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Montem j youth mounting the omnibuses, and in the most pleasant way imagi-
aged the j nable seizing the purses, pocket-handkerchiefs, pins, seals, and
i various watches of the passengers, who were, of course, highly delighted at
Schools the robbery being practised upon them. Master Spriggins, of the
on their Seventh Dial, was remarkable not less for the elegance of his fancy
jorn Hill, costume than the boldness of his demands for "salt;" and being-
3 central j armed with real weapons, after the example set by Eton, the reality,
ed upon, of the scene was much enhanced, and the resemblance to highway
hat their robbery was more perfect and satisfactory.
rom the The police authorities had, in the handsomest manner, lent a
e English strong body of men to facilitate the arrangements made by the young
ept when : gentlemen for securing their plunder. The costumes were many of
expected I them exceedingly elegant. AmoBj; the most remarkable was that
of Master Shortshanks, of the fourth Dial, who was dressed after
men, &c, the celebrated statue—of a boy—over the school-house at Kensing-
>t. Giles's j ton. The dress consisted of a coatee, of the cut of the ancient order
ollect, by [ of jockies; a pair of leather breeches, of the time of George the
St. Giles's j Third ; a waistcoat of the middle ages—or, rather, a middle-aged
nguished waistcoat, with shoe-buckles of the time of Pym and the Puritans,
t partake Master Podge r wore a shirt, with hanging sleeves—that is to say,
the sleeves of his shirt were hanging in ribands about his arms, in
3 all who accordance with the style of Henri Quatre. He also had a coatee
ttraction. slightly slashed, with puffings of white calico lining protruding from
3 towards the aperture.
or Dials, I It will hardly be believed that some attempt was made in the
peculiar course of the Holborn Montem, to stigmatise the whole affair as a
' gross mixture of highway-robbery and mendicancy ; but its close
;ed their , resemblance to the affair at Eton, of course led to its being viewed,
cles that as it deserved to be, in the light of a youthful frolic. The plunder
ntributed at Eton was, as we are told, invested in the name of the Captain, to
a kind of finish his education ; the result of the Holborn collection will, it is
s humor- understood, be devoted to the defraying the costs incurred by any of
i to mean the Seven Dial boys going through the usual degrees, till they attain
the rising j to a fellowship in the Thieves' Fraternity.
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THE HOLBORN MO NT EM.
A
s
c
CO
O)
ffl
2
- o
o
o
demand foi —— ®
police ; but E
Constitutioi -
the Law vo — 00
to see—the EE ( .
In accorc 3- r™
who are b( — ^ ^ ^
5
ui — r-
sat down td — VJ
playful'robl E_ f ^
boys were j E
cadgers of t ~ ^ ^
in tbe fun t E
Tlie hill =" Q
have been — in V ©
a
0
At the app -
— CO
(D
06
3
cau-piaie ;
ously mad« = ^
that «ore 1 — Q
c
(0
>>
O
I
= E
— o
■
Montem j youth mounting the omnibuses, and in the most pleasant way imagi-
aged the j nable seizing the purses, pocket-handkerchiefs, pins, seals, and
i various watches of the passengers, who were, of course, highly delighted at
Schools the robbery being practised upon them. Master Spriggins, of the
on their Seventh Dial, was remarkable not less for the elegance of his fancy
jorn Hill, costume than the boldness of his demands for "salt;" and being-
3 central j armed with real weapons, after the example set by Eton, the reality,
ed upon, of the scene was much enhanced, and the resemblance to highway
hat their robbery was more perfect and satisfactory.
rom the The police authorities had, in the handsomest manner, lent a
e English strong body of men to facilitate the arrangements made by the young
ept when : gentlemen for securing their plunder. The costumes were many of
expected I them exceedingly elegant. AmoBj; the most remarkable was that
of Master Shortshanks, of the fourth Dial, who was dressed after
men, &c, the celebrated statue—of a boy—over the school-house at Kensing-
>t. Giles's j ton. The dress consisted of a coatee, of the cut of the ancient order
ollect, by [ of jockies; a pair of leather breeches, of the time of George the
St. Giles's j Third ; a waistcoat of the middle ages—or, rather, a middle-aged
nguished waistcoat, with shoe-buckles of the time of Pym and the Puritans,
t partake Master Podge r wore a shirt, with hanging sleeves—that is to say,
the sleeves of his shirt were hanging in ribands about his arms, in
3 all who accordance with the style of Henri Quatre. He also had a coatee
ttraction. slightly slashed, with puffings of white calico lining protruding from
3 towards the aperture.
or Dials, I It will hardly be believed that some attempt was made in the
peculiar course of the Holborn Montem, to stigmatise the whole affair as a
' gross mixture of highway-robbery and mendicancy ; but its close
;ed their , resemblance to the affair at Eton, of course led to its being viewed,
cles that as it deserved to be, in the light of a youthful frolic. The plunder
ntributed at Eton was, as we are told, invested in the name of the Captain, to
a kind of finish his education ; the result of the Holborn collection will, it is
s humor- understood, be devoted to the defraying the costs incurred by any of
i to mean the Seven Dial boys going through the usual degrees, till they attain
the rising j to a fellowship in the Thieves' Fraternity.