shington if he was a relative of Dr.
Lushington, {10} and received a reply in the affirmative.

Capt. Reynolds said, if his language had been offensive towards the
bench, he was sorry for having used it.

Mr. Chambers said, personally, he was indifferent to the language
used to him.

The parties having left the box, Mr. Young told Mr. Chambers that he
had no wish to press the case further. He wished an arrangement
could be made, so that the bench could decide the matter summarily.

The defendants were acquainted with this very handsome conduct on the
part of the complainant, and, after some discussion, Capt. Reynolds
and Mr. Lushington agreed to pay 5 pounds each to a charity.

Lord Harley was fined 5/- for being intoxicated.

When Mr. Chambers was inflicting the latter fine, he said to Lord
Harley that he hoped he would exert his influence, if he had any,
with some members of the Legislature, to get the fine for drunkenness
increased to 1 pound where the party was a gentleman.

The defendants paid the fines, and went away.

CHAPTER II.

Thames Tunnel flooded--First mention of the Nelson
column--Moustaches--Sale of the King's stud--Marriage by
Registrar--Commencement of New Houses of Parliament--Lunatics and the
Queen--The Queen's visit to the Guildhall--Lord Beaconsfield's maiden
speech.

Nowadays very little is thought of making a tunnel under the Thames, but
the first one, designed and carried out by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, was
regarded, and rightly so, as a most wonderful feat of engineering. One
was proposed in 1799, and a shaft was sunk in 1804, but the work went no
further. The one now spoken of was approved by Act of Parliament 24
June, 1824, and the shaft was begun and the first brick laid on 2 March,
1825. It suffered several times from irruptions of water; one, on 18
May, 1827; another, in which six lives were lost, on 12 Jan. 1828. In
1837 there were two irruptions, the first taking place on 23 August, and
it is thus described by one of Brunel's assistants: "We were at work
about two o'clock on Wednesday, when we found the water coming in faster
than usual. At first, we observed a quantity of loose sand falling near
the gallery, which changed to thin, muddy drops. This convinced us that
the _stratum_ in which the men were working was bad, loose soil. The
increase of water made it necessary to withdraw the men, wh