regular than for many years past. He sails from
Southampton every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and returns every
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, wind and weather permitting."

In the _Bristol Journal_ of Saturday, July 28, 1804, "James Anderson
(who kept the Lamb Inn, Broadmead, eleven years), begged to inform his
old friends and the public in general that he has taken the Bush Inn,
Tavern, and Coffee-house, facing the Exchange, Bristol," where he hoped,
by constant attention, reasonable charges, &c., to render everything
agreeable and convenient to those who might kindly give a preference to
his house. There had evidently been some friction at the Bush under the
late management, for Mr. Anderson also intimated that "those gentlemen
who withdrew from the Bush Coffee-room (upon Huntley's leaving it) are
solicited to use it, gratis, until Christmas next."

In an advertisement following the above, John Weeks solicited support to
his new tenant at the Bush, and added--"In the case of large dinners, or
other public occasions, John Weeks will assist Mr. Anderson to give
satisfaction."

On the site of the 'Bush,' the head offices of the late West of England
and South Wales District Bank were erected. The directors of the Bristol
and West of England Bank purchased the premises on December 31st, 1880.
Lloyd's Bank now stands on the site.

The White Lion, Bristol, was one of the most famous coaching houses in
England, east, west, north, or south. It stood in Broad Street, a
thoroughfare which belied its name as regards breadth, and could only be
considered broad by comparison with the even narrower Small Street,
which ran parallel with it. Yet at one time there were as many coaches
passing in and out of Broad Street as any street in Bristol, or even in
London!

That the White Lion had attained a venerable age may be judged from the
fact that it is mentioned in a list of old Bristol inns and taverns,
published in 1606. On May 10, 1610, the Duke of Brunswick visited
Bristol, and took up his quarters at this house. In 1621 the Earl of
Essex, and in more modern times, the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia,
lodged there. The father of Sir Thomas Lawrence was host of the White
Lion before he removed to the Bear Inn, Devizes. In 1684, it appears to
have been the occasional hostelry of a Duke of Beaufort, for in that
year, during Monmouth's rebellion, His Grace of Badminton was in
Bristol, where he commanded several regiments of