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jnftead of the doctor's min, that of the church was in¬ 
tended ; and, believing the fame to be a contrivance of the 
prefbyterians, breathed deltruftion to them and all other 
dilfenters. Thus fpirited up, they attacked the meeting- 
lioufe of Mr. Burgefs, a prefbyterian minilter, in New- 
court, Little Lincoln’s-inn Fields, and, breaking it open, 
ftripped it of its doors, cafements, fconces, wainfcot, pews, 
and pulpit, which they carried into Lincoln’s-inn Fields; 
and, while they were erecting the fame into a pile, a party 
was lent to furprife Burgefs at his houfe, in order to have 
burnt him in his pulpit on the top of the fame; but he 
luckily avoided their fury by efcaping out at a back win¬ 
dow. After this, they divided into different parties, and 
deftroyed the meeting-houfes in St. John’s Square, New- 
ftreet, Drury-lane, and Leather-lane. But before next 
morning this dangerous tumult was fupprefl'ed by her ma- 
jeffy’s guards, fent for that purpofe. The trained-bands 
were continually kept on duty during the trial of the doc¬ 
tor, who at laft was condemned not to preach for three 
years, and his two fermons to be burnt at the Royal Ex¬ 
change by the common hangman. 
The number of houfes and inhabitants being greatly 
increafed in the city of London and its fuburbs, the 
churches were thereby rendered infufficient for their ac¬ 
commodation ; wherefore the parliament, in 1710, enact¬ 
ed, that “fifty new churches fltould be erected in or near 
the populous cities of London and Weftmintter, or fub¬ 
urbs thereof.” For which purpofe they laid a duty of 
two illillings upon every chaldron or ton of coals that 
ibould be brought into the port of London. This cir- 
cumftance was egregioufly miftaken by a foreign Londino- 
grapher, whoaflerts that St. Paul’s arid many other churches 
■were built on “fea-coal mines.” 
Many irregularities being complained of in the coal- 
meter’s office, in the city, a committee was appointed to 
inquire into them : whole report being approved of, the 
court of lord-mayor and aldermen made an order for their 
future regulation, in conformity to the ancient method 
and ulage. 
In the year 1713, peace being made with France, it was 
publicly proclaimed in London on the 7th of July; on 
which occafion both houfes of parliament attended a ge¬ 
neral thanksgiving at St. Paul’s. Her majelty, being ill of 
the gout, was unable to be prefent at the folemnity. She 
died on the iff of Auguft, 1714; when George-Levvis, 
elector of Hanover, was proclaimed king of Great Britain, 
and foon after made his public entry into London, ac¬ 
companied by his fon, prince George. In a few days af¬ 
ter, the city anti lieutenancy addrefled his majelty, in 
form, at St. James’s; who, in reply, laid, “I take rhefe 
addreffes very kindly. I have lately been made fenfible 
of what confequence the city of London is, and therefore 
(hall be furc- to take all their privileges and intereffs into 
my particular protection.” 
His majelty having received an invitation from tiie city, 
to dine at Guildhall on the approaching lord-mayor’s day, 
lie was gracioully pleafed to accept of the fame ; at which 
time, his majelty and the prince and princefs of Wales, 
attended by a numerous train of nobility, went to the 
ufual place of Handing, oppofite Bow-church, in Cheap- 
fide, and, after having beheld the pompous cavalcade, 
were conduced by the Iberiffs to Guildhall, where they 
were fumptuoully entertained by the citizens, who exert¬ 
ed the utmoff of their abilities to convince them of their 
loyalty and affection for his majefty’s perfon and govern¬ 
ment. And, the lord-mayor having the honour to pre¬ 
fent the firlt glafs of wine to the king, his majelty was 
pleafed to order a patent to be palled for creating his lord- 
lliip a baronet of this kingdom ; and, at the fame time, 
ordered a thoufand pounds to be paid to the fheriffs, for 
the relief and difeharge of poor people imprifoned for 
debt. 
