COMMISSIONAIRES OR MESSENGERS.
These are a body of retired soldiers of good character, who were originally organized in 1859, by Captain Walter. Their central office, open day and night, is at Exchange Court, 419a Strand, where men can always be hired. But they are also to be seen, and are easily recognisable by their neat dark green uniform and badge, in most large thoroughfares. Their tariff is,—twopence for half-a-mile or under; and threepence for any distance over half-a-mile to a mile. Back fare, or charge for return, (unless bearing a return message,) is not allowed. A charge of one penny per mile extra, if the parcel carried weighs more than 14 lbs. If engaged by time, sixpence per hour, twopence a quarter of an hour, half-a-crown for a day of eight hours. By special arrangement, they may be hired at from 15s. to 20s. per week.
THE GREAT INTERCEPTS MAIN DRAINAGE SYSTEM OF LONDON.
North of the Thames are the High Level, the Middle Level, the Low Level, and the Western District Sewers, together with an Outfall at Barking Creek. The High Level drains Hampstead, Highgate, Kentish Town, Highbury, Stoke Newington, Hackney, and passes under Victoria Park to Old Ford; its length is about 9 miles. The Middle Level runs by way of Kensal Green, Kensington Park, Notting Hill, Bayswater, Oxford Street, and so under a number of minor streets, to Old Ford, being about 12 miles long. The Low Level commences near Pimlico, and passes along under the Thames embankment to Blackfriars, whence it is to go through the City and Whitechapel to West Ham. The Western District Sewers drain Acton, Hammersmith, Fulham, Chelsea, &c., on a plan different from that of the main drainage in other localities. The Outfall, an immense work 6 miles long, continues the Upper and Middle Level Sewers from Old Ford to West Ham, and all the three sewers thence to Barking Creek, where stupendous arrangements are made for conducting the flow of the sewage into the Thames. The drainage south of the Thames comprises a High Level Sewer, a Low Level Sewer, and an Outflow. The High Level drains Clapham, Brixton, Streatham, Dulwich, Camberwell, &c.; the Low Level keeps nearer the Thames, by Wandsworth, Battersea, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Southwark, Bermondsey, and Rotherhithe, to Deptford; while the Outfall continues both these lines of sewers through Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, and across Plumstead Marshes to Crossness Point, where the works are situated for conveying the sewage into the river.
INDEX
Abney Park Cemetery, [61]
Achilles’s Statue, [127]
Admission to Places of Interest, [178]
Albert Suspension Bridge, [102]
Aldermen, [85]
Aldgate, [18]
Aldgate High Street, [18]
Alexandra Park, [167]
Alhambra, [124]
Amusements, [125]
Apothecaries’ Hall, [97]
Armouries, Tower, [78]
Arsenal, Woolwich, [160]
Art Exhibitions, [70]
Artillery Ground, [32]
Arundel Street, [27]
Astley’s Amphith., [123]
Austin Friars, [17]
Bank of London, [17]
Banks, [94]
Baptist College, [72]
Barclay & Perkins’s, [113]
Barnes, [145]
Barnet, [162]
Baths, [180]
— Bridge, [104]
— Park, [133]
Belgrave Square, [31]
Berkeley Square, [31]
Bethnal Green, [19]
Bethnal Green Cemetery, [61]
Bethnal G. Museum, [66]
Birdcage Walk, [126]
Bishopsgate Street, [18]
Blackfriars’ Bridge, [22], [103]
Blackheath, [163]
Blackwall, [159]
— Railway, [141]
Blue Coat School, [73]
Board of Trade Office, [47]
Boat-races, [145]
Bolt Court, [25]
Bond Street, [31]
Book-trade, [115]
Botanical Gardens, [134]
Bow Church, [56]
Bow Lane, [19]
Bread Street, [19]
Breweries, [113]
Bridges, [102]
Bridgewater Gallery, [40]
— House, [40]
Brighton Railway, [140]
