INDEX.

A

Abington, Mrs., the actress, 189, 190

"Academy of Sciences and Belles Lettres," 222

Actresses of good birth, 194, 195

Adams, Daniel, 23

Advertisement, curious, in the Times, 325, 330

Albany, Duchess of, 3

Aldermen, regulate price of bread, 148; visit fraudulent bakers, 150

Aliens, 16, 22

All fours, 180

Ancient Music, Concert of, 226

Androides, 228

Anecdote of Lady E., 330

Angerstein, John Julius, 248, 249, 261

Anson, Hon. Thomas, 59

Anspach, Margrave of, 147, 193, 216

Apprentice, cruel treatment of an, 268

Archer, Lady, 71, 166, 167, 168, 169, 177, 179

Arms, seizure of in Ireland, 44

Army, strength of, 36; patriotic gift to, by ladies, 95; convicts enrolled, 95; French Emigrants enrolled, 95; curious enlistment, 97, 98; kidnapping, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106; young officers, 107, 108; soldiers' bread, 109; bounty for soldiers, 110; courtmartial, 111; sale of commissions, 111, 112; hair powder dispensed with, 130

"Army of England," 42

Arnold, Dr., musical composer, 196, 207

Artificers, enticing, punishment for, 270

Ashurst, Mr. Justice, 34

Assessed taxes, 131, 132

Assize of bread, 148

Astrology, 316

Automata, 228, 229

B

Baddeley, the actor, 187

Bailiffs imprisoned, 268

Bakers, fraudulent, 150

Bakewell, Robert, agriculturist, 299

Ballet and Opera, 204, 211

Bangor, Bishop of, indicted for riot, 322

Bank Bill, singular recovery of, 315

Bank of England, 37, 44

Bank notes, issue of, 37; £1 and £2, 237; interest on a, 322; eating them, 342

Bannister, the actor, 188

Barber's shop, inscription over, 318

Baring, Sir Francis, 288

Barrington, the pickpocket, 245

Barrymore, the actor, 188

Barrymore, Lord, his wager, 298

Bartholomew Fair, history of, 328; description of, 329

Bartolozzi, 220

Bath, its charter, 312; its freedom, 330

Bath, knights of the, installation supper, 114

Bathing-ladies, 312

Bear's grease, 58

Beau, a, 56

Beef, price of, 146

Bedford, Duke of, 24, 25, 61, 185, 298, 306

Bellamy, Mrs., 190

Bernard, Mrs., the actress, 190

Bigg, W.R., A.R.A., 227

Billington, Mrs., 189, 225

Black servants, (Indented), 313

Blood, a, 54

Boarding schools, advance in price of, 146

Boarding schools, lady's, 320

Bonaparte, (see Napoleon)

Bond Street Lounge, the, 64, 76

Borouwlaski, Jos., 222

Boswell, James, 230

Bounty for soldiers, 110

Bourgeois, Sir Francis, 196

Bow Street Runners, 244

Bowes, Mr., 185

Bowyer, Admiral, 26

Box-lobby loungers, 200

Bread, household, recommended by Privy Council, 138; subscriptions to reduce price of to the poor, 139; noblemen, &c., pledge themselves to eat household bread, 140; to make good bread, 141; to consume but little, 143, 144; bread used at the Royal table, 147; price regulated by the Aldermen, 148; assize of bread, 148; short weight of, 150

Bridgewater, Duke of, 61

Bridport, Lord, 38, 39

Brighton, dress, 52; company at, 326

Brothers, Lieut. (a pretended prophet), 317

Bruni, vocalist, 209

Brunton, Miss, the actress, 190

Buck, a, 54

Buckingham, Marquis of, 42

Buckinghamshire, Lady, 166, 167, 168, 172, 177, 179

"Bull," a, 318

Bullock stealing, punishment for, 270

Burke, Edmund, 16

Bute, Lord, 304

Butter, price of, 146

C

Cambacérès, 50

Camelford, Lord, 93, 94

Camperdown, Victory of, 42

"Campus nautica," 321

Cant phrases, 200, 201

Canterbury, Archbishop of, 178

Capital punishment, 246, 265, 266

Card money, 176

Cards, unstamped, 181

Caricature sellers, 320

Carlisle, Earl of, 43

Carlisle House, 218, 220, 222, 223

Cask, large one at Meux's Brewery, 316

Cassino, 180, 181

Cat, funeral of a, 306

Chamber Music, 225

Chaplaincy, sale of, 112

Charing Cross, kidnapping riots at, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102

