The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-14 00:00:00

CORNHILL.

Cornhill was so called, from its having been
antiently the great city market for corn, the
principle factors or dealers in which article, had
theit stalls or standings on market days in the
middle of the street. Its inhabitants at this time
were chiefly drapers, who were so numerous, that
they formed themselves into a fraternity, or
guild, under the name of the " Drapers of
Cornhill," which was existing in 1361. The
drapers gave way to a lower order of tradesmen,
about the reign of Henry VI. called " Frip-
perers or Upholders," who dealt in second-hand
clothes and household stuffs. Speaking of these,
Stowe says, " I have read of a countryman, that
having lost his hood in Westminster Hall, found
the same in Cornhill hanged out to be sold, which
he challenged, but was forced to buy, or go with-
out it ; for their stall, they said, was their market.
About this time also," says he, " the wine
drawers of the Pope's Head Tavern, standing
without the door in the High-street, took the
same man by the sleeve and said, Sir, will you
drink a pint of wine ? Whereunto he answered,
a penny spend I may,—and so drank his pint;
for bread he paid nothing, for that was then al-
lowed free." It recovered its respectability be-
fore the reign of Elizabeth, and has ever since
boasted, as now, of the residence of the first and
most opulent citizens.
In Cornhill, were anciently several curious
buildings, as the Pope's-Head Tavern just mont
tioned, which was a large stone mansion, thought
to have been once a Royal residence, from having
had the King's Arms carved in the front. This
stood on the site of the present Pope's-head Al-
ley. The Weigh-house, where merchandise,
brought from abroad, was weighed at the King's
beam. This stood near the middle of the street,
and was built by Sir Thomas Lovel, mentioned
in the play of Richard the Third, who gave it
to the Grocer's Company, of which he was a
member. The most distinguished buildings,
however, were the Tun, the Carrefouse, and
the Royal Bourse, or Exchange.
The Tun was originally a sort of cage or pri-
son, and was so called from resembling in shape
" a tunne standing on the one end." It was built
of stone by Henry Wallis Mayor, about 1282,
for the confinement of night-walkers, and other
disorderly characters ; but in 1401, was convert-
ed into " a faire conduit of sweet water castel-
lated," which was conveyed in pipes from Ty-
burn, and was thence afterwards named the Con-
; duit in Cornhill. The well, or spring on the
spot, was on this occasion, planked over, and a
cage, stocks, and pillory placed on its site ; but
they were subsequently removed more west-
wards, and a pump erected in their stead. This
is the same spring which supplies the present
pump in front of th Royal Exchange, and which
was discovered some few years since. The Tun
was an object of which frequent mention is made
by our early topographical writers and annalists.
The Carrefouse was a water stand, which
stood at the parting of the four ways formed by
Gracechurch-street, Bishopsgate.street, Leaden-
hall-street, and Cornhill. It was invented in
1552 by a German, and was supplies' by means

'ld an artificial fOrcer with Thames Wafer," which
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ran every tide through four spouts, pointing t
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wards the four streets. Being found an ince%
venience, from its frequently overflowing, it
nest 4„5
I several times presented by the Ward Inqueel as
a nuisance, and was at length totally retnolehe
It is generally called in these presentments, tuf
Carrefouse, the Foure Spouts, &c. and LIPP°.
from old representations of it, to have beeol
when standing, a great ornament to the spot.
Of the Royal Exchange, the history is WAeio
known. It was began in 1569, and finisher,4
a twelvemonth, when Queen Elizabeth visited
it in great pomp, and named it the Royal ed
change. In some old works, however, it is
call
" Britain's bourse." The original structllT
which was only of brick and timber, stuccoed
parts to resemble stone, was burnt in the fire
London, and the present building erected.
STRAND. treet
The name STRAND, given to the great 8'•
connecting ,e the cities of London and Westreinstg
bespeaks its origin by its situation, being ' •
high shore or bank at that part of the Thsrneif
to which river, in very ancient times, it leY,ebni;
tirely open. At what period it assumed .0
name is uncertain, being sometimes called,
sit
old writings, the High Street, and the Ore
Street of Westminster. They more usually Lied
signate it, however, by the name of Le Sitan gf
and its church was anciently called St—iialfl,
Atte Strand, and Apud Strandam, at least as I".
back as the reign of Edward I.; nor is it Orel;
sonable to suppose, as strictly appropriate, tut 0,
might have been so named much earlier. Vflie
a very remote period, the Thames side at be
Strand was built on, and presented, towards a
river, a splendid row of Noblemen's houses age
palaces; but the street itself remained a nrop
country road until after the year 1300. Ae"00
its north side were cottages only, and the wane
of Covent-garden, until as late as the reign

