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CHAPTER I.
Liverpool fifty years since. Goree warehouses. The docks. Extent of the town. Ships in dock. Ships for sea. Outward bound 1
CHAPTER II.
War. The old “Princess.” The Press-gangs—their unpopularity—Jack’s race for life 6
CHAPTER III.
Captain Colquitt. Convoys. Privateers. Dublin packets. The deserts of Cheshire 12
CHAPTER IV.
Volunteers. Captain Bolton. The Marquis of Londonderry. General Benson. General Fisher 18
CHAPTER V.
Prince William of Gloucester. The Prince of Wales. The Duke of Clarence. Scene at the Mayor’s dinner 23
CHAPTER VI.
Old stagers—Dr. Currie, John Foster, Dr. Brandreth, Sir William Barton, John Bridge Aspinall, John Bolton 29
CHAPTER VII.
Moses Benson. Fashionables. Military beaux. Major Brackenbury. Thomas Leyland. Pudsey Dawson 35
CHAPTER VIII.
Fletcher Raincock. James Clark. The Recorder non-suited. George Rowe. Jack Shaw. The old Corporation 41
CHAPTER IX.
Sir George Dunbar. Tom Dunbar. Thomas Wilson. Edward Houghton. Mr. Black’s white wig. Roger Leigh 47
CHAPTER X.
Joseph Leigh. Shakespeare Tom. William Harper. Bamber Gascoigne 54
CHAPTER XI.
Society. Sets. Roscoe—how appreciated. Anecdote. Dr. Shepherd 61
CHAPTER XII.
Sir Joseph Birch. Arthur Heywood. Tom Lowndes. Colonel Nicholson. Rushton. Captain Crowe. Night Action. Peter Tyrer 68
CHAPTER XIII.
William James. Silvester Richmond. Anecdotes. Joseph Daltera. Puns. Jokes. Sermon 76
CHAPTER XIV.
Practical Jokes and Jokers. Committee of Taste—their doings and misdoings. Quarrel with Mr. Staniforth—how settled. Their Chairman. Improvement of the present age 83
CHAPTER XV.
The old tower in Water-street. Committee of Taste again—more of their pranks. William Wallace Currie—his character and writings 90
CHAPTER XVI.
Sir John Gladstone—his character. Ottiwell Wood. Judge Littledale. General D’Aguilar. Devaynes, the conjurer 97
CHAPTER XVII.
Old watchmen—tricks played upon them. Pigtails. The last and very last of the pigtails. Hair powder. Barbers ruined. Marshall Blucher—preparing for the Battle of Leipsic 104
CHAPTER XVIII.
The old Corporation—their exclusive spirit—their doings. Management of public affairs. Anecdotes. Corporation dinners—county guests. Honest John Watkins, and his defeat at Waterloo 113
CHAPTER XIX.
The Clergy. Blair’s sermons. The Rev. Thomas Kidd. The Rev. Thomas Moss. Anecdotes. The Bottle and the Wood. Chat Moss 122
CHAPTER XX.
Rector Roughsedge. Anecdotes. The Bishop astonishing the Clergy. The Rector’s one joke. St. George’s Church. The Mayor’s Procession. Maternal discipline. After Church. Lord Street. The Athenæum steps 130
CHAPTER XXI.
Jonas. Mr. Pitt. The Duke. Archdeacon Brooks. The Rev. James Hamer. Dr. Hodgson—in Liverpool—in Oxford—his character, career, and brilliant talents 138
CHAPTER XXII.
An Election. Parties in the Town and Council. General Tarleton. Old Freemen. General Gascoigne. Bamber Gascoigne. Conscience 145
CHAPTER XXIII.
Shops. Danson. Shower bath. The Liverpool Hunt. Peter Carter and his gray horse. Abraham Lowe, the huntsman. Cheshire Squires. Sir Peter Warburton. Sir Harry Mainwaring 154
CHAPTER XXIV.
Old Coaches. Macadam. Coachmen. The Umpire. The Bang-up. Pleasures of travelling on the old roads. Hours kept by our grandfathers and grandmothers. Visiting. Sedan Chairs. Routs. Going out and going home 164
CHAPTER XXV.
Theatres—the managers—actors—singers. Elliston. Lord Nelson. George Bailey. Abolition of the Slave Trade. Liverpool ruined. Liverpool revived. Conclusion 172