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diff --git a/57372-8.txt b/57372-0.txt index c0a676e..324ee37 100644 --- a/57372-8.txt +++ b/57372-0.txt @@ -1,36 +1,8 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Literary History of the Adelphi and its -Neighbourhood, by Austin Brereton +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 57372 *** -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. -Title: The Literary History of the Adelphi and its Neighbourhood - -Author: Austin Brereton - -Release Date: June 22, 2018 [EBook #57372] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITERARY HISTORY OF THE ADELPHI *** - - - - -Produced by Clarity, Graeme Mackreth and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - @@ -868,7 +840,7 @@ Elizabeth in _King Henry VIII._ [Illustration: -_Hollár._ 1630. +_Hollár._ 1630. DURHAM HOUSE. SALISBURY HOUSE. WORCESTER HOUSE.] @@ -1119,8 +1091,8 @@ The New Exchange was never a great rival of the old--the Royal--Exchange, and, in 1623, only fourteen years after its opening, there were rumours that it was to be converted into dwelling-houses. "Lady Hatton," it was stated, "is said to have bought Britain's Burse -for £6000, and means to make the upper part her dwelling-house; the -lower part lets for £320 a year." The rumour was wrong, however, for +for £6000, and means to make the upper part her dwelling-house; the +lower part lets for £320 a year." The rumour was wrong, however, for the place, although it fell into disrepute, existed until nearly the middle of the seventeenth century--until, as a matter of fact, 1737. Its most flourishing period was during the Restoration, when London @@ -1132,7 +1104,7 @@ in this very place before he took to burlesquing Dryden, D'Avenant, and the contemporary writers. The Grand Duke Cosmo gives an accurate picture of the place as it was in Charles II.'s time: "We went to see the New Exchange, which is not far from the place of the Common Garden, -in the great street called the Strand. The building has a façade of +in the great street called the Strand. The building has a façade of stone, built after the Gothic style, which has lost its colour from age and become blackish. It contains two long and double galleries, one above the other, in which are distributed, in several rows, great @@ -1356,7 +1328,7 @@ Lord-Keeper Coventry, who died here in 1640. Part of the ground was acquired by Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, in consideration of his payment to the see of Durham of -£200 per annum, the grant being confirmed by Act of Parliament in 1640. +£200 per annum, the grant being confirmed by Act of Parliament in 1640. And, according to Strype, "It was by his son built into tenements or houses, as now they are standing, being a handsome street descending down out of the Strand." This was Durham Yard, which ran down to the @@ -1435,7 +1407,7 @@ gone to ruin, and was notorious as a place of ill repute. In April of that year Le Tellier, Archbishop and Duke of Rheims, crossed the Channel in order to "treat about a marriage with the Lady Mary, daughter of the Duke of York, with the Dauphin." In some ribald verses -by the libellous Anthony Wood (or, as he dubbed himself, Anthony à +by the libellous Anthony Wood (or, as he dubbed himself, Anthony à Wood, 1632-1695) we read that: "The Bishop who from France came slowly o'er @@ -1663,7 +1635,7 @@ interest and curiosity." Her case becoming known, "she was provided for." The association of Richard Talbot's widow with the Adelphi is very curious. This lady, Frances Jennings, was sister to the celebrated Duchess of Marlborough. By her first husband, George, Count Hamilton, a -member of the Abercorn family, and a _maréchal de camp_ in the French +member of the Abercorn family, and a _maréchal de camp_ in the French service, she had three daughters: Elizabeth, afterwards the wife of Viscount Ross; Frances, wife of Viscount Dillon; and Mary, wife of Viscount Kingsland. On the death of Count Hamilton, she married Colonel @@ -1816,7 +1788,7 @@ he takes them to task soundly in his Preface to _The White Milliner_, as his play was called. Having related the incident which gave rise to the piece, he goes on to say: "In our day, the dramatist who keeps aloof from a small faction--which almost avowedly adopts for its motto -the dogma of Molière,-- +the dogma of Molière,-- 'Nul n'aura de l'esprit, Hors nous et nos amis,'-- @@ -2130,7 +2102,7 @@ According to contemporary evidence, the Duchess of Albemarle was a low, foul-mouthed creature, of exceedingly coarse habits. "Monk," says Lord Clarendon in his _History_, "was cursed, after a long familiarity, to marry a woman of the lowest extraction, the least wit, and less beauty. -She was a woman _nihil muliebris præter corpus gerens_," one who had +She was a woman _nihil muliebris præter corpus gerens_," one who had nothing feminine but her form. In the opinion of Bishop Burnet, she was a "ravenous, mean, and contemptible creature, who thought of nothing but getting and