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 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 THERE is, probably, no single parish within the area of the 
 metropolitan boundaries which has, in bygone days, been so 
 eminently and intimately connected with the Great City and its 
 interests as the parish, formerly the hamlet, of Poplar. The 
 records preserved in the archives of the place afford a wide 
 scope for historical research ; and whilst many of the events 
 related in the manuscripts are somewhat of the usual formal 
 character, their tedium is frequently dispelled by the discovery 
 of amusing, singular, and in some cases extremely novel inci- 
 dents. The student is, however, amply repaid at the conclusion 
 of his researches, inasmuch as he has the satisfaction of 
 knowing that he has been enabled, by the exercise of persistent 
 efforts to chronicle the actions of many of those whose 
 names have become household words throughout the country 
 nay, throughout the world ; whose names must be associated 
 with the noblest of the land ; whose noble deeds have won for 
 them the reverence of succeeding generations ; and whose 
 memories will be cherished in the hearts of myriads of the 
 children of men. Who, in scanning the pages of history, has 
 not repeatedly had his attention arrested by references to 
 " Blackwall Yard," the, at one time, "most considerable ship- 
 building establishment in the kingdom ?" Who, in whatever 
 sphere he may have passed his days, has not heard of the 
 famous "East and West India Docks ?" Who, in his perigri- 
 nations eastward of London, has not had his curiosity aroused 
 by the presence of the ancient church erected by the old East 
 India Company ? We feel, therefore, that we are not exceeding 
 the bounds of justice by stating that the parish of All Saints, 
 Poplar, by means of its public and private marine and mer- 
 cantile establishments, by means of its extensive manufactories, 
 and by the aid of its wealthy inhabitants, has been one of the 
 very bulwarks of the country, and has materially aided in 
 placing Great Britain among the foremost nations of the world.
 
 4 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 The name of the parish, according to the renowned " Survey" 
 edited by Mr. Strype, derived its origin from the "multitude 
 of poplar trees growing within and around its boundaries," 
 especially the western portion, where, until very recently a 
 considerable number were still to be observed. The redoubtable 
 " Strype" has truly been beaten with many stripes by con- 
 temporary historians for attaching any importance to this 
 circumstance ; but, although these persons have challenged 
 the truth of Mr. Strype's asseverations, we know of none who 
 has propounded as likely a theory, or who has produced satis- 
 factory proofs to the contrary ; and as there is, and probably 
 ever will be, much doubt on the subject, and as Mr. Strype's 
 statement of origin, if not " probable," cannot nevertheless be 
 disproved, we are content to accept that statement as a fact. 
 Regarding the events concerning the parish there is, happily, 
 more reliable information ; and leaving the " possibilities" to 
 those whose desire it may be to deal with them, we will proceed 
 to narrate that which is undoubted, and must be placed amongst 
 the " infallibilities." 
 
 By recurring to ancient manuscripts it is discovered that the 
 reversion of the "manor of Popelar" was, in 1396, granted by 
 William of Wykeham (Bishop of Winchester), Sir Aubrey 
 de Vere, and other personages, to the Abbey of " St. Mary de 
 Graces," which abbey is stated to have been situate in close 
 proximity to the Tower of London. For many years succeeding 
 the dissolution of monasteries the manor remained vested in the 
 Crown. Eventually, it was granted to a number of " gentlemen, 
 trustees of the City of London," and by these it was sold to 
 Sir John Jacob. It does not appear when or how the reversion 
 changed hands, but in the next record that is known as referring 
 to the " hamlet" it is stated that in 1558 it was conveyed by 
 Dame Bridget Gardye to Sir Francis Jopson ; again in 1583 it 
 was conveyed by John Hampson, a descendant of the latter, to 
 Thomas Fanshawe ; from Thomas Fanshawe it passed, in 1588 
 to Edward Elliott. This person retained it until 1620, when 
 it became the property of one John Wyllyams, who obtained a 
 fresh grant of it from the Crown in that year ; and in 1637 sold 
 it to Robert Hooker. Since that time many private individuals 
 have successively become possessors of the reversion of the 
 manor, and in 1842 it belonged to James Humphries, Esq., 
 with whom, or with whose family, it remains at the present day. 
 The manor lands descend according to the custom of gavel-kind.
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 5 
 
 The manor-house of the parish has for many years been held 
 separately from the demesne. It is stated to have been for- 
 merly possessed and occupied by Sir Gilbert Dethick, and then 
 by Sir William Dethick, his son, both of whom were successively 
 garter-king-at-arms. The house was originally a large wooden 
 building, and was situated near the site of the present erection, 
 namely, on the north side of the East India Dock Road. 
 In 1810 it was reported to be in a very dilapidated and dan- 
 gerous condition; and, in consequence, was demolished, and the 
 present building reared near its site. Until recently the new 
 building was in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Westhorp. 
 Whilst this gentleman resided there a fire broke out in the 
 drawing-room, which destroyed a number of valuablejpaintings 
 and other articles. At the present time the house, which is a 
 very commodious one, and surrounded by an extensive garden, 
 is held under a rental by Mr. M. Corner, surgeon. A portion 
 of the garden-ground attached to the manor-house was purchased 
 in 1840 by the late Mr. George Green, and he erected thereon 
 an elegant parsonage-house as a residence for the ministers of 
 Trinity Chapel, East India Dock-road. 
 
