[15] A contiguous pack; but very inferior.
[16] Jack Goddard, the first whip; and the first of whips.
[17] The name which Jim bestowed on the “little pack,” because they could fly and work all day.
[18] An allusion to The Daily Telegraph (London), which had published a very sensational report of a fight between a man and a dog.
[19] The Rt. Hon. William Pitt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was second son of the famous Earl of Chatham who had advocated conciliatory measures in dealing with the American Colonies, a policy which was very distasteful to the King and Court. Whereas his son afterwards supported the views of the King in opposition to the majority in the House of Commons.
[20] The Poor Law Commissioners had refused to allow any charitable person to send in supplies of roast-beef and plum-pudding upon Christmas Day to the inmates of the Workhouses.
[21] Dr. E. V. Kenealy.
[22] Lord Mayor of London
[23] Commander of the royal troops against the Scots in the 1745 rebellion.
[24] Lord Coleridge.