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                               ANECDOTES

                                OF THE

                          MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

                                  OF

                                LONDON

                    DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY;


                               INCLUDING

         THE CHARITIES, DEPRAVITIES, DRESSES, AND AMUSEMENTS,
                      OF THE CITIZENS OF LONDON,
                          DURING THAT PERIOD;

                             WITH A REVIEW

                                OF THE

                       STATE OF SOCIETY IN 1807.


                          TO WHICH IS ADDED,

             A SKETCH OF THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE, AND OF
              THE VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METROPOLIS.


                 ILLUSTRATED BY FORTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS.


                   BY JAMES PELLER MALCOLM, F. S. A.

               AUTHOR OF "LONDINIUM REDIVIVUM," &c. &c.


                          THE SECOND EDITION.

                              VOLUME II.


                               _LONDON_:
              PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME,
                           PATERNOSTER ROW.
                                 1810.




                    John Nichols and Son, Printers,
                Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, London.




_CONTENTS_

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.


CHAP. V.                                                    Page.

     Public Methods of raising Money exemplified in
     Notices relating to Lotteries, Benefit Societies, &c.      1


CHAP. VI.

     The Religious and Political Passions of the Community
     illustrated by Anecdotes of popular Tumults               11


CHAP. VII.

     Amusement--Detail of its principal Varieties since
     1700                                                     107


CHAP. VIII.

     Anecdotes of Dress, and of the Caprices of Fashion       312


CHAP. IX.

     Domestic Architecture traced from its origin to its
     present improved state in London--Lighting and
     improving of Streets--Obstructions in them--Ornaments,
     &c.                                                      358


CHAP. X.

     Sketch of the present State of Society in London         406




_PLATES_

TO

THE SECOND VOLUME.


     The Plates of Dress (chronologically)                    312

     Croydon Palace             }
     Brick Gateway near Bromley }                             364

     The Views of Antient and Modern Houses                   366

     The general Views                                        404




CHAP. V.

     PUBLIC METHODS OF RAISING MONEY EXEMPLIFIED, IN NOTICES
     RELATING TO LOTTERIES, BENEFIT SOCIETIES, &C.


The community of London had superior advantages an hundred years past
in the State Lotteries, though, if interested Office-keepers could be
credited, the Londoners of the present Century enjoy greater gaming
privileges than the world ever yet produced. The reader shall judge
between the schemes of 1709 and 1807. The Post Boy of December 27 says,
"We are informed that the Parliamentary Lottery will be fixed in this
manner:--150,000 tickets will be delivered out at 10_l._ each ticket,
making in all the sum of 1,500,000_l._ sterling; the principal whereof
is to be sunk, the Parliament allowing nine _per cent._ interest for
the whole during the term of 32 years, which interest is to be divided
as follows: 3750 tickets will be prizes from 1000_l._ to 5_l. per
annum_ during the said 32 years; all the other tickets will be blanks,
so that there will be 39 of these to one prize, but then each blank
ticket will be entitled to fourteen shillings a year for the term
of 32 years, which is better than an annuity for life at ten _per
cent._ over and above the chance of getting a prize." Such was the
eagerness of the publick in subscribing to the above profitable scheme,
that Mercers-hall was literally crowded, and the Clerks were found
incompetent to receive the influx of names. 600,000_l._ was subscribed
January 21; and on the 28th of February the sum of 1,500,000_l._ was
completed.

The rage for Lotteries reigned uncontrouled; and the newspapers of the
day teemed with proposals issued by every ravenous adventurer who could
collect a few valuable articles; and from those shopkeepers took the
hint, and goods of every description were converted into prizes, even
neckcloths, snuff-boxes, toothpick-cases, linen, muslin, and plate. The
prices of tickets were generally sixpence, a shilling, half a crown,
&c. At the latter end of the year just mentioned, the Magistrates,
being alarmed, declared their intention of putting the Act of William
and Mary in force, which levied a penalty of 500_l._ on the proprietor,
and 20_l._ on each purchaser. In the tenth of Queen Anne another Act
was passed for suppressing private Lotteries, which was followed by a
second to prevent excessive and deceitful gaming.

Matthew West, a Goldsmith, of Clare-street, Clare-market, appears to
have been the man who first divided Lottery-tickets into shares. He
advertised in 1712, that he had sold 100 tickets in the million and an
half Lottery in twentieths, and purposed pursuing his plan, which was
well received.

The Lottery for 1714 contained 50,000 tickets at 10_l._ each, with 6982
prizes and 43,018 blanks; two of the former were 10,000_l._ with one
of 5, another of 4000_l._ a third of 3000_l._ and a fourth of 2000_l._
five of 1000_l._ ten of 500_l._ twenty of 200_l._ fifty of 100_l._ four
hundred of 50_l._ and six thousand four hundred and ninety-one of 20_l._

Besides the drawing for prizes and blanks, there was another for the
course of payment, and each 1000 tickets was called a course. The
payments to the receivers were on the 10th of November and 10th of
December 1713. When the Tickets were drawn, they were exchanged for
standing orders, and thus rendered assignable by endorsement; all the
blanks were repaid the 10_l. per_ ticket at one payment, in the order
their course of payment happened to fall, and they bore an interest
of four _per cent._ from Michaelmas 1713. The prizes were payable in
the same manner: the first drawn ticket had 500_l._; the last 1000_l._
besides the general chance; 35,000_l. per annum_ was payable weekly
from the Exchequer to the Paymaster