Charlotte, Queen, 2, 5, 6, 7, 26, 31, 33, 44, 294

Chatham, Earl of, 29, 305

Choice spirit, a, 54

Christmas boxes, 117

Chudleigh, Miss (afterwards Duchess of Kingston), 76

Cibber, Mrs., 190

Cipriani, 220

Circassian, the fair, 344

Clarence, Duke of, 189, 194, 209, 216, 295

Clergyman's stipend, curious, 315

Clerical pluralists, 335

Clive, Mrs., the actress, 189

Clothes, cost of, 62

Clubs, the Transalpine, 331; the Ubiquarian, 331

Coals, price of, 155, 156

Cockade, disuse of, 331

Coffin, a patent, 330

Coin, base, 239, 240, 241, 242, 272, 273, 306

Commercial failures, 232, 233, 234

Commissions in the army, sale of, 111, 112

Common Council and dinners, 136; offer bounty for fish brought to market, 137; abolition of dinners, 142

Concannon, Mrs., 171, 172, 177, 179

Concerts, 226

Convicts, cost of transportation, 269; a jocular, 271

Cooper's Fair, abolition of, 332

Cornelys, Mdme., 212, 217, 219, 222, 223

Cornwallis, Lord, 45

Corpse seized by bailiffs, 313

Corresponding Society, 29

"Coterie, the," 221

Court dresses, 59

Covent Garden Theatre, 31

"Coventry Act," the, 249

Cricket match for 1000 guineas, 319; one-armed and one-legged match, 326

Croix, M. de la, 42

Crop, a, 57, 61, 62, 64, 128

Crouch, Mrs., 189, 205

"Culloden," Mutiny on board of the, 85, 86

Cumberland, Duke of, 2-6, 220, 256

Curates, increase of stipend, 318

Curtis, Sir Roger, 25, 26

D

Dandy, a, 56

Death, singular, 315

Deaths, extraordinary number of, in 1795, 316

Debry, Jean, 66

Debtors, 266, 267, 316, 336

Dentist, anecdote of a, 341

Derby, Lord, 185, 189

Devonshire, Duke of, 129

Didelot, a dancer, 212, 213

Dignum, the vocalist, 196

Dillon, Viscount, 111

Dimsdale, Sir Harry (Mayor of Garratt), 289, 290, 292

Dockwra, 21

Dogs, tax on, 128

Dog-kennels, 306

Dollars, forgery of, 238; issue of, 235, 236, 237, 238

Don Giovanni, opera of, 209

Douglas, Capt. Sir A., 87

Draper's Company, the, 139

Drury, Anecdote of Captain, 91

Drury Lane Theatre, 195

Duels, 275, 276

Duncan, Admiral, 42

Dundas, Mr., 84

Dunstan, Sir Jeffrey (Mayor of Garratt), 292

Durham, Bishop of, 213, 214

E

East India Company, 138

Effingham, Lord, 54

Egremont, Lord, 185

Elcho, Lady, 176

Elections, see Politics

Elliston, the actor, 188

Elopement, advertisement respecting an, 319

Elopement with a negro, 268

Embargo, 344

Emigrants, French, 276, 277, 278, 279, 322

Enlistment, curious, 97, 98

E. O., 173, 181, 182, 185

Epigram, on a dull sermon, 319

Erskine, Mr., robbery at the house of, 320

F

"Factotum, Isaac," 300

Farms, large or small, 137, 138

Faro, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 179

Farren, the actor, 190

Farren, Miss, 189, 197

Fast, General, 47

Feadle, Jimmy Lincum, 56

Feathers, 75

Fees to servants, 160

Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 44

Fitzherbert, Mrs., 196, 305

Fitzroy, Lady Ann, 107, 108

Food, 135

Food riots, 28, 261

Footmen, dissatisfaction of, 331

Forestalling, 150, 152

Fox, Charles James, 5, 25, 27, 34, 169

France, war with, 18

Franking letters, 121, 122, 123

Frederick the Great, 204

French emigrants, 13, 14, 15, 22, 276, 277, 278, 279, 338

French, Invasion of Ireland and defeat, 45, 46

French prisoners, numbers in England, 50, 337

French Revolution, 8, 13, 17, 21, 22

Frith, John, threw a stone at the King, 10

Frost, great, 4, 37, 328

Funds, the, 234, 235

Fuseli, H., 227

G

Gallini, Sir John, 208, 209

Gaming, 166

Gardner, Admiral, 26

Garratt, account of, 290; election for, 289, 290, 291, 292

Gell, Admiral, 87

George III., his illness in 1788, 3; his recovery, 6; thanksgiving, goes to St. Paul's, 7; stone thrown at his coach, 10; message to Parliament declaring war with France, 18; inspects the guards, 20; shot at and hissed, 29; stone thrown into his carriage, 33; asked to dismiss his Ministry, 41; gives £20,000 as patriotic subscription, 44; reviews volunteers in Hyde Park, 48; inspects volunteers, 49; receives a letter from Napoleon, 50; eats brown bread, 147; at the theatre, 193; lets his cream coloured horses for hire, 295, 296

