1844 — THE FOUNTAINS IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE - On our last examination of these capacious scolloping shells, we observed that a sort of deposit of orange peel, bits of paper and dirt, has formed at the bottom of them. Nothing is said about laying on the water, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests having commenced a well, but in compliance with the principle of leaving well alone, nothing have been done with it.— Punch, 1844
1848 — Charles Cochrane had called one of the first rallies in (the still unfinished) Trafalgar Square against "the present odious income tax". — David Goodway, London Chartism 1838-1848, p 111. (2002)
