INDEX.
Abbot, Rt. Hon. Chas., elected Speaker, [47].
Abbot’s, Mr., M. P., plan for census, [29].
Abolition of Slave Trade, [132].
“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].
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].
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].
—— 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].
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].
—— 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].
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].
—— 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].
—— 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].
—— 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].
—— 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].
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].
Horses, Quality of, [193].
Horticultural Society, The, [395].
Hospitals, Medical, [393].
Hostility of Austria and Prussia, [138].
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].
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].
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].
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].
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].
—— ” Fish, [235].
—— ” 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].
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].
—— ” 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].
—— 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].
—— 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].
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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