LONDON IN THE JACOBITE TIMES VOL. I. _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ TABLE TRAITS AND SOMETHING ON THEM HABITS AND MEN KNIGHTS AND THEIR DAYS MONARCHS RETIRED FROM BUSINESS NEW PICTURES AND OLD PANELS LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER HISTORY OF COURT FOOLS THE BOOK OF THE PRINCES OF WALES THEIR MAJESTIES’ SERVANTS: ANNALS OF THE STAGE SAINTS AND SINNERS THE LAST JOURNALS OF HORACE WALPOLE (EDITED) A LADY OF THE LAST CENTURY ‘MANN’ AND MANNERS AT THE COURT OF FLORENCE LONDON IN THE JACOBITE TIMES BY Dᴿ DORAN, F.S.A. AUTHOR OF ‘TABLE TRAITS’ ‘QUEENS OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER’ ‘THEIR MAJESTIES’ SERVANTS’ ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I. [Illustration: colophon] LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1877 _All rights reserved_ LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET TO MY SON ALBAN HENRY G. DORAN, F.R.C.S. WITH EQUAL RESPECT AND AFFECTION CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. CHAPTER I. (1714.) PAGE 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 Greenwich――Scottish Homage――Claret Loyalty――The Artillery Company――The Royal Entry――The Players’ Homage――The Affairs of Scotland――A Royal Proclamation 1 CHAPTER II. (1714.) 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――Seditious Pamphlets――Jacobite Clubs――Royalties――At St. James’s――Electioneering Tactics――Royal Chaplains――The Chevalier in London 18 CHAPTER III.