Edward VI.
The most remarkable object in the Strand la;
eiently (exclusively of the mansions just },ea,
tioned, and which would require a separat°,tec.
tory) was the STRAND CROSS. This arciiithe
tural ornament was of stone, and stood !warner.
site of the present New Church, where; °iv
wards, the great maypole was erected. 0,
King's Justices, in early tiriies, sat at this cr:lt
and administered the law of the land ; aq cls
was not also unusual at the same time, for "ingie•
to be signed and delivered " apud crucetn
dem extra barrani non Templi," particull3d.
grants to religions houses. This cross was sill
ing in the reign of Edward VI.

, noon
The buildings to the north-west of 117 ter
are increasing so rapidly that one of the Silt;
Companies have it in contemplation to no
reservoir at the top of the hill which Of"
Primrose-hill, and which is called Blood-hikgeo
An unfortunate occurrence took place at ~
Coote, Ireland, on Monday night last. The jj,rift:
Mr. STRANGEWAYS, brother to Lord 1Le05,5,; hit
at present on a visit at the Castle, rose 4A-ovia
sleep, and, opening the window, leaped""vire
a height of nearly 30 feet from the ground" njA
are happy to add, that though the Gentlelo"of
severely contused, there is no appreheasi°l/
more serious consequences. t the
An Inquisition was taken yesterday 8-got,
Britannia, New-road, St. George's in the aster
on the body of Mr. William Early', rg,,ia
cooper, aged about 51, late of the af°re.tb;a
place, who, on Tuesday morning, when I'll fell
a few doors of his own house, suddesilY 1,01
down, and almost instantly expired. heory,
been in as good health and spirits the same ' A
ing as he had enjoyed for many years beferen.g
of
surgeon, who examined the deceased, bellivi
opinion that he died of apoplexy, occasienAe the
the rupture of a blood-vessed in the
Jury returned a verdict to that effect.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE, September 13'e. Ir•
Amsterdam
Ditto, at Sight l3 5
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Rotterdam
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Antwerp o ei
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Hamburg') 39 ii
Altona :3B 1 OUP
Paris, 3 Day's sight o6o i 00.
Ditto
Bourdeaux, ditto
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Frank fort on the Nair
Madrid
6
Cadiz
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Biltocia 361
Barcelona
15

Seville
Gibraltat
Leghorn 474
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G. 44-Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 6°
Malta 45 -Naples 391 het 09
Palermo
Lisbon
52i
Oporto
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Rio Janeiro
4.
Dublin .... 92 Cork 94 pet Cent.
$1
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Portugal Gold, in Coin 0 0 m
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Foreign Gold, in Bars $ 1 t
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New Doub •.. • 0 loons
9
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New Dollars 1
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Silver in Bars, Standard
COAL-MARKET, SEPT. 13. priceo. :41
Ships at Market. Ships sold 3.5 s Od toes
42 Newcastle - - 34} - -
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16 Sunderland - - 14 36s
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BIRTHS. Cell!! a ~,, A
On the 4th instant, at Annaghmore, in the IClrt.„erit '
the Lady of Captain Biddulph, of the 25tli regh`" ' of
daughter. t tile Id/
On Tuesday, the 10th inst. in Weyinouth.stree / . ,
B. Barnewall, jun., Esq., of a daughter.
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MARRIED. ,ter as4eis
On Tuesday, John Leycester Adolphus, Esq. barflars 010;
and Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, t° suety os,
daughter of the late Rowland Richardson, EA' 0- Ikt''''OP.
On Tuesday last, at Ham, James Dawkins, E"''of• 00
Upper Norton, Oxfordshire, to Maria, dimglitel
Gordon Forbes. ii"
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DIED. treet Lieu -ai4
On Monday, at his house in Herefords/th.eprecrit a'
hGofiestnhheeeraaKllteSha.inr H. Oakes, Bart. lie arrixed in towli thebel3"-
Saturday from Ramsgate, where he had been for
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On Wedn,seshdiaeaydeirrie,,nlvinergn,,Mrs. John enveneY' Jane'-•--160
On Saturday, the 7th inst. Russell
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relict of the late Mr. Richard Collett, of the Cuar;lgton,'"
On the 10th inst. in his 68th year, Thomas S D pit'
late of East-end, Finchley. at Oefoiff.
On Wednesday evening, the I lth instant, ilr
Garrawa •
Charles 31iles, one of the Proprietors of
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