St. Paul’s, protection of, from lightning, 173. St. Sepulchre’s Church, old custom at, 38, 39. St. Stephen’s Chapel, discoveries in, 171-173. Salt-box, what was it? 48. Scrub, Mrs. Abington as, 318. Sculptors enumerated by Smith, 308. Sermon by Rowland Hill, 159-160. Sermon-monger, Dr. Trusler as a, 55. _Serva Padrona, La_, 61. Sessions House, Clerkenwell, 47. Shakespeare Gallery, Boydell’s, 235. Shakespeare, Dr. Kenrick’s lectures on, 63. ---- Miss Benger’s lines on, 249. ---- his mulberry tree, 250. Showman, Flockton the, 186. Simon, a London beggar, 87. Slack, his fight with Broughton, 33, 34. Society of Arts, wall paintings at, 171. Soho, watch-house in, 126. Soho Square, Sir Joseph Banks in, 229. Songs and glees, 155. Spinning-wheel Alley, 9. Statues, notable London, 308. Strand Lane Stairs, scene at, 272-273. Stratford Jubilee, 250. Surrey Chapel, 158. Swan signs on the Thames, 297. Swan-upping, 208. Tea-leaves, fortune-telling by, 77. Tea-pot, Dr. Johnson’s, 194. Teething of children, 8. Temple Bar, elephant passes through, 107. Tessellated floors, 149. Thames, Sandby’s views of, 304. Thrale’s Brewery, 78. Toplady, buried, 33. Topographical collections, 99. Tottenham Court Road district, 26 et seq. Trusler (Miss), her fruit-tarts and cheesecakes, 56. Ugolino, Sir Joshua Reynolds’s, 281. Vauxhall Gardens, pictures at, 20. Venus waited on by footmen, 233. Viol-di-gamba, Gainsborough and the, 61. Virginia Water, formation of, 102-104. Walnut Tree Field, 33. _Waterman, The_, 227-228. Waterman’s Hall, portrait in, 226. Watermen, Thames, 268-270. Watermen’s Burial Ground, 269. Westminster Abbey, prize-fighter’s monument in, 34. ---- admission to, 241. Whips carried by ladies, 79. Whitefield’s Tabernacle, 32, 33. Whitehall Chapel, repairs of, 273. Wigs in England, 251-257. Willan’s Farm at Regent’s Park, 23. Wimbledon, Horne Tooke at, 209-211. Windmill Street, 32. Women as Royal Academicians, 198. INDEX OF PERSONS Abington (Mrs.), 214-212, 308. Adams (George), 151. Adams ( John), 139. Amherst (Lady), 240. Angelo (Michael), 27-28. Armstrong (Dr. George), 21. Armstrong (Dr. John), 15. Arnald, A.R.A., 175, 277. Arne (Dr.), 181. Arnold (Dr. S.), 62. Arnold (S. J.), 213. Astley, 270-271. Atkinson, 312. Bacon, R.A., 13, 33, 308. Baddeley, 64. Baillie (Captain), 114. Baily, R.A., 309. Baker, R.A., 12. Baker, 115. Banks (Sir Joseph), 229. Banks (Mrs.), 229-231. Bannister (Charles), 61. Bannister (John), 206-207, 320. Barbauld (Mrs.), 79. Baretti, 47. Barrett, R.A., 12. Barrington (Hon. Daines), 89. Barrow, 42.