Gould-fquare, to range in a linen with the end of the lane next to Aldgate; the paffage of which is to be made thirty-five feet wide, by fetting back the houfes from the gate to the Horfe and Trumpet:

In Broad-street Ward. The houfe at the weft end of the buildings between Cornhill and Threadneedle-ftreet, oppofite to the fouth end of Prince's-ftreet, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the fireet.

The houfes to be pulled down on the fouth fide of Threadneedleftreet, extending from the houfe before-mentioned eastward, to that part of the street which is oppofite to the Bank gates; and the paffage there enlarged to thirty-five feet in width.

In Coleman-ftreet Ward. One houfe on the N. E. corner of the Old Jury, and another houfe at the S. W. corner of Coleman-ftreet, both occupied by Braziers, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the ftreet.

In Cordwainer's Ward. The houfe at the N. E. end of Trinitylane, near the Dog-tavern, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the street.

In Cornbill Ward. The house at the weft end of the building between Cornhill and Lombard-ftreet, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the street.

In Cripplegate Ward within. The houfes which project forwards at the weft end of Silver-freet, from the end of Monkwell ftreet, quite through into Alderfgate-ftreet, to be pulled down, to make a street forty feet wide.

The houfe at the corner of Aldermanbury, formerly the Baptifthead-tavern, facing Milk-ftreet, to

be pulled down, and the ground laid into the street.

In Farringdon Ward within. The tin-thop, and the trunk-maker's house, at the S. W. corner of Cheapfide, leading into St. Paul's Church-yard, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the street.

Such part of the houses in Creedlane, to be pulled down, as are neceffary to widen the paffage to thirty feet.

In Farringdon Ward without. All the houfes in the Middle-row betwen the paved alley adjoining to St. Sepulchre's church and Giltfpur-ftreet, from the north end quite through to the south end, facing Hart-fireet, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the street.

All the houfes in the Middle-row between the Great and Little Old Bailey, from the north end facing Hart-ftreet, to the Baptift's head at the fouth end, facing the Great Old Bailey, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the ftreet.

The hops or sheds under St. Dunitan's church in Fleet-street, to be pulled down, and the ground. laid into the street.

In Langbourn Ward. Such part of the houses at the end of Marklane, next to Fenchurch-ftreet, to be pulled down, as will make the paffage there thirty feet wide.

Such part of the houfes at the eaft end of Lombard-ftreel, to be pulled down, as will make the paffage there thirty feet wide.

In Portfoken Ward. The house at the N.E. corner of Houndsditch, adjoining to the church-yard, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the street.

In Tower Ward. Such part of the houses on St. Dunstan's-hill, adjoining to the George ale-house,

and

and oppofite to the Chain, and fuch part of the warehouses oppofite to the end of St. Dunstan's church, to be pulled down, as will make the paffage thirty feet wide.

The house on the N. W. corner of Great Tower-street, occupied by Mr. Crawford, a brufh-maker, and alfo the house on the S. E. corner of Little Tower-ftreet, occupied by Meffrs. Julon and Lidner, hatters, to be pulled down to make a convenient paffage.

The house in Mark-lane, which adjoins to Alhallows Staining, and projects twelve feet before the other houses, to be pulled down, to make it range in a line with the other houses, and enlarge the paffage.

In Vintry Ward. The houses on the north fide of Thames-ftreet, which reach from Elbow-lane to College-hill, and also thofe on the fouth fide of the faid street, which reach from Vintners-hall to Bull Wharf-lane to be pulled down, in order to make the street forty feet wide.

The house at the corner of Tower-royal, facing College-hill, to be pulled down, and the ground laid into the street.

In Walbroke Ward. The houfe at the N. E. corner of Bucklerfbury, which projects before the other buildings, to be pulled down.

In Bishopfgate Ward. The two houses between New Broad-fireet, and New Broad-ftreet Buildings, which project far into the street, to be pulled down.

The great noife occafioned by the late additional tax of three shillings a barrel on malt liquors, may render agreeable the following papers, elating to the London brewery.

Hiftory of the London brewery from the beginning of king William's reign to the prefent time.

IN

IN the beginning of King William's reign, the duty on strong beer or ale was Is. and 3d. per barrel; on fmall beer 3d. per barrel. The brewer then fold his brown ale for 16s. per barrel, and the fmall beer, which was made from the fame grains, at 6s. per barrel. These were moftly fetched from the brewhoufe by the cultomers themselves, and paid for with ready money; fo that the brewer entertained but few fervants, fewer horfes, and had no ftock of ales or beers by him, but a trifling quantity of cafks and his money returned before he paid either his duty or his malt. The victualler then fold this ale for 2d. per quart.

But foon after, our wars with France occafioned further duties on this commodity. I fet them down from memory alone, and, I think, in 1689, 9d. per barrel more was laid on ftrong, and 3d. per barrel on fmall. In 1690, the duty was advanced 2s. 3d. per barrel on ftrong beer, and 9d. per barrel on fmall, and in 1692, more duty was laid, by 9d. per barrel on ftrong only. All thefe duties added together will nearly make up what is now paid by the brewer. At this period the brewer raised his price, from 16s. to 18s. and 198. per barrel; and the victualler raifed his price to 21d. per

on hops, the brewers endeavoured at à liquor wherein more of thefe laft thould be ufed. Thus the drinking of beer became encouraged in preference to ale. This beer, when new, they fold for 22s. per barrel; and at the fame time advanced their ale to 19s. and 20s. per barrel; but the people, not eafily weaned from their heavy fweet drink, in general drank ale mixed with beer from the victualler, at 2 d. to 2 d. per quart.