spending." Pepys could not endure her. On March 8, @@ -2260,7 +2232,7 @@ Durham House." And, on October 1, 1618, there was recorded an indenture of sale from "Sir Thomas Wilson, of Hertford, now residing in St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, of a dwelling-house, garden, etc., in St Martin's-in-the-Fields, between Durham House, Britain's Burse, York -House, and the River, to Wm. Roo, of London, for £374." Wilson, who was +House, and the River, to Wm. Roo, of London, for £374." Wilson, who was knighted in this year, was employed in obtaining admissions, that were sufficient to condemn him, from Sir Walter Raleigh, then a prisoner in the Tower. Twenty-eight days after the date of the indenture of @@ -2361,7 +2333,7 @@ washed by the muddy deposits of the Thames." The property was then in the possession of the Duke of St Albans, from whom the brothers Adam obtained a ninety-nine years' lease, dating from Lady-day, 1768. The Duke, it seems, was in a parlous condition when he parted with this -property, for the small sum, be it said, of £1200 a year. For, in +property, for the small sum, be it said, of £1200 a year. For, in a public print of January 13, 1770, it is stated that "the Duke of St Albans, who is now confined for debt at Brussels, disposed some time ago of the ground in Durham Yard in which the new square is now @@ -2568,10 +2540,10 @@ for they became involved in financial difficulties, and eventually had to complete their buildings by raising money by means of a public lottery. Some of these difficulties were alluded to by sympathetic friends in the press. "The Adelphi buildings," one of them hears, "were -mortgaged for a loan of £70,000 previous to the late unhappy failures +mortgaged for a loan of £70,000 previous to the late unhappy failures of the banks, and it is said that the Messrs Adam had laid out as much more upon them; so that, in the course of five years, these gentlemen -expended £140,000 to raise palaces upon an offensive heap of mud, and +expended £140,000 to raise palaces upon an offensive heap of mud, and circulated an immense sum to make a palpable nuisance a principal ornament to the metropolis." Another defender wrote in a similar strain: "Within a space of time, incredibly short for so magnificent @@ -2590,10 +2562,10 @@ parishes of St Martin-in-the-Fields and St Mary-le-Bow, in the county of Middlesex, and other their effects by way of chance in such manner as may be most for the benefit of themselves and creditors." -There were 4370 tickets at £50, making £218,500. The prizes numbered +There were 4370 tickets at £50, making £218,500. The prizes numbered 108, and were thus arranged:-- - 1 £50,080 + 1 £50,080 1 39,950 @@ -2606,14 +2578,14 @@ There were 4370 tickets at £50, making £218,500. The prizes numbered 1 4,960 100 of different values from - £100 to £760 33,500 + £100 to £760 33,500 The first drawn ticket was entitled to 5,000 The last drawn to 25,090 -------- - £218,500 + £218,500 The above facts are taken from a rare pamphlet, entitled _Particulars composing the Prizes in the Adelphi Lottery_, published by the Adams @@ -2659,7 +2631,7 @@ speculation. On Thursday, March 3, 1774, the drawing up of the lottery began at the great room, formerly Jonathan's Coffee House, in Exchange Alley, when No. 3599 was drawn a blank, but being the first drawn ticket it was -entitled to £5000. Nine other prizes were drawn on Friday, and at this +entitled to £5000. Nine other prizes were drawn on Friday, and at this rate the drawing continued for some time. The newspapers of the period were full of information and advertisements respecting the lottery; and the art of advertising appears to have been very thoroughly mastered @@ -2669,14 +2641,14 @@ were told that there was a great demand and that early application was necessary--in fact, that the demand began to be prodigious. Then they were informed that "Messrs Adam propose to keep their office in the Adelphi open till twelve o'clock on Wednesday night next (March -9) for the sale of tickets at £50 each, after which the price of the +9) for the sale of tickets at £50 each, after which the price of the small quantity remaining in the market must be considerably raised, on account of the consumption of tickets by the wheel." Portions of tickets were sold at the various lottery offices thus--a half cost -£25, 5s.; a thirty-second, £1, 13s.; and a sixty-fourth, 17s. Then +£25, 5s.; a thirty-second, £1, 13s.; and a sixty-fourth, 17s. Then there are little bits of gossip in the papers, intended to whet the appetite of the public. Thus we are told that No. 3599, the first drawn -ticket, entitled to an estate of the value of £5000, was sold by Messrs +ticket, entitled to an estate of the value of £5000, was sold by Messrs Richardson and Goodenough not half an hour before the lottery began drawing, and, what is very remarkable, was the only ticket they had left unsold. Soon afterwards, the winner of this ticket disposed of it @@ -2724,7 +2696,7 @@ educated at Edinburgh University. Here