New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
"1HE COCK ALEHoUsE By rENpLE BAR,


! TfOri me PM HnH Gasete
Iieet-strcct can never be- wanting interest 10 the
most casual passenger who walks along 10 vi open
eyes; but Jul now taric s 81 Ut 10 De- seen thin
twenty yards e "RlaUng TCmpe Barr which
should have a unique touch ~ II Of hulGOr AMI
/ patho4 for those who arc open To sncb
F'crt-,t. from be'l-yard eastward haye
icen puliet down, and buidefs hoard.
ou oE" small ANA CLASSIC spot lhcfc unu IcsJcd Is
yet. and with the suprrbIJ ,ci-aoscrtinH an which
Attracted VIII dtrT-pTJ0L' ana 81. hW o. using
on the previous history Of me rooster whom he has
imm0rtalzod, stands the g,ldcd co,k. above the
low door Of the ancient tavern which has borne his
name since ElHabet's time, nj any rate. aud longer
for anything know to the contrary. lie Is said to
have been carved by Grinling Gibbons, bur upon
what authority We COald mover ascertain. AZ any
ratio there he docs stanl for the moment, uiotect
Ing the iOrlOrn uOOr O the last 0l the BrAlln" Old
Fieet-st taYCTus, to which We should advise any
reader of antiquarian tastes who may never have
seen 10 90 resort speedily for fear that the
praIscwOrthy efforts of the lc'sae To preserve tie
gTuuHd-fOOT dlniug-TOOm-thc only portion now
lett of the ancient Cook and Bottle except tho
narrow passage leading To II from the street-may
provo lutle ln tius destructive dhd HItFeIcht axe.
The long room, divided mo snug boxes, with
s3ndcd ilOOr and large open fireplace suIInOuned by
its rough bat comedy carved black OAK InaDtel-
piece undoubtedly stood there much as II stands
now when the tire OF London was raging within a
hundred yards OF 1t, and making a clean sweep Of
every bullumg away Tor more than a mile to the
cast Situate III the very heart OF the district wnete
lawyers and journalists bred aud most do COLI
grcgate, II has been hcquented by generation after
generation OF the yOuth OF those TWO Troublesome
ealing. Not to go back INTO the dim ages, may
Dc g. r.y certain that che Ourly Doctor and Gold
su.itL WIh wig awty have solaceG their inner man
IL tuSs boxes while II Is quite certain that II has
been the constant resort III their early years OF most
OF eminent lawyers and writers iOr the iast
tury 1t at the Cock that Sugd-n ana Camp
bell hrst met, and alter dining rugaly together adj
JOurHed TO the PIT Ot the StI1ud healTe, where,
while waiting for the opening OF the door, the real
property SUDDEN astOnlshed his companion 10y ask
~ linn. nj AIta
wa, here. a. emmrui Judge now deceased, used
70 tell mat the great blaC k-etcT lawyer OF Lord
Lldons time spent the spare hours Oi the long Vaca
tIon at tue END OF which he Informed a returning
friend that he had never enjoyed himself more,
ao he udI been " dlspOrtng himself Ia the
doctrine OF collateral warranty" Many OF us
Lave seen judges no" on the nch discussing lhclI
chop and sdusagc VI b the keen appel te ot early
manhood, aHd Writ,fs whose names have since be.
come household words ecOnOmIz NJ their pint Of
stout 70 make IT last over tine unryaled pOrtIon Of
tucidaT cheese winch finished their frugal meal.
III those days " IilIdm, the stout mead waiter OF
Jenny So. poem vas Sui graclOusy attending %
Us, ana handing
T. each his perfect pint OF stout,
Hln proper cnop 10 "dcu,
and Il ,at ncares the fireplace wa, pointed out
tanl .ouaDIy Is >ull the corner IN which the
Lau.. wont 20 muse over ms giasS Ol oad
pore. iIIlan. Uy the way, Was BY no means as
p,Uua ue should have been Ol thc illusions 70 his
early lie in VIII Na,crproofs Monoogue" The
description,
A certain pOttl ebodied boy
NnO kuuchtu 10 the tdW,
was said to have seriously annoyed him II may
be- doubted, however, whether nus iuf mat same
p3rIu he would have left behind INN the snug sum
winch he is sad to nave saved daring ms usrIu aud
RESPECTED career. Ii l. already mulc 'hlh twenty
Nt:.r, since lac retired lIOm The scene OF Ills "ei-
appreciated laLOIn, ior, the"UruuaI5 grdlhtS III
t,.J,c days BEN. Il penny, NO reader OF Ieuny,On
ever thou hit oil di-UuToiug less IMAM double lhaJ
amount when " Ihiam himself the collector