Public Ledger in London, Middlesex

Public works proposal near Coleman Street and Bethlehem sale

The article discusses a proposed teeting-house at the Coleman Street watch-house site to improve carriage passage, arguing it would aid traffic more than widening Moorgate. It notes Bethlehem Governors leasing a cellar to a brewer, hindering passage, and suggests keeping Coleman Street frontage to avoid obstruction. It praises the corporation’s public spirit and hints a parliamentary act may allow buying and pulling down houses for public benefit without cost. It includes poetic and theatre notices, then naval dispatches and colonial news from 1761.