he became on friendly terms with several fellow students who also attained fame, including David Hume, Dr William Robertson (the historian), Adam Smith (the political economist), and Adam Ferguson (the philosopher). In his twenty-sixth -year Robert Adam visited Italy in the company of Clérisseau, a French +year Robert Adam visited Italy in the company of Clérisseau, a French architect, and made a minute study of the ruins of the Emperor Diocletian's palace at Spalatro, in Venetian Dalmatia. The journal of his tour was printed in the _Library of the Fine Arts_, and, in 1764, @@ -2750,7 +2722,7 @@ time there was a pacific invasion of England by the Scots, art being represented by William Chambers, Allan Ramsay--son of the poet--who, in Walpole's opinion, excelled Reynolds as a painter of women, Robert Strange, and the Adam brothers, Robert and James. Mr Clouston doubts -the statement that Clérisseau accompanied Robert Adam to Italy. The +the statement that Clérisseau accompanied Robert Adam to Italy. The young French architect was famous at the time of Adam's visit to the Continent, "and one of his pupils, Sir W. Chambers, was making a name in England. It is not altogether evident, therefore, how, a year later, @@ -2980,9 +2952,9 @@ that he applied, but in vain, to the Society for a little money, and "an insolent secretary even objected to his charge for colours and models." Subsequently, the Society relented and advanced the artist a hundred pounds. The Society "afterwards indulged him with two -exhibitions of his paintings, in 1783 and 1784, which brought him £503, +exhibitions of his paintings, in 1783 and 1784, which brought him £503, 12s., the Society paying the cost of the exhibitions, which amounted -to £174." He was also "rewarded" by the Society with a gold medal. But +to £174." He was also "rewarded" by the Society with a gold medal. But he had other, and, perhaps, more pleasing recognitions of his talent. That sturdy traveller and philanthropist, Jonas Hanway (1712-1786), came to one of the exhibitions, and the pioneer of the umbrella was so @@ -3277,8 +3249,8 @@ would be, and even is, so happily and so well established. Behind Francis the First and Lord Arundel are Hugo Grotius, Father Paul, and Pope Adrian. Towards the top of the picture, and near the centre, sits Homer; on his right hand, Milton; next him, Shakespeare, -Spenser, Chaucer, and Sappho. Behind Sappho sits Alcæus, who is -talking with Ossian; near him are Menander, Molière, Congreve, Bruma, +Spenser, Chaucer, and Sappho. Behind Sappho sits Alcæus, who is +talking with Ossian; near him are Menander, Molière, Congreve, Bruma, Confucius, Mango Capac, etc. etc. Next Homer, on the other side, is Archbishop Fenelon, with Virgil leaning on his shoulder; and near them are Tasso, Ariosto, and Dante. Behind Dante, Petrarca, Laura, Giovanni, @@ -3296,7 +3268,7 @@ behind whom is Giles Hussey. Nicholas Poussin and the Sicyonian maid are near them, with Callimachus and Pamphilius; near Appelles is Corregio; behind Raphaello stand Michael Angelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and behind them, Ghiberti, Donatello, Massachio, Brunaleschi, Albert -Dürer, Giotto, and Cimabue. +Dürer, Giotto, and Cimabue. In the top of this part of the picture the painter has happily glanced at what is called by astronomers the System of Systems, where the fixed @@ -3359,7 +3331,7 @@ men."[31] Her late Majesty, Queen Victoria, was awarded the Society's medal in her jubilee year, 1887. The notorious quack doctor Joshua Ward (1685-1761), who was caricatured -by Hogarth, allowed the Italian sculptor, Agostino Carlini, £100 a +by Hogarth, allowed the Italian sculptor, Agostino Carlini, £100 a year, so that he should work on his statue for life. The impudent inventor of "Friar's Balsam" left this statue to the Society of Arts. This quack, who was nicknamed "Spot" Ward, from a birth-mark on his @@ -3376,7 +3348,7 @@ amassed a fortune. [Illustration: - _Gércault._ + _Gércault._ ENTRANCE TO THE ADELPHI ARCHES.] @@ -3476,7 +3448,7 @@ great actor set out on the eventful 10th of June, 1776, for the stage of Drury Lane Theatre, whereon he then made his last appearance. He acted Don Felix, in Mrs Centlivre's comedy, _The Wonder, a Woman keeps a Secret_. He had previously disposed of his interest in the patent, -for the sum of £35,000, to Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Richard Ford. +for the sum of £35,000, to Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Richard Ford. Before his actual farewell, he gave the public an opportunity of seeing him in several of his other favourite characters, including Hamlet, Richard III., and King Lear. He only acted Richard once during @@ -3554,7 +3526,7 @@ wrote the following lines on the subject:-- To be more rapid, clear, and strong; When from his classic urn Burke pours A copious stream through banks of flowers; - When Barré stern, with accents deep, + When Barré stern, with accents deep, Calls up Lord North, and murders sleep; And if his Lordship rise