. Walks in London . tion of thatof Lady Willoughby de Broke in Hill Street, the onlyreniaining example of the old aristocratic doorplates, whichwere once universal. Near the entrance of Charles Street, Berkeley Square, wemay notice the tavern sign of the Running Footman— Iam the only Running Footman —only too popular with theprofession, which shows the dress worn by the runningretainers of the last century, who have left nothing but theirname to the stately flunkeys of the present. Just behind Berkeley Square, at the north-east corner,in Davles Street, is Bourdon House^ preserved through allth
. Walks in London . tion of thatof Lady Willoughby de Broke in Hill Street, the onlyreniaining example of the old aristocratic doorplates, whichwere once universal. Near the entrance of Charles Street, Berkeley Square, wemay notice the tavern sign of the Running Footman— Iam the only Running Footman —only too popular with theprofession, which shows the dress worn by the runningretainers of the last century, who have left nothing but theirname to the stately flunkeys of the present. Just behind Berkeley Square, at the north-east corner,in Davles Street, is Bourdon House^ preserved through allthe vicissitudes of this part of London as having been the GROSVENOR SQUARE, 89 little manor-house in the country which was the home ofMiss Mary Davies, whose marriage with Sir Thomas in 1676 resulted in the enormous wealth of his familythrough the value to which her paternal acres rose. Herfarm is commemorated in the rural names of manyneighbouring streets—Farm Street, Hill Street, Hay Hill,Hay In Rerkeley Square. In front of this house, Mount Street (named from OliversMount, part of the fortifications raised round London bythe ParUament in 1643) and Charles Street (right) lead intoGrosvenor Square, which has for a century and a half main-tained the position of the most fashionable place ofresidence in London. No. 39 was the house in which theCato Street conspirators under Arthur Thistlewood go WALKS IN LONDON. arranged (February 23, 1820) to murder the Ministers of theCrown while they were dining with Lord Harrowby, Presi-dent of the Council. * It will be a rare haul to murderthem all together, Thistlewood exclaimed at their finalmeeting, and bags were actually produced in which theheads of Lord Sidmouth and Lord Castlereagh were to htbrought away, after which the cavalry barracks were to befired, and the Bank of England and the Tower taken bythe people, who, it was hoped, would rise on the ministers were warned, and the conspirators seized ina
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