ry_ next, every person who,
within the Metropolitan Police District, shall use any Dog for the
purpose of drawing, or helping to draw any Cart, Carriage, Truck, or
Barrow, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Forty Shillings for
the first offence, and not more than Five Pounds for the Second, or any
following offence." This act was extended to all parts of the Kingdom by
the 17 and 18 Vict., c. 60.

On the 13th July the Corporation of the City of London gave a grand
banquet, at the Guildhall, to the foreign Princes, Ambassadors
extraordinary, and _Corps Diplomatique_, then in the metropolis, in
honour of the Queen's Coronation; and in order to completely divest the
occasion of anything like a political aspect, care was taken to invite,
besides the Ministers, an equal number of the _elite_ of both parties in
the State. The principal guests went in their state carriages, and the
streets were crowded with sightseers who especially welcomed the Duke of
Wellington and Marshal Soult. The arrangements and decorations in the
Hall were almost the same as those used for the Royal banquet in the
previous November, the tables and sideboards were ablaze with plate lent
by the various City Companies, and the General Bill of Fare was as
follows:

One hundred and twenty tureens of turtle soup, of five pints each; 17
dishes of fish, consisting of salmon, turbot, whitings, tench and eels;
40 haunches of venison; 80 dishes of fowls, capons and pullets; 40
cherry, gooseberry and currant tarts; 30 strawberry tarts; 40 dishes of
potatos; 60 dishes of French beans; 30 French pies; 30 pigeon pies; 30
hams; 30 tongues; 2 barons of beef; 37 Chantilly baskets; 30 dishes of
peas; 10 sirloins, ribs and rumps of beef; 45 dishes of shell fish; 30
ribs, chines and legs of lamb; 40 dishes of ducklings; 20 turkey poults;
80 jellies; 20 creams; 40 salads and cucumbers; 20 dishes of
cauliflowers. DESSERT.--Seventy-five pine apples of 2lbs each; 100
dishes of hothouse grapes; 20 melons; 30 dishes of cherries; 100 dishes
of strawberries; 40 dishes of currants and gooseberries; 120 cream and
water ices, various; 40 dishes of dried fruit; 35 ornamented Savoy cakes;
30 dishes of preserves, biscuits and olives.

Marshal Soult stopped for some time in England, and visited many of the
manufacturing towns.

CHAPTER VII.

Genesis of "The Charter" - L. & N. W. Railway opened to
Birmingham--Overland route to India--A bold smuggler--Bull
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