24^th [FIGURE] I wrote A Letter to Br & Sister Hiram
Clark & agreed to attend a quarterly conference
on Sunday the 29^th I spent most of the day
at home writing In the Afternoon the man of
the house curse & swore & quarrelled badly with
his wife & children & much abused his wife with
Language that was disgraceful I spent most of
the day in writing in the evening in company
with Br & Sister Booth & Br Davis I visited the

BAZAAR BAKER ST. PORTMAN SQUARE
Biographical and Descriptive Sketches of the
Destinguished Characters which compose the
UNRIVALLED EXHIBITION
of MADAME TUSSAUD, AND SONS.
Madame Tassaud And Sons have the the
gratfication to possess the coronation robes of
George the Fourth and the Emperor Napoleons
a most extraordinary sight to be under one roof
with an endless variety of relics of evry descrip-
tion which would fatigue the reader to ennum-
erate

I have never in my travels seen any thing that
could begin to compare with the exhibition above
spoken of I purchased on entering a Book giving
a description of the contents of each room, the
cost of fitting up this exhibition must amounted
to Millions of Dollars, in this exhibtion could be
seen the exact appearance of the crowning of
the Queen of England & her courts at various
times & the Kings & Queens of England for centuries

& the Kings and Emperors of Europe, celebrated
Poets, oretors & Lords of the earth among which
stood General Washington in his dress of state
A Byron, Shakespeer, Voltair, Luther, Calven, Knox
Wesley & many others found among the groop
& what makes the scenery interesting is the
identical coronations robes with all their diamonds
stars pre[c]ious stones & costly array which they wore
in life are there. The sleeping beauty of France
with her jewels jems, necklace of brilliants around
her while her bosom heaves with breath while asleep
looks as natural as life Nepoleon under almost
evry circumstance of life is there represented the
Identical carriage with all its convenience for
sleeping, writindg, deposit for armour that he
rode in at the battle of watterloo is there & the
bed he died upon as [at] St Hellena, with his dressing
case gold snuff box, knives, pens, pencils, & all
small articles that he used about him their
is nothing fictitious but real except the
personages being of wax figures & their express
ion, countenances looking so much like life
& then some of them moving by clockwork
that wone would naturally suppose they were
living beings. The following is merly an extra
extrat of some of the characters & names that
are to be seen.

FIRST GROUP in honor of her ^{most glorious}^ Magesty &
the Duke of wellington

1^st Her Majesty Victoria dresed in a full court costume
2^nd Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg in a field marshal's uniform
3rd His Grace the Duke of wellington uniform of a brittish General
4^th Nicholas I Emperor of Russia. uniform {of the} R Guards
5 Archbishop of Canterbury in robes worn ownly at the coronation
6^th H. R. H. The Duchess of Kent in full coronation Robe
7^th Frederick William IV Present King of Prussia

8^th The Queen Dowager in a Court Dress
9^th Espartero, late regent of Spain uniform Spanish general
10^th Louis Philippe king of the French in the costumes
of the national worn by himself
11^th Comodore Napier As an Admiral.
12 Lord John Russel
13^th Mehemet Ali in a Turkish costume
14 Charles XIV King of Sweeden And Norway
uniform of the Sweedish Guard
15^th The Marquis of Anglesea uniform of a Hussar
16 Sir Robert Peel Bart.
17 Lord Hill Late Commander-In Chief
in the uniform of an English General
18^th Marquis of Wellesley brother to the duke of
wellington in the cloths & orders worn by
him at the court of George the IV.
19^th Lord Palmerston
20^th H R H The Late Princes Augusta in the
Actual dress she wore at the coronation of
Queen Victoria

SECOND GROUP

21^st His Majesty George the IV The figure of
his Majesty wearing the orders of the Garter Bath
and Guelph was modelled from life, the Robe
complete in evry respect worn by his Majesty
was that used in the Procession to Westminister
Abbey And measured seven yards long by three
wide, it was borne by nine eldest sons of Peers.
The robe placed on your extreem right, under
the looking glass, was used at the opening of
Parliament that on your left similarly placed
was the purple, or imperial Robe, used on his
Magesty' return from the Abbey. The three
robes contain five hundred & sixty seven feet of

velvet and embroidery and with the ermine
lining cost £18,000 or $90,000 dollars.
He was crowned 19^th July 1821 Died in the 68 year of
his age, & on the 10 of his reign on the 26^th June 1830
22nd George I In the robes of the order of the Thistle
23^rd His Magesty George III In the robes of St Patrick
24^th Princes Charlotte of Wales dressed in a full court costume
25^th H R H The late Duke of Kent in the
Robes and habit of the order of the bath wearing all
the Royal orders
26^th Leopold I King of Belgium in the full habit of
the garter taken from Life in 1817
27^th Her Majesty the Late Queen Charlotte in a full
court dress of her period wearing the hoop &c
28 H R H The Duke of Cambridge in a full field
marshall uniform with the coronation robe
& with all the Royal collars
29^th George II In the full robes of the garter as
worn at that Period with the ancient collar
30^th H R H. The Late Duke of York in the full robes
of the garter wearing various Royal orders
31 His Late Majesty William IV In the magnificent
coat worn by himself as Lord High Admiral of England
32 His Majesty King of Hanover in a full field Marshalls
Uniform with the robes of the bath collars &c
33 Queen Caroline in a court dress of the period
34 H. R. H. The Late Duke of Sussex in a suit of cloth
worn by himself as colonel of the city Artillery
wearing the mantle he wore at the coronation of Queen Victoria

