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THE 

MM OF PLEASURE'S ILLUSTRATED POCKET-BOOK 

For 1850: 

DISPLAYING AT ONE GLANCE THE VARIED 

ATTRACTIONS OF THIS GREAT METROPOLIS; 

WITH CORRECT DETAILS OF THE 

SALOONS, CLUB X NIGHT HOUSES, BALL, CONCERT X BILLIARD ROOMS 
CASINOS, COMICAL CLUBS, THEATRES, 

INTRODUCING HOUSES; 

IN FACT, ALL PLEASURES THAT POSSESS “ A LOCAL HABITATION AND A 
NAME” ARE FULLY AND ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, RENDERING IT A 

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IT ALSO CONTAINS THE ANNUAL ROUTINE OF 

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ENCLOSED IN A SECRET POCKET 

ARE 

CARDS OF ADDRESS OF A SELECT FEW ATTRACTIVE LASSES 

OF THIS OUR “ LITTLE VILLAGE,” WITH SOME 
“ SHIELDS" FOR CYPRIAN WAR. 


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LONDON: 

WM. WARD’S BACHELOR’S REPOSITORY OP ARTS, 

6 7/ STRAND 

(facing the adelphi theatre). 





















PREFACE. 


Let us teach ourselves that honourable 
Stop, not to out-sport discretion. 

Shakspere. 

Courteous Reader—- 

I trust this book will not be read as 
the beacon-light to the fatal quicksands of plea¬ 
sure and dissipation, but rather as the good genius 
of pleasure’s gay parterre, conducting the en¬ 
chanted visitor to those bowers where bloom the 
fairest yet innoxious flowers—to those fountains 
where flow the purest waters—and to temples 
where the voice of the lute is sweetly heard 
stealing o’er the senses like fairy songs upon the 
evening air. 















Depend upon it, Reader, there are very few 
persons who really know how to enjoy themselves. 
When I say enjoy themselves, I mean with the 
least expense to our constitution or our pocket; 
since to indulge moderately in the gaities of life 
forms, in some measure, a correct portion of 
the education of the man of the world, it then 
becomes highly important that at least he should 
know how and where to pass his novitiate in town; 
and I trust the Reader will bear in mind this trite 
axiom—to skim the surface of pleasure like a 
swallow, and not plump in like a goose. And if 
of the thousands who purchase this book a few 
only are taught to quaff (< Life in London ” with 
discretion, it will not then have been written in 
vain. 

THE EDITOR. 


LONDON, 
67, Strand. 









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POSES PLASTIQUES. 

Few exhibitions have been 
so admired and condemned 
as the above mentioned 
interesting tableaux ; and 
many of those “ who went 
to censure remained to be 
enchanted.” To the unin¬ 
structed it may be as well 
to state, that these per¬ 
formances embrace the per¬ 
sonification of the studies of the most celebrated 




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ancient and modern sculptors ; mythological divini¬ 
ties and tableaux, from the works of artists of all 
nations, the corps dramatique are selected for their 
beauty and symmetry of form, and truly to behold 
them, 

“ Rich in those charms of nature own bestowing 
Of form unrivalled and of beauty rare,” 

Might put to flight some of the soundest philosophy, 
and induce age to live again those days, 

“ When the high blood ran frolic 
thro’ the veins.” 

as a species of amusement unique in its way it will 
amply repay a visit. 

The first and indeed the only exhibition of this kind 
worthy of notice, is at the 

HALL OF ROME, 

Windmill Street Haymarket, open every evening, 
commencing at seven o’clock. 

Admission, Is.; reserved seats, 2s. 



















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LAURENT’S, LOWTHER ARCADE, STRAND, 

Open every evening, 
admission one shil¬ 
ling, the band is first- 
rate and under the 
direction of the cele¬ 
brated Laurent, Jun., 
the vocal concert is 
conducted by Goloni, 
taking all its attrac¬ 
tions into considera¬ 
tion, the splendid de¬ 
corations, its delightful music, and last though not 
least, its beauteous lady visitors render it one of the 
most spirit-stirring, care-killing places in London; 
and it may in truth be termed the only reunion 
for the winter season, the attractions of Vauxhall and 
Cremorne proving powerless against the assaults of 
Boreas. 



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CASINO DE VENISE, BATHS, HOLBORN, 

NEAR QUEEN STREET. 

This saloon is also devoted to the lovers of therp- 
siction, and is a well conducted and respectably at¬ 
tended place of amusement. Our remarks on the 
Casino and Wallhala will equally apply to this esta¬ 
blishment, with the exception that the company, 
women included, are of a less nobby caste, albeit well 
conducted and determined to be agreeable. 

This place, like Oliver Goldsmith’s chest of drawers, 
“ contrives a double debt to pay,” being a bath in sum¬ 
mer, and saloon and dancing-room in winter. 


WALLHALA, LEICESTER SQUARE. 

This spacious saloon was for¬ 
merly the abode of royalty, and 
is really a splendid apartment, 
with spacious orchestra and gal¬ 
lery, and is frequented by some 
of the finest women in town, 
both English and Foreign, and 
will well repay the visitor. It 
is occasionally devoted to danc¬ 
ing and a variety of interesting 
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Italian Opera House 
—Corner of the Hay- 
market. 

Drury Lane —Brydges 
Street, Co vent Garden. 

Coyent Garden —Bow 
Street, Covent Garden. 

Haymarket —On the 
right-hand side of the 
Haymarket from Cha¬ 
ring Cross. 

St. James’s —King Street, St. James’s. 

Lyceum —Strand. Adelphi —Strand. 

Princess’s —Oxford Street. 

Olympic —Wych Street, Strand. 

Sadler’s Wells —St. John’s Street, Clerkenwell. 
Marylebone —Church Street, Marylebone. 
Pavilion —Whitechapel. 

Surrey —Blackfriars’ Road. 

Victoria —New Cut, Lambeth. 

Astley’s Amphitheatre —Westminster Road. 
City of London —Milton Street, Finsbury. 
Standard —Shoreditch. 

Eagle Tavern —City Road. Proprietor Mr. T 
Rouse. Open every evening for Dramatic Entertain¬ 
ments. Admission : Gentlemen, Is.; Ladies, 6d. In 
the Summer out door amusements in the Garden. 

Albert Saloon, Royal Standard —City Road. 
Upon the same principle as the Eagl& Admission, 
6d. and Is. 


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CREMORNE GARDENS, CHELSEA. 

This suburban retreat, although it has only put 
forward the claims to popular favour within these last 
four years bids fair, under the spirited management 
of its proprietor to far outstrip all competitors, the 
beauty of its grounds, the variety and excellence of 
its entertainments, added to the ready access afforded 
both by river and road, combine to render it one of 
the most attractive and deservingly popular places of 
amusement in the metropolis, consisting of music, 
dancing, ballet action, balloon ascents, concerts, illu¬ 
minations, archery, picturesque cottages—in fact, a 
most extraordinary combination of attractions. Our 
country friends should not fail to pay a visit, they 
will find no lack of partners for the dance, for which 






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Sixpence all the way, sir!” 


a splendid hall is ap¬ 
propriated ; the viands 
are first-rate, and the 
admission one shilling. 
Open at Whitsuntide. 
Accessible by boat or 
Omnibus. 


ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. 

Similar endless amusements will also be found 
here, with the addition of the beautiful Italian walk, 
half a mile in length (no¬ 
torious for the amours of 
former Royalty), eques¬ 
trian scenes and gro¬ 
tesques in the theatre, 
brilliant display of fire¬ 
works, &c. &c. 

Italian Walk. 


ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 

One of the most attractive objects to these beauti¬ 
ful gardens, is the interesting assemblage of animals. 
The like amusements of Cremorne are here combined 
with a grand pyrotechnic tableaux. The animals are 
fed at 5 o’clock. Admission to the whole, Is. 

























BILLIARD ROOMS. 


The first and best conducted is Webb’s, 105, 
Regent Street. The company here will be found 
truly patrician, and the best tables in London. 
Phillip’s —99, Quadrant, Regent Street. 

Lang’s —7, Haymarket, adjoining the theatre. 
G-reen’s Shooting Gallery and Billiard Rooms— 
Leicester Square. 

Hunt’s —370, Strand. 

Oxford and Cambridge — Next door to Exeter 
Hall, Strand. 

&c. &c. &c. 



































OYSTER AND SUPPER ROOMS. 


Baron’s . 23, Haymarket. 

Quinn’s . 40, ditto. 

Pryce’s . 413, Strand. 

Knight’s . 357, ditto. 

Lynn’s . 70, Fleet Street. 

Prosser’s . 202, ditto. 


&c. &c. &c. 


GRAND DIVAN, 101, 102, & 103, STRAND. 

Who has not heard of Simpson’s, in the Strand— 
the renowned, the luxurious Simpson’s ? Those who 
have not paid this magnificent divan a visit, should 


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at once rectify so strange an omission. The coffee 
and cigars are of the finest flavour; in short, we 
promise the reader that he will here find the romance 
of both. 


FOLLIT’S CIGAR STORES, 

219, Oxford Street, 

(Owe door east of Portman Street , Hyde Park.) 

We think we know what a good Cigar is— rather — 
and have taken some pains to discover its where¬ 
abouts ; the result is, that we never find ourselves 
within a reasonable distance of these stores without 
taking in a fresh supply of the far-famed Estrella , 
which we find are consigned solely to this establish¬ 
ment. We pay 24s. per lb, and should think our¬ 
selves favoured if we obtained the like at any other 
house for 30s. The Proprietor is an out-and-out 
good fellow, and on no account must our country bre¬ 
thren leave town without visiting these stores. 


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Coal Hole (Rhodes) — Strand. Open every 
evening. Singing commences about 10 o’clock. Some 
of the first comic singers of the day are engaged here. 
This is a famous resort for theatricals after the theatres 


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Cider Cellars —Maiden Lane, Covent Garden. 
Conducted upon the same principle as the Coal Hole. 
This is a splendid room. 

Evans’ Grand Hotel —Covent Garden. Singing 
every evening by first-rate Professionals. Commence 
at 10. 

Dr. Johnson — Bolt Court, Fleet Street. This 
house has long been the resort of the “ choicest spirits ” 

of the age. The singers 
here are of the first 
class. The songs, the 
witticisms, and the wines 
are the primest of any 
house of the kind in 
London. In fact, all 
who have visited the 
“ Dr. Johnson” will confess that it is one of the few 
public places in which a man can feel perfectly com¬ 
fortable. 

There is no charge for admission to any of these 
concerts, and ladies are prohibited. 

The only authorised editions of the songs are to be 
obtained from the publisher of this work, in numbers 
at Is., parts 2s. 6d., and volumes 5s. 

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(LADIES ADMITTED.) 


The Salisbury Arms — Durham Street, Strand. 
This house is kept by Searle, and is one of the best 
houses for racing and betting information in London. 
The viands here will be found of the first quality. 

The Castle —Holborn (Tom Spring). This lios- 
telrie is kept by the veteran ex-champion of England, 
who is a most obliging and agreeable host. Harmonic 
meetings take place here every Monday and Thursday 
evenings, when some excellent company, including 
oftentimes several sprigs of nobility, attend. 
















The Swan — Hunger- 
ford Market, Strand. Some 
pretty songs from “ pretty 
petticoats ” may here be 
heard. Commence at 8. 
Admission 3d. 

Hope Tavern —Black- 
moor Street, Drury Lane. 
Some good harmony here 
occasionally; the 2d Ad¬ 
mission is not thrown away. 
Commence at 8. 


Nag’s Head —343, Oxford Street. (R. Sutton.) 
Every evening. Admission 2d. 

Golden Star — Swallow Street, Regent Street. 
Every evening. 

The Grapes —Suffolk Street, Borough. Every 
evening. Admission 3d. 
































Coach and Horses — St. Martin’s Lane (Ben 
Caunt, Champion of England). Harmonic meeting 
every Wednesday. Sparring, under the management 
of scientific professors, almost every evening. 

Queen’s Head —Queen’s Head Court, Windmill 
Street, Haymarket (Jem Burn). Sparring every Mon¬ 
day, conducted by the well-known professor, Young 
Reed. 

Rising Sun — Air Street, Piccadilly (Johnny 
Broome). Sparring taught here. 

Queen’s Head —Queen Street, Smithfield (Peter 
Crawley). 

Horse Shoe — Titchborne Street, Haymarket 
(Owen Swift). 

Shaw’s —-Blue Anchor, Bunhill Row, St. Lukes. 
This house is notorious as the first “ fancy house” in 
London for dogs, sparring, and rat-killing. Matches 
are held here weekly, generally on Wednesday even¬ 
ings ; the landlord, too, is a right’un, and we beg to 
assure the visitor that he will find a night here not ill 

































spent, at least, if lie has spirit enough to be interested 
in a display of good old English “ pluck” both in men 
and dogs. Admission to the killing matches, Is. 

There are also numerous other sporting and betting 
houses, for which we refer our readers to the adver¬ 
tising columns of the “ Bell’s Life in London” news¬ 
paper. 



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VICTORIA, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND, 

But more commonly known as ( Jessop’s , who was the 
late proprietor of the Finish, Charles Street). This 
elegant and superbly fitted up saloon, is, without 
any exception, the most splendid in London. It is 
decorated on a scale of magnificence hitherto not 


















equalled. Here may be found all the most nobby 
ladies in town, whose dresses surpass the famed 
Allmacks, and also some of the right sort of swells. 
This saloon is kept very select, and the arrangements 
are of a very superior character. The orchestra is 
composed of some of the best musicians of the day, 
who endeavour to enchant the visitors by their nume¬ 
rous and ever-varied waltzes, polkas, &c. The re¬ 
freshment department at this establishment is of the 
first order, there is a cold collation at 2s. a head, or 
you can have anything you please. Jessop is a good 
sort of fellow, and is always to be found at home en¬ 
joying himself with his friends, who look up to him 
as a caterer for their sprees and larks. The door is 
kept by old Jim Turner, the ex-pugilist, who stands 
to sell the admission tickets, which are Is. each, and 
are given up in the saloon, refreshment to that amount 
being given, which tends to keep it select. 


THE QUADRANT, 81J QUADRANT, 

Is kept by Mr. Humphreys, the late proprietor of the 
Elysium Wine Rooms, Brydge’s Street, Covent Gar¬ 
den. This is a very pretty saloon, and is frequented 
by the Portland Place, and Regent Street girls ; the 
room is up stairs, below is a tavern or coffee room, 
where you may be supplied with chops, steaks, or any¬ 
thing you may choose to order, it is open from eleven 
o’clock in the morninar. 



















GOODERED’S, 

Piccadilly, near Regent’s Circus. 

There has been a great improvement in this estab¬ 
lishment of late ; the proprietor, in order to compete 
with the cheapness of 
the times, has always 
provided a good sup¬ 
per, consisting of 
every delicacy of the 
season, at 2s. each, 
where ladies and gen¬ 
tlemen partake in 
great numbers of the 
liberal spread at such an economical charge. This 
saloon is still frequented by men and women of the 
first water, and may be said to be the first and best of 
its kind in London. 



THE OLD BELL, 

Wellington Street, Strand. 

This house is kept by the widow of Dutch Sam, the 
well known and much respected pugilist, and never to 
be forgotten •phenomenon. It is situated at the corner 
of Exeter Street, the abode of many first-rate women; 


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it is a large well-built house, and is always open for 
the reception of the right sort, who muster strongly 
there. There is a spacious bar, and an elegantly 
fitted up coffee room; it is frequented by many first- 
rate women and gents, and many of the first-rate 
pugilists. The widow is a good woman of business, 
and does all in her power to ensure the success she 
has hitherto met with. A concert is held here, the 
chair is generally taken by Woolf, a vocalist of sterl¬ 
ing abilities. 


THE ELYSIUM WINE ROOMS, 
Brydge’s Street, Coyent Garden. 



This saloon keeps 
up its original cha¬ 
racter of a first-rate 
resort of ladies and 
gents, and has been 
newly decorated and 
improved, under the 
very able manage¬ 
ment of Mr. Lipman, 
its present proprietor. 






















THE VICTORIA WINE ROOMS 
Leicester Square, 

Is situated at the end of Cranbourne Street, in the 
Square, and kept by Phillips, who formerly held the 
Union Wine Rooms, in Bow Street, now done up; this 
is a very good room, large and well fitted up on the 
ground floor. Its former appellation was the Nick. 



BOB BIGNALL’s, 

No. 8J Windmill Street, Haymarket. 

This is one of the largest and best saloons of the 
present day ; you enter by a long passage, at the end 

of which are folding 
doors, which open 
into a most spacious 
room, beautifully illu¬ 
minated, aDd splen¬ 
didly fitted up ; there 
is a large platform 
for the musicians, who 
are very superior to any at the other saloons in 
town ; one part of this saloon is set apart for dancing, 
and the other for refreshments, which are very good. 
There is a private room up stairs for select parties. 

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THE SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, 
Brydges Street, Covent Garden. 

This little Public is well worthy the visit of the 
swell; it is a well-conducted place of resort for the 
nob , who may enjoy himself at a very moderate ex¬ 
pense. It is frequented by many theatricals ; is open 
all night; and the Cyprian dames are to be found in 
abundance. It is kept by James, a most obliging good 
fellow, who is up for anything you require, and who 
can tell you a little about town. 


BALASCOE’S COFFEE HOUSE, 
Brydges Street, Covent Garden. 

This establishment is open all night for the accomo¬ 
dation of those parties who frequent the saloons, and 
wish to enjoy themselves over a good cup of Mocha 
or Bohea, which you can get here first-rate, and at a 
very little cost; it is a clean, well conducted place, 
and where lots of fun is to be seen. Balascoe is one 
of the right sort, full of jest and anecdote, and can 
amuse you the whole night, if you wish it; there are 
plenty of the right sort always to be found here at all 
hours, and will amply repay the swell for a night’s 
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SAMPSON’S COFFEE HOUSE, 

Bow Street, opposite the Police Station. 

This is the finish of all the saloons ; it is something 
after the style of a house lately kept by Jessop, in 
Charles Street, it is frequented by all sorts of men 
and women, it is beautifully fitted up. The coffee 
room down stairs is a splendid apartment, illuminated 
in a most superb style and equal in appearance to 
some of the best hotel coffee rooms in London, while 
the saloon up stairs is 
decorated in a most taste¬ 
ful and magnificent man¬ 
ner, and whilst enjoying 
your coffee and muffin, 
you may amuse yourself 
by watching the fair Cy¬ 
prian glide through the 
waltz or polka, which is 
performed here in a 
most masterly style. Sampson is very moderate in 
his charge, and you here partake of a good breakfast 
at a very limited cost, very little more than you would 
pay at any common coffee house in London. 






















THE BUCKINGHAM ARMS, 
Buckingham Street, Strand, 

Is kept by Bob Street, and is frequented by a great 
number of women from that locality, and from Can¬ 
terbury Street, and Stamford Street, Waterloo Road, 
and by many young swells about town ; in fact, all 
sorts, it is crowded all night long at the bar, in the 
parlour, bar parlour, and up stairs ; there is no music 
or dancing, but there is lots of fun going on. 


THE SURREY SALOON, 
Blackfriars Road, 

Is kept by George Nash, a dashing blade, opposite the 
Surrey Theatre, is neatly fitted up, and is frequented 
by the better sort of girls on the Surrey side of the 
metropolis, it is the last one opened. 


THE WHITE HART, 

Catherine Street, Strand. 

This public is kept by David Moncrieff, and is one 
of the most extensive night houses in London, it 
being in so central a situation, commands all the swells 
and girls on their way to and from the saloons, it is 
frequented by every class of Cyprian, from the Jesso- 




















THE CROSS KEYS, 

Gracechurch Street, City. 

This is a very old established and respectable 
tavern, and almost all the coaches used to go there, 
but since they have been done up the business has 
fallen off greatly, and to make up for the deficiency 
the worthy host has made it one of the best accommo¬ 
dation houses. Private rooms can be had here either 
by day or night ; the charge for a sleeping room for 
self and lady is 4s., but for a short visit the mere 
calling for wine is deemed sufficient. 


pites, down to the lowest class of girls. Here you 
will also find some very questionable characters in the 
way of pugilists, &c., and sharps of every description, 
who are always on the look out. There is a bar, bar- 
parlour, and coffee room ; the former is the resort of 
the lower class, and the coffee room the next grade, 
whilst the bar-par¬ 
lour, a nicely fitted 
up room, is reserved 
for the more select. 

Should you get into 
any row, you will be 
sure to find 

A POLICEMAN ON DUTY. 

























NICHOLSON’S, “ THE JUSTICE TAVERN/’ 
Bow Street, Covent Garden. 

To the Corinthian swell of the western hemisphere, 
the out-and-outer lads of the east, and the fast men in 
the suburbs, any description of this renowned hostelrie 
would indeed be a work supererogation. For the 
advantage, however, of the uninitiated in town, and 
our verdant friends in the provinces, we state that here 
the meetings of the far-famed “Judge and Jury So¬ 
ciety” are held, and a nightly concert, sustained by 
artists, male and female, of merit and fame, who 
execute, in crack style, the most favourite solos, 
glees, catches, and chansons. The concert com¬ 
mences at twelve o’clock, and closes at two. Here 
congregate nightly the scions of our nobility, and 
celebrated men in all professions of learning, art, 
and science. There are also noble rooms for select 
dinner parties and suppers, confidential and private. 
This establishment is conducted by Mr. Renton Ni¬ 
cholson (familiarly called by the nobility Old Nick), 
a gentleman well known in the literary world, and 
indeed in every section of town life. 

Nicholson (we never say Mr. Shakspeare) is a man 
of wonderful spirit and ceaseless enterprise. After 
he has conceived a plan, he works it out with infinite 
perseverance and consummate munificence, sparing no 





















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aids or assistances to give liis conception a fair chance 
of existence and perpetuity. To his indefatigable 
and energetic mind and fertile imagination, the metro¬ 
polis is indebted for the “Judge and Jury Society,’’ 
the real bona fide “ Judge and Jury Society,” held in 
his own house, an institution felicitously planned and 
admirably executed. The entire “world of London ” 
has witnessed this exhibition, which in point of 
attraction and popularity, is perfectly sui generic indeed 
when it was first propounded to public favour, the 
out-door excitement was as great as that which accom¬ 
panied the appearance of the “ Infant Roscius,” and 
the memorable debut of Edmund Kean. The judge 
of this court is Nicholson himself, who is called “The 
Lord Chief Baron.” The leading counsel, are two 
gentlemen who plead under the names of “ The Double 
of Brougham,” and “ Mr. Bosanquet Thesiger.” 
They exhibit great tact, eloquence, and humour; their 
mode of thinking and style of address is antipodean 
to each other, which produces a variety and contrast 
prodigiously amusing. The witnesses are entitled to 
great praise for their protean qualities, and the fidelity 
of their assumptions. This court sits “in and after 
term ” each night in the week at about half-past nine, 
and the admission is one shilling. The Justice Ta¬ 
vern in other hands than Nicholson’s, would most 
probably be a failure ; his extensive connexion with 
the “ right sort,” his intellectual and companionable 
















qualities, the amenity of his manners, his ceaseless 
enthusiasm and vigour of purpose, combine to bring 
him and his house, an accumulation of advantages 
which few, very few, could hope to obtain or in¬ 
sure ; he has a palpable fitness for public life. 
Nicholson’s head, craniologically considered, exhi¬ 
bits great power in the perceptives, it has also 
the bumps of benevolence and veneration, which 
latter organ involves urbanity to inferiors as well 
as superiors; he is positively a very polite man, 
even to a tattered mendicant, and generally more 
than polite to such persons, not a customary fail¬ 
ing with those who mix and blend with the “top 
sawyers ” of society. The dormitary department of 
the Tavern is excellent — the early swell who 
requires a snooze will always find a beef-eater or 
chamberlain ready at his knock ; let him enter, and 
after he has slept well address himself to breakfast, 
and swallow with a relish a devil’d kidney, and a 
goblet of mulled claret. 

The parlour is embellished with portraits of our 
leading pugilists, and sporting subjects in infinite 
variety. This room at night boasts the occupancy 
of leading men about town in the literary, Corin¬ 
thian, and sporting worlds, who may be seen until 

“ Phoebus opes the gates of day,” 

doing their weed, and sipping their frigidum sine with 
infinite gout. At night there is also a kind of sanctum 
sanctorum for a sprinkle of the elite , who prefer pri¬ 
vacy to the glare and recognition of a public apart- 





















ment. In this gastronomic saloon may be obtained 
at all hours, an infinite variety of viands, suited to 
the taste of every order of feeders, from the plain 
mutton choppist to the patroniser of dishes, redolent 
of Quin’s sauce and Kitchiner’s zest. 

Thus we take leave of the 44 Justice Tavern,” its 
well respected and truly deserving host and Momusian 
Major Domo. - 

WINE AND SUPPER ROOMS, 
Opposite Astley’s Amphitheatre, Westminster 

Bridge Road. 

This establishment is conducted much in the same 
style as Jessop’s, but inferior in point of decoration 
and fitting, but as the dodge is carried on but in few 
respectable houses on the Surrey (or the other) side of 
the water, we are induced to notice it. It is we 
believe, doing a do of it. The caper commences here 
after the theatre closes, and the swells and their 
donnas stall in to waste away the night in dance, song, 
and wine bibbing. The harmony is sometimes varied 
by a row and for the sake of a change a mill or so. 
There is nothing more remarkable in this crib than 
others. The dress girls from the lobby and slips of 
the Victoria and Surrey Theatres nob on here, and are 
a great draw. Among the many really lovely peices 
here seen is Mary Weeland, alias the Snowdrop, a 
frequenter of the Surrey, whose residence is in the 
Cornwall Road, Lambeth ; a prime piece of luscious 
loveliness and whose astringent qualities have given 
all pleasure that have got her good graces. 






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These houses may generally be known amongst a 
whole street of others by some peculiar signification, 
which a thoroughbred Londoner can immediately de¬ 
tect : such, for instance, as the door being left ajar, or 
the window blinds within being drawn down, and 
mostly large heavy looking curtains. But the streets 
principally devoted to Venus are:— 

Foley Place . Great Tichfield Street, 

Oxford Street. 

Oxenden Street . Haymarket. 

Dean Street . Soho. 

George Street . Adelphi. 

Nutford Place . Edgeware Road. 

Granby Street . Waterloo Road. 

Great Tichfield Street... Oxford Street. 
Brunswick Hotel . opposite Covent Gar¬ 

den Theatre, Bow Street. 

Exeter Street . Strand. 

King’s Place . Pall Mall. 

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MISS MURRAY, 

Foley Place, Oxford Street. 

3 rd on the left. 


Since we mortal lovers are 
Ask not how long our loves will last, 
But while it does let us take care, 
Each minute he with pleasure pass’d. 



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This lady follows the 
free trade avocation, a 
certain valiant blue 
jacket captain, who has 
had her in tow for some 
time, and we believe fur¬ 
nishes supplies of stores 
and keeps her afloat, 
says, “His little frigate 
is a craft fit for a king 
to board and an admiral 
to be prize master of.” 
She is a charming piece, 
and when the skipper is 
absent on a cruize she 
often flashes her figure 

















head at some of the first-rate saloons, “Jessops,” 
8^ Windmill Street, and in the lobbies of the theatres, 
&c. She is well worth the tin and touch publicly and 
privately. 

Her conversation is pleasing, she drinks little, and 
swears seldom ; so that, as times go, she is a very de¬ 
sirable companion. 

MISS FOWLER, 

Church Street, Soho. 

On the left hand , next door to the Fruiterers. 

“ Chide me not, but think me vulnerable; 

Then look on her, and you shall then confess, 

That she is a fair excuse for a foul deed.” 



The fair 
subject of 
the present 
sketch, pre¬ 
vious to the 
first faux 
pas which 
led to the 
present state 
of her af¬ 
fairs, exhi¬ 
bited her beautiful person in filmed Cranbourne Alley, 




















known by the appellation of the Fairy Queen. Lovely 
in face and form, gay, thoughtless, and of a sanguine 
disposition, her natural vanity inflamed by the adula¬ 
tion of her numerous admirers, together with the flush 
of young desires, a love of pleasure, and a dereliction 
of employment, prepared her as an easy victim for the 
sacrifice of love. 

Jane is tall, slender, of graceful form and carriage ; 
light hair, with a surprisingly fair and transparent 
complexion ; a full blue eye, fringed with beautiful 
silken lashes, through which her luscious orbs dart a 
thousand killing shafts. Jane has a beautiful leg, 
of which she is conscious, and takes every opportunity 
of displaying it when she walks, by gracefully raising 
her clothes high enough to inflame all male beholders. 
When stepping into a cab or coach, she makes the 
most of her leg; and in an omnibus she generally sets 
fire to all the male passengers, so that you see them 
fidgeting and adjusting their rebellious members the 
remainder of the journey. In the chamber, Jane has 
a peculiar method of disrobing, and possesses excellent 
tact in managing a charming repulse to the eager ad¬ 
vance of a vigorous gallant for the purpose of enhan¬ 
cing the enjoyment, which she well understands how 
to take share of. She is a bewitching girl; is to be 
met with at her residence here described, and is to be 
had by bidding for. 























MISS NEWMAN, 
George Street, Adelphi. 


This house may he known hy the red curtains 

at the window. 


’Ads bods she’s wondrous pretty ! 
Her looks are almost jetty ! 

She’s a finer wench than Betty ; 
And lo ! her eyes are blue ! 


Is Major Ben- 
bow’s address 
to a pretty girl 
in tlie Flitch of 
Bacon, and 
would not be 
an unapt de¬ 
scription of 
this lady, if she 
did not vary a 
little, and more 
in conformity 
to nature than 
the poet, in 
having black 
eyes as well as 
But nature was not obliged to make 


black hair. 


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rhyme, as Parson Bates was, or perhaps she would 
have had blue eyes. She is tall and genteel, with 
a divine face and neck. Her foot and leg—which, 
by the by, I think a very great merit in a woman 
—are remarkably handsome. She never swears, 
and drinks but little ; her age is about twenty. 
Let those who wish to know her qualifications as une 
coucheuse , try her ; for we will not, on all occasions, 
kiss and tell. _ 

MISS ANNA MERTON, 

Eccleston Place, Pimlico. 

(Two Birds hanging in Parlour Window .) 


For love without pleasure shall lure us in vain, 
We love for the pleasure and not for the pain. 


The most accomplished beau in the ball-room need 
not blush to own the fair Anna his partner. Dancing 
is her darling hobby-horse, and she is to be met with 
at almost all the public hops at that part of the town. 
She is quite young, and the sister hills are prominent, 
firm, and elastic, and from their extensive size must 
have driven the ruby current through the Cyprian 
channel at a very early period. She is short of sta¬ 
ture, about eighteen years of age, dark hair, and ceru¬ 
lean light eyes, full of vivacity and life, and never 
tired of dancing. If you become a partner you must 
present her with a guinea. 


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W ILMOT T, 
Knightsbridge, 


Is a fine tall young woman, 
of about eighteen, has a fair 
complexion, and excellent fea¬ 
tures; her mouth is small, and 
looks when closed like a rose 
when it begins to bud ; her 
however, are no great 
advantage to her, as they are 
small and grey. She is seldom 
guilty of those vices which 
we so frequently censure, and 
which defile the sex more 
than any other : we mean 
drinking and swearing. 
This, however, is*not to be 
wondered at, when it is known 
(which her company will easily discover) that she 
has been excellently educated ; and, notwithstanding 
the unfortunate bent which she has taken, there are 
yet some of the stamina of the original virtues 
planted in her mind to be discovered, and which 
no practices will so eradicate as to render her vulgar 
or disagreeable. 

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MISS TIBBY LEIGHTON, 
Eccleston Bridge, Pimlico. 

(Amber Curtains to IVindows.) 


As decent a lass as you e’er fixed-your eyes on; 

But what is one man’s meat is another man’s poison. 


The lovely female before us is of middling statue, 
though rather pale and delicate, which might easily 
be remedied by a little of Miller’s best carmine, which 
we recommend to her. Her hair is auburn, and hei 
eyes are of a beautiful dark cast. Polly is about se¬ 
venteen years of age, and has been upon the town 
about nine months. She has some very reputable 
friends who pay her liberally, and enable her to make 
a very elegant appearance. Amongst the foremost of 
her customers is a certain Quaker linendraper, who 
supplies her not only with cash, but also a great 
number of good gowns, and other articles in his pro¬ 
fession. She considers him as worth, at least, two 
hundred a year, which, added to the fees of her oc¬ 
casional visitors, who constantly present her with at 
least a couple of pounds, afford her a very genteel sub¬ 
sistence, and few ladies in her class of life make a 
more elegant appearance. 

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MISS REBECCA LEE, 

George Street, Adelphi. 

(Lives on the first floor of the third house on the 

rigid hand.') 


“ Row, by my hood, a Gentile and no Jew.” 


This lady is 
commonly cal¬ 
led “ the agree¬ 
able Jewess,” 
for wliat reason 
those who have 
seen the lady 
can only deter¬ 
mine ; for she 
has not the co¬ 
vetousness or 
artifice which 
attends all the 
followers of 
Moses ; nor, 

ike them, is distinguished among her neighbours 
■ 0 r“ despoiling them of their jewels of silver and 
:heir jewels of gold.” It may, perhaps, be accounted 






























for upon other principles: for though she is gen- 
teely made, and has a very good face, yet a fine 
black eye and black hair make her look not unlike to 
one of the daughters of Abraham. Her mouth is 
small, and looks like Suckling’s girl in the song of the 
wedding whose nether lip 

“ Look’d as if some bee bad stung it newly.” 

