. Teetotalism bids fair very soon to shut up the taverns, and then Vegetarianism will most likely close the butchers’ shops. But fermented liquors may be necessary in cases of sickness, as even the Teetotallers admit : and Vegetarians, too, must allow that, in some cases, animal food may require to be taken medicinally. But, with the grazier’s occupation gone, how will it be possible to procure meat ? Chemistry will compound it out of vegetables and minerals.

    The formula of flesh is C48 H39 N6 O15, that is to say, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in the proportions stated, plus an additional quantity of H and O in combination as water. Such are its ultimate elements. It does not follow that by putting water into a vessel, adding charcoal to it, and pumping into it hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen gas in the above proportions, you can make a quantity of meat, even if you galvanise the mixture ; but perhaps the discovery of some agent yet more subtle than electricity may one of these days enable us to compound venison itself out of air, water, and cinders.

    By means, however, of commingling the proximate, or immediate constituents of flesh, there is good reason to hope that science will accomplish meat-making before long. It will only be necessary to determine, by accurate analysis, the exact proportions in which those substances united, constitute the different kinds of flesh, in order to be enabled to make any description of meat that may be desired. Then, suppose a family to be ailing, and a medical man to be called in, who discovers the cause of its illness to be want of proper nourishment - 176 - {f.176} in the form of animal food, the doctor would quietly take pen, ink, and paper, and write off some such a prescription as the following : —

    ℞ : Fibrinæ ℔ iij

    Albuminis,

    Gelatinæ, a̅a̅ ℔ iss

    Osmazom : q : s.

    Sodæ et Potassæ Muriat :

    Sodæ et Potassæ Carb :

    Sodæ et Potassæ Phosph :

    Sodæ et Potassæ Sulph : a̅a̅ gr : x

    Calcis et Magnesiæ Carb :

    Calcis et Magnesiæ Phosph :

    Ferri Phosph :

    Peroxid : ejusdem a̅a̅ gr ij

    Adipis Agarici

    Aquæ, a̅a̅ q : s. M : et optime comprime in vase idoneo, ut fiat Crus Carnis Ovillæ, pro prandio hodiè cum Pomis Terræ comedend :

    That is to say, ladies, Take the various substances above enumerated, Fibrine, Albumen, Gelatine, Osmazome ; Muriate, Carbonate, Phosphate, and Sulphate of Soda and Potash ; Carbonate and Phosphate of Lime and Magnesia ; Phosphate and Peroxide of Iron ; Mushroom ; Fat and Water, in the quantities (conjecturally) specified. Mix and press well together in a proper vessel — a cheese-press of suitable shape would perhaps answer the purpose — so as to make a Leg of Mutton to be eaten up, with potatoes, this day for dinner.

    The flavour of meat depends, in some degree, on its grain : and this peculiarity, in forming a given species of meat, might doubtless be imitated by the judicious graduation of the pressure applied to the materials. When it is a fact that the most delicious perfumes exhaled by the sweetest of flowers can be obtained by means of chemistry from substances the most unpleasant ; when, for instance, it is notorious that the hair and the handkerchief may be imbued with fragrance which - 177 - ↑ {f.177} chemical science has derived from “the nasty pitch and tar,” it may reasonably be hoped that by the nice admixture of the elements of flesh, the chemist may succeed in producing a material equivalent in taste, odour, and all other properties, to any part of any animal. For, if the stomach of the ox makes beef out of grass, why may not the Adept ? Thus the shambles will be exchanged for the laboratory, and the druggist will succeed to the butcher’s business.

    STANZAS FOR THE SENTIMENTAL.

    IF must not be — nay, fond one, nay —
     Thy prayer alas ! I dare not grant :
    Though love would fain persuade “I may,”
     Stern Reason darkly hints, “I can’t.”

    Think not that I a cut intend,
     That thus thy scissors I reject,
    Nor that ’tis for some fairer friend
     That I this love-lock keep, suspect.

