[Mrs. Lilly] was the nurse of the PRINCESS ROYAL.
[Mr. Moreton Dyer,] a stipendiary Magistrate, removed from the Commons on a charge of bribing electors.
[A Public Conveyance.]—THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD was then a man about town, and frequently before the public in connection with some extravagance.
[“The Black-Balled Of The United Service”] refers to proceedings connected with the EARL OF CARDIGAN. Exception had been taken to the introduction of black bottles at the mess-table at Brighton, and a duel was subsequently fought by LORD CARDIGAN and MR. HARVEY TUCKETT.
[An Ode.]—Kilpack’s Divan, now the American Bowling Alley, in King Street, Covent Garden, continues to be the resort of minor celebrities. As the club was a private one, we do not feel justified in more plainly indicating the members referred to as the “jocal nine.”
[Mrs. H.]—MRS. HONEY, a very charming actress.
[Court Circular.]—DEAF BURKE was a pugilist who occasionally exhibited himself as “the Grecian Statues,” and upon one occasion attempted a reading from SHAKSPEARE. As he was very ignorant, and could neither read nor write, the effect was extremely ridiculous, and helped to give the man a notoriety.
[The Harp,] a tavern near Drury Lane, was a favourite resort of the Elder KEAN, and in 1841 had a club-room divided into four wards: Gin Ward, Poverty Ward, Insanity Ward, and Suicide Ward, the walls of which were appropriately illustrated, and by no mean hand. The others named (with the exception of PADDY GREEN) were pugilists.
[An an-tea Anacreontic.]—RUNDEL was the head of a large Jeweller’s firm on Ludgate Hill.
[Monsieur Jullien] was the first successful promoter of cheap concerts in England. He was a clever conductor, and affected the mountebank. He was a very honourable man, and hastened his death by over-exertion to meet his liabilities. He died 1860.