city prisons examined with respect to their conduct in the discharge of
their duty, their punishment; 361.-Six Indian chiefs or kings of the
Cherokee nation visit the metropolis; 363.-Salutary regulations re-
specting watermen enacted; ibid.-Citizens petition to parliament to
permit them to fill up Fleet ditch; ibid.-Peculiar privilege enjoyed
by the city of London with respect to the presentations of petitions to
parliament; ibid, n.-Inhabitants of Blackfriars claim a privilege of
exemption from the jurisdiction of the city of London; 372;-which
is tried at Guildhall, and the inhabitants non-suited; 373.-Acts
of parliament for the better lighting of London and its vicinity; 374,
375;-supposed number of lamps at this period; 375.-Act of parlia
ment against the sale of spirituous liquors in less quantity than two gallons
without license; 377.-Another, for limiting the number of play-
houses, for subjecting all the writings for the stage to the inspection
of the lord chamberlain, and for compelling authors to take out a
license for the same; ibid.-Further improvement of the city watch;
378.-Westminster bridge erected; 381;-and also the Mansion-
House; 382.-Foundling hospital erected; 383. (See Foundling Hos-
pital.)-Royal charter to the city of London, empowering the whole
court of aldermen to act as justices of the peace; 388.-Interesting
cause respecting livery-men tried in the Common Pleas; 391.-Act of
lord mayor and court of aldermen limiting the keeping of Bartholomew
fair to three days; 392.-Street robberies so numerous at this period as
to be the occasion of an address to his majesty; 394.-Small-pox
inoculation hospital founded; 400.-Dreadful fire in 1748; 412.
-Act of common council, altering the mode of electing city
magistrates; ibid.-Riot at the little theatre in the Haymarket, in
consequence of the non-appearance of the Bottle Conjuror; 417.—
Peculiar privileges of the city of London with respect to toll con-
tested and ascertained; 419.-Interesting cause in the lord mayor's
court between the masters and journeymen of the city; 421.--Shock of an
earthquake in 1751, with its effects; 424.-Act of parliament for the
improvement of the roads in the vicinity of London, and the borough
of Southwark; 425.-Ludicrous trial of a poulterer for exercising
his trade, not having served an apprenticeship thereto; 427.-Sir
Hans Sloane's collection of curiosities, &c. purchased by parliament,
428.--Recital of the various beneficial acts of the year 1755, respecting
the city; 437.-Act passed for building Blackfriars bridge, and permit-
ting a toll to be taken on the same; 438, 443.-Marine Society founded;
439.-Citizens of London petition parliament for an act to vest them
with the controul of the river Thames and its fishery; ibid,—granted;
440.-London bridge burnt down, 441;-grant of 15,000l. from par-
liament to rebuild the same;-statement of the expence, &c. attending
its erection; 443.-Citizens of London petition parliament for a further
improvement of their city, and obtain an act for that purpose; 447.
-First stone of Blackfriars' bridge laid, 456.~Cock-lane Ghost, full ac-
count of it, 515 to 519.-Act passed for the regulation of the fishery, and
for the better supply of the metropolis with its produce; 519.-Public
entry of the Venetian ambassadors into London; 524.-Apprehension
of John Wilkes, Esq. for a supposed libel; 526, n.--his trial and ac-
quittal; 528, n.-Acts of parliament passed for rebuilding Newgate;
531;-another act for the more effectual prevention of fires in and
about the metropolis; 532;-instance of the dreadful effects of a fire
in a single house; ibid.-Violent storm of thunder, lightning, and
rain in the metropolis; 537.-Example of British benevolence, in the
humanity of the citizens to the unfortunate German emigrants; 538.
-Silk weavers, their distress, in consequence of the importation of
foreign silks into England;542; -petition parliament for relief; ibid. n.
