two hundred; there are also sluices to let off the waste water. The contrivances for the distribution of the water through the several parts of London, are admirable. From a circular bason which first receives it, the water is conveyed by sluices into several brick cisterns; whence it passes

out the agreement and consent of the saide Hugh Myddelton his heires and assignés first had and obtained alter or remouve or cause to be altered or removed the said pipe or cockes otherwise then as the same are now at the first made and set up. Nor in the end of the said terme or other ceasing of this present lease shall disturbe the said Hugh or his as signes in cutting the said lesser pipe from the saide maine pipe or any other pipe or branch that shall be deriued into any other house from the said branch of the said A B and C his wife as aforesaid for the ceasing of the said water course, Provided alwaies that if the said yearely rent of twentie six shillings and eight pence shall be behind or unpaid in part or in all contrary to the tenor and true meaning of these presents being by the said Hugh his heires or assignes or his or their servants or officers for that purpose lawfully demanded at the said dwelling house of the said A B at any time in the day before the end of the said one and twenty daies or if the said rent or any part thereof shall be behind or unpaid after one and twenty dayes ended. Or if the said A B and C his wife or either of them or any other by their permittance shal suffer the said water to run at wast, except in time of frost, a quarter cocke and shall not for euery such wast at the finding thereof by the saide Hugh his heires or assignes or his or their officers or servants within six daies next after his or their reasonable request pay or cause to be paid to the said Hugh Myddelton his heires or assignes at his said house the summe of two shillings sixpence nomine pene or if the said pipe or cocke shall be altered or taken away or any other water course out of the said pipe or cocke suffered by the said A B and C or either of them or by their or either of their assignes or by any other person by their or any of their procurement contrary to the true tenor and meaning of these presents; That then this present graunt and demise and all couvenants and graunts therein contained which ought to be performed on the part of the saide ~ Hugh shall cease, bee voyde, and clearely frustrate; and the saide terme shall cease and no longer indure; any such thing in these presents contained to the contrary notwithstanding. And it is condescended and agreed by and between the saide parties to these presents, That if the Saide A B and C his wife or either of them shal directly or indirectly giue or contract to giue to any person or persons any money or reward more then the fine and rent agreed upon which shal be expressed in this present demise. Except the fee to the clarke for engrossing this present

passes through large wooden pipes of six or seven inches diameter, called mains and riders, to the various districts of the capital, into the houses of which it is carried by means of leaden pipes, under which all the water passes; so that by this simple contrivance it is perfectly easy to regulate the current with the greatest exactness. To pre. serve the level, the New River takes a circuitous course, so that the length of its channel is very near thirty-nine miles. Its general direction is parallel to the river Lea, at the distance of from one to two miles on higher ground.

At the New River Head is a building, containing two steam engines and one water engine, for the purpose of forcing up a part of the water to a higher reservoir near Pentonville, for more easy distribution of the water into the western parts of the town, which are too nearly on the level of the lower bason. In a field to the west of this reservoir, is an iron pipe, twelve feet in heigth, (including

demise that then he the saide A B and C his wife shall have their foresaide pipe and branch cut off and the officer to loose his place that taketh or consenteth to the taking and receiuing any such reward. And lastlie the said Hugh Myddelton for him his heires and assignes doth further couenant promise and grant to and with the said A B and C his wife by these presents that if the said A and C his wife or either of them shall happen to be vnserued with water into their pipe through the default of the saide Hugh Myddelton by reason of any let or impediment in the maine pipe and shall not be amended within one weeke after notice given; Then it shall be lawful for the saide A B and C his wife to detaine and keepe to their owne vses the next quarters rent and alwaies after till the fault be amended without any forfeiture of the demise or grant made to the saide A B and C his wife as aforesaid. In witnes whereof the parties to these presents have interchangeably put to their hands and seales the day and yeare first aboue written.

* The company have recently contrived, and are continuing, to convey the water by means of large circular pipes of iron.

a wooden tub placed on its top) and four feet eight inches in circumference, erected on a great main of pipes of the same dimensions. It acts in the double capacity of an air and a waste water pipe, and is very useful in preventing accidents to the pipes occasioned by the force of water or compressed air, which before this preventive were very frequent. In the same field is another reservoir, supplied by one main from the New River Head, and serving the pipes in Pentonville, and its vicinity. Another, communicating with that at Pentonville, has been constructed on the side of Hampstead road. It is on a level with the other, and supplies the new buildings in Marybone parish, and its vicinity. The mains from it are iron pipes of four feet six inches in circumference, and nineteen inches bore.

