Barrymore, Lord, his wager, 298 Bartholomew Fair, history of, 328; description of, 329 Bartolozzi, 220 Bath, its charter, 312; its freedom, 330 Bath, knights of the, installation supper, 114 Bathing-ladies, 312 Bear's grease, 58 Beau, a, 56 Beef, price of, 146 Bedford, Duke of, 24, 25, 61, 185, 298, 306 Bellamy, Mrs., 190 Bernard, Mrs., the actress, 190 Bigg, W.R., _A.R.A._, 227 Billington, Mrs., 189, 225 Black servants, (Indented), 313 Blood, a, 54 Boarding schools, advance in price of, 146 Boarding schools, lady's, 320 Bonaparte, (see Napoleon) Bond Street Lounge, the, 64, 76 Borouwlaski, Jos., 222 Boswell, James, 230 Bounty for soldiers, 110 Bourgeois, Sir Francis, 196 Bow Street Runners, 244 Bowes, Mr., 185 Bowyer, Admiral, 26 Box-lobby loungers, 200 Bread, household, recommended by Privy Council, 138; subscriptions to reduce price of to the poor, 139; noblemen, &c., pledge themselves to eat household bread, 140; to make good bread, 141; to consume but little, 143, 144; bread used at the Royal table, 147; price regulated by the Aldermen, 148; assize of bread, 148; short weight of, 150 Bridgewater, Duke of, 61 Bridport, Lord, 38, 39 Brighton, dress, 52; company at, 326 Brothers, Lieut. (a pretended prophet), 317 Bruni, vocalist, 209 Brunton, Miss, the actress, 190 Buck, a, 54 Buckingham, Marquis of, 42 Buckinghamshire, Lady, 166, 167, 168, 172, 177, 179 "Bull," a, 318 Bullock stealing, punishment for, 270 Burke, Edmund, 16 Bute, Lord, 304 Butter, price of, 146 C Cambacérès, 50 Camelford, Lord, 93, 94 Camperdown, Victory of, 42 "Campus nautica," 321 Cant phrases, 200, 201 Canterbury, Archbishop of, 178 Capital punishment, 246, 265, 266 Card money, 176 Cards, unstamped, 181 Caricature sellers, 320 Carlisle, Earl of, 43 Carlisle House, 218, 220, 222, 223 Cask, large one at Meux's Brewery, 316 Cassino, 180, 181 Cat, funeral of a, 306 Chamber Music, 225 Chaplaincy, sale of, 112 Charing Cross, kidnapping riots at, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 Charlotte, Queen, 2, 5, 6, 7, 26, 31, 33, 44, 294 Chatham, Earl of, 29, 305 Choice spirit, a, 54 Christmas boxes, 117 Chudleigh, Miss (afterwards Duchess of Kingston), 76 Cibber, Mrs., 190 Cipriani, 220 Circassian, the fair, 344 Clarence, Duke of, 189, 194, 209, 216, 295 Clergyman's stipend, curious, 315 Clerical pluralists, 335 Clive, Mrs., the actress, 189 Clothes, cost of, 62
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