To "fined five bob" for being grogged.
15. The Ladies at the Palace, hearing that at the expected birth Royal salutes were to be given, petitioned the Prince that they might not be overlooked in the arrangement.
24. A tidey overflow of the Thames.
The river o'erflow'd—to the grief of good fellers,
The tide soon invaded the publicans' cellars;
The buyers ne'er found that it injured their store,
For surely the gin was all water before.
30. Affair of the Caroline—M'Leod's acquittal.
It would have been almost beyond a joke
For such a cloud to end in aught but smoke;