LONDON. 



the property of merchants, companies, and the government 

 is, and will be, materially benclitcd. Many commodious 

 ftreets and new houfes have alfo been made in the vicinity 

 of thofe docks, fo that from the Tower to Limelioufe a 

 new town has been formed. All the great roads leadmg 

 to London have been much improved, and every ap- 

 proach to the metropolis, excepting that through the Bo- 

 rough, is broad, good, and flanked by handfome rows 

 of houfes, or detached villas. In the city, and immedi- 

 ately adjacent, a wide and handfome iln-et, called Skinner- 

 ftreet, has been entirely new built ; a handfome fquare 

 formed in Moorliclds, ' pther reels made near Temple 

 Bar, feveral new buildings erected around the Bank, and 

 others on Tower-hill. In Mary-le-bone a new plan is ex- 

 ecuting of laA-ing out a large park into various allotments 

 of dctachtd villas, with gardens , and pleafure grounds, 

 by John Nalh, efq. af^chiteft. The deftruftion of the 

 two great theatres by fire has afforded opportunities for 

 much'improvement, and much h?.s been eft'cdled. North 

 of Holborn many new fquares and ftreets have been built, 

 the greater part of which has been defigned by James 

 Burton, efq. In fnbfequent accounts of IVIary-lebone, 

 Paddington', and Westminsteu, many other fubjefts will 

 be dofcribed. 



Publications relating to London' and Wefiminfier. — Though 

 many volumes have been cxprefsly devoted t6the hiflory and 

 topography of the metropolis, it is generally admitted, and 

 much to be regretted, that not one work is fatibfaftory 

 either as a comprchenfive hiflory, or popular and general 

 defcription. Tlie moft elaborate, and the moll complete at 

 the time of publication, is Strype's edition of Stow's " Sur- 

 vey of London," 2 vols, folio, fixth edition, 1754: but this 

 is merely a reprint of a former edition of 1720. As a fort 

 of guide, or popular ..rcount of the prefent metropolis, " The 

 Pifture of London for 1812," called "the thirteenth edition," 

 is beft adapted to furnifli a ftranger with a view of London 'as 

 it is' : but this, though admirably planned, and well exe- 

 cuted in parts, is replete with errors of names, dates, and 

 events. Many of its ftriftures are objeaionable on points of 

 art, tafte, and antiquities ; and one feftion on reviews and 

 literary criticifm is unjuft, and of injurious tendency. The 

 moft; eflential points of thefe two works, with much additional 

 information, will be comprifcd in Brayley's " London and 

 Middlefex ; or, An hifl;orical, commercial, and defcriptive 

 Survey of the Metropolis of Great Britain," now in the 

 progrefs of publication, and promifed to be completed in 

 two large oftavo volumes. The following are. the titles of 

 the other principal works relating to the topography of the 

 metropolis. 



" The Hiftory of London, from its Foundation by the 

 Romans, to the prefent Time," by William Maitland, F.R.S. 

 and others, 2 vols, folio, 1765. 



" A new and complete Hifl:ory and Survey of the Cities 

 of London and Weftminfter, the Borough of Southwark, 

 and Parts adjacent," to the year 1770, by Henry Chamber- 

 Iain, efq. and a focicty of gentlemen. 



« A new Hiftory of London, including Wefl:minfl;er and 

 South wark," by John Noorthouck, citizen and ft^ationer, 

 4to. 1773. 



" Repertorium Ecclefiafticum," by Newcourt, 



2 vols, folio. 1708. 



«' Londinopolis, or An hiftorical Difcourfe of the City 

 ef London," by Howell, folio, 1657. 



" A pifturefque Tour through the Cities of London 

 and Weftminfter," by Thomas Maltou, folio, 1792. 



" Londinium Redivivum, or An ancient HiHory and 

 modern Defcription of London," by James PtUcr Malcolm, 

 F.S.A. 4 vols. 410. 1807. 



" Some Account of London," by Thomas Pennant, efq. 

 4th edition, 410. 1805. 



" The Culloms of London, otherwife called Arnold's 

 Chronicle," new edit. 4to. 1811. 



" London ; being an accurate Hiftory and Defcription 

 of the Britifli Metropolis, and its Neighbourhood," 6 vols. 

 8vo. faid to be by David Hughfon ; but really com- 

 piled and written by David Pugh. This mode of giving 

 fiftitious names is very reprehenfible. 



" London and Well Tiinfter improved, with a Difcourfe 

 on public Magnificence," by .John Gwynn, 410. 1766. 



" A critical Review of the public Buildings, Statues, 

 and Ornaments, in and about London and Weftminfter," 



by Ralph, architeft, a new edition, i2mo. 1783. 



" A Treatise ort the Police of the Metropolis ; contain- 

 ing a Detail of the various Crimes and Mif iemeanors by 

 which public and private Property and Security are in- 

 jured ; and fuggcfting Remedies for their Prevention," by 

 P. Colqukoun, L.L.D. 8vo. Several editions have been 

 publidied. 



" A Treatife on the Commerce and Police of the River 

 Thames ; containing an hiftorical View of the Trade of the 

 Port of London, and fuggefting Means for preve:!ting 

 Dcpredatibr.s thereon, &c. Witli a Map of the River 

 from London Bridge to Sheernefs," by P. Colquhoun, 

 L.L.D. 8vo. 



" A Treatife on the Funftions and Duties of a Confta- 

 b'e ; containing interefting Details and Obfervations, rela- 

 tive to the Corruptions of Morals, and the Protection of the 

 peaceful Subjefts againft penal Offences," by P. Colquhoun, 

 L.L.D. 8vo. 



" The Thames ; or. Graphic Illuftrations of the Seats, 

 Villas, &c. on the Banks of that River," 2 vols. 8vo. iSii. 

 chiefly a book of prints. 



" The Hiftory of London and its Environs," 2 vols. 410. 

 publiftied by John Stockdale. 



It appears from Mr. Kirwan's " Eftimate of the Tempe. 

 rature of different Latitudes," that from a mean of the ob- 

 fervations made at the houfe of the Royal Society, from the 

 year 1772 to 1780, the annual temperature of London is 

 51 .9, or in round numbers 52" ; the monthly temperature 

 is ftated in the following table : 



The greatefl; ufual cold is 20^ and happens in January; 

 the greateft ufual heat is 81% and happens generally in July. 

 The limits of the annual variation are 2 .5, that is, i" above 

 and I ".5 below the mean. 



The greateft variations of the mean temperature of the 

 fame month, in different years, are as follows : 



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