n of the offence, which
opinion was subsequently justified. Such an occurrence, of course, was
considered fair material for the humourists of the day to exercise their
wit upon, and there are many allusions to it in the _Age_ and _Satirist_
of the period; but, as their remarks are not always conceived in the best
taste, they are better left in the obscurity in which they now dwell.
Perhaps, however, this little couplet from the _Satirist_ may be
excepted:

"Now he in chains and in the prison garb is
Mourning the crime that couples Jones with darbies." {151}

It was Jones's extraordinary powers of finding an entrance into the
Palace that caused Samuel Rogers to declare that he must be a descendant
of the illustrious In---i---go.

On the 15 Dec. the remains of the Emperor Napoleon, which had been
removed from St. Helena, were laid, with great pomp, into the tomb
prepared for them at the Invalides, Paris; and, contrary to all
expectation, there was no disturbance on the occasion.

CHAPTER XV.

Death of Scott, "the American Diver"--Prince Albert's ducking--Monster
cheese--"The Boy Jones"--"Tracts for the Times," Tract XC--Earl of
Cardigan flogs a soldier on Sunday--Dispute as to the discovery of
Electric Telegraph--Sale of Shakspere autograph--The Census--Astley's
burnt--Behaviour of "gentlemen."

The first bit of gossip of this year was the tragic death of Sam Scott,
"the American diver," who was born at Philadelphia, and, at an early age,
entered the American navy. His extraordinary courage and prowess as a
diver rendered him very popular, and, after quitting the naval service,
he travelled about the Union exhibiting. He, subsequently, visited
Canada, and made some tremendous leaps from the banks of the St.
Lawrence, and the lakes which intersect that country; but his _chef
d'oeuvre_ was leaping from a precipice below the Falls of Niagara, where,
according to his own statement, he jumped the amazing distance of 595
feet, into the water, which he accomplished without injury or
inconvenience!

He was performing in England in 1838, and came to London in the latter
part of 1840; and we now hear of him as issuing a "Challenge to the World
for 100 Guineas! Monday next, Jan. 11, 1841, and during the week, Samuel
Scott, the American diver, will run from Godfrey's White Lion, Drury
Lane, to Waterloo Bridge, and leap into the water, forty feet high from
the bridge, and return back within the hour, every