The City of London Tavern, on the same side of Bishopsgate-Street, is the shewy rival of the Old London Tavern, on the opposite side towards Cornhill, and is easily distinguished by its fine stone front, and its superb entrancesion which as be

The orchestra, the lustres, &c. in the principal room, equal every expectation which may be excited by the imposing view of the exterior of this building.

The London Tavern, before mentioned, stands on the ruins of an arched building, the origin of which cannot be traced. This tave is spacious, and affords every desirable convenience, and bas long been distinguished by the numerous companies entertained here.

Proceeding up Bishopsgate Street, near St. Botolph's Church, we observe a house, called the White Hart, an ancient tavern, bearing the date of 1480 upon its front. It is by no means likely that this is the orightal buildtng, though its extreme length of window, and other appearances about it, are indications of its being very old. There is some probability of its having been the holtellary, or inn, belonging to the Old Priory of Bethlem, for the entertainment of strangers, as was cutstomary in those times. This old priory, which was on the east, or Bishopsgate-Street side, of Moorfields, Henry the Eighth, at the time of the Dissolution, gove to the citizens of London for the use of limatics.

Nearly opposite to Widegate-Street are the remains of the residence of Sir Paul Pindar, for some years past occupied as a liqnor-shop. Its ancient Gothic front has be strangely metamorphosed, being stuccoed, coloured, &c. It is represented in the following wood engraving

chambers, forming the eastern and northern sides of a quadrangle. The former of these sides, which faces Bishopsgate-Street, extends from the entrance of Crosby-Square to Great St. Helen's church-yard, a distance of about eighty-four feet, and contains the hall, a room of one story, together with some smaller apartments at each end. The northern side is about half that length, and is divided into two stories, an upper and a lower one, each containing a large chamber.

The City of London Tavern, on the same side of Bishopsgate-Street, is the shewy rival of the Old London Tavern, on the opposite side towards Cornhill, and is easily distinguished by its fine stone front, and its superb entrance.

The orchestra, the lustres, &c. in the principal room, equal every expectation which may be excited by the imposing view of the exterior of this building.

The London Tavern, before mentioned, stands on the ruins of an arched building, the origin of which cannot be traced. This tavern is spacious, and affords every desirable convenience, and has long been distinguished by the numerous companies entertained here.

Proceeding up Bishopsgate-Street, near St. Botolph's Church, we observe a house, called the White Hart, an ancient tavern, bearing the date of 1480 upon its front. It is by no means likely that this is the original building, though its extreme length of window, and other appearances about it, are indications of its being very old. There is some probability of its having been the hostellary, or inn, belonging to the Old Priory of Bethlem, for the entertainment of strangers, as was customary in those times. This old priory, which was on the east, or Bishopsgate-Street side, of Moorfields, Henry the Eighth, at the time of the Dissolution, gave to the citizens of London for the use of lunatics.

Nearly opposite to Widegate-Street are the remains of the residence of Sir Paul Pindar, for some years past occupied as a liquor-shop. Its ancient Gothic front has been strangely metamorphosed, being stuccoed, coloured, &c. It is represented in the following wood engraving.

The original owner was one of the richest merchants of his time, and was ruined by his conscientious attachment to Charles the First: he died in 1650, aged eightyfour. An old house still remaining in Hartshorn-Court, running from Bishopsgate-Street towards Long-Alley, and which is easily distinguished by its raised figures upon the front, was, according to tradition, that of Sir Paul Pindar's gardener.

A little farther to the north stands the London Workhouse, intended for decayed persons, and the education of children who might be found begging or pilfering about the streets.

Union-Street was built, within thirty years, upon the site of numerous courts and alleys, and now forms a very convenient line of communication, through Finsbury-Square, between the east and west ends of the town. This new cut, as it is often called, intersects the street between Bishopsgate and Shoreditch, called