to speak, Then wit and argument awake: @@ -3590,7 +3562,7 @@ note in the lives of these three people. They bridge over the years 1776 to 1822. In the former year, it should be borne in mind, the actor was nearly sixty years old, his wife a little younger, while Hannah More was but thirty-one years of age. The affection of the -elderly couple for their young protégée is remarkable, and, curiously +elderly couple for their young protégée is remarkable, and, curiously enough, the career of the latter began with Garrick's leaving the stage. On June 10, 1776, Hannah More writes to David Garrick: "I think, by the time this reaches you, I may congratulate you on the end of @@ -4013,7 +3985,7 @@ elder, the dramatist; John Dunning, afterwards Baron Ashburton, whose _Inquiry into the Doctrines lately promulgated concerning Juries, Libels_, etc., was pronounced by Horace Walpole "the finest piece ... written for liberty since Lord Somers"; Edmund Burke; Colonel -Isaac Barré, the Irish soldier and politician; the Hon. Charles Fox; +Isaac Barré, the Irish soldier and politician; the Hon. Charles Fox; Lord Charles Spencer; the deputy usher of the black rod; and many other distinguished men. The committee from Drury Lane consisted of Richard Yates, Tom King, Vernon, William Parsons, James Dodd--an actor @@ -4314,7 +4286,7 @@ at her ease with persons who had suffered the same loss with herself, he said that was a comfort she could seldom have, considering the superiority of his [Garrick's] merit, and cordiality of their union. He bore his strong testimony to the liberality of Garrick. He reproved -me with pretended sharpness for reading _Les Pensées de Pascal_, or +me with pretended sharpness for reading _Les Pensées de Pascal_, or any of the Port Royal authors; alleging that, as a good Protestant, I ought to abstain from books written by Catholics. I was beginning to stand upon my defence, when he took me with both hands, and with @@ -4604,7 +4576,7 @@ the public about this time, although he was denounced as a quack by the medical profession. After a visit to the continent, during which he received many testimonials from people in the first rank of society, he came to the Adelphi in 1779. His house and apparatus, it was stated, -cost him £10,000. The entrance hall was adorned with crutches which +cost him £10,000. The entrance hall was adorned with crutches which had been discarded by his "patients," and, in the rooms above, were large, gaudily-decorated electrical machines, glass globes, marble statues, and figures of dragons; the windows were of stained glass, and @@ -4612,10 +4584,10 @@ the air was laden with the perfume of incense. The door was guarded by huge footmen. One apartment was devoted to Apollo, and contained "a magnificent temple, sacred to health." He lectured at enormous prices and obtained fabulous sums for his quack remedies. For a night in the -"celestial bed," which ensured a beautiful progeny, his fee was £100; +"celestial bed," which ensured a beautiful progeny, his fee was £100; his "elixir of life" brought him a fee of one thousand pounds, but his "earth-bath" was only a modest guinea, while a magneto-electric bed -could be slept in for £50 a night. +could be slept in for £50 a night. In August, 1780, Horace Walpole visited "The Temple of Health" in the Adelphi, and pronounced it "the most impudent puppet-show of imposition @@ -4749,7 +4721,7 @@ before his death, he made an affidavit, in which he stated that from the last day of December 1792, to January 15, 1793, he neither ate, drank, nor took anything but cold water, sustaining life by wearing cut-up turfs against his naked body, and by rubbing his limbs with his -own nervous æthereal balsam. He died suddenly at his house, opposite +own nervous æthereal balsam. He died suddenly at his house, opposite the Archers' Hall, Edinburgh, on June 23, 1794. Graham, though a quack, and possibly a madman, was not without some knowledge. He was against flesh-eating and excess in alcohol, and believed in cold bathing, open @@ -4814,7 +4786,7 @@ was the first stage representative of the character, and the part was frequently acted by the late John Lawrence Toole. "Tommy" Hill, as he was familiarly called, always boasted that he had whatever was wanted: "Cards, sir? Pooh! pooh! Nonsense! thousands of packs in the house." -Planché says of him: "His _spécialité_ was the accurate information he +Planché says of him: "His _spécialité_ was the accurate information he could impart on all the petty details of the domestic economy of his friends, the contents of their wardrobes, their pantries, the number of pots of preserve in their store-closets, and of the table-napkins @@ -4973,7 +4945,7 @@ many years to come. The embankment, the construction of which involved the abolition of the Adelphi wharves, was opened in 1870 by the Prince of Wales (Edward VII.), as the representative of Queen Victoria. This magnificent example of engineering was begun in 1862, and the cost was -about £2,000,000. +about £2,000,000. FOOTNOTES: @@ -5185,7 +5157,7 @@ by the Strand banker, whereupon he withdrew from his old firm, and Campbell & Coutts came into existence at No. 59 Strand. On the death of his partner, in 1761, James Coutts took his brother, Thomas, into the firm. James Coutts died in 1778, leaving Thomas in full control of the -business, and his only daughter inherited his fortune of £70,000. +business, and his only daughter inherited his fortune of £70,000. Thomas Coutts, who ultimately became known as "the richest man in London," was a great character. He had received an excellent training @@ -5332,7 +5304,7 @@ to secure the cordial co-operation of the heads of the various banking-houses in London, was in the habit of frequently inviting them to dinner. On one of these occasions the manager of a City bank, in retailing the news of the day, accidentally remarked that a certain -nobleman had applied to his firm for the loan of £30,000, and had been +nobleman had applied to his firm for the loan of £30,000, and had been refused. Mr Coutts listened, and said nothing; but the moment his guests had retired, about ten o'clock in the evening, he started off to the house of the nobleman mentioned, and requested the honour of an @@ -5343,11 +5315,11 @@ presented them to his lordship. The latter, very agreeably surprised, exclaimed, 'But what security am I to give you?' 'I shall be satisfied with your lordship's note of hand,' was the reply. The 'I.O.U.' was instantly given, with the remark, 'I find I shall only require for the -present £10,000; I therefore return you £20,000, with which you will be +present £10,000; I therefore return you £20,000, with which you will be pleased to open an account in my name.' This generous, or, as it may more truly be called, exceedingly well-calculated, act of Mr Coutts was not lost upon the nobleman, who, in addition to paying in within -a few months £200,000 to his account, the produce of the sale of an +a few months £200,000 to his account, the produce of the sale of an estate, recommended several high personages to patronise the bank in the Strand. Among new clients who opened accounts there was King George III." @@ -5357,7 +5329,7 @@ Alexander Trotter, Paymaster of the Navy, who, despite the facts that his salary was a mere five hundred a year and that he had no other means, passed some fifteen million pounds through Coutts' Bank and speculated hugely on the Stock Exchange, his transactions amounting -in one day to £300,000. In giving evidence in the trial of Lord +in one day to £300,000. In giving evidence in the trial of Lord Melville, the treasurer of the Navy, in 1806, he said: "I certainly made use of that part which was not likely to be claimed for my own benefit, generally by lending it at interest, and at times by investing @@ -5379,7 +5351,7 @@ own benefit or advantage, but that, owing to the way in which the pay-master had blended his own money and the public money, it was impossible to ascertain with precision whether the advances he had made to the treasurer were from one source or the other." An important point -in the trial turned upon the disposal of a certain sum of £30,000, and +in the trial turned upon the disposal of a certain sum of £30,000, and it could not be determined as to whether the money came from the Navy, or, as a loan, from Messrs Coutts. Hence arose the apocryphal story of the staid banker, to whom caution was second nature, wishing to lend @@ -5465,7 +5437,7 @@ Coutts by Lord Macartney, while on his embassy to China in 1792-95. In another room is a collection of portraits of the early friends of the wealthy banker, including the portrait of Dr Armstrong, the poet, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The strong rooms, or vaults of the house--'which -alone cost £10,000'--will repay an endeavour to obtain a sight of +alone cost £10,000'--will repay an endeavour to obtain a sight of them. Here, in a succession of cloister-like avenues, are stored in boxes of all shapes, sizes, and colours, patents, title-deeds, plate, etc., of many of the nobility and gentry of Great Britain."[50] The @@ -5507,13 +5479,13 @@ Portugal. The partners in the bank are, with the exception of the Hon. W.F.D. Smith, of Scottish descent. On February 23, 1906, the capital was -registered as £600,000, distributed as follows:-- +registered as £600,000, distributed as follows:-- William Rolle Malcolm, Lord A. Campbell, G.J. Marjoribanks, and the Earl of Harrowby, as trustees for the persons interested under the will of Harriot, - Duchess of St Albans £223,600 + Duchess of St Albans £223,600 Ronald Malcolm and G.J. Marjoribanks (jointly) 82,900 Archibald Dudley Ryder, Edward Dudley @@ -5528,10 +5500,10 @@ registered as £600,000, distributed as follows:-- Archibald Dudley Ryder 4,250 The Hon. Edward Dudley Ryder 4,250 -------- - £600,000 + £600,000 Thomas Coutts left all his property to his wife. His personal estate -was valued at just under £600,000, but "as his own personal stocks +was valued at just under £600,000, but "as his own