may be viewed, as well as the several temporary EXHIBITIONS in the neighbourhood.

Ninth Day.

This may be very well employed in viewing the Collections of PICTURES (permission obtained) belonging to a number of eminent individuals at the West End of the town: viz. MR. THOMAS HOPE's in DUCHESS STREET; SIR ABRAHAM HUME'S, STRATFORD PLACE; and the EARL OF SUFFOLK's in HILL STREET. SIR JOHN LEICESTER'S Gallery of British Art is liberally opened to the public every spring, near which, in SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, is MR. R. WESTMACOTT's fine collection of Ancient and Modern Sculpture. Mr. BONE'S ENAMELS in Berners Street, may be seen with tickets every Thursday in June and July, and are most eminently deserving of attention.

Tenth Day.

Should the stranger prefer an out-door excursion, the day may be amusingly passed, by viewing the principal SQUARES, many of which are surrounded with noble Mansions of the Nobility and others, and have their areas ornamentally laid out in plantations, garden plots, and gravel walks. The BRITISH MUSEUM is sufficiently extensive and interesting to employ an entire morning. Either of the THEATRES-ROYAL, of DRURY LANE, or COVENT GARDEN, may then occupy the evening.

Eleventh Day.

A long day may be most agreeably and profitably employed in visiting some of those great manufactories, which, in so many directions, arise in LONDON. Thus, either WHITBREAD'S, REID's, or BARCLAY'S BREWERY will afford a high gratification; and the GAS LIGHT Manufac tories, either in BRICK LANE, PETER STREET, or DORSET STREET, astonish all beholders by the magnitude of their operations. Any PRINTING OFFICE which employs a Steam Engine is also worthy of a visit; and the GLASS Manufactories and SHOT WORKS, near BLACKFRIARS' BRIDGE, and a great many others, claim attention.

Twelfth Day.

This Day's excursion may be passed in the north-west quarter of the metropolis, where are the NEW CHURCHES of ST. MARY-LE-BONE, ST. PANCRAS, LANGHAM PLACE, REGENT STREET, &c. A Sunday, of course, would be the most eligible for this excursion, when the walk being extended to the REGENT'S PARK, the stranger may visit Primrose Hill and Hampstead, which, with the neighbouring fields, are frequently thronged towards evening with company, to enjoy the healthful breezes and the pleasing prospects that peculiarly distinguish the northern environs of London.

Or the Eleventh and Twelfth Days might be occupied in a Tour to see the Royal Palaces in the environs. Passing from Piccadilly through Kensington and Hammersmith we reach Chiswick: pass the Duke of Devonshire's villa, and then over Kew Green to Richmond: there walk through the Gardens or on the river side. Spend an hour on Richmond Hill; refresh at the Star and Garter, the Castle, or the Talbot. Proceed over Richmond Bridge to Twickenham, Teddington, and Bushy Park, to Hampton Court, this whole district being the glory of Middlesex.

Hampton Court Palace, with the Garden and Maze, merits an accurate survey. Proceed through Hampton, Staines, and Egham, across Runny-mede, by the old romantic site of Windsor church-yard, where, in passing, the monument of the beautiful Mrs. Robinson will catch the eye. Proceed to New Windsor. Next morning, the Castle and Parks may employ several pleasant hours, taking directions from the landlords or booksellers in the town. The return to London may be varied through Eton, Slough, Hounslow, and Brentford, or from Slough to Stoke-Pogis, once the residence of Gray, and the scene of his Elegy, written in a Country Church-Yard. At Slough, the scientific observer may be gratified by the inspection of Dr. Herschell's telescopes, upon application. Or, returning by Uxbridge and Harrow-on-the-Hill, the homeward route will include thirty miles, throughout which beauties of no common order will excite pleasure in the most listless or inattentive traveller.

CHAP. XVII.

A Diary of the Public Spectacles, Amusements, &c. of London; indicating most of the Objects deserving of Notice throughout the Year, nearly in the order in which they occur.

+++ The *, after the Day of the Month, denotes, that the particular day is not fixed.

JANUARY.

6 TWELFTH-DAY; the Bishop of London makes an offering of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, where public worship is then performed, with the assistance of musical performers of the first rate talents.

The Confectioners' and Pastry-cooks' shops furnish an exhibition of rich Twelfth cakes, with illuminations, in the evening.

20* The lectures commence at the Royal Institution, by Mr. Brande, or Chemistry, Galvanism, &c., with various lectures in different branches of Science and the Arts.

Lectures are also in course of delivery, at this period, at all the Hospitals, and at the houses of many medical men, on Medicine, Surgery, Chemistry, Botany, &c.

N. B. In the course of this and the ensuing five months, Masquerades are occasionally held at the Opera House and the Argyle Rooms, always previously advertised in the Newspapers. Admission 10s. 6d. 17. 18. and 21. 2s.; and dresses may be hired at the masquerade warehouses, from 5s. to 21. 2s. each.

23 Hilary Term begins. On this, and the first day of every term, the Judges breakfast with the Lord Chancellor, and thence go in procession to Westminster Hall, to open the courts, where they arrive about twelve o'clock.

The Gresham Lectures, on various Sciences, are delivered daily, during the several Terms, in the Royal Exchange, at noon in Latin, and at one o'clock in English; open to the public, gratis.

30 King Charles's Decapitation; the House of Lords go in procession to Westminster Abbey, to attend divine service; the Commons to St. Margaret's Church.

Every Sunday evening, from Christmas to Easter, the boys at Christ's Hospital sing an anthem, and sup in public at six o'clock. An introduction to this interesting sight may be procured from any of the numerous governors of the Hospital.

