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bridge is to have a free and open pas-
sage thro' the arches of 750 feet at
least within the banks of the river.
A sufficient number of glass lamps
are to be fixed on proper parts of it,
to burn from sun setting to sun rising;
and a number of watchmen placed for
the security of passengers.
For the erecting and support of this
work, when finished, they are to re-
ceive as toll, any sum they shall di-
rect, not exceeding the following rates:
For every coach, chariot, berlin, chaise,
chair or calash, drawn by six horses,
2s.
Drawn by four horses, 1s. 6d.
Drawn by less than four, 1s.
For every waggon, wain, cart or car,
drawn by four or more horses, or
other beasts, 1s.
For either of the same carriages drawn
by less than four horses, &c. 6d.
For every horse, mule or ass, laden or
unladen, and not drawing, 1d.
For every foot passenger on Sunday, 1d.
And every other day ½d.
Upon the credit of these tolls, the
Lord Mayor and Common Council are
impowered to raise any sums of money
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not exceeding 30,000l. in one year,
till they have raised 160,000l. in the
whole, which they are not to exceed.
Black Friars school, was founded by
Peter Joy, Esq; in the year 1716,
who also endowed it with 160l. 17s. 3d.
per annum, for cloathing and in-
structing forty boys and thirty girls, in
reading, writing and accounts. This
school he left in trust with the Gover-
nors of Sion College, who allow the
master 40l. and the mistress 30l. a
year.
Black Friars stairs, near Fleet ditch.
Blackheath, a large plain on the south
of Greenwich, on which Watt Tyler,
the Kentish rebel, mustered 100,000
men. In this place, which is admired
for the fineness of its situation, and
its excellent air, is a noble house built
by Sir Gregory Page, Bart. a view
of which we have here given.
This is a very magnificent edifice,
built in the modern taste, consisting
of a basement state and attick story.
The wings contain the offices and
stables, which are joined to the body
of the house by a colonade. It stands
in the midst of a park with a large
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