    Think not that I disdain thy prayer,
     Or hold the offering too dear :
    Trust me, thy longing for that hair
     Is sweetly grateful to this ear.

    But ah ! that Niobean stream
     Tells me thy pang, for words too big :
    ’Tis sad to forfeit thy esteem,
     Yet know the truth — I wear a wig !

    ↑ - 178 - {f.178} EVERYDAY REFLECTIONS.
    (By one who has Every day leisure to make them.)

    EVEN with women, curiosity has its limits. Where is she who at supper time would wish to know the pedigree of a London-made sausage ?

    If an ordinary man’s life is, as poets tell us, “but a span,” what fraction of an inch would describe correctly a frequent Railway traveller’s ?

    As mud is to Eels, so is mutton to genius. Who shall say how much a poet’s “inspiration” is owing to his cook ?

    Would any sentimental young lady know how perishable is love, let her look at her last season’s “love of a bonnet.”

    Happy is the man who can hear the knock of the tax-gatherer without finding it necessary to instruct his servant that “master’s just stepped out !”

    Let not the handsome over-congratulate themselves on their good looks. The possession of beauty has at least this drawback : they who have it cannot know “the pleasures of the plain.”

    Even as a good dinner oftentimes turneth away wrath, so will cold mutton oftentimes provoke it.

    Your cabman is the most aspiring of mortals. No matter what his rank may be, he is always looking for a hire.

    Many a tradesman has been ruined by trusting to appearances. Were Archimedes now living, he would soon discover that a “respectable appearance” is the only που στῶ he would require to move the world of credit.

    The Latin Grammar tells us that “Avida novitatis est gens humana.” Might not the Sage have written this in the inspiration of the moment when his wife discovered that she wanted a new bonnet ?

    - 179 - {f.179} The man who is often “on a round of pleasure-going,” in the end generally finds it difficult to make things square.

    Union is not always strength. Many an ill-matched couple have found their affections anything but strengthened by their Union.

    The disadvantage of having a haunch of Venison sent you is, that you are forced to give a dinner-party to get rid of it.

    There is one secret at least a woman can keep, and will : let Governments and census papers do their worst to worm it out of her. Where is the husband who can so far get admitted into his wife’s confidence as to know her real age ?

    Our butcher’s bills would not be so heavy in the holidays, if our wives reversed the fashion of putting on the puddings after meat. How many a slice of mutton might be saved by the simple prefix of a hard dumpling !

    The man who lives upon his “expectations,” generally dies in debt.

    Even a puffing tradesman may sometimes understate himself. How frequently has cheap port “warranted 20 years in bottle,” turned out on drinking to be elder !

    Happy is husband whose wife can exist without change of air in August !

    How dependent is Nature upon the appliances of Art ! what were Beauty without the assistance of soap ?

    There is a twofold advantage in wearing an old coat. It protects you from beggars ; and in wet weather will often save you cab-hire, as you’re not afraid the rain should spoil it.

    The game of speculation is like that of snapdragon.[Comment by SL] : Snapdragon was a popular parlour game, described by Samuel Johnson in the eighteenth century as a game “in which brandy is set on fire, and raisins thrown into it.” It became particularly associated with Christmas festivities in nineteenth-century England. See Samuel Johnson, 'snapdragon,' A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), A knowing hand will often manage to pick up a plum, while a hasty one only burns his fingers.

    Let not the frequenter of shilling ordinaries be envious. They who live well are the doctors’ best patients. Else how happy were the Aldermen who could eat pork chops for supper, and expect to sleep after them !

    [2 liner]

    It’s a Fact that you never met with a Cabman yet, who refused to take a cigar, or something to drink.

    ↑ - 180 - {f.180} LOBLOLLY’S ODE TO THE SEA.

