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                             LONDON CRIES

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                            Public Edifices

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                                  by

                                 LVKE
                                LIMNER
                                  ESQ

                          GRANT AND GRIFFITH.

                   SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS

             1 CORNER OF SAINT PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD, LONDON.

                                 1851.

                  [Illustration: THE TOWER OF LONDON.

               POTS & KETTLES TO MEND, BELLOWS TO MEND.]




POTS AND KETTLES TO MEND!--COPPER OR BRASS TO MEND!


The Tinker is swinging his fire-pot to make it burn, having placed his
soldering-iron in it, and is proceeding to some corner or post, there to
repair the saucepan he carries.--We commence with the most interesting
edifice in our capital,


THE TOWER OF LONDON;

the fortress, the palace, and prison, in which so many events, connected
with the history of our country, have transpired. The building with four
towers in the centre is said to have been erected by William the
Conqueror, and is the oldest part of the fortress. The small bell-tower
in the front of our picture is that of the church of St. Peter’s, (the
tower being a parish itself,) on the Tower Green, erected in the reign
of Edward I. Our view is taken from Tower Hill, near which was the
scaffold on which so many have fallen. To the left of the picture stood
the grand storehouse of William III., destroyed by fire, Nov. 1841.

The Regalia is deposited here, and exhibited to the public, as is also
the Horse Armoury. The present constable of the Tower is the Duke of
Wellington.


RHUBARB!--FINE TURKEY RHUBARB!

This drug is carried about for sale by Turks, often habited in the
costume of their country. They are Turkish Jews, as Mahomedans seldom
travel. The mode of fixing his caftan also indicates him to be one; it
is fastened on the left: the Turks make a distinction by adjusting
theirs on the right.


THE EAST INDIA HOUSE

is situated in Leadenhall Street: it was built in 1726, and afterwards
enlarged, in 1798, by Mr. Jupp, who erected the present front, the
pediment of which, by Bacon, exhibits an allegory of the Company, under
the protection of George III.: on the apex is a statue of Britannia; on
the right hand is a figure of Asia, and on the left one of Europe. Here
is conducted all the official business relating to the Company, which
now rules a population of 85,000,000 natives of India, besides
51,000,000 who are directly or indirectly affected by them. It contains
a Library and Museum, open to the public, free, on Saturdays.

[Illustration: THE EAST-INDIA HOUSE.

RHUBARB.]

[Illustration: THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

MATCHES.]


MATCHES!--BUY A BOX OF MATCHES OF A POOR GIRL!

Of all the poor itinerants of London the Match-sellers are the poorest,
and subsist as much by donations as by the sale of their wares. The old
match, a splinter of wood, with ends dipped in brimstone, is fast
disappearing before the modern lucifer or congreve. The poor creature
here represented is appealing to a lady and gentleman, (whose shadows
are seen in the picture,) on their way to the


BANK OF ENGLAND.

This great national establishment was erected in 1788 by Sir John Soane:
it covers about eight acres of ground, and consists of nine open courts,
almost all the rooms being on the ground-floor, lighted from above,
beneath which are very extensive cellars, used for the deposit of
bullion. This building is raised on the course of the ancient stream of
Wall-Brook. In the Pay-Hall, where the notes are issued and exchanged,
is a marble statue of William III., founder of the Bank, by Cheere. The
Court-Room windows overlook a piece of ground, laid out as a garden:
this was formerly the churchyard of St. Christopher’s; nearly the whole
of this parish is within the walls of the Bank, the church having been
removed in 1780, after the riots. The Bank of England is isolated from
all other buildings, and fire-proof.


ORANGES!--BUY ORANGES AND LEMONS!

Here is a poor Irish boy endeavouring to dispose of his oranges to some
passengers outside an omnibus, in Cornhill, near the


ROYAL EXCHANGE.

The merchants used, in olden times, to meet in Lombard Street, until Sir
Thomas Gresham built the first edifice here, in 1567, from the designs
of Henrick, a Fleming, who, it is said, made constant journeys from
London to Flanders, to obtain materials and work