Her conversation is pleasing, she drinks little, and 
swears seldom; so that, as times go, she is a very de¬ 
sirable companion. 

MISS MARIA BOLTON, 

Sloane Street, Chelsea. 

(A small white house.) 

“Endless joys are in that liaven of bliss— 

A thousand cupids dance upon ber smiles; 

Young bathing graces wanton in her eyes, 

Melt in her looks, and pant upon her breasts; 

Each word is gentle as a western breeze 
That fans the infant bosom of the spring, 

And every sigh more fragrant than the morn.” 

To all lovers of elegance and taste we recommend 
this Cyprian fair, who is a native of Paris; and al¬ 
though at present in tolerable good keeping, she dis¬ 
penses her favours very liberally abroad to any one 
who has coursge to advance with three quid in his cly. 
Being nearly six feet high, she makes a stately appear¬ 
ance, and is exceedingly well proportioned; her breasts 
are remarkably firm, plump, and white, and in their 

















rise and fall paint the exuberance of the soil in the 
most expressive terms; her skin needs not the aid of 
rouge or pearl powder, 


“ But is, when unadorned, 
adorned the most.” 

Her dress is the quintessence of neatness and elegance; 
she walks singularly genteel, and is supported by as 
beautiful legs and feet as the most delicate sensualist 
would wish to see; and as her price at present seems 
far beneath her deserts, we cannot recommend a more 
deserving girl. 

MISS A. PARKS, 

Beaufort Place, New Road. 

( The house will he known by the Venetian blinds 
generally drawn down .) 

“ Observe the rapture-giving squeeze, 

The glowing cheek, the sparkling eye— 

The falt’ring voice, the trembling knees, 

That speak in silent words—I die.” 



This beautiful daughter of Venus by Apollo is sup- 









































































































posed to be the natural daughter of a noble lord, late 
in administration, who has had too many offerings of 
this kind to show any kindness or affection to any. 
During her state of childhood she received a very 
good education ; and her voice, from being improved, 
is become exceedingly melodious and pleasing. She 
is genteely formed, fine blue eyes, with dark brown 
hair, pretty pouting lips, a good set of teeth, and a 
breath 

“ Sweet as Arabian gales that ope the infant day.” 

She is about eighteen, speaks the French language, 
which induces most of those foreigners of distinction 
to pay their court to this lady. She takes a singular 
pleasure in endeavouring to oblige her visitors by 
singing, and in general succeeds. She visits the 
side-boxes very frequently, which puts it in her 
power to oblige the admirers of her voice with most 
of the modern songs. She is good-natured, affable, 
and kind. In duets she employs her tongue and 
voice full as satisfactory as when it emits the shrillest 
note. She performs her part with admirable skill 
and dexterity, and in such cases chooses the lowest 
part. She makes no scruple of getting as much 
as she possibly can from her foreign visitors, but will 
not refuse five pounds from a British hand. 

















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MRS. DE LAINIER. 
Holland Street, Soho. 

(The large corner house.) 


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Here’s a lot for Eobins, or Eainy fit, 
To hold up and down as they shall hit. 


This is a first- 
rate Thais, who, 
though in good 
keeping by a 
Count, whose 
name she has 
now taken, has 
no sort of ob¬ 
jection to a 
bank note, as 
being a great 
patriot, she 
holds Britan¬ 
nia, even upon paper, in the highest estimation. 
However, a banker’s note of only five pounds car¬ 
ries with it a degree of temptation not to be 
refused, when out of competition with one of the 

















first class. Mrs. D. is a great frequenter of auc¬ 
tions, and being a particular admirer of old china, 
she, upon these occasions, commonly makes acquain¬ 
tance with some connoisseur, whom she desires to bid 
for her ; the consequence is, the lot is entered in his 
name, and to prevent giving him farther trouble, she 
takes it home in her carriage. This lady is about 
twenty-two years of age, tall, genteel, and very 
agreeable, though a little pitted with the small pox, 
but this is not visible at any distance, especially after 
she has paid due attention to her toilet. Her eyes are 
dark, and very expressive, her disposition extremely 
chatty, and has entirely surmounted that mauvaise 
ho?ite, for which the English have by foreigners been 
frequently stigmatized. Indeed, from the circum¬ 
stance of her auction manoeuvres, it is almost super¬ 
fluous to mention, that she is a woman of uncommon 
address, possessed of a small share of modest assurance, 
very necessary to carry adventurers in the fortune of 
the world, of both sexes, through it with success. 
Her side-board of plate is said to be very valuable, as 
she occasionally increases it at sales by her uncommon 
adroitness in forming good connections in a hurry. 
We think Mrs. D—’s intrigues may afford some useful 
hints to the frail sisterhood in her elevated line. 






















MISS ALICE GREY, 

New Street, Portland Road. 

(May be known by the light coloured door.) 


For ’tis in vain to guess 
At women by appearances: 

They paint and patch their imperfections 
Of intellectual complexions, 

And daub their tempers o’er with washes 
As artificial as their faces. 

Hudibras. 



Miss G. is about nineteen years old, tall, genteel, 
and very handsome, being quite fair, with blue eyes, 
















































light red hair, and fine regular teeth. She is a very 
agreeable companion upon all occasions, and approves 
herself a devotee to Venus, having well studied the 
mysteries of that goddess. She is frequently mounted 
a la militaire , and as frequently performs the rites of 
the love-inspiring queen according to the equestrian 
order, in which style she is said to afford uncommon 
delight, being perfect in her paces, having studied 
under a professed riding master, who has taught her 
the menage in the highest perfection. For these les¬ 
sons, which she daily and nightly gives, she expects 
two or three cooters at least. 


MISS M O R I E L L A, 
Sloane Street, Knigh tsbridge. 
( The house detached and lays hack ?> 


She wants no art to give her greater charms, 
And sure ’tis heaven to die within her arms. 


This lady is tall, rather lusty, and remarkably fair, 
which we take to be the gift of nature, as we believe 
she is an utter stranger to pearl powder. Her eyes 

















are a fine blue, and her lovely tresses of a sandy cast. 
In a word, slie is a bewitching girl. She is about 
twenty-three, and has been training for amorous de¬ 
lights about three years. It is said she was brought 
up a clear starcher, and it must be owned she seems 
still to retain a proper knowledge of that vocation, as 
few ladies of that profession are better qualified to get 
up small things to the highest perfection. One pound 
one is the usual fee of this female chamber counsel ; 
but two pieces will afford her much greater satis¬ 
faction, and give her such a flow of spirits as induce 
her to make uncommon exertions, which have pro¬ 
duced incredible effects. 


MISS MODREADY, 
Berwick Street, Soho. 

(The name of Cooke on the door.) 


“ All I ask of mortal man, 

Is to kiss me whilst he can.” 


A captain of the Guards is the lord and master 
over this terrestial angel, who has taught her the 
























MISS STANLEY, 
Oxenden Street, Haymarket. 
(.First house on the right .) 


“ All night shell keep you at the wanton play, 
Nor suffer slumber till the dawn of day; 

Till tired nature melted into bliss, 

Dissolved in sleep, still pants the humid kiss.” 


This charming girl at present possesses every 
requisite to form the good, the agreeable corn- 


free use of the cheroot , and, from his esteem and 
confidence in her fidelity, allows her a sufficient inde¬ 
pendence from the world. But her passions are not to 

be confined ; and, thinking 
life not worth her care with¬ 
out the thorough gratification 
of every pleasure, she gives 
an uncontrolled loose to all her 
desires. She is of a fair com¬ 
plexion, with dark brown hair 
and fine expressive blue eyes ; is about eighteen years 
of age, and has been visited as one of us rather more 
than eighteen months. She is truly good-natured and 
amiable in her disposition, and does not seem to make 
money so much the object as love. 















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panion ; youth, beauty, and good-nature, shine with 
a most superlative brightness, and not more than 
sixteen months are past since she made her first 

dive into the public 
stream. Her temper 
is truly amiable 4 and 
sweet, which her sim¬ 
plicity sets off in a 
most pleasing light ; 
her eyes are black, 
with every fiery beam 
the warmth off youth 
can kindle. Her 
teeth are regular, 
white, and small, 
and her breath sweet 
as the infant suck¬ 
ling’s. Her shape 
is truly genteel and 
elegant, and her 

height rather below mediocrity. The hair which 
ornaments her person is a dark brown. 


As this lady is in genteel keeping by a gen¬ 
tleman of the name she has now assumed, her fa¬ 
vours cannot be expected upon ordinary terms. “A 
word to the wise.” 







































MRS. WOOLFORD, 
Oxenden Street, Haymarket. 

(Fourth door from Panton Street on the left.) 


Whene’er she speaks a second Pallas talks, 
Where’er she steps a second Venus walks; 
At every place where Becky Wool is seen, 
She looks a goddess, and she moves a queen. 


A little girl about twenty, with light hair, hazel 
eyes, and you need not have a second look at them to 
convince yourself of her disposition, being very amo¬ 
rous; her teeth are small and even, and uncommonly 
white, which, by frequently laughing, and having a 
tolerably large mouth, affords almost every person as 
she passes an opportunity of viewing them. She has 
a good complexion, and a fine bloom on her cheeks, 
but never makes use of any art; her breasts are rather 
small, but as plump and hard as an untouched virgin’s; 
but her leg and thigh are (without exception) the most 
perfect pieces of work nature ever formed. She has 
received a tolerable education, and writes a fair hand. 
She possessess an unusual share of vivacity, and a 
deal of genuine wit, which flows so spontaneously as 
to be entertaining to all her company, be they ever so 
numerous. For five sovs. you may perhaps get ad¬ 
mittance in the absence of her keeper. She is verj 


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fond of dancing, and is sometimes at Jessop’s and 
other places of the some sort, but more frequently at 
the play, and she goes to both only for amusement. 
She never admits any one home with her from either 
place. 


MISS M. JACKSON, 
York Place, Knightsbridge. 

( The white house at the commencement .) 


“ Beneath the thin transparent gauze 
The panting breasts are seen; 
Whose snowy swell and rosy tips 
Must stamp her Cyprian queen.” 


This lively Patagonian descendant is a lively lass in 
all the inviting bloom of eighteen, and has only kept 






















































a public office six months. Her height is elegantly 
set off by a proportionate quantity of fat, which en¬ 
titles her en-bon-point in the most luxurious sense of 
the word. The twin hillocks of delight are redun¬ 
dantly stocked with lactiferous tubes, and swell pro¬ 
minently rich with love’s choicest sweets, forming for 
the head two pillows of the softest down. Her eyes 
are of a languishing azure, her teeth very good, her 
complexion of a delicate white, which, by the assist¬ 
ance of rouge, has the rose blended with the lily in a 
very voluptuous manner. A night of delight cannot 
be refused by the lovers of cheerfulness and good- 
humour, when they know it is procurable at the 
trifling expense of one guinea ; but then it must 
be when her particular friend the lawyer is not ex¬ 
pected to give any interruption. 

MISS WALBECK, 

William Street, King’s Cross. 

(Long muslin blinds to first floor windows .) 


“ A bird in the hand’s worth two in the bush : or, never let the 

goldfinches hop the twig .’’—Excellent Maxims in S - rs’ Tablet 

of Memory. 


Lately arrived from Liverpool is this fair dame ; 
she is about twenty, middle sized, with sandy-coloured 




















M RS. HARDIN G, 

Sheppard Street, Oxford Street. 

(A grey parrot in window.') 

This lady is about twenty-four years old, of the mid¬ 
dle size, pretty, with remarkable fine dark eyes, that 
are very attractive, as well as her teeth. She has been 
upon the town about fifteen months, and has played 


hair, and fine blue eyes that are delicious. Her com¬ 
plexion is delicate and fair, but we cannot refrain 

saying, she has a piece of 
the termagant about her, 
which, however, she quali¬ 
fies with a whimsicality of 
humour that renders it sup¬ 
portable. She has been in 
training some time for the 
stage, and is exceedingly fond 
of taking male g)arts, and we 
think would succeed in low 

comedy. Mr. Le M-h 

has got her in tow, but she 
aims at making her first ap¬ 
pearance at a winter theatre, 
where he has no great in¬ 
fluence. Many of her cus¬ 
tomers are of the dramatic turn, and she spouts and 
kisses equal to any Thais in her line. 


























her cards very well, having a deal of good custom in 
the mercantile way, and never accepting less than two 
guineas for her present. She has some good cus¬ 
tomers in the eccentric class, who pay her handsomely, 
and give her very little trouble. One of the faculty 
of the college in Warwick Lane often visits her, and 
seems to be the immediate successor of the celebrated 
Dr. Runastrokius, of hair combing memory. When¬ 
ever this son of Esculapius makes his appearance, she 
is prepared to receive him, her flowing tresses wan¬ 
toning upon her shoulders. He immediately begins 
his operations, and combs them most devoutly with a 
tortoiseshell comb, which he always carries about him 
for that purpose ; after which he presents her with 
five pounds wrapt up in a paper, and takes his leave. 
The circumstance of his carrying the comb con¬ 
stantly about him created an uncommon laugh against 
him a short time since at a certain hotel, when acci¬ 
dentally pulling it out of his pocket with his hand¬ 
kerchief, it fell upon the floor. The waiter, picking 
it up, addressed all the gentlemen in the room to know 
if it was their property; none owned it till it came to 
this gentleman, who acknowledged it belonged to 
him, took it from the waiter, and put it in his pocket. 
A wag present (who was not unacquainted with his 
extraordinary concupiscence) said, “ Doctor, I never 
knew before that you was a barber surgeon ; I always 
took you for a regular physician.” 












MISS AUSTIN, 
George Street, Adelphi. 
(Name of Jones on the door.') 


“-Sacrifice to her 

The precious hours, nor grudge with such a mate 
The summer’s day to toy or winter’s night. 

Now clasp, with dying fondness, in your arms 
Her yielding waist; now on her swelling breast 
Recline your cheek—with eager kisses press 
Her balmy lips, and drink from her bright eyes 
Resistless love.-” 



The above lines might 
be very justly applied 
to this charming wo¬ 
man. Rich with the 
glow of youth and the 
charms of a person in 
which nature has been 
truly bountiful, with 
the face of a Hebe and 
the complexion of a 
Ninion l’Enclos, she 
possesses a mind and 
heart rarely — very 
rarely to be met with 
in the frail daughters 
of pleasure. Gene¬ 
rous, noble, feeling, 






























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and disinterested, might appear to be too high 
sounding epithets for a woman of this description ; 
but, however strange, it is not more strange than 
true, for she possesses qualities which the want of 
might make many a titled dame, possessed of that 
single virtue which she has unfortunately lost, blush 
—for they may all with the strictest truth be ap¬ 
plied to her. Here, then, may the man come who 
wishes in the morning to find his person and his 
health uninjured ; here may he come and taste 
every joy the most luscious desire can wish ; here 
may his every sense be fed, nor know satiety ; for, 
joined to a beautiful face, an elegant form, and a 
graceful manner, he will find the most agreeable, 
sensible, and enchanting companion. Fine, hazel, 
love-swimming eyes, which beam inexpressibly sweet; 
good teeth and a stately carriage ; she dances well, 
and is amiable in her temper, lively in her disposi¬ 
tion, and carries good nature in all her actions. She 
seems to partake of that pleasure that we cannot pre¬ 
tend to set any value upon. But of this we warn 
the gentleman who wishes to see her again, not to 
offer her an ungenteel sum—five pounds he cannot 
think ill-bestowed. 























MISS GODLINGTON, 
Dean Street, Soho. 


Give me a life of luscious love, 

Free from a husband’s rig’rous sway, 
Thro’ ev’ry scene of bliss to rove, 

And ne’er be tied to cursed obey. 


This genuine daughter of mirth and jollity is a na¬ 
tive of Plymouth. Good natural parts, improved by 
a genteel education, make her quite the chatty, witty, 
and agreeable companion. She passed “the spring 
tide of life” without much of the “fuel of love,” and, 
much against her inclination, tied the nuptial knot at 
the ripe age of nineteen, enjoying for some time a 
kind of negative happiness, as her feelings would 
never permit her to return her husband an equal 
share of fondness. He seemed to love her to dis¬ 
traction, which not only served to entirely root out 
the small affection that once had taken place, but 
brought on an entire contempt and hate, and with¬ 
out much hesitation she was easily prevailed on to 
leave her fond spouse, and taste the sweets of love 
blended with variety. She is ever lively, merry, and 
cheerful; and in bed will give you such evincing 
proofs of her attachment to love’s games, that although 
you leave a sovereign behind, you will be frequently 
tempted to renew your visit. 


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IPKHWOT lOTlMOT'OT© EKDTOE 

These accommodation cribs have become so mime' 
rous, that it requires some tact and nous to discover 
them. The neighbourhood of Leicester Square-; 
Bury Street, St. James’s ; the Adelphi; Somerset 
Street; Tavistock Street, Covent Garden ; Charlotte 
Street, Fitzroy Square — are localities were these 
importers of French mutton, lamb, and chicken set 
up their shambles. 

Among the most popular of these dodgement donnas 
are Madame Valentini, Bury Street, St. James ; Ma¬ 
dame Jeannin, Quadrant ; Madame Lavigne, Dean 
Street, Soho ; with others in the neighbourhood, 
who supply the market with unerring regularity, as 
there is scarcely a week passes without a fresh supply 
of meat, and generally in good order. 

MADAME AUDRAY’S 
u Establishment for Young Ladies 

CHURCH STREET, SOHO, AND AT FULHAM. 

This abbess has just put the kipehook on all other 

purveyors of the French flesh market. She does not 

keep her meat too long on the hooks, though she will 
have her price ; but nothing is allowed to get stale 

here. You may have your meat dressed to your own 

liking, and there is no need of cutting twice from one 

joint ; and if it suit your taste, you may kill your own 











lamb or mutton, for her flock is in prime condition, 
and always ready for sticking. When any of them 
are fried they are turned out to grass, and sent to the 
hammer, or disposed of by private contract, but never 
bought in again ; consequently, the rot, bots, glanders, 
and other diseases incidental to cattle, are not gene¬ 
rally known here, though there are instances of the 
awful enemy lodging itself here through some private 
jobbing in overtime. 

MADAME LEMIERCIER, 

PRIORY, WANDSWORTH ROAD. 

This casey is to be found by a brazen plate on the 
door, signifying, “ A Seminary for Young Ladies 
This we dub the artful dodge. All the pupils are far 
advanced in literature, and deal largely in the standard 
works of the day, as also in the evening press ; and 
Madame the governante takes in the news herself. 
By this lummy dodge the prima donna cops the swells 
as they return from business in town. The nuns of 
this convent can chaunt a tidy stave, grind the piano 
—and that is not the only slum they can grind. They 
dance, and are card players ; they play a pretty game 
at all-fours, and when they cut they are safe to turn 
up Jack. The abbess, who is a slashing piece, is good 
at cribbage, though she will let you peg her ; she is 
safe to bilk your crib, and hole you in spite of your 
play. Most of these swell shakes are billiard players, 


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only they pocket the cue when you cannon, and it is 
sure to win them the game. If you are not fly to the 
downments of this donna and her kinchin, they will 
ball you off in a canter ; but if you do the coakham, 
and tumble to the slum, you may fake the duck in 
rumbo style. 

The town depot of this establishment is in Villiers 
Street, Strand—a snuggery you can only drop down 
upon by seeing the name, to which is added, “ Pro¬ 
fessor of the Pianoforte and Guitar,” broadly blazoned 
on a large zinc plate. 

MADAME JACOT, 

ALBION PLACE, WALWORTH ROAD. 

This experienced old shake, having done the state 
some service, has sold out and entered in a recruiting 
party, and is very successful in furnishing many re¬ 
cruits for the regiments of the line, infantry and 
cavalry ; for, being an old trooper herself, she under¬ 
takes the art of mounting, which she teaches with 
considerable success, and is rough-rider in her own 
establishment. It is reported that she breaks in raw 
recruits for the aforesaid barracks. You may pipe 
the crib by seeing a board whereon is inscribed the 
name of the piano faker, pallavring the swells and 
yokels that she “ gives lessons in French without the 
aid of a master,” where the terminations of articles 
and nouns are elucidated by a simple and natural po¬ 
sition. and the conjugation of verbs is reduced and 

















rendered easy by copulative conjunction, tense, num¬ 
ber, and gender indiscriminately accepted. 

MADAME MAUEIN, 

Stay and Corset Maker , 

YORK PLACE, WATERLOO ROAD. 

This caper is about the neatest stitch we have tum¬ 
bled to. There is something new in the bilk—’tis not 
the musty dodge ; and many of Madame’s respectable 
customers little think that the delicate white hands 
which take the dimensions of their equally elegant 
forms, are working day and night for the public 
benefit ; and the effect of such incessant practice is 
an unquestionable proficiency in the art of measuring 
and cabbaging ; and so expert are these slie-tailors in 
the handling and manoeuvring of the yard, that they 
can give and take at pleasure ; so that if they give a 
few inches extra at one time, they are always prepared 
and willing to take a few inches extra at another. 

Everything is kept very dark here, and snug’s the 
word. No cully is admitted here before daylight has 
mizzled, and then he must hook it before “ daylight 
does appear,” and then scarper by the back door. A 
tidy lot of men-tailors work here on a new principle, 
as the men work all the eyelet-holes, and do all the 
punching and pressing, and pay a tidy dollop of tin 
for practice and instruction. The prima donna does 
the double dodge, as she visits the theatrical lobbies, 
and takes the cut of the male visitors who may feel 






















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disposed to drop in upon her, which she always adopts 
as a standing rule. 

N.B.—We may venture to affirm, that medical ad¬ 
vice and attention, if needed, and resulting from any 
contagion imbibed at her quarters, are furnished gra¬ 
tuitously—though such an affair seldom happens. We 
know of but two—one of whom lost his nose, and the 
other had a silver plate on his mouth. 

These of whom we have made mention are new im¬ 
portations, and have much improved the breed and 
condition of the native flag-trampers, as also the man- 
v ners and treatment of the British bawds to their 
wi etched labourers. Witness Mother Willit, of Ger- 
rard Street, who could turn out forty dress mots ; and, 
to crack her own wids, “ So help her kidnies, she aVus 
turned her gals out with a clean a—e and a good tog ; 
and as she turned ’em out, she did’nt care who turned 
’em up, ’cause ’em vos as clean as a smelt and as fresh 
as a daisy—she vould’nt have a speck’d ’un if she 
know’d it.” 

This harpy is said to have been a rooter to the poor 
shakes, who beat stones for their doss, bub, and grub. 
But she has now turned to the pious dodge, and calls 
them her darters , her chickens , and kids , and tells 
them “ not to mind vot the vorld said, and to be as 
honest as they can afford to be, if they ar’nt too lushy ; 
for there’s nothin’ like getting a living in a honest way 
—if you can.” 













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DIALOGUE BETWEEN A 


SWELL-MOB’S-MAN AND A FOGLE HUNTER, 
Meeting on the Steine at Brighton . 

Swell-mob’s-man.— Well, my fine fellow, Billy, who 
would have thought of seeing you in this locahty of aris- 
t ocracy and wealth ! 

Fogle-hunter.— Jistasmuch, cully, as I gaged stagging 
your nibs on this ’ere pitch of leather and ocre. Stunning 
place—bona shicksters, and clys worth touching—eh, cully? 

Swell.— I drew a swell of a skin coming down—twenty 
cooter; edg'ed down on a flat at billiards last night—holed 
him for five quid; he said I was a d—d fine player—a per¬ 
fect gentleman ; insisted I should take wine with him—did 
so; he got beargred, and I cleared out his cly of the small 


change and trinkets. 


Fogle. —That’s rumbo. You faked the grand dodge- 
ment—I slangs the little slum. A fakement’s a fakement, 
fake it how you vill; so a cotton vipe is a cotton vipe ; as by 
the same gage half-a-bull is half-a-bull; its multa denarly if 
you cops a multa swag; if I can’t pinch a skin or a reader, 
I can fam a cly for a chance; and if I arn’t got sich thin 
fams as your nibs, why I must nunk to it. 

Swell. —Yes, but you stick to your tinpot fakement. 
You will croak for peck, and be smugged for a stiff ’un. 
Now I goes the whole hog. 

Fogle. —Yell, I’m content with a rasher of bacon. Be¬ 
sides, I can’t tumble to your fakement. I can’t ready my¬ 
self to the slum. Pipe my fams! nanty bano quester !— 
stag' here—pipe this donna and swell paddling here. S’elp 
me squeeze !—send I may live !—hang me high up ! if it 
arn’t a Wild Street shickster—Owen’s mot! I’ll pallary to 
her. 


Swell. —Nanty—nanty pallary; she’s a plant on the 
swell to stag his lumber and cop his denarley. Stall away 
—hook it; nanty piping. Her cull or his nibs may tumble 
to the gaff. Stall—stall. 

Fogle. —Fly as a hammer. I goes in this swag—darky’s 
the thing. S’end I may live ! hang me up high ! a lummy 
pitch. This ’ere Brighton’s a slashing walk of trade. Right 


as a jemmy ! Mizzle’s the word. 



















THE MODERN 


FiLMM DICTOMMY< 


having the need- 


Abbess, a bawd, the mistress 


Above 


par 


of a bagnio 
Abbott’s Priori 


ful, possessed of the pony, 
plenty of money—‘ best 
bliss of earth ’ 


the 


Kings 


Bench Prison 


























Abram, to sham, to slum, to 
pretend sickness 
Abram Cove, a naked or poor 
man, a sturdy beggar in 
rags 

Abram men, fellows dressing 
themselves in various rags, 
old ribbons, fox tails, beg*- 
ging in the streets, pretend¬ 
ing to be mad, fellows who 
steal pocket-books only 
Abraham quester, sham Abra¬ 
ham, cop 

Academy, a brothel, bagnio 
Academy, a brothel, also 
Bridewell and Tothill Fields 
Prisons—see floating acad¬ 
emy 

Academy, a floating—hulk at 
Woolwich for convicts 
Academician, a scholar at an 
academy, a whore at a 
brothel 

Accounts, cast up accounts, 
see shoot the cat, cascade 
and pumping 

Accomodation house, a bro¬ 
thel, swells’ ken, charvering 
crib, but generally consi¬ 
dered a more stylish and 
aristocratic knocking shop 
Ace of spades, a widow, also 
the heart-stirring mono- 
syllable ! pego and cartsue 
Acteon, a cuckold, buttered 
bun, twice laid 

Acting the deceitful, perform¬ 
ing, mumming*, acting 
Active citizen, a louse, one’s 
own flesh and blood by 
being bred and nourished 


on one’s own body, also 
living on his own estate, 
see chats 

Adam, a henchman, an ac¬ 
complice 

Adam, a thief, or one who 
keeps the company of 
thieves : confederate, fence 
quester, see stall 

Adam’s ale, our first father’s 
drink, water (best with 
brandy) 

Adam tiler, a receiver of stolen 
goods, a pickpocket, a fence 

Adam’s store-room, the womb 
of woman, quim, snatch- 
block, long-eye, crack. It 
is told of that celebrated 
comedian Liston, that be¬ 
ing once in the green¬ 
room in company with 
several of the actors and 
actresses, the conversation 
turned on the merits of 
the then w*onder and orna¬ 
ment of the stage, Miss 
Clara Fisher, so notoriouslv 
clever in the personation of 
male parts: ‘ For,’ said 

Mrs. G-, ‘I am a great 

admirer of her; she is a 
wonderful little creature.’ 
1 Yes,’ said Liston, dryly, 
1 she is a mere child—a 
girl ? but she can take a 
man’s part as well as a 
woman.’ The laugh was 
prevented by Mrs. G. 
gravely observing, 1 l r es, 
she does take the characters 
most finishedly. Bid you 




























ever see her Dr. Pang-loss, 
Mr. Liston V The come¬ 
dian gave a nod and a wink. 

1 Did you ever see her 
Richard the Third?’ ‘Yes/ 
said Liston, ‘ and I have 
seen her Crack! ’ and, 
after the laugh came in, 
added — ‘ Crack, in the 
Turnpike Gate.’ 

Admiral of the Blues, persons 
afflicted with the blue devils, 
persons wearing blue aprons, 
signifying they carry their 
flags on their main mast; 
also policemen, also the de¬ 
pression or want of spirits 
after a regular lush and a 
clear muck out 

Adonizing, faking the mug*, 
and flashing the togs, doing 
the swell-man, nutting the 
donnas, and queering* the 
greens, to beautify, to ap¬ 
pear as Adonis 

Adrift, a nautical term, to 
break away, to be left with¬ 
out sail or rudder, or any 
one to command—a Mariner 
adrift on a grating 
Affair of honour, killing an 
innocent man in a duel 
Affidavit men, men of straw, 
patter quester, also ragsmen 
After-clap, any disagreeable 
affair attending an action, 
clap, pox 

Agility, prat, quim 
Agitator, pego, life plant 
Aground, stuck fast, stunned, 
a nautical term 


Akerman’s Hotel, Newgate in 
1787, a gaoler of that name 
Alderman in chains, a roasted 
turkey stuffed and garnished 
with sausages 

Alive, awake, fly, up, leary, 
acquainted with 
Alls, The Five Alls, is a coun¬ 
try sign representing live 
human figures, 1st., a king 
with a regalia, motto ‘ I 
govern all; 2nd., a bishop 
in pontificals, motto ‘ I pray 
for all; ’ 3rd., a lawyer, 
motto ‘ I plead for all; ’ 4th, 
a soldier, motto ‘ 1 fight for 
all ; ’ 5th., a, poor country¬ 
man with his scythe and 
rake, ‘ I pay for all ’ 

All fours, a game at cards, 
Adam’s ace of spades, Eve’s 
turn up trump, also Irish 
cribbage, chavering 
All-max, all gin, no water, 
daffy, blue ruin, tape wax, 
waxer 

All Nations, the drainings of 
different spirits or beer mixed 
together 

All out, the reckoning drunk 
out, how stands the account 
‘ twixt me and vengeance ? ’ 
Alsatia, in modern cant a place 
of security against the law, 
a hiding place, a stall slum 
■—originally White Friars, 
once a place privileged from 
arrests for debt, also the 
Mint, but suppressed on ac¬ 
count of its notorious abuses 

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a sprained ancle; to which 
the girl on hearing* replied, 
1 Lawks, how strange ! I 
never knew that men had 
babies! ’ 

Angelica’s, young unmarried 
ladies 

Anglers, or starters, an order 
of thieves who break show- 
glasses in j e wellers’ windows 
to steal the goods 

Anglers, petty thieves with 
hooks at the end of sticks, 
who steal goods from shops 
and areas, see coppers 

Angling cove, a receiver of 
stolen goods 

Ankle-jacks, vulgar slang for 
shoes of peculiar fashion, 
also a man or woman who 
dresses flash, prigs, thieves, 
(see leary coves) 

Anointed, knowing, ripe for 
mischief 

Anthem mot, or anthem 
quester, a man or woman 
faking the pious dodge with 
the shallow kids, cadging 
browns on the amen and 
bounce 

Anthem cackle ken, a house 
hired by Methodist preach¬ 
ers or ranting* Dissenters, 
also Gospel lumber, gaming 
crib 

Anthony (St.), or Tantony Pig, 
the favourite or small pig, 
of a litter; to follow like a 
tantony pig, that is, St. 
Anthony’s pig to follow at 
the heels. St. Anthony the 

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All set, desperate fellows, ready 
for any kind of mischief 
Altitude, drunk, to be in his 
altitude, lushy, beergred, in 
a state of beer, swipes, too 
much by the head 
Ambiderter, a law which takes 
fees from two opposing 
parties 

Ambidexter, one who snacks 
in gaming with both parties 
Amen curler, a parish clerk 
Amputate your timber, cut 
your stick, hook it, be off, 
scarper, stall, bolt 
Ancle, sprained her ancle, this 
is said of a girl got with 
child;—a ludicrous circum¬ 
stance is told of a girl who 
had got more in her belly 
than had gone into her 
mouth ; in due time the kid 
piped the sun. This affair 
was kept as private as pos¬ 
sible ; but a younger sister 
just beginning to feel natural 
sensations, very naturally 
concluded it was strange 
she was not allowed to see 
her sister; she inquired 
what was the matter, and 
was told that she had 
sprained her ancle, but 
managed to discover the 
real situation, inasmuch that 
there was a kinchin or kid 
produced by spraining the 
ancle. Shortly after her 
father, slipping on the pave¬ 
ment, was brought home 
and confined to his bed with 

























herm it was a swineherd, and 
is always represented with 
a swine bell and a pig; some 
derive this saying from a 
privilege enjoyed by certain 
friars of convents in France 
and England (Sons of St. 
Anthony) whose pigs were 
permitted to feed in the 
street; these animals would 
follow persons having green 
or other provisions about, 
and it was considered charity 
of religion to feed them 
hence the proverb of 1 grea¬ 
sing the fat sow i’ the ars’ 

A pig‘’s whisper, a grunt, 1 a 
word ’ twixt you and me’ 
Apostles, collegians who are 
expelled or dismissed from 
idleness or misdemeanor 
and do not obtain degrees 
Apostles, to manoeuvre the 
apostles, to rob Peter to pay 
Paul 

Apple dumplings, a woman’s 
bosom, dugs, cats’ heads, 
milk shops 

Apron-string cove, a Jerry 
sneak, a man governed by 
woman, a woman cully 
Arch doxy, the same among 
female canters or gipsies, 
a knowing mot 
Arch rogue, the chief of a 
a gang of thieves or g'ipsies 
Arch Duke, king of the 
beggars 

Area slumming, see slum 
Ark, a boat, a wherry, a floater 
Ark pirates, fresh water 


thieves who steal on navi¬ 
gable rivers 

Ark ruffian, rogues who in 
connection with watermen 
rob and murder on the 
water 

Armour, to be pot-valliant, to 
make use of Mrs. Phillip’s 
ware, see cundum 

Arms of Lombardy, the 
pawnbrokers sign of three 
halls, the ancient coat-of- 
arms of the merchants of 
Lombardy 

Arm props, crutches 

A—e music, the creaking of a 
bedstead when natural 
operations are being per¬ 
formed thereon, copping the 
slum 

A—e about, wind ends, a nau¬ 
tical phrase 

A—e over head, to turn over 
head and ears, to be in con¬ 
fusion, to live in an apart¬ 
ment with other people 
under you, the outside 
passenger of a stage coach, 
back scuttle, St. George 

As right as a trevit, the tippy, 
all right 

Assig, to meet a woman 
secretly, to be put in the 
hole 

Astronomer, a star gazer, a 
horse that carries his head 
high 

Athanasian, a girl ready to 
bestow her favours on any 
man, a loose-jointed mot 















Attic, the head, brain-pan, the 
knob, the nut, the canister, 
tile off 

Attic cove, poet, quill driver 

Aunt, a bawd, a procuress, 
also an abbess, one who 
accomodates married and 
mock-modest women with 
a retreat for private amuse¬ 
ment, ‘ my aunt, ’ the slang 1 
or cant of this is said to 
have arisen from the fol¬ 
lowing* circumstance :—A 
certain g-ambler had a most 
beautiful wife, who had 
vainly endeavoured to 
dissuade him from his 
ruinous practice of gaming 1 ; 
he would patiently hear her, 
then playfully throw his 
arms around her and ex¬ 
claim—‘ What nonsense, my 
dear: you are as much a 
gambler as I am. You 
never refuse all fours or 
cribbage; you will always 
have me at put, and are 
sure to put me in the hole, 
play at what I will. You, 
my dear, are a perfect 
aunt; and 1 am sure I am 
as g'ood as an uncle, thoug“h 
I have not so many balls.’ 