The constant repairs and improvements attached to this establishment keep a vast number of men and horses in employ, and the whole system of the distribution of the water is of so complicated a nature, as to require the greatest skill and attention on the part of the surveyor, and

other officers.

Mr. Scott has finely described the source and properties of the New River in the following appropriate lines:

From Chadwell's pool

To London's plains, the Canfbrian artist brought
His ample aqueduct; suppos'd a work

Of matchless skill, by those who ne'er had heard
How, from Preneste's heights and Anio's banks,
By Tivoli, to Rome's imperial walls,

On marble arches came the limpid store,
And out of jasper rocks in bright cascades
With never-ceasing murmur gushed; or how,
To Lusitanian Ulysippo's towers*
The silver current o'er Alcant'ra's vale
Roll'd high in air, as ancient poets feign'd
Eridanus to roll through heaven; to these
Not sordid lucre, but the honest wish
Of future fame, or care for public weal,

* The antient name of Lisbon.

Existence

Existence gave: and unconfin'd, as dew
Falls from the hand of evening on the fields,
They flow'd for all. Our mercenary stream,
No grandeur boasting, here obscurely glides
O'er grassy lawns or willow shades.

As through the human form, arterial tubes
Branch'd every way, minute and more minute,
The circulating sanguine fluid extend;

So, pipes innumerable to peopled streets

Transmit the purchased wave! Old Lea, meanwhile,
Beneath his mossy grot o'erhung with bows

Of poplar, quivering in the breeze, surveys
With eye indignant his diminished tide

That laves yon ancient priory's wall, and shows

In its clear mirror Ware's inverted roofs !

The water of the New River is soft, and for the most part sufficiently pure, though liable to become turbid after heavy rains.

The number of persons drowned in the part of the river near London, is very considerable; these are for the most part suicides: the depth of the stream not being hazardous, except to children. The Thames, in its whole course through the metropolis, is said not to occasion such a loss of lives as the New River, notwithstanding the multiplicity of accidents to which the croud of people continually employed upon it are liable.

But the New River is a considerable ornament to many of the seats and pleasure grounds which it visits in its course; it is however too regular to be completely picturesque. The number of anglers and poachers prevent the fish from arriving at a mature size.

BAGNIGGE WELLS, is a place of public entertainment, situated in the parish of Pancras, in the valley between the New River Head, and the Foundling Hospital; it is said of have been formerly the residence of Mrs. Eleanor Gwyn, one of king Charles's mistresses, of whom here is a bust. It was opened about the year 1767, in consequence of the discovery of two springs of mineral water; the one chaly

beate, the other cathartic. There is something romantic and pleasant in the situation. But it is liable to inundations from the river of Fleet, on which it is situated. Here is a commodious room, which contains a good organ for the amusement of the company, usually played on during the summer season, by a respectable performer.

In Gray's Inn Lane road is THE CHARITY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF BOTH SEXES, of Welsh parents, who have no parochial settlement within, or ten miles round the metropolis. The history of this institution is, that it was established on the 1st of March, 1714, in honour of the birth-day of queen Caroline (then princess of Wales) which happened to be coincident to the anniversary commemoration of St. David, the titular saint of the principality. His royal highness the prince of Wales (afterwards George II.) was so pleased with the institution commenced upon such loyal principles, that he not only became its patron, but caused it to be denominated "THE MOST HONOURABLE AND LOYAL SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRI. TONS." *

In the year 1716 the society were enabled to place out two Welsh boys apprentice; and, in 1718, some public

On the 1st of March, in this year, the rev. Mr. Phillips read the service of the church of England, and the rev. Mr. Lewis preached a sermon in the British language, at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, before the bishop of Bangor, lord almoner to the prince of Wales, John, viscount Lisburne, and many of the Welsh, and other nobility, gentry, and élergy; whence they proceeded to Haberdashers Hall to dinner. Before dinner, an ode, composed on the occasion by Mr. Hughes, and set to music by Dr. Pepusch, was sung by Mrs. Margaretta and Mrs. Barbier; and, after dinner, many loyal toasts were drank, and songs sung; particularly one composed and sung by Durfey, and a poem, (among others presented that day) written by Mr. John Morgan, (eldest son of John Morgan, of Tradegar, Esq. then very young, and at school at Monmouth) on the subject of St. David's Day. Having spent the day with great festivity and harmony, they chose several noblemen, members of parliament, &c. to be president and stewards for the ensuing year. We have particularized this circumstance not only in praise of this early instance of benevolence, but to state the progression of a charity, which at present is in great estimation.

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