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Bates's Hotel, John street, Adelphi. A much-frequented genteel place, similar to the beforementioned. *

London Tavern, Bishopsgate street.

Contains an elegant suit of rooms, where merchants and gentlemen frequently meet in large parties to discuss public business and partake of excellently well-dressed dinners.

Paul's Head, Cateaton street. A house on a smaller scale, but in other respects similar to the above.

Hotel de la Sabloniere, Leicester square. A truly desirable coffee, dining, and lodging house. Parties are accommodated in the English and French style. An excellent billiard table in the room where Hogarth drew many of his admirable pieces. A French daily Paper. Ibbetson's Hotel, Vere street, Oxford street. men are accommodated on liberal terms.

Families and single gentle

Lewis's New London Tavern and Coffeehouse, Cheapside. For assem blies, large dinner parties, clubs, &c.

List of respectable Coffeehouses situated to the EAST of Temple Bar, in which the particular Business of each is accurately and fully described.

HAMBRO' Coffeehouse, Water lane, Tower street. brokers and dealers. Dinners dressed, and beds made up.

Much used by sugar

King's Head Coffeehouse, opposite Tower gate, Tower street. Frequented by navy and military gentlemen, and Tower officers. Beds-wines. Sam's Coffeehouse, adjoining the Custom House, Thames steeet. Frequented in general by ship agents and brokers. Dinners dressed, and beds made up, or procured.

Coal Exchange Coffeehouse and Tavern, Lower Thames street. Frequented mostly by coalfactors, merchants, and others belonging to the coal trade, &c.

Orange Coffeehouse, opposite the Custom House. chants, &c.

Used by brokers, mer

Frequented by the gentle.

Steel Tard Coffeehouse, Upper Thames street. men in the vicinity, and by persons connected with the Steel Yards.

Corn Exchange Coffeehouse, Mark lane, Fenchurch street. Frequented by corn chandlers, meal factors, and others concerned in the corn trade, &c.Dinners dressed and beds procured.

Langbourn Ward Coffeehouse, Fenchurch street. Much frequented by merchants and others concerned in the Weft India trade. Dinners dressed, beds, &c. excellent fish.

Lloyd's Subscription Coffeehouse, over the west end of the Royal Exchange, Cornhill. Frequented by merchants, underwriters, insurance, stock, and exchange brokers, &c.

Garraway's Coffeehouse, 'Change Alley, Cornhill. Frequented principally by brokers in merchandize, &c. There are commodious rooms for the sale of estates, ships, barges, and other commodities. Dinners dressed in the aiternoon, and beds made up.

Baker's Coffeehouse, 'Change Alley, Cornhill. Mostly frequented by merchants and others concerned in the timber trade, inland and foreign. Dinners dressed and beds procured.

New York Coffeehouse, Sweeting's Alley, Cornhill. Frequented by shipbrokers, merchants, &c. Dinners, beds, &c.

Hamburgh Coffeehouse, Sweeting's Alley, Cornhill. Frequented by merchants and captains trading to Hamburgh, Scotland, &c. Dinners dressed and beds made up or procured.

Batson's Coffeehouse, Cornhill.

Frequented by merchants in general.

Dinners at four o'clock, and beds made up or procured.

John's and Turkey Coffeehouse, Cornhill. Frequented by merchants, brokers, &c. Dinners dressed and beds procured.

Rainbow Coffeehouse, Cornhill. Frequented by merchants and brokers in general. Dinners at four o'clock. Good wines and lodgings.

Tom's Coffeehouse, Cornhill. Frequented by French, Italian, and foreign merchants trading abroad. Dinners at four and five o'clock, and beds made

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Africa and Senegal Cofcehouse, St. Michael': Alley, Cornhill. quented by merchants and captains trading to those parts. two to five every day. Good wines and lodgings.

White Hart Coffeehouse and Tavern, Abchurch lane. Beds, wines, &c. Famaica Coffeehouse, St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill. Frequented by West India merchants, &c. Dinners dressed, and beds made up or procured. Jerusalem and East India Coffeehouse, Cowper's Court, Cornhill. Frequented by merchants and gentlemen concerned in the East India Company's service. Tontine Office. Fitted up in an elegant stile for the use of the subscribers.

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Virginia and Maryland Coffeehouse, Newman's Court, Cornhill. quented by merchants, &c. trading to those parts. Good dinners and beds. Carolina and Honduras Coffeehouse, Birchin lane, Cornhill. Frequented by merchants, &c. trading to America. Dinners dressed in the afternoon, and beds inade up or procured. Excellent punch.

Will's Coffeehouse, Bank Buildings, Cornhill. Frequented by merchants, brokers, &c. trading to Spain and Operto. Dinners dressed in the afternoon and beds procured.

Bank Coffeehouse, opposite the Bank. Frequented in general by the stock brokers and Bank clerks. Dinners dressed, good wines, &c.

Stock Exchange Coffeehouse, over the Stock Exchange, in Threadneedle street. Frequented by merchants, brokers, and mercantile people in general. Excellent dinners at a reasonable price every afternoon, and beds procured. American and New England Coffeehouse, Threadneedle street. quented by merchants, &c. trading to New England. Dinners dressed every afternoon, good wines, and beds made up or procured.