Gibbon, death of, 230

Giornovici, musical composer, 196

Gloucester, Duchess of, 106

Gloucester, Duke of, 2-29, 220, 256

Gloves, stamps on, 300

Gluttonous wager, 335

Gooseberries, curious, 344

Gordon, Lady Georgiana, 76

Gordon, Lord George, 1

Government appointments, sale of, 117, 118, 119

Grenville, Lord, 42, 50

Grey, Charles Earl, 27, 34

Grey, Mr., M.P., epigram on, 285

Grosvenor, Lord, 185

Guadagni, vocalist, 221

Guildford, Earl of, 24

Guildhall dinner, ticket for, 335

Guimard, Mdlle., ballet dancer, 211

Gypsies at Norwood, 332

H

Hair, false, 73, 74

Hair-powder, 60, 61, 73, 128, 129, 130

Halfpence, bad, 239, 240

Hamilton, Duke of, 152

Hampden, Lord, 172

Handbill, curious, 300

Hanway, Jonas, 56

Hardy, Thomas, 23

Harrington, Lady, 33

Harrison, the vocalist, 196

Harvest, bad, 27, 28

Hastings, Warren, his trial, 2

Hats, stamp on, 270

Hats, subscription for, 131

Hectors, 54

Highway robberies, 262

Hill, Sir Rowland, 21

Hobart, Mrs., 169, 171, 194

Hogs, number of, 147

Holland, French occupation of, 26; English defeat, 27

Holman, the actor, 189

Hood, Sir Alexander, 26

Horses, the royal cream coloured, 295, 296, 337

Horse racing, 184, 185

Howe, Lord, 25-26-38, 39, 310, 311

Humbert, General, 45, 46

Hyde Park, 308

I

Ice, 321

Illuminations, 310, 311

Incledon, the singer, 188, 206

Impromptu, an, 300

Income tax, 132

Informer, common, punishment of a, 271, 272

Inoculation for small-pox, 338, 339

Inspection of volunteers, 49

Insurance against being drawn for militia, 112

Invasion of England, 40, 41

Ireland, French invasion of, 45, 46

Ireland, rebellion in, 44, 46

Ireland, union with England, 47

Ireland, Sam., 202

Ireland, W. H., 202, 203

J

Jackson, W., musical composer, 207, 208

Jenner, Dr., 338

Jersey, Lady, anecdote of, 320

Jervis, Sir John (Lord St. Vincent), 41

Jessamy, a, 54

Job-masters, knavery of, 158

Johnson, Dr. S., 230

Johnstone, the actor, 189

Jordan, Mrs., 189, 191, 192, 193, 197, 216

Joyce, Rev. Jeremiah, 23

June, glorious first of, 25, 310, 311

K

Kean, Edmund, 189

Kelly, the vocalist, 196, 199, 206, 207

Kelsey's, 108

Kemble, John, 187, 191, 196, 203

Kensington Gardens, 307, 308

Kenyon, Lord, 34, 178, 179

Ketch, Jack, 266

Kidnapping for the army, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106

Killala, landing of French at, 45

L

Lade, Lady, 314

Lade, Sir John, his wager with Lord Cholmondeley, 320

