CHAPTER LIII.

Execution for treason—Burying a suicide at the junction of a cross-road—Supposed last such burial in London—The Prisons—List, and description of them—Bow Street Police Office—Expense of the Police and Magistracy—Number of watchmen, &c., in 1804—The poor, and provision for them—Educational establishments 451

INDEX 461

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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A STREET SCENE _Frontispiece_

JAMES HADFIELD’S ATTEMPT TO KILL GEORGE III., MAY 15, 1800 11

THE LOYAL DUCKING; OR, RETURNING FROM THE REVIEW ON THE FOURTH OF JUNE, 1800 14

HINTS TO FORESTALLERS; OR, A SURE WAY TO REDUCE THE PRICE OF GRAIN 18

JOHN BULL AND HIS FRIENDS COMMEMORATING THE PEACE 46

JOHN BULL AND HIS FAMILY TAKING LEAVE OF THE INCOME TAX 48

LONG-EXPECTED COME AT LAST; OR, JOHN BULL DISAPPOINTED AT HIS CRIPPLED VISITOR 51

SKETCH OF THE INTERIOR OF ST. STEPHEN’S AS IT NOW STANDS 60

“DESPAIR” 61

THE FREEMAN’S OATH 90

BILLY IN THE SALT-BOX 116

DEATH OF NELSON 118

NELSON’S FUNERAL CAR 123

EXTRAORDINARY NEWS 143

A STAGE COACH—1804 183

THE STAGE WAGGON 184

TUNBRIDGE ORIGINAL WAGGON 185

“TOMMY ONSLOW” 192

HOW TO BREAK IN MY OWN HORSE 193

ROTTEN ROW—1803 194

ONE OF THE MISERIES OF LONDON 197

LAMPLIGHTER—1805 202

LAMPLIGHTER—1805 203

THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CARBONIC GAS! 205

A PEEP AT THE GAS LIGHTS IN PALL MALL 207

A FIRE ENGINE 211

A FIREMAN—1805 212

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY—1802 213

“WATER CRESSES! COME BUY MY WATER CRESSES!” 219

“HOT CROSS BUNS! TWO A PENNY BUNS!” 220

“DO YOU WANT ANY BRICK-DUST?” 221

“BUY A TRAP! A RAT TRAP! BUY MY TRAP!” 222

“BUY MY GOOSE! MY FAT GOOSE!” 225

“ALL A GROWING, A GROWING! HERE’S FLOWERS FOR YOUR GARDENS!” 226

A POSTMAN 228

TALES OF WONDER 233

A JEAN DE BRY 251

ALL BOND STREET TREMBLED AS HE STRODE 252

THE THREE MR. WIGGINS’S 257

ORIGINALS. A HINT TO THE BON TON 260

ORIGINALS. A HINT TO THE BON TON 261

PARIS FASHIONS FOR WINTER DRESS—1800 264

FASHIONS, EARLY 1800 265

FASHIONABLE FURBELOES; OR, THE BACK FRONT OF A LADY OF FASHION, IN THE YEAR 1801 266

LIGHT HEAD-DRESSES AND LONG PETTICOATS FOR THE YEAR 1802 267

PREPARING FOR A BALL—1803 268

PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 1. 269

PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 3. 269

PROGRESS OF THE TOILET. NO. 2. 270

GRACE, FASHION, AND MANNERS, FROM THE LIFE—1810 273

WALKING DRESSES—1810 273

“LES INVISIBLES,” 1810 274

GROUP OF CHILDREN—1808 278

FILIAL AFFECTION; OR, A TRIP TO GRETNA GREEN 279

A TRIP TO GRETNA GREEN (ROWLANDSON) 281

GREAT SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT BROOKES’S 289

LIFE GUARDS ESCORTING A LOTTERY WHEEL 291

DRAWING THE LOTTERY AT COOPER’S HALL 292

CUDGEL PLAYING—1800 303

FOX-HUNTING BREAKFAST 306

PERCH-FISHING—1804 307

AFTER A DAY’S SHOOTING—1809 308

COCK-SHOOTING WITH SPANIELS—1804 309

BILLIARDS—1801 319

THE YOUNG ROSCIUS, AS FREDERICK, IN “LOVERS’ VOWS” 325

THEATRICAL LEAP-FROG 328

VAIN ATTEMPT TO SEE YOUNG ROSCIUS 329

THE INTRODUCTION 331

MADAME CATALANI 340

CATALANI 341

ISAAC CRUIKSHANK’S CARICATURE 347-349

THE PIC-NIC ORCHESTRA 356

VAUXHALL GARDENS—1808-9 359

MRS. BILLINGTON, AS CLARA, SINGING A BRAVURA (1802) 362

THEATRICAL DOCTORS RECOVERING CLARA’S NOTES! 363

PLAYING IN PARTS 364

HARMONY BEFORE MATRIMONY—1805 366

WALTZER AU MOUCHOIR—1800 368

LA VALSE—1810 368

DRAWING FROM LIFE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY—1808 370

CONNOISSEURS EXAMINING A COLLECTION OF GEORGE MORLAND 373

A DOCTOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL—1803 386

THE COW POCK; OR, THE WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THE NEW INOCULATION! 388

METALLIC TRACTORS—1802 389

WOMEN’S WARD, ST. LUKE’S—1808 392

AN IRON FOUNDRY—1802 397

A COLLIERY—1802 398

BRITISH SAILOR—1805 404

BRITISH SOLDIER—1805 414

SOLDIERS—1806 414

DRESSING PIG-TAILS IN THE OPEN AIR—1801 414

HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY—1803 415

VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS—1803 415

BLOOMSBURY AND INNS OF COURT VOLUNTEER—1803 416

MRS. CLARKE 428

MRS. CLARKE’S LEVÉE 429

MILITARY LEAP FROG; OR, HINTS TO YOUNG GENTLEMEN 430

THE PRODIGAL SON’S RESIGNATION 431

WATCHMEN GOING ON DUTY—1808 436

WATCH-HOUSE. MARYLEBONE—1808 437

CONSTABLES—1805 438

PILLORY. CHARING CROSS 441

THE PILLORY 442

THE CONDEMNED SERMON. NEWGATE 447

THE LAST DYING SPEECH AND CONFESSION 448

INTERIOR OF FLEET PRISON 454

HOUSE OF CORRECTION. COLD BATH FIELDS 456

BOW STREET POLICE OFFICE 458

THE DAWN OF THE XIX^[TH] CENTURY IN ENGLAND.

_A SOCIAL SKETCH OF THE TIMES._