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Antigallican Coffeehouse, Threadneedle street. Frequented in general by foreign merchants. Dinners dressed every afternoon, &c. beds procured. Grigsby's Coffeehouse, Threadneedle street. Frequented by merchants and stock brokers. Dinners dressed, beds, &c.

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Cole's Coffeehouse and Tavern, Ball court, Cornbill. Frequented by merchants, &c. Coffee-room dinner from two to five every afternoon. lent wines, and comfortable accommodation of every description. City Coffeehouse, Cheapside. No regular dinner, nor beds made up. Baptist Head Coffeehouse, Aldermanbury. Much frequented by gentlemen of the law, &c. Commissioners of Bankrupts sit here. Good dinners, wines, and beds.

St. Paul's and Doctors' Commons Coffeehouse, St. Paul's Churchyard. Frequented by gentlemen belonging to the Cathedral, Doctors' Coinmons, &c. Breakfasts and dinners regularly supplied, and beds procured if wanting.

Chapter Coffeehouse, Paternoster row. Frequented chiefly by the clergy

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and literary characters. All the London and Country newspapers are taken in, with the French newspapers, and an excellent library for the accommodation of subscribers. Dinners regularly dressed, and good beds made up or

procured.

London Coffeehouse, Ludgate hill. Much frequented by gentlemen from the country concerned in business. Dinners dressed, and beds made up.

Culinary articles dressed by steam.

York Coffeehouse and Hotel, Bridge street, Blackfriars. A very excellent house of accommodation, and much frequented by the neighbouring gentry. Good dinners, wines, and lodgings.

Read's Coffeehouse, Fleet street.

Better known for its Salop. Excellent

tea and coffee, or salop, at a moderate rate.

Globe Coffeehouse, &c. Fleet street. Frequented by gentlemen belonging to the Inns of Court, and other parts contiguous. Good wines, and dinners at half past four o'clock; beds made up.

Anderson's Coffeehouse, Fleet street. Chiefly frequented by professional gentlemen. Excellent dinners at four o'clock in the afternoon, with good wines, beds, and every other necessary accommodation.

Peele's Coffeehouse, Fleet street. Frequented by the attornies, &c. te-longing to the adjoining Inns of Court. Soups and dinners every day, with ail the country newspapers. Good wines, and beds.

Coffeehouses WEST of Temple Bar.

GEORGE's Coffeehouse, Temple bar, Strand. Frequented by professional gentlemen and others. A good house for tea, coffee, soups, and other refreshments.

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Saunder's Coffeehouse, opposite the New Church, in the Strand. quented by gentlemen belonging to Somerset place. Good dinners and beds. Oxford and Cambridge Coffeehouse, Strand. Frequented by gentlemen belonging to the theatres and Somerset place. Good dinners and beds.

Salisbury Coffeehouse, Durham street, Strand. Good liquors, chops,. &c. Somerset Coffeehouse, Strand. Frequented by gentlemen employed at Somerset place. Tea, coffee and soups.

New Exchange Coffeehouse, Strand. Frequented by professional gentlemen and others who have business at Somerset place. Good dinners and beds. Turk's Head and Bath Cofeehouse, Strand. Frequented mostly by gentlemen belonging to Somerset place. Good breakfasts, dinners, and teds. Frequented by gentlemen belonging to

Holyland's Coffeehouse, Strand. the theatres and Somerset place. Tea, coffee, dinners and beds. Cecil-Street Coffeehouse, Strand.

Frequented by gentlemen of the navy

and others. Tea, coffee and soups; good dinners and beds. Albion Coffeehouse, opposite Villiers street, Strand. Dinners, beds, &c. on the plan of other houses.

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Hungerford Coffeehouse, Strand. Frequented by the navy and army Good dinners and accommodations for officers and single gentlemen. Spring Garden Coffeehouse, Charing Cross. Frequented mostly by gertlemen of the army. Good dinners, beds, and every other accommodation

necessary.

Cannon Coffeehouse, Cockspur street. Elegant dinners, wines, and soups regularly served in the coffee room. Good rooms for parties, and excellent beds. British Coffeshouse, Cockspur street. Remarkable for good breakfasts, jellies, &c.

St. James's Coffeehouse, opposite the Palace gate. Frequented by gentlemen of the army and navy. Excellent dinners dressed, and good beds made up.

Royal Coffeehouse, &c. No. 1, St. James's street The public are accommodated on very liberal terms. Large parties frequently meet to dine. The Smyrna Coffeehouse, St. James's street. Gentlemen meet on purpose to play at billiards. The usual accommodations.

Dover Coffeehouse, St. James's street.

Excellent

York Coffeehouse, St. James's street. A genteel house. Good wines. Queen's Arms Royal Larder, Hotel, Coffeehouse, and Tavern. dinners, suppers, &c. with provisions from the royal tables. Fenton's (late Pero's) Hotel, St. James's street. Medicinal Baths. Parsloe's Subscription Room, St. James's street. Famed for elegant din

ners, and a chess club. N.B. The only one in England.

