players of the court and those connected with the "Curtain" and the "Blackfriars" theatres. The parish church of St. Leonard's, built by Dance, the City architect, in 1740, presents nothing exteriorly remarkable; but in the burial-ground several distinguished personages are interred. Here the parochial register records the interment of Will Somers, Henry VIII.'s famous jester; Tarlton, the celebrated clown of Shakspere's days; Burbadge, the actor, and many other original personators of our great bard's creations. In Shoreditch is the spacious terminus of the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. NORTON FOLGATE, a continuation of Bishopsgate Street Without, has nothing requiring notice but the City of London Theatre, built in 1838; and in Bishopsgate Street we need only direct the observer's eye to a tavern called the "Sir Paul Pindar," and which was formerly the house of a generous merchant of that name, who gave largely towards the restoration of St. Paul's. The Church of ST. BOTOLPH, close by, contains a monument to his memory. The church was built in 1728; and the living, in the gift of the Bishop of London, is more valuable than any other in the City.

In London Wall was opened, in January, 1850, the new GREEK CHURCH, the first ecclesiastical structure erected by the Greek residents in London. The exterior is plain, except at the north or entrance front, which is divided into two stories by a bold and enriched moulding, the lower story having an arcade of three arches, whence admission into the church is obtained. The interior is very lofty, and in its general form differs widely from the usual arrangements. The cost was £10,000-evidence of great liberality on the part of the Greek residents, as there are not more than thirty families residing in the metropolis. There is one service every Sunday, commencing at eleven o'clock.

FINSBURY SQUARE, built in 1789, and reached by London Wall, a vestige, in name at least, of olden London, brings to recollection its original appellation of Fens-bury, from the marshy nature of the soil before it was drained. FINSBURY

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CIRCUS has on its northern side the London Institution, originally established in the Old Jewry in 1806. The present building was erected in 1819. The library, which contains upwards of 56,000 volumes, is open from 10 in the morning till 11 at night, except on Saturdays, when it closes at 3, P.M. At the corner, by East Street, is the Moorfields Roman Catholic Chapel. Here was buried Weber, the composer; but in 1844 his remains were removed to Dresden. The service in this cathedral is of a remarkably impressive character. Hence we may pursue our way by the Pavement again into the City, and recruit ourselves for further expeditions in an opposite direction.

PART III.-THE WEST.

DISTRICT 1.

TEMPLE BAR TO CHARING CROSS-ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH-CLEMENT'S INN-STRAND LANE-THE NEW CHURCH-SOMERSET HOUSE KING'S COLLEGE-WATERLOO BRIDGE-THE SAVOYEXETER HALL-HUNGERFORD BRIDGE AND MARKET-CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL-WEST STRAND-TRAFALGAR SQUARE THE NELSON COLUMN-THE NATIONAL GALLERY-THE ROYAL ACA

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E now proceed from Temple Bar westward, and enter the STRAND. Before us is the Church of St. CLEMENT'S DANES, rebuilt in 1682, by William Pierce, who received the design from Wren. There was a church here before the arrival of the Danes, who destroyed it by fire. The poets Otway and Lee are buried here. On the right, by the pillars, is the entrance to CLEMENT'S INN, an inn of. Chancery belonging to the Inner Temple. The Hall was built in 1715. It was a residence for students in the reign of Henry IV., if not before; and Shakspere makes Falstaff say, "I do remember him at Clement's Inn, like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring." The inn is chiefly inhabited by professional persons not engaged in the law, and the rents of chambers are moderate, varying according to the altitude of the location. The kneeling figure of the negro in the garden was presented by Holles, Earl of Clare. Holywell Street is chiefly tenanted by newsvenders, second-hand booksellers, and renovators of faded garments.

ESSEX STREET, leading down to the river, where there is a pier at which the steamboats call, stands partly upon the site of