Every Sunday, during the year, service is performed at the Magdalen, at a quarter past eleven o'clock in the morning, and a quarter past six in the evening, and at the Asylum and Foundling Hospitals. These places are much frequented, and highly interesting to strangers, both from the celebrity of the preachers, and the excellence of the

music.

FEBRUARY.

The concert of Ancient music usually commences early this month at the rooms in Hanover Square.

6* Anniversary of the Society for discharging persons confined for small debts, Craven Street, Strand.

7* Concert for the benefit of the Choral Fund, Theatre Royal, Hay

market.

12* Hilary Term ends; after which, as at the end of every term, the sittings commence for the trial of causes, the first day at WestminsterHall, the next at Guildhall, in the City; they then recommence at Westminster, continuing till all the business is finished, and afterwards again proceed to Guildhall, and continue till the business is concluded. 19* The British Gallery, Pall-Mall, opens for the exhibition and sale of the works of British Artists

22 The Lectures on Painting commence at the Royal Academy, Somerset Place. Admission gratis, by tickets to be had of the academicians. During Lent, on Wednes lay and Friday evenings, Oratorios are performed at Covent Garden and Drury Lane Theatres.

MARCH.

1 St. David's Day, Anniversary of the Welch Charity, the governors of which, after service at St. Andrew's church, Holborn, dine at the Freemasons' Tavern.

4 Anniversary of the Marine Society, at the London Tavern.

7 St. Patrick's Day, Anniversary of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, at the Crown and Anchor.

N. B. Most of the public Anniversary Dinners are, either on the same day, or on the previous Sunday, preceded by a sermon by some eminent preacher, which is announced in the morning newspapers. The admission to the dinners is by tickets, to be had of the stewards, or at the bar of the tavern, usually at 15s. or 11. 1s. each. Maunday Thursday. His Majesty's bounty is this day distributed to the poor at Whitehall Chapel, by his Majesty's almoner.

Every morning about ten o'clock, a pleasing military spectacle is dis. played on the Parade, behind the Horse Guards, where the stranger will be entertained with a concert of martial miusic.

30 Anniversary of the Asylum for Female Orphans, at the Freemasons' Tavern.

APRIL.

5* Anniversary of the Society for the Refuge of the Destitute.

7* Ditto of the Freemasons' Charity, for educating female children, at the Crown and Anchor.

10 Ditto of the Institution for the education of the Deaf and Dumb, who are taught to speak and read articulately, write, &c., held at the London Tavern,

On Easter Monday and Tuesday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c. go in state to Christ Church, and attend divine service; after which, on Monday a grand dinner is given at the Mansion House, and a splendid and numerously attended ball in the evening. Tickets obtained of the Lord Mayor.

On Easter Monday, the following Summer Theatres open :-Sadler's Wells, Astley's Amphitheatre, the Surrey Theatre, the Olympic, the Cobourg, &c.

Easter Monday and Tuesday are days of great amusement and revelry in Greenwich Park, and these revels deserve notice as specimens of national manners.

18 Exhibition opens of the Painters in Water Colours, Pall Mall East. 21 Anniversary of the Society of the Friends of Foreigners in Distress, at the City of London Tavern.

23 St George's Day, the day on which his Majesty's Birth-day is kept. His Majesty's tradesmen's houses are illuminated; and the mail coaches, with the guards and coachmen in their new liveries, make a pleasing display in going in procession to the Post Office. On this day, the Society of Antiquaries has its Anniversary Dinner, at Freemasons' Hall.

Easter Term begins the third Wednesday after Easter Sunday, and lasts twenty-six days.

In this and the three next months, every day, but particularly on Sundays, from two o'clock till five, Hyde Park is a great resort of persons on foot, horseback, and in carriages. Kensington Gardens form also, during the same time, a fashionable promenade, unequalled perhaps in any part of Europe.

On the first Sunday of Easter Term, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Judges, go in state to St. Paul's Church, and afterwards partake of a grand dinner at the Mansion House.

MAY.

1 On this. and the two following days the Chimney-sweepers parade the streets, dressed in fantastic finery, and form whimsical groups.

2* Clerical Levees commence at Lambeth Palace every Saturday.

The Annual Exhibition of the Royal Academy commences at Somerset Place about this time, and continues open eight or nine weeks. 4* Anniversary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, New London Tavern.

Anniversary of the Boyal Humane Society, at the City of London Tavern. After dinner there is a most interesting procession of the persons who have been restored to animation.

5 Ditto of the Philanthropic Society, Crown and Anchor. Anniversary of the Magdalen Charity.

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11 Grand Feast of the Freemasons at their Hall, Great Queen Street. The Anniversary public Meeting and Dinner of the Literary Fund, at the Freemasons' Tavern, the 2d Wednesday in May.

12 The Anniversary of the Sons of the Clergy is held at St. Paul's, where a fiue concert of sacred music is performed, and afterwards there is

a dinner at Merchant Tailors' Hall. Tickets are to be had of various booksellers.

13* Ditto of the Foundling Hospital.

Ditto of the Sea Bathing Infirmary at Margate.

16* Annual Benefit Concert of the Royal Society of Musicians, at the King's Theatre.

19 Anniversary of the Asylum.

23* Eton Anniversary, Crown and Anchor.

25* On the last Tuesday of this month, the medals and rewards are cistri

buted to successful candidates by the Society of Arts, at their grand room in the Adelphi, and the sight is one of the most pleasing af forded by the metropolis. Any member can introduce his friends; or admission may be obtained by strangers, on application to the secre

tary.

Anniversary of the Pitt Club.

Whit-Monday and Tuesday, the revels at Greenwich are repeated as at Easter, and are equally interesting.

Trinity Term commences the first Friday after Trinity Sunday, and

lasts three weeks