[33] Sir Richard Mayne, then chief of the Metropolitan Police.
[34] It was recently announced that at one of the meetings of the Society Mr. Carr would read a paper on “Such Harmony is in Immortal Soules;” considering the stormy history of the Society, this announcement appeared so grotesque that even the grim and austere Daily News burst into satirical verse to celebrate the event:—
“The new Shakespeare Society
“(From violence of language free,
“And full of friends who all agree)
“In grave debate will meet!”
[35] This was a skit on the late Prince Albert’s absurd design for a new head-gear for soldiers.
[36] Alluding to a well-known sonnet of the late Marquis:—
“O happy, happy, happy flea,
If I were you or you were me,