Britannia Theatre, [122]
British Institution, [70]
— Museum, [62]
Broad Street, [17]
Bromley, [163]
Brooke Street, [24]
Bryanstone Square, [31]
Buccleuch House, [40]
Buckingham Palace, [34]
Bunhill Fields, [32]
Burlington House, [69]
Cabs and Cab Fares, [137], [182]
Canterbury Hall, [124]
Cattle Market, [110]
Cavendish Square, [31]
Cecil Street, [27]
Central Criminal Court, [21]
Chancery Lane, [25]
Chapels, [55]
— Railway Station and Hotel, [27]
Charitable Institutions, [76]
Charles I.’s Statue, [28]
Charter House, [20]
Charter House School, [73]
Chatham and Dover Railway, [141]
Chelsea, [144]
— Bridge, [104]
— Hospital, [143]
Chess Rooms, [176]
Chesterfield House, [40]
Child’s Banking Ho., [26]
Chiswick, [145]
Chop-houses, [120]
Christ’s Hospital, [73]
Churches, [55]
City Bank, [17]
—Companies, [97]
—Prison, [93]
— Road, [32]
Clapham, [144]
Clement’s Inn, [27]
Clock, Westminster, [43]
Clothworkers’ Hall, [97]
Clubs and Club Houses, [116], [173]
Coal Exchange, [110]
Cockspur Street, [30]
Coffee-houses, [120]
— shops, [120]
Colleges, [70]
Colonial Office, [47]
Colosseum, [132]
Commercial Docks, [100]
Commissionaires, [183]
Common Council, [85]
Companies’ Halls, [96]
Constitution Hill, [127]
Corporation, [84]
Cotton’s Wharf, [18]
Court Theatre, [122]
Covent G. Market, [111]
— Theatre, [28]
Crane Court, [25]
Craven Street, [27]
Crays, [163]
Cremorne Gardens, [125]
Crossness Point, [161]
Crystal Palace, [163]
— Railway, [139]
Deptford, [154]
Devonshire House, [39]
Dining-rooms, [120]
Dissenting Chapels, [59]
Doctors’ Commons, [20]
Doomsday Book, [92]
Downing Street, [47]
Down River Excur., [154]
Drapers’ Hall, [96]
Drury Lane Theatre, [28], [121]
Duke of York’s Column, [30]
Duke of York’s School, [144]
Dulwich College, [163]
East India Docks, [99]
— Museum, [67]
Edmonton, [163]
Egyptian Hall, [124]
Electric Time-ball, [158]
Eltham, [163]
Enfield, [163]
English Presbyterian Theological Coll., [72]
Entertainments, [124]
Environs of London, [169]
Epping Forest, [163]
Erith, [161]
Essex Street, [27]
Eton College, [154]
Euston Road, [32]
— Station, [32]
Evans’s Hotel and Supper Rooms, [28], [124]
Exchequer Office, [47]
Excursions, [143]
Exeter Hall, [28]
Exhibition, International, [129]
Exhibitions, &c., [179]
Farringdon St., [22]
Fenchurch Station, [141]
— Street, [18]
Finchley, [162]
— Cemetery, [61]
Finsbury Park, [133]
— Square, [32]
Fire Brigade, [88]
Fires, Great, [10], [18], [80]
Fishmongers’ Hall, [96]
Fish Street, [18]
Fish-supply, [111]
— Valley, [21]
Floral Hall, [112]
Food-supply, [109]
Foreign Office, [47]
Free Exhibitions, [179]
Fulham, [145]
Gall. of Illustration, [12]
George III.’s Statue, [30]
George IV.’s Statue, [29]
Gog and Magog, [89]
Gough Square, [25]
Government Offices, [45]
Gracechurch Street, [18]
Grand Surrey Docks, [100]
Gravesend, [161]
Grays, [161]
Gray’s Inn, [91]
Great E. Railway, [141]
— Nor. Railway, [138]
— W. Railway, [138]
Grecian Theatre, [122]
Greenhithe, [161]
Greenwich, [155]
— Hospital, [155]
— Park, [158]
Gresham House, [95]
— Lectures, [72]
— Street, [17]
Grocers’ Hall, [96]
Grosvenor Gallery, [39]
— Hotel, [118]
— House, [39]
— Square, [31]
Guards’ Memorial, [30]
Haberdashers’ Hall, [96]
Hackney College, [72]
Hammersmith, [145]
Hampstead, [162]
Hampton Court Palace, [149]
Hanover Square, [31]
— Rooms, [123]
Harrow, [162]
Havelock’s Statue, [30]
Haymarket Theatre, [30], [121]
Henry VII.’s Chapel, [51]
Highest Ground in London, [20]
Highgate, [162]
— Cemetery, [61]
Hints to Strangers, [183]
Holborn, [22]
— Hill, [23]
— Theatre, [122]
— Valley Viaduct, [22]
Holford House, [40]
Holland House, [40]
Hornsey, [162]
Horticultural Gardens, [135]
Hospitals, [76]