The gentry now refiding in London more than they had done in former times, introduced the pale ale, and the pale fmall beer they were habituated to in the country; and either engaged fome of their friends, or the London brewers, to make for them thefe kinds of drinks. Affluence and cleanlinefs promoted the delivery of them in the brewer's own catks, and at his charge. Pale malt being deareft, the brewer being loaded with more tax, and more expence, fixed the price of fuch small beer at 8 and 1os. per barrel, and of the ale at 30s. per barrel; the latter was fold by the victualler at 4d. per quart, and under the name of two-penny.

This little oppofition excited the brown beer trade to produce, if poffible, a better fort of commodity in their way, than heretofore had been made. They began to hop their mild beers more; and the publican started three, four, fometimes fix butts at a time: but fo little idea had the brewer, or his customer, at being at the charge of large flocks of beer, that it gave room to a set of moneyed people to make a trade, by buying these beers from brewers, keeping them fome time, and felling them, when ftale, to publicans for 25s. or 26s. per barrel. Our taftes but flowly

alter or reform: Some drauk mild beer and ftale; others what was then called three-threads, at 3d. a quart, but many used all ftale at 4d. a pot.

On this footing food the trade until about the year 1722, when the brewers conceived there was a mean to be found preferable to any of thefe extremes; which was that beer well brewed, from being kept its proper time, becoming mellow, that is neither new or ftale, would recommend itself to the public. This they ventured to fell at 23s. a barrel, that the victualler might retail it at 3d. a quart. Tho' it was flow at first in making its way; yet as it certainly was right, in the end the experiment fucceeded beyond expectation. The labouring people, porters, &c. found its utility; from whence came its appellation of porter, or entire butt. As yet, however, it was far from being in the perfection which fince we have had it. For many years it was an established maxim in the trade, that porter could not be made fine or bright, and four or five months was deemed the age for it to be drank at.

The improvement of brightnefs has fince been added, by means of more age, better malt, better hops, and the use of ifinglass.

An account of BEER brewed at the principal brewhoufes in the city and fuburbs, from Midfummer 1759, to Midfummer 1760; which exceeds, by fome thousand barrels, any former year. Meffrs. Calvert and Seward's Whitbread's

bar. firk.

74,734 3

63,408 O

Trueman's

60,140 2

foon after brought him an order to form a line, as a third line to fupport the infantry, and advance; that he faid nothing about going to the LEFT, between TREES, or coming out upon a HEATH, пor told him where the infantry to be sustained were tobe found, but only repeated his orders twice in French,which lord George requested him to do, not from any difficulty he found in comprehending the general intention of them, but because they were at firft expreffed indiftin&tly thro' hurry: That lord George fuppofing that, to advance, was to go forward, immediately began to execute these orders, by fending an officer to a Saxe Gotha regiment of foot, that obftructed his way in front, to caufe it to remove out of his way, thinking it better fo to do than to caufe our artillery, which obftructed the only cther way he could have advanced, to halt; difpatching at the fame time a fecond officer to fee where the infantry he was to fuftain was pofted, and a third to reconnoitre the fituation of the enemy: That while this was doing, col. Ligonier came up with an order to advance with the cavalry, in order to profit of a diforder which appeared in the cavalry of the enemy; and that neither did he mention, or at leaft was not heard to mention, any movement to the left. That the Saxe Gotha regiment being by this time removed from the front, lord George, in obedience to the concurrent orders of captain WinfchingTode and colonel Ligonier, as he understood them, and as they were underflood by his witneffes, ordered the troops to advance frait foraward: that this could not be more than eight minutes after he had

received the order that had beeri brought by capt. Winschingrode, becaufe capt. Winfchingrode, as he was riding back from lord George, met colonel Fitzroy riding to him very faft; and when colonel Fitzroy atrived, the troops were in motion: That it appears from all the witneffes, that they could not have been put in motion in much lefs than eight minutes, as five minutes were given even by the witneffes for the profecution, for the Saxe Gotha regiment to remove out of his way. That almost immediately after the troops were in motion, colonel Fitzroy came up, and brought the firft orders he heard for moving to the left, at the fame time limiting the movement to the British cavalry: That then being in doubt what to do, he halted; the order that arrived laft, by colonel Fitzroy, not superfeding the former by colonel Ligonier; as lord George and thofe about him understood, both from Fitzroy and Ligonier, that they brought the fame order, having received it at the fame time, and brought it at different times by having taken different routs: That not being able to agree, each earnestly preffing the execution of his own orders, lord George took a resolution to go to the prince, who was not far diftant: That colonel Ligonier went forward, and that as lord George was riding on with colonel Fitzroy, he perceived the wood on the left more open than he had thought it, which inclined him to think it poffible the prince might have ordered him to the left; and colonel Fitzroy ftill vehemently preffing the execution of the orders he brought, he fent captain