Volume II Part 39 (2/2)

The first great bank for a fund ofnow established by Act of Parliament, was filled and coovernment of the most able and wealthy citizens of London

All who adventured any su as it lay in the bank, and had power either to take it out at pleasure, or transfer it

Glorious steady weather; corn and all fruits in extraordinary plenty generally

13th July, 1694 Lord Berkeley burnt Dieppe and Havre de Grace with boe for the defeat at Brest This un by the French, is exceedingly ruinous, especially falling on the poorer people, and does not seem to tend to make a more speedy end of the war; but rather to exasperate and incite to revenge Many executed at London for clipping money, now done to that intolerable extent, that there was hardly any money that orth above half the noust, 1694 I went to visit e Evelyn of Nutfield, where I found a fahters--all beautiful worown, and extremely well-fashi+oned All painted in one piece, very well, by Mr Lutterell, in crayon on copper, and see to be as finely painted as the best miniature They are the children of two extraordinary beautiful wives The boys were at school

5th August, 1694 Stormy and unseasonable eather this week

[Sidenote: LONDON]

5th October, 1694 I went to St Paul's to see the choir, now finished as to the stone work, and the scaffold struck both without and within, in that part So columns on pilasters at the east tribunal As to the rest it is a piece of architecture without reproach The pulling out the forenious I went also to see the building beginning near St Giles's, where seven streets make a star from a Doric pillar placed in the middle of a circular area; said to be built by Mr Neale, introducer of the late lotteries, in imitation of those at Venice, now set up here, for himself twice, and now one for the State

28th October, 1694 Mr Stringfellow preached at Trinity church

22d November, 1694 Visited the Bishop of Lincoln [Tenison] newly come on the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who a few days before had a paralytic stroke,--the same day and month that Archbishop Sancroft was put out A very sickly time, especially the smallpox, of which divers considerable persons died The State lottery[81] drawing, Mr cock, a French refugee, and a President in the Parliament of Paris for the Reformed, drew a lot of 1,000 per annum

[Footnote 81: State lotteries finally closed October 18, 1826]

29th November, 1694 I visited the Marquis of Nor Charles II being poisoned Also concerning the _quinquina_ which the physicians would not give to the King, at a ti that could cure hiue by Mr Tudor, an apothecary), till Dr Short, to who reputed a Papist (but as in truth a very honest, good Christian), sent word to the King that it was the only thing which could save his life, and then the King enjoined his physicians to give it to hi asked by this Lord why they would not prescribe it, Dr Lower said it would spoil their practice, or some such expression, and at last confessed it was a res Exception was taken that the late Archbishop did not cause any of his Chaplains to use any office for the sick during his illness

9th December, 1694 I had news that my dear and worthy friend, Dr

Tenison, Bishop of Lincoln, was made Archbishop of Canterbury, for which I thank God and rejoice, he being , piety, and prudence

13th Dece ave my vote for Dr Williams, to succeed Mr Bentley in Mr

Boyle's lectures

29th Decely, and was very mortal The Queen died of it on the 28th

13th January, 1694-95 The Thames was frozen over The deaths by s week The King and Princess Anne reconciled, and she was invited to keep her Court at Whitehall, having hitherto lived privately at Berkeley House; she was desired to take into her family divers servants of the late Queen; to ned her 5,000 a quarter

20th January, 1695 The frost and continual snow have now lasted five weeks

February, 1695 Lord Spencer hbor, Mr Hussey, e Evelyn, of Nutfield

3d February, 1695 The long frost interone

17th February, 1695 Called to London by Lord Godolphin, one of the Lords of the Treasury, offering ned to be built at Greenwich for worn-out seamen

24th February, 1695 I saw the Queen lie in state

27th February, 1695 The Marquis of Nor Street, and build it nobly, it being the street leading to Westht have been done for the expense of the Queen's funeral, which was 50,000, against her desire

5th March, 1695 I went to see the cere; all the Parliaiven the and the middle of the street boarded and covered with black cloth There were all the nobility, es, etc