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., an aid of £15,000 was granted by Parliament towards the rebuilding of London Bridge, because the tolls were not only difficult to collect, but were also a considerable hindrance to commerce and navigation: _vide_ the ‘_Continuation of Maitland’s History_,’ at the end of volume ii., page 19. The powers of the new Act--which also protected the Bridge and its works, by making it felony to destroy them,--commenced from the 21st of April, and the additional tolls of the former one ceased from the 24th of June, 1758. Whilst I am upon the subject, it will probably be as well to include all our notices of the tolls of London Bridge under one head; and therefore I may remark, that in 1767, the 7th of George III.,