Dinner in Honour of "The Immortal Pitt"

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents IX
4. Leigh Hunt as Political Essayist 3
5. On the Separation of Russia from the British Interest 75
6. A Letter of Strong Advice to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on his Character and Connections 80
7. Deliverance Of Europe 86
8. France and England 92
9. Dinner in Honour of "The Immortal Pitt" 98
10. Proposed Monument to Locke 105
11. Continental Princes 110
12. On Certain Terms Magnanimously Applied to the French Ruler 114
13. Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge 119
14. Bonaparte, – His Present Aspect and Character 128
15. The Late Mr. Horne Tooke 134
16. The Manufacturers 142
17. To the Right Honourable Lord Ellenborough, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. One of his Majesty's Privy Council, &C. &C. 147
18. French Fashions 154
19. Christmas and other Old National Merry-Makings Considered 160
20. Distressed Seamen, and Distress of the Poor in General 182
21. On the Intellectual Inferiority of Parliament to the Demands of the Age 197
22. Cause of the Inferiority of Parliament to the Demands of the Present Age 209
23. Death and Character of the Queen 213
24. Crowding of Convicts in Prison-Ships 221
25. Mr. Cobbett, and What is Wanted in Parliament 228
26. The Late Queen of England, Her Funeral, &C. 236
27. On the Keeping of Twelfth-Night 248
28. Christmas Day 253
29. The Wishing Cap. No. III. Undue Inequalities in Society ... 258
30. The Wishing Cap. No. VII. Answer to A Singular Argument of The Tories ... 271
31. The Townsman. Nos. II, III, IV. A Ramble in Mary-Lebone 279
32. The Townsman. No. V. Newman Street – Mr. Irving – Mr. Stothard – Recollections of Mr. West and his House 297
33. The Townsman. No. XI (Et Seq.) A Walk to Chelsea 305
34. The Townsman. Street-Lights, Gas, and Illuminations 362
35. Explanation and Retrospection. – The Examiner Twenty Years Ago 369
36. Twelfth Night 382
37. Christmas Day Divided Between Two Worlds ... 391
38. The Occasional. Nos. XIII, XIV. Young Old Statesmen 398
39. Appendix: The Occasional. Leigh Hunt 409
40. Notes 413
41. Index 447