, The king having informed the parliament of his re¬ 
ceiving certain advices from abroad, of an intended inva- 
fioii in favour of the pretender* the corporation of Lon- 
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don, and the merchants and other traders of the fame 
city, prefented feparate addreffes to his majelty on the oc¬ 
casion, containing the ftrongeft affuranees of their loyalty 
and lupport, in defence of his royal perfon and govern¬ 
ment. This threatened invafion, however, loon afterwards 
turned out to be an open rebellion, fomented and brought 
about in Scotland by the earl of Mar, who railed the pre¬ 
tender’s flandard at Braemar, on the 9th of September ; 
but this rebellion was of Ihort duration. 
The winter of this year is remarkable for a hard froffy 
which began in the laft week of November, and continued, 
with fome Ihort intermillions, until the 9th of February,. 
1716. The feverity of it was greater than any man liv¬ 
ing could remember; the Thames having been frozen,, 
nearly the whole time, fo ftrongly, that all forts of wares 
were fold on it; and, on the 19th of January, two large 
oxen were roafted whole upon the ice. The vaft quanti¬ 
ties of fnow that fell, at different times, during this frolt,. 
made the ftreets of London almoff impaffable. 
The moil prominent of the tranfaClions of the year 
1720, never had, nor, it is to be hoped, ever will have, its 
parallel, in the annals of the metropolis, and may ferve as 
a perpetual memento to legillators, of the danger of fuf- 
fering the honell indullry of a nation to be diverted from 
its regular courfe, by fallacious fpeculations and visionary 
projects. See Bubble, vol. iii. p. 467. 
Advice being received, in the year 1722, of another 
conspiracy in favour of the pretender, vifeount Townf- 
liend, one of the principal fecretaries of (late, by his ma¬ 
jefty’s command, wrote aletter to the lord-mayor,acquaint¬ 
ing him with this circumftance. A very loyal and dutiful 
addrefs was prefented on the following day by the lord- 
mayor, aldermen, Sheriff's, and recorder, of London, which 
was very gracioully received. On the fame day a procla¬ 
mation was published for putting the laws in force againft 
papifts and nonjurors, commanding all papifts and reputed 
papifts to remove from the cities of London and Weft- 
minfter, and all places within ten miles of the fame. This 
was accompanied with every precaution a wife and able 
government could fugged. Amongft other things, the 
privy-council ordered the feveral lieutenancies, within the 
bills of mortality, to return a true and juft account of the 
number of horfes found within their feveral jurifdiftions- j. 
when the fum total did not amount to more than 17,601, 
including faddle-horfes, coach-horfes, and draught-horfes : 
but in this account there is no mention made of the bo¬ 
rough of Southwark, nor of any part on that fide of the 
river Thames. This confpiracy came to nothing. 
The vaft increafe of buildings in the weftern fuburb of 
London requiring a greater fupply of frelh water than the 
existing works could furnifh, an aft of parliament was 
palled in this year, authorising a lievvly-erefted company, 
called the Chelfea water-company, to dig bafons, reier- 
voirs, &c. for the better fupply of the city and liberties 
of Weltminfter, and parts adjacent, with water. 
The eleftion of lord-mayor for the city of London, this 
year, coming on, as ufual, at the common-hall, on the 
29th of September, fir Gerard Conyers and fir Peter Define, 
both of great fortune and merit, and alfo the two aider- 
men next the chair, were put in nomination, and declared 
to have the majority of hands. But a poll was demanded, 
and granted, for fir George Mertins and fir Francis Forbes; 
which began on the firlt of Cfftober and ended on the. 
third. And next day the fheriffs declared that they had 
call up the poll, and that the majority of votes had fallen 
upon fir Gerard Conyers and fir Peter Define ; who be¬ 
ing returned to the court of aldermen, they made choice 
of the former ; which, in all probability, brought on the 
following application to parliament. On the 14th o- De¬ 
cember, 1724, many citizens of London petitioned the 
houfe of commons, fetting forth feveral grievances they 
laboured under in the laid city, and praying, “That, for 
promoting the welfare, for preferring the liberties, peace, 
and tranquillity, of the laid city, and for fettling.elections 
on a juft and lafting foundation, the houfe vv-uuld take the 
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