same metal on his
arm--otherwise unassumingly attired in a blue coat and white
trousers; and other bodies of tradesmen too numerous to mention, with
their appropriate emblems and banners.

[Picture: O'Connell's Cap]

"Next came a number of Repeal wardens, bearing wands, and occupying
respectable-looking coaches and carriages. After them drove the
committee of the political trades' unions; the members of it attired
in green sashes and scarves, and bearing wands with green flags in
their hands. Next in order were the various members of the
Corporation, aldermen, town councillors, and officers, dressed in
their robes of office and cocked hats, glittering with chains, and
furred from head to foot. The majority of these gentlemen were in
their own carriages, into each of which were packed as many of the
owner's friends as could find standing room, several private vehicles
being mixed up through the order of procession. Then came the
private carriages of the Lord Mayor, who was in full dress; and then,
preceded by a confused mass of wand bearers, the triumphal chariot
itself, surrounded by a mob so dense that it was with great
difficulty that the six splendid dappled greys could force the
cumbrous vehicle along, which, every instant, seemed to become a
second Car of Juggernaut, and crush some of its adorers. More
vehicles, a few horsemen, multitudes of hack cars and pedestrians, a
tail of old women and little boys, followed; and so the monster
procession, after winding its slow length along through the greater
part of Dublin, and causing a total cessation of business in the line
of its progress, terminated."

In February appeared, in London, at the Princess's Theatre, "General Tom
Thumb," the most popular of modern dwarfs--thanks to the advertising
qualities of his exhibitor, P. T. Barnum. The real name of this mite was
Charles S. Stratton, and he was said to have been born on 11 Jan., 1832,
but this, as with all data connected with him, must be accepted with
caution. It was said of him, that, at his birth, he weighed 9 lbs. 2
oz., somewhat more than the average weight of a newly born infant. At
about 5 months old, he weighed 15 lbs., and measured 25 inches in height;
since which time he never increased in stature; and, at the time of his
arrival in England, he weighed but 15 lbs. 2 oz. He had