4

church. The sides of this venerable pile, or rather those of the choir, are supported by two rows of stone pilasters or buttresses, and the building still retains its antique windows much in the same state as when re-edified in 1351 by Humphry Bohun, Earl of Hereford. The large western window is here represented in the wood engraving.

This edifice has long been used as a Dutch, and not a German church, and is served by two ministers, who preach twice every Sunday, and once in the week. They exchange churches every first Sunday in the month with the Walloon or French congregation in Threadneedle-Street, on account of their building being too small.

At the east end of the church in Austin Friars, a large platform contains a long table with seats, for the purpose of receiving the sacrament. The Dutch ministers have good salaries, and a decent maintenance is provided for their widows by the congregation, who

support several aged persons of Dutch extraction in their alms-houses between Union-Street and LongAlley, Moorfields.

Many persons of rank were interred in this church, as well as numbers of the Barons who fell in the battle of Barnet. The gilded steeple, which was standing in 1609, was so much admired, that the Mayor, and several of the citizens of London, petitioned the Marquis of Winchester that it might not be pulled down; but the petition was rejected, and this fine ornament of the city demolished.

Returning through Austin Friars, towards Moorfields, in the south-west corner of Winchester-Street, we observe the remains of Winchester House, built by the old Marquis of Winchester, in the reign of Edward the Sixth.

The upper part of this fabric is more modern than the lower, yet appears in a decayed state. The old walls still retain their mullioned windows, surrounded with quoins; and strong bars of iron are inserted in the bricks, which prevent the several parts of the building from separating. This mansion has been in the occupation of several packers.

Proceeding to the westward, along the street of London-Wall, we may observe that till Bethlem Hospital was lately taken down, the greatest portion of the ancient wall, partly Roman, visible to the public, was to be seen here: what still remains is of considerable thickness, and runs behind the site of Old Bethlem Hospital east and west. It formerly proceeded eastward, along WormwoodStreet, Camomile-Street, Shoemaker-Row, Poor JewryStreet, and Tower Hill, to the Postern, South-westward it passed from Cripplegate, by Monkwell-Street to Aldersgate-Street, along Town Ditch, and so on to the Old Bailey, to Little Bridge-Street, and continued to the Thames, near Blackfriars Bridge. At present there

are only three places besides the first mentioned where any considerable portion of this wall is visible. The first of these is in Little Bridge-Street, a passage running in a parallel line behind Ludgate-Hill from Great Bridge Street, past the Cock in the Corner into the Broadway, Blackfriars. The next is on the south side of the churchyard of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, where Old London Wall forms a barrier to the yards of the houses on the north side of Bull and Mouth-Street; and the third is on the south side of Cripplegate church-yard, where also, at present, are the apparent remains of the only one of the many round towers, which used to crown the wall at given distances.

Returning by the way of Coleman-Street, we observe, near the upper end of King's Arms Yard, an extensive structure for the LONDON INSTITUTION. The design of this institution is to promote the diffusion of science, literature, and the arts. Its views are at present confined to three objects: the acquisition of a valuable and extensive library-the diffusion of useful know. ledge by the means of lectures and experiments—and, the establishment of a reading-room, where the foreign and domestic journals, and other periodical works, and the best pamphlets and new publications, are provided for the use of the proprietors and subscribers. Al the affairs and concerns of the institution are directed by a committee of managers, with the president and vice-presidents.

Crossing from Coleman-Street to the Old Jewry, on the east side of this street are many stately houses, built by Sir Christopher Wren, as residences for Sir Robert Clayton, Sir Nathaniel Herne, Sir Joseph Herne, and latterly occupied by the benignant family of the Sharps; William Sharp, an eminent surgeon, and Granville Sharp, the truly pious man and the patriot.

A Missionary Museum has been for some time exhibited in the Old Jewry: the curiosities are mostly