The first stone was laid by the Earl of Liverpool, November 7, 1825, and the bridge was opened in due form by her royal highness the Duchess of Clarence, on July 17, 1828.

"If he thought that I myself was a suitable wife for his serene highness, what had my great-grandmother to do with it?

We apprehend his imperial highness, the heir to the crown, to have some tendency toward the high heels; at least we can plainly discover one of his heels higher than the other, which gives him a hobble in his gait.

"Gentlemen, you are in error about the picture and the Duke; they are as they now appear;the one, an excellent copy, purchased as an original, no uncommon mistake; the other, a genuine highness.

"His regal highness will receive you after breakfast.

I stay at home, and know nothing about it, but my brother does; so pardon me, your most mighty highness.

"'I am at a loss, your Majesty, I humbly confess, to understand how your immortal Highness can be at one and the same time the blessed Apostle St. Paul and the Shah of Persia,' "'Because you are such a damned fool!' replied His Highness.

The royal nurse said to herself, and privately told his little royal highness's chief bottle-washer that she "never see a infant as took notice so, and sneezed as intelligent."