 The hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall was, prior to the year 1817 
 one of the Tower Hamlets annexed to Stepney. It is recorded in 
 manuscripts preserved by the parish officials that in the year 
 1655, and again in 1673, the inhabitants of " the hamblett called 
 Poplar, wherein is also Blackwall," made a vigorous attempt 
 to get a separation from Stepney The endeavour however 
 appears to have so signally failed, that the then dignitaries of 
 the parish were unwilling to renew the effort ; and it was not 
 until 1724, when the commissioners appointed to obtain the 
 erection of fifty new churches made a proposal to join the 
 hamlet to " the new parish of Limehouse," that the ardour of 
 the parishioners was again aroused. It was then considered 
 that the annexation to Limehouse would be prejudicial to the 
 hamlet ; and at a town-meeting held on the 4th of August 
 (1724) a number of gentlemen were delegated to attend the 
 Board of Commissioners, and to urge, "to the best of their 
 ability" the objections against "joyning the hamblett" with 
 Limehouse, and also to endeavour to obtain permission to "keep 
 the hamblett entire to itself." The deputation were successful 
 in preventing the annexation to Limehouse, but the endeavour 
 to secure a disunion with Stepney was a total failure. Again the 
 enthusiasm of the " separationists" appears to have received an
 
 O HISTORY OF POPLAK. 
 
 effectual damper, for nothing further is mentioned of the subject 
 until nearly a century had elapsed. In 1815 it is recorded 
 that " in consequence of the very great increase of population 
 in the hamlet, occasioned by the formation of the East and West 
 India Docks, the inhabitants again bestirred themselves to 
 effect a separation ; and on the 13th September a public meeting 
 was held at the Town-hall to deliberate on the propriety of 
 an application to Parliament for an Act to form the hamlet into 
 a parish." It was resolved at this meeting to present a memorial 
 embodying the views of the parishioners, and to present it at 
 the proper quarter as " early as convenient." The petitioners 
 firstly laid their memorial before the Bishop of London, who 
 cordially acquiesced in their proposals ; and, with his Lordship's 
 assistance a commutation of fees was amicably arranged with 
 the Rev. Thomas Barneby, rector of Stepney. It is stated that 
 the hamlet was called upon during the ten years previous to 
 1815 to contribute towards the maintenance of Stepney Church, 
 "which was entirely useless to the inhabitants," no less than 
 7,000 ; and it is scarcely to be wondered at that a matter of 
 so important a nature should somewhat arouse this enthusiasm. 
 The parishioners strenuously battled with all their difficulties, 
 which appear to have been innumerable, and were eventually 
 rewarded with success. The " Local Act" passed the House 
 of Commons in the early part of 1817, and in the course of that 
 year it received the Royal Assent. The expenses of obtaining 
 the Act amounted to considerably more than 1,400. Much 
 rejoicing followed the successful termination of the agitation, 
 and the first " vestry-meeting of the parish of Poplar" took 
 place in the Town Hall on the 8th of July, 1817. 
 
 It may be interesting to mention a most curious story told of 
 a woman named Mary East, who lived in Poplar a few years 
 prior to the events just recorded. It is said that Mary East 
 had a " sweetheart" who, as a penalty for highway robbery, 
 was transported for life. By some means Mary became 
 acquainted with another woman who, like herself, had been 
 " disappointed in love." These two determined to migrate 
 from their own village, and to take up their abode in a 
 place where neither were known, and it was agreed that one 
 (to be determined by lot) should assume the dress of a male, 
 and that they should reside together as man and wife. It fell 
 to the lot of Mary to " transform herself into a man" and to 
 enact the part of husband. She assumed the name of James
 
 HISTOEY OF POPLAK. 7 
 
 Howes. After residing at several country villages they found 
 their way to Poplar, and purchased the White Horse public 
 house in High-street. Mary, alias James, was landlord of the 
 White Horse for upwards of thirty years. She took an active 
 part in parish politics, served two parish offices, and attended 
 the justices' court as a juryman. She served the office of 
 Head-borough of Poplar under the name of "James Howes" in 
 1744. In 1752 she was elected Overseer of the poor ; and 
 when obliged to own her sex, was in nomination for the office of 
 ".Churchwarden of the hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall." Her 
 signature, in a good bold hand, appears on the records of the 
 proceedings of the inhabitants in many instances. In the year 
 1750 a Mrs. Bentley, a woman who had known Mary from 
 infancy, thought the secret of her metamorphosis a profitable 
 scheme to build a project on ; she accordingly sent to Mary 
 demanding a sum of 10, with a threat that if she refused the 
 money she would discover her sex. Fearful of discovery, Mary 
 complied with the demand. Fifteen years afterwards the 
 woman made a second demand, with like success. Flushed 
 with the prosperity of her scheme she sent again for another 
 10. Mary, not having the money by her, sent 5. At this 
 time Mary's " wife" died, and Mrs. Bentley determining not to 
 let the opportunity slip, attempted a new plan to enrich herself. 
 She hired two ruffians to aid her designs. A mulatto, named 
 William Barwick, she engaged to appear in the garb of a police 
 officer ; and another was to perform the office of parish con- 
 stable. These men she sent to the White Horse, and having 
 arrived there they accused Mary of a theft committed some 
 years previously, threatening her that unless she presented them 
 with some money they would expose her deception. Poor Mary, 
 although knowing her own innocence, became exceedingly 
 alarmed, and gave them a cheque for 100 upon a Mr. Williams, 
 a next door neighbour, which they accepted, and made off. 
 Mary, however, determined to submit to this extortion no 
 longer, and resuming the habit of her sex, published the inci- 
 dents already alluded to, and caused a search to be made for 
 the men. Barwick was arrested, and was tried at Hicks' -hall 
 on the 21st of October, 1766. He was sentenced to four years' 
 penal servitude, and in addition thereto was ordered to be 
 placed in the pillory four times. His accomplice was never 
 discovered. Mary then retired into private life, to live on a 
 decent competency which she had acquired during her 80 years'
 
 8 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 landlordism. She died in May, 1780, and was buried in Poplar 
 Chapel-yard, where a monument to her memory is still to he 
 seen. In the burial-hook of the Chapel is the following entry : 
 " Mary East, the woman-man, of Poplar, buried at Poplar, 
 June 4, 1780." 
 
