Every
Company Is A Distinct Corporation, Being Incorporated By Grants From
The Crown, Or Acts Of Parliament, And Having Certain Rules,
Liberties, And Privileges, For The Better Support And Government Of
Their Several Trades And Mysteries:
Many of them are endowed with
lands to a great value, and have their masters, wardens, assistants,
clerks, and
Other officers, to direct and regulate their affairs,
and to restrain and punish abuses incident to their several trades;
and when any disputes arise concerning the due execution of these
charters, the Lord Mayor has a supreme power to determine the case
and to punish the offenders.
The military government of the City of London is lodged in the
lieutenancy, consisting of the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and other
principal citizens, who receive their authority from his majesty's
commission, which he revokes and alters as often as he sees fit.
These have under their command six regiments of foot, viz.:- 1, The
White; 2, the Orange; 3, the Yellow; 4, the Blue; 5, the Green; and
6, the Red Regiment - in every one of which are eight companies,
consisting of one hundred and fifty men each; in all, seven thousand
two hundred men: besides which there is a kind of independent
company, called the artillery company, consisting of seven or eight
hundred volunteers, whose skill in military discipline is much
admired by their fellow-citizens. These exercise frequently in the
artillery ground, engage in mock fights and sieges, and storm the
dunghills with great address.
The Tower Hamlets, it has been observed already, are commanded by
the lieutenant of the Tower, and consist of two regiments of foot,
eight hundred each:
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