. Walks in London . ose who hved here in former days was JohnRoberts the bookseller, and from hence he sent forth hissquibs and libels on Pope. On the wall of the last house(left), where Warwick Lane enters Newgate Street, Warwickthe King-maker is commemorated in a very curious relief,of 1668, of an armed knight with shield and sword. The neighbouihood of Newgate has always been theButchers Quarter. St. Nicholass Shambles originally NEWGATE STREET. I ©I stood here, which took their name from the old Church ofSt. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, destroyed at the Dissolution,and till the Great Fire the
. Walks in London . ose who hved here in former days was JohnRoberts the bookseller, and from hence he sent forth hissquibs and libels on Pope. On the wall of the last house(left), where Warwick Lane enters Newgate Street, Warwickthe King-maker is commemorated in a very curious relief,of 1668, of an armed knight with shield and sword. The neighbouihood of Newgate has always been theButchers Quarter. St. Nicholass Shambles originally NEWGATE STREET. I ©I stood here, which took their name from the old Church ofSt. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, destroyed at the Dissolution,and till the Great Fire the market continued to be held inthe middle of the street in open stalls, which were a greatnuisance to the neighbourhood, and gave the name of** Stinking Lane to the present King Edward Street, fromthe filth which they accumulated. After the Fire a market-house was erected in the open space between NewgateStreet and Paternoster Row, where the ivy-covered houses ofthe Prebends of St. Pauls, commemorated in Ivy Lane,*. Guy, E;irl of Warwick. stood amidst orchards, whose apples were a great tempta-tion to London street-boys, and frequently proved fatal tothem, as is shown by the coroners inquests of five centuriesago. Newgate Market continued to be the meat-market of London till the recent erection of that in Smith-field— Shall the large mutton smoke upon your boards!Such Newgates copious market best affords. Gay. Trivia, bk. ii. VOL. I. * i62 WALKS IN LONDON, A curious relic in Newgate Street, which has lately dis-appeared, was the sculpture over the entrance to Bull HeadCourt, representing William Evans, the giant porter ofCharles I., with Sir Jeffrey Hudson, the dwarf of HenriettaMaria, who could travel in his pocket—Evans was sevenfeet six inches in height, Hudson three feet nine inches;but the dwarf was so fiery that he killed Mr. Crofts, whoventured to laugh at him, in a duel, and he commanded atroop of horse in the kings service. On the north side of Ne
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