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Newgate market, for all kinds of pro-
visions.
Newport market, for meat, &c.
Oxford market, for meat, &c.
Queenhithe, the great meal market.
Red Lion market, for meat, &c.
St. James's market, for meat, &c.
St. Margaret's Hill market, for hay and
straw.
Shadwell market, for meat, &c.
Smithfield market, for cattle.
Spitalfields market, for meat, greens, &c.
Westminster market, for meat, &c.
Whitechapel market, for meat by whole-
sale and retail.
White Horse Inn meal market, near Hol-
born bridge.
Wood's Close market, for sheep skins.
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, situated behind
the houses on the west side of Pallmall, is
a very large brick edifice, ornamented
with stone, and built in a peculiar taste.
The front, which is very extensive, has
only two series of windows, and on each
side the wings are ornamented at the cor-
ners, with a kind of stone rustic, and the
edifice is terminated by a balustrade, in
the manner it appears in the print. On
the sides of the area next the wings a
small colonade extends on each side, and
the side opposite to the abovementioned
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area is taken up with the offices.
The late Duchess of Marlborough,
when this structure was finished, in-
tended to have opened a way to it from
Pallmall, directly in the front, as is evi-
dent from the manner in which the court
yard is finished; but Sir Robert Walpole
having purchased the house before it, and
being upon no good terms with the Du-
chess, she was prevented in her design.
The front towards the Park resembles
this, only instead of the two middle win-
dows in the wings, there are niches for
statues, and instead of the area in front,
you descend by a flight of steps into the
garden.
This structure is, however, greatly cen-
sured by the critics in architecture.
The apartments however are noble,
and well disposed, and the furniture is
rich. In the vestibule at the entrance, is
painted the battle of Hochstet, in which
the most remarkable scene is the taking
Marshal Tallard, the French General, and
several other officers of great distinction,
prisoners. The figures of the great Duke
of Marlborough, of Prince Eugene of
Savoy, and General Cadogan, are finely
executed.
MARLBOROUGH court, 1. Berwick street.
2. Petticoat lane.
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