. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. Office, crying, Liberty or death ! The soldier presented his musket, and said, Hands off, you fellows I I know nothing about liberty ; but if you come a step farther, Ill show you what I death is ! It is to be hoped that the brave fellow I was rewarded for his pluck and his wit too. 390 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Whitehall. The general appearance of Downing Street as itwas in the reign of George IV. or William IV. isthus hit off by Theodore Hook : There is a fasci-nation in that little ail de sac; an hours inhalationof it
. Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places. Office, crying, Liberty or death ! The soldier presented his musket, and said, Hands off, you fellows I I know nothing about liberty ; but if you come a step farther, Ill show you what I death is ! It is to be hoped that the brave fellow I was rewarded for his pluck and his wit too. 390 OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Whitehall. The general appearance of Downing Street as itwas in the reign of George IV. or William IV. isthus hit off by Theodore Hook : There is a fasci-nation in that little ail de sac; an hours inhalationof its atmosphere affects some men with giddiness,others with blindness, and very frequently with themost oblivious boastfulness. And possibly those State papers. At the offices of the Secretaries ofState, when loaded with parcels of this description,he would throw open every chamber without cere-mony ; the Treasury and Exchequer doors couldnot oppose him, and even the study of archbishopshas often been invaded by this important mes-senger of the press. His antiquated and greasy. THE NEW FOREIGN OFFICE. who know anything of public life and politics willconfess that the wit was not far from the mark. Between The Kings Printing-office at West-minster and the various offices of State which centrein Downing Street, for ntany years there used dailyto trudge a messenger or errand-carrier named JohnSmith, who was a favourite with several Premiersin succession, from Sir Robert Walpole down toWilliam Pitt. What others accounted humblework became in his hands most important; andthe Kings Messenger, as he styled himself,yielded to none of his Majestys ministers in hisidea of the dignity of his office, when entrustedwith addresses, bills, royal speeches, and other garb corresponded with his wizard-like shape, andhis immense cocked hat was continually in motion,to assist him in the bows of the old school. Therecognition and nods of great men were his especialdelight; but he imagined that this co
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