Hotel Charges, [viii]
Hotels, [117]
Houndsditch, [18]
House of Correction, [93]
Houses and Streets, [11]
Howard Street, [27]
Hudson’s Bay House, [18]
Hungerford Bridge, [104]
— Square, [31]
India House, [95]
— Office, [47]
Inns, [117]
Insurance Offices, [94]
International Exhibition, [129]
Ironmonger Lane, [19]
Ironmongers’ Hall, [96]
Isle of Dogs, [159]
Jewel House, Tower, [80]
Jewish Synagogues, [59]
Jews’ Quarter, [18]
Johnson’s Court, [25]
Junior Athenæum Club, [40]
Kennington Park, [133]
Kensal Green, [61]
Kensington Garden, [131]
— Palace, [36]
Kew Gardens, [146]
King’s College, [27], [45], [72]
— Cross Station, [138]
King Street, [19]
Koh-i-noor, [80]
Lady’s Mile, [129]
Lambeth Bridge, [104]
— Palace, [36]
Landseer’s four Lions, [29]
Lansdowne House, [40]
Leadenhall Market, [111]
— Street, [18]
Letter Deliveries, [175]
Lewisham, [163]
Lighting, [87]
Limehouse, [159]
Lincoln’s Inn, [91]
Lloyd’s, [90]
London and N.-W. Railway, [138]
London Bridge, [15], [18], [102]
— Hotel, [119]
— Station, [140]
London, Chatham, and Dover Bridge, [23]
London Docks, [100]
— in Roman times, [9]
— Stone, [168]
— University, [70]
Long Walk, Windsor, [154]
Lord Mayor’s Show, [85]
Lothbury Street, [17]
Lower Serle’s Place, [25]
Ludgate Hill, [21]
— Railway Station, [21]
Ludgate Street, [21]
Maclise’s Great Picture, [44]
Mall, [126]
Malt Liquors, [113]
Manchester Square, [31]
Mansion House, [15], [19], [88]
Markets, [110]
Mark Lane, [18]
Marlborough House, [35]
Marylebone Road, [32]
— Church, [33]
— Theatre, [122]
May Fair, [31]
Medicated Baths, [181]
Mercers’ Grammar School, [75]
Mercers’ Hall, [96]
Merchant Taylors’ Hall, [96]
Merchant Taylors’ School, [75]
Metropolitan Railway, [33]
Mile-End Cemetery, [61]
Military Prison, [93]
Milk Street, [19]
Millbank Prison, [93]
Mincing Lane, [18]
Mint, [81]
Mitcham, [163]
Mitre Court, [24]
Model Prison, [93]
Money-Order Office, [175]
Moorgate Street, [16]
Mortlake, [145]
Mudie’s Library, [115]
Museum, British, [62]
Museum of College of Surgeons, [67]
Museum, Geological, [66]
Napier’s Statue, [29]
— Portrait Gallery, [69]
Nelson’s Column, [29]
— Tomb, [49]
New College, [72]
Newgate, [92]
— Market, [111]
— Prison, [21]
News Rooms, [176]
Norfolk Street, [27]
Northfleet, [161]
N. and S.W. Junction, [139]
North London Railway, [141]
Northumberland House, [28], [38]
Northumberland Street, [27]
North Woolwich, [159]
Norwood, [163]
Observatory, Greenwich, [158]
Old ’Change, [19]
Old Roman Wall, [9]
Open House, [121]
Oratorios, [123]
Oxford Music Hall, [124]
— Street, [31]
Paddington, [32]
— Station, [138]
Palace of Justice, [27]
Pall Mall, [29]
Pantheon, [114]
Panyer Alley, [20]
Parcels’ Delivery Co., [174]
Park Lane, [31]
Parks, [125]
Parson’s Green, [145]
Paternoster Row, [20]
Pavilion Gardens, [125]
Peel’s Statue, [20]
Penitentiary, Millbank, [93]
Pentonville Road, [32]
Petticoat Lane, [18]
Philharmonic Music Hall and Theatre, [124]
Piccadilly, [30]
Pimlico, [33]
— Station, [140]
Plague, Great, [10]
Plumstead Marshes, [161]
Pneumatic Despatch, [101]
Police, [85]
Polytechnic Inst., [125]
Pool, the, [98]
Pope’s Villa, [148]
Poplar, [159]
Population, [11]
Portland Place, [30]
Portman Square, [31]
Port of London, [98]
Postal System, [175]
Post-office, General, [83], [175]
P.O. Savings Banks, [175]
Poultry, [16]
Primrose Hill, [132]
Prince of Wales’ Theatre, [122]
Prince’s Street, [15]
Princess’s Theatre, [122]
Printing House Sq., [21]
Prisons, [92]
Privy Council Office, [47]
Purfleet, [161]
Putney, [145]
Quadrant, [30]
Queen’s Bench Prison, [93]
Queen Street, [19]
Queen Victoria Street, [14], [19], [107]
Railway Bridges, [104]
— Distances, [169]
— Hotels, [118]
Railways, [138]
Rainham, [161]
