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A Newgate turnkey would, no doubt, recognize many old acquaintances; in
the special hope of which, Bob Transit has faithfully delineated some
of the most conspicuous characters, as they appeared on that occasion,
lending their hearty assistance in the general scene of maddening
uproar. It was past five o'clock in the morning ere we quitted this den
of dreadful depravity, heartily tired out by the night's adventures,
yet solacing ourselves with the reflection that we had seen much and
suffered little either in respect to our purses or our persons.
VISIT TO WESTMINSTER HALL.
_Worthies thereof--Legal Sketches of the Long Robe--The
Maiden Brief--An awkward Recognition--Visit to Banco Regis--
Surrey Collegians giving a Lift to a Limb of the Late,
"Thus far shalt thou go and no farther"--Park Rangers--Visit
to the Life Academy--R--A--ys of Genius reflecting on the
true line of Beauty--Arrival of Bernard Black-mantle in
London--Reads his Play and Farce in the Green Rooms of the
two Theatres Royal, Drury Lane and Covent Garden--Sketches
of Theatrical Character--The City Ball at the Mansion House--
The Squeeze--Civic Characters--Return to Alma Mater--The
Wind-up--Term ends_.
~355~~A note from Dick Gradus invited Echo and myself to hear his
opening speech in Westminster Hall.
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