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Street, 823. Finsbury Square, 862.-Islington, 394.Foundling Hospital, 1230.-Hyde Park, 2790.--Total, 12,208.

The transactions of the year 1800, commenced in au awful and interesting manner, the life of a beloved king, was endangered by means of a maniac. On the 15th of May, at a review in Hyde Park, a casual shot had wounded a gentleman very near his majesty, but as this could not be construed into any design, it was not so confidered: but in the evening, on the king's entering Drury Lane Theatre, and whilst, as usual, he was bowing to the audience, a person of the name of James Hadfield, fired a horse-pistol, the effect of which was providentially defeated, by the contents being directed to the upper part of the royal box. It was afterwards proved that the assassin was deranged in his intellects, and when he came to be tried for the atrocity, he was sentenced to a lunatic asylum, where he still continues. The citizens of London were among the first to congratulate his majesty on his wonderful deliverance, couched in a loyal and affectionate address..

On the 4th of July, a cornfactor of the name of Rusby, was indicted for regrating, and convicted. Lord Kenyon observed to the jury, "you have conferred, by your verdict, almost the greatest benefit on your country that ever was conferred by any jury." This verdict was the more gratifying, as the cause had occurred during a time that the people were riotously inclined on account of the high price of bread.

Lord Kenyon's remark at this time was more necessary, as the high price of provisions had driven the lower classes of people to many acts of desperation; and that their complaints were far from being groundless, the subsequent resolutions justify.

At a court of common council held on the 14th of October, the following address was unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be presented to his majesty by the whole

court:

"To

"To the King's most excellent Majesty,

"The humble address and petition of the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of London, in common council assembled.

Most Gracious Sovereign,

"We, your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of London, in common council assembled, humbly approach your throne with deep concern, to represent that every class of your majesty's subjects, but more especially those of the laborious and industrious poor, are now suffering extreme distress, arising from the excessive price of bread, and of every other necessary article of life. Under circumstances so trying, your majesty may rest assured, that your faithful citizens of London, steady in their attachment to your majesty's person and government, and in their confidence in that happy constitution under which we live, have discouraged, and will continue to discourage, every attempt to excite tumultuous and disorderly proceedings, not only unjustifiable in themselves, but directly tending to continue and to increase the present calamity, and will, both by active exertions and by example, do their utmost to encourage a strict and uniform obedience to the laws, looking to the legislature, and to that only, under Divine Providence, for relief; and trusting in your majesty's paternal regard for your people, that its utmost energy will be exerted for that purpose. We therefore, humbly pray, that your majesty will be pleased speedily to convene your parliament, that they may concert such measures as they in their wisdom shall judge most effectual to remove the sufferings, and supply the wants, of your people; thereby preserving to them the blessings they have long enjoyed under your majesty's mild and gracious goverment."

On the 14th of October, the lord mayor and corporation of London, attended his majesty with the above address; to which his majesty was pleased to make this most gracious

answer:

"I am always desirous of recurring to the advice and assistance of my parliament on any public emergency; and, previous to receiving your petition, I had given directions for convening my parliament for the dispatch of business."

In the course of this year it was moved and carried in the affirmative, that 1,500l. per annum, should be granted to the lord mayor, in addition to his allowance by the city, as requisite to support the dignity of the office.

THUS have we deduced our HISTORY to the close of the year eighteen hundred. We certainly exceed the compass prescribed; but to have said less, would depreciate our subject. Some unavoidable errors may have escaped; but they are not wilful, and therefore we hope for excuse and candid correction. We however, take upon us to assert, that as we have in no instance wandered from our purpose of detailing circumstances peculiarly attached to the HISTORY OF THE BRITISH METROPOLIS, we may venture a claim to confidence in the authenticity and correctness of our TOPOGRAPHICAL department.

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

Printed by W. Stratford,
Crown Court, Temple Bar.

VOL. I.

A.

ADDLE-STREET, anciently Athelstan, Adelstan, or King Addle-

street, and formerly the residence of king Athelstan; p. 47.
Adelphi buildings, their erection; 599; bill passed in parliament for the
purpose deemed an invasion of the property of the city; ibid.
Alfred, his regular government of the kingdom; 45, n. divides it into
counties, hundreds, and tythings; and the city into wards and pre-
cincts, over which he places officers analogous to our aldermen and
common council men; ibid;-builds men of war, improves mercantile
shipping, and encourages the use of stone and brick in the erection of
houses; ibid.

Apprentices, ancient instructions contained in their indentures; 118, n.
their extravagant and improper mode of attire, produces an act of com
mon council restraining the same; 149,

Arts and sciences, in the reign, of Henry VIII. begin to flourish; 113;
are fostered and encouraged by Cardinal Wolsey; 115.

-, Royal academy of, its institution; 583.

B.

Bakers, laws enforced against their mal-practices, in the reign of Ed-
ward I.; 3.

company of, supposed to be one of the most ancient guilds; 88.
Balmerino, Lord, full account of his execution for high treason in 1746; 401.
Bank of England, its establishment; 312.

