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ead ran along the centre of the Serpentine, into which it entered, and by the addition of several ponds, it was widened in 1731. Leaving the park, it crossed the Great Western-road at Albert-gate, thence it passed in an oblique line behind the east side of William-street and Lowndes-square, behind Lowndes-street and Chesham-street, and bending to the right, passed under Grosvenor-bridge, where it divided and emptied itself into old Father Thames by two mouths. The eastern course was stopped up when the Grosvenor Canal was formed

id so, and caused great damage, almost undermining some of the neighbouring houses; and in January, 1809, it overflowed again, and covered the neighbou

must admit that it did so, though, perhaps, not more dangerous than any other of the chief highways to the metropolis. The Great Western Road ran through the hamlet, which bor

ve been always followed up, for Wyatt's men entered London, in 1554, by this road; its state materially aided in their discomfiture, and so great was the delay occasioned that the Queen's party were able to make every preparation; and when ultimately they reached London their jaded appearance gained them the name of "draggletails." It would appear from the extracts quoted from the St. Margaret's accounts that the law was applied to the parish for its neglect in this respect, and in 1724 a petition was presented to the House of Commons, praying for an Act to remedy the evil. Twelve years l

antnesses of the road. In the Kensington register of bur

, of Portsmouth, who was killed b

ington, where I intended to stay as long as the camp was in Hyde-park, the roads being so secure by

the post-boy's horse, rode off toward London." On the 1st of July, 1774, William Hawke was executed for a highway robbery here, and two men were executed on the 30th of the ensuing November for a similar offence. [27a] Even so late as 1799, it was necessary to order a party

, obliged me (as I then foolishly thought) to go on with the quarrel; and the next day was appointed for us to fight on horseback, a way in England a little unusual, but it was his part to choose. Accordingly I and my second lay the night before at Knightsbridge privately, to avoid the being secured at London upon any suspicion; which yet we found ourselves more in danger of there, because we had all the appearance of highwaymen, that had a mind to be skulking in an old in

ides stage-coaches. Now there is but one of the latter kind, which still, every other day, goes to Brighton. Moore mentions in his Diary waiting at Knightsbridge for his Bessie, coming to town by the Bath coach. All now is altered-highwaymen, pa

s; the stream then ran open, the streets were unpaved and unlighted, and a maypole was still on the village green. It is not ten years since the hawthorn hedge has entirely disappeared at the Gore, and the blackbird and starling might still be heard. We have seen the references to ga

the whole locality where a newspaper could be had, or writing paper purchased. There was no conveyance to London but by a kin

tocks were to be seen at the end of Park-side, almost opposite the Conduit, as late as 180

tten Row, whose waters were received by the one at the end of Park-side, known as St. James's, or the Receiving Conduit; and which supplied the royal residences and the Abbey with water. [31] There were several excellent springs also in the hamlet, one of which appears to have been public property, from a story told by Malcolm, to the effect that in 1727, there being an excessive drought, the supply of

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thrown by the city butchers into the Thames, he ordered, on February 25, with the consent of Parliament then assembled, that to provide "for the honesty of the said city, and the safety of the people," all "bulls, oxen, hogs, and other gross creatures," to be slain for the citize

l of that night and the daye before." In London, the quaint old chronicler tells us, "there was no small adowe," and by nine o'clock on the morning of February 7, 1556, Wyatt set his men in motion, and "planting his ordenance upon the hill, almost over agaynst the park corner," left it there under a guard, and marched towards Ch

t they did take place, many remains of that period, since brought to light, testify. Mr. Faulkner records the discovery of a helmet, breastplate, and some swords, on the site of Lowndes Square. In 1840, many human remains,

rincipled adventurers [35] who are sure to be found attached to the ranks even of the noble and high-minded in such contests as were then going on between Charles II. and the

ng in to search for him, "though he found the bed warm where he lay," yet could not find him, till at last they discovered him hidden behind a chimney, on which "he came out in his shirt and yielded himself." He

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some hunting excursion, and shoot him. The plan required a number of conspirators to render it successful, and herein lay the monarch's safety. Captain Porter, one of the first to join, gave notice to the ministers, and several engaged in the crime were apprehended. Porter, on the trial, stated that he had

rth than such would have been, had the Emperor dared to put his project into execution. Among those earnest men who at this crisis rendered genuine service to the country by their energies in this particular, was Major Robert Eyre, an officer who had seen much and real service in the American War of Independence, and

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efficiency. Major Eyre presented them with a pair of colours, one of which, a blue flag, has on it a pai

rved a paper confidentially communicated to the commander of every regiment, describing the position each corps was to take up in case alarm should occur, and from it I find that the 1st Battalion of the Queen's Royal Volunteer Infantry, Col. Hobart, were to patrol along Grosvenor Place and Pimlico, to the Palace, and along

and October 4th, 1803. On the former occasion, Wilkes and Cooke were elected for Middlesex; it was customary for a London mob to meet the Brentford one in and about Knightsbridge; and as Wilkes' opponent was riding through with a body of his supporters, one of them hoisted a flag, on

he rioting on the occasion of the funeral of Caroline of Brunswick) on August 26th, 1821. It occasioned a

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ic peace, committed by some individuals of the Life Guards, at Knightsbridge, yesterday, and of an attempt at assassination

though no such caution was addressed to the Sheriff, as conservator of the public peace of the county, I felt it my duty to direct the deputy-sheriffs of the city and county to order out th

be offered to the Life Guards in their barracks, I disposed of the constables chiefly in that vicinity, and actually ranged a body

stance than that of a brick being thrown from the barracks, which fell near my horse, and wounded, as I am informed, a young girl. My ad

he gates of the barracks were thrown open, and the avenue filled with soldiers. The peopl

but without effect; and, at length, by repeated expostulations with the s

rd at a man, and knocked him down. At the same time, while using my utmost endeavours to prevail on the soldiers to retire into the barracks, and the people to desist and keep the peace, the bridle of my horse was violently seized, on the one side by a young officer in undress, and on the other by the soldier whose violence I had just noticed, and who, together, endeavoured to throw my horse over the causeway; and I only succeeded in e

eace among the people, but not to encounter an armed soldiery. I had no communication from his Majesty's Government, nor could I obtain an interview with any of the officers of the regiment. . . . I feel assured that had I not interposed with th

official character to have claimed the aid and assistance of these very military to suppress tumult, who have, upon this occasion, in open defiance of the civil authority, been the promoters of it; nor need I add one word in aggrav

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I had, before the receipt of your letter, given directions for an inquiry to be made into the circumstances of this transaction, in conseque

he people, a mob should have been permitted to remain in a continued state of riot, after the soldiers had been withdrawn within their barracks, until the Riot Act was read by Mr.

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hat the higher portion of it was a forest, and the lower, it is certain, was partly a marsh, and consequently altogether unnoticed by the assessors; for the growth of parishes was very gradual, and their proper boundaries for ages undefined. St. Martin's-in-the-Fields is mentioned as early as 1225, but did not become a regular parish till after 1337, and not independent o

d, continuing the line behind Arthur Street to the bottom of Ennismore Mews, where, abutting on the north wall of Brompton Churchyard, it strikes off in a north-west direction and crosses the Kensington Road just below Hyde Park Terrace, whence it runs along the road into the town, and, i

pear always to have been strict in this duty, which, from some entries in