Chronicles of fashion : from the time of Elizabeth to the early part of the nineteenth century, in manners, amusements, banquets, costume, etc. . union with Miss Pelham, the niece of theDuke of Newcastle and dausrhter of the resided in Piccadilly, where he died in 1810, atthe advanced age of 85 ; his bed being covered withbillets doUcV, which he had not the power to open. Under the name of Old Q, he was a never-failing subject for the unruly j^ens of newspapersatirists and scribblers. One satire written on hissupposed death, six years before that event reallytook place, records the
Chronicles of fashion : from the time of Elizabeth to the early part of the nineteenth century, in manners, amusements, banquets, costume, etc. . union with Miss Pelham, the niece of theDuke of Newcastle and dausrhter of the resided in Piccadilly, where he died in 1810, atthe advanced age of 85 ; his bed being covered withbillets doUcV, which he had not the power to open. Under the name of Old Q, he was a never-failing subject for the unruly j^ens of newspapersatirists and scribblers. One satire written on hissupposed death, six years before that event reallytook place, records the dirge of the Newmarketboys on the occasion. And what is all this grand to do,That runs each street and alley thro,Tis the departure of old Q, The Star of Piccadilly. The jockey boys, Newmarkets crew, Who know a little thing or two, Cry out— He s done ! We ve done old Q I The Star of Piccadilly ! George the Fourth was greatly attached to theTurf, and an excellent judge of horses. He with-drew from Newmarket in 1791 in consequence ofoffence he received there, but did not, therefore,discontinue his patronage to provincial races. His ® c ^. FROM ZTCHI1T& BY CrlLLRAV ty HicKard AMUSEMENTS. 259 favourite, the Earl of Clermont, the late Earls ofEgremoiit, and Fitzwilliam, the Duke of Leeds,Sir Charles Bunbury, &c., have all been cele-brated patrons of the Turf. From a long list of its present supporters givenby Mr. Whyte in his history of the British Turf,we quote the following names :— Duke of Grafton. Earl of Jersey. Duke of Portland. Earl of Chesterfield. Duke of Rutland. Earl of Burlington. Duke of Cleveland. Earl of Wilton. Duke of Richmond. Earl of Albemarle. Marquis of Exeter. Lord George Bentinck. Marquis of Westminster. Sir Gilbert Heathcote. Marquis of Conyngham. Sir T. M. Stanley, &c. &c.*Marquis of Sligo. But it will interest the majority of our readersmore to leara of the exploits of a lady jockey—ifindeed the terms are not incom
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