"Lady's Monthly Museum," 68

Lake, Lord, 45

Lashes, one thousand given, 111

Law and police, 243

Lawsuit, a long, 270

Lawyers, number of, 271

Le Brun, 50

Lemons, price of, 154

Letters, franking, 121, 122, 123; rates for, 123

Letters of marque, 19

Lewis, the actor, 190

Linley, Thos., musical composer, 207, 208

Litchfield, Bishop of, 43

Livery Servants, petition from, 316

Lloyd's, 26

Loan, 42; subscriptions to, 43

London, port of, commerce of, 321

Longevity, 309, 322, 332

Lorn, Marquis of, 60

Lotteries, 178, 184

Lotteries, private, 182, 183

Lough Swilly, defeat of the French off, 46

Louis XVI., 17

Loyalty loan, 36

Lucifer matches, 297

Ludgate Prison, 266, 267

Lunatics, treatment of, 298

Luttrell, Lady Elizabeth, 179

Luxembourg, Duke of, 305

M

Macaroni, the, 53, 274

Macdonald, John, 55

Macklin, the actor, 188

Mackworth, Sir Robert, 59

Malmesbury, Lord, 35, 42, 293, 294

Mansion House, riot at the, 308, 309

Mara, Mdlle., vocalist, 204, 206, 209

March, Lord, 64

Margate, 65; a day at, 323; crowded state of, 335

Marlborough, Duchess of, 191, 223

Marlborough, Duke of, 43

Marston, Mr., his bet, 185

Martyr, Mrs., the actress, 190

Masquerades, 215, 223

Matrimonial advertisements, 301, 302, 303, 304

Matrimonial Magazine, the, 303

Meat, high price of, 152

Mechanic Theatre, 228

Medicinal waters, 317

Menageries, 309, 310

Mendoza, the prize fighter, 274

Men's dress, 50

Merveilleux, the, 57

Milford, Lord, 40

Militia, 97, 111, 112

Millerd, vocalist, 209

Milton Gallery (H. Fuseli's), 227, 228

Mohocks, 54

Moira, Lord, 278

Monetary, 232 et seq.

Money and jewels, great find of, 315, 316

"Monster, the," 247 to 261

Montague, Mrs., the chimney sweeps' friend, 341, 342

Moritz, Peter, 186

Mount Edgcumbe, Lady, 177

Munden, the actor, 189

Muns, 54

Musical composers, 207

Mutiny in the navy, 37, 38, 39, 40, 85, 86

Mutton, price of, 151, 153

N

Napoleon I., 42, 47, 50

"Natural History," 301

Navy, ships commissioned, 8; pressing for, 8, 9, 10, 19, 83, 84, 85; bounty for sailors, 20; strength of, 36; mutiny in, 37, 38, 39, 40; victory off Cape St. Vincent, 41; victory off Camperdown, 42; defeat of French off Lough Swilly, 46; battle of the Nile, 46; treatment of seamen, 80; pressgang described by Smollet, 81; mutiny on board the Culloden, 85, 86; recruiting for, 86, 87; prize money, 87, 88; parishes raise men, 89, 90; mutilation to avoid service, 90, 91; a female sailor, 94

