[26] Flash, or fictitious, notes.
[27] Pass off, or change.
[28] Dark lanthorn.
[29] A crow-bar used by burglars.
[30] Burglary.
[31] Eliza Sydney. See First Series of “The Mysteries of London.”
[32] This was the case with the celebrated Watt, the improver of the steam-engine. He was driven from the city of London, at the commencement of his career, through his inability to pay the fine, then amounting to 40l. This fact remains on record to the immortal disgrace of the Corporation.
Transcriber’s Note:
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.