 Inseparable from a writing purporting to be a correct his- 
 torical review of the parish, is a statement of proceedings 
 relating to the East India Company's Chapel, situate on the 
 north side of High-street. The Chapel is a cement-covered 
 brick-built edifice. It has a small turret and clock at the 
 western end ; the interior consisting of a nave, chancel, and 
 aisles. The Chapel originally had north, south, and west 
 galleries, but these have recently been removed. The precise 
 date of erection is unknown. There is a reference in the 
 Company's books about the year 1640 to an application made 
 by the inhabitants of the " hamlet of Poplar" for a piece of 
 ground on which to erect a chapel ; and as it appears that the 
 application was granted, there is little doubt that its foundation 
 took place very shortly afterwards ; in fact, in a report of a 
 committee appointed by Parliament in 1650 to make a survey 
 of the locality it is mentioned that " a chapel is being builded 
 in the hamlet." In 1652 a memorial is recorded to have been 
 laid before the East India Company in which the inhabitants 
 prayed for "further assistance^ (the land having been presented 
 to the hamlet), and the Council generously responded by giving 
 a donation of 200 towards completing the edifice. The re- 
 mainder of the funds were subscribed by the residents of the 
 hamlet ; and in the list of subscribers appear the names of Gilbert 
 Dethick, Esq. (100), Maurice Thompson, Esq., Sir Henry 
 Johnson, and other influential persons. The edifice was erected 
 for about the sum of 2,200. " The chappell was almost entirely 
 ruined" by the great storm of 1703, and the inhabitants again 
 appealed for assistance from the East India Company, alleging as 
 their reason for so doing that "the town was very much encum- 
 bered," and that the residents were unable to defray the expense 
 of effecting the repairs. The Company promised to help them, 
 but on application being made for the sum solicited the officials 
 were informed that the Council had determined to "withdraw 
 the promise." The inhabitants were terribly chagrined at this. 
 It is affirmed that the work had already been done and that 
 " the sum of 104 was due to the churchwarden on account 
 thereof." An old minute book states that " although the
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 9 
 
 repairs were performed chiefly at the repeated instances of 
 Dr. Woodward (the chaplain) and the East India Company, 
 yet since no manner of provision hath been made for defraying 
 the said charges, we think it reasonable that the dues should 
 be appropriated to the defraying of the said charges." No 
 further mention is made of the matter, and it is presumed that 
 in accordance with the foregoing minute the " said charges" 
 were defrayed by the " said dues." The hamlet does not 
 appear to have been in a remarkably flourishing state at this 
 period, for in 1706 the churchwarden (Mr. Holt) was ordered 
 to purchase " a velvet pawl (or pawls) for the use of the town, 
 and that interest be paid for the money advanced for the pur- 
 chasing of the said pawl (or pawls)." As a means of ensuring 
 payment of the loan for this extensive business transaction, the 
 pawl (or pawls) were ordered to be given into the custody of 
 the churchwarden, with implicit directions that if " any forreigne 
 or other pawl (or pawls) or gowns should be brought into the 
 hamlet, he demand the same fees as if those belonging to the 
 towne had been used." In 1721 application was made by 
 Dr. Landon (the minister) to the East India Company to put 
 the chapel into "a proper state of repair, the same being again 
 out of order." The Company consented to do so on " the un- 
 derstanding that no misapprehension should arise respecting 
 the right to the chappell and presentation of the minister." 
 The inhabitants agreed to this provision, and it was promised 
 " that the Company will keep it for ever in a state of repair." 
 In 1774 the chapel again required to be repaired, and the in- 
 habitants having petitioned the Company, and "reminded them 
 of their former promise," the repairs were immediately ordered 
 to be done. In the following year the burial ground was 
 enlarged 30 feet. The chapel and burial ground were never 
 consecrated. In 1803 the edifice underwent a thorough 
 " beautifying." The late J. Perry, Esq., presented the oi-gan, 
 with an endowment of five guineas per annum for ever. There 
 are many curious but excellent monuments, both in the chapel 
 and ground. Over the vgstry door is a magnificent monument 
 in memory of " Captain Philip Worth, commander in the Hon. 
 East India Company's service, who died March 24th, 1742, in 
 his 47th year ; also to Elizabeth, his widow, who died July ye 
 5th, 1754, in the 60th year of her age." In the north aisle is 
 a beautiful marble monument, by Flaxman, " In memory of 
 George Stevens, Esq., who cheerfully devoted a portion of his
 
 10 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 life and fortune in the illustration of Shakespere." Stevens is 
 represented in bas-relief sitting before the bard's bust, which 
 he is ardently contemplating. On the eastern wall is a tablet 
 in memory of " Susannah, widow of John Hoole, Esq., auditor 
 of Indian Accounts, and known in literary circles as the trans- 
 lator of Tasso and Ariosto ; died 5th of April, 1808, aged 80, 
 having survived her amiable husband nearly five years." In 
 the south aisle is a monument to John Perry, of Moor Hall, 
 Essex, formerly shipbuilder, of Blackwall, and founder of the 
 Commercial Docks." He died July 5th, 1824, aged 56. There 
 are numerous tablets and monuments commemorating the 
 decease of respected inhabitants and others, on the walls of the 
 building. In the cemetery is a stone in memory of Captain 
 William Curtis, "who left by his will 60 per annum, for ever, 
 to apprentice poor children of Poplar, Mile-end, Limehouse, 
 Shadwell, and Batcliff ; and for an annual sermon to the 
 Trustees in April or May." There is another stone to the 
 memory of " Samuel Jones, Esq., captain in the Navy : he 
 engaged a superior force of the French off Cape Bivella in 
 1706, and off Beachy Head in 1707, and with signal bravery 
 and conduct put them to flight." 
 