    WHAT stuff and nonsense people talk of thee,
    Thou doleful, dreary, dull, and dismal Sea !
    Bosh ! who can any patience keep,
    “Open” to hear thee called, that art the Deep ?
     And then they say that thou art “blue,”
     Which isn’t true.
      As far, at least, as I have seen,
      Thy common colour is a muddy green.
     “Fresh,” too they call thee : that’s another flam,
     For thou art salt as any ham.
    “The Free” they term thee likewise — silly souls !
     What would they have us understand ?
     How has the Sea more freedom than the Land ?
    Free ? don’t we make thee carry coals ?
     Dost thou not serve us merchandise to float ?
     Dost thou not burdens bear, in ship and boat ?
    The slave of drink’s not free because he rolls.

    I must confess I do not love to ride
     Upon thy bosom — pooh ! the term’s absurd,
     Bosom ? — no — back of course should be the word,
       I say, of course,
     In speaking of thee, Sea, as a Sea-horse.
    Thou always dost disquiet mine inside.
     I do not care to watch thy spray,
      Or gaze upon thy sparkling foam,
     I sit and wish I was away,
      Or lie and long to be at home.
     Meanwhile a dread sensation o’er me steals ;
      They who have suffered it can only know

      - 181 - {f.181} The misery a wretched victim feels :
      Nelson himself was ever so,
     For some time after setting sail.
     Thou Sea, how horrid art thou in a gale !
     Make the heart bound, indeed ! I think
     That thou dost rather make the stomach sink ;
     The dizzy brain to whirl and swim,
     And every sense, but that of misery, dim.
    Oh ! talk not to me, I beseech
      My friends — and they, good sailors all,
      Perhaps are Eating in a squall ! —
      They offer me a lump of fat
      Bacon — or something bad as that —
    Ugh ! Bacon ! — basin ! — none in reach —
     I rush unto the vessel’s side,
      (Out upon Bacon — and all dishes !)
     And bending o’er the waters wide,
       Preach
      To the fishes !

    Johnson,[Comment by SL] : Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was regarded as the pre-eminent moral and cultural commentator of the eighteenth century. His Dictionary of the English Language was initially published in 1755 and was presented as the first authoritative glossary of the English language as used by contemporaries. For further biographical information, see Pat Rogers, ’Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), Author and Lexicographer,’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 21 May 2009. a splendid speech was that of thine,
     I know not a remark that’s more profound,
    When thou a ship didst briefly thus define,
     “A prison, with the chance of being drowned.”
      Rudders, and paddlewheels, and sails,
      Make all the difference between ships and gaols,
    Except that gaols are sweeter far ;
      Because, of those abodes of crime,
      At least the inmates don’t begrime
    Their fingers with the “nasty pitch and tar.”
      How can a man of any mind
      Bear to “be cabined, cribbed, confined :”
    Squeezed in a berth to sleep upon a shelf,
     With but another board his nose between,
    And some one else perched close above himself,
     As in a catacomb at Kensall Green ?
      You gasp, you pant for want of air,
      You’re stifled — smothered — you declare,
       - 182 - {f.182} And oh ! you groan in deep despair,
      Oh, for a fox’s hole, a badger’s lair !
      Oh, for the cave of an unsavoury bear !
      Oh, how much pleasanter it would be there !
       It isn’t very likely — is it ? —
     That Somnus ever such a den should visit :
       But just suppose
     That you for forty winks your eyelids close,
     A sudden squall half oversets the ship,
     All kinds of lumber from their lashings slip,
    Barrels above you roll, and boxes rattle,
     And chests and hencoops tumble o’er your head,
    There’s a terrific cry and roar of cattle,
     You start — and flounder from your narrow bed.