Needlework, curious, 228

Negro, elopement with, 268

Newgate, number of prisoners therein, 247; dancing party therein, 250

Newland, Abraham, 36

Newspapers, hire of, forbidden, 133

New South Wales, colonization of, 1

Nile, battle of the, 46

Norfolk, Duke of, his dislike to water, 305

Northumberland, Duchess of, 129

Norwood, Gypsies at, 332

Novels, 231

O

Oats, bruising of, 143

Officers in the army, youth of, 107, 108

Opera, loud talking at, 211

Opera and Ballet, 204

Opium, taking, 331

Orange, Prince of, 26

Orrery, sale of Lord Bute's, 304

Oxford (city of), 43; University print book for benefit of French clergy, 328

P

Paget, Hon. Mr., 60, 61

Palmer, the actor, 191

Pantheon Theatre, 212, 215, 221

Parishes raise men for the navy, 89, 90

Parisot, Mdlle., ballet dancer, 212, 213

Parker, Rd. (mutineer), 40

Pasley, Admiral, 26

Pastry, disuse of, 138, 139

Patriotic gifts, 42, 43

Paul's, St., procession to, 336

Pavement, bad, 165, 166

Pawnbrokers rates, 133, 134

Peace, rumour of, 32; debate on, 34; negotiations for, 35; failure of, 36; negotiations for, 42

Peas, price of green, 153, 154, 322

Peel, Mr., 43

Penance, a butcher doing, 331

Penny Post, 21, 119, 120

Peterson, Lieut. (shot by Lord Camelford), 92

Phillips, Capt., first Governor of New South Wales, 1

Pidcock's Menagerie, 309

Pillory, curious case, 247

Piozzi, Mrs., 230

Pitt, William, 5, 6, 13, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37, 41, 84, 88, 105, 131, 132, 233, 234, 287

Pluralists, 335

Police and law, 243

Politics, 280 to 292

Poor, rules for the, 145

Pope, the actor, 189, 190

Pope, Mrs., the actress, 188, 190

Popham, Captain, 93, 94

Portland, Duke of, 29, 30, 33, 40, 45, 131

Portland estate, value of, 321

Posting, 158

Post Office, franking letters, 121, 122, 123; rates for letters, 123; uniform for men, 124

Potatoes, bounty for growing, 135; price of, 151

Poultry, scarcity of, 138

Pressing for the navy, 8, 9, 10, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85

Pretender, (Prince Charles Edward), death of, 3

Priestley, Dr., 287

Princesses, the Royal, 295

Prisoners of war in France, 109, 110

Prize fighters, list of, 274

Prize fighting, 273, 274

Prize money, 87, 88

Procession, Royal, to St. Paul's, 336

Promethean fire and phosphorus, 297

Provisions, price of, 136; suggestions for economy, 142

Public Houses, 134, 135

Publicans and pint pots, 327; and "showmen," 336

Puff, a, 341

Pulteney, Miss, coming of age, 297

Q

Queensberry, Duke of, 60, 185

Quick, the actor, 171, 188

R

Rain beau, a, 57

Ramsgate, 325

Rat's letter, the, 339

Regrating, 150, 153

Reinagle, P., 227

Resurrection men, 262, 263, 264, 265

Review of Volunteers in Hyde Park, 48

Rich, rules for the, 144

"Ride, a delightful," 159

Riding lessons, price of, 157

Road, the, and streets, 157

Robinson, Mrs., the actress, 192

Rose, Miss, ballet dancer, 212, 213, 214

Ross, the hairdresser, 65

Roulette, 173

Royal family, domesticity of, 295

"Royal George," loss of, 80

Royalty, 293, 294, 295, 296

Russell, Lord W., 61

Russia, Emperor of, 93, 94

Ryder, the actor, 188

S

Sacrilege, 330

St. George's Fields, kidnapping riots at, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106

