SWELL MOB. 127 



Now, upon the coach that went to 

 Leamington, or rather through Learning- 

 ton and Warwick to Birmingham, and 

 which had been denominated the " Crown 

 Prince," in honour, I suppose, of the 

 French heir to the throne of Sweden, 

 there were four men employed one at 

 each end, and two in the intermediate 

 ground ; and two out of the four were 

 good specimens, though from an opposite 

 view, of the description I have given. 



The man who officiated out of London 

 was one of those flash gentlemen who 

 possessed all the characteristics (and 

 would, from his appearance, at the pre- 

 sent day, be pointed out), as one of the 

 members of the swell-mob : indeed, that 

 might have been his principal avocation, 

 and this only a subordinate one, for he 

 assumed to be acquainted with every 

 thief in London. His stature was short, 

 and his head protruded from his rounded 