-in despair, they attack the houses of the supposed enemies of
their trade; 543.-Great fire at Rotherhithe, in 1765; ibid.-Lord
mayor enforces certain statutes against the use of false measures;
544.-Another fire in 1765; 545.-Society of Artists of Great Britain
founded; 546.-Commissioners of sewers petition the lord mayor and
court of common council for a further improvement in the paving
and cleansing of the metropolis; ibid.-Act of parliament for in-
creasing the tolls on the turnpike roads round London; 553.-Hard
frost in the metropolis in the year 1767, followed by a violent hurri-
cane; 559;—court of common council subscribe sums of money for
the sufferers of this inclement season; ibid.-Government purchases
Gresham college of the city, and erects the Excise office on its site;
570.-Another hard frost in 1768, 572.-Mr. Wilkes offers himself
as canditate to represent the city of London; 573;-is rejected; 574;
-but returned for Middlesex; ibid.-Prince of Monaco (at whose
court the duke of York died) visits the city of London; 575.-On the
arrival of the king of Denmark at St. James's the citizens of London
invite him to an entertainment; 579.-Royal Academy of Arts insti-
tuted; 583.-Long expected cause between Mr. Wilkes and the earl
of Halifax tried in the court of Common Pleas; 586;-and determined
in favour of the former; 587.-Correspondence between the lord mayor
and the secretary at war, on the insult offered to the city by the march
of a military body through the streets with drums and fifes playing;
592.-Lord mayor and sheriffs go in state to the Old Bailey, and lay the
first stone of the present building called Newgate; ibid.-The lord
mayor and Alderman Oliver committed to the Tower by the house of
commons for a supposed breach of the privileges of that house; 559,
n. they are addressed and applauded by the several wards in London,
-An information of disfranchisement filed against the companies of Gold-
smiths, Grocers, and Weavers for refusing to obey the lord mayor's
precept for a common hall; 602.-Upright conduct of Messrs. Wilkes
and Bull, with respect to the prisoners in Newgate; 602.-Dreadful
effects of a fire in a house in Bishopsgate street; 604.-Remarkable
instance of mortality among the city magistrates in the course of four
years; ibid. Cause tried at Guildhall between the common Serjeant
of the city of London and the master of the company of Goldsmiths,
for disobeying a precept of the lord mayor; 605.-Act of parliament
"for preventing the mischiefs from driving cattle in London, West-
minster, and within the bills of mortality;" ibid;-salutary provisions
of that act; 608.-Number of cattle sold at Smithfield in the year
1774; ibid. Further proceedings with respect to the disfranchisement
of the master of the company of Goldsmiths, 608 to 610.-Court
of aldermen vote their thanks and a sum of money to John Wilkes,
Esq. late lord mayor, for his wise, upright, and impartial adminis-
tration of justice, during his mayoralty; 611.-Statement of the
expences attending the mayoralty; 614.-Lord mayor refuses per-
mission to the admiralty to impress men in the city; 615.-The
city proceeds against the admiralty in the court of King's Bench;
ibid.-issue of the trial, and speech of lord Mansfield; 617.-Press-
gangs still molest the citizens; 618;-four of the assailants brought
before the sitting magistrates; 619; and committed to prison; 620.
-Privilege of exemption from the payment of tolls in any part of Eng-
gland contested and ascertained by the citizens of London; 624.
-Citizens assert a claim to the duty of six-pence per load on all
hay sold in Smithfield, not the property of freemen of London; 625;
-trial thereon, and issue in favour of the citizens; 626.-First stone
of the New Sessions House, Clerkenwell, laid; ibid.—Mr. Alderman
Wilkes elected chamberlain of the city of London; ibid. Riots of
the protestant association in London, in 1780; 627.-The king's great
illness and recovery, and the grand procession of their majesties, &c,
to St. Paul's cathedral, to return thanks for the same (A. D. 1789,)
642. Great fire at Ratcliffe-highway, in which 630 houses were con
sumed; 644.-St. Paul's church Covent Garden, burnt down; 645.
