Coachmaker (including Wheelwright and Smith), £1637 15 0 Carver, 2500 0 0 Gilder, 935 14 0 Painter, 315 0 0 Laceman, 737 10 7 Chaser, 665 4 6 Harnessmaker, 385 15 0 Mercer, 202 5 10-1/2 Beltmaker, 99 6 6 Milliner, 31 3 4 Saddler, 10 16 6 Woollendraper, 4 3 6 Covermaker, 3 9 6 ---------- £7528 4 3-1/2 There was an awful row about the size of the bill, which was at first £8,000, but after a great argument it was cut down to the amount paid, £7,528 4 3-1/2. The maker refused to take off the three-half pence, and declared that he had been "skinned and robbed," but I imagine it was the poor miserable wretches who died of starvation and cold and exposure in the London streets that had the best right to complain. The Lord Mayor's State Coach, which was built in 1757, is almost as magnificent as the Queen's, and is designed in fully as good or bad taste, I do not know which to call it.