[64] A song relating to the celebration (in London) of the Peace of 1815.
[65] This song was sung by W. H. Williams, in his entertainment of “Wine and Walnuts,” and by C. Taylor at Vauxhall.
[66] Gold was discovered in Australia in 1851.
[67] A hog is cant for a shilling.
[68] A quartern “tin” loaf.
[69] Executed June 14, 1856.
[70] A high-class gambling house in St. James’s Street.
[71] A dandy of the first water in the time of the Regency. His vanity was superlative. He essayed to play Romeo, creating nothing but roars of laughter in the house. In the scene where Romeo dies, the audience applauded him ironically; but he took it in earnest, and, getting up, bowed, and died again, first of all carefully dusting the stage.
[72] Cant term for leaving lodgings without paying.
[73] Red herrings.