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METROPOLITAN MEMORANDA. 269
Appleby. Sir Eobert Jeffery, who was mayor in 1686,
and is buried in St. Dionis Back Church, left £400 for
prayers to be said daily there.
In 1771 Brass Crosby, Esq., was sent to the Tower by
the House of Commons, for committing their messenger.
To commemorate the spirited conduct of this mayor, the
Obelisk in St. George's-fields was erected. The sub-
sequent lord mayors of London have been chiefly memora-
ble as examples of industry, perseverance, and hospitality.
CHAPTER XXIII.
METROPOLITAN MEMORANDA.
In the early part of this work we have given some sta-
tistical details bearing upon the immensity of our monster
capital, and this book itself, epitome though it be, cannot
fail to convey some idea of the vast resources of London,
and of the numberless industrial pursuits of which it is
the stage. It will not, perhaps, be uninteresting, before
balancing our books, and making them ready for that
impartial auditor, the public, to see how far our views of
the great city correspond with those of other writers on
this fertile theme.
The author of Babylon the Great says:—" In its topo-
graphical distribution, London is anything which yon wish
to call it; and if you would mention the description or em-
ployment of the people among whom you would wish to live,
one could lay one's finger upon the map, and say, ' There
shall be your residence;' for among the many thousand
squares, and streets, and lanes, and courts, which lodge
its varied inhabitants, it is impossible not find one where
your neighbours shall be your equals; similar in employ-
ments, in habits, and in tastes, and marked by the same
graces or the same deformities. If you love social gaiety,
Appleby. Sir Eobert Jeffery, who was mayor in 1686,
and is buried in St. Dionis Back Church, left £400 for
prayers to be said daily there.
In 1771 Brass Crosby, Esq., was sent to the Tower by
the House of Commons, for committing their messenger.
To commemorate the spirited conduct of this mayor, the
Obelisk in St. George's-fields was erected. The sub-
sequent lord mayors of London have been chiefly memora-
ble as examples of industry, perseverance, and hospitality.
CHAPTER XXIII.
METROPOLITAN MEMORANDA.
In the early part of this work we have given some sta-
tistical details bearing upon the immensity of our monster
capital, and this book itself, epitome though it be, cannot
fail to convey some idea of the vast resources of London,
and of the numberless industrial pursuits of which it is
the stage. It will not, perhaps, be uninteresting, before
balancing our books, and making them ready for that
impartial auditor, the public, to see how far our views of
the great city correspond with those of other writers on
this fertile theme.
The author of Babylon the Great says:—" In its topo-
graphical distribution, London is anything which yon wish
to call it; and if you would mention the description or em-
ployment of the people among whom you would wish to live,
one could lay one's finger upon the map, and say, ' There
shall be your residence;' for among the many thousand
squares, and streets, and lanes, and courts, which lodge
its varied inhabitants, it is impossible not find one where
your neighbours shall be your equals; similar in employ-
ments, in habits, and in tastes, and marked by the same
graces or the same deformities. If you love social gaiety,