 The first chaplain specially appointed for the hamlet of 
 Poplar was the Bev. Thomas Walton ; he was appointed in 
 1654 by the vicar of Stepney, the Bev. Mr. Greenhill. The 
 Bev. Samuel Peck is said to have followed, and was appointed 
 by the inhabitants in 1670. The third was the Bev. Josiah 
 Woodward, M.A., who was elected in 1690 by the inhabitants 
 " subject to the approval of the Bishop of the diocese." Mr. 
 Woodward resigned in 1711, and a spirited contest arose from 
 the fact of Dr. John Landon and the Bev. Henry Sheppard 
 having been put into nomination for the vacant pulpit. Both 
 gentlemen were much respected, and were eloquent preachers ; 
 Dr. Landon was, however, elected by a large majority. He 
 faithfully officiated for a period of 17 years, and died much 
 lamented in 1728. Dr. Landon was succeeded by the Bev. Dr. 
 Gloster Bidley, who was the first minister appointed under the 
 provisions of the "understanding" with the East India Company. 
 Dr. Bidley' s salary was increased to 50 per annum ; his pre- 
 decessor having enjoyed the handsome income of 25 per year. 
 On the death of Dr. Bidley, which event occurred in 1774, the 
 Bev. John Wheeler, LL.D. was unanimously chosen, and per- 
 formed his duties with much earnestness for 29 years. In
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 11 
 
 1803 he was made Prebendary of Westminster ; and on his 
 retirement the Rev. Samuel Hoole, M.A. was elected. On the 
 completion of the parish Church Mr. Hoole was selected to he 
 the first rector of Poplar, and having resigned his chaplaincy 
 to the Company's chapel in 1823, was succeeded by the Rev. 
 Henry Higginson, M.A. The salary was then increased to 
 500 per annum. Mr. Higginson died suddenly at the par- 
 sonage house on the 5th of February, 1848 ; and the living 
 was next conferred upon the Rev. H. Hamilton, M.A., who 
 resigned in favour of the Rev. Mr. Boswell. On the latter 
 gentleman's decease, the Rev. W. J. Jay was appointed, who 
 endeared himself to the whole of the inhabitants. He, however, 
 accepted the living of a church erected in Suffolk by his Royal 
 Highness the Maharajah Dhulep Singh, with whom Mr. Jay 
 was intimately acquainted, and retired in 1866. At this time 
 Henry Green, jun., Esq., and Edward Coleman, Esq., were 
 constituted trustees for the Bishop of London Dr. Tait until 
 arrangements were completed by the India Council and the 
 Ecclesiastical Commissioners, by which the patronage of the 
 living was vested in the Bishop of London for ever. The Rev. 
 J. F. Kitto, B. A., was then appointed, and this gentleman retains 
 the living at the present time the income of the minister now 
 amounting to between 300 and 400 per annum. Old things 
 have passed away, however, and the " East India Company's 
 Chapel," as a name, is now no more. The chapel has recently 
 undergone a thorough renovation, and the Bishop of London 
 having assigned to it a portion of the parish, comprising a 
 population of 5,000 inhabitants, it is now denominated 
 " St. Matthias District Church." 
 
 Originally there were a number of "East India Company's 
 Almshouses" lying adjacent to the chapel, intended for the 
 occupation of seamen and others who had been disabled, or had 
 by infirmity become unfit for work, whilst in the Company's 
 service. The date of the erection of these houses is not known 
 for certain. Dr. Woodward was of opinion that they were built 
 " when the chapel was founded, or near to the same time ;" 
 but a gentleman, Mr. Wheeler, who is thoroughly acquainted 
 with the documents preserved by the Company relating to the 
 buildings, informed the editor of the " Environs of London," 
 the well-known Mr. Lysons, that they were erected previously 
 to the year 1632. Of the two statements the latter is most 
 probably the more reliable. There was attached to the houses
 
 12 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 a hospital providing accommodation for 14 seamen, who, by 
 accident or infirmity, were unable longer to remain in the 
 Company's service. These persons received pensions amounting 
 to 6 10s. and upwards per annum, according to the rank of 
 the recipient while in the service. In addition to this they 
 were supplied with " half a chaldron of coals for the winter, 
 and a superadded bounty at Christmas." The Company's 
 " Shipping Committee" usually inspected the almshouses at 
 Christmas-time, and they invariably distributed about 100 
 amongst the widows and orphans of the seamen who had been 
 in their service. The houses were 22 in number, and in 1802 
 they were reported to be in so dilapidated a condition as to be 
 " dangerous for the poor people to live in." They were con- 
 sequently demolished, and others of a much superior description 
 erected in their place. At the same time the dwellings were 
 increased to 56 ; 18 of this number were of a more commodious 
 character, and were reserved entirely for the occupation of in- 
 valided commanders and mates, or their widows. In 1866, 
 however, the whole of the occupants were requested to vacate 
 the houses, and received an increased pension from the Company 
 in lieu of house accommodation. Shortly afterwards the Poplar 
 District Board of Works opened negociations for the purchase 
 of the land on which they stood, with an adjoining site facing 
 East India Dock-road. The negociations ended successfully ; 
 the land being purchased for the sum of 12,000, half of which 
 sum was paid by the local board, and the remainder by the 
 Metropolitan Board of Works, on the understanding that, with 
 the exception of a small portion at the south-east corner, the 
 whole be devoted to the purposes of a "Recreation Ground for 
 the people, and that it remain as such for ever." The portion 
 excepted was retained by the Board with a view of erecting 
 thereon a Board-room and public offices. The inscription stone 
 of these buildings was laid by E. Coleman, Esq., on Thursday, 
 the 20th of May, 1869, and at the time of writing they are 
 almost completed, the cost of erecting them being computed 
 at 9,000. 
 
