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KBLIiY’ s

Q U IP E TO LON DON— C IT Y D tS T n tC T .

CHRIST’ S HOSPITAL,

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w h ich is a g a in a lit t le w est o f the Post O ffice, is

b etter k n o w n as the B lu e -C o a t S c h o o l, o w in g to th e reten tion o f that w h ich is said
to h ave been the o rig in a l costum e o f its sch olars— a lo n g blue go w n w ith b righ t
y e llo w sto ck in g s and kn ee breeches. T h e fou n d ation is ric h ly en dow ed and is
supposed to e n jo y an incom e o f £60,000 a year.

T h e scholars, w h o w ear no head

c o v e rin g o f any k in d even in w in ter, num ber a bou t 800.
sh o rtly rem oved to H o rsh am , in Sussex.

NEWGATE PRISON,

T h e school is to be

w h ich stands alm ost im m e d iate ly opposite to C h rist’ s

H o sp ita l, is a g rim -lo o k in g stru c tu re ; it w as o n ly re b u ilt in 1782, but presents
th e appearan ce o f b e in g a m uch o ld e r b u ild in g .

F o r n e a rly a cen tury d ow n to

1868, w hen p u b lic e xecu tio n s w ere a b o lish ed , it w as the p u b lic p lace of execution
fo r L o n d o n .
I t is said th at before lon g N e w g a te P rison is to be taken dow n,
and that it w ill n ot be re b u ilt in a n y form on its present site.

ST. PAUL’ S CATHEDRAL,

w h ic h is at bu t a sh ort d istan ce R om

N e w g a te P riso n , w as d esign ed b y S ir C h risto p h er W ren , and com pleted in 1710,
a t a cost o f ¿'750,000.

I t is in th e form o f a L a tin cross, 5 10 ft. in len gth and

abou t 180 ft. broad, and the transepts are 250 ft. in len gth .
tw e lv e C o rin th ia n and e igh t

com posite colu m ns,

tow ers, 220 ft. in h e ig h t, form s the w est front.

A d ou ble portico of

flanked b y tw o cam pan ile

T h e C ath ed ral, w h ich in size is said

to be second o n ly to S t. P e te r’ s a t R om e, is rem ark able fo r its b eau tifu l double
dom e.

E v e r y v isito r to L o n d o n sh ou ld m ak e a p o in t o f se e in g b oth the C ryp t

and the W h isp e rin g G a lle ry , fo r w h ich tic k ets o f adm ission can be obtained
fo r sixp en ce.

LONDON BRIDGE,

w h ich ,

in c lu d in g the approaches to it, cost about

¿2 ,0 00 ,0 0 0 , re a d ily g iv e s to v isito rs som e id ea o f th e enorm ous traffic in the
C ity .

I t is com puted th a t som e 20,000 v eh icle s and 120,000 foot-passengers

traverse this b rid ge d a ily . D u rin g th e d ay-tim e th e scene presented is a most
busy one, and the n oise o f the traffic alm ost b e w ild e rin g .

THE MONUMENT,

w h ich is clo se to L o n d o n B rid g e , w as erected to

com m em orate the grea t fire in L o n d o n in 1666.

I t is 200 ft. in h eigh t, and the

p la tfo rm at the sum m it can b e reached b y m eans o f a w in d in g staircase o f 345
steps.

A b o v e the .platform rises a g ilt urn w ith b la zin g flam es 40 ft. h igh .

An

ad m ira b le v ie w o f the C ity is o b tain ed from the platform , fo r adm ission to w hich
a fee o f threepence is charged.

BILLINGSGATE MARKET, w h ich is a lso q u ite near to L o n d o n B rid ge,
and to w h ich la rge q u an tities o f fish are brought d a ily , both b y ra ilw a y and by
river, is con sid ered to be one o f the sigh ts o f L o n d o n .

B u t the very early hour

(5 a .m .) at w h ich the m ark et begin s, the rough m anners and p ro v e rb ia lly bad
lan gu age o f those b y w hom it is frequented, and its m alodorous character, have
attraction s fo r few .

T h e o th er m arkets in the C ity — L e a d e n h all M ark et (poultry

and gam e) and S m ith field (m eat)— are seldom seen b y v isito rs or fr&quented b y
a n y but d ealers and tradesm en.