notorious criminals in the City of London do; and so far the two
united cities may be said to be under the same government.

The precinct of St. Martin's-le-Grand, in London, is deemed a part
of the city of Westminster, and the inhabitants vote in the
elections of members of Parliament for Westminster.

The ecclesiastical government of the city of Westminster is in the
dean, and chapter, whose commissary has the jurisdiction in all
ecclesiastical causes, and the probate of wills; from whom there
lies no appeal to the Archbishop of Canterbury or other spiritual
judge, but to the King in Chancery alone, who upon such appeal
issues a commission under the Great Seal of England, constituting a
court of delegates to determine the cause finally.

I next proceed to survey the out-parishes in the Counties of
Middlesex and Surrey which are comprehended within the bills of
mortality, and esteemed part of this great town. And first, St.
Giles's in the Fields contains these chief streets and places:
Great Lincoln's Inn Fields, part of Lincoln's Inn Garden, Turnstile,
Whetstone Park, part of High Holborn, part of Duke Street, Old and
New Wild Street, Princes Street, Queen Street, part of Drury Lane,
Brownlow Street, Bolton Street, Castle Street, King Street, the
Seven Dials, or seven streets comprehending Earl Street, Queen
Street, White Lion Street, and St. Andrew's Street, Monmouth Street,
the east side of Hog Lane, Stedwell Street, and Staig Street.

Great Lincoln's Inn Fields or Square contains about ten acres of
ground, and is something longer than it is broad, the longest sides
extending from east to west. The buildings on the west and south