     But ocean every now and then has calms,
      And some few moments you enjoy
     Of freedom, anyhow, from qualms.
      Then do you like the sea, my boy ?
     Not I ; for my part I am never fond
      In any of its phases, of the ocean,
     When still, ’tis only an extensive pond,
      And antimonial when it is in motion.
     Besides, it is as treacherous as the Czar,
      You cannot trust it for a single minute ;
     Assembled in the cabin say you are,
      For dinner, and just going to begin it,
     There comes what sailors name a swell —
      I think — I don’t quite understand these matters —
     And then the vessel lurches, and, pell-mell,
      Over go dishes, knives and forks, and platters.
     A basin of hot soup, right smack,
      Is pitched into your stomach — at the pit —
     The bottles smash, and glasses go to wrack,
      Spoiled are your victuals, every bit.
     Ocean, these horrors are the least of thine,
      Thy storms, thy tempest, waterspouts and such,
     Are themes for me too frightful, and too fine,
      - 183 - ↑ {f.183} Which those who love thee I must leave to touch ;
    They must have stomachs stronger far than mine,
     Wherewith, as yet, thou never didst agree,
     I love thee not, uncomfortable Sea !

    THE WEATHER MADE INTERESTING.

    A FEW members of a suburban Literary and Scientific Institution dined together the other day at the house of one of the number. Whilst they were waiting for the announcement of dinner, the following conversation occurred : —

    “The temperature is low to day.”

    “Hum ! Not so very. About 43.”

    “Really ? Well I declare I should have guessed it at 32. In what direction is the current of air ?”

    “From East to West.”

    “Both strata, I suppose ?”

    “Yes.”

    “Wind East ! — ah ! — that explains it.”

    “Air negatively electric.”

    “Dry — robs every pore of moisture.”

    “Evaporation — caloric given off by the skin.”

    “No condensation of aqueous vapour probable ?”

    “Barometer maintains elevation.”

    “And in what state is Mrs. Pumpwell’s economy ?”

    “Well, about mean. Ozone in the atmosphere — never does for her.”

    “Ah ! — Mr. Testfield, I hope you are in a normal condition. Favourable atmospheric conditions, these, Sir, for the Cerealia.”

    “Yes ; but unfavourable for the Siliquosæ.”

    It may be necessary to explain to some minds that Mr. Testfield, a scientific agriculturist, in answer to what amounted - 184 - ↑ {f.184} to the remark that it was fine weather for the corn, meant to say that it was bad for the turnips. The weather, everybody complains, is the only thing people can talk about on first meeting in company ; there is no other than that, and that is a bore. May not the colloquy above quoted suggest a method to render it a smaller bore, by taking advantage of the mutability of our British climate, and, aided by meteorology and its kindred sciences, deriving from the discussion of the weather’s endless changes, the charm of interminable variety ?

    A CABMAN’S LAMENT.

    M y heart was heavy — heavy as my cab,
     Which groan’d with luggage, piled upon the roof ;
    My bosom had sustain’d a vital stab,
     For when I ask’d my fare — I got reproof.
    ’Tis true I ask’d for something — and to spare,
     Beyond the wretched tariff of the law ;[Comment by BQ] : Hackney cabs were licensed and their fare rates strictly regulated. These laws changed over the course of the Victorian era, including the two London Hackney Carriage Acts of 1853, passed in June and August respectively. While this Pocket Book includes an overview of these laws in part 1, passengers could verify regulations and find specific fares via volumes such asThe London Hackney Cab Fares and Distances (1853). If a cab driver, such as the narrator here, asked for more than the ‘proper’ fare, they were liable to pay fines or face imprisonment. For more, see the text of the London Hackney Carriage Act of 1853 and London Hackney Carriage (No. 2) Act of 1853.
    But if the cabman’s tipped his legal fare,
     Famine must sit upon his jaundiced jaw.
    But why was I refused ? — Oh ! cursed fate,
     To make me thus of circumstance the sport,
    And place upon my breast that iron plate
     By which I’m known, and am to justice brought.
    My heart was heavy, for its hopes were dash’d,
     Meanness had seal’d a fellow-creature’s hand ;
    So with my highest aspirations smash’d,
     I took my way to an adjacent stand.
    There men of sympathy soon cluster’d round,
     And to the neighbouring tavern we departed,
    Where six of us did soon mop up a pound,
     Drinking confusion to the stingy-hearted.