 The first important act of the parish officials succeeding the 
 obtaining of the local Act in 1817 was the purchase of "eight 
 acres of ground whereupon to erect a church and parsonage 
 house, and for forming a church-yard," &c. This having been 
 acquired, premiums were offered for plans for a parish church. 
 Thirty-six designs were submitted, and after many " wordy-
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 13 
 
 wars" between the local politicians of the day, the "capital 
 premium" of 100 was awarded to Mr. C. Hollis, who under- 
 took the surveyorship of the building. The erection of the 
 edifice was entrusted to Mr. Thomas Morris, of Poplar. The 
 " first stone" was laid by the then Bishop of London with the 
 customary ceremonials. The following is the inscription on the 
 stone : ' ' The first stone of this parish church of All Saints, 
 ' Poplar, in the County of Middlesex, was laid the 29th day of 
 ' March, 1821, by the Right Rev. Father in God, William 
 ' Howley, D.D., Lord Bishop of London, in the second year of 
 ' the reign of his most gracious Majesty George IV. Rev. 
 ' Samuel Hoole, A.M., rector ; James Mountague, church- 
 ' warden and treasurer ; Thomas Lambert, churchwarden ; 
 ' Isaac Ramsay, William Mills, Archibald Ritchie, and William 
 ' Edgcumbe, overseers of the poor ; Charles Hollis, architect ; 
 ' Thomas Morris, builder ; Thomas Home, vestry clerk." 
 ' Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to 
 ' build thee an house for thine own holy name cometh of thine 
 ' own hand, and all is thine own. 1 Chron. xxix. 16." The 
 expense of the ceremony of laying this stone was 437 19s. 8d. 
 The edifice, which is situate on the southern side of East India 
 Dock-road, between Newby-place and Bow-lane, is regarded as 
 one of the most handsome of the metropolitan churches. The 
 subjoined is a professional description : " The portico is of the 
 Ionic order, supported by four columns ; the basement of the 
 tower is rusticated, from whence arises the beauties of the 
 Corinthian order ; above this is the place appropriated for the 
 dial. On this part stands a colonnade of sixteen composite 
 pillars, which has a very pleasing effect ; the entablatures of 
 these columns are ornamented with several circular plinths or 
 bases, gradually diminishing upwards, from the top of which 
 springs a light and beautiful spire, terminating with a vane 
 upwards of 160 feet from the ground. The north and south- 
 western entrances are of the same order as the portico, but the 
 body of the church ill accords with the richness and beauty 
 of the tower and spire. Under the church are cemeteries for 
 the dead . . . : The plinth and area of the western entrance 
 are of granite, the rest of the building of Portland stone. The 
 interior of the church exhibits but few architectural beauties. 
 The pulpit and reading desk are of oak. Some pains were 
 taken to beautify the altar, and with this view two elegant 
 Corinthian columns, enriched with corresponding pilasters
 
 14 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 of scagliola, in imitation of Sienna marble, are introduced with 
 an ornamental entablature, in the centre of which is placed the 
 royal arms, having on either side the colours formerly belonging 
 to the Blackwall Corps. Under an entablature supported by 
 scagliola, in imitation of Verd antique, is a painted window. 
 The design of the painting (Christ preaching) would appear to 
 be borrowed from Limehouse Church, and is anything but a 
 happy effort of the painter." During the past three years a 
 number of memorial windows have been presented by influential 
 parishioners, which have considerably improved the internal 
 appearance of the church. The .tower contains a fine set of ten 
 bells. Around the church are spacious grounds, formerly used 
 as a cemetery, but which are now closed against interments, 
 and are ornamented with flowers and shrubs. 
 
 The Church was consecrated on July 3rd, 1823, by the Bishop 
 of London, and the first sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. 
 Hoole, the rector, from the words " And Ezra, the scribe, stood 
 upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose." 
 After the sermon the rector delivered the following address : 
 "Men, Brethren and fellow Christians, a purpose more 
 solemn and more important can scarcely be conceived than 
 that which brings us together this day. We meet here to 
 found an edifice which we trust will endure for many genera- 
 tions, dedicated to the worship and service of our invisible 
 Creator and constant Benefactor ; an edifice in which the 
 doctrine of the Redeemer of mankind may be faithfully incul- 
 cated, the duties of Christian morality earnestly enforced, and 
 the principles of peace, order, and happiness be disseminated 
 among every class of the community. In the prosecution of a 
 work, begun I hope, in the fear of God, let no worldly motive, 
 no private interest, no narrow prejudice intervene to thwart or 
 retard it ; but let us vigorously and honestly persevere in what 
 is at length so auspiciously commenced, with the ardour of hot 
 patriots and with the zeal of Christians ; and let us enter upon 
 this, as upon all our undertakings with fervent supplication to 
 that Supreme Lord of whom and through whom and to whom 
 are all things ; that by His favour and protection this conse- 
 crated structure may afford the means of confirming our 
 children and our children's children in the word of truth, and 
 of promoting the salvation of multitudes yet unborn .... 
 Lord God of Heaven and earth, in whose hands are the ways 
 and works of all created things, who, by the secret influence of
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 15 
 