Autem, a church, a meeting- 
house 

Autem bawler, a preacher, a 
parson 

Autem cacklers, dissenters of 
all sects 

Autem divers, pickpockets who 
practice in churches, also 


church-wardens and over¬ 
seers of the poor, who 
defraud, deceive, and impose 
on the parish 

Autem gogglers, conjurors, 
fortune tellers 

Autem mort, or mot, a woman 
of the same sect, a beg'g'ar, 
a prostitute 

Autem quaver’s tub, a quaker’s 
meeting’-liouse 

Avoirdupois-pincher, gene¬ 
rally signifies a juvenile 
petty thief or prig who 
steals the weights from 
shops and then sells them 
to the fence coves 

Awake, to tumble to it, to 
understand 


B. 

Babes in the wood, rogues in 
the stocks or pillory 
Bacon-faced, full faced 
Back slums, low unfrequented 
parts in the metropolis 
Back up, out of temper, 
shirty, out for a scot 
Backgammon, a game, 
sodomy 

Badge coves, parish pensioners 
Badge, one burnt in the hand 
Badger, to confound, perplex, 
or tease 

Badgers, forestallers and mur¬ 
derers 

Bag the swag, pocket your 
portion, hide your whack 
























Baggage, a slut, a common 
prostitute 

Bag, to give the bag or sack, 
to discharge, or dismiss a 
person from employment 
Bag it, put it up 
Bag', to take away, see pinch 
and swag 

Bag your nut, to hide your 
head, make yourself scarce 
Ball o’ wax, a snob, a shoe¬ 
maker 

Ballum ranorum, a hop or a 
dance where the women are 
all prostitutes and dance 
naked 
Balm, a lie 

Balsam, money, rag, rhino, 
ochre, the ready; also blunt, 
tin, rowdy, brads, brass 
Bandog, a bum bailiff 
Bank, a depositary for cash at 
a gaming table 
Bandy, a tanner, a sixpence 
Banyan-day, Saturday, when 
there is nothing left to eat 
Bantling, a young child 
Bandbox, my a— in a band- 
box, a term of irony, offer¬ 
ing a bandbox for a seat 
Bar that, cheese it, stow it, 
don’t mention it 
Barber’s clerks, conceited ig¬ 
norant shop boys 
Bark, an Irishman 
Barker, a saleman’s servant, a 
prowler to pick up country¬ 
men in the streets 
Barking irons, pistols 
Barnacles, spectacle 


Bargain, selling a bargain, or 
doing the sell dodge : it was 
said to be once used even 
by the maids of honour, 
and ladies of the court of 
Queen Anne—for instance, 
a lady would come crying* 
into the room in midst of 
company : u 0, ’tis white, 
and it follows me ! ” Upon 
being asked what followed 
her, she would reply, u my 
a—!” 

Basketmaking, the old trade 
of basketmaking, making- 
feet for stockings, getting- 
children 

Battered bully, an old bloak 
well milled, huffing fellow 

Battner, an ox 

Bawd, a procuress, a woman 
who keeps a brothel 

Bawdy-house bottle, a small 
bottle kept in bawdy-houses 
for the purpose of giving 
short measure 

Beak, a justice of the peace, a 
magistrate 

Beak, rum—a justice who will 
do anything for money 

Beak, queer—a magistrate that 
is particularly strict to his 
duty 

Beaks on the nose, magistrates 
out on a search night 

Beaksmen, traps, officers of 
law 

Bear leader, a travelling tutor 

Beard, splutter, or men much 
given to woman 

Beat, a watchman’s walk 











Beau traps, genteely dressed 
sharpers, fortune hunters 
Beaver or tile, a hat, caster 
Beck or barman, a beadle 
Beef, to alarm, discover, to 
pursue 

Beeswax, cheese 
Belch, malt liquor, squirt, 
gutter 

Belly cheat, an apron, a pad 
Belly-go-fister, a hard blow 
on the belly 

Belly-plea, the plea of—preg¬ 
nancy set up by female 
convicts capitally convicted, 
which they generally pro¬ 
vide for previous to trial 
Belly timber, food of all sorts 
Ben or Sam, a raw, a novice 
Ben jog, a great or top coat 
Ben, go, hook it, scamper, run 
Ben, a fool, a flat, &c. 

Bene, prime, good 
Bene cove, hearty fellow, a 
trump 

Bene bowse, good beer 
Bene of gibes, counterfeiters 
of passes 

Bene darmans, good night 
Bene fakers, counterfeiters 
Bender, a shilling, a twelve, a 
coss 

Benjamin, a top coat, a great 
coat 

Betty, a small picklock 
Bever, an afternoon’s luncheon 
Better half, an ironical name 
for n wife 

Biddy, a fowl, a capon, or 
chicken: a young chicken 


Biddy a young mot, a girl of 
the town 

Bidet, a large tub contrived 
for ladies to wash them¬ 
selves in, for which purpose 
they bestride it like a little 
French pony or post horse, 
called in French, bidet 
Big’uns, men of consequence 
Bilboa, a sword, or any 
pointed instrument 
Billing and cooing, the sexes 
humbugging one another 
courting 

Billing and cooing, jowl suck¬ 
ing, faking the sweetner, 
kissing, loving 

Bilk, to swindle, cheat a girl 
after having enjoyed her 
Bilk, to cheat, to chizzle, to 
bob 

Bill of sale, widow’s weeds, 
house to let 
Bing, to cut, go away 
Bing, to go, bing avast in a 
darkmens, stolen away in 
the night. Bing we to 
rumville—go to London 
Bingo, spirituous liquors 
Bingo boy, a male dram 
drinker 

Bingo mot, a female dram 
drinker 

Birthday suit, start naked, in 
butf, Adamized 
Bishop, a mixture of wine and 
water, a term amongst 
horsedealers for burning the 
mark into a horse 
Bit, money 





















Bit, taken in, duped 
Bit, queer, counterfeit money 
Bit cull, a coiner 
Bit smasher, an utterer of base 
coin 

Bit of cavalry, a knacker, a 
saddle-horse 

Bit of muslin, a flame a sweet¬ 
heart 

Bitch to, to yield, to give up 
an attempt through fear 
Bitch to, a character, to per¬ 
form anything badly 
Biting* your name, to gulp the 
lush, to drink deep or 
greedy 

Blab, a prating stupid fellow, 
a fool 

Blab to, to nose, to chatter, to 
tell secrets, to split, to bust 
Black beetles, the lower order 
of people 

Black diamonds, coals, or coal- 
heavers 

Black boy, a clergyman 
Black Indies, Newcastle 
Black-strap, port-wine, spruce 
beer 

Black-box or knob, a lawyer 
Black spy, an informer 
Black act, picking of locks 
Black cove dubber, a gaoler or 
turnkey 

Blacklegs, sharpers, fellows 
who lay wages, and after 
losing cannot pay them; 
professed gamblers, downey 
coves 

Black houses, prisons 
Blank, frustrated, baffled 


Blarney, a wonderful story, 
flattery, see gammon 
Bleak mot, a fair girl 
Bleaters, lambs, sheep 
Bleats, sheep stealers 
Bleeder, a crammer, a lie, a 
sponger 

Blind, to, to cheat under a 
pretence 

Blind harpers, itinerant vaga¬ 
bonds with harps 
Blinker, a one-eyed horse 
Block, a jimmy, pipkin, head, 
nut 

Blow out, a bellyful, an extra¬ 
ordinary meal, a tightener 
Blow a cloud, smoking a pipe 
Blow the gab, to split, to ex¬ 
pose, inform 

Blow, to split, tell, expose 
Blow me tight, a sort of bur¬ 
lesque oath; as, If I don’t 
I’m jiggered, &c. 

Blowings, prostitutes 
Blue ruin, gin 

Blue devils, blues, low spirits, 
horror struck 

Blue pigeon filers, or flyers, 
thieves who steal lead from 
the tops of houses and 
churches 

Blubber, to whine, to cry 
Bluff, to bluster, look big 
Bluffer, an impudent imposing 
fellow of an inkeeper 
Blunderbuss, a stupid ignorant 
fellow 

Blunt, tip, rag, money 
Blue it, to loose all, spend all 













Boarding school, a house of 
correction”, or prison 
Bob, a shilling, see bender 
Boh, a shoplifter’s assistant 
Bob-stick, a hog, a shilling* 
Bobtail, a lewd woman, a pros¬ 
titute 

Bobbery, a disturbance, a row 
Bobbish, tol lol, pretty well in 
health, capable of enjoying 
women 

Boddy bag, a shirt 
Body snatchers, bailiffs, police 
officers, grave robbers 
Boggy, kiddy, covey 
Bog trotters, low order of 
Irishmen 

Bogey, Old Nick, the devil 
Bolt the moon, to cheat the 
landlord by taking the goods 
away in the night without 
paying the rent 
Bolt, cut, go, make yourself 
scarce 

Bolted, hop’d the twig, shuffled 
gone 

Bolter, a horse, who cannot be 
trusted to stand without 
watching 

Bollocks, the nick name for 
a person 
Bone, steal 
Bone box, the mouth 
Bone setter, a hackney coach 
Bonnetter, a thump on the hat 
Bonnet, a touter at a gaming* 
table 

Bon vivant, a choice spirit, a 
jolly dog 

Booth a place for harbouring 
thieves 


Booked, in for it, dished, all 
over, caught 
Booze, drink 

Boozy, drunk, in a state of 
beer 

Boozing ken, a lush crib, a 
sluicery, ale-house, resort of 
prostitutes 

Bore, a tedious story, or a 
vexatious circumstance, tire¬ 
some fellow 

Bordell, a bawdyken, house of 
ill fame 

Bottle-head, stupid, void of 
sense 

Bought, anything that’s dearly 
paid for 

Bounce, to lie, to swagger 
Bounceable, proud, saucy 
Bower, the, Newgate 
Bowsprit, corksnorter, the-, 
nose, pego 

Bow wow mutton, cag mag, 
dog’s flesh, bad, ill-looking 
meat 

Bow wow broth, broth made 
of stinking* meat 
Bow mam, a thief 
Box o’dominos mouth and 
teeth 

Box of ivory, the teeth 
Box Harry, to go without 
victuals, to shuffle 
Boxed, locked up 
Boxing a Charley, upsetting 
a watchman in his box 
Brads, money, rhino, cash 
Brass, impudence, money 
Bracket face, devilish ugly 
Bravoes, bullies 




































Bread basket, the stomach, the 
gorger 

Breaking shins, incurring 
debts and never paying’, see 
malletino’ 

c 

Breeze kicking up a, exciting 
a disturbance 

Breezing, kicking* up a row 
Brisket-beater, a Roman Ca¬ 
tholic 

Brick, a loaf 

Brick, a chuffy, a brave fellow 
Broads, cards, tables 
Brogue, Irish accent 
Broom, go, cut, be gone 
Browns, copper coins 
Brown bess, a soldier’s firelock 
Brown suit, no go 
Brown gatter, droppings, 
heavy wet, heavy brown 
beer 

Brush, or buy a brush, be off, 
make yourself scarce 
Brusher, a full glass, very 
quick 

Brushed off, run away 
Bub, guzzle, drink 
Bubble, to cheat, defraud 
Bub-rum, good liquor 
Buff, to swear falsely, to 
perjure 

Buff, to queer, to quiz, tool 
Buffer, a perjuror 
Buffer napper, dog stealer 
Buffer, a boatswain of a ship, 
one who flogs on the pelt, 
or bare back, also a dog’ 
Bug’, to damage 
Buggaboes, sheriff’s officers 
Buggy, a one-horse chaise 


Bugging, money taken by a 
bailiff to arrest a person 
Bugging, bribing an officer 
Bunk it, bunn, make away, 
hook it 

Bull, a blunder 
Bull, crown piece 
Bull, half-a—half crown-piece 
Bull dogs, pistols, lead irons 
Bulk, a fellow that attends a 
pickpocket, to receive stolen 
goods 

Bully, a cowardly blustering 
fellow, pretended husband 
to a bawd or prostitute 
Bully rocks, impudent villians 
kept to preserve order in 
houses of ill fame 
Bully traps, pretended consta¬ 
bles called to frighten the 
unwary and extort money 
Bullet, the — notice to quit 
given by an employer 
Bum, a bailiff 
Bum’d, arrested 
Bunch of dog’s meat, a 
squalling child in arms 
Bunch of fives, the closed 
hand, the fist 

Bunch of onions, chain and 
seals 

Bung- it, give it her, render it 
up 

Bunter, a low-life woman 
Buntlings, petticoats, woman’s 
gear 

Bung-eyed, drunk, tipsey 
Burning the ken, vagabonds 
residing in an ale-house, 
and leaving it without pay- 
ins’ the reckoning 









Buss, a kiss 

Buster, one who goes out 
cadging, a strolling player, 
one who screams for his 
nobbins 

Bustle, ready, money 
Bustle, money, see roady 
Buster, or burster, a twopenny 
loaf of bread 
Button, a bad shilling 
Buttering up, praising, flat¬ 
tering 

Buttock and file, pickpocket 
Bunt, trouble, difficulty 
Bunce, profit, gain of a bar¬ 
gain 

Bung-up, a woman lying on 
her back, a man lying on 
his face 

Bunged up, drunk, done up 
By-blow, a bastard 
Buz, to look out, to tout 
Buzman, a pickpocket 


Cabbage, tailors’ perquisites 
Cadger, a beggar, a scranning 
cove, a mean sort of thief 
Cagmag, stinking, or bad 
meat 

Cake, an easy stupid fellow 
Camesa, a shirt or shift 
Canary birds, the inmates of a 
prison 

Cank, dumb, silent 
Canister, see Block 
Cant, mock religion, language 
of methodists 

Canter gloak, a parson, a liar 


Canting, language of thieves, 
gypsies, beggars, &c. 

Canting crew, impostors who 
go about preaching, metho¬ 
dists, &c. 

Canticle, a parish clerk 

Cap, to—to out do, to beat 

Caper merchant, a dancing 
master 

Captain tober, first rate high¬ 
wayman 


a 


gang. 


a 


Captain, head of 
bully 

Captain Flasham, a blustering 
fellow, a coward 
Captain queer Nabs, a dirty 
fellow without shoes 
Captain Sharp, a cheat, a bully 
Caravan, great quantity of 
money 

Carrion case, shirit or shift 
Carrion hunters, undertakers 
Castor, a tile, a hat 
Cass, cheese 

Cast your skin, strip naked 
Cat, a drunken, fighting pros¬ 
titute 

Cat’s meat, the constitution, 
the body 

Cat’s meat shop, an eating 
house 

Catastrophe, behind, seat of 
honour 

Catchpole, bailiff 
Catgut scraper, a violin player 
Cavil, to jaw, quarrel 
Cavon, an old wig or jasey 
Chaff, irritating, or ironical 
language, to banter 
Chaffer, the mouth 
























Chaffing crib, a drinking room 
where bantering is carried 
on 

Chalk, advantage 
Chalks, the legs 
Chant, a flash song 
Chancery, head in—said in 
fighting, of him whose 
head is held fast under the 
arm of his antagonist, and 
gets punished with little 
chance of extricating him¬ 
self, unless he floors his 
man 

Charley, a watchman 
Charm, picklock 
Chats, lice 
Chates, the gallows 
Chaw-bacons, countrymen, 
bumpkins 

Cheeks, an imaginary person; 
nobody; as, who does that 
belong to ? Cheeks 
Cheese it, stow it, give over, 
drop it 

Cheese-cutters, bandy legs 
Chere amie, a bed-fellow, 
sweetheart 
Chimmy, a shift 
Chickster, a flame, a prostitute 
Chink, rhino, rag, money 
Chive, a bleeder, a knife 
Chizzle, to gammon, cheat 
Chuff, jolly, merry 
Chum, a bedfellow, a com¬ 
panion, fellow prisoner 
Chummy, a clergyman, a 
sweep 

Civil rig’, a trick of the 
beggars to obtain by over 
civility 


Clankers, silver tankards 
Clapper dudgeon, a beggar 
born 

Claret, blood 
Clean shirt day, Sunday 
Cleaned out, mucked, having 
lost all your money 
Clenched it, completed the 
thing’, finished the business 
Clerked, cheated, imposed 
upon 

Clicks in the gob, thumps in 
the mouth 

Click, a knock down blow 
Clinkers, fetters 
Clickman toad, a watch* 
Clink, to—to nab, to snatch 
Cloaker, drop at Newgate 
Clockey, a watchman 


* It was originally called so 
from the following circum¬ 
stances. A gentleman passing 
through some part of the West 
of England, by accident lost 
his watch, and a greenhorn 
hearing it tick imagined it to be 
some live creature ; so with the 
greatest astonishment carried 
it to his neighbours, who, 
equally amazed as himself, (for 
none of them had ever heard of 
such a thing as a watch) 
thought it was some reptile, 
and so christened it a “ Click- 
man toad ; ” and with a view 
to get a breed of young click- 
man toads, put it with a real 
toad ; but after making many 
fruitless trials, they all assem¬ 
bled together and dashed its 
brains out for madness 


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Cloy, to steal 
Cly, or die, a pocket 
Coach wheel, a crown piece 
Coal box, chorus of a song' 
Cob, a dollar 
Cobble-colter, a turkey 
Cock, a trump, good fellow 
Cock-chafer, a lady-bird, a 
prostitute 

Cod, haughty meddling fool 
Coffee-mill, watchman’s rattle 
Cog, to cheat with dice 
Cogue, a glass of gin 
Colt, one who lets horses to 
highwaymen 

Coal-scuttle, a large bonnet 
Cole or coal, blunt, money 
Collector, a highway robber 
Colguarin, the neck 
Colleg-e, the King’s Bench, or 
fleet prisons 
Collar, to grab, snatch 
Commission, a shirt 
Commission, to shake your— 
to shake your whole frame 
Come down, to give, stand 
treat 

Come out, worse than, very 
bad, execrable 
Communicator, bell 
Conk, the sneezer, the nose 
Convenient, the mistress 
Cooler, a glass of porter 
Cooped, in durance vile, to 
lock up in a gaol 
Coppers, halfpence 
Corinth, a brothel 
Coriander seed, money 
Corinthians, men of rank 
Corpus, the body 
Core, the heart 


Conveyancers, thieves 
Costermongers, jackass bo} r s, 
vendors of greens, &c. 
Cove, or covey, a fellow 
Cove, a receiver of stolen 
goods 

Covess of a ken, a female 
keeper of a brothel 
Cove, lumber, a person that 
keeps a place for thieves 
Cover me decent, a top tog, a 
g-reat coat 

Cover me properly, fashiona¬ 
ble toggery 

Cover me queerly, ragged rai¬ 
ment 

Court-card, a trump 
Counting-house, Mrs. Jones’s, 
the privy 

Cozy fuss, billing and cooing- 
Crab-shells, shoes 
Crack, to break open 
Cracksman, a housebreaker 
Crack’d canister, a broken 
head 

Cramp-rings, fetters 
Crammer, a lie 

Cramp words, sentence of 
death passed on a criminal 
Crap, money 
Crapp’d, hanged 
Crapping curl, an executioner 
Creeme, to—to put money in 
the hands of another 
Crank, gin and water 
Crib, to thieve 

Cribb, a ken, a mean looking 
room 

Crikey, a word of wonderment 
Crimp, a decoyer, kidnapper 
Crony, a companion 
































Cropping, the tail 
Cross on the, getting* a living 
by dishonest means 
Cross fight, a sold battle 
Cross bite, to cheat a friend 
Cross the herring pond, trans¬ 
ported to Botany-bay 
Crowdsman, a fiddler 
Crummy, fat 
Crusty, vexed, chagrined 
Cub, a young* child 
Cucumbers, tailors 
Cuffin queer, a magistrate 
Culch, cag mag* meat, or the 
refuse of anything 
Culp, a kick 

Cundum, a covering’ made of 
fine skin to prevent infec¬ 
tious disease 
Cup-hot, very drunk 
Cur, a sneak, a coward 
Curbing* law, to take goods 
out of window 
Curl, clippings of money 
Curlers, Jews who sweat gold 
coin by rubbing them to¬ 
gether, for the dust 
Cursitons, broken down law¬ 
yers, i\ ewgate attornies 
Cussin, a man 

Cut, sheer off, go, avoid, or 
shun a companion 
Cut bene, to speak gently 

D. 

Dab, a letter, doss, downey, 
bed 

Dab, one who is clever 
Dad. a father 


Daffy, max, gin 
Dagen, a sword, a sharp, a spit 
Daddle, the hand 
Damn, to crush, to do away 
witli a drama 

Damp your mugs, wet your 
mouth, drink 

Dandy, a swell, an exquisite 
Dancers, stairs 
Darby, ready money 
Darbies, sausages, fetters 
Darby’s fair, the day when 
felons are removed to New¬ 
gate for trial 
Darkey, night 
Darkman’s, the night 
Darken the daylights, to close 
up the eyes 

Darpit, a cellar, or hiding 
place 

Darley cove, slow, stupid, 
chick hearted 
Dash, a waiter 
Dash, a portion 
Daylights, the eyes 
Dead beat, done over 
Derrick to, to set out on an 
enterprize 
Deuce, twopence 
Dew-beaters, the feet 
Diamond, a horn to, to put a 
stone under the shoe, to 
sham walking* lame 
Diddle, to cheat 
Die proud, or game, to die 
with courage, or hardened 
Dimmock, money 
Dimber, handsome, pretty 
Dimber damber, the king of 
the canting crew 


















Dimber cove, a pretty cove, or 
fellow 

Dimber mot, an enchanting' 
girl 

Ding, to throw away 
Ding- boy, a rogue, knave, or 
sly fellow 

Dinger, a pickpocket, or thief 
Dipper, anabaptist 
Dock yard, a skulk in any sly 
place 

Doctors, false dice 
Doff, to uncover, take your 
hat off 

Dollop, a handfnl 
Dominie, a parson 
Done brown, done over, 
queered, floored 
Donovans, potatoes 
Donkey’s ears, a false collar 
Douse the glim, blow out the 
light 

Doughey, a baker 
Down, fly, awake, knowing 
Down in the mouth, having 
nothing to say, low spirited 
Doxy, girl of the town 
Dozing* cribb, a sleeping room 
Drag*, a cart, or waggon 
Drap, a drop 
Draw it mild, gently 
Draw latches, robbers of 
houses 

Drawing a cork, giving* a 
bloody nose 

Drawing a thimble, picking’ 
a pocket of a watch 
Drawing a wiper, picking a 
pocket of a handkerchief 
Drawing a long bow, telling a 
lying story for truth 


Dromedary, a clumsy thief, a 
young- beginner 
Drop, the squeezer at Newgate 
Drops, who go about to public 
houses to cheat unwary 
countrymen at cards 
Droppings, heavy wet, beer 
Dub, a key 

Dub the jigger, fasten the door 
Dubber, a picker of locks 
Duds, togs, clothes 
Duds cheat, ragged, poor 
Duffers, swindlers, who go 
about with articles pretend¬ 
ing they are smuggled, and 
offer them for sale at an a 
apparently cheap price 
Dummy, a stout fellow, one 
who has nothing to say for 
himself 

Duke of limbs, a deformed 
person 

Dunnaken, if it be necessary 
to explain the word, a privy 
Dupe, a victim to artifice and 
misrepresentation 
Durance vile, prison 
Dutch reckoning, bad reckon¬ 
ing 

Dust, money 

Dustman, sleep, or drowsines 


Earwing, a crony, a close 
friend, a tell tale 
Earth stoppers, horse’s feet 
Elbow shaker, a dice rattler, a 


gambler 


Elbow shaker, a boshman 








































English burgundy, strong 
beer 

Eriffs, young thieves in train¬ 
ing 

Eve droppers, vagabonds who 
rob hen roosts 


F. 

Facer, a blow on the face, a 
bumper 

Fadge, a farthing 

Fag, to illuse, to work hard 

Fakement, back slums 

Fake, to do, to fake a cly 

Fam, the hand 

Fams, or fambles, hands 

Farmer, an alderman 

Fastener, a warrant 

Faulkner, a juggler, a tumbler 

Fawney, a ring 

Feeder, a spoon 

Feint, pawnbroker 

Felt, a hat 

Fern, a hole, women 
Fence, a receiver of stolen 
goods 

Fencing ken, a house where 
stolen goods are deposited 
Feret, a pawnbroker 
Fib, to fight, to box 
Fibbing, pummeling a head 
while in chancery 
Flick me some panea and 
cassau, cut me some bread 
and cheese 
Fiddler, sixpence 
Fiddle, watchman’s rattle 
Fiery snorter, a red nose 


Field Lane duck, a baked 
sheep’s head 
Fig out, to dress 
Figure, a little boy put in at a 
window to hand goods to 
his accomplices 
Filcha, a thief 
File, a rum—an odd fellow 
Filch, to steal 
Fin, arm 

Fish fay, a woman that sells 
fish 

Fishhooks, the fingers 
Fives, the fingers 
Fives, a bunch of—the fist, the 
hand closed 
Flag, groat, fourpence 
Flame, a bit of muslin, a 
sweetheart 

Flunky, a slavery cove, foot¬ 
man 

Flash of lightning’, a glass of 
gin 

Flash patter, slang 
Flashman, a prostitute’s bully 
Flash cove, the keeper of a 
place for the reception of 
stolen goods 

Flash, to sport, to expose, he 
flashed his root 
Flashing his gab, showing oft* 
his talk 

Flash his ivory, showing oft' 
his teeth conceitedly 
Flat, a raw, an inexperienced 
fellow, a fool 

Flat-catcher, an article to dupe 
the public 

Fleec’d, clean’d out, stript 
Flick, to cut 

Flicker, a drinking glass 

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Flimsies, Bank of England 
notes 

Flipper, the hand 
Floating academy, the hulks 
at Woolwich, for convicts 
Flogger, a whip 
Floored, knock’d down 
Floorers, fellows who throw 
people down in the street, 
&c., when their companions 
under the pretence of assist¬ 
ing*, rob them 

Flowers of society, the orna¬ 
ments of high life 
Flue, privates 

Flue faker, a chummy, a 
sweep 

Fly man, knowing cove 
Flyers, shoes 

Flying colours, to come off 
with—to come off with luck, 
to do anything with advan¬ 
tage to yourself 
Fly, wide awake 
Fogle, pocket handkerchief 
Fogo, stink 
Foe*, smoke 
Fogus, tobacco 
Fogey, a stupid fellow 
Footing, money paid by a pro¬ 
stitute when going among 
her companions, also money 
paid on entering into any 
trade or calling amongst 
mechanics 
Fork, a pickpocket 
Fork it out, to produce any¬ 
thing by the hand 
Forks, fore and middle fingers 
Frisk, mischief 
Frontispiece, the face 


Frow, a prostitute 
Frummagem’d, choked, or 
hang’d 

Frumper, sturdy blade 
Fudge, gammon 
Fuller’s earth, gin 
Fumbles, gloves 
Funk, stew, to fret 
Funk, to cheat, alarm, to 
smoke, stink 

Funkers, the very lowest order 
of thieves 


G. 

Gabb, the mouth, mill 
Gaff, a fair, a low show 
Gaff, a penny, a penny show 
Gaffing, tossing with the pie¬ 
man 

Gag, theatrical term 
Gag, high, on the whisper, 
nosing, telling secrets 
Gag, law, the last degree of 
beggary; to ask alms in the 
streets with a pretended 
broken limb 
Gage, a quart pot 
Gaggler’s coach, a hurdle 
Gaiters, blacklegs, gamblers 
Galligaskins, breeches 
Gams, the leg’s 

Game, courageous, sturdy, 
hearty, hardened 
Gammon, falsehood, or bom¬ 
bast 

Gammoners, cheats, swindlers 
Gan, the mouth 
Gape seed, anything that 
arrests the sight 





























Garnish, money demanded of 
people entering into prison 
Gay tyke boys, dog’ fanciers 
Gee, suitable ; that won’t gee, 
won’t do 
Gelter, money 
Gentry cove, a gentleman 
Gentry ken, a gentleman’s 
house 

George, yellow—a guinea 
George, a half-crown piece 
Gig, fun, nonsense, ready on 
the alert 

Gill, a cove, fellow 
Gills, cheeks 

Gin spinner, proprietor of a 
gin shop 

Giving’ turnips, to cut acquain¬ 
tance, to shun anybody 
Glazier, one who breaks win¬ 
dows and flaws glasses in 
order to steal goods exposed 
for sale 

Glibe, a writing 
Glim, the candle, or light 
Glims, peepers, eyes 
Glims, flashy, a person in a 
passion 

Glim Jack, a link boy 
Glimstick, a candlestick 
Glim fenders, hand irons 
Gloak, a man 

Glue, the ladies’ fever, veneral 
disease 

Gluts, to be sick of a mot 
Gnostics, knowing ones 
Go it, keep on 
Go slow, draw it mild, easy 
Go by, to rise by superior 
force, turn the tables against 
you 


Gob stick, a silver table spoon 
God permit, a stage coach 
Goggles, the eyes 
Goldfinch, yellow boy, gold 
coin 

Gone to pot, become poor in 
circumstances, g-one to the 
dogs 

Goose, to—to hiss like a goose 
Goth, a—a fool, an idiot 
Grab, to snatch 
Grab the bit, to seize the money 
Grabbed, taken or apprehended 
Grand strut, Rotten Row, 
Bond Street 

Grand twig, in prime style 
Grannum gold, old hoarded 
coin 

Gravel digger, a sharp-toed 
dancer 

Gravel tax, money robbed 
from people on the highway 
Greek, St. Giles’s slang lan¬ 
guage 

Greeks, gamblers, blacklegs 
Green bag, lawyer 
Green, raw, unlearned 
Greenhorn, a sponge, a raw 
countryman 
Grinders, the teeth 
Groaners, a sort of wretches 
who attend meetings, sigh¬ 
ing and looking' demure ; 
in the meantime their pals 
pick the pockets of those 
persons who may be in the 
same pew with them.. 
They also rob the congrega¬ 
tion of their watches, as 
they are coming out of 
church; exchange their 

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bad hats for good ones— 
jocosely called hat making; 
steal prayer-books, &c. ; 
also fellows who go round 
with street preachers, who, 
while the mock parson is 
preaching, pick the pockets 
of the listeners 
Groat, a flag', fourpence 
Grogliam, a horse 
Gropers, blind men 
Gropusses, the pockets 
Ground sweat, to be buried 
Grub, provender, vituals, to 
peck 

Grub and bub, victuals and 
drink 

Grunter, a pig 
Grunter, a bob, a shilling 
Guinea pig, a fellow who re¬ 
ceives a bribe for puffing 
off an unsound horse 
Gull, to cheat, circumvent 
Gulpin, a raw, a yokel, un¬ 
learned 

Gum, abusive language 
Gunpowder, an old woman 
Gutter lane, the throat 
Gutting a quart pot, drinking 
a pot of beer 

H. 