-Celebrated trial between Mr. Croome, auctioneer, (plaintiff) and
the late alderman Le Mesurier, then lord mayor (defendant), for false
imprisonment; ibid, n.-On a threat of invasion from France, the citizens
of London enter into subscriptions, and form themselves into armed as-
sociations for the defence of the country; 647, 648.-The king reviews
the different corps in and about the metropolis; 649.-Return of the
strength of the volunteer forces at the different stations; ibid.-His
jesty visits Drury lane theatre, and is fired at by a maniac; 650.—
London bridge, first mention of it, 51, n.-repaired and strengthened;
58.-gets out of repair, and is first built of stone; 62;-mode of
its erection; expence attending it, and how defrayed; ibid, n.-its,
water-works erected; 150;-and destroyed in the great fire of 1666.
221.-London bridge rebuilt in 1754; 421;-and burnt down in
1759; 441;-grant of 1500l. from parliament to rebuild the
same; 443; the expence attending its erection; ibid.
Lord mayor of London, the creation of that title; 78;-permitted
the privilege of having gold and silver maces carried before him; ibid;
-the present mode of electing him established; 104.-Act of com-
mon council restraining the extravagance and luxury of civic feasts;
134.-Expences attending the mayoralty; 614.-1500l. per year
added to the salary of the lord mayor; 652.
Lottery, the first one mentioned, and duration of its drawing; 143.
Lovat, lord, his execution in 1747, for rebellion; 407;-levity of his
conduct previous to that awful event; 408.
Maces, when first carried before the lord mayor; 78.
Mansion-house, its erection; 382;—and expence attending it; 383, n.
Market-places, first used by the Romans, 11-as also mile-stones, 21, n.
Merchants, German, a company of, settled in London; their designation,
and singular payment to the king; 52,
Newgate, previously a miserable dungeon, rebuilt by sir R. Whittington,
92;-first stone of the present building laid; 596.
Norwich, singular custom on the election of its sheriffs; 137, n.
Old Street, one of the most ancient Roman military ways; 21.
Parliament, when first summoned; 44:-bill for enlarging the term of
its continuance, called the Septennial act; passed; 334.
Party-walls, first mention made of them; 63.
Favement, description of a beautiful Mosaic discovered in 1803,
before the East India House; 34.
Picard, Henry, mayor of London, entertains four kings; 80.
Plague, introduced by commerce, in 658; 44; and depopulates the
metropolis; ibid;-its ravages in 1361, and preventions employed
on that occasion; 79;-its re-appearance in 1604; 168.
Printing, art of, when introduced into England, and by whom; 104;
-title of the first book printed; ibid, n.
Procession by water on lord mayor's day, its commencement; 101.
Provisions, price of, in the reign of Henry II. 63;-in that of king
John; 67-their remarkable cheapness in the reign of Edward I.
75, n.-their value in the reign of Henry VIII 120;-first regulated
by act of parliament, and the prices enumerated; 132. -Dearth of
provisions and their high price induce the lord mayor and com-
mon council to pass an act restraining the luxury of civic feasts;
134.-Price of poultry in the reign of queen Elizabeth; 145.-Number
of cattle killed in 1767 for the use of the metropolis; 570.
Ransom of Richard I. great sum contributed by London towards
that purpose a strong proof of her opulence in that prince's reign; 64.
Romans (according to Hearn, the antiquary) first landed at Dover,
from thence proceeded by easy journies towards London; 16;-were
the first who used stone and brick, tiles and slates, in the formation
of their buildings; they also introduced the use of chimnies; 12.-
they are attacked by queen Boadicea, and defeated; 31.
Royal Academy of Arts instituted by the king's authority; 583.
Royal Exchange built; 142;-consumed in the great fire; 232.-Sir
Christopher Wren's plan for rebuilding the same; 246, 250.
Royal Society, its institution and object; 191.
Sadler's company, supposed to be one of the most ancient guilds; 88.
Saunders, Sir Edmund, anecdotes of him: 269, n.
Savoy hospital founded; 68.
