[28] Bedlam was then in Moorfields.
[29] A large wickerwork receptacle behind the mail-coach.
[30] Palmer invented the mail-coach, and supplied horses to the Post-Office.
[31] Lunardi made the first balloon ascent in England, Sept. 21, 1784.
[32] Birmingham halfpence, struck by Boulton and Watts at their works at Soho, Birmingham.
[33] Kew Bridge was opened to the public, September, 1789.
[34] Some idea of the duelling that went on in Ireland in the latter part of last century may be gathered from the following extract from Sir Jonah’s book (vol. ii, p. 3): ‘I think I may challenge any country in Europe to show such an assemblage of gallant judicial and official antagonists at fire and sword as is exhibited even in the following list:
The Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Earl Clare, fought the Master of the Rolls, Curran.
The Chief Justice, K.B. Lord Clonmell, fought Lord Tyrawley (a privy counsellor), Lord Llandaff, and two others.
The judge of the county of Dublin, Egan, fought the Master of the Rolls, Roger Barrett, and three others.