Ireland, John: Hogarth illustrated (Band 2,3): Nature (London, 1793)

exhilarates the faint, and cheers the deprest, an
infernal compound of juniper and fiery spirits'

the blessings thiy enjoy, v;\i\h iliai: iVum Sl^g'tan gin ener-
vates and incapacitates.

One of these Chevaliers de Malic, as an impertinent
Frenchman styled Humphrey Parsons, when the King of
France inquired who he was, within one year contributed
fifty thousand pounds to his ■.own share. The sight of a
great London Urtwi-iy e.\!iibh$ :: iKr^;i;i:!.'tiicc unspeakable.
The vessels evince the extent of the trade... Mr. Meux, qf
Liquorpond-street, can shew rwciity-fo;:;- vessels containing
thirty-five thousand four hundred barrels of wholesome li-
quor, which enables our London porter^drinkerstO undergo
tasks, that ten gin-drinkc.rs would shrink urider. ■-' \n\4\ "
From Midsummer, 17S6, to Midsummer, 1787, the chief
porter brewers b;r,-c br;-/.v;i tin; i'ollowi:^- ;ii!:uKr of bam-ls:
' Whitbread,Samuel - - 15,9,280 ,,

' Calvert, Felix ... 131^040 '

Th rale, Hester . . . 105,559

1 'Read,W.-(Trueman) ' - -' ■- 9j,ioi
Calvert, John .... 9,1,150 ■

Hammond, Peter, . - - - 901853

Goodwin, Henry - , - - ((6,398

Philips, John ... - 5-4,197

Mens, Richard ". " " 49-650

' Wiggin, Matthew ■- ' ' -. 40,74!'

■ ..Dawson, Anne - ,-' - 39,400

Jordan, Thomas ... 24,193

Dickenson, Joseph. ' - - 33.659

Hare, Richard ... aj*g;j .

Alien, Thomas - - - 33>°'3

. Dickenson, Rivers - - 18,640 .

Since the date of the above, Mr. Whubread has brewed
annuajly a much .larger quantity. .