[95] Grand Stand built, 1800.
[96] Bridge built over Pandon Dean, 1811-12.
[97] Buildings in front of St Nicholas church pulled down, 1810-11.
[98] The improvement of the Moor proposed, 1811-12.
Some Years ago, while the band of musicians belonging to the Newcastle Armed Association were practising in one of the apartments of the Town’s Court, some person stole the Sheriff’s gown, which gave rise to the following verses:—
’Tis said that in the good old times
One Orpheus liv’d, a man of rhymes,
And famous on the lyre:
Whene’er the poet sung, the trees