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Mary-le-Bow, commonly called Bow Church, is one of the first objects. This work of Sir Christopher Wren has been chiefly admired for the elegance of its steeple, which is extremely light in its aspect, and though very high and full of openings, secure from any second fall by the geometrical proportion and lightness of its several parts.

The tower is square from the ground, and in this form rises to a considerable height, with more ornament as it advances. The principal decoration of the lower part is the entrance, which is a noble, lofty, and well-proportioned arch; on two of the sides faced with a bold rustic, and raised on a plain solid course from the foundation. Within the arch is a portal of the Doric order: the frieze ornamented in tryglyphs, and with sculpture in the metopes. Over this arch is an opening, with a small balcony, which answers to a window on the other face. The first stage is terminated by an elegant cornice, over which rises a plain course, where the dial projects. Above these, in each face, is a large arched window, with coupled Ionic pilasters at the sides, near the corners. The cornice over the windows supports an elegant balustrade, with attic pillars over the Ionic columns, supporting turrets, each composed of four handsome scrolls, joining at the top, where are placed urns with flames. From this part the steeple rises circular. There is a plain course to the height of half the scrolls, and upon this are raised a circular range of Corinthian columns, whilst the body of the steeple is continued round and plain within them. These support a second balustrade, with very large scrolls, extending to the body of the steeple. Above these are placed a series of composite columns, and from the entablature rises another set of scrolls, supporting the spire, which rests upon four balls, and is terminated by a globe, whence rises a vane in the form of a dragon.

A musical peal of ten deep-toned bells, placed here in 1762, has for some time distinguished this church.

Boyle's Lectures in defence of the Christian religion are still delivered here on the first Monday of every month, from January till May, and from September till November; and on the third Friday in February, the annual sermon before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, is preached here before the Archbishops and Bishops, the Lord Mayor, &c. Bow Church is also appropriated for the consecration of Bishops, and is the principal of the Archbishop's pe

culiars.

Cheapside continues, as it has long been, an epitome of the opulence and splendour of this great metropolis. This is not now evinced in the processions of gaudy pageants, nor in the occasional display of cloth of gold, as the mere trappings of royalty: real opulence and general convenience have long since taken place of these ostentatious exhibitions of the feudal times; and the blessings arising from the commerce of the country is no longer confined to the few, but so generally diffused that the pedestrian of the present day feels conscious of a superiority, in many instances, above the peer of past ages. As extremes often meet at the same point, so here, as in the heart of the city, whilst transactions of the greatest extent are carried on every day, labourers of the lowest description are to be hired early every morning, and may be found plying, in Cheapside, for that purpose, near the end of King

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WALK VI.

From the Poultry, down the Old Jewry, to King Street, Guildhall, Basinghall-Street, Fore-Street, Aldermanbury, North end of Wood-Street, Cripplegate, and Barbican; return through Aldersgate-Street, FalconSquare, Noble-Street, St. Ann's-Lane, Aldersgate, St. Martin's le Grand, Cheapside, Foster-Lane, MaidenLane, Gutter-Lane, South end of Wood-Street, KingStreet, Ironmonger-Lane, to the Poultry.

PASSING the site of St. Mary Colechurch, in the Old Jewry, lower down was Mercers'-School.

Frederick's-Place, containing some good houses, was so called from Sir John Frederick, who was Lord Mayor in 1662, and whose large house here was afterwards used as the Excise-Office.

Lower down is the church of St. Olave, Old Jewry. The walls are partly brick, with stone facings, and doorcases; the east end is stone; the steeple, consisting of a handsome tower, with pinnacles, is also of stone. The outside of the east end is adorned with pilasters, cornices, and a spacious pediment: the upper part of the walls, at the meeting of the roof, round the church, is enriched with cherubim, festoons, and cartouches. The south outer door-case is adorned with pilasters and entablement of the Doric order; and the interior is very handsome, and highly decorated.

On the east side of Ironmonger-Lane is the site of the ancient church of St. Martin, used now as a burial place. This church was originally known by the name of St. Martin in the Pomery, or Orchard; and to the east of this spot is a handsome house, once the residence of Sir Thomas Chitty, Lord Mayor of London.

At the bottom of Ironmonger-Lane, Cateaton-Street

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