قراءة كتاب Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign

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Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign

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Ashton John

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GOSSIP
IN THE FIRST DECADE OF
VICTORIA’S REIGN

By
John Ashton
author of
“Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne”

illustrated by reproductions from cartoons
and other drawings

london
HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED
13, Gt. Marlborough St., W.
1903

Printed by Kelly’s Directories Ltd.
London and Kingston.

PREFACE.

I have written this Gossip not only for the edification of those to whom a portion, more or less, may be news, but for those who, like myself, have lived through the whole of Queen Victoria’s reign, to whom the remembrance of things, almost forgotten, may bring pleasure and excite interest. The items, herein displayed, have been gathered from many sources, and their authenticity is guaranteed by giving the name of the authority whence they were taken, in very many instances ipsissima verba, as paraphrasing would rob them of their freshness and individuality. All the illustrations are contemporaneous, and, good or bad, belong to the text and should not be altered.

JOHN ASHTON.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
1837	The Queen’s Accession—Proclamation—Funeral of the King—The Queen and Social Functions—Mr. Montefiore—Amusing Letter—Electric Telegraph—Knocker-wrenching: Amusements of the Young Aristocracy	1
CHAPTER II.
	Thames Tunnel Flooded—First Mention of the Nelson Column—Sale of the King’s Stud—Marriage by Registrar—Commencement of New Houses of Parliament—Lunatics and the Queen—The Queen’s Visit to the Guildhall—Lord Beaconsfield’s Maiden Speech	12
CHAPTER III.
1838	Destruction of the Royal Exchange—Sale of the Salvage—Spring-heeled Jack and his Pranks—Lord John Russell’s Hat	23
CHAPTER IV.
	Lords and Pugilists—“Penny Gaffs”—Steam between England and America—A Man-Woman—Designs for Nelson’s Monument—A Termagant—Scold’s Bridles, &c.	34
CHAPTER V.
	Thom, the Religious Fanatic—His Riots and Death—Delusions of his Followers	45
CHAPTER VI.
	The Queen’s Coronation—The Carriages—The Fair and Festivities in Hyde Park—The Marquis of Waterford’s Drive: His Freaks at Melton Mowbray—Steam Carriages—Dog Carriages—Grand Dinner at Guildhall	53
CHAPTER VII.
	Genesis of the “Charter”—London and North-Western Railway opened to Birmingham—Overland Route to India—A Bold Smuggler—Visitors to the Queen—“The Boy Jones”	65
CHAPTER VIII.
1839	Death of Lord Norbury—Birth of Photography—Experimental Street Pavements—Forecast of the Queen’s Marriage—Sad Story of Lady Flora Hastings—Story of a Climbing Boy—Van Amburgh—Embanking the Thames—Victoria Park—Robbery of Gold Dust	77
CHAPTER IX.
	Queen Elizabeth’s Statue—The Ladies of the Bed-chamber—The Queen hissed at Ascot Races—Land at Melbourne—Sunday Trading—New Way of Paying Church Rates	89
CHAPTER X.
	The Eglinton Tournament—Sale of Armour, &c.—The Queen of Beauty and the Cook—Newspapers and their Sales	100
CHAPTER XI.
	The Chartists: Their going to Church—Dissolution of the Convention—Approaching Marriage of the Queen—The Queen and Lunatics—Raid on a Gaming House—Act of Penance

قراءة كتاب Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign