INDEX.

Abbot, Rt. Hon. Chas., elected Speaker, [47].

Abbot’s, Mr., M. P., plan for census, [29].

Abolition of Slave Trade, [132].

—— Debates on, [108], [127].

“Academy of Ancient Music”, [366].

Accident at Review in Hyde Park, [8].

Account of Walcheren Expedition, [159-160].

Acre, Battle of, [3].

Act against cockfighting, [297].

—— to relieve Roman Catholics, [103].

Actors, Child, [333].

—— Famous, [323].

Addington Ministry on its last legs, [107].

—— Mr. Chancellor, presents message to George III., [46].

Address of Sir Francis Burdett, [166].

Admiralty Droits, [140].

Age of dear books, [376].

Agricultural Shows, [247].

Aldridge’s and Tattersalls, [294].

Alfred Club, The, [378].

Almack’s, [357].

Almshouses, Endowed, [459].

Alteration of Great Seal, [33].

—— ” Prayer-book, [34].

Amateur driving, [189].

Amelia, Princess, Death of, [179].

American War, The, [12].

Amiens, Treaty of, [50], [53].

Andrews, billiard player, [319].

Androssi, General, Departure of, [319-321].

Antecedents of Napoleon, [73].

Antiquated Prosecutions, [93].

Antiquity of Cock-fighting, [22].

Appointments bought and sold, [295].

Argyle Rooms, Jubilee ball at, [432].

Armistice, Cost of, [49].

Army Estimates, Enormous expenditure, [59].

—— 50,000 men added to, [98].

“Army of England”, Withdrawal of the, [117].

—— 312,048 men voted for, [115].

Arrest of Sir F. Burdett, [170].

Arrival of brother of Louis XVIII., [110].

—— of Queen of France, [145].

Artists, [369-374].

Associated Artists in Water Colours, [375].

Attempt to assassinate George III., [9].

Attempts to stop war with France, [128].

Australia, Wheat imported from, [28].

Austria at war with France, [116].

Austrians on the Rhine, [3].

Authors, List of celebrated, [376].

Automaton Piano-player, [355].

Bad Harvest throughout Europe, [28].

Bag of Game, Large, [311].

Bakers fined for light weight, [245], [246].

Ballooning, [395].

Bank of England, Loans from, [6], [139].

Banks, Thomas, R.A., sculptor, [374].

Bantry Bay, Mutiny in, [410].

Barbadoes, Moravian missionaries in, [108].

Barouche Club, [191].

Barry, James, Professor of Painting, [370].

Bartolozzi, Francis, [374].

Base-ball match, [318].

Battle of Trafalgar, [118].

—— ” Vimiera, [142].

Beacons, Sea-side, affixed to churches, [99].

Beaumont, Sir Geo. H., Artist, [373].

Beaver Hats, [259].

Bedlam, [12], [391].

Beechey, Sir Wm., Portrait Painter, [372].

Beer made from sugar, [16].

—— Quantity brewed, [238].

—— the National beverage, [238].

“Benefit of Clergy”, [445].

Bets at Clubs, [288-289].

—— Curious, [192], [312].

Betty, W. H. W., Anecdotes of, [325], [326].

—— Career of, [332].

—— Crowds to see, [329].

—— Death of, [332].

—— First appearance in London, [326].

—— presented to Royal Family, [330].

—— Puff preliminary of, [325].

Billiards, [318-319].

—— Large sums lost at, [320].

Billington, Mrs., Salaries of, [361-363].

Bills, Increase of Stamp duty on, [36].

Blockade of England, Attempting to, [130], [131], [135].

Body-snatching, [445].

Bond Street lounger, Rules for, [251-255].

—— ” loungers, Three celebrated, [256].

Bone, Henry, enamel painter, [372].

Books, Age of dear, [376].

—— collection of first editions, [377].

Boulogne, Napoleon at, [96].

Bourgeois, Sir Francis, Artist, [371].

Bow Street Officers, [27].

Boydell’s Gallery in Cheapside, [375].

—— Shakespeare, [375].

Boys, Education of, [277], [278].

Braham, John, Vocalist, [375].

Bread, Consumption of, reduced, [28].

—— New, Sale of forbidden, [5].

—— Variation in price of, [26], [36], [44], [240].

Bridges, Thames, [198].

Britain’s War-Song, [81].

British Museum Gardens, [383].

—— ” Regulations of, [382].

—— Property, Confiscation of, [135].

“Broad-bottomed” Cabinet, [133].

“Brown Bread Bill”, [245].

Browne, Colonel, Death of, [102].

Bull-baiting, [156], [297].

—— Debate on, [298-300].

Bullion, Scarcity of, [105].

Burdett and Paull, Duel between, [133].

—— Sir Francis, Address of, [166].

—— ” ” Arrest of, [170].

—— ” ” Committal of, [167].

—— ” ” Imprisoned in the Tower, [172].

—— ” ” Release of, [174].

—— ” ” Riot after arrest of, [172], [173].

Burial, Last, at cross roads, [452].

Butchers, Prosecution of, [22], [247].

Calais, Inspection of by Napoleon, [96].

Calicoes, Duty on, [36].

Cannon, Transport Inefficient for, [98].

Card money, [286], [287].

Cardinal York, Death of, [134].

—— A pensioner of George III., [134].

Caricaturing the Royal Family, [24].

Carriages, Improvements in, [188].

—— Weights of, [188].

Catalani, Appearance in London, [341].

—— Début of, [340].

—— Pay of, [341].

Catnach Press, The, [447].

Caution to Hatters, [259].

Census, The first, [30].

Ceres (Planet), discovery of, [35].

Certificate of identity of Mr. G. Garrick, [100].

Chantry, Sir Francis, R.A., Sculptor, [374].

Chatham, Earl of, Indignation against, [160].

—— Appointed Governor of Gibraltar, [163].

Child actors, [333].

Children “seen and not heard”, [277].

Chimney sweeps, [216-219].

Christie the Auctioneer, [274].

Chronology of last Century, Rectification of, [30].

Cintra, Convention of, [142-145].

City subscribe liberally to Patriotic Fund, [97].

Civil List five quarters in arrear, [6].

Claim by Prince of Wales, [47].

—— for Revenues of Duchy of Cornwall, [47].

Clarke, Mrs., before House of Commons, [431].

—— Biography of, [427].

—— Her Levees, [429].

—— Mistress of Duke of York, [427].

Clarke, Mrs., mansion described, [427], [428].

—— prices for preferment, [430].

Clergymen prevented from sitting in House of Commons, [37].

Clerical dinner, A, [249].

—— livings, [178].

“Climbing boys”, [216].

Clothes, Mens’, Prices for, [258], [259].

Cloth-working machines, Introduction of, [61].

—— Men hanged for destroying, [62].

Clubs, Bets at, [288], [289].

—— Gambling at, [290].

Coalition Ministry, Downfall of, [132].

Coals, Parliamentary Committee on, [399].

—— Price of, [396-401].

Coaches, Hackney, [187].

—— Mail, List of, [231].

—— ” Rates of, [232].

—— Stage, [184].

Cobbett, W., tried and found guilty, [108].

Cock Pitt, Royal Description of, [295].

Cock-fighting, Act against, [297].

—— Antiquity of, [295].

Cockney’s Account of September first, [313-317].

Codrington, Sir Edw., Early life of, [404].

Coinage, copper, Deterioration of, [126].

—— New, [126].

Colonies, to France, a secondary object, [113].

Commerce, Development of, [200].

Committal of Sir F. Burdett, [167].

Common Council, Relief of debtors by, [152].

Compensation of Prince of Orange, [50].

Competition of Pipers, [367].

“Concert of ancient music”, [366].

Concerts, Open-air, [361].

Condemned Pew, The, [447].

—— Sermon, The, [447].

Condition of London Streets, [201].

Conditions of Peace, [49].

Confiscation of British Property, [135].

Conspirators, Meeting of, [27].

—— dispersed ” ” , [28].

—— Raid on, [63].

Constitutional liberty, Supporters of, [28].

Consumption of Bread reduced, [28].

Convention of Cintra, [142].

Conveyance, deeds of, Duty on, [37].

Cooper’s Hall, Lotteries drawn at, [291].

Copley, John Singleton, Artist, [373].

Copper coinage, Deterioration of, [126].

Corn Riots, [19].

—— Scarcity of, [16].

Cornwallis, Marquis, Treaty of peace signed by, [48].

Cost of Armistice, [49].

—— ” Living, [16].

Costume, Eccentricity of, [261], [262].

Cotton spinners, Distress among, [141].

—— Wages, Regulation of, [141].

Council of Five Hundred, [2].

—— ” Nice, [30].

Country, Feeling of the, [65].

—— Sports, [303].

Courage conspicuous in Royal Family, [96].

Covent Garden Theatre, Burning of, [337].

—— Description of, [343], [344].

—— Fracas at, [323].

Covent Garden Theatre, Foundation Stone laid by Prince of Wales, [337].

Crewel work, Marvels of, [357].

Cricket Ground, Lord’s, [318].

—— Matches, [317], [318].

Cries, Street, [219-227].

Criminal, An impenitent, [450].

—— Dead, Galvanizing a, [391].

Criminals, Fugitive, restored to respective powers, [50].

Cross Roads, Last burial at, [452].

Crouch. Mrs., Prima donna, [365].

Curious bets, [192], [312].

—— Dinner, A, [237].

Daily life of George III., [276], [277].

—— ” Royal Family, [276], [277].

Dancing, [367].

Dead Criminal, Galvanizing a, [391].

Death and burial of Fox, [127].

—— ” Funeral of Pitt, [126].

—— at a prize fight, [301].

—— of Cardinal York, [134].

—— ” George Morland, [373].

—— ” ” Washington, [2].

—— ” Nelson, [118].

—— ” Princess Amelia, [179].

Debate on Bull-Baiting, [293].

—— ” war with Spain, [115].

—— ” Abolition of Slave Trade, [108].

—— ” the Union, [7].

Debtors, poor, Release of, [148].

—— Prisons, [453-457].

—— Relief of, by Common Council, [153].

—— Scheme for pay creditors of poor, [148], [149].

Deciphering papyri, [377].

Declaration of war with France, [74].

Deeds of Conveyance, Duty on, [37].

Defeat of Junot’s Army, [142].

Defiance Club, [191].

De Loutherbourg, Artist, [371].

Demonstration at Kennington, [26], [27].

Departure of Nelson in the Victory, [75].

Description of a gun, [309].

—— of London houses, [232], [234].

Deserters pardoned, [152].

Despard, Colonel, Arrest of, [63].

—— Committal of, [37].

—— before Privy Council, [63].

—— Execution of, [64], [152].

—— Trial of, [63].

Destroying cloth-working machines, [62].

Detention of visitors in France, [74].

Difference in value of money, [29].

Dinner, A clerical, [249].

—— ” curious, [237].

Disarmament and Retrenchment, [45].

Discovery of Planet Ceres, [35].

Distress among cotton-spinners, [141].

Diversions of people of fashion, [275], [276].

Doctor Jenner, [387].

Doctors, List of famous, [386].

—— Old school, [385].

“Doggett’s Coat and Badge”, [195].

Dollars, Re-stamping of, [163].

Driving, Amateurs, [189].

Droits of the Admiralty, [140].

Drury Lane Theatre, Burning of, [338].

—— George III. at, [9].

—— “Lord Nelson” played at, [119].

Duchy of Cornwall, Claim for Revenues, [47].

Duel between Montgomery and Macnamara, [433].

—— between Pauli and Burdett, [133].

—— Cause of, between Montgomery and Macnamara, [433].

Duke of Richmond Bill, [7].

Eccentricity of costume, [261].

Economy in use of grain, [28].

Education of boys, [277].

—— ” girls, [278].

—— ” Physical, of women, [303].

Educational Establishments, [460].

Egypt, War in, [2].

Election, Middlesex, [58], [109].

Elections, General, [58], [133].

Electricity and Galvanism, [389-391].

Emmett, Robert, Antecedents of, [101].

—— Execution of, [102].

End of Walcheren Expedition, [157].

England and Wales, First census, [29].

Engravers, [374].

Enormous expenditure on Army, [59].

Entertainment by the “Pic-nic Club”, [354].

Enthusiasm of the people, [78-88].

Estimates, Army, [59].

“European Museum”, The, [375].

Evacuation of Naples by French troops, [50].

Excitement on Stock Exchange, [72].

Execution, Accident at an, [449].

—— for treason, [452].

—— Horrible, at Jersey, [449].

—— of Colonel Despard, [64], [452].

—— of ringleaders of Irish Rebellion, [102].

—— of Robert Emmett, [102].

Exhibition of Needlework, [357].

—— ” Paintings in Water, Colours, [375].

Expenditure on Army, [59].

Extravagance of Farmers, [35].

Eye-glasses, [260].

Fall of Napoleon, [135].

False hair, [268-272].

—— rumours, Fluctuation of Stocks, through, [39].

Famous actors, [323].

Farmers, Extravagance of, [35].

—— Prosperity of, [35].

Fashion, People of, Diversions of, [275], [276].

Fasts, General, [103], [107], [115], [126], [133], [146], [163].

Fearful odds, Victories gained against, [81].

Feeling of the country, [65].

Fête at Frogmore, [156].

—— ” Windsor, [154-156].

Fifty thousand men added to Army, [98].

Fire among theatres, [337].

—— engines, Manual, [211].

Firemen, London, [212].

Fires, Great, in London, [210].

First census, [30].

—— of September, Account of, [311-317].

—— street gas lamps, [205].

Fish, Scarcity of, [235].

Fishing, [307].

Fishmongers’ Hall, [20].

Five Hundred, Council of, [2].

Five-volume novels, [376].

Flaxman, John, R.A., Sculptor, [374].

Fleet of Portugal against England, [137].

Flotilla practically useless, [116].

Flour, Paste a substitute for, [44].

Food, Plainness of, [235].

—— Riots, [19-26].

—— Scarcity of, [5], [16].

—— Supply of, from France, [248].

“Forestallers and Regraters”, [240].

“Forestalling and Regrating”, Act against, [16].

—— in meat, [22].

Forgery of “Vortigern and Rowena”, [336].

Four-in-hand Club, [191].

Fox, Courtesy of, [128].

—— and his wife introduced to Napoleon, [52].

—— Death and burial of, [127].

—— Elected for Westminster, [52].

—— Letter to Talleyrand, [128], [129].

—— Napoleon’s admiration for, [53].

—— Visit of, to Paris, [52].

—— Mrs., publicly acknowledged as Fox’s wife, [52].

Fracas at Covent Garden Theatre, [323], [324].

France, Austria at war with, [116].

—— Colonies to, a secondary object, [113].

—— Declaration of war with, [74].

—— Failure of peace negotiations with, [130].

—— Greatness of, [113].

—— Queen of, Arrival of, [145].

—— Rupture with, [65].

—— Supply of Food from, [248].

—— Trade with, [45].

—— Wild rush of English over, [51].

Fraud at a lottery, [291].

Freedom of Speech, [82].

Freedom of the Press, [82].

Freeman’s oath, The, [90-91].

French Ambassador, Departure of, [73].

—— Army crippled, [3].

—— Government, O’Connor in treaty with, [52].

—— more than doubted, [26].

—— Press, England libelled by, [65].

—— Prisoners break parole, [100].

—— ” fed at expense of English Government, [38].

—— ” Ingenuity of, [5].

—— ” Liberation of, [54].

—— ” Maintenance of, [49].

—— ” Number of, [5], [38], [417].

—— ” Offer to feed, by French Government, [38].

—— ” Proposed disposal of, [100].

—— ” Question of feeding, [37], [38].

—— ” Refusal of French Government to provide for, [4].

—— ” Some, confined for eight years, [38].

—— ” Stoppage of supplies to, by French Government, [38].

—— ” Sufferings of, [36].

—— Refugees, [101].

—— Refusal of, to supply clothes to compatriots, [36].

—— Republic, [2].

—— Revolution, [26].

—— Troops, Evacuation of Naples by, [50].

Friendly Societies, [459].

Frogmore fête, [156].

Fugitive criminals restored to respective powers, [50].

Funeral of Nelson, Prices given to view, [120].

Furniture, Style of, [234].

Fuseli, Henry, Artist, [371].

Galloway, Committal of, [37].

Galvanism and Electricity, [390], [391].

—— Cure of insane by, [391].

Galvanizing dead criminal, [391].

Gambling in the Royal circle, [286].

—— Universal, [285-287].

—— Vice of women, [285].

Game, Bags of, large, [311].

—— Quantity of, [311].

—— Scarcity of, [236].

—— Supply of, [236].

Gaol Fever, Woolwich Cadets ill with, [453].

Garrick, George, Certificate of identity of, [100].

Gas introduced by Murdoch, [204].

—— ” into London, [204].

—— lamps, First Street, [205].

—— ridiculed, [205].

General elections, [58], [133].

—— Fasts, [103], [107], [115], [126], [133], [146], [163].

Geological Society, [395].

George III. and Royal Family, [98].

—— and Walcheren Expedition, [161].

—— Attempt to assassinate, [9].

—— Cardinal York, a pensioner of, [134].

—— convalescent, [107].

—— Daily life of, [276], [277].

—— Expenses of household of, [47].

—— greatly in debt, [47].

—— Illness of, [179].

—— Jubilee of, [146-152].

—— Messages to House of Commons, [46], [66].

—— pardons deserters, [152].

—— Parliament opened by, [114].

—— Proclamation of peace by, [55].

—— Reference to Napoleon’s letter, [114].

—— Reconciliation between Prince of Wales and, [110].

—— Review of Volunteers by, [417].

—— Sanction of peace by, [39].

George III. seriously ill, [106].

—— W. H. W. Betty presented to, [330].

George III.’s Jubilee, Medal struck to commemorate, [146].

—— servants, petition for wages, [6].

—— sixty-third birthday, [12].

George Washington, Death of, [2].

Germany ravaged, [4].

Girls, Education of, [278-280].

Gold coinage, Smuggling of, [164].

—— High price of, [163].

—— Scarcity of, [16].

Government bill dishonoured, [60], [61].

—— formed by Pitt, [107].

—— Insolvency of, [61].

—— Lotteries, [290], [291].

—— vigilant and watchful, [109].

Grain, Consumption of, restricted, [29].

Grand Junction Canal, Opening of, [208].

Great Britain and Ireland, Union between, [6].

—— fall in wheat, [43].

—— fires in London, [211].

—— seal, Alteration of, [33].

Greatness of France, [113].

Gregory XIII., [30].

Grenville’s, Lord, letters to M. Otto, [26].

—— Reply to Napoleon, [3], [4].

Gretna Green Marriages, [280], [281].

Grouse shooting, [311].

Guildhall, Lotteries at, [291].

Guineas, Temptation to melt, [16].

Gun, Description of a, [309].

—— How to load a, [310].

Gymnastic exercises, [303].

Habeas Corpus Act, Suspension, [37], [102].

Hadfield, James, Acquitted, [12].

—— Biography of, [10].

—— Escape and capture of, [12].

—— Would-be assassin of George III., [9].

Hackney coaches, [187].

Hair-dresser’s Advertisement, [270], [272].

—— False, [268], [272].

—— powdering, [256], [257].

Handbills, Inflammatory, [26].

—— Patriotic, [89-93].

Hanging, [446-450].

Harvest, Bad, throughout Europe, [28].

—— Good and plentiful, [177].

Harvey’s Sauce, Advertisement of, [240].

Hatfield, Review at, [417].

Hats, Beaver, [259].

—— Tax on, [259].

Hatters, Caution to, [259].

Hawkesbury, Lord, Letter to Lord Mayor, [40].

Hawkesbury, Lord, Peace preliminaries signed by, [40].

Head-dresses, [268-272].

Hesitation to evacuate Malta, [64].

Highland Society of London, [367].

Highwaymen, [184].

Hoax on the Lord Mayor, [71].

Home, Privations at, [50].

Honourable Artillery Company, Uniform of, [417].

Hoppner, John, R.A., [372].

Horse Guards, New standard hoisted at, [32].

—— Riding, [193], [194].

Horses, Quality of, [193].

—— Taxes on, [36], [115].

Horticultural Society, The, [395].

Hospitals, Medical, [393].

Hostility of Austria and Prussia, [138].

Hotels, &c., [248], [249].

House of Lords, Robbery from, [440].

House-keeping, Cost of, [16].

Houses in London, Description of, [232].

—— in London, Number of, [232].

—— Pattern of the, [232].

“Hoys”, Margate, [196].

Hunters’ Museums, The, [384].

Hunting Breakfast, A, [306].

—— then and now, [305].

Hyde Park, Review in, accident at, [8].

Illness of George III., [106], [180], [181].

Illuminations, Jubilee, [156], [157].

—— Accident at, [58].

—— Peace, [40], [41], [43].

Impeachment of Lord Melville, [126], [127].

Improvements in Carriages, [188].

Improvements on old tinder-box, [208].

Incledon, vocalist, [265].

Income Tax on £200, [17].

—— ” Repeal of, [47].

Increase of stamp duty, [36].

India, Rice from, [241].

—— Wheat from, [28].

Inefficiency of Police, [24].

“Infant Roscius”, The, [324].

Inflammatory handbills, [26].

Insane, Cure of, by galvanism, [391].

Insolvency of Government, [61].

Insolvent Debtors’ Act, [453].

Insurance Companies, List of, [211].

Intellect, Retarding march of, [62].

Introduction of the Percussion Cap, [310].

Invasion expected on Kent and Sussex coasts, [99].

—— Possibility of, treated lightly, [92].

—— scare dying out, [109].

—— signals, [99].

—— squibs, [78-88].

—— Threatened, of England, [76], [96].

Invisible lady, The, [358].

Ireland, First Census of, [30].

—— Union with, [6], [32].

Ireland’s forgery of “Vortigern and Rowena”, [336].

Irish Rebellion, [101].

—— ” Execution of ringleaders of, [102].

“Jean de Bry” coats, [250].

Jersey, Horrible execution in, [449].

Jews, Jubilee celebrated by, [156].

Jockeys, Lady, [293], [294].

Jubilee Ball at Argyle Rooms, [178].

—— celebrated by Jews, [156].

—— George III.’s, [146-152].

—— illuminations, [156], [157].

—— Pamphlets on, [150], [151].

—— Poem on, [151].

—— Song, [150].

Julian Calendar, The, [30].

Junot’s Army, Defeat of, [142].

Kauffman, Angelica, Artist, [173].

Kennington, Demonstration at, [26], [27].

Kent Coast, Invasion expected on, [99].

Kilwarden, Lord, Murder of, [102].

King of Prussia’s rudeness, [69].

“King’s concerts”, [367].

—— servants petition for wages, [6].

Ladies’ costumes, Eccentricity of, [261].

—— out-door dress, [272].

Lady jockeys, [293], [294].

Lamps, Street, [203].

Large Bags of Game, [311].

Lawrence, Sir Thomas, Artist, [372].

Lauriston, General, Arrival of, [42].

——- ” Treatment of by mob, [42].

Law to prevent sale of new bread, [5].

Lead, Tax on, [36].

Legacies, Duty on, [115].

Letters, Postage of, [232].

—— Tax on, [115].

Leverean Museum, [38].

Liberation of French Prisoners, [54].

Liberty of English Press, [39].

License of the Press, [65].

Linnæan Society, [395].

List of celebrated Authors, [376].

—— of famous doctors, [386].

Living, Cost of, [16].

Livings, Clerical, [178].

Lloyd’s Coffee House a great power, [40].

Lloyd’s, Meeting at, [75].

Loaf, Quartern, Price of, [29].

Loans from Bank of England, [6], [139].

Locomotives, [395].

London Docks, Laying of first stone, [200].

—— Firemen, [212].

—— Great fires in, [211].

—— not beautiful, [232].

—— streets, Condition of, [201].

—— ” Description of, [214].

—— water supply, [212-214].

Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Murder of, [102].

—— Mayor Combe, Proclamation by, [23].

—— Mayor hoaxed, [71].

—— Mayor’s show, [44].

Lord’s Cricket ground, [318].

Loss of Trade, [50].

Lotteries, Government, [290], [291].

Lottery, Fraud at a, [291].

—— Last public, [292].

Louis XVIII., Arrival of brother of, [110].

Lunatics, Treatment of, [391-393].

Luxurious travelling, [186].

Lyceum Theatre, [357].

Lying in state of Nelson, [121], [122].

Machinery, Introduction of into cloth-working, [61].

Madhouses, Public, [391].

Mail Coaches, List of, [231].

—— ” Routes of, [231].

Malcontents, Political, lightly dealt with, [37].

Malta, Evacuation of, [50].

—— Hesitation of England to evacuate, [64].

Mara, Mdlle., Salary of, [365].

March of intellect, Retarding, [62].

Margate “Hoys”, [196].

Marriage of Prince of Wales, [47].

Marshalsea, Prison of the, [148], [456].

Martin, Mr., M.P., called to order, [35].

Mary-le-bone Cricket Club, [318].

Matrimonial Advertisements, [280].

Maunday Thursday, [148].

Meat, Forestalling in, [22].

—— Quantity consumed, [235].

Medical Hospitals, [393].

Meeting at Lloyd’s, [75].

Meetings held all over the country, [98].

—— met with vigorous repression, [28].

Melville, Lord, Impeachment of, [126], [127].

Middlesex Elections, [58-109].

Militia almost permanently embodied, [413].

—— reviewed at Hatfield, [417].

Milk, Prices of, [220].

Miller, Patrick, Esq., Offer of, [426].

Ministry jealous of England’s honour, [68].

Mobbing Quakers, [19].

Modified Postal arrangements, [37].

Montagu, Mrs., friend of “climbing boys”, [216].

Money, Difference in value of, [29].

—— Scarcity of, [105].

—— thrown to the mob, [42].

Moravian missionaries in Barbadoes, [108].

Morland, George, Death of, [373].

Morning Post and Times, [380-382].

—— Number printed, [380].

—— Rise in price of, [380].

Mudie, Miss, Description of, [334].

—— ” Fate of, [336].

—— First appearance in London, [334].

—— Reception of, [335].

Mulgrave’s, Lord, Reply to Napoleon, [114].

Murder of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, [102].

—— of Lord Kilwarden, [102].

—— ” Rev. Richard Wolfe, [102].

Murdoch, Gas introduced by, [204].

Mutinies on board ship, [408-410].

Mutiny in Bantry Bay, [410].

—— on board Hermione, [408].

Names of race-horses, [293].

Naples, Evacuation of, by French Troops, [50].

Napoleon, Ambition of, [65].

—— at Boulogne, [96].

—— Caricature on, [72].

—— cordially hated, [39].

—— Coronation of, the Pope at, [377].

—— crowned King of Italy, [112].

—— distrusted, [3], [26], [68].

—— elected Emperor, [112].

—— English proposal accepted by, [39].

—— Fall of, [135].

—— Fox introduced to, [52].

—— Letters from, [2], [3], [112], [114].

—— Lord Mulgrave’s Reply to, [114], [115].

—— Plot to assassinate, [128], [129].

—— Treaty of Peace signed by, [49].

—— Unjust conduct of, [74].

—— unpleasant to deal with, [65].

Napoleon’s admiration for Fox, [53].

—— antecedents, [93].

—— ignorance of our laws, [65].

—— inspection of Calais, [96].

—— insult to Lord Whitworth, [69].

—— movements well known, [96].

—— power crippled in Portugal, [142].

—— threatened invasion, [82].

National Beverage, Beer the, [238].

—— Debt, Total of, [181].

Naval force completely equipped, [98].

Navy a rough school, [404].

—— 120,000 men voted for, [115].

—— Officers, Increase of pay of, [417].

—— State of, [402].

Needlework, Exhibition of, [357].

Negotiation See-saw, [39].

Negotiations at Tilsit, [136].

—— Peace, Failure of, [130].

Nelson, cost of funeral of, [126].

—— Death of, [118].

—— Departure in the Victory, [74].

Nelson, Funeral of, [120-124].

—— lying in state, [121].

Nelson’s Signal serves trade advertisements, [121].

New Bread, Sale of, forbidden, [5].

—— Coinage, [126].

—— Drop, the first used, [449].

—— Standard hoisted at Horse Guards, [32].

—— Standard hoisted at the Tower, [32].

Newspapers and Advertisements, [380].

—— Heavily taxed, [379].

Nice, Council of, [30].

Nile, Battle of the, [3].

Nollekens, Sculptor, [374].

Northcote, James, R.A., [371].

Notes, Increase of Duty on, [36].

Novels, Five-volume, [376].

Number of houses in London, [232].

—— of Theatres, [323].

Oath, The Freeman’s, [301].

Offer by Patrick Miller, [426].

—— of Messrs. Pickford & Co., [98].

Officers, Navy, Increase of pay of, [417].

Old Sarum, a rotten borough, [37].

—— tinder-box, description of, [208].

One quartern loaf a week, [28].

Open-air concerts, [361].

Opening of Parliament by George III., [114].

Opie, John, Artist, [371].

O. P. Riots, [146], [339-353].

Orange, Prince of, compensated, [50].

Otto, M., and his wife, guests of Lord Mayor, [44].

—— An unofficial agent, [26].

—— Commissary for exchange of prisoners, [38].

—— Peace preliminaries signed by, [40].

Otto’s, M., house illuminated, [58].

—— letter to French prisoners, [58].

Ouseley’s, Major, Library, [377].

Out-door dress, Ladies’, [272].

Ox roasted at Windsor, [154].

Paddington Canal, opening of, [200].

Painters, [370-373].

Pall Mall, First gas-lamps in, [205].

Paper, Tax on, [36].

—— making machine, [396].

Papyri, Deciphering, [377].

Paris Fashions, [265].

—— Fox’s visit to, [52].

—— to London, rapid journey, [194].

Parisot, Mdme., Famous ballet-dancer, [355].

Parliament, Message from George III. to, [6].

—— on price of provisions, [243].

—— Printers before, [165].

Parliamentary Impeachment, [126].

Parliaments opened by George III., [35], [152].

Parole Regulations, [100].

Partridge Shooting, [311].

Paste a substitute for bread, [44].

Patriotic Fund, The, [119], [425].

—— Fund, City subscribes to, [97].

—— Handbills, [89-93].

Paull and Burdett, Duel between, [133].

Peace, Conditions of, [49].

—— Definite treaty of, [48].

—— Negotiations, Failure of, [130].

—— Preliminaries signed, [40].

—— procession, [55-57].

—— ” in the City, [57].

—— Proclamation of, [56].

—— ” Reading of, [56-58].

Peace, Public thanksgiving for, [55], [58].

—— rejoicings, [41-43].

—— Treaties of, [39].

Peltier, Jean, Editor of L’Ambigu, [65].

—— Found guilty, [68].

—— Trial of, [65-68].

Penny post to be twopence, [37].

Pensions to late Ministers, [47].

People, Arming the, [98].

People of Fashion, Diversions of, [275], [276].

Pepper, Tax on, [36].

Pepusch, Dr. John Christopher, musician, [365].

Percussion Cap, Introduction of, [310].

Perkinean Institution, [390].

Perkins’s Metallic Tractors, [389].

Phantasmagoria at the Lyceum Theatre, [357].

Phenomenon, A theatrical, [324].

Philanthropic Societies, [460].

Physical education of women, [303].

Piano, Automaton, player on, [355].

Piazzi, Italian Astronomer, [35].

Pickford and Co., Offer of, [98].

“Pic-nic Club”, Entertainment by, [354].

—— Club, Supporters of the, [355].

Picture Galleries, Private, [369].

Pidcock’s Menagerie, Sale of, [357].

Pigeon Shooting, [310].

Pigott Diamond Bill, [7].

Pillory, Treatment of prisoners in, [440-443].

Pitt, Cost of funeral of, [125].

—— Death of, [125].

—— Government formed by, [107].

Pitt’s Budget, [36].

Plainness of food, [235].

Plot to assassinate George III., [62].

—— to assassinate Napoleon, [128].

Police authorities, [435].

—— Criminal, expense of, [459].

—— Inefficiency of, [24].

—— officers, List of, [457].

Political Caricatures, [65].

—— dissatisfaction, [37].

—— malcontents lightly dealt with, [37].

Poor’s Rates, [17].

Portugal, Fleet of, against England, [137].

Portugal, Napoleon’s power crippled in, [142].

Possibility of invasion treated lightly, [92].

Post Office, Chief, in Cloak Lane, [229].

Post Office, General, First stone laid, [230].

—— Office, Rules of, [230].

Postage of letters, [232].

Postal Arrangements, [37].

Postmen, Uniform of, [228].

Poultry, supply of, [236].

Prayer-book, Alteration of, [34].

Preliminaries of peace signed, [40].

Press, Freedom of the, [82].

—— French, England libelled by, [65].

—— Liberty of, [39].

—— License of the, [65].

—— Gang, man killed by a, [408].

—— Gangs, [406-408].

Price, High, of Gold, [163].

—— of Bread, [36], [44], [240].

—— of Corn, [29].

—— of Milk, [220].

Prices of Wheat, [21], [35], [43].

Primitive state of Manufactures, [396].

Prince of Orange compensated, [50].

—— of Wales, First stone of Covent Garden Theatre laid by, [337].

—— of Wales, Claim by, [47].

—— ” Regency of, [180].

—— ” Marriage of, [47].

Princess Amelia, death of, [179].

Printers before Parliament, [165].

Prints, Satirical, [65], [72].

Prisoners of war, Release of, [53].

—— Treatment of, in pillory, [440-443].

Prisons, list and descriptions of, [453-457].

Privations at home, [50].

Privy Council, Colonel Despard before, [63].

Prize-fight, death at a, [301].

Prize-fighting discountenanced, [302].

Prize-fights, Prince of Wales at, [301].

Proclamation of Peace, [56].

Proclamations of George III., [28], [32].

Progression, Rate of, [17].

Proposals accepted by Napoleon, [39].

Prosecutions, Antiquated, [22].

Provisions, Prices of, [45], [239-243].

Public Madhouses, [391].

—— Roads, State of, [182], [183].

—— thanksgiving for Peace, [55], [58].

—— whipping, [440].

Quakers mobbed, [19].

Quartern loaf, Price of, [29].

Queen of France, arrival of, [145].

Race-horses, names of, [293].

Raid on Conspirators, [63].

Raisins, Tax on, [36].

Ranelagh Gardens, Description of, [360].

Rapid journey from Paris to London, [194].

Rate of Progression, [17].

Rates, Poor’s, [17].

Reconciliation between George III. and Prince of Wales, [110].

Recruiting, Rough and ready method of, [97].

Rectification of Chronology, [30].

Refusal of Bank of England to take back Spanish dollars, [106].

Regency of Prince of Wales, [180].

Regulations, Volunteer, [419-424].

Reinagle, Artist, [372].

Release of debtors, [148].

—— ” prisoners of war, [53].

—— ” Sir F. Burdett, [174].

Relief of debtors by Common Council, [152].

Repeal of Income Tax, [47].

Re-stamping dollars, [163].

Retarding march of intellect, [62].

Retrenchment, [44].

Review at Hatfield, [417].

—— by Prince of Wales, [417].

—— in Hyde Park, [8].

—— of Volunteers, [12-15], [417].

Rice from India, [241].

Riot Act read by Lord Mayor, [20].

Riot after arrest of Sir F. Burdett, [172].

Riots, Corn, [19].

—— Food; Attempt to wreck a house, [24].

—— Food, Termination of, [26].

—— in Cotton districts, [142].

—— in Wiltshire, [61].

—— O. P., [146].

—— ” Caricatures on, [347-349].

—— ” Committee on, [350].

—— ” Compromise agreed on, [351].

—— O.P., Defence of Proprietors, [342], [343].

—— ” End of, [353].

—— ” Kemble’s appearance at, [345].

—— ” Kemble’s windows broken, [357].

—— ” Medals struck, [346].

—— ” Revived, [352].

—— ” Riot Act read at, [344].

Roads, Public, State of, [182], [183].

Robbery, Impudent, [439].

Roman Catholics, Act to relieve, [103].

Rotten Row, Horses in, [193].

Rough and ready method of Recruiting, [97].

Royal Academy of Art, [369].

—— Assent given to the Union, [7].

—— Circle, Gambling in the, [286].

—— Family and dress, [272].

—— ” caricatured, [24].

—— ” Courage conspicuous in, [96].

—— ” Daily life of the, [276], [277].

—— ” W. H. W. Betty presented to, [330].

—— Institution, The, [394].

—— Society, The, [394].

Rupture with France, [65].

Rusby, Trial of, [17].

Rusby’s house sacked, [21].

Rush of English over France, [51].

Russia, Emperor of, Strong proofs of wisdom of, [115].

Safety of George III. and Royal Family, [98].

Sailor, Typical, [403].

Sailors’ Food, [404].

Sailors, Full uniform of, [403].

St. Clement Danes Association, [25].

St. James’s, New Standard hoisted at, [32].

Salt Duty Bill, Fierce debate on, [116].

Scarcity of Bullion, [105].

—— ” Corn, [16], [28].

—— ” Fish, [235].

—— ” Food, [5], [16].

—— ” Game, [236].

—— ” Gold, [16].

Scheldt Expedition, [412].

—— ” select committee on, [162].

Scheme for payment of prisoners’ debts, [148], [149].

Scientific men of the time, [394], [395].

Scotland, First Census of, [30].

Sculptors, [374].

Seal, Great, Alteration of, [33].

Sedan Chairs, Rates of hire, [187].

Shakespeare Gallery Lottery, [375].

Shee, Sir Martin A., P.R.A., [372].

Sheep roasted at Windsor, [154-155].

Sheridan, Anecdote of, [338].

Ships, Number in commission, [405].

Shooting, A day’s, [308].

—— Pigeon, [310].

Shows, Agricultural, [247].

Sick and Hurt Office, [61].

“Silent Highway”, The, [195].

Sinews of War, The, [75].

Skittles, [304].

Slave Trade, Debates on Abolition, [108-127].

—— Trade prohibited, [132].

Smirke, Thos., R.A., [58], [372].

Smuggling Adventure, [444].

—— of Gold coinage, [164].

—— Wholesale, [445].

Societies, Philanthropic, [460].

Society of Antiquaries, The, [395].

—— ” Arts, [395].

Soldiers, Uniform of, [412].

Spain, War against, Debate on, [115].

—— War declared against, [115].

Spanish dollars called in, [106].

Speech, Freedom of, [82].

“Spinning-Jenny”, [62].

Sponging-houses, [457].

Sports, Country, [303].

Sportsmen, Cockney, [313-317].

Spy craze, [99].

Squibs, Invasion, [78-88].

Stage coaches, [184].

—— waggons, [185].

—— ” Speed of, [186].

Stamp duty, Increase of, [36].

Stamping Spanish dollars, [163].

Standard, New, hoisted at Horse Guards, [32].

—— New, hoisted at Tower, [32].

Steam, [395], [396].

Stock Exchange, Excitement on, [72].

—— Exchange ruse, [71].

Stocks, Fluctuation through false rumours, [39].

—— used for minor offences, [440].

Storace, prima donna, [365].

Stothard, Thos., R.A., [371].

Street cries, [219-227].

—— lamps, [203].

Streets, London, Description of, [214].

—— London, Superiority of, [236].

—— vendors, [219-226].

—— watering, [215].

Sugar, Beer made from, [16].

—— Tax on, [36].

Suicides, Burial of, [452].

Superiority of London Streets, [236].

Supply of Game, [236].

—— ” Poultry, [236].

Suspension of Habeas Corpus Act, [37], [102].

Sussex Coast, Invasion expected on, [99].

Tandem Club, The, [191].

Tattersall’s and Aldridge’s, [294].

Tax, Extra, on letters, [115].

—— ” ” salt, [115].

—— Income, on £200, [17].

—— ” Repeal of, [47].

—— on hats, [259].

—— ” horses, [36], [115].

—— ” lead, [36].

—— ” paper, [36].

—— ” pepper, [36].

—— ” raisins, [36].

—— ” sugar, [36].

—— ” tea, [36].

—— ” timber, [36].

Tea, Tax on, [36].

Thames, Appearance of, [199].

—— as a means of traffic, [195].

—— Bridges, [198].

—— dock accommodation needed, [199].

—— Early steamboat on, [200].

—— watermen, [195].

—— ” Fares of, [196].

Thanksgiving, Public, for peace, [55-58].

“The Horns”, Kennington, [26].

Theatres burnt, [337], [338].

—— Number of, [323].

Theatrical Phenomenon, A, [324].

Thornton, Colonel, Bet of, [312].

Threatened Invasion, [76], [96].

Three Mr. Wiggins’s, The, [356].

Tilsit, Negotiations at, [136].

Timber, Tax on, [36].

Times and Morning Post, [380-382].

Tinder-box, Old, Description of, [208].

—— Old, Improvements on, [208].

“Tommy Onslow”, [191].

Tooke, Rev. J. H., partizan of Wilkes, [37].

Total of National Debt, [181].

Tower, New Standard hoisted at, [32].

Townsend, Bow Street runner, [345].

Trade, Loss of, [50].

—— with France, [45].

Trafalgar, Battle of, [118].

Trafalgar, Battle of, London illuminated in honour of, [118].

—— Thanksgiving for victory of, [119].

Traffic in slaves prohibited, [132].

—— Thames as a means of, [195].

Transport defective, [98], [109].

Travelling, Luxurious, [186].

—— Old and new styles compared, [183].

Treason, Execution for, [452].

Treaties of Peace, [39].

Treaty of Amiens, [50], [53].

—— with United States, [138].

Trinidad, Island of, [49].

Turf purer than now, [292].

Turner, Joseph Mallord Wm., [371].

Tyburn, Last person hanged at, [447].

“Tyburn Tickets”, [446].

Union between Great Britain and Ireland carried in Irish House of Lords, [6].

—— Debate on the, [7].

—— Royal assent given to, [7].

“United Britons”, The, [37].

United States, Treaty with, [138].

Unlawful to sell new bread, [5].

Vaccination, [387].

—— Pamphlets, [387].

Valse, The, [367].

Value of money, Difference in, [29].

Variation in price of bread, [26], [36], [44], [240].

Vauxhall Gardens, [358], [359].

Vegetables, Supply of, [239].

Vendors, Street, [219-226].

Venison an epicurean dish, [237].

Vernal Equinox, [30].

Victories gained against fearful odds, [81].

Victory, Departure of Nelson in, [74].

Vimiera, Battle of, [142].

Visitors, Detention of, in France, [74].

Volunteer movement, [12], [417].

—— regulations, [419-424].

Volunteer reviews, [12-15], [417].

Volunteers, Arms of, [424].

—— Dinner to, [417].

—— in plenty, [97].

—— Pay of, [421].

—— serve as police, [419].

“Vortigern and Rowena”, Forgery of, [336].

Vyner, Sir Robert, Anecdote of, [229].

Wages, George III.’s servants petition for, [6].

Waggons, Stage, [185].

—— ” Speed of, [186].

Wales, Prince of, Claim by, [47].

—— First stone of Covent Garden Theatre laid by, [337].

—— Marriage of, [47].

—— Regency of, [180].

—— Review by, [417].

Walcheren Expedition, Account of, [159], [160].

—— Citizens of London and, [161].

—— End of, [157].

—— George III. and, [161].

Walter, Mr., Proprietor of the Times, [400].

War, Attempts to stop the, [128].

—— declared against Spain, [115].

—— France and Austria at, [116].

—— in Egypt, [2].

—— song, [81].

—— with France, Declaration of, [74].

Washington, George, Death of, [2].

Watch-house, The, [437].

Watchmen, Old London, [435].

—— Practical jokes on, [438].

Water Colours, Associated artists in, [375].

Water Colours, Exhibition of paintings in, [375].

—— supply, London, [212], [214].

Watering streets, [215].

Wedding-ring, Story of a, [281].

Weights of carriages, [188].

West, Benj., P.R.A., [370].

West India Docks Bill passed, [199].

Westell, Artist, [372].

Westmacott, Sir Richard, R.A., [474].

Wheat, Importation of, [28].

—— Prices of, [21], [35], [43].

Whip Club, Description of the, [189-191].

Whipping, Public, [440].

Whitworth, Lord, and his recall, [76].

—— Despatches from, [69-73].

—— insulted by Napoleon, [69].

—— Return of, [73].

Wife-selling, [282], [283].

Wilkes, Rev. J. H. Tooke a partizan, [37].

Wiltshire, Riots in, [61].

Windsor, Bull baited at, [156].

—— Fête at, [154-156].

—— Ox and sheep roasted at, [155].

Wines, Prices of, [239].

Wolfe, Rev. Richard, Murder of, [102].

“Women to let”, [284].

Workhouses, Parochial, [459].

York, Cardinal, A Pensioner of George III., [134].

—— Death of, [134].

—— Duke of, Exculpation of, [430].

—— Resignation of, [432].

York’s, Duke of, letter to Speaker, [431].

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