building, and the carving of the inner door cases is really beautiful. White Hart-Court, opposite All Hallow's Church, contains the most ancient meeting-house, belonging to the Friends, in London. 66 Proceeding down Gracechurch-Street, we come to Great Eastcheap, "immortalized," as Pennant observes, as the place of rendezvous of Sir John Falstaff and his merry companions." The site of the famous Boar's-Head Tavern has long since been covered by more modern houses; but one of the door-posts has this head cut in it to commemorate the circumstance. The continuation of Great Eastcheap is commonly called Cannon-Street, on the north side of which is Abchurch-Lane, and the parish church of St. Mary Abchurch. This is one of Sir Christopher Wren's erections, but has nothing particularly striking in its exterior. In Clement's-Lane, on the same side of CannonStreet, is the parish church of St. Clement, Eastcheap, a plain neat edifice of the Composite order. To this parish was added that of St. Martin Orgar, on the south side of Cannon-Street. This church is occupied by French Protestants, and is the only one in the city in which the Church of England service is performed, in the French language. Further on is Miles's, or rather St. Michael's-Lane, long distinguished by a Dissenting Meeting-House. Crooked-Lane runs from Miles's-Lane to Fish-Street Hill, remarkable for the manufacture of fishing-tackle, bird-cages, hand-mills, &c. At the south side of this avenue stands the parish church of St. Michael's, Crooked-Lane, built by Sir Christopher Wren. Here William Walworth, who killed Wat Tyler, was buried, whose epitaph, in uncouth rhyme, is recorded by Weever in his Funeral Monuments. E Proceeding down Fish-Street Hill, towards London Bridge, we pass the site of a palace once occupied by Edward the Black Prince, a large stone building, afterwards the Bull Inn. The last remains of this house were destroyed by the great fire. Upper Thames-Street, to which we next proceed, was formerly called Stock Fishmonger's-Row, and this extended as far as Old Swan-Lane... A handsome entrance, with an iron gate, nearly op posite Miles's-Lane, leads to Fishmonger's-Hall, the principal front of which looks towards the Thames. The entrance from Thames-Street is ornamented with sculptured pilasters sustaining an open pediment, with the company's arms, and on each side a dolphin. This fabric, erected from the designs of Sir Christopher Wren, may be considered as a noble specimen of his intention to ornament the banks of the river. The buildings environ a square court paved with flat stones : the Hall, which forms the south side of the court, is a very spacious and lofty apartment handsomely fitted up, with a capacious gallery going round the whole interior. The windows of the edifice are ornamented with stone cases, and the quoins of the building are wrought with a handsome rustic: besides portraits, full lengths, &c. in the interior, behind the seat of the Prime, Warden is an ornamental niche containing a full-sized statue of wood of the brave Sir William Walworth, who was a member of this company: he is represented in the dress of his time, his right hand grasping a real dagger, said to be the identical weapon with which he struck Wat Tyler from his horse. Proceeding westward from Fishmongers'-Hall, we come to Suffolk-Lane, which contains Merchant Taylors' School, founded in 1561. The old edifice was consumed by the great fire: the present spacious fabric is supported on the east side by stone pillars, forming a handsome cloister, containing apartments for the ushers. Adjoin i |