 Thy Holy Spirit, irapaiiest strength and council to the weak 
 and simple, and briugest to nought the cunning craftiness of 
 the wise, grant us grace to use Thy gifts for Thy glory, that 
 we may not lavish what Thy bounty bestows on empty trifles, 
 nor consume that time nor those talents on things temporal 
 which ought to be devoted to things eternal. Bless these our 
 exertions (for without Thy blessing all human labor must be 
 unavailing), that on this spot a fabric may rise in which Thy 
 sacred name shall be continually adored, Thy divine gospel 
 diligently promulgated, the unspeakable mercy of redemption 
 thankfully commemorated, and that good seed effectually sown 
 which will bring forth fruit to life eternal ; and hasten, O 
 righteous Father, hasten, if it be Thy good pleasure, that 
 happy period when the earth shall be filled with the knowledge 
 of the Lord as the waters cover the sea, when every nation, 
 kindred, and people shall give glory to Thee in the highest, and 
 peace and goodwill reign among men, and the triumphant song 
 of the heavenly host resound from the east and from the west, 
 from the north and from the south, in every language of the 
 habitable world ; blessing and honour and glory be unto Him 
 who sittest upon the throne arid unto the Lamb for ever." 
 
 The parsonage-house stands opposite to the grand entrance 
 to the church, in Newby-place. The total expenditure on the 
 church, parsonage, burial ground, &c., \vas a trifle over 33,000. 
 The Rev. Mr. Hoole died in February, 1839, and was succeeded 
 by the Rev. Thomas Bazely, who retired in 1860. The Rev. 
 T. W. Nowell, M.A., is the present rector of the parish. The 
 living is worth about 400 per annum, and is the gift of the 
 Council of Brazeuoze College ; the rector's salary and cost of 
 maintaining the church being levied upon the inhabitants in 
 the shape of a Church Rate. 
 
 Since the erection of the parish church, however, the 
 population has so rapidly increased that it has been found 
 necessary to establish a number of district churches. At the 
 present time there are six, as follows: St. Saviour's, Northum- 
 berland-street, the Rev. E. Bray ; St. Stephen's, North-street, 
 East India-road, the Rev. E. Elliott ; St. Matthias' (late 
 Poplar Chapel), High-street, the Rev. J. F. Kitto ; Christ 
 Church, Cubitt-town, Isle of Dogs, the Rev. J. Caparn ; St. 
 Luke's, Strafford- street, Millwall, the Rev. J. Hewlett ; and 
 St. Paul's, Cubitt-town, the Rev. W. Carpenter. To each of 
 these a district containing about 5,000 inhabitants has been
 
 16 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 apportioned ; but all are under the general supervision of the 
 Key. T. W. Nowell, the rector of the parish. 
 
 At the extreme south of Poplar parish proper, is a tract of 
 land known as the " Isle of Dogs." It lies within a bold carve 
 of the River Thames, and is about three miles in circumference. 
 The " Island," as it is now generally denominated, is reported 
 to have acquired its appellation from the circumstance that 
 Edward II. kept his hounds there, that is to say, those used 
 when he and his courtiers hunted in Greenwich Park (which 
 lies immediately opposite, on the other side of the Thames) and 
 the neighbouring country. The Corporation of the City of 
 London, however, possess some old manuscripts in which it is 
 described as the " Isle of Ducks," probably from the fact that 
 in ancient times it is known that myriads of wild fowl located 
 themselves there. There is also a story extant which claims to 
 have originated the cognomen " Isle of Dogs." It is said that 
 a traveller desired a ferryman, one William Summers, to carry 
 him from the opposite shore to the Island. The ferryman 
 obeyed the request, but discovering that his patron had in his 
 possession a large sum of money, detained him on some 
 frivolous pretence, and at eventide led him to the marshes and 
 there " foully murdered him in cold blood." The traveller, 
 however, had with him a faithful dog, which, unobserved by 
 the murderer, followed his master and remained by the corpse. 
 Compelled by hunger the dog prowled about in search of food, 
 and at length attracted the attention of some persons whose 
 business led them thither. They followed the dog, and 
 eventually discovered the mangled body of the unfortunate man. 
 The murderer was apprehended some time afterwards, and was 
 executed on the spot where he had enacted his dreadful crime. 
 It is probable, we think, that the circumstance first narrated 
 is the true origin of the appellation. The Island, in years 
 gone by, was celebrated on account of the peculiar richness of 
 the soil. Strype, in his " Circuit Walk," asserts that oxen 
 fed upon the marshes had been known to sell for 34 a-piece ; 
 and he mentions that a butcher residing in Poplar, " adjoyning 
 the marsh," contracted to supply a club at Blackwall with a 
 " legge of mutton, every week throughout the year, weighing 
 not less than 28-lbs. Such legges of mutton to be cut from 
 sheep fed on the Isle of Dogs marshes ;" and it is added, " the 
 butcher performed the same." A remarkable phenomenon was 
 discovered here while the excavations for the West India Docks
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAB. 17 
 