    ↑ - 185 - {f.185} A DUMBFOUNDED BORE.

    SCENE. — A Railway Train in Motion. Inside of a First Class Carriage, full of Passengers. Opposite each other, near the Window, Traveller of thoughtful appearance reading Newspaper, and Stout Gentleman with florid countenance, prominent eyes, and a bamboo cane. Traveller lifts his eyes from his paper in meditation. Stout Gentleman, who has been watching him for some time, seizes the opportunity to address him.

    Stout Gent.Fine weather, Sir !
    Trav.
    (in a tone of mental absence).
    Eh ?
    Stout Gent.Very beautiful weather this, Sir !
    Trav.Weather — Oh ! — ah ! — certainly — yes.
    Returns to his paper.
    Stout Gent.Whif-if-f-f-f-f (whistling impatiently). Tat, tat, tat, tat, tat.
    Tapping the floor of the carriage with his cane : then shuffles in his seat, as though to attract attention.
    Trav.Humph !
    Again looking up from paper, musingly.
    Stout Gent.Sanguinary conflict in the Crimea,[Comment by SL] : The Crimean War of 1853-1856 was one of a series of wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Britain and France joined the war as allies of the Ottoman Empire in 1854, with the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont also joining the alliance in 1855. The Treaty of Paris ended the war in 1856. Sir !
    Trav.
    (looking him abstractedly in the face, and answering as if mechanically).
    Eh ?
    Stout Gent.Unscrupulous ambition of one man, Sir !
    Trav.Oh ! very improper — scandalous.
    Begins reading again.
    Stout Gent.Whif-if-f, &c. (as before).
    Train stops at Station.
    Trav.
    (putting aside paper).
    Yawns.
    Heigho !
    Stout Gent.Stupendous contest, this war, Sir !
    Trav.
    (handing paper).
    Perhaps you’d like to see the Times ?
    Stout Gent.Thank you, Sir ; thank you : forgot my glasses ; can’t read without glasses : much obliged to you.
    - 186 - {f.186} Trav.
    (to himself, looking at his watch).
    Twelve thirty — and arrive at two ten. Humph !
    Takes out volume of Railway Library and begins reading again. Train starting, he looks out of window.
    Stout Gent.Wonderful thing, steam, Sir !
    Trav.
    (putting down his book, apologetically, and with an air of serious attention).
    I beg your pardon. You made some remark —
    Stout Gent.Steam, Sir : very wonderful thing.
    Trav.
    (mildly, yet firmly).
    I differ with you, Sir.
    Stout Gent.
    (in amazement).
    Steam, Sir, — steam, I said (raising his voice) I said steam was a wonderful thing.
    Trav.Yes, Sir ; and I am of a contrary opinion.
    Stout Gent.Cont — (puff) — opin — (puff) — Sir, you don’t say so !
    Trav.Yes, I do.
    Stout Gent.Say steam’s not a wonderful thing, Sir !
    Trav.Yes. It’s one of the commonest things in the world.
    Stout Gent.Well, but, Sir ! — bough ! wough ! wough ! (uttering expressions of astonishment, intermediate between barking and coughing) wough ! ough !
    Trav.Steam ! — why it issues from every tea-kettle.
    Stout Gent.Wough, wough, wough !
    Trav.Before tea-kettles were invented it arose from every saucepan.
    Stout Gent.Yes — bough ! but the wonderful — wough ! — motive — bough wough ! — power — ough !
    Trav.Wonderful ? Water ; heat ; expansion ; steam ; cold ; contraction ; what can be simpler ? The only wonder is it wasn’t discovered before.
    The Stout Gentleman is seized with paroxysms of coughing, in the midst of which, mingled with roars of laughter from the Passengers, the Train arrives at another Station.

