220 HISTORY OF BROOKLYN.

cipline of the constitutional Church of England as by law established, and under the patronage of the Rev. Rector and Vestry of Trinity church.”—Rivington’s Gazette.

1774, May 9. John Cornell announces, in the N. Y. Mercury, that he “has opened a tavern on Tower Hill, Brooklyn, near the new ferry, called ‘St. George’s.’ Companies will be entertained if they bring their own liquor, and may dress turtle, etc., at the said house on the very lowest terms.” And, in August following, be advertised that Òthere will be a bull baited on Tower Hill, at three o’clock in the afternoon, every Thursday during the season.”

“Tower Hill” was a slight eminence on the Heights, on the site of the old “Colonnade Row,” on Columbia, between Middagh and Cranberry streets.