, 1874-03-14

!; ~ n5oa u: wilson aud George Gardner; verdict,
JUDGE e.: TnEE-~auton u. Mccoy Of al. Hourly Duct
MARK LANE.
what u to DO Seen in tho q 0rl1ss
Greatest Grain 1Inrket
From the Lot,don City Press,
LeE na 90 along Lombard street and plunge
clal onterprise opens On us Lot ua oxploro ] to
mysteries Of Mark 1ano.' Not q farmer in tho
ln1id but has heard Of Mark lane. Eur awny un-
d1ztso Atlantic and across tho continents,
=; where mon speak not f1 our tongue. nor bolioyo
sad Or Joyful, feel themselves ric, or poor ns tho
telegraph brings to thom tho lntost' quotations
from Mark lano; There arc tradesmcn's
shops In Mark lano, vino morohants and
but to tho farmers and milors aud corn
merchants and minister's Mark laue ouly
represents Que idea, and that is the trade In;
grain. The history OF Mark lane 1nny soon bo
now the oustom-nonse stands. There thoy met
IN coffee. house (the Ship, bolieve). Thonca
they moved to the Corn Exchange in Marl lane,
yats proporty md tholnonoy was raised III eighty
E1Qo sharoB, cacA share IN time being worth as
much az E2,000. A year or two ainco an oct
OF Parliament was obtained, and tho market
Old Marl 1ano cnna;sta vu VI ~ o a'5o bnaaes. ae1
co|onnalo within wh;oh the foofor. py Iso 1,nvo
their stands. At this time thore are nl,o,1t soy-
enty-two stands, and moro than 200 eubscribdrs
pnid Of from Es9 to cG vnnr' A. ona t,n t,,a 10
placo wnB q cloae hornnrh therc yora moro fana
tors than thore was room for, and when stand
WIS vacant it was given TO eomo proprietor. Tho
themselves iu Mark Lane thay ii;i1 h,sHHnaa H T.,
tho street outuido tic Exchange they yied in
respcctanilltv with tic priyilesod. md intor.
w. hoy Wont to 0o esan
erect q second Exchange. ede by sido viii, t,,o
old ono, This Becoud crAction wna nom.
pleted in 1926. In tic PARTITION aro . comnie
chaneos wero ama|eamaad tha ao io emo av ehe ha
formed into ono oauaoiol1a mnrlot. Tho ,a1o
Exchange Inns q cantrni C3rocian Dorio norticn
surrounded by imperial arms and agricultural
embloms. Now tho groat merchants Bficii to tic
At tho further euti Of this building is a seed
Market Attached to tho new Excl,anrc ia m
hotel, and in I'LL upper room of which tlo,o are
auctions OF damaged oargoos. In tho old TX.
1efroshment room, known as Jacks, whore ali
tho flour is sold At o'clock on a Monday after.
noon tho place in crammcd with nillers nn,i
bakers III these days Of froe. trade foreigners
all do business together in tic nojghhorlooa Of
Finsbury Bguare and seom to bo rotting oll
tho foreign trade of tho country into Chair
hands. I suppose they mako a gront aeoI NJ
monoy, these palo-faced Foreigners. If yo,I 70
into their church iu London Wall On a Slndnv
morning you will sec thoir Vomon-foIia ri,
dressed like DuchesHes aud as docoro,alv md
geutcol1y deyout. It is tho Greeks not tlo Eu-
gish, who buy up the corn shipped from ths
English marlsots. Many seafarlng mon aro @ nso ia
to be mot with waiting to hoar If thur car-
goes arc aold aud wIcre thoy aro to be- lnntiea.
Tho destination OF son,e Of tLoso ahips 1,,nT
DO Leith, or Glasgow or Liyorpool. or Dill.
lin, or Belfast. In London itsolf thero in
a pretty fair demand for breaJstuirs ali tho
yoar round, and most Of it IL brought to
London by water, ana ii tho Londunor cats
ho drinks as much; mud it is at Maris limo
hat tho malt Of which Lis becr and porter ia
made IL chlotly sold. London iH also renowned
for its horsomon, and Ii Is ut Mark 1ano lint
tho large dealer gets his oats. Monday, Wotluos-
day, aud Friday are market days Itis. how
oyor, on Mondays that Marl lsuo is IN ali ~ its
glory, and thar you rub shoulders with lBtin-
gnislied representatives of the agricultural dis
trlcts in general a,, Of East Anglia iu particular.
As you entor YOU find ouch fuGtor ut Lis stnn].