Hack, a hackney coach 
Half and half, half seas over, 
tipsy 

Half a bull, half a crown 
Half a hog, half a shilling 
Half a grunter, sixpence 
Half nap, venture, hesitation 


Hams, breeches 
Hammering, excessively hea¬ 
vy thumps with the fist 
Hamlet, high constable 
Hand over, to bribe evidence 
not to appear against a 
culprit, to drop an argu¬ 
ment, an action 
Handle the ribbing, to knock 
the ribs about 

Handle, a tool, a silly fellow 
Hang it up, to leave a reckon¬ 
ing unpaid at a public house 
Hard up, in a queer way, 
money all gone 
Harman, a constable 
Harmans, the stocks 
Hawks, swindlers, sharpers 
Hawks, an advantage 
Hear any thing knock, do 
you take the hint 
Heavers, breasts 
Heavy brown, beer 
Heavy plodders, stock brokers 
Hedge taverns, public houses 
on the road side, little fre¬ 
quented by travellers 
Hedge creepers, the meanest 
order of thieves 
Hedge bird, mean scoundrel 
Hedge, to secure a bet by 
betting' on the contrary 
side 

Hedge off, slink off to avoid 
serious consequences 
Hell, a gambling house 
Hell cat, a lewd abandoned 
woman 

Hempen casement, a halter 
Hempen furniture, money 
rewards for convicting 






















felons by thief takers and 
others; commonly called 
blood money 

Hempen widow, a woman 
whose husband has been 
hanged 

Hen, a woman 
Hick Jop, a bumpkin, a fool 
Hig pads, thieves, or footpads, 
who rob on the highway on 
foot, of the same class as 
scamps and spicers 
High flyer, an audacious im¬ 
pudent woman 

High tide, having plenty of 
money 

Hob, a bumpkin, a clodhopper 
Hobnail, a country sharper 
Hob moll, a hedge whore 
Hog, a shilling 

Hog’ grubber, a sneaking mean 
fellow, a cadger 
Hog grunter, a close-fisted, 
narrow-souled, mean fellow 
Hoisters, shop-lifters, fellows 
who go into shops, and 
under the pretence of buy¬ 
ing goods, generally conceal 
some article under the 
sleeves of the coat, mostly 
frequenting jewellers’ shops 
Hoister mots, women who go 
into shops and steal some 
small article 

Holy land, St. Giles’s, from 
St. Giles being the pat¬ 
ron. saint of beggars 
Hoofs, the feet 
Hoof, to walk 
Hooked, overreached 
Hook it, to run away 


Hookers, thieves 
Hop, a sixpenny, a dancing 
room where sixpence is the 
charge for admission 
Hop merchant, a dancing 
master 

Hop the twig, run away 
Harness, watchmen, consta¬ 
bles, police officers 
Hot flannel, liquor made of 
beer and gin, with eggs, 
sugar, and nutmeg 
Hue, to whip, lash 
Huff, a bullying cowardly 
fellow 

Hug’gar, drunk 
Hum box, pulpit 
Hum, a liar, a canting deceit¬ 
ful Wesleyan methodist 
Hum, to humbug, deceive 
Hums, people at church 
Humpty dumpty, boiled ale 
and brandy 

Hunting, drawing unwary 
people to play 
Hush, still, quiet 
Hush money, money given to 
compound felony 
Huskey lour, a guinea, gold 
coin 

Hussing, feeling, grope women 
in a crowd, &c. 

Hussington, an old fellow who 
can only feel and grope 
Hut, a country cage, or lockup 
Hut, bird, a man cage 

I. 

Ignoramus, a stupid fellow, a 
novice 




















Index, the face 
Inexpressibles, breeches 
Ingle boxers, jacks tipped with 
silver and hung with bells 
Ingler, horse dealer of bad 
character 

Interlopers, lazy fellows who 
are dependent on the gene¬ 
rosity of their friends for 
support 

Irish apricots, potatoes 
Irish evidence, false witness 
Irish legs, thick legs 
Iron doublet, a parson 
Iron, money 
Itch land, Scotland 
Ivories, the teeth 


Jack, a farthing 
Jack Adams, a muff, stupid 
fellow 

Jack-a-dandy, a little imperti¬ 
nent fellow 

Jack at a pinch, a hackney 
parson 

Jack cove, a sloven, dirty 
fellow 

Jack in a box, a sharper, a 
cheat 

Jack Pudding, merry Andrew, 
a clown 

Jackson closer, a seal 

Jackrum, license for marriage 

Jacob, a ladder 

Jacobites, sham or collar shirts 

Jam, gold ring 

Jarvey, hackney coachman 


Jasey, a wig 
Jaw, abusive language 
Jehu, a coachman 
Jemmy, a picklock 
Jet, a lawyer 
Jet autem, a parson 
Jew, an overreaching fellow 
Jew, to Jew you, to overreach 
Jeweller, a fellow who steals 
rings &c. from women while 
pretending love 
Jig, a trick 

Jigger, a door bolt, or private 
still 

Job, guinea 

Jobber knot, a tall stupid 
fellow 

Jock, privates 

Jock gaggers, fellows who 
live on the prostitution of 
their wives, &c. 

Joe, an imaginary person, 
nobody, as, Who do those 
things belong to ? Joe 
Jolter-head, a heavy, dull, 
blustering landlord 
Jones’s, Mrs., the coffee-house, 
privy 


K. 

Kate, a picklock 
Keep up the ball, to live and 
be jolly 

Keep the line, to—to behave 
with decorum 
Ken, a cribb, room 
Ken-cracker, housebreaker 
Ken bowman, a well-furnished 
house 

























Ken, fiash, a house where 
thieves and vagrants resort 
Ken miller, housebreaker 
Kick, sixpence 

Kick, to borrow money, to ask 
a favour 

Kick the bucket, to expire 
Ivicksies, breeches 
Kid, a fellow thief, an infant 
Kiddies, flash fellows 
Kid lays, villians who defraud 
boys of their parcels and 
goods 

Kiddiness, a slap-up well- 
dressed girl 
Kid, with—pregnant 
Kidnappers, fellow who steal 
children, and decoy coun¬ 
trymen and strangers in the 
streets to rob them, also 
recruiting crimps 
Kiddy, a thief’s child 
Kill-devil, new rum, from its 
pernicious quality 
Kimbau, to defraud, cheat 
Kinchin, a young child 
Kinchin coves, fellows who 
steal children for gipsies, 
beggars, &c. 

King’s mots, female children 
carried on the backs of strol¬ 
lers and beggars to excite 
the pity of the public 
King’s picture, king-’s head on 
gold coin 

Kit, a quantity of tools or 
clothes 

Kitless, bare, a naked fellow 
Kitlapper, one who sells his 
clothes and tools for drink 


Knacker, an old good-for- 
nothing horse 
Knife it, stow it, be quiet 
Knight, a poor silly fellow 
Knowledge-box, the jemmy, 
head 

Knuckles, pickpockets 
Knuckle dabs, ruffles 
Kybosh on, to put the—to turn 
the tables on any person, to 
put out of countenance 
Kyboshery, to gammon, to 
flat, to swindle 
Kypchoop, the settler 
Kyper cove, a cracksman 

L. 

Lady-bird, a sweetheart, bed 
fellow 

Lag, to transport 
Lag, a returned transport 
Lagged, transported 
Lagger, a person working on 
the water 

Lambskin men, the judges 
Lame ducks, defaulters at the 
Stock Exchange 
Lantern, dark—a servant or 
agent that receives a bribe 
to conceal a robbery 
Lap, buttermilk, whey 
Lap feeder, a spoon 
Lap, queer, bad liquor 
Lap, rum, good liquor 
Lapping your congou, drink¬ 
ing your tea 

Lark, a bit of mischief, fun 
Leading strings, the control of 
friends 









Leary, fly, up, acquainted 
Leerers, the eyes 
Left, over the—no go, it won’t 
do 

Leg bail, running away 
Leg o’mutton sleeves, large 
sleeves worn by the ladles 
Levanters, persons who run 
away from their debts of 
honour 

Libbege, a bed 
Lifter, a robber of shops 
Lighting a candle, sneaking 
out of a public-house with¬ 
out paying the reckoning 
Light blue, gin 
Lightments, the day 
Lightning, gin 
Lightning, a noggen of, a 
quartern of gin 
Lil, a pocket-book 
Lily white, a snowball, a 
black, a chimney-sweep 
Limbo, prison 

Line, getting into a—confus¬ 
ing a person, imposing on 
anybody’s belief by joking 
Lingo, slang language 
Link it, turn it out 
Lippisli saucy 
Lipper, a saucy fellow 
List, or Loist, shoplifting, 
robbing a shop 
Little Barbary, Wapping 
Little shillings, love money 
Lively kid, a funny fellow, a 
brave man 
Loap’d, run away 
Lob, money, till 


Lob, an easy foolish fellow 
Lob, to be connected with 
woman 

Lob-lolly, a queer cooked mess 
Lob’s pound, a prison 
Lob’s stocks, privates 
Lobsters, soldiers 
Lock, a warehouse for the 
reception of stolen goods 
Lock, rum—being* in good 
health, rich, clever, expert 
Locksmith’s daughter, key 
Loge, a watch 

Loose house, round house, or 
cage 

Lord, a deformed, humq>backed 
person 

Low water mark, having little 
money 

Lugs, or listeners, the ears 
Lullaby cheat, an infant 
Lully, wet linen 
Lully priggers, the lowest 
order of thieves, who decoy 
children to some by place 
and rob them of their 
clothes 

Lully snow prigging, stealing 
wet linen from hedges 
Lumber ken, a pawnbroker’s 
shop 

Lumber the ticker, to pawn a 
watch 

Lurch, in the—to be left be¬ 
hind, to sneak, to hang on 
Lush cribs, sluceries, gin shops 
Lush, drink 
Lush ken, an alehouse 
Lusliingtons, drunkards 

























M. 

Mace, to rob, steal 
Mac-lay, tlie country 
Mad Toms of Bedlam, fellows 
who counterfeit madness in 
the streets, and after beating 1 
themselves about, spit out 
some blood, in order to con¬ 
vince the too feeling* multi¬ 
tude that they have injured 
themselves by violent strug- 
g’les, and so obtain relief; 
they have a small bladder 
of sheep’s blood in their 
mouths, and when they 
choose can discharge it 
Made, stolen 
Mag, halfpenny 
Make, to—to steal 
Malleting, to mill, to fight 
Malty coves, beer drinkers 
Mary-la-bone kick, a kick in 
the belly 

Marrowbones, the knees 
Mat macers, fellows and old 
women who go round in a 
morning when the servants 
are cleaning the doorways 
and steal the mats, &c. 
Maunder, beggar 
Maundering, begging 
Maun, the fist 

Maun, tip us your—give me 
your hand 

Mawmouth, one that splutters 
in his talk 
Max, gin 
Mazzard, the head 
Mest, to spend 


Middle piece, the stomach 
Mill clapper, a woman’s tongue 
Mill his nob, break his head 
Mill the glaze, breaking win¬ 
dows or lamps 

Mill the ken, break open the 
house 

Mill, thump, fight 
Miller, a boxer 

Misstopper, coat and petticoat 
Mizzle, go, begone 
Moabites, bailiffs and their 
crew 

Mog, a lie 

Moisten your chaffer, drink 
Monish, tip us the—give the 
money 

Monkey up, being in a violent 
passion 

Mop us, a halfpenny 
Moon curses, link boys 
Moonshine, nonsense, flum¬ 
mery 

Morris off, to run away 
Mother, a name for the keeper 
of a brothrel 

Mother’s milk, rum boose, 
good liquor 

Mots, cyprians, prostitutes 
Mount, to give false evidence 
Mounter, a common perjuror, 
villians who give false evi¬ 
dence and become bail for 
fellows of their own stamp 
Mouth, a stupid feliow, a 
novice 

Move, an incident, an action 
in life 

Mower, a cow 
Muck, money 








Muck, to—to clean out, to win 
all a person’s money 
Muck’d, lost all at play, no 
money left 

Mud pipes, thick boots 
Mud pads, feet or bad shoes 
Muff, a raw or silly fellow 
Mufflers, sparring' gloves 
Mug, the face 

Mugs, cutting—making gri¬ 
maces 

Mullygrubs, the bellyache 
Mummer, the mouth 
Mummers, strolling’ players, 
mountebanks, speakers, gip¬ 
sies, and beggars, who tell 
pitiful stories, to excite com¬ 
passion 
Muns, mouth 

Mumbling cove, a sturdy ill- 
natured landlord, shabby 
fellow 

Murphies, potatoes 
Muzzle, the mouth 
Muzzy, groggy 
Muzpot, chamber-pot 

N. 

Nab, a hat 
Nab, to steal 

Nab the bib, to cry and wipe 
the eyes 

Nab the boge, to receive a 
guinea 

Nab the bung, to receive a 
purse 

Nab the clout, steal a handker¬ 
chief 

Nab the cramp, having sen¬ 
tence of death passed 


Nab the dust, to receive the 
money 

Nabb’d, taken 

Nabs, a person of either sex; 
a familiar way of talking 1 
as—How are you, my Nabs; 
Nail, to lay hold 
Nail gropers, people who 
sweep the streets in search 
of old iron, nails, &c. 
Napper, the head 
Needful, money 
Nee’r a face but his own, not 
a farthing in his pocket 
Newlucks, or Nooluck, a person 
not known, an imaginary 
being, said to be akin to Joe, 
Cheeks, &c. 

Nibble, thieve, steal 
Nicks, nothing 
Nick it, to win a wager 
Nig, chirping of money 
Niggers, fellows who clip and 
hie the gold coin 
Nim, to steal 

Nimmer, a thief of the lowest 
order 

Nip, a cheat 

Nix, or nix my doll, nothing 
No g’o, it won’t do, a bad ex¬ 
periment 
Nob, the head 

Nob a head, a fellow carrying 
a high head, a man of 
money, of respectability 
Nob thatcher, a hat maker 
Nob, old, a favourite game 
used by sharpers, called 
pricking in the hat 
Nobbers, blows, thumps 
































Noddle, empty headed, shallow 
pated, stupid 
Noll, a wig 
Noodle, a sawney 
Norwry neckcloth, the pillory 
Norfolk capon, a soldier, a red 
herring* 

Nose, a—one who splits or tells 
Nose, to—to expose, tell 
Nozzle, the nose 
Nub, the neck 
Nubbing, hanging 
Nubbing cove, the hangman 
Nubbing* ken, the sessions 
house 

Nubbing cheat, the gallows 
Nunnery, a brothel 
Nurse, to cheat 
Nutty, fond 

Nut crackers, the pillory 
Nutmeg grater, the beard 
Nutmegs, testicles 
Nut nipper, one who spoils a 
game of love or private 
meeting 

Nux cove, one who says yes 
or no to everything 
Nux, knocking under 

0 . 

Oak, a rich man of credit, 
substance 

Office, warning, notice 
Ogles, the eyes 

Ogles in mourning, black eyes 
Ogles, rum—fine piercing eyes 
Oil of palm, money 
Oliver, the moon 
Oliver widdles, the moon 
shines 


Oliver sneaks, the moon hid 
under a cloud, has got his 
upper Ben on 

Oli compoli, a rogue of the 
canting* crew 

On the pot, being in trouble, 
vex’d 

On the mallet, having goods 
on trust 

One two, two blows succeeding 
each other 
One in ten, a parson 
Optics, the eyes 
Operators, pickpockets 
Out and outer, a rum’un, a 
good fellow at anything, a 
trump 

Ousted, turned out, thrown 
Over the left, it won’t do, no 
go 

Over the bender, over the 
bridge 

Overseer, a fellow in the pillory 
Owlers, runners, and smug¬ 
glers of wool 
Owen pure, a Quaker 
Owen moll, a Quakeress 
Owl tramps, night walkers 
Owl feathered, thick heeled 


P. 

Pad, a highwayman who robs 
on foot 

Pad it, to walk 
Palm, to fee, to hand over 
Panum, victuals 
Panum struck, very hungry, 
wanting something to eat 
Pantler, a builder 









Parum, bread 
Parings, money 
Panter, heat 

Pat, un accomplice or compa¬ 
nion 

Patter, slang' 

Patter slang, to talk flash 
Pattered, tried in a court of 
justice for felony 
Pave, the pathway 
Paviers’ workshop, the street 
Peck and boose, victuals and 
drink, see grub 
Peel, to strip 
Peeper, looking glass 
Peepers, eyes 

Peel your skin, strip, pull off 
your clothes 
Peeiy, suspicious 
Peg a hack, to drive a hackney 
coach 

Peg, or peg-stick, a bender, a 
shilling 

Peg trantrums, dead 
Penance board, pillory 
Persuaders, cudg’els or spurs 
Peter, a trunk 
Pewter, money 
Pewter, to unload—to drink 
porter out of a quart pot 
Philistines, bailiffs and their 
crew 

Phizog, the face 
Pickling tubs, Wellingtons, or 
top boots 

Picture frame, the gallows, or 
pillory 

Pigb or sixpence 
Pig'inan, a trap, or bailiff 
Pigeon, a meek, stupid, easy 
fellow 


Pike off, run away 
Pinch, to steal money, under 
pretence of getting change; 
see ringing the changes 
Pimple, the head 
Pinks of fashion, dashing fel¬ 
lows 

Pins, the gams, legs 
Pippin, funny fellow, a friendly 
way of expressing one’s self, 
as—How are you, my pip¬ 
pin 1 

Planked, concealed 
Plank it, to sleep on the floor 
Pockets to let, empty pockets, 
no money 

Point non plus, neither money 
nor credit 

Poke, a bag or sack 
Poke fun, to chaff, joke 
Poker, a sword 
Pony, money 
Pop, to pledge or pawn 
Pops, pistols 

Poplers, mess of pottage 
Potato, drop it like a hot—to 
drop anything suddenly 
Potato trap, the mouth 
Potato, take a red hot—a word 
by way of silencing' a per¬ 
son, a word of contempt 
Pot scum, bad or stinking 
dripping 

Pothooks and hangers, short 
hand characters 
P’s and Q’s, mind your—mind 
what you’re at 
Prad, a horse 

Prad bite, a swindling jockey 

Prancers, horses 

Prate roast, a loquacious fellow 





























Prat, buttocks, a— 

Pricking 1 in the wicker for a 
dolphin, stealing 1 bread from 
a baker’s basket 
Prig’s, thieves and pickpockets 
Prog 1 , victuals 
Prog 1 , bona, good grub 
Prog, cativa, bad grub 
Prop, to—to strike, to fight 
Property, an easy fellow, a 
tool made use of to serve 
any purpose, a cat’s paw 
Provender, a person from 
whom any money is taken 
on the high road 
Pudding house, the workhouse 
Pull, having the advantage 
over an adversary 
Pull out, come it strong 
Punch, a blow 
Punish, to beat in fighting* 
Punisher, one who beats sound¬ 
ly 

Pupil’s straits, school tuition 
Purgatory, trouble, perplexity 
Purl, royal, ale and gin made 
warm 

Purse, a sack 

Put, a country fellow, silly, 
foolish ' 

Putty and soap, bread and 
cheese 

Q. 

Quail pipe, woman’s tongue 
Quarroms, a body 
Queer amen curler, a drunken 
parish clerk 

Queer, base, doubtful, good for 
nothing, bad 


Queer beak, strict justice, up¬ 
right judge 
Queer belch, sour beer 
Queer bid, insolvent sharpers 
who make a practice of 
bailing persons arrested 
Queer bit, counterfeit money 
Queer blowen, ugly wench 
Queer booze, bad beer 
Queer cat lap, bad tea 
Queer chum, a suspicious 
companion 

Queer cole makers, coiners of 
bad money 

Queer cove, a rogue, villian 
Queer cove, a turnkey 
Queer doxy, a clumsy woman 
Queer gill, suspicious fellow 
Queer glim, a bad light 
Queer gum, outlandish talk 
Queer harmen beak, a strict 
beadle 

Queer hen, a bad woman 
Queer ken, a gentlemen’s 
house without the furniture 
Queer lambs, bad dice 
Queer lap, bad liquor 
Queer lully, deformed child 
Queer Nantz, bad brandy 
Queer nicks, breeches worn 
out 

Queer ogles, squinting eyes 
Queer patter, foreign talk 
Queer plungers, fellows who 
pretend to be drowned 
Queer pops, bad pistols 
Queer prad, broken-kneed 
horse 

Queer put, an ill-looking fool¬ 
ish fellow 
















Queer rag’, bad farthing* 

Queer rag*, ill looking* money, 
base coin 

Queer rotar, a bad ill-looking 
coach 

Queer street, to be in—in a 
quandary 

Queer tats, false dice 
Queer thimble, good for noth¬ 
ing watch 

Queer vinegar, worn out wo¬ 
man’s cloak 
Queerums, to shuffle 
Quizby, bad 

Qui tarn, a shark, a lawyer 
Qui vive, on the alert, in ex¬ 
pectation 

Quid, a goldfinch, sovereign 
Quiz, a queer one, a gig, an 
ab-original 
Quod, prison 
Quod cell, a gaol keeper 
Quota, whacks, share 


E. 

Eadical, Hunt’s breakfast pow¬ 
der, roasted corn 
Eag, money—I’ve no rag ; 

meaning, I’ve no notes 
Eag, blow up, rap out, scold 
Eainbow, a tailor’s pattern 
book 

Eainbows, gay young bucks 
Eain napper, an umbrella 
Eap, give edidence, take false 
oath 

Eap, I’m not worth a rap, I’ve 
got no money 


Eap out, to swear, blow up, be 
in a passion 

Eat, drunken man or woman 
taken in custody for break¬ 
ing the lamps 

Eattling bloak, a simple easy 
fellow 

Eattling cove, a hackney 
coachman 

Eattling mumpers, beggars 
who ply coaches 
Eeady, money 
Eeader, a pocket-book 
Eed rag, the tongue 
Eed rag’, give your—a holiday 
hold your tongue 
Eed tape, cogniac, brandy 
Eegular, in proper course 
Eegulars, persons thus called 
from their leaving parties of 
pleasure at eleven or twelve 
o’clock at night, to the no 
small discomfiture of many 
an out-and-outer 
Eegent, half a sovereign 
Eesurrection men, fellows who 
steal dead bodies from the 
church yard for the sur¬ 
geons 

Ehino, grease, money 
Eibbon, money 

Eidge, gold outside of a watch 
or other article 

Eidge cove, a wealthy gold¬ 
smith 

Eiff raff, black beetles, the 
lower order of people 
Eig conoblin, cutting the 
strings of large coals hang¬ 
ing at the doors of coal 
sheds 



























Rig, fun, game, diversion 
Rig out, a suit of clothes 
Rigging, clothing 
Right and fly, complete 
Ring, to exchange one article 
for another 

Rise, a—a disturbance 
River tick, tradesmen’s books 
Rivets, money 
Roger, a portmanteau 
Rolled up, put in a sponging 
house 

Romoners, fellows pretending 
to be acquainted with the 
occult sciences, fortune 
tellers 

Rome ville, London 
Rookery, an ill-furnished 
house 

Roses, nobility 
Rotan, a coach 
Rot gut, swankey, small beer 
Row, disturbance ,— 1 And in 
the ken to breed a row’ 
Roysterers, noisy, turbulent 
fellows, rude vile singers 
Roundyken, the watchhouse 
Rumpus, a scuffle 
Rub, an obstacle in the way, 
to run away, to make off 
Rub out when its dry, all 
right when its forgotten 
Ruffman, any person who 
handles a thief roughly, 
the wood, hedges 
Rugg, all right and safe 
Rug carrier, an ensign 
Rum barking irons, prime 
pistols 

Rum bleating cheat, a fat 
sheep 


Rum beak, sensible j ustice 
Rum blowing, a handsome 
girl 

Rum bod, a shop till 
Rum bodick, dirty shabby 
fellow 

Rum booze, good wine, or any 
liquor 

Rum bow, rope stolen from 
any of the Queen’s dock¬ 
yards 

Rum buck, good-natured 
Rum buffer, a jolly host 
Rum buffer, valuable dog 
Rum bung, full purse 
Rum chaunt, good song 
Rum clout, good handkerchief 
Irishman 

Rum cly, a full pocket 
Rum cove, good-natured land¬ 
lord 

Rum doxy, fine made wench 
Rum dropper, a vintner 
Rum duke, queer old fellow, 
rich man 

Rum dumber, good-natured 
prince of the canting crew 
Rum feeder, large silver 
tablespoon 

Rum file, or rum diver, a 
female pickpocket 
Rum fun, sharp trick 
Rum gaggers, cheats who tell 
wonderful stories of their 
suffereigns at sea, in order 
to obtain money 
Rum ghelt, or rum cole, new 
money 

Rum gill, a man who appears 
to have plenty of money 











Rum glimmer, head of the 
linkboy 

Rum gutters, cape wine 
Rum hopper, a waiter at a 
tavern 

Rum job, or rum dagen, a 
handsome sword 
Rum kicks, breeches 
Rum maundy, fellows who 
counterfeit the fool, going 
about the streets in order to 
obtain charity 

Rum mot, a woman of the 
town 

Rum Nantz, good brandy 
Rum, or monogin, good, the 
most valuable of anything, 
jewels, diamonds 
Rum pad, the high road 
Rum peepers, tine looking 
glasses, or bright eyes 
Rum prad, a highwayman’s 
horse 

Rum prancer, fine horse 
Rum quid, good guinea 
Rum quids, guineas 
Rum quod cull, a g’aoler 
Rum rufe peck, Westphalia 
ham 

Rum rush, a number of vil¬ 
lains rushing into a house in 
order to rob it 
Rum speaker, good booty 
Rum un, a trump, a good fel¬ 
low 

Ryder, a cloak 
S. 

Sack, a pocket, cly pouch 
Sack, to—to take up 


Sam, a foolish fellow, an idiot 
Sam, to stand—to pay for all 
Sans prisado, a person who 
comes into company without 
any money 

Saving’s one’s bacon, to escape 
with a whole skin, to evade 
any accident 
Scamp, a thief 
Scamp foot, street robber 
Scanclle broth, tea 
Scent box, the nose, the a— 
School butter, whipping 
Score, a debt, fine 
Scot, a savage person 
Scotch fiddle, the itch 
Scottish, savage, wild, cha¬ 
grined 

Scout, a watchman or beadle 
Scran, victuals 

Scran cly, bag for beggars’ 
grub 

Scrap, a villanous scheme 
Screen, a pound note 
Screw, a miser 
Screwbado, a dirty fellow, in¬ 
significant 

Screw loose, a quarrel between 
two individuals, something 
wrong in a man’s affairs 
Seedy, thread-bare, poor, mean 
Serv’d up, done up 
Setter, persons using the 
haunts of thieves in order 
to give information for the 
reward 

Seven-pence, to stand—to suf¬ 
fer seven years’ transporta¬ 
tion 

Sew up the sees, to give a 
person two black eyes 




























Shad e, nice to a—very particu¬ 
lar 

Shake a toe, to dance 
Shark, a lawyer 
Sharps, persons ready to take 
you in on all occasions 
She lion, a shilling 1 
Shell, to contribute, club 
Sherry, run away, be gone 
Sheriff’s ball, an execution 
Shindy, a regular row, a ge¬ 
neral quarrel 
Shiners, guineas 
Shirk, to cut, to skulk 
Shoot, to go skulking about 
Shooting the cat, vomiting 
Shop, a gaol 

Shop lobber, a dressed up silly 
coxcomb of a shopman,, a 
powdered fop 
Shopped, imprisoned 
Shoulder knot, a bailiff 
Shove, crowd, push 
Shove the tumbler,whipped at 
the cart’s tail 

Shove in the mouth, a glass of 
gin 

Shoving the moon, moving 
goods by moonlight 
Shuffle, go, morris, begone 
Shy cock, a person afraid 
Siaster, a nap after dinner, a 
short sleep 
Sidle, come close to 
Sighers, see groaners 
Sight take a—a manner of ex¬ 
pressing contempt or ridi¬ 
cule, by putting the thumb 
to the nose, with the fingers 
straight up in the air 


Sight, a lot, a great many, a 
great deal 

Sink hole, the throat 
Sinkers, old stockings that 
have sunk the small parts 
into the heel 
Sipper, a tea spoon 
Six and eight pence, a lawyer 
Skewer, a sword 
Skin, a purse 

Skinners, villains who steal 
children ; kidnappers who 
entrap unwary men to en¬ 
list for soldiers 

Sky parlour, a garret or first 
floor next the sky 
Slang, flash language, patter 
Slang, a performance 
Slanged, ironed on one leg 
Slap bang, victuals sold at a 
cook shop 
Slate, a sheet 

Sling tale and galena, fowl and 
pickle pork 

Slipped cove, got away 
Slogg, to thump hard, fight 
Slogger, a miller, a boxer 
Slubber, a heavy stupid fellow 
Sluice, wet, moisten 
Sluiced their gobs, drank 
heavily 

Slucieiy, a gin shop 
Slum, anything you can see or 
feel 

Sly, contraband 
Smack the bit, share the booty 
Smart blunt, forfeit-money 
Smart, regular, up, awake 
Smash, to break, strike, bad 
coin 

Smash, a thigh of mutton, and 

c 















leg of mutton, turnips, and 
capers 

Smashers, passers of bad money 
Smashing cove, housebreaker 
Smelt, half a guinea 
Smell a rat, to surmise some¬ 
thing 

Smeller, the nose 
Smitter, the arm 
Sinicket, a shift 
Smug, steal, nibble 
Snaffle, highwayman 
Sneak, on the morning, sneak¬ 
ing down into the kitchen, 
&c.just as the servants are 
up, and purloining any small 
articles, commonly practised 
by cadgers 
Sn eezer, the nose 
SnHch, to turn, to nose, to tell 
tales, to turn sneak 
Snooze, to sleep, to doze 
Snoozing ken, a sleeping room 
Snorter, the nose 
Snow ball, a black man 
Snuffle, the nose 
Snuge, a thief under a bed 
Solomon, the mass 
Some tune, a large amount 
Something short, a glass of 
liquor 

Soul driver, a methodist parson 
South sea mountain, gin 
Speck, bad—a bad undertaking 
Specks, barnacles, spectacles 
Spicer, high, highwayman 
Spicet, footpad, robber 
Spike hotel, the Fleet, or King’s 
Bench 

Spilt, overturned in a carriage 


Sittleonian, yellow handker¬ 
chief 

Spoil, to bruise, injure 
Spoke to, he’s—taken by offi¬ 
cers, cast for death 
Spoke with, to rob 
Spooney, a foolish fellow 
Spree, a lark, fun 
Spunge, to eat and drink at 
anothers expense 
Spurs, diggers 
Squail, a cram 

Squeaker, a cross child, a pot 
boy 

Squeen, the throat 
Squeezer, the drop at Newgate 
Stag, an accomplice w r ho has 
turned king’s evidence 
Stagged, discovered 
Stall, to make a stand, to 
crowd 

Staller, an accomplice 
Staller, an acoomplice in pick¬ 
ing of pockets by holding* 
up the arms of persons 
Stalling ken, broker’s shop, or 
that of a person receiving 
stolen goods 
Stam fish, to cant 
Stampers, feet, shoes, stairs 
Stand the racket, treat, pay 
for all 

Stand still, a table 
Star gazers, prostitutes who 
frequent hedge rows 
Stark naked, gin 
Stash, to conceal a robbery 
Stephen, money 
Stern, the—goat, behind, what 
we sit upon, a— 

Stick fans, gloves 
























Sticks, goods, chattels 
Stiffener, a letter, death 
Stifle a squeaker, to murder a 
child 

Stone pitcher, Newgate 
Stool, help, assistance 
Stow it, drop it, be quiet 
Stow your wind, be silent 
Strap, mallet, trust 
Strammel, straw 
Straw chipper, a straw bonnet 
maker 


Stretching, hanging 
Strike, a guinea 
Strike me dead, small beer 
String, to—to impose on a per¬ 
sons belief by some joke or 
lie 

Strings of onions, the lower 
order of society 
Strummer faker, hair dresser 
Strumming, having connexion 


with women 
Stumps, the feet or legs 
Stunner, a finish, astonishing 
Stunning, excellent, out-and- 


out 

Sucked, devilish drunk 
Sufferer, a sovereign, also a 
tailor 

Sugar, cock your legs & cry— 
a way of expressing triumph 
or joy, by standing on one 
leg and shaking the other 
up, hooting 4 sugar’ loudly 
Suit of cover me properly, 
suit of fashionable clothes 
Swaddy, a lobster, soldier 
Swag, quantity, stolen things 
Swallow, the throat 
Swallow, memory 



Swankey, swipes, table beer 
Sweetners, guinea droppers 
Swell out of luck, a decayed 
fop or dandy 
Swig, liquor of any kind 
Swigs men, thieves who travel 
the country under colour of 
buying old clothes 
Swindling gloak, a cheat 
Swinger, one leg and a—a 
sound leg and a lame one 


Tackle, good clothes, also a 
mistress 

Tag rag and bobtail, extremes 
of low life 
Tail, a sword 

Tail, a mistress or prostitute 
Tail, to cohabit with women 
Tail, a man’s commodity 
Tallymen, persons who deal 
out clothes to swellish 
cyprians 

Tamarhoo, a hackney coach¬ 
man, so called from the song 


of Tamarhoo ; or the Devil 
and the Hackney Coachman 
Tanner, sixpence 
Tape, gin 

Tartar, a queer customer, a 
powerful enemy 
Tater trap, the mummer, 
mouth 

Tatt, rum—good dice 
Tatt queer—bad dice 
Tatt men, fellows who get 
their livin^ 
the gaming tables, 
playing at dice 

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by attending 















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Tattler, watch or clock 
Tatty tog', a gaming- cloth 
Tea-pol, a negro 
Tears of the tankard, drops of 
liquor 

Teaster, sixpence 
Teaze, to whip at the cart’s tail 
Teazer of catgut, a fiddler 
That’s the ticket, just the 
thing, as it ought to he 
The dab’s in quod, the rogue’s 
in prison 
Thimble, a watch 
Three sheeets in the wind, 
three parts drunk 
Throw the hatchet, to—to tell a 
marvellous story, or a lie, 
and swear its true 
Thrums, three-pence 
Tib of the buttery, goose 
Tibby, one on your—owe you 
one 

Ticker, a watch 
Tidy, pretty good 
Tie, equal 

Timber merchant, a match 
dealer 
Tip, money 
Tip, to give 

Tip your rags a gallop, to bolt, 
to run away 

Tip street, to be in—to have 
plenty of money 
Tits, horses 
Title-page, the face 
Tizzy, sixpence 
To nab a kid, to steal a child 
To sing- small, to draw the 
horns in, to he humbled 
To mill a bleating cheat, to 
kill a sheep 


To diamond a horse, to put a 
stone under the shoe to make 
it appear lame 
Toddle, to walk 
Toddlers, legs 

Tog and kick, breeches and 
coat 

Togged, dressed 
Togman, a cloak 
Togs, clothes 

Tonic, a halfpenny or farthing 
Tooth pickers, Irish watch¬ 
men’s shillalies 
Topper, a hat 
Topping, hanging 
Topping cove, a hangman 
Touch, to arrest 
Tout, to look put sharp, to 
guard 

Touted, to be followed, or pur¬ 
sued 

Town tabby, a dowager of 
quality 
Track, to go 

Tramp, to wander as a beggar 
Translators, sellers of old hoots 
and shoes 

Transporter, the mouth 
Traps, constables or thief 
takers 

Trib, a prison 
Trine, to hang- 
Trine, the new drop 
Trooper, blowing, prostitute 
Trooper, half a crown 
Trotters, the legs 
Truck, stealing money under 
pretence of changing 
Trulls, the lowest order of 
prostitutes, followers of sol¬ 
diers 



























Trump, a good one, a jolly 
fellow 

Tuck, victuals, the head 
Tuck out, a good meal, a 
bellyful 

Tuck up fair, Newgate at 
hanging time 

Tucked up, hanged, married 
Tulips of the goes, the highest 
order of fashionables 
Tumbler, a cart 
Turn-up, a casual set-to, a 
fight 

Turkey merchant, a driver of 
turkeys 

Turnip, a watch 
Twandlers, pease 
Twelver, a shilling 
Twig, to see, observe 
Twinklers, the eyes 
Twirlers, hawkers of men’s 
and women’s clothes 
Twitto, two 

Tyke boys, dog owners 
Tykes, dogs 

Tyro, a yokel, a noviciate 


U. 