THIRD GROUP

Representing the coronation of her most Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria. Her Majesty dressed in her
royal robes is seated on the Throne having on her head
the imperial crown & in her hands the sceptre & orb
Near the Queen the Archbishop of Canterbury is implo-
ring a blessing supported by the Archbishop of York

And the Lord Bishop of London. The throne
is the Identical one under which George IV
recieved the Allied sovreigns. all the figures
are dressed in strict accordance with the regula-
tion at the Coronation

35 Her Most Gracious Magesty Victoria
36 Lord Melbourn in the robes of A Peer
37 Arch Bishop of York in robes worn ownly
at the coronation
38 Duke of New Castle In A Peers Robes &
uniform of Lord Lieutenant wearing the collar o[f] the garter
39 Marquis of Londonderry uniform of the 4^th Hussars
40 Marquis of Normonby in the robes of a peer and
a knight of the order of St Patrick
41. Bishop of London in a bishop full dress
42 Earl Grey in A Peers robes and coat of a minister
43 Duke of Sutherland
44 Duke of Devonshire Court Diplomatic Dress
45 Lord Liyndhurst in the robes of a peer
46^th Lord Vicount Nelson in the uniform of An Admiral
47 Right Honorable George Canning

FOURTH GROUP

Representing the most celebrated characters of
the Late war includindg the members of the
Holy Alliance

Description= The figure pointing to the Eagle represents
Buonaparte Immediately behind him, Marshal Ney &
next to the Pedestial is Murat the Late King of Naples
behind them stand Prince Talleyrand & Roustan the
favourite Mameluke. The figure seated is intended
for the Emperor of Austria; behind him next to
the Pedestial the kind [king] of Prussia and the brave
Blucher, with Allexander Emperor of Russia offering

on behalf of the Allied monarchs the Kingdom
of France. The intention of the Group is to show
at one view the Principal actors in a war which
can never have a parallel; to give to give effect
to which the Allied Monarchs are supposed to be
offering to Napoleon the kingdom of France as
it was under Louis XIV (an historical fact) which
he refuses perfering to risk the chance of war
against Europe in arms rather than give up his prete-
ntions to universal dominion. Napoleon grasping that
sword which opened the road to the highest pinna-
cle of renown points to his favourite Eagle, and
determines never to submit, but to fulfill his destiny
The Eagle surmounting the whole was presented
by Napoleon to his Imperial Guard and was taken
at Waterloo by the Prussians under Von Bulou

57 Portrait Model of his Royal Highness prince of Wales
57 H R H The Prince of wales & Princes
Royal in theire splended cot of the same as the
original at the Palace

Fifth or Armour Group

Interesting Group of Historical characters
in magnificent suits of Armour with the
badge of the Garter—period 1649 [FIGURES]
Cromwell is supposed to communicate
to the unfortunate Charles his death warrent
58^th Charles I^st In a magnificent suit
of chevelier Armour with the bad[g]e of
the Garter period 1669
59^th Oliver Cromwell in his favorite
dress. born April 1^st 1594 Died Sept 3
1658
60^th Charles II^nd in A suit of chevalier
Armour with the badge of the garter
61 Wolsey In the dress of A cardinal

SIXTH GROUP

-[62]- John of Arc As represented at Versailles
63^rd Henry IV of France in a suit
of chevalier Armour withe badge of the
Holy Ghost He granted toleration to the
Protestants was Assassinated by Ravillac
May 14 1610

64^th Francis I of France in a cap a pie-suit
of the time with the badge of the virgin

SEVENTH GROUP

The unfortunate Mary Gueen of Scots
Reproved by John Knox
This Group is intended to represent at
one view the celebrated characters of the
15^th centaury to give effect to which John
knox is supposed to be insulting the Queen
(an historical fact) which she bore with
Great resignation. Near Queen Mary
stands Henry the VIII and his daughter
Queen Elizabeth, behind John knox are
figures of the great reformers Luther and Calvin
65 Mary Queen of Scotts the costume
copied from an original picture
66 King Henry the Eighth in the costume
of Francis I. He was the Hardest harted
villian And the most consomate wretch
that ever sat on a throne, lived to the
Age of 55 reigned 37 years during which
he sacrificed the lives of thousands He
had six wives two of whome were
beheaded
67 Queen Elizabeth from A picture
At Hampton Court Palace by Holbein
68 John Knox costume of the day
69 John Calvin in clerical Dress
70 Martin Luther the costume from
An original statue
71 James II in A miliatary dress of 1687
72 William III In a milatary dress of the period
FAME Standing on a Pedestial between Pitt & Fox
73 Rt. Hon William Pitt As a Master of Arts
74 Rt. Hon C. J. Fox As A Master of Arts