Bartholomew fair, first mention of it; 168;-is suspended, with other
fairs, to prevent the extension of the plague; ibid.
Bartholomew, St. priory of, founded, A.D. 1102; 59.
Bible, the first English translation of it; 122.

Billingsgate market, its establishment; 314.

Blackfriars bridge, act passed for its erection; 438;-estimate of the ex-
pence, and other particulars; 443;-the first stone laid: description of
the ceremony attending it; 456.

Boadicea, the British heroine, account of, 31;-confederates with the Tri-
nobantes, defeats the Romans, and sets fire to the metropolis; ibid.."
Bow bridge, its erection; 61.

Bow church, the curious construction of its steeple, the top of which, before
the great fire of London, supported a lantern, intended as a direction for
travellers, and for the market people that came from the northern parts
to London; 21.

Bridge, the first mention of one; 51, n.
British museum, its establishment; 428.

Buildings, in the time of the Romans, descriptions of them; 12;-the
use of chimnies introduced, and also of tiles and slates; ibid--their
windows, furnished with lattices of wood, or sheets of linen; ibid.-
State of the buildings in the metropolis in the reign of Charles I, with
Sir William Davenant's whimsical description of them; 178.
Butchers, their small number in London in the beginning of the sixteenth
century; 119;-consumption of meat at that period; ibid;—and its
price; 120-Butchers refuse to pay the toll hitherto exacted of them;
433;-fariners of the toll cominence an action against them, and are
nonsuited; 437.-Number of cattle killed, in 1767, for the use of the
metropolis; 570.

VOL. I.

Cabel,

Cabal, its singular derivation, from the names of the persons whose initials
combined form the word; 274.

Canterbury, styled the metropolis of England, in the time of the Saxons;
43;-plundered and burnt by the Danes; 144;-and rebuilt by king
Alfred; ibid.

Canute, his invasion of Britain, 50; is crowned at Southampton; ibid;—
his tyrannic disposition; relaxes in favour of the English; ibid;-be-
comes a powerful, spirited, and wise king; 52;-his death; 53.
Cardinal Wolsey, fosters and improves the arts and sciences; 115; is op-
posed in his exactions on the citizens; 116.

Caxton, William, citizen and mercer, introduces the art of printing; 104;
-some account of him; ibid; title of the first book printed; ibid, n.
Charing cross, formerly a village lying between the cities of London and
Westminster; 78.

Charter-house, formerly a Carthusian monastery; 30.

Cheap living, extraordinary instance of, in the year 1306; 75, n.-value
of commodities at that time; ibid.

Chess, a treatise on, the first book printed in England; 104, n.
Christ's hospital, its erection and endowment; 132.

City feast, a grand one given by a citizen of London to Edward III. and
three other kings; 80;-Arst one given at Guildhall; 111;—a great
entertainment given by some gentlemen of the law, on assuming the
dignity of the serjeant's coif; 119;-the expences attending it; 120;-
act of the common council to check the immoderate luxury of the civic
table; 134.-Great entertainment given by the benchers of the inns of
court to Charles I. and the royal family; 178;-immense expence
thereof; ibid.-The Lord Mayor gives another, equal to the former;
ibid.-Lord mayor and aldermen entertain the great duke of Marlbo-
rough, and several of the nobility, after the battle of Ramillies; 318.-
Grand dinner given to George I. the royal family, and many of the
nobility, on Lord Mayor's day, on which occasion the chief magistrate
was created a baronet; 333.-Sumptuous entertainment given by the
lord mayor to their present majesties soon after their coronation, and to
the royal family and principal nobility; 507;-report of the committee
appointed to provide that entertainment; 510.-Lord mayor and court
of common council invite the king of Denmark (then on a visit at St.
James's) to an entertainment at the Mansion house; 579;-particulars
of the royal procession to the city by water, &c. &c. 580 to 582.
City magistrates, present mode of eleeting them established; 104;—ex-
tent of their jurisdiction in 1526; 117.

Coals, when first used; 74;-regular measures for established; 217;~
further regulations respecting them; 326.

Cock lane ghost, full account of that deception, means employed to effect
it, and the trial and punishment of the contrivers; 515.
Colchester, its ancient name, and founder; 10.

Coinage, the first sterling; 67.

Combination amongst journeymen and labourers, first act passed on that
subject; 124-further proceedings against combinations; 337.
Compton, Dr., bishop of London, his honourable appellation, and noble
and spirited character; 275, n.-is suspended from the functions and
exercise of his episcopal office; 277.

Conduits, list of, and when erected, 70, n.

Coram, Mr. Thomas, brief memoirs of him; 384, n.--his benevolent ex-
ertions to establish a Foundling hospital in or near the metropolis; 385;
draws up a memorial to his majesty in its favour; form of that instru-

ment;