Under the screw, in prison 
Under the rose, on the sly, 
concealed enjoyment 
Unload pewter, drinking beer 
from pewter pots 
Unrigged, stripped of money 
and clothes 

Up, acquainted with the con¬ 
versation of the company 
apprised of any transaction 


Up to slum, humbug or gam¬ 
mon 

Up the spout, articles at the 
pawnbroker’s 

Up the flue, being in trouble, 
on the pot 

Upper Benjamin, an upper 
coat 

Uprights, ale-house pots 

V. 

Vamp, to pledge any article, 
to substitute one thing for 
another, counterfeit 

Tampers, stockings 

Vhite, gin 

Velvet, tongue 

Velvet, to tip the—to talk to a 
woman, to impose by flowery 
language 

Victualling office, the stomach, 
or paunch 

Voil, town 

W. 

Wall flowers, old clothes ex¬ 
posed for sale 

Wall it, chalking a reckoning 
up at a public house 

Wall fruit, kissing against a 
wall 

Wapstraw, Johnny Raw, a 
yokel, a countryman 

Warm, rich 

Water pads, fellows who rob 
ships 

Water headed, a snivelling 
fellow 













Wattles, tlie ears 
Wearing- the breeches, the 
wife ruling- the husband 
Wedg-e, silver plate gold 
Wet the other eye, take ano¬ 
ther glass 

Wetting the neck, drinking 
Whacks, shares of booty 
Wheadle, a sharper 
Whiddler, a talkative fellow, 
an informer 
Whimpshire, Yorkshire 
Whirligig, the pillory 
Whisker, a bouncing lie 
Whistling shop, a public house 
in a prison 
White wood, silver 
White port, gin 
White buzmen, pickpockets 
White tape, gin 
White toppers, white hats 
Whites, counterfeit silver 
Whither, silver bowl 
Wiggen, the neck 
Win, a penny 

Wing, fly, up, acquainted with 
Wipe, fogle, handkerchief 
Wo ball, a milk woman 
Wobble, to reel, drunk 


Won't suit, no go, it won’t do 
Wood pecker, a punster, joker, 
player on words 
Wooden ruff, the pillory, as, 
he wore the wooden ruff, he 
stood in the pillory 
W’s, between the two—hitting- 
in the belly between wind 
and water 


Y. 

Yack and onions, watch and 
seals 

Yam, to eat hearty 
Yam, to eat 
Yankee, a tawney man 
Yankee doodle, a no go cove 
Yard of tape, a glass of gin 
Yarmouth capon, a red herring 
Yarum, food made of milk 
Yellow boys, gold finches, 
sovereigns 

Yellowman, a yellow hand¬ 
kerchief 

Yelper, a fellow who makes 
pitiful lamentations of trifles 
Yokels, green horns, country¬ 
men 




































THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES. 


1. Rum-bubbers 

2. Lumber Coves 

3. Groanera 

4. Puffers 

5. Out-and-outers 

6. Coiners 

7. Macers 

8. Swigsmen 

9. Bully pocks 

10. Lully riggers 

11. Gingleve 

12. Ken cous 

13. Bully lioff 

14. Starrers 

15. Stollers 
10. Mounters 

17. Shop lifters 

18. Swadlers 

19. Sweetners 

20. Clapper dogens 

21. Cloak twitchers 

22. Upright men 

23. Dubs men 

24. Forkers 

25. Bullies 

26. Autem men 

27. Beau nappers 

28. Badgers 

29. Cadgers 

30. Beauiraps 


31. Twirlers 

32. Gammoners 

33. Sharps 

34. Fencers 

35. Spicers 

36. High topers 

37. Footpads 

38. Gamblers 

39. Swindlers 

40. Greeks 

41. Sturdy beggars 

42. Pad priggers 

43. Monev lenders 

44. Ken crackers 

45. Queer culls 

46. Rushers 

47. Fawney coves 

48. Divers 

49. Adam iglers 

50. Knackers 

51. Millers 

52. Smashers 

53. Filers 

54. Gypsies 

55. Buffers 

56. Priggers 

57. Rum padders 

58. Gaggers 

59. Dragsmen 

60. Bloods 
























“Preventio melior medicamento.” 


u Prevention being* better than cure/’ before explaining 
the various forms of venereal poison with the best treatment 
to adopt in each case, it is thought advisable to give plain 
instructions as to the complete practicability of preventing 
disease, and also of limiting* the number of offsjn’ing*. Nu¬ 
merous theories have, from time to time, been broached by 
modern philosophers upon these important subjects, most of 
which have been abandoned either as impracticable or too 
complicated in their application to fully answer the purpose, 
and no satisfactory means of fulfilling* this object were dis¬ 
covered until the subject had received the attention of a noted 
French physician, who had devoted years to the most recon¬ 
dite phenomena of the human system. Man, by nature, is 
endowed with the talent of devising* means to remedy or pre¬ 
vent the evils that are liable to arise from gratifying* our ap¬ 
petites : and it is as much the duty of a physician to inform 
mankind of the means of preventing the evils that are liable 
to arise from gratifying the reproductive instinct, as it is to 
inform them how to keep clear of gout or dispepsia. 

The French Letter (also known by the term of French 
Gloves, Cundums, &c.) above alluded to, is the only remedy 
that will be found to possess simplicity with perfect security. 
They are, as the name imports, of French manufacture, made 
of a fine transparent skin, perfect at the top ; in fact, a natu¬ 
ral 11 cul de sac/’ made from the intestine of an animal. Be¬ 
fore using* they should be wetted with moderately warm 
water, and when fitted with a narrow piece of ribbon, which 
is attached to it for that purpose, will be found perfectly con¬ 
venient, forming* but a thin yet inpenetrable skin , nor does 
the female perceive it, unless previously cognizant: thus to 
the rich and poor a guarantee is offered against scorn, disease, 
and poverty, which is infallible in its results and pleasant in 
its application. 

W. Ward, 67, Strand, is the only authorized London agent 
of whom the genuine article may be obtained, free by post , 
by initial or anonymous, price 10s. 6d., 15s., and finest 
quality 21s. per dozen. 

The utility of these safeguards cannot be too generally 
made known, for they are calculated to preserve the health 
and happiness of millions. 



















CERTAIN PRESCRIPTIONS, 

IMPORTANT TO 

£Tj)c pjcaltft of tj)£ J$tan of pleasure, 

WITH HINTS HOW AND WHEN TO USE THEM. 


BY A PHYSICIAN. 


ON VENEREAL POISON. 

Gonorrhoea or Clap .—This complaint consists of a violent 
discharge of pus or matter from the mucous glands of the 
urethra ; it is attended with a difficulty in passing the urine, 
causing it to come away in little squirtings, with considerable 
pain. In the first stage of the disease, I have generally 
found the mixture No. 2, taken as directed, together with 
two of the pills No. 4, at bed time, as the best specific for 
the cure in its early stag’e. In about eight to twelve days, 
when the discharge has been very violent, with increased 
pain, I have found the injection No. 3, used two or three 
times a-day, together with the mixture No. 6, of the most 
essential benefit: at first it will cause a slight aggravation 
of the symptoms ; but when the injection is discontinued, 
after using it about a week, the symptoms will abate, or 
totally cease. In all cases the body must be kept moderately 
open ; strong drinks, and all malt liquors avoided, and such 
diluted liquors as have a sedative effect, taken, as for instance, 
about four ounces of linseed, boiled in three quarts of water, 
till reduced to two quarts, and sweetened with sugar, or 
flavoured with lemon, of which a pint should be taken 
during the day ; or barley-water, or thin gruel, made in the 
same way, or two or three ounces of the best white gum 
arabic should be procured at some respectable chemist’s, and 













about an ounce should be sucked in the course of the day; 
where the orifice of the yard is much inflamed, so as to bid 
defiance to the use of the syringe, then emollient applications 
must be resorted to, one ounce of chamomiles to one or two 
poppy heads, boiled in a quart of water till reduced to a pint, 
and the parts to be bathed with this, warm, two or three 
times a-day. At the same time, a saline aperient, as a 
seidlitz powder, or half an ounce of common glauber salts, 
should be taken early every morning. 

The use of injections tends to diminish the discharge, and 
gradually lessen it, without increasing inflammation; and in 
that case, by perseverance, perfectly compJetes a cure. The 
generality of practitioners object to using injections, because 
of their producing swelled testicles. But I am very well 
assured, that when this is the case, its causes are, either the 
injection is too strong, or has been improperly made. 

With injections, the patient should keep the testicles sus¬ 
pended by a bandage of soft silk. Where I have been timid 
of using even weak injections, the use of warm milk and 
water, injected up the passage five or six times a-day, is of 
the most essential benefit, it keeps the parts clean, if no other 
benefit result. 

Where the patient has applied to me, immediately after he 
had contracted the disease, I have found the astringent 
injection No. 5, the drops No. 1, together with the pills No. 
7. used as directed, cure the clap in three or four days. 

After the patient fancies himself perfectly cured, I inva¬ 
riably order the pills No. 10 to be taken every night for a 
week or ten days. All high and rich-seasoned viands are to 
be strictly avoided. 

Chordce attacks the patient about the middle of the night, 
when warm in bed. It comes with a tremendous pain, 
attended with a bending down of the yard. It is trouble- 


v . ^ \ ■ U-h 




























some, although easily got rid of. Bathe the parts in a little 
warm water at night, afterwards rub a little of the ointment 
No. 8 (about the size of a pea), on the under part, or foment 
the part with chamomiles and poppies on going to bed, tak¬ 
ing from ten to fifteen drops of the tincture of opium or 
laudanum. Sometimes swelled testicle occurs ; in this case 
the parts must be suspended, as directed for the use of injec¬ 
tions, bathing it occasionally with the fomentation. Any¬ 
thing cold applied during the night is also very useful; the 
bowels should be kept freely open, and the patient should 
keep himself quiet for a day or two, 

Gleet is a continual running, kept up after the inflammatory 
stage of gonorrhoea is passed: frequently it is the remains 
of clap. The cure of gleets is to be considered under two 
heads, viz.:—those which are the remains of clap, and those 
which arise from over indulgence in sexual intercourse. 
Those which are the remains of clap are sometimes very 
difficult to cure, where the patient still persists in sexual 
indulgences. 

In obstinate cases, the manner of treatment shoul be 
varied. Take drops No. 9, with the injection No. 12, a small 
syringe-full injected three or four times a day. Should 
these not effect a cure in the course of a week, take the drops 
No. 2, using the injection No. 12; at the end of another 
week, should it not give way, a different course must be 
pursued, for, should it be caused by sexual intercourse, and 
not the remains of clap, then the patient must take the drops 
No. 1, and the pills No. 10, abstaining, at the same time, 
from all sexual indulgences. 

Chancre is caught like gonorrhoea, by a connexion between 
the sexes. When the prepuce or fraenum is affected, the 
disease appears sooner than if it affects the scrotum or glans 
penis. When it begins on the fraenum or glans penis, those 















parts are often to a great extent, and sometimes entirely 
destroyed. 

It is a disorder that comes with an itching' sensation, and 
ends in pain. Should it happen that the veneral poison has 
been taken where the skin is more dense than it is on the 
froenum or g-lans penis, it in general shows itself in the form 
of a pimple, which forms itself very soon into a scab; touch 
the parts every morning- for a minute or two, with No. 15, 
till the sore begins to assume a red appearance, at the same 
time keeping it wet, four or five times a day, with a piece 
of soft lint dipped in the wash No. 13, and taking the pills 
No. 11, two every night. Should there be gonorrhoea, or a 
running from the urethra, then the mixture No. 2, and the 
injection No. 5, are to be used as directed under that head; 
and great care should be taken to keep the parts washed 
clean every morning with warm milk and water, and a cure 
may, in general, be effected in a few days. The warm hath 
will produce a soothing sense of comfort. 

Buboes is a complaint which occurs during a chancre, 
and which, if situated on the penis, the bubo generally 
appears in the glands of the groin. But should gonorrhoea 
be the cause, then both groins will be equally affected. 
There are instances where the chancres have been on the 
penis, ahd the bubo has appeared lower down (these are the 
easiest of cure), although I have mostly seen them as high 
as the lower part of the belly, near the pubes. Should the 
bubo be situated in the groin, use the ointment No. 19, a 
piece about the size of a horse bean rubbed on the inside of 
the thigh, where the swelling is night and morning ; should 
the swelling enlarge, and an increase of pain, with a throb¬ 
bing or beating in the part, leave off the ointment and apply 
a poultice of linseed meal, to which may be added a 
little piece of yellow basilicon. Continue this treat¬ 
ment until the bubo breaks, or as soon as the matter 






























may be felt; it will then be necessary to open it by means 
of a needle, or sharp penknife, to let the matter outthen 
dress it with yellow basilicon, spread on lint, with strips of 
strapping*, or bandag’e, to keep it in its place. Should the 
inflammation not have entirely subsided, apply the poultice, 
and continue the dressing* with the basilicon as before, and 
wash with warm milk and water, one of the grandest objects 
is to keep the parts clean. The pills No. 11 are to be taken 
two every night, as directed for chancres ; but should they 
make the mouth and gums sore, decrease the dose to one pill. 
If there is any running from the yard, take the mixture 
Nc. 2, as for gonorrhoea, taking plenteously of linseed tea, 
or gum arabic, as directed under the same head. These 
directions, if persisted in seldom fail; but it is necessary, if 
the sores spread, and the health of the patient seems giving 
way, to consult a medical practitioner without delay, as then, 
in all probability, something* wants closing, that would be 
worse than useless to tamper with, or for me to direct in a 
short treatise like this. 

Warts are excrescences forming on the glans penis. 
Cutting them off with scissors or the knife, afterwards 
touching them with caustic, seldom fail of a cure, or rub 
them with a piece of raw beef, pressing the juice on 
them, and tying* a fresh piece of beef on the part at night, 
taking, at the same time, the mixture No. 14. Or they may 
be removed, by applying a piece of lint dipped in Beaufoy’s 
pyroligneous acid, night and morning*; introducing the lint 
under the prepuce or foreskin, and allowing it to remain 
closely applied to the warts. 

There are disagreeable vermin which infest some per¬ 
sons, and are frequently the result of impure con¬ 
nexion known under the name of crab-lice. They 
may be removed, both expeditiously and cleanly, by rub¬ 
bing the whole of the parts thoroughly for one or two 









successive nights, with the pharmacopceial solution of cor¬ 
rosive sublimate, to be procured of any chemist, using a 
warm bath on the following morning. 


LIST OF PRESCRIPTIONS. 

For the Cure of the various Stages of the Disease, written 
in Latin, and numbered to correspond with the numbers 
ordered under the various Diseases. 


No. 1. 

R. Acid. Nitric. Dil. m. xv. 

Capiat in aq. cyatho ter in 
die. 

No. 2. 

R. Bals. Copaib. 6 drachms 
Sp. Eth. Nit. 

Tr. Catechu; a half an 
ounce 

„ Lytt®, 2 drachms 
Cap. cocli. parv. unam ter 
in die. 

No. 3. 

R. Zinci. Sulph. 

Alum. Sulph. a vj. 

Aqua Ros®, 6 ounces g. 
Ft. Injectio utend. ter vel 
quater in die. 

No. 4. 

R. P. Gambogi®, 

„ Coloc. Yer. a 2 scruples 
„ Sang. Draconis, half a 
drachm 

„ Hyd. Submur. 18 grains 
Ft. Pil. xxxvj, cap. ij. omne 
nocte. 

No. 5. 

R. Sacchar. Saturnii, 1 scruple 
Aq. Ros®, 8 ounces 


Ft. Injectio utend. ter vel 
quater in die. 

No. 6. 

R. Bals. Copaib. half an ounce 
Tr. Ferri. Mur. 

Liq. Potass®, 

Tr. Catechu, 

Tr. Lytt®, a a 2 drachms 
Ft. Gtt®. Capiat Gutt. L ter 
vel quater in die. 

No. 7. 

R. Ext. Coloc. Comp. 2 scru¬ 
ples 

P. Scammon. 1 scruple 
P. Ipecac, g. ij. 

Ft. Pil. xij, cap. ij omne 
nocte. 

No. 8. 

R. Ung. Hydrarg. F. half an 
ounce 

Camphor®, half a drachm 
Ext. Belladonn®, half a 
drachm 

Morph. Mur. g. iij. 
Applic. ad partem affect, ut 
directio. 






















No. 9. 

R. Tr. Lyttae, 

Eth. Rect. a half an 
ounce 

Pulv. Pot. Nit. 1 drachm 
Ft. Gttae. cap. xx omne 
nocte ex aqua. 

No. 10. 

R. Pil. Rhei Co. 1 scruple 
Tereb. Yenet. 1 drachm 
Ext. Coloc. 1 scruple 
Ft. Pil. xx cap. ij, omne 
nocte, et i mane si opus sit. 

No. 11. 

R. Pil. Hyd. 1 drachm 

Ft. Pil. xij cap. ij, omne 
nocte. 

No. 12. 

R. Hyd. Oxym. g. iij. 

Sp. Vini Rect. 2 drachms 
Aq. Rosae, 8 ounces 
Ft. Injectio more, dicto 
utendo. 

No. 1.3. 

R. Hyd. Submur. 1 scruple 
Aq. Calcis, 4 ounces 
Ft. Lotio applicand. ad par¬ 
tem. 

No. 14. 

R. Quinae Sulph. g. viij. 

Syr. Zinzib. half an ounce 
Tr. Aurant. 

,, Gent, aa half an ounc e 
Decoct. Cinchon. 8 ounce s 
Ft. Mist. cap. coch. mag*, ij 
ter in die. 


No. 15. 

R. Argent. Nit. 

Applicand more dicto ad 
partem affect. 

No. 10. 

R. Balsam. Canaden, 6 drachms 
Extr. Rhataniae, 1^ 
drachm 

Gum. Myrrhee Turk. 1 
drachm 

Sodae Chlorat. 1£ drachm 
Acid. Mur. m xx 
Pulv. Acac. 2 drachms 
Syr. Zinzib. half an ounce 
Aq. Pimentae, 101 ounces 
M. ft. mist, capiat cyathum 
bis terve die. 

No. 17. 

R. Quinae Sulph. half a drachm 
Conf. Rosae, 1£ drachm 
Ft. Pil. xxiv, cap. i. ter in 
die. 

No. 18. 

R. Tr. Gent. 

,, Rhei. 

„ Aurant. 

,, Serpent a 3 drachms 
Syr. Zinziber. half an 
ounce 

Acid. Sulph. Arom. 2 
drachms 
Aquae, 6 ounces 
Ft. Mist. cap. coch. mag. 
i ter in die cum pilulis. 

No. 19. 

R. Ung. Hydrarg. Mit. 1 ounce 
Ft. Ung. more dicto appli- 
cando. 















REVIRIPOGENITIYE MEDICATED CORDIAL. 

SEMINAL WEAKNESS. 

There is nothing* in youth so common as to suppose they 
are weak and debilitated when they perceive a slight dis¬ 
charge of mucus from the urethra, which is frequently 
natural, even in health, and where not the slightest symp¬ 
toms of disease exists. 

In many cases it is considered incurable, and the patient, 
from the first approach of it, is led to despair. Having de¬ 
voted a number of years to the study of the generative or¬ 
gans, and proved the most efficacious remedies, I cannot with¬ 
hold my personal testimony and conviction of the great and 
superior benefits to be derived from the partial or frequent 
use of the lleviripogenitive Medicated Cordial in all cases 
and stages of debility, whether arising from natural decay, 
excessive venery, self-abuse, or the effect of disease. In 
cases where involuntary emissions have been frequent; in 
others, where no power existed to secrete the seminal fluid, 
and erection has been unknown for years; also, where flagel¬ 
lation has proved insufficient to produce transitory enjoyment 
(and when produced by these means, the eonseqtiences are 
destructive to age), where sterility has embittered domestic 
happiness, and where the hymeneal pair have indulged inor¬ 
dinately. Indeed, so strongly am 1 impressed with the use 
the above medicament (although strongly averse to the ordi- 
dinary quack medicines of the day), that I most confidently 
and unhesitatingly recommend it in all cases where the semi¬ 
nal vessels are incapable of performing* their natural func¬ 
tions. 

One thing more I must observe—that is, instead of ab¬ 
staining from all intercourse with the opposite sex, as some 
practitioners strenuously advise, I uniformly inculcate it as 
often as natural desires require ; but where the marriage state 
is in contemplation, as frequently happens in these cases, in¬ 
stead of being fearful of it, supposing nature would not per¬ 
form her functions properly, 1 always recommend it as one 
of the best antidotes with which we are acquainted. 

The usual fee of one guinea, enclosed to Mr. \Y. Waud, 
67, Strand, will meet with the immediate attention of the 
writer, explaining the necessary treatment the case may re¬ 
quire, with an enclosure of the Cordial. 
























£Tf)c sportsman’s 



AND 


RACING CALENDAR, 

For 1850, 

CONTAINING 

EVENTFUL DAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 

WITH SATIRICAL REMARKS THEREON ; 

LAWS OF RACZWG, BETTING, EIBING, &.C. ? 

RACING FIXTURES FOR THE MONTH, 

IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND ; 

Winners of Royal Plates in England and Ireland for the past year ; 

FOX, STAG, AND OTTER HOUNDS AND HARRIERS, 

Names of Country, Masters, Huntsmen, and Days of Meeting ; 

TURF WINNINGS FOR 1849, &c.j 

WITH AVAST FUND OF MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 

MOST Vi^I.irABS.B TO THE SPORTSMAN: 

Together with the usual Contents of the Almanack; 

LONDON & COUNTRY BANKERS,iSTAMPS,iINTEREST TABLE, 

Cab and Omnibus Fares, Railway Stations, Steam Boats, 

&c. &c. 

WITH NUMEROUS IMPORTANT EXTRAS. 


Xontion: 

WARD’S SPORTING AND PARISIAN REPOSITORY, 









The young man who wishes lAffM!|SAE?V only select those who smoke 
to “ weed ” his friends will » 1 W IV ! • the best cigars. 



moon’s CHANGES. 


Last quar. 5th, 8h 37m a.m. 

First quar. 21st, 9h 40m a.m. 


New moon 13th, llh 19in a.m. 

Full moon 27th, 12h 51m noon. 

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Circumcision 


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Dividends due 


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[and dogs 

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Royal Exchange burnt, 1838 

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Penny post commenced, 1840 

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Lavater died, 1801 


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British Museum opened, 1759 

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Sir John Moore killed, 1809— more the pity 

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Prisca. Old Twelfth-day 


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Agnes 


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Fox born, 1749 [at Windsor and find it better luck than they 

25 

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Conversion of St. Paul 

[left behind them 

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[labour—and get the cane 

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Helvetius boi n, 1715 [ And left a statue, at which critics rail, 

George III. died, 1820— } To point a moral and to point a tail. 

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Charles I. lost his head & his crown, 1649. Some kings have lost the 

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Hilary term ends 

[one, but kept the other 


THE LAWS OP RACIMG, BETTING, &c. 


General Rules of Racing, Riding, dec. — 1. Horses take their age from the 
1st of January. 

2. In catch and feather weights any person can ride without going to 
scale. 

3. Horses not entitled to start without producing a certificate of age, &c., 
if required, except where aged horses are included, in which case a younger 
horse may he entered without such certificate, provided he carry the same 
weight as the aged. 

4. A maiden horse or mare is one that has never won. An untried stallion 
or mare is one whose produce has never run in public. 

I 5. No person can start more than one horse for any plate, or for any race 
for which heats are run. 

6. Where two horses run a dead heat and their owners agree to divide, 
both are liable to carry extra weight as winners. A horse walking over, or 
receiving forfeit, except for a match, will be deemed a winner. The winner 

I ' of a sweepstakes reduced to a match, is considered the winner of a sweep- 
stakes. In estimating winnings, no deduction can be made except of the 






































Of all passages in a young pauied with so much earnest 

man’s life, there’s uone so FEBRUARY. ‘feeling as seeking for ths 
trying, so solemn, or accom- * lucifer-hox in the dark! 


moon’s changes. 


Last quar. 4th, lh 18m a.m. First quar. 19th, 8h 12m p.m. 

New moon 12th, 6h 29m a.m. Full moon 29th, l’2h 1m noon. 


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Candlemas-day. Salmon fishing begins 

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Chinese year begins about this time 

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Lord George Gordon tried, 1781 

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Charles II. died, 1685 

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Captain Cook killed, 1779 

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Shrove Sun. [Smith “ smoking ” theaforesd. Clay, 1843 

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Clay’s project for raising the American rev. 1842, ends in Sydney 

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Ash Wednesday. Revolution, 1688 

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Nat. debt com. 1500. Qy. when will it expire? TBath (post) to allay 

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Coaches first used, 1519 Lhs consuming fires 

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1st Sunday in Lent 

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The aunts of the French king emigrate, 1791. The king abandon- 

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Copernicus born, 1473 [ing his old (h)aunts 

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Reform banquet at Paris postponed, 1848 

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Archbishop Cranmer burnt, 1566 

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French Revolution commenced, 1848 

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Cato Street conspiracy, 1820 

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Napoleon escaped from Elba, 1815 [mouth for use at charity dinners 

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Hare hunting ends 

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H. Corns. Dublin, bt. 1792. O’Connell told his “ pisantry ” that he 

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Canadian Par. 1848 [had insured its restoration in the Phosnix 


RACES FOR THE MONTH. 

Liverpool Spring, Lucan (Ireland). 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

winner’s own stake, and of any sum or sums required hy the conditions to he 
paid out of the stakes to the owner of any other horse or horses in the race. 
Entrance money for plates not to he deducted. 

7. Jockeys must ride their horses to the usual place of weighing, and he 
that dismounts before, or wants weight, is distanced, unless he be disabled 
by accident, in which case he may be led or carried to the scale. If a jockey 
fall from his horse, and the horse be rode in from the place where the rider 
fell, by a person of sufficient weight, he may take his place the same as if the 
rider had not fallen. 

8. If one horse jostle or cross another, such horse, and every horse belong¬ 
ing to the same owner, or in which he may have a share, running in the 
same race, will be disqualified for winning, whether such jostle or cross was 
caused by accident or foul riding. Complaints must be made at the time the 
jockey is weighed. 

9. Every jockey allowed 21b. above the weight specified for his horse; but 
should any horse carry more than 21b. above his weight, without having de¬ 
clared it (at Newmarket, at least one hour before the time fixed for the first 





























Never go into a theatre when a wish to “ hear” the perform- 

monev-taker says “ There’s plenty MARCH ance from the slips over a sea 
of standing- room,” unless you * of hats. 



moon’s changes. 


Last quar. 5th, 8h 5m p.m. 

First quar. 21 st, 3h 58m a.m. 


New moon 13th, llh 17m p.m. 

Full moon 27th, llh 26m p.m. 

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M. Hertford died, 1842. His valet Suisse finds that vice, like virtue, 

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St. Chad [has to undergo many trials before it meets its reward 

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3d Sunday in Lent 


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Saladin died. 1193 


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Brougham’s motion on responsibility of insane persons, 1843 ; his 

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Bank of Eng. suspend payment, 1797 [lordship looking after No. 1 

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William III. died, 1702 


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Pdzzio murdered, 1566 


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4th Sunday in Lent 


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Electrical Eel at Adelaide Gallery died, 1842. “ Oh! did’nthe lead 

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Chelsea Hospital founded, 1682 [a sAocA-ing life !” 

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Fly Fishing commences 


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London Bridge built, 1824 


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D. Cam. made free of the City of London—and its tavern—1842 

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5th Sunday in Lent. St. Patrick 

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Princess Lousia Caroline Alberta born 1848 

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Le Brun born, 1739 


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Spring Quarter commences 


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English stage coaches started in France, 1817, but failed 

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Liston died 1846. Cambridge Lent Term ends 

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Gin Act repealed, 1743. The country, though attached to the liquor. 

24 

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Palm Sunday Q- Eliz. d. 

1603 [refused to swallow the measure 

25 

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Annunciation. Lady-day 


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Prince Geo. Cam. born, 1819 

—and still without a pension. “ Take 

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Shillings first coined, 1505 

[care of your pockets ” 

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Olympic Theatre burnt, 1849 

29 

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Good Friday 


30 

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Greece Insolvent, 1843 Wanted a composition to take Greece out of 

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Easter Sunday 

[people’s boo/cs 


RACES FOR THE MONTH. 

Manchester Spring, Warwick and Leamington Spring (19th), Doncaster 
Spring (21st), Lucan (Ireland,). 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

race of the day, and elsewhere a clear half hour before the time fixed for the 
race in which the horse is intended to run, or, if no time is fixed, a clear 
half hour before the race is run), he will be considered distanced, although 
he came in first. 

10. For the best of the plate, where three heats are run, the horse is second 
that wins one heat. For the best of the heats, the horse is second that beats 
the other horse twice out of three times, though he do not win a heat. 
Where a plate is won by two heats, the preference of the horses is determined 
by the second heat. Where a plate is given to the winner of the best of 
three heats, a horse, to win, must be the actual winner of two heats, even 
though no horse appear against him for both or either of the heats. When 
three horses have each won a heat, they only must start for a fourth. In 
running of heats, a dead heat goes for nothing, and all the horses may start 













































If you light your cigar at a a nnil to ascertain that it has not been 

lamp-post, take particular care A-l r K I L, fresh painted. 


moon’s changes. 

Last quar. 4th, 3h 44m p.m. I First quar. 19th, lOh 7m a.m. 
New moon 12th, 12h 47m noon. | Full moon 26th, llh 20m a.m. 


Accommodation hills accepted and presented for payment 
Actions against Hole, director of the W. Mid. Ass. Co. 1842. The 
Shakespeare died, 1616 [ Hole proved not equal to the part 

Lord Kenyon died, 1802 
Dividends due 

Duke of Cleveland received order of the hath, 1842—had a cold 
1st Sunday after Easter [ shower next morning 

Fire Insurance expires 

Lord Bacon died, 1626. We could not in that instance “ save our 
Great Chartist demonstration prevented, 1848 [ Bacon ” 

Wm. and Mary crowned, 1689 
Rodney’s Victory, 1782 

Vaccination introduced, 1796. Great (h)arm often attends the 
2d Sunday after Easter [operation 

Easter Term begins 

Buffon died, 1788 [as the scarlet runners 

Loyal London Volunteers established, 1794, known, when dressed, 
Abernethy died, 1831. The faculty drink to his memory in black 
Catholic Emancipation Bill passed 1829 [ draughts 

Tower Ditch filled up, 1843 The lions having their washing and 
3d Sun. after Easter [mangling at the Surrey ZoologicalGdns 
Duke of Sussex died, 1843 

St. George. Shakspeare born 1564 [ though t small beer of himself 

Thunder storm at London, 1843 Sours Sir Peter Laurie, who never 
Sale at Strawberry Hill, 1842, which proved very fruitful 
David Hume born, 1711 

£5 note sent for window duty, 1842, a proof of the people’s distress 
4th Sunday after Easter [—paper being supplied for windows 
War with France, 1803 [ honours 

Banquet given to Lord Ellenborough, 1842 He is drunk with all the 


RACES FOR THE MONTH. 