Brookes's Subscription House, St. James's street. Frequented by Members of Parliament and others.

Martindale's (formerly White's), St. James's Street. A subscription house on a similar plan.

Cocoa Tree Subscription House, St. James's Street. On the same plan as

others.

Union Hotel, Pall Mall. Frequented by English and Irish gentlemen, who have formed themselves into a club. It is conducted on a similar plan as other subscription houses, with a greater latitude respecting dinners.

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The five last houses are conducted by a person appointed by the subscribers, and who provide dinners, &c. for the members, who furnish their own wine.

Hatchett's Coffeehouse, Piccadilly. Much frequented on account of its proximity to the villages Westward of London. Good dinners, wines, and beds.

Gloucester Coffeehouse, Piccadilly. Similar to the above. dinners, wines, and beds.

Good soups,

Good

Brunett's Coffeehouse, &c. Leicester square. A very respectable house, much frequented by gentlemen who reside in that neighbourhood. dinners, wines, and beds.

Bunch of Grapes Coffeehouse, Shepherd's Market, May Fair. The usual accommodations.

Coffeehouses in different Streets between the 'Change and the WEST END of the Town.

GUILDHALL Goffeehouse, King street, Cheapside. Frequented by merchants and gentlemen on mercantile affairs. Dinners, beds, &c. on the usual terms.

Aldersgate Street Coffeehouse, Aldersgate street. A respectable house, frequented by neighbouring gentlemen. Soups, jellies, and other refreshments.

Brown's Coffeehouse, Mitre court, leading to the Temple. Chiefly frequented by gentlemen of the law. Tea, coffee, and other refreshments. Joe's Coffeehouse, in the same court. Frequented by professional gentlemen, and on the same plan as the above. Grecian Coffeehouse, Devereux court, very respect to the above.

leading to the Temple. Similar is

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Frequented by gentlemen of the

Temple Coffeehouse, Devereux court. law, and conducted upon the same plan as those before mentioned. George's Coffeeboue, Devereux court. Described above. Baptist's Head Coffeehouse, Chancery lane. gentlemen, and similar in other respects to the above. Bankrupts sit here.

Frequented by professional
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George's and Six Clerks Coffeehouse, Chancery lane. Frequented mostly On the same plan as the foregoing. Receiving

by professional gentlemen.

house for the General Post Office. Chambers occasionally to let.

Serjeant's Inn Coffeehouse, Chancery lane.
Symond's Inn Coffeehouse, Chancery lane.

Similar to the above.
Same plan as the above.

Will's Coffeehouse, Searle street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. above.

Good dinners, wines, and beds.

Same as the

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New Inn Coffeehouse and Tavern, Wych street, St Clement's. quented mostly by gentlemen of the law. Good dinners, wines, and beds. St. Clement's Coffeehouse, and Angel Inn, near St. Clement's Church. Frequented by professional gentlemen, and similar to the above. Navy Coffeehouse, Newcastle street, Strand. ners, and beds.

Excellent wines, good din

Staples and Lincoln's Inn Coffeehouse. Southampton buildings, Chancery lanc. Frequented in general by gentlemen of the law belonging to these inns. Refreshments upon the same terms as other coffeehouses.

Serle's Coffeehouse, Carey street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Frequented chiefly by gentlemen of the law. Good soups, dinners, and beds.

Prince of Orange Coffeehouse, corner of Cockspur street and the Haymarket. Good breakfasts, dinners, and beds.

Mecklenburgh Coffeehouse, Cockspur street.

Similar to the above.

George's Coffeehouse, Coventry street, Haymarket. Tea, coffee, wines, and beds.

Rainbow Coffeehouse, King street, Covent Garden. Similar in most re spects to the above. Receiving house for the General Post Office.

Nott's Coffeehouse, &c. Bell yard, Temple bar. A very convenient house for a good breakfast or dinner.

Garrick's Head Coffeehouse, Bow street, Covent Garden. Mostly frequented by gentlemen of the theatres. Dinners every afternoon, and beds if required.

Drury Lane Coffeehouse, Brydges street, Covent Garden. Similar to the above. Soups, dinners, good wines and spirits.

A truly genteel

Bedford Coffeehouse, under the Piazza, Covent Garden. house, where the best of accommodation is to be met with. Piozza Caffeehouse, Covent Garden. Good soups, dinners, and beds. A well conducted house.

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Richardson's Coffeehouse, Piazza, Covent Garden. Good soups, dinners,&c Tavistock Coffeehouse and Public Breakfast Room, Piazza, Covent Gar A good house, much frequented by theatrical and other gentlemen. Old Hummums, adjoining. Similar in most respects to the above. mous for good beds and other conveniences; warm baths. New Hummums Coffeehouse, &c. Covent-garden.

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for good beds and breakfast, with the convenience of hot and cold baths. Old Slaughter's Coffeehouse, St. Martin's lane, Charing Cross. spectable house, and much frequented by gentlemen in that neighbourhood. Good dinners, wines, and beds.

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