 were proceeding in the year 1800. About eight or nine feet 
 below the surface of the ground was discovered what had 
 evidently been a portion of a forest. Decayed branches, twigs, 
 and leaves, encompassing huge trunks, perfect in every fibre, 
 yet literally rotted through, were brought to the light of day. 
 The trees appeared to have been uninjured, and had apparently 
 been torn from the soil by their roots. Naturalists have 
 supposed that many centuries since, the spot must have been 
 visited with a terrific cyclone, immediately followed by an 
 earthquake ; and truly by no other theory could so remarkable 
 a discovery be explained. Mr. C. H. Wigram, shipbuilder, of 
 Blackwall, has in his possession some fossil remains which were 
 also found, one of which is stated to be a portion of the tusk of 
 some huge animal. It is about three feet in length, about 4J 
 inches in thickness, and is in an excellent state of preservation. 
 One historian, in writing of the Isle of Dogs, says, " The cold 
 and swampy character of this marsh would appear repulsive to 
 all thoughts of human habitation, but piety, which in its obsolete 
 modifications, sometimes sought strange recesses, induced an 
 unknown devotee to found a chapel in the midst of the marsh, 
 which is believed to have been dedicated to St. Mary." This 
 chapel was, however, demolished, and on its site erected a 
 building known in these latter days as the " Old Chapel-house 
 Farm." The proprietor of this building set up some claims to 
 antiquity for a portion of the erection, but to practical observers 
 it exhibited few particulars to entitle it to such claims. The 
 lower part of the walls were composed of stones and flint, and 
 it is asserted that about 1790 a Gothic window was removed 
 from the building ; with these exceptions the " Chapel Farm " 
 savoured unmistakeably of recent structure. But, alas ! the 
 place that knew the " Chapel Farm" now knows it no more, 
 for the site was purchased, along with some scores of acres of 
 the adjoining marshes, a few years back by the Millwall Docks 
 Company, and where once the folk of Poplar, and sage anti- 
 quarians " stopped to gaze, and, gazing, admired," appears 
 nothing but a sheet of water, one of the basins of the new Dock 
 Company. But a small portion of the marsh remains to 
 tell the story of what has been, for hundreds of human habi- 
 tations, with tall- spired churches, now cover the face thereof, 
 and what the historian before alluded to considered a situation 
 " repulsive to all thoughts of human habitation," now presents 
 a busy scene of shipyards, factories, wharves, and " houses for 
 folk to live in."
 
 18 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 The date of the erection of the first Town Hall for Poplar 
 is not known. There is a minute in an old parish manuscript 
 which states that a "Town meeting" was held in the year 
 1593 ; and as it is presumed that the business of the " hamlet" 
 was not enacted in the streets, the conclusion must be arrived 
 at that a "Town-house" had sprung into existence prior to the 
 year named. However that may be, it is declared in the 
 not-to-be-doubted "parish record" that a "Town-house" 
 stood in the " highway" near to the site of the present Green 
 Dragon public-house ; and that in the year 176-1 a committee 
 was delegated to "survey the old house" with a view of 
 ascertaining the expense of its renovation or re-building. The 
 committee, in a lengthy report, recommended that the " House 
 be entirely re-built." Some opposition appears to have been 
 offered the officials, and the matter was shelved till that date 
 six years. In 1770, therefore, the subject was again mooted, 
 and it was then determined to pull down the old house and to 
 erect another on " part of the ground belonging to the work- 
 house." The amount realised by the poor-rate collection being 
 insufficient to fully carry out the contemplated improvement, a 
 public subscription was opened, and in a few months the 
 " handsome sum of 172 3s. had been subscribed." The 
 building was then completed, and the first meeting was held in 
 " the new Poplar Town Hall " on the 22nd of November, 1771. 
 It was determined to demolish the old poor-house a short time 
 after the erection of the Town Hall ; but a delaji of some years 
 took place which is totally unaccounted for in the records. The 
 building of the present workhouse was commenced in 1815, 
 and it was completed in 1817, the total cost being 15,500. 
 The Town-hall was the centre portion of the workhouse 
 building, and would accommodate about 400 persons. According 
 to the writings of the time, Poplar Workhouse, when finished in 
 1817, was looked upon as a " model establishment ;" but alas! 
 for the farsightedness of the critics of the period. Ere 40 years 
 had winged their flight a certain Poor-law Inspector wrote 
 respecting this same " well ventilated, commodious, and 
 elegant house," that it was " inadequate in size and inefficient 
 in arrangement :" which writing so acted upon the temperaments 
 of the several gentlemen then constituting the Board of Guar- 
 dians, that they arrived at the conclusion that " a new 
 Workhouse was absolutely necessary." It proved to be a 
 harder matter to convince the ratepayers of the parish that this
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 19 
 