Catterick Bridge (1st), Northampton and Pytchley Hunt (3d), Croxton 
Park (9th), Epsom Spring (11th), Newcastle-upon-Tyne Spring, Newmarket 
Craven (15th), Canterbury Spring, Burton Constable, Brighton Spring, 
Abergavenny, The Hoo, Bath and Somerset (23d), Curragh (Ireland, 23d), 
Newmarket First Spring (29th), Malton. 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

again, unless it be between two horses that had each won a heat. Horses 
drawn before the plate is won, are distanced. No distance in a fourth 
heat. 

11. Nominations—Objections to Qualifications , &c. —In all nominations of 
horses, which have not started before the time of naming, the sire, dam, and 
grandam must be mentioned, if known, unless the dam has a name which is 
to be fouud in the Stud Book or Calendar, in which case the name of the sire 
and dam will be sufficient. If the horse, &c., be own brother, or sister to 
any horse, &c., having a name in the Stud Book or Calendar, it will be suffi¬ 
cient to name it as such. If the dam or grandam be sister (but which sister 
must be specified, if there be more than one), or dam, or grandam of any 


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MAY 


Never do things by halves, 
unless it is sending a bank-note 


by the post, or paying a cabman 
his demand. 


MOON S CHANGES. 


Last quar. 4th, lOh 46m a.m. 
New moon 11th, llh 9m p.m. 


First quar. 18th, 3h 52m p.m. 
Full moon 25th, 12h 8m p.m. 


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*** 


Roebuck gets a silk gown, 1843; considered in his former attire a 
Cross in Cheapside demolished, 1643 [yard and half of bad stuff 
Jamaica captured, 1655 

Clocks introduced, 1368—“ that’s the time o’ day ” 

Rogation Sunday. Napoleon died, 1821 

1843, Annual Budget, or John Bull’s “ Forget-me-not.” Mr. Hume 
[suggests the work would be relieved by a few good cuts 
Easter Term Ends [long 

Mile. Dejazet at the St. James’s, 1843—an actress as broad as she is 
Battle of Lodi, 1796, which caused repeated loding and unfoding 
Percival shot by Bellingham, 1812 
Sunday after Ascension 

Roy. Academy opens, 1843 Humane Soc. pub. directions to recover 
Grattan died, 1820 [the unfortunate from hanging 

Cuvier died, 1832 
Battle of Albuera, 1811 

Shakspeare’s autograph pur. for £145, 1843, that the City of London 
Oxf. Eas. T. e,,ds [might at least know something of his writing 
Whit Sunday 

Whit Monday [cellor, as usual, turning out a strange bird 

Lord Bm. ejects Mr. Bird from Brougham Hall, i843—the ex-Chan- 
Orlando winner of the Derby, 1844 “ Running Rein” came in first, 
Cam. Term div. n. [disqualified by being falsely described 

Queen Victoria born (to good luck) 1819 

Seizure of Tea, 1842 “ One trial will prove the fact ”—the grocer 

Trinity Sunday [fined £250 

Petition against altering the Hop Duty, 1842. The growers feeling, 
Pitt, b. 1759 [that touch their “ pockets’’’ }-ou touch their lives 
The Militia Officers dine at the Freemason’s Tavern, 1843, prefering 
Corpus Christi [dinners to balls 

Pope died, 1744 


In this month, 1847, all the stars eclipsed at once by the newly- 
discovered planet, “ Jenny Lind.” 


RACES FOR THE KOKTH. 

Morpeth, Chester Spring (7th), Plymouth and Devonport Spring, New¬ 
market Second Spring (14th), Shrewsbury (15th), Durham, Hoylake Hunt, 
Tavistock, Hambleton Hunt, Woolwich Garrison, Harpenden, Hampton Mili¬ 
tary, Manchester (22d), Naas (Ireland), Epsom Summer (28th), Wicklow 
(Ireland) Edinburgh. 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

horse, &c., having a name in the Stud Book or Calendar, it will be sufficient 
to mention her as such. If the dam or grandam is not known, the sire of 
the horse, &c. must be mentioned, together with such other particulars as 
■will be sufficient to identify the animal. If a horse has once appeared in the 
Calendar by a name and his pedigree, it will be sufficient afterwards to men¬ 
tion him by his name only, even though he has never started. If the dam 
was covered by more than one stallion, the names of all of them must be 
















































It is indeed a very bad case 
when a young man parts with 


JUNE. 


his watch, even to prove that 
“Time is money.’’ 


MOON S CHANGES. 


Last quar. 3d, 3h 47m a.m. 
New moon 10th, 71i 20m a.m. 


First quar. lGth, lOh 23m p.m. 
Full moon 24tli, 21i 10m p.m. 


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Commissioners wishing to 
[■amputate their timber 


Encroachment in Windsor Forest, 1809 
1st Sunday after Trinity 
Peace signed at Paris, 1814 

Great bed of Ware pulled down, 1764, being all the worse for ware 
Boniface 

William IV. crowned, 1830 

The public loose £150,000 by light sovereigns, 1842. John Bull 
T. Pain died, 1809 [again paying a heavy tax upon the light 

2d Sunday after Trinity 

£500 offered for the best Comedy, 1843 ; double that sum paid to 
St. Barnabas [Mr. C. Kean for the worst tragedy 

First cargo of ice from America, 1843, for those who had burnt 
L. Hastings beh. 1483 [their fingers with Pennsylvanian bonds 
£3000 a year gr. to the Ps. Augusta, 1842, the D. Cam. offering no 
Mag. Charta s. 1215 [ cheque to the benevolence to his daughter 

3d Sunday after Trinity 

Wood pavement abandoned in Marylebone, 1843, the heads of the 
[parish objecting to have any more icood put upon their shoulders 
Sir Jos. Banks died, 1820 

Queen visits the cartoons, 1843—is surprised to see English subjects 
Queen Victoria proclaimed, 1837 [so well treated 

Mr. L. Fox, M.P., writes a silly letter to the Times, 1843 ; Fox again 
4th Sunday after Trinity [ does the goose 

Midsummer-day “ Tales of my Landlord” may be expected 
Issue of half farthings, 1842 

English linen prohibited in France, 1842 ; the French having had 
Dr. Dodd executed, 1777 [enough of our towelling 

Queen Victoria crowned, 1838 

Sheriff Moon, 1843, presents the following address to her Majesty— 
5th Sun. aft. Trinity [F. G. Moon, Printseller, Tlireadneedle St. 


RACES FOR THE XKEOSITH. 

Portsmouth Town and Garrison, Wye, Hungerford, Stokesley, Lucan 
(Ireland), Ascot Heath (11th), Hampton (19th), Newton, Beverley Hull 
and East Riding, Lenham, Kingleton, Newcastle (24tli), Curragh June 
(Ireland) 25th, Bibury Club (26th), Stockbridge (27th), Tenbury, Winches¬ 
ter, Ludlow. 

LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

mentioned. If any horse be named without being identified, he will not be 
allowed to start, but his owner will be liable for the stake or forfeit. 

12. No horse will be deemed the winner of any race which shall be proved 
to have run under a false description ; the disqualification to remain in force 
until his pedigree be ascertained and recorded. No objection can be made 
after the lapse of twelve months from the time of running. 

13. Allowance of weight to the produce of untried horses or mares must be 
claimed at the time of naming. Extra weights and allowances for not win¬ 
ning, are not accumulative, unless particularly specified. 

14. When any person enters a horse, or subscribes to a stake under a 
fictitious name, or in the name of a person not fully identified at the time, he 
























Any one may call out “ Bravo, I I I I V the same exclamation would be a 

Rouse!” at the Grecian Saloon,but W w 1« T ■ little out of place at Exeter Hall. 


moon’s changes. 


Last quar. 2d, 5h 58m p.m. First quar. 16th, 6h 41m a.m. 

New moon 9th, 2h 27m p.m. Full moon 24th, 5h 24m a.m. 


1 

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Battle of the Boyne, 1690 [ing ends” 

2 

Tu 

Sen. of death on Francis for firing at her Maj. 1842. “ Queen shoot- 

3 

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Dog days begin. “King of Hanover” dines in the Temple Hall, 1843 
Sale of Duke of Sussex’s cigars, 1843 The Duke’s virtues in every 

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5 

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Dividends due. Fairlop fair [apprentices mouth 

6 

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Oxford Trinity term ends 

7 

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6th Sun. aft. Trin. [looked for a good harvest from the long ears 

8 

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Ireland gave promise of a large wheat crop, 1842. O’Connell always 
Louis XVIII. himself again, 1815—after a disagreeable nap 

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Calvin born, 1509 

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Cricket match Kent v all Eng. 1842 All Eng. gets two out of Beds, 

12 

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Erasmus died 1536 [whilst her Bucks is all the worst for Herts 

13 

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Venus sets 9h 47m a.m. Query what on ? 

14 

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7th Sunday after Trinity 

15 

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St. Swithin. Umbrella courtship commences 

16 

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Beaumont’s pump erected in Piccadilly, 1840. The gentleman erects 

17 

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Dr. Watts b. 1674 [a monument to himself in the shape of a pump 

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Mr. Green’s 1st nocturnal ascent, 1826. He rises in the night to be 

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George IV., crowned, 1821 [up with the lark 

Osbaldiston trotted “Rattler” 34 miles in 21i 18m 56sec, 1832 

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8th Sunday after Trinity 

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Barcelona besieged, 1840. The Colonels being surrounded with shells 

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1st English Newspaper printed, 1588 

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Jupiter Stationary —for the convenience of his Satellites to corres- 

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Duchess of Cambridge born, 1797 [pond 

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5000 Seamen impressed for the Navy, 1738. Gov. should blush for 

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Almanack duty repealed, 1834 [her chronicles and stop the press 

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9th Sunday after Trinity 

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Spanish Armada destroyed, 1588 [shines cuts her grasse 

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Count de Grasse exiled, 1784. France to make hay whilst the sun 

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The friends of the Scotch martyrs unable to obtain land in England 
[to erect a monument retire to Carlton Hill and take a sight, 1842 


RACES FOR THE MONTH. 

Newmarket (2d), Carlisle, Heath (Ireland), Woodford, Welland, Writtle, 
Liverpool July (10th), Ipswich, Sutton Park, Nottingham (16th), Stamford 
(17th), Oxford, Salisbury (18th), Lancaster, Wenlock, Westbury and Bratton, 
Down Royal Corporation (Ireland), Bridgenorth, Harrogate, Barnet, Roch¬ 
dale, Guildford, Newport (Salop), Marlborough, Odiharn, Goodwood (30th), 
Leith. 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

will be considered in all respects as the owner of the horse, and as the 
subscriber to the stake. The Stewards of the Jockey Club have power 
to call upon a nominator to produce testimony that the horse named is not 
the property, either wholly or in part, of any person whose name appears in 
the list of defaulters; and, if he fail to do so, they may cause the nomination 
to be erased. 

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Avoid Bow 8t. after 12 o’clock » I I C 11 CT ti i-st day of term, the Lord 

at night, Chancery Lane the I • Mayor’s show, & British brandy. j 


moon’s changes. 

Last quar. 1st, 4h 17m a.m. First qnar. 14th, 51i 46m p.m. 

New moon 7th, 9h 34m p.m. Full moon 22d, 9h 12m p.m. 

Last quar 30th, 2h 18m p.m. 


Battle of the Nile, 1798 

A small horse presented to Her Majesty, 1842. Though only 27in. 
Bank of England incorporated, 1732 [high, rims upon four feet 
10th Sunday after Trinity [an “ accident ” 

Begin to eat oysters—and send your wife to the sea-side for fear of 
New Hall, Lincoln’s Inn, commenced, 1842. Lawyers determined 
Queen Caroline died, 1821 [to have another haul 

Canning died, 1827 

“ Geese ” cooked upon a new principle by Mrs. Manning, 1849 
Royal Observatory, Greenw. foun. 1675. Unlike other government 
11th Sun. after Trin. [institutions, it has no latitude given it 
Grouse shooting begins 

Queen Adelaide born 1792 [Thames Tunnel, 1843 

Sir I. Brunei made the first passage with 20 ladies-through the 
Napol. b. 1769. He changed the monetary system of France, making 
Riots at Manchester, 1819 [a sackful of crowns go to one Napoleon 
First export of 24 donkeys from Hull to Rotterdam, 1843. K. of Hoi. 
12th Sun. after Trin. [imports a model grand jury from Eng. 
Great drought, 1803. The Syncretic Society might have realised a 
Bloomfield died, 1823 [fortune by its milk-and-water works 

Black cock shooting commences 
Battle of Bosworth, 1485 
Newspaper stamps commenced, 1718 

Water engines advised to disperse the Chartists, 1842, believing if 
13th Sun. aft. Trin. [they had a duck, they would cry for peas 
Prince Albert b. 1819. Invents a “ shocking bad hat,” but England 
West India Docks opened, 1802 [refuses to put her foot in it 

Capital of the Nelson col. comp. 1843, which it had long waited for 
Queen visits Scotl. 1842, &c mirabile dictu! returns; the only “sov.” 
Slav. abol. 1833 [that ever went into that coun. and got out again 
A mouse sings like a bird, 1843. Many people thought it was a lark 


RACES FOR THE MONTH. 

Leominster, Bellewstown (Ireland), Galway (ditto), Edgeware, Blackley, 
Ripon (5th), Worcester Summer, Derby, Taunton, Brighton (7th), Lincoln, 
Harlesdon Green, Cirencester, Lewes, Shilbottle (Northumberland), Wolver¬ 
hampton (12th), Chelmsford, Roscommon (Ireland), Reading (14th), Canter¬ 
bury, Mendip (Axbridge), Huntingdon, Aberystwith, Bungay, York (21st), 
Tunbridge Wells, Plymouth, Devonport and Cornwall, Eecles, Stourbridge, 
Great Yarmouth, Radcliffe, Egham, Tiverton, Paisley, Lothian’s Club and 
Edinburgh, Eglinton Park, Stirling. 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

16. When the qualification of a horse is objected to before running, the 
proof of qualification must be made by the owner before starting; on failure, 
the prize may be withheld for a period to be fixed by the Stewards, and, if 
not made then, he will not be entitled to the prize, though his horse shall 
have come hi first. If the objection be made after the time specified, the 
proof rests with the objector. 


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cocks, in fact, anything— 


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First quar. 13th, 8h 21m a.m. 


Full moon 21st, 12h 40m noon. 
Last quar. 28th, 9h 53m p.m. 


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14th Sunday after Trinity. Partridge shooting begins 
Fitzjames and Gladstone conv. of an assault, & cropped, 1842. The 
Crom. d. 1658 [actor’s locks are removed, being rusty in the wards 
Library for policemen, 1843. The “Women of Eng.” best “police- 
[man’s companion” being enough to split the head of any man 
Brit. Swim. Soc. dine at Freema. Hall, 1843. After din. their heads 
[begin to swim; they stick to wine and keep their heads above water 
15th Sun. aft. Tl’in. [not being worth a place among the gods 
Mr. Roebuck complains he is called one of the shil. gal. gent. 1842, 
Mungo Park died 1771 [Mr. Thornhill’s Euclid 

Charles XII. winner of the St. Leger, 1839, after a dead heat with 
Masons build. New H. P. strike, 1841. A ho. often din. cannot stand 
Bankruptcy of L. Huntingtower, 1841, found to draw largely by bills 
Mosc. burnt, 1812 [put out, “ Vivat Huntingto. No money retd.” 
16th Sunday after Trinity 

Six paupers impris. 14 days for laughing and braying, 1842. Messrs. 

[Fox, Lane, & Sibthorpe saved the trou. of mov. for breach of priv. 
Day and night equal—therefore need not disagree 
Anti-Temperance Society at Hamburg, 1843. Their banners were 


Covent Garden Theatre burnt, 1808 
France declared republic, 1792 
17th Sunday after Trinity 


[“ three sheets in the wind." 


Summer resigns in favour of autumn 


Charles I. dethroned, 1640 

A large monkey comes from Amer. in the Monarch, 1843. The Eng. 

[Monarch having got the Yankees’ monkey up , Ame. gets rid of it 
Man and wife separated in workhouses, 1841. The dietary not 
Mosaic year commences [allowing the luxury of spare ribs 

18th Sun. after Trin. Mich, day [layed with one hand, 1840 
1st stone of Nelson’s mon. out of respect for the single-armed hero, 


RACES FOR THE MONTH. 

Phoenix Park (Dublin), Cheadle (Staffordshire), Warwick (3d), Beccles, 
Curragh (Ireland) 3d, Totness, Morpeth, Weymouth, Abingdon, Rochester and 
Chatham,Lichfield (10th), Western Meeting (Ayr), Filey, Breconshire, Bromley, 
Tuam (Ireland), Epsom Autumn, Doncaster (17th), Tenby, Liverpool Hunt 
(Hoylake), Leicester, Johnstown (Ireland), Kildangan (ditto), Mallow (ditto), 
Bedford, Upton-upon-Severn, Manchester Autumn (26), Scarborough, Bed¬ 
ford, Basingstoke. 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

17. When the age or qualification of a horse is objected to, either before or 
after running, the Stewards have power to order an examination of the horse’s 
mouth, by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence as they may 
require, and their decision is final. 

18. In all cases of fraud punishable by law, the Jockey Club have power, 
with the consent of the party aggrieved, to prosecute the offenders. 

19. If a horse shall run, or be brought to run, for any race in England, or 
elsewhere, and shall be proved not to be of the age represented, the Jockey 
Club have power to disqualify for ever the owner, or part owner, trainer, 
groom, or person having the care of such horse at the time, from running or 




















































Young men when invited to 
a ball, who only go in time for 


OCTOBER. 


supper, may be called mere 
‘ supper’-numeraries of society. 


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Last quar. 28th, 4h 59m a.m. 


Pheasant shooting begins 

London University opened, 1828 [in the legs 

“ Little Wonder” d. 1843, after being cupped for a violent running 
Collectors of window duty disqualified for voting, 1842. Asking so 
Old Parr d. 1635, aged 152 [often for the tax they lose their voice 

19th Sunday after Trinity 

[impression that no donkey with a thistle would “ dinner forget” 
A thistle, with “Dinna forget” is armor, bear. 1843. D. Cam. has an 
Half the usual number of clergymen in Essex take out game certi- 
Ox. and Cam. t. be. [ficates, 1842. Black cocks very shy this season 
1842, Means to afford supplies to vessels in the chops of the chan., the 
Latimer & Ridley bt. 1535 [lives of whose crews may be at slealc 
20th Sun. aft. Trill. [to Algiers for the heads of & few subjects, 1842 
The French completing an essay on interna, rights, send a guillotine 
Gt. hurricane at Oxf. 1773. Several of the students having laboured 
Houses of Parliament burnt, 1834 [hard to raise the wind 

Fox hunting begins [load carried off by any porter 

A porter vat bursts and destroys two houses, 1814. The greatest 
A basketina. gets up the weathercock St. Alban’s Ch. by a scaff. made 
21st Sun. aft. Trin. [of twigs through the aid of the (v)wicker 
Mr. Patteson returned for London, 1843 The very man to quash a 
Irish Massacre, 1641 [petition if called to sit upon it 

The K. of Candy obtaining no sucker, Gen. Brownrigg licks him, 1815 
Sir R. Peel willing to have his hares & rabbits shot for the good of his 
St. Crispin f tenants, 1843, rather than sacrifice their crops 

Bristol riots, 1831 |_he’d have every hair of his own well powdered 
22d Sunday after Trinity [to emancipate the blacks 

Meetings for putting down the smoke nuisance, 1842. A 2nd attempt 
Hare huut. beg. Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded, 1618. Really too bad 
Tow. arm. bt. 1841 [to the “ terms” of Knitting’em & Notting'em 
Riots among the stocking-knitters of Nottingham, 1790. Objecting 


RACES TOR THE MONTH. 

Newmarket First October (1st), Kelso, Whitby, Leintwardine, Southport, 
Hastings and St. Leonard’s, Chesterfield, Chester Autumn (8th), Hereford, 
Wrexham (15th), Monmouth, Macclesfield, Bridlington, Caledonian Hunt and 
Stirling, Rugeley, Newmarket Second October (14th) and Felton, Pigburn, 
Dover, Perth, Northallerton, Tipperary (Ireland), Curragh (ditto) 15th, 
Newmarket Houghton (28th), Leek, Lucan Autumn (Ireland), Down Royal 
Corporation (ditto), Burntwood (Litchfield), Ilsley, Cork (Ireland). 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

training any horse where the rules of the Jockey Club apply, and from being 
employed by any members of the Club. And any horse thus fraudulently 
entered or run, is for ever disqualified for running in any race whatever. 

20. No horse foaled out of the United Kingdom can be entered for any 
race where the rules of the Jockey Club prevail, unless the owner, at the 
time of naming deposit with the person appointed to receive such nomination, 
a certificate from some racing club of the country where the horse was 
foaled, or from the mayor or other public officer of the district, stating the 



























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You may whistle and join 
a “ God save the Queen," at 


NOVEMBER. 


Jullien’s, which might he bad 
taste at the Philharmonic. 


MOON’S CHANGES. 


New moon 4th, 2h 40m a.m. 
First quar. 11th, llh 15m p.m. 


Full moon 19th, 4h 35m p.m. 
Last quar. 26th, 12h 32m noon. 


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Safety of Lieut. Parry’s expedition, 1820; an accoitnt published as 
23d Sunday after Tl’in. [“ Parry and his people,” bound in ice 
[blowings-up of the present day are still no match for the H. Corns. 
One Fawkes attempted to blow up Pari, with gunpowder, 1605. The 
Wm. Hone died, 1843. Death, like a true Conservative, doing what 
First newspaper printed at Oxford, 1665 [he liked with his Hone 
Milton died, 1674 

Lord Mayor’s day. Misplaced for the 5th, the procession being 
24th Sunday after Trinity [emblematical of a Guy 

A vein of pure oil disco, in Kentucky, whilst boring for water, 1830. 
Curran d. 1817 [The same phenom. has often occurred in whales 
Chess match between Eng. & France, 1843. The Eng. Queen crosses 
[over to the French king’s castle and looses two (k)niglits by it 
Attorneys to take out certificates—and take in their clients 
Westminster bridge opened, 1750 
25th Sunday after Trinity. 

The statues of Venus & the boy held by Hercules are mutilated at 
[Versailles, 1843. The Vandal, ignorant of the value of figures. 
General Peace, 1815 [indulges in vulgar f ractions 

Chan, bills filed agst. hosiers by the sol. of the Caoutchouc Co. 1842. 

[The India rubber attor. going any length on a stretch, is 'pulled up 
Pari, proro. without a speech from Geo. IV. 1820. The “Gt. Cigar” 
26th Sun. aft. Trin. [resolving for once to consume his own smoke 
Diving bell first used in Europe, 1509 

The bulb of a tulip sold for £640, 1842. Gardener loquitur: “Go 
Princess Mary of Cambridge born, 1833. [it, my tulip” 

Warwick mail robbed of £20,000 in bank notes, 1837. The rogues 
Polish revo. 1830 [ took in the “ Evening Mail," & kept the paper 
American independence acknowledged, 1783 


RACES FOR THE MONTH. 

Richmond, Tarporley Hunt, Worcester Autumn, Yorkshire Union Hunt, 
Warwick and Leamington Autumn, Aylesbury, Liverpool Autumn, Princes 
Risborough, County Antrim (Ireland), Brighton Autumn, Aberystwith. 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

age, pedigree, and colour of the horse, and the marks by which it is distin¬ 
guished. 

21. Arrears, Defaulters, &c. —All stakes must be made before starting: in 
default thereof, the nominator becomes liable as the loser, whether his horse 
comes in first or not, unless he shall have previously obtained the consent of 
the party or parties with whom he is engaged to his not staking. When the 
riders of any horses brought out to run are called upon by the starter to take 
their places for starting, the owner for every horse that goes to the post is 
liable to pay his whole stake. 

22 No person can start a horse for any race, either in his own name or in 
that of any other person, unless both the owner and namer shall have paid all 
former stakes and forfeits before the time fixed for starting for the first race. 
This rule extends to forfeits due elsewhere than at Newmarket, provided a 

































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DECEMBER. 


comes out the 
good as new. 


next day as 


MOON'S CHANGES. 


New moon 3d, 5h 16m p.m. 
First quar. 11th, 8h 37m p.m. 


Full moon 19th, oh 3m a.m. 
Last quar. 25th, 9h 24m p.m. 


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RACES FOR THE B&OWTH. 

Great Metropolitan, Woodford, Lucan (Ireland), Banwell, Wolverhampton 
and Brewood, Warwick and Leamington Winter Meeting. 


LAWS OF RACING, ETC. (CONTINUED). 

notice of them he delivered hy ten o’clock in the evening preceding the day 
of running. 

23. No person in arrear for stakes or forfeits, after application for payment, 
and no person notoriously a defaulter in respect of hets, can enter or run in 
his own name, or in that of any other person, any horse of which he is 
wholly or in part owner. And to prevent any evasion of this rule, the Stew¬ 
ards have power to call upon the nominator to produce satisfactory testimony 
that such is not the case, and on failure of such proof, may cause the nomi¬ 
nation to he erased, and the nominator will he held liable for the stakes or 
forfeits thereon. And no horse trained by any groom or other person thus in 
default, or in any way under the care of any person in default, will be per¬ 
mitted to start. Should any horse coming under the above regulations be 
mistakenly permitted to start, it will not be considered a winner though he 
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LAWS or ISACmo, &c. (Continued). 

for a beaten horse.—(This rule is in force at Goodwood, Ascot, Liverpool, 
York, &c., but not at Newmarket). 

24. Liabilities of Sellers and Purchasers. —When a horse is sold with his 
engagements, the seller has not the power of striking the horse out; but, as 
the original subscriber remains liable for the forfeits, he may, if compelled to 
pay them, place them on the forfeit list, as due from the purchaser to him¬ 
self ; and both the purchaser and the horse remain under the same disabili¬ 
ties as if the purchaser had been the original subscriber. In all cases of 
private sale, the written acknowledgment of both parties that the horse was 
sold with the engagement is necessary to entitle either buyer or seller to the 
benefit of this rule. 

25. When a person has a horse engaged in the name of another party, who 
may be on the list of defaulters, he may, if he pay this forfeit, start his 
horse, leaving the forfeit on the list, and substituting his own name for that 
of the person to whom it was previously due. He may take the same course 
in respect of forfeits not on the list. 

26. When a person takes a nomination for a stake, in which the forfeit is 
to be declared by a particular time, and does not declare forfeit by the time 
fixed, he takes the engagement on himself, and his name will be substituted 
for that of the original subscriber. 

27. In a selling race, none but those who have started horses in it are en¬ 
titled to claim ; the horse claimed must be paid for on the day of the race, 
or the party claiming is not entitled to demand him at any future period, 
but the owner of the horse claimed may insist upon the claimant taking and 
paying for him. 

28. Trials. —Every engagement made with any horse, &c., running in a 
trial, between the time of such trial and the entering of it in the Trial-book, 

i whether it be entered within the time prescribed or not, shall not be run, 
but the owner of such tried horse shall be considered as having declared 
forfeit, unless his opponents, or any of them, should be desirous to hold him 
to his engagement. And, in case any horse so tried shall have started and 
won any race made subsequently to the trial, and before the entry of it, his 
owner will not be entitled to the stake, but will be considered as beaten. 
Every bet made upon or against any such horse becomes void. In these 
cases the disqualification attaches to the horse without regard to any change 
of the property in him ; and if, with respect to the disqualification, any diffi¬ 
culty should arise in ascertaining the horse or horses tried, the owner is 
bound, on the requests of the Stewards, to declare to them which of his horses 
ran in such trial; on refusal, the Stewards have the power to fix the dis¬ 
qualification upon any one or more of his horses at their option. (This rule 
is applicable only to Newmarket). 

29. Bets. —The person who bets the odds has a right to choose his horse or 
the field; when he has chosen his horse, the field is what starts against him. 
Bets are determined though the horse does not start, when the word “ abso¬ 
lutely,” or “play or pay,” are made use of. All double events are play or 
pay. Bets on horses whose riders have been called upon by the starter to 
take their places for the purpose of starting are play or pay, 

30. A bet cannot be off except by mutual consent; but either party may 
demand stakes to be made on the day of the race, and on refusal may declare 
the bet off. And if either party be absent on the day of running, a public 
declaration of the bet may be made on the course, and a demand whether 
any person -will make stakes for the absent party; if no person consent to do 
so, the bet may be declared void. Bets, however, agreed to be settled in 
town, or any particular place, cannot be declared off on the course. 

31. Bets laid without mentioning the horse before the race is over, are de¬ 
termined by the state of the odds at the time of making it. 

32. Bets between any horses that become the property of the same person, 
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33. Bets on horses disqualified, and not allowed to start for want of proper 
identification in naming or entering, are void; hut not so on horses ob¬ 
jected to after the race on the ground of incorrect pedigree or nomina¬ 
tion ; in the latter case, the bets go with the horse that comes in first, unless 
otherwise disqualified. In cases where the objection is made before starting, 
the Stewards have the power to suspend the settlements of bets until the ob¬ 
jection has been investigated. 

34. Bets become void on the death of the nominator of the horse betted 
on; or if the race for which the horse is named be the first of a double 
event; but not so on the death of the horse, or of the owner of such horse, 
unless named by him. 

35. Bets made upon any horse running in a trial between the time of trial 
and the entry of it, are void. (This rule applies only to Newmarket). 

36. Bets on a race for any particular day in any meeting, in which the 
parties afterwards change the day, stand; but, if the race be postponed to a 
different meeting, are void. (The Stewards have the power, in cases of 
urgent necessity, of putting off the races from day to day in the same week, 
and all bets on such races must stand). 

37. Bets not vitiated because the owner of the horse may have omitted to 
make stakes before starting. 

38. Bets made in running for a plate are not determined until it is won. 
Bets made after the heat, if the horse betted should not start again, are 
void. 

39. Bets between horses that run a dead heat, and whose owners agree 
to divide, or between either of such horses and the field, must be put to¬ 
gether and divided in the same proportion as the stakes. If a bet be made 
on one of the horses that ran the dead heat against a horse that is beaten 
in the race, the backer of the former wins half his bet. If the dead heat 
be the first event of a double bet, the bet is void. Bets between horses that 
run a dead heat for a match are void. 

40. Bets cannot be transferred without the consent of both parties to it. 

41. Money given to have a bet laid is not to be returned, though the race 
be not run. 

42. Bets between horses are void if neither of them should win. 

43. A defaulter for bets may, within two years from the date of his de¬ 
falcation, after having settled with his creditors, demand the sums due to 
him, but after the expiration of that term, loses all claim on the person 
indebted to him. (This rule is in force at Newmarket only). 


DERBY, OAKS, AND ST. LEGER LOTS. 

DERBY LOTS. 


LORD EGLINTON’S. 

Mavors 

The Knight of Avenel 
Seneca 

LORD CLIFDEN’S 

Rabelais 

Le Beau 

Sidus 

Spikenard 

Warner 

Pontifex 

Sicyon 

Torpor 

Hammer and Tongs 


LORD EXETER'S. 
Nuthatch 
Nutcracker 
Nutshell 
Ghio 
Utrecht 

J. SCOTT’S. 

Brother to Epirote, by Epirus 

C. by Pantaloon, out of Decoy 

Crossbow 

Cyprus 

Mulgrave 























DERBY LOTS 

J. DAY’S. 

Pitsford 

Equiria 

Sweetheart 

Chieftain 

Yew Tree 

Dactyl 

Moultan 

Stingo 

C. by Ballinkeele—Agrippina 

C. PECK. 

Dick’s Hatband 
Little Bob 
Baron Hill 
The Sweep 

STEBBINGS’S. 

Countess of Albemarle 
John de Beveley 
Seignior of ITolderness 
Cadger 

Michael Brunton ' 

Witchcraft 
Gleam 
Osbaldeston 
Merry Andrew 

OAKS 

IRISH-BRED FILLIES. 

Mahascah 

Alma 

Queen of Eoldare 
Bertha 

ST. LEC 

J. SCOTT’S. 

Brother to Epirote 

St. Valentine 

C. by Pantaloon—Decoy 

Crossbow 

Flash 

Cyprus 

Mulgrave 

J. DAY’S. 

Pitsford 

Chieftain 

STEBBINGS’S. 

Witchcraft 

Gleam 

Cadger 

Michael Brunton 
Merry Andrew 
Seignior of Holderness 
Earl of Albemarle 


(CONTINUED). 

KENT’S. 

Compass 
Ghillie Callum 
W illiam the Conqueror 
The Nigger 

WADLOW’S. 

