The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-09 00:00:00

PALL-MALL.

Mr. EDITOR.After ntt "absence of nhoe-fifry
years in a foreign clinic, I lately returnetho my
native city, and took up my residence in the aho
street, the street in which 1 first drew.
I naturally expected that in the course of SO long
a period Many and great alterations Must have
taken place., but, you will judge of toy surprise Liri
seeing it in its present start:, and turtherintproey-
!units rapidly makiitg, when I Worm you that
the time tit tnv It:fitting. London the COurt
of. CARLTON HOWE was screened by in range of
low shops, occupied by -a Chosento4er or the
name of JUMP, a Shoemaker of the 'riattie. of
BlefireT, and other Tralksmen, whose namesi
have forgotten: The old Palace, the residence
of the prinC(ISS DOWAGER of Wales, his 11,Iajesty:s
Alothentl her 'two 'Dautlltters the Princesses
LOUISA, and MATtLDA afterwards Queen of Dell-
Httritiii- faced-the East, Roth he building' heirsg
• too squill far their Royal highnesses establts4-.
went, jhe houses note pulled down oppokite the
OPerti:house, in Market4ane, were chiefly oceti-
,..pied byli part of their 'iltimesties. 'The Gallant
Admiral, Sir 'CRARLBS Sa.tcputs; who went Tonna
the world with Lord ANSON, Reid bad afterwards
the honour of bringity, her MAJESTY from Ger'.,.

1111114 :Enghintl? lived in the house the corner

of the lane fronting into Pallmall, and at -the
»,ext door to him (now a bookseller's). lived ti is
celebrated 11liNAT FIELDING, ?lit Novelist. The
Ordnance Office vas at,.that tithe the residence of

'the then Oahe of Yogi', brother to the KlNgt,
and dirEctly opposite stood a Wall publie7honse,
the'corner of Cieorge;street, the sign of the Cooc'li,
and Horses, which was a watering:place fdr a
stand.of:hackney.eoaches'near it. -On the suite
of this now stand; the. house Of AtIixANDEF
ADAIR, -Esq.
Sir Wm. TimPt.e, the friend and patron of the
great Lord Ctra'rnAinr, -and the: political found&
of the present GRENVILLE family, then lived in
an old brick house, on the
_suite of Which now
stands the noble mansion -Of the Marquis of
BtlcKtsunam. Yoiter, etc,

OLDBOY.

rartan'atAlillSlki iN THlii NOOTLI..--The.Sphit of
pedebtOaniew which has been raging for some
time past in the South, has at length found ha
way into the ancient Borotigh of Gateshead.
Wm. Bolant, of that parish, who has heel) accus.
tooted. to obtain his being by hard labour, agreed,
for a wager of 21., to carry a boll of barley front
Gateshead to Chester;le-Street, (a distance of -0
miles) against Mr. H. innkeeper, a lusty man,
wilo not being " sound in wind anti limb," was
allowed the assistance of a walking stick. They
started at hall-past eight o'clock on Saturday
morning last, and betting was in general much
against :the labourer, but the knowing ones wisely
judging that a load of "ist 41b. was only his pro-
per ballast, did. not hesitate to accept the milli,
After jogging no together upwards of two boort,
the "_ man of barley" increased his speed, leavirkg
the " man of flesh" in his rear, and triumphantly
reached the goal, - beating his enmpanion about
ten:yards. Not content with this proof of his
strength and agility, the winner rettirned with
the barley another mile, where ha sold it to a
friend. He thetepropoied for a like wager to
carry his opponent In Gateshead, but Mr. IL
. Preferred mounting a horse ; yvt strange to telt,
he was beat both walking and tiding by his Retie-
fatigable who HI ri",d at -0-41"1""4'1
at t%tsa•tr)tno:zcl.ack, being only 5i hours'frOto tittle
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