The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832

FISHMONGER'S HALL

HOLY SEPULCHRE, HECKINGTON CHURCH

TRAVELING NOTES IN SOUTH WALES

THE SKETCH-BOOK

MY FIRE

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS

ADVENT

CURIOUS MANORIAL RIGHT

NOTES OF A READER

EUGENE ARAM

OLD JESTS

KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE

THE NATURALIST

THE SUGAR CANE

THE BARN OWL;

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

BLONDEL DE NESLE

ASMODEUS AT LARGE

THE GATHERER

ORIGIN OF THE PHRASE "TO BOOT."

OLD SONG

FRENCH—ENGLISH LOVE

OLD LONDON BRIDGE

TAME LIONS

CITY OF LYONS

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FISHMONGERS' HALL.

ARMS OF THE COMPANY.

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The Hall, on the west side of the ward of Bridge Within, was of brick and stone, and may be said to have had two fronts. The fore entrance was from Thames Street by a handsome passage, leading into a large square court, encompassed by the Great Hall, the Court Room, and other grand apartments, with galleries. The back, or river front, had a double flight of stone steps, by which was an ascent to the first apartments. The door was ornamented with Ionic columns supporting an open pediment, in which was a shield, with the arms of the company. The building was finished with handsomely rusticated stone, and had a noble effect.

The Hall was of capacious proportions, and extended nearly the whole length of the building. The ceiling, as well as that of the adjoining Court Room, exhibited some fine specimens of old plaster-work. We witnessed the dismantling of the premises previous to their being taken down. It was indeed a sorry breaking up. The long tables which had so often, to use a hackneyed phrase, "groaned" beneath the weight of civic fare—the cosy high-backed stuffed chairs which had held many a portly citizen—nay, the very soup-kettles and venison dishes—all were to be submitted to the noisy ordeal of the auction hammer.

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