Clincher 

Will-o’-Moffat 

Deicoon 

IRISH-BRED HORSES. 
Clincher 
Voyageur 

Hammer and Tongs 

St. John (wrong nomination) 

Captain Grant 

Conveyor 

The Baronet, by Sleight-of-hand 
The Jester 

Lord George Bentinck 
Earl of Strathmore 
Ardwick 
Flare-up 

C. by Tearaway—Brandy Bet 
C. by Tearaway—Cruiskeen 
Louis Philippe 
Knight of St. Patrick 

LOTS. 

Hop the Twig 

C. by Tearaway—Zulima 

F. by Retriever—Cruiskeen Lawn 

Dark-haired Girl 

Whisper Low 

R LOTS. 

IRISH-BRED HORSES. 

Windischgratz 
Clincher 
Conveyor 
Flare-up 
Shilmalier West 
King of Oude 
Queen of Kildare 
Yellow Larry 
Ranelagh 

C. by Tearaway—Brandy Bet 
C. by Tearaway—Cruiskeen 
Bullion 
Victory 

C. by Launcelot—Penelope 
Rebut 

Marchioness d’Eu 

Chatterbox 

Desperate 

Knight of St. Patrick. 










































WINNERS of ROYAL PLATES in ENGLAND and SCOTLAND, 

1849. 

PLACE. 

OWNER. 

WINNER. 

Ascot Heath 

Duke of Rutland .. 

Fire-eater 

j Bedford 

Duke of Bedford .. 

Retail 

Caledonian Hunt 

Lord Eglinton 

Eltliiron 

! Canterbury 

Duke of Bedford •. 

Retail 

| Carlisle 

Mr. J. Shepherd •• 

Alp 

Chester 

Mr. B. Green 

Flatcatcher 

i Chelmsford 

Mr. Webster 

Pillage 

Doncaster 

Capt. Harcourt 

Ellerdale 

! Edinburgh 

Mr. B. Green 

Westow 

Egham 

Lord Exeter 

Midia 

Goodwood 

Lord Exeter 

Glenalvon 

Guildford 

Mr. Osbaldeston 

Fugleman 

Hampton 

Sir J. Hawley 

Marlbrook 

Ipswich 

Mr. Bulkeley 

Henry of Exeter 

j Lancaster 

Mr. Nichol 

Woolwich 

j Leicester 

Capt. Harcourt 

Ellerdale 

Lewes 

Duke of Bedford .. 

Retail 

| Lichfield 

Mr. Merry 

Chanticleer 

1 Lincoln 

Lord Exeter 

Midia 

Liverpool 

Mr. B. Green 

Sylvan 

Manchester 

Mr. Disney 

Montague 

Newmarket 

Lord Exeter 

Tophana 

Newmarket 

Lord Exeter 

Swordplayer 

Newmarket 

Mr. Barne 

Sotterley 

Newcastle 

Mr. B. Green 

Athelstane 

Northampton 

Mr. Hesseltine 

Quiver 

Nottingham 

M. J. Clark 

Maid of Lyme 

Plymouth, &c. 

Mr. Davis 

Chorister 

Richmond 

Mr. Walters 

Maid of Team Valley 

Salisbury 

Mr. J. Powney 

The Hero 

Shrewsbury 

Mr. B. Green 

Flatcatcher 

Warwick 

Lord Exeter 

Glenalvon 

Weymouth 

Hon. S. Herbert 

Radulphus 

Winchester 

Mr. J. Powney 

The Hero 

York 

Lord Stanley 

Canezou 

IIM IRELAND. 


Bellewstown 

Lord Waterford 

Brother to Rat-trap 

Curragh 

Mr. Murphy 

Dough 

Curragh 

Mr. Disney 

Bon-mot 

Curragh 

Mr. Armstrong 

The Darter 

Curragh 

Mr. Disney 

Bon-mot 

Curragh 

Col. Westenra 

Trouncer 

Curragh 

Col. Westenra 

Trouncer 

Curragh 

Col. Westenra 

Trouncer 

Curragh 

Lord Waterford 

Cracow 

Curragh 

Mr. Watts 

The Baroness 

Curragh 

Mr. Watts 

The Baroness 

Curragh 

Capt. Haworth 

The Baroness 

Curragh (Lord Lieutenant’s).. 

Lord Waterford 

Doll Tearsheet 

Curragh (Whip) 

Capt. Haworth 

The Baroness 

Royal Down Corporation 

Lord Waterford 

Brother to Rat-trap 

Royal Down Corporation 

Lord Waterford 

Brother to Rat-trap 

Royal Down Corporation 

Capt. Haworth 

The Baroness 


















































STATISTICS OF THE TURF, 1849. 


The following tabular statements will show at one glance the principal 
results of the past racing season, which, although distinguished by a second 
achievement of the “ Champion” triumph, was, upon the whole, not so bril¬ 
liant as its predecessor. 

THE ANNEXED TABLE SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL STAKES, THE 
VALUE OF CUPS, AND FOKFEITS RECEIVED IN MATCHES BEING INCLUDED. 
FROM THE GROSS AMOUNT, THE WINNER’S OWN STAKE, MONEY AWARDED 
TO SECOND AND THIRD HORSES, AND THE USUAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN 
DEDUCTED. 



WON. 

AMNT. 


WON. 

AMNT. 

Lord Eglinton 

27 

.. £20,116 

Mr. Pedley. 

9 

.. £3,010 

Duke of Bedford .. 

45J 

9,387 

Lord Orford 

5 

.. 2,670 

Sir J. Hawley 

19 

9,340 

Mr. H. Stebbings 

6 

.. 2,745 

Lord Chesterfield . . 

18 

8,842 

Mr. Rolt . 

17 

.. 2,117 

Lord Stanley .. 

24 

.. 7,030 

Mr. F. Clarke .. 

2 

.. 2,130 

Lord Exeter .. 

32 

5,875* 

Lord Waterford 

19 

.. 2,069 

Colonel Peel .. 

17 

.. 6,755 

Mr. Disney 

6 

.. 2,120 

Duke of Richmond 

22 

5,235 

Mr. Clarke 

4 

.. 1,545 

Mr. B. Green.. 

37 

.. 4,760 

Colonel Anson .. 

7 

.. 1,325 

Mr. Meiklam .. 

21 

5,587 

Mr. Merry . 



Lord H. Lennox .. 

17 

4,262 

Mr. J. Powney .. 

3 

.. 1,285 

Lord Clifden .. 

24 

.. 3,909 

Mr. Francis 

2 

.. 1,315 

Mr. Payne 

19 

3,455 

Mr. Halford .. .. 

6 

.. 1,220 

Mr. Greville .. 

14 

.. 2,995 

The late Lord Albe- 



Mr. A. Nicoll .. .. 

2 

.. 2,900 

marie . 

2 

.. 1,110 


* Exclusive of the Queen’s Vase, at Ascot. 


STATEMENTS SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WON BY EACH OF THE UNDER¬ 
MENTIONED HORSES, TOGETHER WITH THE NUMBER OF RACES IN WHICH 
THEY PROVED SUCCESSFUL :- 


owners’ and horses’ names. 

AGE. 

WN. 

AMNT. 

Lord Eglinton’s Flying Dutchman, by B. Middleton 

3 

7 

£ 

11,870 

Lord Chesterfield’s Lady Evelyn, by Don John 

3 

4 

6,305 

Sir J. Hawley’s Vatican, by Touchstone 

3 

6 

4,211 

Duke of Bedford’s Sobraon, by Harkaway. 

3 

10 

3,750 

Colonel Peel’s Tadmor, by Ion . 

3 

2 

3,275 

Mr. A. Nicoll’s Nunnykirk, by Touchstone .. 

3 

2 

2,900 

Lord Eglinton’s Elthiron, by Pantaloon 

3 

7 

2,825 

Sir J. Hawley’s Fernhill, by Ascot. 

4 

2 

2,809 

Lord Orford’s Fire-king, by Sir Hercules . 

3 

4 

2,620 

Mr. H. Stebbings Malton, by Sheet Anchor. 

4 

3 

2,623 

Lord Stanley’s Canezou, by Melbourne 

4 

8 

2,600 

Lord Stanley’s Strongbow by Touchstone. 

3 

10 

2,085 

Mr. Payne’s Glauca, by Cotherstone .. 

3 

9 

2,055 

Mr. F. Clarke’s The Flea, by Coronation . 

3 

1 

2,050 

Mr. Meiklam’s Raby, by the Doctor. 

3 

3 

2,135 

Mr. Greville’s Clarisse, by Pantaloon . 

3 

5 

2,000 



























































1 

STATISTICS OF THE TURF, 1849. 




owners’ and horses’ names. 


AGE. 

WN. 

AMNT. 

Mr. Disney’s Bon-mot, by Elvas 


3 

4 

£ 

1,915 

Mr. Bolt’s Collingwood, by Sheet Anchor 


6 

12 

1,817 

Duke of Richmond’s Officious, by Pantaloon 


2 

8 

1,705 

Lord Exeter’s Midia, by Scutari 

Mr. Pedley’s Old Dan Tucker, by Picaroon .. 


3 

6 

1,660 


3 

1 

1,565 

Lord Stanley’s Legerdemain, by Pantaloon .. 

Mr. Clark’s Maid of Lyme, by Tom-boy 


3 

1 

1,495 


6 

4 

1,545 

Duke of Bedford’s St. Rosalia, by St. Francis 


3 

6 

1,400 

Mr. Francis’s Repletion, by Venison .. 


3 

2 

1,315 

Mr. Halford’s Harriott, by Gladiator .. 


2 

6 

1,220 

Mr, J. Powney’s The Hero, by Chesterfield .. 


6 

3 

1,285 

Duke of Bedford’s Retail, by Lancastrian 


3 

94 

1,203 

Lord Albemarle’s Bolingbroke, by John O’ Gaunt .. 


2 

2 

1,110 

Sir R. Pigot’s Essedarius, by Gladiator 


3 

2 

1,120 

NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS, ACCEPTANCES, AND STARTERS OF EACH OF THE 
PRINCIPAL RACES OF THE SEASON: — 

NAME OF STAKES. 

ENT. 

ACT. 

ST. 

AMNT. 

Great Metropolitan Stakes 

106 

63 

16 

£ 

1,594 

Great Northamptonshire Stakes 

113 

42 

19 

1,215 

Newmarket Handicap .. 

59 

32 

13 

725 

Somersetshire Stakes 

79 

27 

9 

755 

Suffolk Stakes 

32 

17 

10 

365 

Derby Stakes (Epsom) .. 

237 


26 

6,320 

Oaks Stakes (Epsom) 

172 

— 

15 

4,425 

Chester Tradesmen’s Plate 

201 

107 

28 

2,430 

Ascot Stakes 

124 

30 

16 

905 

Manchester Trades’ Cup 

57 

15 

9 

700 

Northumberland Plate .. 

72 

50 

12 

890 

Cumberland Plate .. 

18 

9 

5 

355 

Liverpool Cup 

123 

60 

10 

1,485 

Goodwood Stakes 

115 

41 

21 

1,055 

Wolverhampton Stakes .. 

36 

11 

5 

695 

Great Ebor Handicap 

99 

40 

15 

1,075 

Leamington Stakes 

133 

31 

16 

1,030 

Great Yorkshire Handicap 

66 

24 

11 

655 

Doncaster St. Leger 

140 

_ 

10 

3,200 

Epsom Autumn Handicap 

58 

34 

11 

725 

Cesarewitch Stakes .. ., 

66 


31 

1,495 

Cambridgeshire Stakes. 

162 

103 

30 

1,770 

Mr. Rolt’s gallant old Collingwood won the greatest number of races in 

the year, no fewer than twelve being placed to his 

account: the Duke of 

Bedfords Sobraon won ten; Lord Stanley’s Strongbow the like number; 

and the splendid daughter of Melbourne, Lord Stanley’s Canezou, won eight 
races including the magnificent Goodwood and Doncaster Cups. 


























































! 


THE DERBY HORSES.—A FEW HINTS. 


[from “chapman’s racing record.’’] 


The following; brief hints as to the present aspect of affairs in the principal 
stables may not be altogether unacceptable:— 

Bolingbroke. —An uncommonly fine horse, with extraordinary length 
and stride. He won the Hopeful by a head only, hut he came out for the 
Prendergast with so brilliant a display of excellence that he was immediately 
made first favourite for the grand coup at Epsom. If he should winter well, 
they who enter the lists with him will encounter a most formidable opponent. 
Since the death of his owner—that fine old English gentleman, the Earl of 
Albemarle—numerous applications have been made to purchase the horse ; 
but it does not appear to be at all likely that he will leave the Palace 
stable. In whom can confidence be more securely placed than in William 
Edwards ? 

Ghillie Callum. —Next to Bolingbroke in favour, and backed heavily. 
He is very racing-like, but a doubt exists in the minds of many persons of 
sound judgment whether he has power and substance enough for the Derby 
Course. 

The Nigger. —Holding a position in the betting which is not up to the 
standard of his merit. 

William the Conqueror. —His performance for The Nursery Stakes is to 
be chiefly borne in mind. To Little Jack, the winner, he gave 231bs., and to 
Regina, a filly of considerable capability, the second in the race, he gave 
151bs., and a head only separated each of them at the finish. He will conquer 
more than conquer him. 

Compas —Has no points to which attention may be directed with a high 
degree of confidence. 

The Knight of Avenel. —Improved, and still improving— vires acquirit 
eundo —promises to impart additional lustre to the brilliant series of glorious 
triumphs already achieved by the “ Lord of the Tourney.’’ 

Mavors —Like the village dunce who got to M U D, mud, in Mavor’s 
Spelling-book, and there stuck, is not likely to shine by great attainments. 

Seneca —Is said to be intended for the Great Metropolitan Stakes. 

The Italian —Is a very clever little horse; and although many persons 
imagine his capabilities will not stand the Derby test, he ought to be held in 
reserve as “a cockboat.” 

Deicoon —Has of late had a current of prejudice set in against him. As 
a performer in the market, he has done well—and may do better ! 

Clincher —Has achieved turf honours. When he met Bee-hunter he 
was much amiss. He has since regained health and vigour; but if there is 
any truth in report, 

Sweetheart —Is more than a match for either Deicoon or Clincher. To 
quote from an old ballad— 


“ Merry Sweetheart, shall it he 
Thine to boast the victory 1“ 













































Pitsford —Is not quite “put out”—at least so the betting indicates. 
Place him in the category with 

Blarney —Who has a stable companion called 

Confidence —An animal likely to be worthy of some trust. 

Brother to Epirote —Has neither the mark nor likelihood of a Derby 
winner ; but John Scott may have something in the dark that has. How 
often from his “ lot,” even at the eleventh hour, has he brought out a 
winner. 

Voltigeur —Will spring more prominently into notice. He must be kept 
on the right side. 

Penang —Will find the difficulties of the distance too much for him. 

Mildew —Is as bloodlike a colt as ever looked through a bridle. His 
action is capital. He has of late, however, been under a cloud of suspicion, 
and breathings that augured unfavourably have been heard; but the pep- 
perers may after all find themselves in the wrong box. A reaction has taken 
place, and Mildew again has an “ upwards tendency” in the betting. 

John o’Groat —A very good looking horse, with bad action. The move¬ 
ment of his shoulders is very confined. Before the commencement of the 
October Meetings he was put through the mill with Newport; since then 
his work has been easy. He has been backed heavily at up and down 
prices, but in a much less journey than from John o’Groat’s to the Land’s 
End is a better nag to be found. 

Hardinge. —The winner of the Ham Stakes this year at Goodwood, and 
afterwards in some force in the Derby betting. His moderate performance 
for the Triennial Stakes, at Newmmarket, was, however, a sore discourage¬ 
ment to his backers. There is too much daylight under him; several 
parties are nevertheless very fond. 

Sea Serpent —Will not be an adder of reputation to the stable. 

Moultan —Nothing dangerous. An opinion gains ground that a strong 
shade will be cast upon him by 

Yewtree —Backed during the Goodwood Meeting to win a large stake; 
since then he has been kept entirely in the dark. He is by Sir Hercules, out 
of Zeila, by Emilius, and has at present no engagement before the Derby. 
He must be cared for ! 

Windhound. —A spanking animal from a good stock. Further deponent 
lcnoweth not. 

Lord Exeter’s Lot. —A riutty lot, and Nutshell to be preferred. He has 
been backed for a great deal of money in good quarters. He is a very good 
looking horse, and is a fine goer. He was out of form in October, and conse¬ 
quently the public are still in the dark as to his capabilities. He promises to 
train on well. 

Lord Clifden’s Lot. —Rabelais, Le Beau, Sidus, Spikenard, Sicyon, and 
Hammer-and-Tongs have been out, but with veiy moderate success. Torpor, 
Warner, and Pontifex have been much talked of—the last named in particu¬ 
lar. The prestige of his being Brother to Surplice works with wonderful 
effect on a number of persons, but until it can endow him with the qualities 
they fancy he possesses, the preference must be given to Warner; for him , 
however, Epsom honours do not appear to be within the range of probability. 














FOX, STAG, AND OTTER HOUNDS AND 

1 

HARRIERS. 


FOXHOUNDS. 


NAME OF COUNTRY 

MASTER. 

HUNTSMAN. 

DAYS OF HUNTING. 

OR HOUNDS. 

Bedfordshire. 

The Oakley 

Major Hogge 

Major Hogge 

Mon. Thur. Sat 

Berkshire. 

The Bramshill 

Sir John Cope 

Shirley 

Mon. Wed. Sat. 

The Old Berkshire 

Mr. J. Morrell, ju. 

John Jones 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The South Berks. 

Mr. G. Montagu 

Mr. G. Montagu 

Tues. Fri. 

The Craven 

Mr. F. Villebois 

Ben Foote 

Mon.Wed. Fri. Sa. 

Bucks. 

Wliaddon Chase 

Mr.W. S. Lowndes 

Mr. Lowndes 

Tues. Fri. 

Hounds 




Cam bridge shire 
The Cambridgesh. 

Mr. Chas. Barnett 

John Ward 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

Cardiganshire. 
The Goggerddan 

Mr. P. Pryse, M.P. 

Mr. P. Pryse 

Tues. Fri. 

The Teivy Side 
Carmarthensh. 
The Carmarthens. 
Mr. Powell’s 

Mr. W. Lewis 

Mr. W. Lewis 

Mon. Thur. 

Two days 

Two days 

Mr. Powell 

Mr. Powell 

Carnarvonshire 
Mr. R. Williams’ 

Mr. R. Williams 

Wm. Hughes 

No fixed days 

Cheshire. 



The Cheshire 

Captain White 

Markwell 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

Cornwall. 

The Four Burrow 

Mr. Wm. Daubuz 

Wm. Collins 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

Denbighshire. 
The Wynnstay 

Sir W. W. Wynn 

J. Walker 

Mon.Wed. Fri. Sa. 

Devonshire. 




The Lyneham, 

S. D. 

The North Devon 

Mr. Trelawney 

Limpetty 

Tues. Fri. 

Mr. Russell 

Mr. Russell 

Mon. Thur. Sat. 

The Eggesford, 

Hon. N. Fellowes 

Mr. N. Fellowes 

Mon. Wed. Sat. 

N. D. 




The Tiverton,N.D. 

Mr. Thos. Carew 

John Beale 

Mon. Thur. Sat. 

SirH. Seale’s, S.D. 

Sir H. Seale 

Sir H. Seale 

Tues. Thur. 

Mr. Morgan’s, S.D. 

Mr. Morgan 

Mr. Lemon 

Mon. Thur. 

Mr. Furse’s, N. D. 

Mr. Furse 

Mr. Furse 

Two days 

The Black-down 

Mr A. M. Aysh- 

Bob Pook 

No fixed days 


ford 



Dorsetshire. 

Mr.Farquharson’s 

Mr. Farquharson 

J. Treadwell 

Mn. Tu.W. Th. Sa. 

The Charboro’ 

Mr. Drax, M.P. 

John Last 

Mon. Thur. 

Durham. 



The Raby 

D. of Cleveland 

Thos. Flint 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The Durham Cou. 

A Committee 


Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The Cleveland 

A Committee 


Mon. Thur. 

Essex. 

The Essex Hounds 

Mr. H. Conyers 

Will. Offys 

M. W. Sa. Th. bye 

The Essex Union 

Mr. Scratten 

Jim Morgan 

Wed. Sat. 






















































FOXHOUNDS. 


NAME OF COUNTBY 

OB HOUNDS. 

MASTEB. 

HUNTSMAN. 

DAYS OF HUNTING. 

Essex. 





The South Essex 

Mr. A. Cawston 

Mr. A. Cawston 

Tues. Sat. 

The Essex and 

Mr. Nunn 


Tues. Fri. 

Suffolk 





The East Essex 

Mr. Marriott 

James Fernham 

Tues. Sat. 

Gloucestershire. 





The Beaufort 

Duke of Beaufort 

Will. Long 

IV 

Ion.Wed. Th. Sat. 
-M. W. 1'h. k ev. 
Sa. from Broad- 

The Berkeley 
Hunt 

Earl Fitzhardinge 

Harry Ayris 

< 

way, when at 
the Cheltenham 
.Kennels 

The Vale of White 

Mr. H. Villebois 

Dinnicombe 

Tues. Thur. Sat. 

Horse 

Hampshire. 





Mr. T. Assheton 
Smith’s 

Mr. A. Smith 

George Carter 

Every day in the 
week 

The Hamhledon 

Mr. T. Smith 

Mr. T. Smith 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The IE H. 

Lord Gifford 

Lord Gifford 

Mon. Tu. Th. Sat. 

The Ilurslev 

Mr. 1 ockburn 

Mr. Cockburn 

Mon. Fri. 

The New Forest 

Mr. L. Sheddon 

Mr. L. Sheddon 

Tu. Th. Sa. & Mon. 
every other wk. 

The Vine 

Messrs. St. John, 
Portal, k Beach 

Will. Coxe 

Mon. Wed. Sat. 

Herefordshire. 





The Hereford.sk. 

Mr. Symons 

Will. Boxall 

Tues. Fri. 

The Ledbury 

Mr. Giles 

Mr. Giles 

Mon. Fri. 

Hertfordshire. 





The Puckeridge 

Mr. A. Parry 

Simpson 

Mon. Wed. Sat. 

Mr. Brand’s 

Mr. Brand 

James Simpkins 

Mon. Fri. 

Kent. 




The East Kent 

Mr. Brockman 


Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The West Kent 

Mr. Colyer 


Two days 

The Tickham 

Mr. Lushington 

Tipton 

Five days a fort¬ 
night 

Leicestershire. 





The Quorndon 

Sir Rich. Sutton 

Sir Rich. Sutton 

Every day in the 
week 

The Belvoir 

Lord Forester 

Wm. Goodall 

M. Tu.Wed. Fr. Sa. 

The Atherstone 

Mr. Wilson 

Steph. Goodall 

Mon.Wed.Fri. Sat. 

The Donnington 

Mr. J. B. Story 

Ben Boothroyd 

Mon. Wed. Sat* 

Lincolnshire. 





The Brocklesby 

E. of Yarborough 

Wm. Smith 

Mon. Wed. Fri. k 
a bye day 

The Burton 

Lord H. Bentinck 

Rich. Burton 

Every day in the 
week 

The South Wold 

Mr. Hellier 

Bullen 

Mon. Tues. Th. Sa. 

Monmouthshire. 





The Monmouth- 

Mr. W. R. Stretton 

Gower 

Mon. Thur. 

shire 





The Llangibby 

Mr. J. Williams 

Tom- 


• • • • ft * • • 


* Except in the first full week of each month, when Tuesday, Wednesday, and 
Friday, to suit Mr. Meynell Ingram. 

































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FOXHOUNDS 


NAME OF COUNTRY 

OR HOUNDS. 

MASTER. 

HUNTSMAN. 

DAYS OF HUNTING. 

Sussex. 

Col. Wyndhara’s 

Col. Wyndham 

John Squires 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The Horsham and 

Mr. Bethune 

James Hopkins 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

Crawley 

Mr. Napper’s 

Mr. Nappe r 

Summers 

Mon. Thur. Sat. 

Warwickshire. 
The Warwicksh. 

Mr. Barnard 

Stevens 

Mn. Tu.W. Th. Sa. 

Wiltshire. 

The South Wilts 

Mr. F. Wyndham 

S. Powell 

Various 3 days a 

Worcestershire. 
The Worcestersh. 

Major Clowes 

Stansby 

week 

Five days a fort- 

Yorkshire. 

The Badsworth 

Lord Hawke 

Taylor 

night, irregular 

Tues. Thur. Sat. 

Bramham Moor 

Mr. G- Lane Fox 

C. Treadwell 

Mon.Wed. Fri. Sa. 

Hunt 

The Bedale 

Mr. M. Milbanke 

G. Cross 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The Hurworth 

Mr. T. Wilkinson 

F. Coates 

Tues. Sat. 

The Holderness 

Mr. J. Hall 

Will. Derry 

Mon. Tues. Th. Sa. 

Sir Tatton Sykes’ 

Sir Tatton Sykes 

Thos. Carter 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The York and 

Mr. Bateman 

Will. Danby 

Mon. Tu. Th. Sat. 

Ainsty 

The Sinnington 

Mr. Hill’s 

A Committee 

Tues. Fri. 

Mr. Hill 


Two days 

Berkshire. 

The Boyal Stag- 

STAGH 

E. of Besborough 

OUNDS. 

Mr. C. Davis 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

hounds 

Bucks. 

TheBarons Roths- 

Barons Meyer and 

Tom Balls 

Mon. Thur. 

child 

Devonshire. 
Devon and Somer- 

L. Rothschild 

Mr. Theobald 

Sam. Ritler 

Tues. Fri. 

set, N. D. 
Gloucestershire. 
The Cheltenham 

Mr. T. Theobald 

Sam. Ritler 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 

Staghounds 

Surrey. 

The Surrey 

A Committee 

Roffey 

Tues. Sat. 

Yorkshire. 

Sir C. Constable’s 

Sir C. Constable 

Henry Styche 

Wed. 

































HARRIERS. 

NAME OP COUNTRY 




OR HOUNDS. 




Anglesea. 




Mr. Fuller’s 

Mr. Fuller 

Mr. Fuller 

Two days 

Sir R. Bulkeley’s 

Sir. R. Bulkeley 

Wm. Clark 

No fixed days 

Mr. Panton’s 

Mr. Panton 

Mr. Panton 

Two days 

The Craig-y-don 

Mr. P. Williams, 

Mr. P. Williams, 

No fixed days 


M. P. 

M. P. 


Caermarthensh. 




Mr. Chambers’ 

Mr. W. Chambers 

Mr. W. Chambers 

Two days 

Cornwall. 




Mr. D. lloblyn’s 

Mr. D. Hoblyn 


Two days 

Mr. Marshall’s 

Mr. Marshall 

Mr. Marshall 

Two days 

Mr. Williams’ 

Mr. Williams 


Two days 

The S. Pethenvin 

• • » •• •• 


Two days 

Cumberland. 




The Aikton 



Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The Carlisle 



Mon. Wed. Fri. 

The Whitehaven 



Tues. Fri. 

Derbyshire. 




The Stanton 

Mr. Thornhill 

Wm. Moss 

Three days 

Mr. Trevor Yates’ 

Mr. Trevor Yates 

Mr. Trevor Yates 

Tues. Fri. 

Devonshire. 




Mr. Cross’ 

Mr. Cross 


No fixed days 

Mr. Newton’s, 

Mr. Newton 


Three days 

N. D. 




The South Devon 

Mr. Thos. King 

Mr. Thos.King 

Two days 

Tiie Forest Har- 

Mr. Servington 

Pinney 

Three days 

riers, S. D. 

Savery 



The Slapton, S. D. 

Mr. Bastard 

Mr. Bastard 

Three days 

The Marlboro’, 

Mr. Lidstone 

Mr. Lidstone 

Two days 

S. D. 




The Berry S. D. 

Mr. Michelmore 

Mr. Michelmore 

Tues. Fri. 

The Knowstone, 

Mr. Froude 

Babbage 

Two days 

N. D. 




Mr. Tout’s, N. D. 

Mr. Tout 

Mr. Tout 

Two days 

Mr. Ley’s, N. D. 

Mr. Henry Ley 

Mr. Henry Ley 

Two days 

Mr. Yelverton’s, 

Mr. Yelverton 


Two days 

S.D. 




Mr. Buck’s, N. D. 

Mr. Buck, jun. 


Two days 

Mr. Roe’s, S. D. 

Mr. Roe 


Two days 

Mr. Deacon’s 

Mr. H. Deacon 

Mr. H. Deacon 

Three days 

Mr. Hole’s 

Mr. Hole 


Three days 

Dorsetshire. 




The Blackmoor 

Mr. H. F. Yeat- 

John Travess 

Tues. Fri. 

Yale 

man 



Essex. 




Mr. Hollywood’s 

Mr. W. Honywood 


Two days 

Mr. Tuffnell’s 

Mr. Tuffnell 


Two days 

Clamorgansh. 




The Lanharran 

Mr. R. H. Jenkins 

J. Harry 

Two days 

The Park Hounds 

Mr. Henry Lewis 


No fixed days 

The Lantwit 

Mr. Wilkins 


No fixed days 

The G16g 

Mr. Williams 


No fixed days 



























































HARRIERS. 


NAME OF COUNTRY 
OR HOUNDS. 


MASTER. 


HUNTSMAN. 


DAYS OF HUNTING. 


Glainorgansh. 

The Cowbridge 

Gloucestershire. 
The Flaxley 
The Cottiswold or 
Brockworth 
The Norton 
Hampshire. 

The King’s-worthy 
Mr. Scotland’s 
The Farnham 
Hertfordshire. 
The Tring 
Lincolnshire. 
The Laceby 
Merionethshire 
The Rug 
Capt. Hopwood’s 
Monmo uthshire. 
The Tredegar 
The Ty-isha 
The Bedwellty 
Coalbrook Yale 
Nottinghamsh. 
The Sherwood 

Oxfordshire. 
Capt. Evans’ 

The Wormsley 
Pembrokeshire. 
The Butterhill 
Somersetshire. 
The Dulverton 
Shropshire. 

Mr. Corbet’s 
Suffolk. 

Mr. Mare’s 
Mr. Robt. Buck’s 
Mr. Sam. Buck’s 
Sussex. 

The Brighton 
The Brookside 
Wiltshire. 

Mr. Tugwell’s 
Mr. Locke’s 
Wot cestershire. 
The Ismere 
Mr. Wickstead’s 
Mr. Roberts’ 
Yorkshire. 

The Cravep 


Messrs. G. M. ) 
Traherne and > 
E. Traherne ) 

Sir M. C. Boevey 


Mr. Wall 
Mr. Scotland 
Mr. Fuller 

Lord Lonsdale 

Mr. Field 

Sir Robt. Vaughan 
Capt. Hopwood 

Sir Chas. Morgan 
Mr. J. Davies 
Mr. Fothergill 
Mr. Brewer 

Mr. Heywood 


Capt. Evans 

Mr. Fane 

Mr. Geo. Rocli 

Mr. Roche 

Mr. A. H. Corbet 

Mr. Mure 
Mr. R. Buck 
Mr. S. Buck 

Mr. Tanner 
Mr. Beard 

Mr. Tugwell 
Mr. Locke 

Mr. Trow 
Mr. Wickstead 
Mr. Roberts 


Evan Millward 
Sir M. C. Boevey 


Mr. Wall 
Mr. Scotland 
Mr. Fuller 


Skipworth 

Capt. Hopwood 

Sir Chas. Morgan 
Edmund Morris 


Joe Hodgkinson 

Capt. Evans 
Mr. Fane 
Mr. Geo. Roch 
Mr. Roche 


Mr. Mure 


Willard 
J. Saxby 

Mr. Tugwell 
Mr. Locke 

Mr. Trow 
Mr. Wickstead 
Lancaster 


Mon. Wed. Fri. 


Two or three days 
Two days 

Two days 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 
Wed. Sat. 

Two days 

Three days 

Tues. Fri. 

Two days 


Mon. Wed. Fri. 
Mon. Wed. Fri. 


Tues. Fri. 

1 Three & 4 days 
< awk. dependant 
( on the foxhnds. 
Mon. Wed. Sat. 

Tues. Sat. 

Two days 

Two days 

Three days 
Two days 
Two days 

Mon. Wed. Fri. 
Mon. Thur. 

Two days 
Two days 

Two days 
Two days 
Three days 

Tues. Fri. 















































OTTER-HOUNDS. 


NAME OF COUNTRY 

OR HOUNDS. 

MASTER. 

HUNTSMAN. 

DAYS OF HUNTING. 

Gaermarthensh. 




Mr. Lloyd’s 

Mr. Lloyd 


No fixed days 

Devonshire. 



The Lyneham 

Mr. Trelawny 

Limpetty 

No fixed days 

The East Devon 

Mr. Collier 

Mr. Collier 

No fixed days 

Mr. Cross’ 

Mr. Cross 


No fixed days 

Mr. Newton’s, 

Mr. Newton 


Three days 

N. D. 

Glamorgansh. 



Two days 

The Lanharran 

Mr. R. H. Jenkins 

J. Harry 

The Park Hounds 

Mr. Henry Lewis 


No fixed days 

The Lantwit 

Mr. Wilkins 


No fixed days 

Lancashire. 