personal stocks and shares and his interest in the stocks and shares held by the bank were mingled, and it would be difficult for others than his partners to distinguish which was the bank's property and which was his own, @@ -5547,9 +5519,9 @@ William Matthew Coulthurst, all of the Strand, with William George Adam, Accountant-General of the High Court of Chancery, and John Parkinson, of Lincoln's Inn Fields. She bequeathed to her husband the use and enjoyment during his life of Holly Lodge, Highgate (which Mr -Coutts had bought for her at a cost of £25,000), the use and enjoyment -of rooms in the Strand, a legacy of £10,000 for furniture, a selection -of plate, not exceeding in value £2000, and an annuity of £10,000; but +Coutts had bought for her at a cost of £25,000), the use and enjoyment +of rooms in the Strand, a legacy of £10,000 for furniture, a selection +of plate, not exceeding in value £2000, and an annuity of £10,000; but the annuity and the use and enjoyment of Holly Lodge were to cease if he should permit his uncle, Lord Amilius Beauclerk, or his brothers, Frederick or Charles Beauclerk, to reside in these quarters for one @@ -5575,7 +5547,7 @@ of the Adams imprint. Next door, however, Garrick's house is little changed; the ceiling in his drawing-room was painted by Antonio Zucchi, A.R.A., Angelica Kauffmann's second husband, and it is in a splendid state of preservation, as is the magnificent marble chimney-piece, -which is said to have cost £300--the rooms in which Mr and Mrs Garrick +which is said to have cost £300--the rooms in which Mr and Mrs Garrick died are now in the occupation of the Institution of Naval Architects. King Edward VII. was an honorary life member of the Savage Club from 1882 until his Accession in 1901. Honorary life members of the @@ -5684,7 +5656,7 @@ let it to the Lord Keepers of the Great Seal. Lord Chancellor Bacon, the son of Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper, was born here in 1561, and here his father died in 1579. One of the most interesting of literary associations is that of Francis Bacon with York -House. He built an aviary here at a cost of £300, and here Aubrey laid +House. He built an aviary here at a cost of £300, and here Aubrey laid the scene of his jesting with the fishermen, although Bacon himself placed it at Chelsea: "His Lordship (Bacon) being in Yorke House garden looking on Fishers, as they were throwing their nett, asked them @@ -5750,7 +5722,7 @@ Portsmouth, by John Felton, on August 23, 1628. The entertainments given by Buckingham at York House were unrivalled in their magnificence. A contemporary account of one of them is furnished -by the great courtier, François de Bassompiere (1579-1646), Marshal +by the great courtier, François de Bassompiere (1579-1646), Marshal of France, in his _Embassy to England_,[55] an account of his sojourn here in 1626. "The King," he says, "supped at one table with the Queen and me, which was served by a complete ballet at each course with @@ -5805,7 +5777,7 @@ handsomest bodied man of England; his limbs so well compacted, and his conversation so pleasing, and of so sweet a disposition. And truly his intellectuals were very great; he had a sound judgment, and was of a quick apprehension, insomuch that I have heard it from two men, -and very great men (neither of them had gotten so little as £3600 per +and very great men (neither of them had gotten so little as £3600 per annum by the Court), whom of all men in the world Buckingham had most wronged--yet I heard both those men say and give him this testimony, that he was as inwardly beautiful as he was outwardly, and that the @@ -5835,7 +5807,7 @@ made Buckingham the Zimri of his _Absalom and Achitophel_:-- "Some of the chiefs were princes in the land: In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man so various, that he seemed to be, - Not one, but all mankind's epitomê; + Not one, but all mankind's epitomê; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon, @@ -5871,7 +5843,7 @@ House" were ordered to be sold on August 20, 1645, but not before one John Trayleman, an "old trusty servant," had smuggled some of the treasures over to Holland, where they found a purchaser in the Archduke Leopold. For one of these pictures, the Ecce Homo, by Titian, the first -Duke of Buckingham had been offered £7000, either in money or land, +Duke of Buckingham had been offered £7000, either in money or land, by Lord Arundel. In this painting, likenesses of the Pope, Charles V., and Solyman the Magnificent were introduced. The Duke returned to England in 1657, and obtained an introduction to General Fairfax, who @@ -5986,8 +5958,8 @@ gardens in order to obtain money for his extravagances. The purchasers were Roger Higgs, of St Margaret's, Westminster, Esq.; Emery Hill, of Westminster, gentleman; Nicholas Eddyn, of Westminster, woodmonger; and John Green, of Westminster, brewer; and the price of the property -was £30,000. In 1668, the rental of "York House and tenements, in the -Strand," had been