CHAPTER XXVI

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Steam carriages on roads -- Commission thereon -- Steam omnibus -- Railways -- A nuisance -- Railways started during the reign -- Opening of the Greenwich Railway 286

## CHAPTER XXVII .

Cases of wife selling -- Duelling -- Cases of -- O'Connell and D'Israeli -- Other duels 295

## CHAPTER XXVIII .

Smuggling -- Its prevalence -- Cases -- Great smuggling of silks, etc. -- More cases 311

## CHAPTER XXIX .

Legitimate trade -- The "truck" system -- Its downfall -- State of trade -- Newspaper stamps -- Steel pens -- Literature -- List of authors -- Painters -- Sculptors 321

## CHAPTER XXX .

Musicians -- Paganini -- His avarice -- Ole Bull -- Curious musical instruments -- Jim Crow -- The opera and its singers -- The ballet -- Actors, etc. -- Madame Vestris's leg 334

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