St. Jean d'Acre, 47

St. Paul's clock strikes wrongly, 318

St. Vincent Cape, victory off, 41

Sale of Government appointments, 117, 118, 119

Scarborough, Earl of, 54

Scourers, 54

Sea Kale, 154

Sedition, see Politics

September 14th (commencement of partridge shooting), 333

Servants, fees to, 160

Servants wages, &c., 115, 116, 117

Seven shilling pieces, issue of, 239

Sheep (Dishley), price of, 299

"Shepherds, I have lost my waist," 72

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 17, 196, 202, 207

Shield, W., musical composer, 207

Shillings, bad, 240, 241, 242

Shopmen, manners of, 314

Siddons, Mrs., 189, 191, 196

Silver, scarcity of, 235, 236, 237

Skeffington, Mr., 59

Slave trade, abolition of, 11, 12, 20, 27

Smart, a, 55

Smock Race, a, 322

Social Economy, 114

"Society, The," 218

Sorocold, the engineer, 186

Soup, consumption of, 136

Spas, 317

Spencer, a, 63, 64

Spencer, Earl, 63

Sportswoman, a, 344

Spring guns set in a garden, 299

Stage coaches, 163

Stage wagon, 159

Stanhope, Earl, 23-26

Stationers Company, dinner at the, 146

Statue of George III. at Pall Mall, 49

Storacé, S., musical composer, 207, 208

Storacé, Signora, the vocalist, 196, 197, 205

Storm, destructive, 32

Story, a "tall," 301

Strathmore, Earl of, 185

Sturt, Mrs., 167, 169, 172, 179

Suett, Rd., 187, 199

Sussex, Duke of, 225

T

Talbot, Miss, (the female sailor), 94

Talleyrand, 50

Telegraph, the, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128

Thames, embankment, 327; tunnel under, 340

Thames frozen, 4, 266

Thanksgiving for the king's recovery from illness, 7

Theatre, the, 187

Theatres, private, 201

Thelwall, John, 23

Thrale, Mrs., 230

Thurlow, Lord, 2, 6, 30, 196

Titiretus, 54

Tooke, Rev. John Horne, 23

Topaz, a cheap, 298

Townsend, (Bow street runner), 196, 245

Trinity Square first named, 340

Tunnel under the Thames, 340

Twopenny pieces, issue of, 239

Tythes, story respecting, 319

U

Umbrellas, 55

University, choice of a, 338

V

Vaccination, 338

Varieties, 297 to end

Villiers, Lord, 61

Vinegar Hill, battle of, 45

Volunteers, 24, 48, 49, 95, 96, 98, 113

Vortigern and Rowena, 202

W

Wake, Kidd, 32, 33

Wales, Prince of, 2, 5-7, 33, 51, 169, 194, 196, 209, 215, 216, 274, 293, 294, 295, 296

Wales, Princess of, 76, 293, 294, 295, 314

Waltz, the, 321

Warren, Sir John Borlase, 46

Watchmen, 243, 244

Waters, medicinal, 317

Water wheels at London Bridge, 185, 186

Wells, Mrs., the actress, 190

Westmoreland, Lord, 30, 31

Wheat, bounty on, 28; cheapness of, 34; scarcity of, 135; rise in price, 138

Whist, 180

Whitbread, Samuel, 24

Wife selling, 342, 343

Wilberforce, William, 11, 12, 20, 27

Wilkes, John, 311

Williams, Renwick (the Monster), 247 to 261

Willis, Dr., 4, 61

Willis's Rooms, 224

Willoughby de Broke, Lord, 60

Windsor uniform, 64

Wines, price of, 155

Women's dress, 69

Worcester, Marquis of, 125

Wormholt Scrubs, nuisance on, 330

X Y Z

Yanievitz, the actor, 198

York, Cardinal, 3

York, Duchess of, 70, 295

York, Duke of, 2, 6, 20, 107, 256, 277, 295

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