[New Parliamentary Masons.]—In the foreground COL. SIBTHORP, SIR R. PEEL, and MR. O’CONNELL. At the back SIR JAMES GRAHAM, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, and LORD STANLEY.
[“Rob Me the Exchequer, Hal.”]—A person of the name of SMITH forged a great amount of Exchequer Bills at this time.
[The Fire at the Tower] on October 31, 1841. Immense damage was done to the building, and a great quantity of arms were destroyed. (See Annual Register.)
[Sir Robert Macaire.]—Robert Macaire was a French felonious drama made famous by the admirable acting of LEMAITRE, and, from some supposed allusion to LOUIS PHILIPPE, MACAIRE’S friend and scapegoat always appears with a large umbrella.
[The O’Connell Papers.]—D. O’CONNELL was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1841.
[Harmer Virumque Cano.]—ALDERMAN HARMER, Proprietor of the Weekly Dispatch, and for that and other reasons, was not elected Lord Mayor.
[Cutting at the Root of the Evil.]—MR. HOBLER was for many years Principal Clerk to the Magistrates at the Mansion House.
[Olivia’s (Lord Brougham’s) Return to her Friends.]—LORDS RUSSELL, MELBOURNE, MORPETH, D. O’CONNELL, CORDEN, and LABOUCHERE.
[A Barrow Knight.]—SIR VINCENT COTTON was a well-known four-in-hand whip, and for some little time drove a coach to Brighton. SIR WYNDHAM ANSTRUTHER (WHEEL OF FORTUNE) was another four-in-hand celebrity.
[Seeing Nothing.]—DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY.