"JUS ANTE ALIOS, PRÆCEDENDI ET SEDENDI." "Court virtues bear, like gems, the highest rate- S. PEARSON, 2, LAMB'S CONDUIT STREET. PRICE ONE SHILLING. Entered at Stationers' Hall. 1848. BOL CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE. The Shirt of Nessus-the Vest of Mirza-the Roman Catholic The Happy Man-The Foundling Hospital-Lamb's-fields- The Colloquy-Moses and the Profits-The Sheriffs' Court- "Go thou and do likewise." 9 11 12 14 15 CHAPTER II. Aldgate Pump-Alexander Pope-Douglas Jerrold-Mivart's CHAPTER III. Mr. and Mrs. Brown-The Times Report, from Marlborough 20-24 CHAPTER IV. PAGE. Dean Swift and the Irish Priest-Sackville-street and Merrion- The Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry-Grantley BerkeleyGeneral Evans and the Portuguese Legion-Sir Thomas Blackwood-Nelson-Edmund Kean-Garrick-Kemble, Gustavus V. Brooke, and Mahomet-Pearson and The Merchant of Venice Historical Sonnets for the year 1847 27 28 28 30-37 The Law and Inns of Court-The Royal Navy and the Army- Presentations at Court. 42-47 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE. The shirt of Nessus-the Vest of Mirza-the Roman Catholic The Happy Man-The Foundling Hospital-Lamb's-fieldsSpa-fields-The Earl of Northampton-The Bridegroom Elect and Stephen Pearson 7 8 9 The Colloquy-Moses and the Profits-The Sheriffs' CourtDeacon and Williams-Psychological curiosities . . 10, 11 Alfred Bunn and Balfe-In this old chair my father sat-The Marquis of Waterford, &c. &c. "Go thou and do likewise." . 12 CHAPTER II. Aldgate Pump-Alexander Pope-Douglas Jerrold-Mivart's Hotel and the Mansion House-Mr. Tegg, the publisher, and Mr. Matthew, the stationer-Lords Russell, Cottenham, &c. 13-15 CHAPTER III. Mr. and Mrs. Brown-The Times Report, from Marlborough street-George the Fourth's Wardrobe . 16, 17, 18, 19 |