"To-broken ben the Statutes hie in heven;" and also in the _Vision of Piers Ploughman_ (p. 156. ed. Wright): "The bagges and the bigirdles He hath to-broke them all." And Mr. Wright very properly remarks, that "_to_- prefixed in composition to verbs of Anglo-Saxon origin, has the same force as the German _zu_, giving to the word the idea of destruction or deterioration."] * * * * * NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON. _Lambeth Wells._--A place of public entertainment, first opened in 1697. It was celebrated for its mineral water, which was sold at one penny per quart. At the beginning of the eighteenth century it was provided with a band of music, which played at intervals during the day, and the price of admission was threepence. A monthly concert, under the direction of Starling Goodwin, organist of St. Saviour's church, Southwark, was held here in 1727. _Hickford's Rooms, Panton Street, Haymarket._--These rooms, under the name of "Hickford's Dancing Rooms," were in existence as early as 1710. In 1738, they were opened as the "Musick-room." A contemporary account says:-- "The band was selected from the Opera House; but the singularity most attractive consisted of an organ combined with a harpsichord, played by clock-work, which exhibited the movements of an orrery and air-pump, besides solving astronomical and geographical problems on two globes, and showing the moon's age, with the Copernican system in motion." In 1740, Mr. Galliard's benefit is announced to take place "at Mr. Hickford's Great Room in Brewer Street, Golden Square."--See the _Daily Post_ of March 31. The "Great Room" is now known as "Willis's Dancing Academy." _The Music Room in Dean Street, Soho._--The Oratorio of Judas Maccabeus was performed here in great splendour in 1760. It was afterwards the auction room of the elder Christie; and is now "Caldwell's Dancing Academy." George III. frequently honoured this "musick-room" with his presence. _The Music Room in Charles Street, Covent Garden_:-- "The Consort of Musick, lately in Bow Street, is removed next Bedford Gate, in _Charles Street, Covent Garden_, where a room is newly built for that purpose."--_Lond. Gaz._ Feb. 19. 1690. "A Consort of Music, with several new voices, to be performed on the 10th instant, at the _Vendu_ in Charles Street, Covent Garden."--Ibid. March 6. 1691. In 1693 was published _Thesaurus Musicus_, being a Collection of the "Newest Songs performed at their Majesties' Theatres, and at the Consorts in Villier Street, in York Buildings, and in _Charles Street, Covent Garden_." In the proposals for the establishment of a Royal Academy in 1720, the subscription books are advertised as being open, amongst other places, "at the Musick Room in Charles Street, Covent Garden."