fixed at £1359, 10s. The Duke made it a condition of +was £30,000. In 1668, the rental of "York House and tenements, in the +Strand," had been fixed at £1359, 10s. The Duke made it a condition of the sale that his name should be commemorated in the new buildings to be erected on the site of York House; hence we have York Buildings, Buckingham Street, Villiers Street, and Duke Street, at the present @@ -6159,7 +6131,7 @@ satire was in more lively strain:-- The gate had become so neglected in 1823 that it was necessary to repair the roof and stone-work and to renew the iron-work. This was -done at a cost of £300, defrayed by a rate levied on the occupants of +done at a cost of £300, defrayed by a rate levied on the occupants of York Buildings. Thirteen years later, however, I find a complaint that the gate had been allowed "from neglect, to be almost smothered in river mud." Again, in 1854, it was said to be "in a ruinous state"--a @@ -6183,7 +6155,7 @@ been excavated from time to time in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, and other places. In 1688, there were forty-eight shares in the company. After the Scotch rebellion in 1715, the company invested large sums in purchasing forfeited estates, which no Scot would buy. Bankruptcy -followed, and, in 1783, the Scotch estates were sold for £102,537.[59] +followed, and, in 1783, the Scotch estates were sold for £102,537.[59] A curious description of the works is given in the _Foreigner's Guide to London_ for 1720: "Here you see a high wooden tower and a water-engine of a new invention, that draws out of the Thames above @@ -6272,7 +6244,7 @@ Quakers forced themselves upon him, and presented him with _Barclay's Apology_, after which the Czar attended their meeting in Gracechurch Street. He once asked them of what use they were to any kingdom, since they would not bear arms. On taking his farewell of King William, Peter -drew a rough ruby, valued at £10,000, from his waistcoat pocket, and +drew a rough ruby, valued at £10,000, from his waistcoat pocket, and presented it to him screwed up in brown paper. He went back just in time to crush the Strelitzes, imprison his sister Sophia, and wage war on Charles XII. The great reformer was only twenty-six years old when @@ -6447,7 +6419,7 @@ In the building of his "sumptuous palace," which he called Northampton House, he had for his architects Bernard Jansen, who was more a stonemason than an architect, and another maker of funeral monuments, Gerrard Christmas (Garret Christmas). The latter carved for himself -the initials C. Æ. (Christmas Ædificavit), in large capitals over +the initials C. Æ. (Christmas Ædificavit), in large capitals over the old stone gateway, which was replaced by a new front towards the Strand in the reign of George II. At that time the house consisted of three sides of a quadrangle, the centre facing the Strand, and, of @@ -6558,12 +6530,12 @@ marriage by her grandmother to Thynne, who, however, had agreed, on account of the youth of his bride, that the marriage should not be consummated until a year had elapsed. The lady, however, took such a dislike to Thynne that she fled for protection to Lady Temple at the -Hague. "In the meantime, the famous Count Königsmark--noted for his +Hague. "In the meantime, the famous Count Königsmark--noted for his beauty and intrigues in most of the Courts of Europe--had accidentally met Lady Ogle in public, and had either fallen in love with her person, or with the vast fortune of which she was the mistress. That the feeling was reciprocal there is not the least reason to suppose. -Königsmark, however, equally daring and unprincipled, determined by +Königsmark, however, equally daring and unprincipled, determined by foul, if not by fair means, to make her his wife, and, as the first step, projected the assassination of the unfortunate Thynne. The persons whom he hired to commit the crime were three foreigners--one @@ -6585,7 +6557,7 @@ halt. One shot only was fired, which was from a musketoon, carried by Borotski. So true, however, was the aim, that as many as five bullets entered the body of his victim. Thynne was forthwith carried to his own residence, where he lingered till about six o'clock the following -morning, when he expired."[64] Königsmark attempted to escape, but he +morning, when he expired."[64] Königsmark attempted to escape, but he was arrested at Gravesend at the very moment that he was about to set foot on a foreign vessel. He was immediately brought to trial, and, after some delay, acquitted. His accomplices were condemned to death, @@ -6614,7 +6586,7 @@ Algernon Seymour greatly improved the Strand front of Northumberland House, and built the gallery, or great room, which formed the western wing of the south side. In the cornice, or balustrading, on the top of the south front he had inserted the letters and date: A.S.P.N. -(Algernon Seymour Princeps Northumbriæ), A.D. 1749. +(Algernon Seymour Princeps Northumbriæ), A.D. 1749. [Illustration: CHARING CROSS, BEFORE THE BUILDING OF NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE.] @@ -6786,7 +6758,7 @@ resistance was abandoned, and the Board having, in 1872, learned that the present Duke of Northumberland was willing to sell his property, an agreement was in the year 1873 concluded and ratified by Parliament, under which the Board acquired his Grace's property upon payment of -£500,000, the Board at the same time obtaining power to make the new +£500,000, the Board at the same time obtaining power to make the new street."