Derby: Its Rise And Progress

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Derby: Its Rise And Progress
Arthur William Davison
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The necessity for the Volunteers had now disap- peared, yet the war still dragged on for a long eight years, amid bad trade, dear corn, and heavy taxation.
The Ru ssian campaign of 18 12 at last showed that tHe star of Napoleon was no longer in the ascendant, and in the following year, Wellington, by his victory at Vittoria, drove the French armfes out of Spain.
The Telegraph coach brought the news through Derby, having made the journey from London in what was then considered the quick time of
...fifteen hours . Rejoicings followed in honour of the victory, although they were mild compared with those held in December, five months later, to celebrate the downfall of Napoleon, after the battle of Leipsig, in OctoBerri8ij.
The whole town was given up to feasting and drinking, and for one day everybody had sufficient.
An ox was roasted in the Corn Market, another in St Peter's Street, whilst as many as thirty sheep Digitized byVjOOQlC l6o DERBY: ITS RlSE AND PROGRESS were roasted in different parts of the town, and bread and ale were without stint.


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