1st.—The Queen landed at Edinburgh, the tide having risen before the
Provost was out of bed.
2nd.—A return presented to Parliament of the condition of the inmates of
Greenwich Hospital, when it was found that there were thirty-six
pensioners who had only the right leg left.
3rd.—Covent Garden Theatre was advertised to open, but Miss Adelaide
Kemble was too hoarse to sing; and though her father had so much at
stake in the theatre, it was found that his daughter had no voice at all
in it.
6th.—Mr. Carter bitten severely in the thumb by one of his lions. The
animal was recently purchased and not used to his master, who was trying
a few tricks merely to get his hand in.
12th.—An investigation into the Dover cropping case. The jailor, finding
he was not to cut the hair of the prisoners, cut his own stick, and
resigned his situation.
21st.—A calculation made, that the shelves of the King's Library at
Paris extend to twenty miles—a proof of what extraordinary lengths some
writers will go to.