    ↑ - 187 - {f.187} A WATERING-PLACE CORRESPONDENCE.

    Parties — Charles, No. 1, Marine Promenade. Emma, No. 2, ditto. Post Office. A stone vase adorning the parapet of the leads in front of the drawing-rooms of both houses. Post Hour. When nobody was looking. Hour of Receipt. Ditto.

    1. Charles to Emma.Pray do not be offended at my addressing you thus. How can I speak to you on the sands, or in the library, or at the raffle ? Are your affections disengaged ? One word.
    2. Emma to Charles.You are offended. Yet you have taken my note. If I am too bold in asking you to write, leave something in the vase as a token to show that I am not doomed to hopeless despair and agony.
    3. Charles to Emma.Again my note is gone. Yet there was nothing in the vase but half a cigar. This is some insolence of your long-legged cousin the Cadet. He and I shall meet ere long.
    4. Emma to Charles.Does sincerity take pleasure in frightening persons ?
    5. Charles to Emma.O forgive me. I know not what I write. I would not annoy you for worlds. The vine-leaves you put into the vase I accept with rapture. Vine — that twines round the oak — sweet symbol of woman’s love clinging to man’s strength. Bless you, bless you !
    6. Emma to Charles.Bless me, indeed, I may say ! I put vine-leaves into the vase ! It was your servant who emptied the dessert dish in which you had had grapes.
    - 188 - {f.188} 7. Charles to Emma.Cruel Emma. But you cannot deprive me of my joy, for we have had nothing but filberts and captain’s biscuits for a week. At the raffle last night I won a China ring-stand for the toilet. O, if I might put it into the vase.
    8. Emma to Charles.Better present it to the young lady who dresses in such sweet taste to walk with you on the pier — yellow bonnet and red roses, and who steps so gracefully, allowing for the limp.
    9. Charles to Emma.O, Emma, she’s my cousin. As ugly as possible, and no more idea of dress than a bathing-woman. Besides, she is twenty-eight, if a day.
    10. Emma to Charles.What can it concern me ? Fortunately I also have a cousin who is not as ugly as possible, dresses beautifully, and, curiously, is also twenty-eight, an age I adore, for I dislike boys.
    No letters on either side for five days.
    11. Charles to Emma.I can endure this no longer. My heart is at your feet. Grant me an interview. It will be low water at two to-morrow. Wander with your book along the sands beyond the East cliff.
    12. Emma to Charles.Impossible. Besides, it rained in the night, and your note got quite wet. I can’t read a word of it.
    13. Charles to Emma.I beg your pardon. I have intruded. You properly punish me. Doubtless the long-legged Adonis in the short-tailed jacket, who looks like a discharged steward of a steam-packet, is more fortunate. Once again, I beg your pardon. I could add more, but my cousin Jane requires my escort.
    - 189 - {f.189} 14. Emma to Charles.How unreasonable men are, if every whim is not complied with at the instant. I do not think I shall be at the end of the south jetty at ten minutes to three to-morrow, because it is so lonely. Nobody ever goes there at that time.
    15. Charles to Emma.One man will be there at that hour, dearest Emma.
    16. Emma to Charles.I am in a dream — a dream of golden light, roses, and music. Is it possible that the world can be so lovely ? Mind you go to the library for a new novel at four o’clock.
    17. Charles to Emma.Is it come to this already ? The first appointment made, and broken ! Faithless Emma ! Wretched Charles !
    18. Emma to Charles.Aunt Wiggles came in, and there was no getting away from her — silly.
    19. Charles to Emma.Forgive me. I will never doubt you more. I never doubted you. I doubt my own worthiness to possess your affections. When shall I see you ?
    20. Emma to Charles.You terrify me by your language. What dreadful mystery does it enshroud ? Why are you unworthy ? If your guilt is too dark to be written down, leave a book in the vase, with a leaf turned down at the record of some wickedness like your own. Is Lara strong enough — is Monte Christo ?