Record Office, [92]
Regent’s Park, [132]
Registrar-General’s Office, [45]
Richard Cœur de Lion’s Statue, [30]
Richmond, [147]
— Bridge, [147]
— Hill, [148]
— Park, [149]
Roman Catholic Chapels, [59]
Rotherhithe, [101]
Rothschild’s House, [40]
Rotten Row, [129]
Routes through London, [13]
Royal Academy, [69]
— Albert Hall, [131]
— Humane Society, [129]
Royal Institution, [67]
— Military Asylum, [144]
Royal Music Hall, [124]
Sacred Harmonic Concerts, [123]
Sadler’s Wells, [122]
— Court, [25]
Salisbury Street, [27]
Savoy Chapel, [57]
Schools, Public, [73]
—, Various, [75]
Scientific Societies, [68]
Sergeant’s Inn, [92]
Serpentine, [129]
Sheepshanks’ Pictures, [65]
Shilling Exhibitions, [179]
Shoe Lane, [23]
Shops, [113]
Skinners’ Hall, [96]
Shoreditch Station, [141]
Snow Hill, [33]
Soane Museum, [70]
Society of Arts, [67]
— of British Artists, [70]
Soho Bazaar, [114]
— Theatre, [122]
South-Eastern Railway, [140]
South-Eastern Railway Bridge, [103]
South Kensington Museum, [64]
Southwark Bridge, [103]
— Park, [133]
South-Western Railway, [139]
Spitalfields, [18]
Spring Gardens, [29]
Spurgeon’s Tabernacle, [60]
St. Bride’s Church, [26]
St. Clement Dane’s Church, [27]
St. Dunstan’s Church, [26]
St. George’s Cathedral, [60]
St. Helena Gardens, [125]
St. James’s Church, [58]
— Hall, [124]
—Palace, [33]
St. James’s Park, [29], [33], [38], [125]
— Square, [31]
— Theatre, [122]
St. John’s Gate, [20]
— Wood, [31]
St. Katherine’s Docks, [100]
— Hos., [132]
St. Martin’s Church, [28]
St. Martin’s-le-Grand, [20]
St. Mary’s Church, [27]
St. Pancras’ Church, [33]
— Station, [32]
St. Paul’s Cathedral, [20], [47]
— School, [73]
Stafford House, [38]
Star and Garter, Putney, [145], [149]
State Paper Office, [92]
Stationers’ Hall, [97]
Steam-boat Piers, [105]
Steamers, [142]
Stepney, [19]
Stock Exchange, [17]
Strawberry Hill, [148]
Streets, [113]
Suburban Villages, [169]
Sun Fire Office, [17]
Surrey Gardens, [125]
— Street, [27]
— Theatre, [123]
Taverns, [119]
Tea Gardens, [125]
Temperance Hotels, [121]
— Church, [91]
— Gardens, [91]
Thames, and Shipping, [97]
Thames Embankment, [14], [106]
Thames Subway, [18]
Tilbury, [161]
— and Southend Railway, [141]
Times’ Office, [21]
Tobacco Dock, [100]
Tooley Street, [18]
Tower Subway, [101]
Trades, Number of, [114]
Trafalgar Square, [29]
Training Colleges, [73]
Tramways, [173]
Trinity House, [95]
Turkish Baths, [180]
Turner’s Pictures, [68]
Tussaud’s Exhibition, [125]
Twickenham, [148]
Tyburnia, [31]
United Service Museum, [67]
University College, [71]
— Hall, [72]
Upper Regent Street, [30]
Up River Excursions, [143]
Vaudeville Theatre, [28], [122]
Vauxhall Bridge, [104]
— Gardens, [125]
Vegetable Markets, [111]
Vernon Pictures, [68]
Victoria Docks, [99]
— Park, [132]
— Station, [140]
— Street, [22]
— Theatre, [123]
— Tower, [43]
Villiers’ Street, [27]
Vintners’ Hall, [97]
Walbrook, [15]
Walham Green, [145]
Waltham, [163]
— Abbey, [163]
Wandsworth, [144]
War Office, [47]
Water-colour Exhib., [70]
— Supply, [109]
Waterloo Bridge, [27], [45], [104]
— Place, [30]
— Station, [139]
Wellington’s Statue, [39]
Wesleyan College, [72]
Westbourne Terrace, [31]
— India Docks, [99]
— London Rail, [139]
— Palace, [29]
— Palace Hotel, [119]
— School, [73]
Weston’s Music Hall, [124]
Wharfs, [98]
Whitebait Taverns, [155], [159]
Whitechapel, [19]
— Market, [111]
Whitecross Street Prison, [92]
Whitehall, [29]
— Banqueting House, [30]
— Chapel, [57]
— Gardens, [30]
Winchester Street, [17]
Windsor, [151]
— Castle, [153]
Wine Vaults, Docks, [100]
Woking Necropolis, [61]
Wood Street, [19]
Woolwich, [159]
Wren’s Churches, [58]
Zoological Gardens, [133]
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