London in the Jacobite times, Volume I

In the Churches――In the Streets――Steele’s Satire――In Parliament――Political Amenities――Sacheverel: Marlborough――On Parade. First Blood――The ‘Peregrine Yatch’――The King at Greenwi...

Carte, the Jacobite――An Old and New Lord Chancellor――Preparations for the Coronation――The Scene in the Abbey――Whigs and Jacobites――Tory Mobs――The Royal Family in the Park――Sedit...

At the Play――Flight of Ormond――Sacheverel――Politics in the Pulpit――Calumny against Sacheverel――Danger in the Distance――Flight of Bolingbroke――Bolingbroke Pamphlets――Bolingbroke’...

Politics in the Army――Lieutenant Kynaston――Jacobite Plotters――False Accuser――The Military Board――The Lieutenant disposed of――Captain Paul――Arrest of Members of Parliament――Harve...

Pamphleteering――General Confusion――Jacobite Mobs――Rioting――Ballad-Singers――Political Songs――Arrests――In the Park――Invasion Imminent――Sound of Shot――Afloat on the Thames――The Hor...

Camp and Pulpit――Popular Slogan――Perilous Anniversaries――Popular Demonstrations――News from the North――Reports from Scotland――Further Intelligence――News from Preston――Jacobite Fu...

The Chevalier in Scotland――The Chevalier out of Scotland――Cost of living in Newgate――Inside Newgate――Visitors to Newgate――Sorting the Prisoners――Extortion――Dissensions――Jacobite...

Carnwath’s Confession――The King and Lady Nithsdale――The King and Lady Derwentwater――Scene at Court――The Condemned Lords――Lady Nithsdale――Changes of Dress――Escape of Lord Nithsda...

State-Trial Ceremonies――Lord Wintoun in Court――Opening of the Trial――The Legal Assailants――The King’s Witnesses――The Rev. Mr. Patten――Patten’s Character of Wintoun――Military Wit...

Edmund Curll――The New Poems――Princess of Wales and Lady Kenmure――Luxury in Newgate――General Forster’s Escape――A Ride for Life――The Prisoners in the Tower――Patten on the Prince o...

David Lindsay――Trials of Rebel Officers――Colonel Oxburgh――The Colonel at Tyburn――A Head on Temple Bar――More Trials――Jacobite Jurymen――Towneley and Tildesley――Their Trials――Their...

Festive Fighting――Jacobite Boys――Flogging Soldiers――Hoadly in the Pulpit――Flattery by Addison――On the Silver Thames――Two Pretty Fellows――Thanksgiving Day――Sherlock’s Sermon――Bis...

The Rev. Mr. Paul――A Cry for Life――Paul and Patten――Paul, a Jacobite Again――The King in Fleet Street――A Reading at Court――Sanguinary Struggles――A Jacobite Jury――The Mug-Houses――...

Bishop Atterbury――Jacobite Congregations――Liberty Used, and Abused――Jacobites at Large――An Entry in a Cash Book――Bishop Atterbury, the Chevalier’s Agent――More Prosecutions――Tria...

A Youthful Jacobite――A would-be Regicide――A Fight in Newgate――Up the Hill to Tyburn――Scene at Tyburn――A Jacobite Toast――Satirical Pamphlet――Lovat already Suspected――Hearne on Ec...

The Skirmish at Glenashiels――Judicial Caprice――Assault on the Princess of Wales――The King and his Ladies――A Suspicious Charity Sermon――Riot in Church――Riot Prolonged――Liberty of...

Atterbury’s Hopes――Death of Laurence Howell――In Hyde Park――At Bartholomew Fair――Stopping the King’s Expresses――Cibber’s ‘Refusal’――In State to the Pillory――Birth of the ‘Young C...

The Bishop in the Tower――Pope and Atterbury――The ‘Blackbird’――Treatment of Atterbury――Scenes in Camp――Soldiers and Footpads――Discipline――Christopher Layer――The Plot――Layer at We...

The Plot――Satire on the Plot――Decyphering――Proceedings against Atterbury――Debate in the Commons――Debate in the Lords――Condemnation of Plunkett――Kelly’s Trial――Kelly’s Defence――S...

Burnet gave him hope. A good time, he said, was coming. The queen was mortally ill. Burnet was then, he said, on his way from Clerkenwell to the Court, and he undertook to send...

‘What will King Lewis do for the Chevalier?’ was the next query of the Londoners. The King of France and Navarre soon showed his indisposition to do anything for the substantial...

If more taste had been shown in those who catered for the royal family when they went to the play, it would have been as well. At an evening drawing room, in February, the Duche...

The papers proved both the watchfulness and uneasiness which existed with respect to the army. One day it is recorded that a Colonel of the Guards was dismissed. As danger seeme...

Both the Whig and the Tory press exasperated the Government. From the former was issued a pamphlet, called ‘The necessity of impeaching the late ministry.’ The pamphlet took the...

The Guards, while encamped in Hyde Park, were preached to, on Sundays, with an earnestness which stood for an apology. It seemed necessary to persuade them, as the preachers did...

This last made all the difference between the captives of 1708 and those of 1715. Those of the former year were in time liberated, on agreement on the part of the most influenti...

Lord Carnwath’s confession, if it may be called so, related how he went to Lorraine where he had an interview with the Chevalier. He had persuaded the Prince, he said, to make s...

When all these great personages had reached their proper places, the Clerk of the Crown appeared on the floor of the House making demonstrations of respect, in manner somewhat t...

While the deputies of the Gentlemen Ushers of the Black Rod were in search of Curll and Pemberton, Sarah Popping petitioned the Lords for a full pardon, on the ground that she,...

On Monday the 7th were to have been arraigned at the Exchequer Bar, at Westminster, the Brigadier Mackintosh, Richard Gascogne, Henry Oxburgh, Alexander Menzies, and John Robert...

In great numbers, the Jacobites paraded the streets, or stood about in defiant groups, till church-time pealed out, and then the most of them filed off to various churches and c...

Patten sketches the incidents of the Rev. Mr. Paul’s first appearance on the scene. It occurred at Lancaster. Forster, the commander, was at dinner with Patten in the Recorder o...

Secretly, out of the streets, treason was quietly at work.――How early the Jacobites were again actively engaged in London, in pursuit of their purpose, is shown in the fact that...

In the year 1711, there was a pupil at the Latin school in Salisbury, who was remarkable for his ‘fine parts.’ His name was James Sheppard. His late father had been a glover in...

London, generally, had contemplated this new rebellion with indifference. The Government was by turns lenient and severe. It was thought expedient, one day, to pardon mutinous d...

The prelatic conspirator at the Deanery in Westminster addressed a letter to the Chevalier de St. George, in May, which was stuffed with treason and exultation. Atterbury makes...

In the Tower the bishop was treated with unusual severity. Pope, in a letter to Gay (September 11th, 1722), ridicules the rigour observed with respect to small things: ‘Even pig...

On the 15th of January, 1723, the House of Commons resolved that a committee, consisting of such members of the House as were also Privy Councillors, should examine Layer and hi...