    21. Charles to Emma.My dearest Emma has strangely misconstrued my meaning. As regards the world I am sans reproche. It was only of her transcendent merits that I said I was unworthy.
    - 190 - {f.190} 22. Emma to Charles.How ridiculously you write. As my cousin says, there is nothing more boyish than the use of words too strong for the meaning.
    23. Charles to Emma.I had thought in my ignorance, that a right minded girl would rejoice in learning that her lover’s character was higher than she had supposed. As my cousin says, there is nothing more like a milliner’s apprentice than the pretending to find romance in guilt.
    24. Emma to Charles.Is your cousin’s comparison derived from her profession ? I should think not, or she would know a little more about dress, and perhaps not much less of good manners.
    25. Charles to Emma.My cousin, having £500 a year in her own right, happens to have no need of a profession, and is not compelled to dress in order to entrap the affections of others.
    26. Emma to Charles.[This was merely a packet containing all Charles’s previous notes, a turquoise ring, and a scrap torn from the “Correspondence” of the Family Herald : —
    “When a gentleman breaks off an engagement with a lady it is dishonourable in him not to return her letters.”]
    27. Charles to Emma.The printed rule with which C.C. has been favoured, does not apply. No breaking off from any engagement has proceeded from him. It may be his misfortune that he is not a Lara, but he is a man of honour, and true to his plighted faith.
    28. Emma to Charles.I had not intended to trouble you with another note. But common justice obliges me to say that I have misunderstood your cousin. She is the most delightful and darling creature in the world. I made her acquaintance on the beach this morning. My cousin says that she is the most superior girl he - 191 - ↑ {f.191} has met for years. I think that with his military enterprise he will manage that our families shall become acquainted.
    29. Charles to Emma.Any relative of yours is entitled to any civility it is in my power to offer him. Without taxing your cousin’s military enterprise too far, if he should be smoking a cigar on your leads this evening about eight, I shall probably take that opportunity of asking him whether he likes Turkish tobacco, and of showing him my narghilé,[Comment by SL] : Also known as a hookah, i.e. “A pipe for smoking, of Eastern origin, having a long flexible tube, the smoke being drawn through water contained in a vase, to which the tube and the bowl are attached; the narghile of India.” For full definition, see Oxford English Dictionary, 'hookah (n.).' and German pipes.
    30. Emma to Charles.That will do delightfully. But you will give up smoking, won’t you, when ——
    MORAL.Married. — On the 12th instant, at St. Timothy’s, Barnsbury Park, by the Rev. Alb Chasuble, assisted by the Rev. Spillikin Bounce and the Rev. Ignatius Blinkers, Charles, elder son of Peter Calveley, Esq. of Little Britain, to Emma, only child of the late Colonel Swansdown, R.E. And at the same time, Slasher Longshanks, of Addiscombe, Esq. to Jane, daughter and heiress to the late Erasmus Buffins of Wolverhampton, and niece to the Archdeacon of Slangbury.

    FORTUNE KNOCKS ONCE AT EVERY ONE’S DOOR.

    FORTUNE, it is said, knocks once at every man’s door. It is from the very reason, perhaps, of her knocking only once that so very few people allow her to come in. The fact is, they mistake her for a tradesman, or a dun, or a begging letter writer, or the income-tax gatherer. If Fortune is a real lady (and she is rich enough to be one), then plague take her, why doesn’tdoes’nt she come with a double knock ?

    ↑ - 192 - {f.192} AN OLD MAN’S DEFINITION OF LOVE.

    A n old man, who had seen everything, and was supposed to know everything, being asked for his Definition of Love, wrote as follows : —

    love.
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    On my word the above is the only definition I can give of Love. I might make it longer or shorter, but still the information given would be precisely the same.

    A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.