Secker, Dr. archbishop of Canterbury, his death and will; 578.
Sedan chairs, when first used; 175;-grant to sir Sanders Duncomb
of the emoluments to be derived from them, for a certain number
of years; ibid;-their number in 1712; 326.
Sessions house, Clerkenwell, its erection; 626.
Sheriff, the creation of their office; 45, n.-singular custom observed
when they are sworn in; 68, n.-present mode of electing them esta-
blished; 104;—when first empowered to empannel jurors for the city
courts; 114.-The ancient form of nominating them described, its
singularity; 150.-Act of the common council of London, altering the
mode of their election; 412.
Ships of war, when first built; 45, n.—their great increase in size and
metal in the year 1608; 171.
Sion college founded; 81.
Small-pox hospital, its institution; 400.
Smithfield, East, formerly a vineyard; 32;
West, the place for public executions; 59;-period when first
paved; 171.
Society of Antiquaries, its incorporation; 426.
Artists of Great Britain incorporated; 546.
for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, &c.
its establishment; 431.
Somerset House, its erection; the inauspicious circumstances attending
it; and the illicit means employed to complete it; 126.
Southwark, borough of, grant of it to the city of London; 129;-form of
the instrument confirming the same; 130;-rights and privileges of the
city over the borough; 131.
St. Giles's in the Fields, Hospital of, singular custom observed at it in the
reign of Henry I. 60, n.
St. James's palace, (originally an hospital for lepers), erected; 75.
St. Lukes hospital, for incurables, its erection; 423, n.
St Paul's cathedral destroyed by fire, A.D. 961;-re-edified by bishop
Maurice; 58;-again destroyed in the great fire of London, A. D.
1666; 222;-but afterwards rebuilt by sir Christopher Wren in its
present form; 245.-Grand procession to this cathedral in 1789, by
the king, queen, and the royal family, the members of both houses
of parliament, and the municipal bodies of the metropolis, on the re-
covery of his majesty's health; 642.-Another grand procession to re-
turn thanks for the three great victories obtained over the French by
lords Howe, St. Vincent, and Duncan (A. D. 1797); 647.
St. Stephen's chapel built; 81.
St. Thomas's hospital, account of; 132.
Streets of London, partial pavement thereof; 112;-more general pave-
ment; 171.—(see London.)
Surgery, wretched state of, at the commencement of Henry the Eighth's
reign; 113;-ludicrous description of the surgeons attending the armies
of that prince in his campaigns; ibid, n.
Swift, dean, ludicrous anecdote of him; 322, n.
Thames, river, frozen over, booths erected, and converted to a fair; 352;
-the same occurrence in 1739; 387;—and again in 1767; 569.
Tithes, their first establishment;-102.
Tobacco, its introduction into England; 151.
Towns, British, anciently not places of general residence, but of refuge;
10-formerly, planted in the centre of woods; ibid.
Tower, formerly a Roman fort, containing a mint and treasury; 34;~
much enlarged by William I. 58;-further enlarged by William II.
ibid;-encompassed by a wall and ditch in the reign of Richard I. 64, n.
Turnpike roads, first mention of them; 77.
Union of Scotland with England; 318.
Vines, first planted by the Romans;-32.-Vineyards in East Smith-
field, Hatton-garden, and St. Giles's in the Fields; ibid.
Wall of London, first built by the empress Helena, mother of Constantine
the Great; 15;-its subsequent boundaries described; 36.
Wards, when first mentioned, 45, n;-their extent, population, and opu-
lence in the reign of Edward III. 76; n.
Watch, for the protection of the city, first permanent one established;
143;-act for its improvement; 378.
Watches, their first invention; 246, n.
Water-works, London bridge, their erection; 150;-are consumed in the
great fire of London in 1666;-236.
Watling-street, one of the ancient Roman military ways; 11.
Weaver's company, supposed to be one of the most ancient guilds; 88.
Weights and measures, first standard for; 65;—again adjusted; 184.
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