[67] The opposition of the owner of Northumberland House to the destruction of this historical property was natural enough, and many otherwise uninterested persons lamented the proposed demolition. @@ -6805,9 +6777,9 @@ of that year, "the fine old mansion underwent its final stage of degradation." Its materials were sold by auction. The lots consisted of 3,000,000 bricks, the grand marble staircase, the elaborate ornamentation of the various apartments and corridors, and lead to -the weight of 400 tons. The sale realised but £6500, and of this +the weight of 400 tons. The sale realised but £6500, and of this sum the great staircase--subsequently removed to No. 49 Prince's -Gate--brought £360. Some of the pictures had been removed to Alnwick +Gate--brought £360. Some of the pictures had been removed to Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, others to the ducal town residence, No. 2 Grosvenor Place. "The progress of wealth and luxury," said a writer in the _Standard_ at the time of the projected demolition, "has long @@ -6836,7 +6808,7 @@ The Strand portion of the house is marked by the Grand Hotel, the opening of which, in 1880, was considered of so much importance that its initiation was attended by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, who was accompanied by the sheriffs. Two other of the Gordon -hotels in this Avenue, the Métropole and Victoria, opened in 1885 +hotels in this Avenue, the Métropole and Victoria, opened in 1885 and 1887 respectively, indicate the site of the extensive gardens of Northumberland House. The handsome building of the Constitutional Club, the offices of the Royal Colonial Institute, and the headquarters @@ -6885,7 +6857,7 @@ Cousins_ in 1820, and the _Trip to France_ and the _Trip to America_ in the two succeeding years. For the last two sketches he received a thousand pounds. "A thousand pounds!" he used to exclaim, with a shrug of the shoulders, "and all for nonsense."[68] He was lucky enough to -obtain a legacy of £300 for a complimentary epigram on Mr Strachan, the +obtain a legacy of £300 for a complimentary epigram on Mr Strachan, the King's printer. Being patted on the head when a boy by Chief-Justice Mansfield, in Highgate churchyard, and once seeing Horace Walpole on his lawn at Twickenham, were the two chief historical events of Mr @@ -7279,7 +7251,7 @@ Indian Emperour_, newly printed. _January 2, 1668._--I took my wife and her girl out to the New Exchange, and there my wife bought herself a lace for a handkercher, -which I do give her, of about £3, for a new year's gift, and I did buy +which I do give her, of about £3, for a new year's gift, and I did buy also a lace for a band for myself. _January 17, 1668._--So home, and there alone with my wife and Deb. to @@ -7294,7 +7266,7 @@ Mr Clerke, my solicitor ... so I by water with him to the New Exchange and there we parted, and I took my wife and Deb. up, and to the nursery.... Thence to the New Exchange, to take some things home that my wife hath bought, a dressing-box and other things for her chamber -and table, that cost me above £4. +and table, that cost me above £4. _April 9, 1668._--I to the New Exchange, there to meet Mrs Burroughs, and did take her in a carosse and carry her towards the Park, kissing @@ -7358,12 +7330,12 @@ _November 23, 1668._--So to the looking-glass man's by the New Exchange. _January 1, 1669._--Up, and with W. Hewer, to the New Exchange, and then he and I to the cabinet-shops, to look out, and did agree, for a cabinet to give my wife for a New Year's gift, and I did buy one cost -me £11. +me £11. _January 11, 1669._--Calling at the New Exchange for a book or two to send to Mr Shepley and thence home.... Thence to the New Exchange, to buy some things; and among others my wife did give me my pair of -gloves, which, by contract, she is to give me in her £30 a year. +gloves, which, by contract, she is to give me in her £30 a year. _February 4, 1669._--So to the New Exchange, and thence home to my letters. @@ -7563,13 +7535,13 @@ Index Baron-Wilson, Mrs, 208. - Barré, Isaac, 147. + Barré, Isaac, 147. Barrington, Lord, 181. Barry, James, 101-118. - Bassompiere, François de, 223-224. + Bassompiere, François de, 223-224. Bathurst, Lady, 159. @@ -8069,7 +8041,7 @@ Index Horace's _Art of Poetry_, 29. - Hôtel Métropole, 269. + Hôtel Métropole, 269. Hotel Victoria, 269. @@ -8136,7 +8108,7 @@ Index Kneller, Godfrey, 40. - Königsmark, Count, 255-257. + Königsmark, Count, 255-257. 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