Bancroft's Hospital, i. 47.
Barker, gladiator, fights Stokes, ii. 170.
Barley-corn, Sir John, burnt, i. 314.
Battles at Covent garden Theatre, ii. 202.
Beadles, number and salaries of, i. 165.
Beard, Mr. his address to the public, ii 238.
Bear-garden, amusements of the, described, ii. 109, 134, 137, 147,
155, 164, 170.
---- attempt to suppress, ii. 111, 163.
Beau of 1734, described, i. 301.
---- 1727, ii. 324.
---- portrait of, in verse, i. 319.
Bed, one described, ii. 320.
Beer given to the mob by the Prince of Wales, i. 314.
Beggars, trick of R. Alegil, i. 98.
---- tricks of, i. 99, 287.
Benefit, Farinelli's, ii. 188.
Benefits, theatrical, confusion at, ii. 226.
Betting, specimens of, i. 373.
Billiard tables, burnt, i. 173.
Bills, seditious, explosion of, ii. 51.
Boxing, patronised by the rich, i. 335.
Bread, adulteration of, bad effects of, i. 174.
Bricks, first used, ii. 362.
---- badly made, ii. 390.
Bristol, Bishop of, letter to his parishioners, i. 362.
Buck, gladiator, fights Miller, ii. 135.
Buckingham, Duchess of, adopts an infant, i. 43.
Bucks, bold, account of a club so named, i. 264.
Burges, Dr. burnt in effigy, i. 242.
---- ---- meeting burnt, ii. 12.
Butchers, battles between, ii. 28.
Butterfield, Lady, advertisement by, ii. 144.