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CHAPTER XXV.

The Queen’s Costume Ball—Copper Coinage of William IV.—New Oxford Street opened—Sale of Napoleon Relics—Story of Nelson’s Coat—Visit of the King of the Netherlands—Railway Speculation—Hire of Newspapers—

Reverse of Fortune—Prince Albert and his Taxes—Waghorn’s Overland Route

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CHAPTER XXVI.

The Railway Mania—Deposit of Plans

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CHAPTER XXVII.

1846

Collapse of the Railway Mania—Sheriffs’ Officers—Hudson, the Railway King—First “Ethiopian Serenaders”—The Nigger Minstrel Craze—Commencement of Irish Famine—“The Battle of the Gauges”—Railway Surveyors—Suicide of Haydon, the Painter

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

The Last Post Office Bell-man—The “Corn Law” Act—Sir Walter Scott’s Monument—The Irish Famine—The Duke of Wellington’s Statue—Gun Cotton—Introduction of Ether—Model Dwelling Houses—Baths and Washhouses—Smithfield Cattle Market—“The Bull Fight of Smithfield”—The first Submarine Telegraph

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CHAPTER XXIX.

1847

Medals for the Army and Navy—Grenville Library—Day of Fasting—“Binding of Satan”—Suspension of Transportation—New House of Lords—Jenny Lind—Bunn v. Lind—“Jenny Linden”—Death of O’Connell—Story of the Duke of Buccleugh—Abolition of Eton “Montem”

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ILLUSTRATIONS.