don.

1843 Nelson Column placed in Trafalgar Square.

1845 Hungerford Bridge opened.

Lincoln's Inn New Hall opened by Queen Victoria.

1847 Covent Garden Theatre opened as Italian Opera House.

New House of Lords opened.

New Portico and Hall of British Museum opened.

1848 April 10. Great Chartist Demonstration.

1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.

1852 Nov. 18. Duke of Wellington's Funeral.

1855 April 19. Visit of Emperor and Empress of French.

Nov. 30. Visit of King of Sardinia.

1858 Jan. 31. Steamship "Great Eastern" launched.

1860 Underground Railway begun.

1862 March 12. Mr. George Peabody, the American merchant, gives L150,000
to ameliorate the condition of London poor.

May 1. Second International Exhibition opened.

1863 Jan. 10. Underground Railway opened.

March 7. Princess Alexandra, of Denmark, enters London.

1864 Jan. 1. New street opened between Blackfriars' and London Bridge.

Feb. 29. First block of Peabody Buildings opened in Spitalfields.

April 21. Garibaldi receives the freedom of the city.

1866 Jan. 29. Mr. Peabody adds L100,000 to his gift to the London poor.

May 10. Black Friday, commercial panic.

July 24. Riots in Hyde Park.

Sept. 1. Cannon Street Railway Station opened.

1867 Jan. 15. Severe frost; forty lives lost by the breaking of the ice
in Regent's Park.

June 3. First stone of Holborn Viaduct laid.

1868 May 13. The Queen lays foundation of St. Thomas' Hospital.

Dec. 5. George Peabody gives another L100,000 to the poor of London.

1869 July 23. Statue of George Peabody unveiled by the Prince of Wales.

Nov. 6. Opening of Holborn Viaduct by the Queen.

1870 July 13. Opening of the Victoria Embankment by the Prince of Wales.

Index

Addison, 39, 211.

Adelphi Arches, 100, 101, 170.

Adelphi Terrace, 170.

Adelphi, The, 171.

"Advertiser, The," 65.

"A la mode beef shops," 201.

"All the Year Round," 52, 53, 54, 55.

Almanac Day, 187.

Alsatia, 29.

Alsatia, The Squire of, 70.

America, Dickens' first visit to, 49, 55;
Dickens' second visit to, 54, 55, 89.

American Notes, 50.

Anderton's Hotel, 62.

Apothecaries Company, The, 184.

Apsley House, 130.

Athenaeum Club, 77.

"Athenaeum, The," 65.

Australia, 55.

Bacon, Lord, 36.

"Bag of Nails, The," 121.

Bank of Eng