Mr. Lomax’s 

Mr. Lomax 

Mr. Lomax 

N o fixed days 

TAXES PAID ON DOGS IN ENGLAND 

AND WALES, 

In 1845 

During the last Five Years. 

£137,946 

1846 

• • • • 

• . • • 

136,037 

1847 

• • • • 

, , , , # . 

135,590 

1848 

• • • • 

• « • • 

137,774 

1849 

.. 

.. 

134,827 


[From “Fores’s Guide to the Foxhounds and Staghounds,” &c.] 


The following is an extract from a letter which appeared in the BelTs Life 
of January 28, 1849:—“We have been assured upon very good authority 
that the Pytchley, Warwickshire, and Atherstone Hunts cause an expendi¬ 
ture of no less a sum than £90,000 each, and the Quom £120,000, during 
the season, making a total of £390,000. This sum is expended principally 
in the following towns and their respective neighbourhoods, the inhabitants 
of which look forward to the hunting season as the mainstay of their sup¬ 
port:—Northampton, Daventry, Weedon, Welford, Market Harborough, 
Rugby, Lutterworth, Dunchurch, Kineton, Southam, Leamington, Warwick, 
Kenilworth, Coventry, Stratford-on-Avon, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Hinckley, 
Market Bosworth, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Loughborough, Billesdon, Quorn, 
Melton, Leicester, &c. &c. Take away the attraction of fox-hunting from 
these towns, and what would the majority of them become in a few years ? 
Dull, deserted, and ruinous-looking places ; whilst the farmer would find, to 
his cost, that by entering into a crusade against fox-hunting, he had com¬ 
mitted one of the greatest errors imaginable, having by that act driven away 
his best friend and customer—the fox-hunter. As a proof of this, we quote 
the prices realised at Coventry market, on Friday last:—Oats, per quarter, 
old, 27s., new, 23s.; beans, per bag (10 score), old, 17s. 9d., new, 15s. 6d. 
Thus, old oats make 4s. per quarter more than new, and beans 2s. per bag; 
whilst hay and wheat-straw are similarly enhanced in value. But where 
would a market be found, at these advanced prices, were it not for the fox- 
hunter ?” 

























































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PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND AMUSEMENTS 

IN AND NEAR LONDON. 


Adelaide Institute, Lowther Arcade. — Daily, from 8 to dusk, from May to 
September; Is. 

Antiquarian Society, Somerset House.—Free. 

Ashburton Collection, Piccadilly.—Daily ; free. 

Asiatic Museum, Grafton Street.—Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 
from 11 to 4; free by Ticket. 

Botanic Gardens, Chelsea.—Daily, by order, to be obtained at Apotheca¬ 
ries’ hall. 

Ditto, Regent’s Park.—Daily; free by ticket. 

Ditto, Rosherville, near Gravesend,—Daily, 6d. 

British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury.—Monday, Wednesday, 
and Friday, and the whole of Easter and Whitsun weeks, except Saturday; 
from May to September, 10 to 7; during the rest of the year, from 10 to 4; 
free. A Director’s order is required to visit the Library. It is closed the 
first week in January, May and September, and on Christmas day, Ash 
Wednesday, and Good Friday, 

British Institution, 52, Pall Mall,—Daily, 10 to 5; Is. February, March, 
April, and June, July, August. 

Burford’s Panorama, Leicester Square.—Daily, 10 to dusk; is each view. 

Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly.—Daily; free. 

Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea, Royal Military Asylum.—Admission on applica¬ 
tion. 

College of Surgeons’ Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields.—Monday, Tuesday, 
Wednesday, and Thursday, 12 to 4 ; free by ticket. Closed in September. 

Colosseum, Regent’s Park.—Daily, from 10 to 5, and 7 to 10; 2s. 

Commercial Dock, Rotherhithe.—Free. 

Cosmorama, 209, Regent Street—Daily, 10 to dusk; Is. 

Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate Street,—Free. 

Custom House, Lower Thames Street, 9 to 3.—Free. Celebrated for its long 
room, 200ft. 

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Old Kent Road.—Free. 

Deptford Dock Yard.—D aily, 10 till 3 ; free. 

Duke of York’s Monument, St. James’s Park.—Daily, from 10 to 3; 6d. 

Dulwich Gallery. —From April to November, 10 to 5 ; November to April, 
11 to 3, daily, except Friday and Sunday; tickets to be obtained of any 
print-seller. 

East India Docks, Poplar.—Daily; free. 

East India House Museum, Leadenhall Street.—Saturday, from 11 till 3 ; 
free. 

Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.—Open at half-past 2 and half-past 7; Is. and 2s. 

Entomological Museum, Bond Street.—Tuesday, 12 to 4; free by ticket. 

Geological Museum, Craig’s Court. Charing Cross.—Daily, 10 to 4; free. 

Grand Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe.—Daily ; free. 

Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe.—Daily; free. 

Greenwich Hospital and College. —Daily, from 9 to dusk, (persons always 
in attendance, to conduct strangers over the building). The Painted 
Hall is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ; free—and Tuesday, Thurs¬ 
day, and Saturday; 3d. 

Grosvenor Gallery, Upper Grosvenor Street.—Daily; free by ticket. 

Guildhall, King Street, Cheapside.—Daily, from 9 to 3; free. 

Guy’s Hospital Medical MusEiJ^ ^t. Thomas’ Street , Borough. 




















Hampton Court Palace and Gardens. —Daily, except Friday, from 10 to 
6, in summer, and from 10 to 4 in winter, and on Sunday from 2 to 6; free. 

Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick.—Daily; free. 

House of Lords, Westminster.—Wednesday and Saturday; free by ticket. 

Institution of British Architects, Grosvenor Square.—Daily, from 10 to 
5; free. 

Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street.—Daily, from 10 to 
dusk; free. 

Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park.—Daily; free. 

Kew Gardens. —Every day except Sunday after 1 to sunset; the Pleasure 
Grounds on Sunday and Thursday, from Midsummer to Michaelmas, from 
12 to sunset; free. 

Linnjean Collection, Soho Square.—Wednesday and Friday, from 12 to 4; 
free. 

London Docks, Ratcliffe Highway.—Daily; free. 

Lowther Arcade, West Strand_Daily; free. 

Mansion House, Poultry.—Daily, 11 to 3. 

Minasi’s Pen-and-Ink Drawings, Pall Mall, East.—Daily ; free. 

Mint, Tower Hill,—Daily, 11 to 3; free. 

Missionary Museum, Bloomfield Street, Moorfields.—Tuesday, Thursday, and 
Saturday, March 25 to September 29, from 10 to 4; September 30 to 
M irch 24, 10 to 3; free. 

Monument, Fish Street Hill.—Open 9 to dusk; 6d. 

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square.—Open on Monday, Tuesday, Wed¬ 
nesday, and Thursday, from November 1 to April 30, from 10 to 5; and 
from May 1 to September, from 10 to 6; free. Closed six weeks in Sep¬ 
tember and October. The Vernon collection has lately been added to this 
Gallery. 

Observatory, Greenwich Park.—Daily. 

Peel Collection, Whitehall.—Free by ticket. 

Polytechnic Institution, Regent Street.—Daily, 11 to 5, and 7 to 10; Is. 

Royal Academy, Trafalgar Square.—Daily, from 9 to 7; Is. Open May, 
June, and July. 

Royal Chapel, Whitehall.—Daily. 

Royal Exchange, Cornhill.—Daily; free. 

Royal Institution Museum, Whitehall.—Daily, from 10 to 4, member’s 
order. 

St. Katherine’s Docks, Tower Hill.—Daily; free. 

St. Paul’s Cathedral. —Daily, from 10 to dusk; 4s. 4d.—viz., monuments, 
2d.; galleries, 6d.; vaults, Is.; clock, 2d.; libraries, models, &c., Is.; ball, 
Is. 6d. 

Sappers’ Museum, Woolwich. — On application. 

Saul’s Museum, 15, Aldersgate Street.—Thursday, from 11 to dusk; free. 

School of Design, Somerset House, Strand.—Monday from 11 to 3; free. 
Closed in August and September. 

Sir J. Soane’s Museum, 13, Lincoln’s-inn-tields.—Thursday and Friday, from 
10 to 4; free, in April, May, and June. 

Society of Arts, Adelphi.—Daily, from 10 till 4, except Wednesday, 6d; or 
by member’s order. 

Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, Charing Cross.—Daily, from 10 
to dusk; Is. April, May, June, and July. 

Thames Tunnel, Wapping and Rotherhithe.—Open day and night; toll Id. 

Tower of London. —Daily, 10 to 4 ; armouries, 6d.; jewel office, 6d. 

Tussaud’s (Madame) Exhibition, Baker Street.—Daily, from 11 to 4, and 7 to 
10; Large Room, Is.; Room of Horrors, 6d. 

United Service Museum, Scotland Yard.—Daily, April to September, 11 to 
5 ; October to March, 11 to 4; by member’s order. 

Water Colour Drawings, Pall Mall East.—Daily, from 10 to dusk ; Is. 
May, June, and July. 

West India Docks, Isle of Dogs, Blackwall; free. 



























Westminster Abbey, Abingdon Street.—Daily, from 9 till dusk; Gd. 
Westminster Hall, New Palace Yard.—Daily, from 9 till dusk. 

Windsor Castle. —The State Apartments, to visitors, without fee; daily, 
except Saturday, from 10 to 4; tickets of admission to be obtained, gratis. 
Woolwich Arsenal and Dock Yard. —Daily, from 9 to 11, and 1 to 4; 
free. 

Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park.—From 10 to dusk ; Monday Gd.; every 
other day, Is.; no tickets required. 

Zoological Museum, Leicester Square.—Daily; Is. 


METROPOLITAN OMNIBUS ROUTES AND FARES. 

Beyond any of the places named, the f ull fare is charged. 


Acton to and from the “Blue Posts,” Holborn, andBank, Gd. 

Barnsbury Park, Islington, to Kennington Gate, Gd.; to the Post 
Office, 3d; thence by Blackfriars Bridge to Kennington, 3d.,and viceversd. 

Bayswater, Wotting Hill, & Shepherd's Bush to Whitechapel 
and London Bridge Railway Station, Gd.; from Shepherd’s Bush to Notting 
Hill Gate, 3d.; from Notting Hill to Circus, Oxford Street, 3d.; from 
Edgeware Road by Regent Street to Charing Cross, 3d.; from the Circus, 
Oxford Street, by the Strand, Fleet Street, and Bank, to Whitechapel and 
London Bridge Railway Station, 3d. 

Black wall to Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, 6d.; to the Bank by Poplar, 
Stepney, and Commercial Road, 4d.; thence by Fleet Street and the 
Strand to Sloane Street, 3d. 

Bow and Stratford to or from the Circus, Piccadilly, 6d.; to White¬ 
chapel by Mile End, 3d.; Bank, 4d.; thence by Fleet Street and the 
Strand to Piccadilly, 3d. 

Brentford and Isleworth to St. Paul’s and the Bank, Is. (Sundays, 
Is. 6d.); to Hammersmith, 6d.; from Hammersmith by Kensington, Picca¬ 
dilly, Strand, Fleet Street, to St. Paul’s and the Bank, 6d.; from Charing 
Cross to the Bank, 3d. 

Brixton Hill^ by London Bridge to Gracecliurch Street, City, 9d.; from 
the Church, Gd.; by Blackfriars Bridge to Fleet Street, 9d. and 6cL; by 
Westminster Bridge to the “Green Man,” Oxford Street, 9d and Gd. 

Camberwell and Peckham by London Bridge to Gracecliurch Street, 
City, 6d.; by Blackfriars Bridge to Fleet Street, 6d.; by Westminster 
Bridge to Charing Cross, 6d.; from Fleet Street and Gracecliurch Street 
by Walworth Road to Camberwell Green, 4d. 

Camden Town, “Mother Red Cap,” by Tottenham Court Road and 
Seven Dials to Hungerford Market, Strand, 3d., 2d. outside. (See Hamp¬ 
stead and Highgate.) 

Cliclsca, Battersea Bridge, to Hoxton, Gd., and Bethnal Green, 6d.; by 
King’s Road, Sloane Street, and Piccadilly to Charing Cross, 3d.; thence 
by the Strand, Fleet Street, Bank, Cornhill, and Bishopsgate to Bethnal 
Green, 3d.; and from Charing Cross, do. do., and Finsbury Square to 
Hoxton, 3d. 

-—, Sloane Square, to Islington, Gd.; by Piccadilly and Regent Street 

to the Circus, Oxford Street, 3d.; thence by Portland Street, New Road, 
King’s Cross and Pentonville to Islington, 3d. 

Clapham and StockweXl by London Bridge to Gracechurch Street, 
Gd.; by Blackfriars Bridge to Fleet Street, Gd.; and by Westminster 
Bridge to Charing Cross and Oxford Street Circus, 6d. 

Deptford and Rotlierliitlie to Gracechurch Street, City, Gd. ; to Ber¬ 
mondsey, 3d.; thence, 3d. 




















Edmonton and Stamford Hill to the “ Flower Pot,” Bishopsgate, 
Is. and 6d.; from Bishopsgate to Kingsland Gate, 3d. 

Greenwich and Deptford to Gracechurch Street, City, 6d.; from the 
City to the “Nelson,” Old Kent Road, 3d.; New Cross 4d.; after 10 p.m. 
to the “Nelson,” 6d., Greenwich, Is.; Charing Cross to Greenwich, 9d.; 
after 10 p.m., Is. 

Hackney and Clapton to the Circus, Piccadilly, 6d.; hy the Strand to 
Bank, 3d.; thence to the Hackney Road, 3d.; thence to Clapton, 3d. 

Hammersmith and Kensington to the Bank, 6d.; hy Fleet Street 
to the Circus, Piccadilly, 3d.; from Charing Cross to Palace Gate, Ken¬ 
sington, 3d.; thence to Hammersmith, 3d. 

Hampstead and Highgate to Whitchapel, Gd. ; Highgate Hill to 
“ Britannia,” Camden Town, 3d.; thence to Holborn Bars, 3d.; Highgate 
to New Oxford Sheet, 4d.; “ Assembly House,” Kentish Town to New 
Oxford Street, 3d.; Kentish Town to Holborn Bars, 4d., “ Railway 
Tavern,” Hampstead Road, to New Oxford Street, 3d. ; thence to White¬ 
chapel, 3d.; Tottenham Court Road to Whitechapel, 4d. 

Holloway and Hornsey to the Bank, Gd.; Ditto to Houses of Parlia¬ 
ment, Gd.; from Bank by City Road to “ Angel,” Islington, 3d.; to High¬ 
bury Place, 4d.; thence, 3d.; Houses of Parliament, by the Strand, 
Chancery Lane, Gray’s Inn Lane, &c. to “ Angel,” Islington, 3d.; also by 
Post Office. 

Islington to the Old Kent Road, 6d.; by City Road to the Bank, 3d.; 
thence, 3d. 

Kennington Gate to King’s Cross and Birmingham Railway, Gd.; by 
Blackfriars Bridge to Chancery Lane, 3d,; thence by Gray’s Inn Lane, 3d. 

Kensall Green to Harrow Rd. and Edgeware Rd. to Circus, Oxford St., 6d. 

Kew Bridge and Turnham Green to Bank, 9d. (See Hammersmith.) 

Kilburn, by Oxford Street and Holborn to Bank, 6d. (See Paddington.) 

Kingsland and Dalston to Piccadilly, Gd.; from the West End by the 
Strand and Fleet Street to the Bank, 3d.; from Bishopsgate Street to 
Kingsland Gate, 3d. 

Newington, “Elephant and Castle,” to the City, 3d.; Fleet Street, 3d.; 
Charing Cross, 3d. 

Norwood and Dulwich to Gracechurch Street, to Fleet Street, and to 
Charing Cross, Is. and 9d. (See Camberwell.) 

Old Kent Road to Hoxton, Gd.; to Gracechurch Street, 3d.; thence, 3d. 

Paddington by Oxford Street, Regent Street, to Hungerford .Market, 
Strand, 3d. 

-to Blackwall Railway Station, Gd.; by the New Road to 

Tottenham Court Road, 3d.; from Portland Road to Islington, 3d.; thence 
by the City Road, 3d. 

-- to the Bank, Gd.; to New Oxford Street, 3d.; thence by 

Holborn, 3d. 

Peckham New Town to Gracechurch Street, Gd. (See Greenwich.) 

Pimlico, through Westminster to the Bank, 3d.; Ditto, by Grosvenor 
Place, Piccadilly and Strand to ditto, 3d. 

Putney ( Fulham and Brompton to London Bridge Railway, Gd.; 
from the Station to Charing Cross, 3d.; thence to Brompton Cemetery, 3d.; 
thence, 3d. 

Regent’s Park, “ York and Albany,” Camden Town to Camberwell 
Gate, Gd.; and to the Old Kent Road, 6d. ; from Camden Town by Albany 
Street, Portland Road, and Regent Street to Waterloo Bridge, 3d.; from 
Charing Cross to Camberwell Gate or Old Kent Road, 3d.; from Camber¬ 
well Gate or Old Kent Road by Waterloo Bridge to Charing Cross, 3d.; 
from the Bridge to Camden Town, 3d. 

Richmond and Twickenham to St. Pauls and Bank, Is. and Is. 6d.; 
on Sundays. 6d. extra; by Barnes, Mortlake and East Shene, over Ham¬ 
mersmith Bridge, and by Turnham Green and Kew, over Kew Bridge, to 
I or from Hammersmith, 6d. and Is. 



































Shoreditch, to Cornhill, 2d.; Newington, “ Elephant and Castle,” 3d. 

Streatham to Gracechurch Street, Is.; to Charing Cross, Is. (SeeBrixton.) 

Stoke Xtfewington to “Flower Pot,” Bishopsgate Street, 6d. 

St. John’s Wood, “Eyre Arms” to Camberwell Gate and Old Kent 
Road, 6d.; to Charing Cross by Balter Street, Oxford Street, and Regent 
Street, 3d.; thence by Westminster Bridge, 3d. 

Vauxhall and Wandsworth to Gracechurch Street, to Fleet Street, 
and to Charing Cross, 9d. and 6d.; from Gracechurch Street to Kenning- 
ton Cross, 3d. 

Westminster and Thames Bank by Charing Cross to the Bank, 3d. 


Omnibuses from all the Railway Stations to most parts of the metropolis, 
fare 6d., allowing 561bs of luggage; short distances, fare 3d., without 

luggage. - 

Duty ox Omnibus Horses. —To wear out their own insides by dragging 
an unlimited number of outsides, and die, like Macbeth, “with harness on 
their backs.” 


CABRIOLET FARES. 


By Distance .—For every carriage drawn by one horse, within five miles 
of the General Post Office, not exceeding one mile, 8d., and 4d. for every 
additional half or fractional part of a mile. 

By Time .—Not exceeding half an hour, 8d., and 4d. for every additional 
quarter or fractional part of an hour. 

Carriages drawn by two horses, one-third more than the above fares. 

Any driver refusing to go with any person for the legal fare allowed by 
act of parliament, or shall refuse to drive with all reasonable and proper 
expedition, or shall exact or demand more than the proper sum, shall forfeit 
forty shillings. 

No agreement made with the driver for the payment of more than his 
proper fare shall be binding on the person making the same ; but that any 
such person may, notwithstanding any such agreement, refuse, on discharg¬ 
ing such cabriolet or hackney carriage, the payment of any sum beyond 
the proper fare. 

Property left in Cabriolets or hackney carriages to be deposited by the 
driver, within four days, at the Stamp Office. Penalty £20. Property not 
claimed within a year to be delivered up to the driver, if applied for. 


RAILWAY STATIONS. 


Bricklayers’ Arms, Old Kent Road.—Same as London Bridge. 

Euston Square, New Road.—Birmingham or North Western. 

Fenchurch Street, City.—Blackwall. 

London Bridge, Surrey Side.—Brighton, Croydon, Dover (South-eastern), 
Greenwich, and North Kent. 

Paddington. —Great Western. 

Shoreditch. —Eastern Counties. 

Waterloo Road. —Southampton (South-western), Richmond and Windsor. 


The best adhesive label you can use for luggage in railway travelling, is 
to stick to it yourself. 

Railway Time. —Depends on the particular line. To ascertain it on the 
South-eastern, or North Kent, you must go to every station and wait till a 
train comes. 




























RIVER STEAMERS, 

DURING THE SEASON. 


Citizen Boats ran from London Bridge (City side), from 9 a.m. till dusk, 
every ten minutes, calling at Blackfriars, Temple, Adelplii, Westminster, 
Vauxhall Bridge, Nine Elms, Chelsea, Fare, to Vauxhall Bridge, 2d; to 
Chelsea, 3d. 

Waterman Boats from Westminster Bridge (City side), from 9 a.m. till 
dusk, every half hour, calling at Adelplii, Temple, Blackfriars, Paul's 
Wharf, London Bridge; continuing on to Woolwich, calling at the Tunnel, 
Limehouse, Rotherhithe, Greenwich, and Blackwall. Fare, 4d.; West¬ 
minster to Woolwich, (id. 

Iron Steam-Boat Company’s Boats from London Bridge (City 
side), every ten minutes, from 9 a.m. till dusk, calling at Blackfriars, 
Temple, Waterloo, Hungerford, Westminster, Lambeth, Nine Elms, 
Chelsea, Fare, to Vauxhall, 2d.; to Chelsea, 3d. 

Ant, Bee, Echo, Iron Boats, from London Bridge to Hungerford 
Bridge, from 9 a.m. till dusk, every five minutes, to Hungerford. Fare, |d. 
Boats from London Bridge, from 9 a.m. till dusk, every five minutes, 
calling at Hungerford, Westminster, (Surrey side). Fare, Id. 
Greenwich and Woolwich. Boats, from London Bridge every hour, 
from half-past 8 a.m. till dusk. Fare, 4d. 

London to Gravesend. —The Diamond Company’s Boats from Lon¬ 
don Bridge Wharf, daily, at 10 and 11 a.m.; 2 and 5 p.m. Sundaj r s, 9, 10, 
and 11 a.m.; and 6 p.m. Fares, saloon, Is. 4d.; fore cabin. Is. 
Gravesend to Bondon —(Diamond Packets). From the Town Pier, 
daily at 7 45 a.m.; 2, 3 30, 4 30, 5 30, and 6 p.m. Sundays, 7 45 a.m.; 

3 30, 4 30, 5 30, 0, and 7 p.m. Fares, saloon, Is. 4d.; fore cabin, Is. 
London to Gravesend, via, Blackwall—Per Rail and Star and Black- 

wall Company’s Steamers, daily, at 9, 10, 11, and 12 a.m.; 1 15, 2 15, 4 30, 
5 15, 5 45, and 6 45 p.m. Sundays, 9, 10, and 11 a.m.; 1 15, 2 15, 3 15. 

4 45, 5 45, and 6 45 p.m. Fares, 1st class and saloon. Is. Gd.; 2nd class 
and fore cabin, Is. 

Gravesend to London, via Blackwall—Per Rail and Star and Black¬ 
wall Company’s Steamers, daily, at 7, 8, 8 30, 9 30, and 11 30 a.m.; 1, 3, 
4, 5, 6, and 7 p.m. Sundays, 8 30 and 11 30 a.m.; 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 p.m. 
Fares as above. 

London to Gravesend—(Sons of the Thames) from Hungerford at 

9 a.m.; London Bridge, half-past 9. 

London to Bftargate and Herne Bay —From London Bridge 
Wharf, Herne, or City of Canterbury, daily, at 11 a.m. except Sunday, 
then at 8 a.m. An extra packet on Saturdays at 2 p.m. Fares, saloon, 6s.; 
fore cabin, 5s.; to Herne Bay, 6s. and 7s. The Prince of Wales or Royal 
William, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 10 a.m., calling at 
Blackwall at 20 minutes to 11. Saloon, 6s.; fore cabin, 5s. 
r.darg’ato to London —Herne, or City of Canterbury, daily, at 11, 
except Sunday, then at 3 p.m., calling at Herne Bay—week days at 11 45, 
and Sundays at 3 45. Fares, saloon, 6s.; fore cabin, 5s. Thanet and 
Eclipse, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 10 a.m. Saloon, 7s.; 
fore cabin, 6s. An extra boat on Monday mornings at 6 30. Prince of 
Wales and Royal William, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 

10 a.nf. 

London to Beal and Lover —The*Herne or Father Thames, from 
London Bridge Wharf, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 10 a.m., and 
Saturdays, at 11 a.in. Fares, saloon, 7s.; fore cabin, 6s. 

Herne Bay to London —Daily, at 11 45 ; and Sunday, at 3 45. 
Southend and Sheerness — Every morning at 9 from London 
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i DUTIES on CARRIAGES with 
4 Wheels or more. 


No. 

AT PEE 

CAKEIAGE. 

No. 

AT PER 

CARRIAGE. 

1 

£ s. d. 

6 0 0 

5 

£ s. d. 

7 17 6 

2 

6 10 0 

6 

8 4 0 

3 

7 0 0 

7 

8 10 0 

4 

7 10 0 

8 

8 16 0 


And so on at the same rate for any 
number of such carriages. 

For every additional body used on 
the same carriage is to be charged 
£3 3s. EACH. 

Carriages with 4 wheels, each of 
less diameter than 30 inches, 
when the same shall be drawn 
by a pony or ponies, mule or 
mules, exceeding 12 hands, 
but neither of them exceed¬ 
ing 13 hands in height.£3 5 

Carriages with 4 wheels, never 
drawn by more than one horse, 

kept for private use . 4 10 

Carriages with less than four 

wheels . 3 5 

Ditto drawn by two horses or 
mules . 4 10 


DUTIES ON DOGS. 

For every greyhound.£1 0 

For every dog where two or more 
are kept, of whatever denomi¬ 
nation (except greyhounds).. 0 14 
In every case where one dog only 
is kept, such dog not being a 
greyhound, hound, pointer, 
setting dog, spaniel, lurcher, 

or terrier .0 8 

Persons compounding for their 
hounds are charged £36. 


TABLE OF STAMPS. 
BILLS & PROMISSORY NOTES 


Not exceeding two months 
after date, or sixty days 
after sight, s. d. 

For £2 & not above £5 5s. 1 0 


Jove £5 5s. . 

..20. 

. 1 

6 

2 

0 

20. 

...30. 

. 2 

0 

2 

6 

30. 


2 

1) 

3 

6 

50. 

..100. 

. 3 

6 

4 

6 

100. 

..200. 

. 4 

6 

5 

0 

200. 

..300. 

. 5 

0 

6 

0 

300. 


. 6 

0 

8 

6 

500. 

.1000. 

. 8 

6 

12 

6 

1000. 

.2000. 

.12 

6 

15 

0 

2000. 

.3000. 

.15 

025 

0 

3000. 


.25 

0,30 

0 


Longer 
period, 
s. d. 

1 6 


DUTIES on HORSES for Riding 
or Drawing Carriages. 


No. 

AT PER 

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No. 

AT PER 

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1 

£ s. d. 

1 8 9 

11 

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3 3 6 

2 

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12 

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3 

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13 

3 3 9 

4 

2 15 0 

14 

3 3 9 

5- 

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15 

3 3 9 

6 

2 18 0 

16 

3 3 9 

7 

2 19 9 

17 

3 4 0 

8 

2 19 9 

18 

3 4 6 

9 

3 0 9 

19 

3 5 0 

10 

3 3 6 

20 

3 6 0 


And so on at the same rate for any 
number of such horses. 

Race horses, each .£3 10 


FOREIGN BILLS. 

Drawn singly, same as inland bills. 
When in sets, then for every bill of 
ea. set not exceeding £100.. Is. 6<A 
Above £100 & not above 200.. 3 0 


200. 

.500.. 4 

0 

500. 

. 1000.. 5 

0 

1000. 

.2000.. 7 

(i 

2000. 

.3000..10 

<) 

3000. 

.15 

0 


RECEIPTS. 


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.... 0 

3 

10 


20 .... 

.... 0 

6 

20 


50 .... 

.... 1 

0 

50 


100 .... 

.... 1 

6 

100 


200 .. .. 

.... 2 

6 

200 


300 .... 

.... 4 

0 

300 


500 .... 


0 

500 


1000 .... 

.... 7 

6 

1000 

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.. ..10 

0 


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LONDON BANKERS. 


Agra and United Service Bank, 15, Old Jury Chambers 

Bank of Australasia, 8, Austin Friars 

Bank of Britisli North America, 7, St. Helen’s Place 

Bank of England, Threadneedle Street 

Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., 54, Lombard Street 

Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 50, Cornhill 

Barnett, Hoare, Hoare, and Bradshaw, 62, Lombard Street 

Biggerstaff, \V. and J. S., West Smithfield 

Bosanquet, Anderson, Franks, and Co., 73, Lombard Street 

Bouverie and Co., 11, Haymarket 

British Bank, 16, Tokenhouse Yard, Lothbury 

British Colonial Bank and Loan Company, 50, Moorgate Street 

Brown, Janson, and Co., 32, AbchurchLane 

Bult, Son, and Co., 85 and 86, Cheapside 

Call, Sir W. P., Bai’t., Martin, and Co., 25, Old Bond Street 

Child and Co., 1, Fleet Street 

Cocks, Biddulph, and Biddulpli, 43, Charing Cross 

Colonial Bank, 13, Bishopsgate Street Within 

Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury 

Coutts and Co., 59, Strand 

Cunliffe, Roger, 24, Bucklersbury 

Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co., 29, Lombard Street 

Curries and Co., 29, Cornhill 

Davies, R. and Co., 187, Shoreditch 

De Lisle, Janvrin, and Co., 16, Devonshire Square 

Denison, IleyAvood, and Co., 4, Lombard Street 

Dixon, Brooks, and Dixon, 25, Chancery Lane 

Drewett and Fowler, 4, Princes Street, Bank 

Drummond and Co., 49, Charing Cross 

Exchange Bank, A. Bauer and Co., 113, Leadenhall Street 

Feltham, John, and Co., 42, Lombard Street 

Fuller and Co., 66, Moorgate Street 

Glyn, Sir R. Carr, and Co., 67, Lombard Street 

Goslings and Sharpe, 19, Fleet Street 

Ffanburys, Taylor, and Lloyd, 60, Lombard Street 

ILankey and Co., 7, Fenchurch Street 

Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James’s Street 

Hill and Sons, 17, West Smitlmeld 

Hoare, Messrs., 37, Fleet Street 

Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent Street, Waterloo Place 

Ionian Bank, 6, Great Winchester Street 

Johnston, H. and J. and Co., 15, Bush Lane, Cannon Street 

Jones, Lloyd, and Co., 43, Lothbury 

London and County Joint Stock Banking Company, 21, Lombard Street 
London Joint Stock Bank, 5, Princes Street, Bank; 69, Pall Mall 
London and Westminster Bank, 41, Lothbury; St. James’s Square; 214, 
High Ilolborn ; Wellington Street, Borough; 87, High Street, White¬ 
chapel ; 4, Stratford Place, Oxford Street 
Lubbock, Sir J. W., Bart., and Co., 11, Mansion House Street 
Martin, Stones, and Martins, 68, Lombard Street 
Masterman, Peters, and Co., 55, Nicholas Lane 
National Bank of Ireland, 13, Old Broad Street 
National Provincial Bank of England, 112, Bishopsgate Street 
National Security Bank, 29, Gracechurch Street 
North Western Bank of India, 19, King’s Arms Yard, Moorgate Street 
































Pocklington and Lacey, 60, West Smithfield 

Praed, Fane, Praed, Johnstone, and Co., 189, Fleet Street 

Prescott, Grote, and Co., 62, Threadneedle Street. 

Pi'ice, Sir C., Bart., and Co., 3, King William Street 

Provincial Bank of Ireland, 42, Old Broad Street 

Puget, Bainbridge, and Co., St. Paul’s Churchyard 

Ransom and Co . 1, Pall Mall, East 

Robarts, Curtis, and Co., 15, Lombard Street 

Rogers, 01 ding and Co., 29, Clement’s Lane 

Sapte, Banbury, Muspratt, and Co., 77, Lombard Street 

Scott, Sir Samuel, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish Square 

Shank, J., 76, West Smithfield 

Smith, Payne, and Smith, 1, Lombard Street 

South Australian Banking Company, 54, Old Broad Street 

Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., 27, Gracechurch Street. 

Stevenson, Salt, and Sons, 20, Lombard Street . 

Stride, J. and W. S., 41, West Smithfield 
Strahan, Paul, Paul, and Bates, 217, Strand 
Tisdall, T. G., 15, West Smithfield 
Twining, Richard, and Co., 215, Strand 
Union Bank of Australia, 38, Old Broad Street 

Union Bank of London, 2, Princes Street, Bank; Argyll Place; 4, Pall Mall, 
East 

Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, and Co., 20, Birchin Lane 
Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard Street 


TAVERN MEASURE. 


2 Sips. 

2 Glasses . 

make . 


1 Pint .... makes_ 

2 Bottles . 

1 quart Bottle 
One Drunk 

2 Goes .... 


. 1 Gill 

2 Larks .... 1 Riot 



N.B.—A cell is 

equivalent to 5s. 


2 Drams .. 
4 Goes ... 

For 
. make.. 

OFFICE CLERKS, as follows 

.. 1 Go {2 Headaches. 

1 Headache 1 3 Lectures . 



MEASURE OF DISTANCES. 

8 Furlongs . 1 English Mile 

4 Furlongs . 1 Cabriolet Mile 



























































OR, 


XjKS SOURCES DU PLAISIR. 


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