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A New History of London
… Tower, and preferred articles of impeachment against him, for causing his majesty's commission of array to be proclaimed in the city: for this offence he was degraded from the magistracy, … exportation of coals to London. For the restoration of the navigation of the Thames, the city, notwithstanding its …
A New History of London
… king told them, that he ever had a particular affection for the city of London, the place of his birth; and that he … at their bearing so good a part in his restoration, for which he returned them his thanks. The king landed at … here partook of a collation in a magnificent tent pitched for the occasion; after which he was conducted through London …
A New History of London
… lost in repairing the devastation occasioned by the fire; for the parliament on the 18th passed an act 1 for erecting a … each of the twelve companies provide themselves with an engine, thirty buckets, three ladders, fix pickax-sledges, … caught fish, in English shipping, conformable to the navigation act, were to pay duties only as Englishmen. 1674. …
A New History of London
… the supream authority by act of the convention, was for the new king to convert that assembly into a compleat … to the English government, and to be employed as an engine to disturb it upon any disputes with our catholic … to it 25. 1694. By the great increase of shipping, and navigation, those parts of the suburbs of London eastward of …
A New History of London
… a necessity of composing their differences by a coalition for the sake of public tranquillity. This union took place by … against the French, the queen appointed November 12th, for a day of public thanksgiving. On this day the queen … the union, have full freedom and intercourse of trade and navigation, to and from any port or place within the said …
A New History of London
… accompanied by his eldest son, prince George, set out for England, and made a public entry into London September … they went with a spendid retinue, to the usual place for seeing the procession, opposite Bow-church, Cheapside. … a creek from the Thames. The water is conveyed by a steam engine to a reservoir in Hyde park, from whence it is by …
A New History of London
… on the next lord mayor's day: as also to desire permission for putting up the king and queen's pictures in Guildhall; … presence; and the king ordered the payment of 1000 l. for the relief of insolvent debtors. A daring project had … to Holborn-bridge; but that the profits arising by the navigation had not answered the charge of making: that part …
A New History of London
… brought back pinioned like malefactors: they were tried for desertion, three of them shot in terrorem, and the rest … rebellion. Nor were these professions confined to words, for under this general alarm, the merchants for the support … a new bridge at Blackfriars would greatly prejudice the navigation of the river: and so strenuously was this …
A New History of London
… to indicate an intention of striking some important blow for the commencement of another war, it was judged proper to prepare for defensive measures on our side. At this critical juncture … city hospitals were established, the members of that court for the time being, were governors of them; a committee was …
A New History of London
… intitled the Briton. Whether this writer had a commission for his employment or took up his pen officiously as a cadet, … if the grant should hereafter be found prejudicial to the navigation of the river, the city should have liberty to … constables, and a masked battery was prepared of a water engine used for extinguishing fires. In the afternoon the …