OR, Reminiscences OF THE BRITISH METROPOLIS: INCLUDING CHARACTERISTIC SKETCHES, ANTIQUARIAN, TOPOGRAPHICAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND LITERARY. BY EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY, F.S.A. M.R.S.L. &c. &c. " The Man who stood on the Acropolis, And looked down over Attica; or he Or seen Tombuctoo, or hath taken tea In small-eyed China's crockery-ware metropolis, Or sat amidst the bricks of Nineveh, May not think much of LONDON'S first appearance,- LORD BYRON. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HURST, CHANCE, AND CO. OF CONTENTS. Entertainment of Christian IV., King of Denmark Christian's visit to the Queen, Anne of Denmark..His entry into London, and particulars of the Banquets Exemptions from serving the office of Lord Mayor.. Character and Disposition of the Maiden Queen, by Sir b Foreign Compositors in the reign of Elizabeth. Westminster Abbey. -Monument of Lady Nightingale 17-19 Particulars of the Sheriffdon, by Richard Hoare, Esq. ..Three Lord Mayors in one Year..Transportation of Felons..Custom of collecting Charity for the City Prisoners.. Origin of the Easter Entertainments.. Mode of Proclaiming St. Bartholomew Fair in 1741. Whitehall, anciently called York Place 17*-56* Hubert de Burgh erects a mansion on this site..Be- |