London . n, and innumerableother company, who were honourers of this incom])arable man, invariably belovedby all who knew him. The other notice refers to a more personal matter, and 384 LONDON, is interesting for that very reason, as connected with an estimable man :— 27thApril, 1693. My daughter Susanna was married to William Draper, Esq., inthe chapel of Ely House, bj Dr. Tenison, Bishop of Lincoln, since gave her in portion 4000/. Flcr jointure is 500/. per annum. I pray AlmightyGod to give his blessing to this marriage. Lastlj, we may notice an amusingcircumstance that occurre
London . n, and innumerableother company, who were honourers of this incom])arable man, invariably belovedby all who knew him. The other notice refers to a more personal matter, and 384 LONDON, is interesting for that very reason, as connected with an estimable man :— 27thApril, 1693. My daughter Susanna was married to William Draper, Esq., inthe chapel of Ely House, bj Dr. Tenison, Bishop of Lincoln, since gave her in portion 4000/. Flcr jointure is 500/. per annum. I pray AlmightyGod to give his blessing to this marriage. Lastlj, we may notice an amusingcircumstance that occurred at the time of the defeat of the young Pretender bythe Dulcc of Cumberland, in 174G, and which Cowper thought worthy of noticein his Task :— So in the chapel of old Ely HouseWhen wainlpritiE; Charles, who meant to be the Third,Had fled from William, and the news was fresh,The simple clerk, but loyal, did announceAnd eke did rear right merrily two stavesSung to the praise and glory of King George. ^U. [Staircase, Goldsmiths Hall.] LXXV.—GOLDSMITHS HALL. We will not say,—in imitation of the well-known phrase. He who has not seenParis has seen nothing,—he who has not seen the Goldsmiths Hall has not seenLondon ; but it may be safely asserted that, without a glance into the interiorof this noble building, no one can form a just conception of the wealth, luxury,and, we must add, taste, of some of our great civic companies ; which, howeverthey may now have ceased to be identified with any very large portion of thecommercial greatness of London, were undoubtedly the originators of that great-ness, and the guardians through all sorts of troublous times of the comparativelyfree and enlightened principles on which alone commercial prosperity can bebased. But those times are now past; and the Companies generally, like thevictors in a good fight, seem to have little else to do but to sit down, eat, drink,and make merry, and discourse of all the alternations of good and evil for
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