 conclusion was a correct one than had apparently heen imagined. 
 Public meetings were held to " protest against the extravagant 
 and unwarrantable expenditure," and, the annual election of 
 Guardians being nigh at hand, it was determined not to allow 
 the opportunity to pass without challenging the Guardians' 
 right to expend 40,000 prior to testing the feelings of 
 those upon whom would fall the burden of providing the money. 
 The consequence of the agitation was that nearly all the 
 members of the Board were in the ensuing election rejected, 
 and eight gentlemen "the ratepayers' eight," all of whom 
 had pledged themselves to oppose the erection of a new Work- 
 house returned by a majority of more than 1,000 votes. The 
 newly-constituted Board, however, quickly discovered that 
 additional accommodation was " absolutely necessary," and it 
 was proposed to add another wing to the present workhouse, by 
 which an outlay wquld have been incurred of 6,300. This 
 proposition was, after many pai'ty fights, out-voted ; and it was 
 then determined that the guardians should, before making any 
 alterations or erecting any additions, acquire the freehold of the 
 land on which the Workhouse stood, with a piece of land at the 
 rear belonging to the East and West India Dock Company. 
 The former was purchased of the Trustees of Poplar for 10,000 
 (which sum included the proprietary of the Workhouse building 
 also), and the latter was parted with by the Dock Company for 
 2,787. In addition to this the Guardians obtained the lease 
 from the Dock Company of another piece of land adjoining 
 that which had been purchased, and, after a delay of a few 
 months, those gentlemen who had been elected for the osten- 
 sible purpose of opposing the erection of a new House found 
 it necessary to pass a resolution determining to build additions 
 to the workhouse capacious enough to accommodate 808 able- 
 bodied inmates. It is due, by the way, to one or two 
 of the Guardians to state that a strenuous opposition 
 has been offered to the majority, but which proved to be 
 of no avail. Mr. J. W. Morris, of Poplar, was appointed 
 architect, and on the 20th March, 1869, the Board selected 
 from a numerous supply the tender of Messrs. Hill, Keddall, 
 and Waldram, of Kingsland, who contracted to erect the 
 buildings for 32,480. On Wednesday, the 21st of April, 
 1869, the first stone of the new buildings was laid with the 
 usual ceremony by James Barringer, Esq., the Chairman of the 
 Board of Guardians. The work has been steadily progressing
 
 20 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 since that date, and at the time of issuing this sketch the 
 erections are well-nigh completed. The new buildings consist 
 of east and west double pavilions with, a chapel, bakehouses, 
 kitchens, &c. No pretence to architectural beauty or orna- 
 mentation has been made, the erections being of the ordinary 
 description of plain brick- work. 
 
 The purchase of the Workhouse from the Trustees, how- 
 ever, necessitated the erection of a new Town Hall for the 
 parish, inasmuch as the Guardians, immediately upon taking 
 possession of the property, converted the old hall into wards 
 for the use of the inmates of the Workhouse. The Trustees, 
 therefore, with the 10,000 paid them by the Guardians deter- 
 mined to build a new Town-hall, combining with it parochial 
 and other offices, upon a piece of land belonging to the parish 
 situate in Newby-place, and upon which then stood the old 
 watch-house and fire-engine station. Negociations were also 
 opened with the authorities of Brazenoze College, the 
 Bishop of London, and the Rev. T. W. Nowell, the rector of 
 the parish, to obtain the site upon which the infants' schools 
 connected with the Church stood, with a view of extending the 
 size of the land already possessed by the Trustees. These 
 negociations were brought to a successful termination, the 
 authorities agreeing to erect another school in place of the 
 one to be demolished. The consent of the Charity Commissioners 
 was then sought and obtained for applying the money, to the 
 purposes named ; and tlie Trustees, in their turn, appointed 
 architects (Messrs. A. & C. Harston, of Limehouse), who pre- 
 pared plans of the buildings. Tenders were then invited, and 
 sixteen having been submitted, that of Mr. A. Sheffield, of East 
 India Dock-road, was accepted. Mr. Sheffield's tender was 
 the lowest, and offered to carry out the works for the sum of 
 7,479. The foundation stone was laid on the 28th of February, 
 1870, by George Guttridge, Esq., the senior churchwarden of 
 the parish. According to the drawings, the style of archi- 
 tecture is to be of an Italian character. The principal entrance 
 is to an open vestibule, with fluted piers, red granite shafts, 
 and carved capitals ; and above the vestibule will be an open 
 balcony, the arches of which are to be supported by caryatides. 
 The vestibule and balcony will be constructed entirely of 
 Portland stone. The remaining portion of the frontage will be 
 faced with yellow malm bricks,with a cornice of Portland stone ; 
 with pierced balustrading, finials, strings, and window dressings,
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 21 
 
 and red granite shafts to the windows of the Town-hall. The 
 ground-floor will comprise a Board-room and committee-rooms, 
 clerks' offices, &c. ; whilst the main (Town) hall will be on the 
 first-floor. The dimensions of the hall are 70-ft: in length, by 
 40-ft. in breadth. It will have three separate approaches to 
 the street, i.e., the grand staircase leading to the body of the 
 hall, and two other staircases leading to the gallery and to the 
 back of the hall. The main staircase is to be approached by a 
 large hall in the centre of the ground floor, exactly opposite the 
 principal entrance. It is anticipated that the work will be 
 completed by about the spring of 1871. 
 
 Several old-established charities continue to be observed in 
 the parish. Amongst the most important of these is one 
 originated in the year 1686 by Mrs. Hester Hawes, or Haines. 
 This lady [erected almshouses in Bow-lane, a short distance 
 from the High-street, for the occupation of " six of ye most 
 antient poore women (widows or maids) of ye hamblett of 
 Poplar," and endowed the same with 9 per annum for ever. 
 The houses are in existence and occupied at the present time, 
 the pensions being paid by the heirs of the late John Stock, 
 Esq. Sir H. Johnson, a former proprietor of Blackwall Yard, 
 left, on his decease in 1680, the sum of 300 for the erection 
 of " six good and substantial tenements, each tenement to 
 contain two rooms, with a chimney in each room." The 
 dwellings were to be set apart for the occupation of " poore 
 shipp-carpenters" who had attained the age of " three-score 
 years or more," and who had laboured for their living in 
 Blackwall Yard. The occupiers were to be presented annually 
 with a blue gown, with the donor's coat of arms thereon, and 
 were to receive a weekly allowance of 2s. 6d., and an addi- 
 tional " half-a-crown at Christmas-time." In deference to the 
 deceased's request, the houses were erected in a thoroughfare 
 called " Globe-yard;" but the Earl of Stafford, who married 
 Sir Henry Johnson's eldest daughter, and became the pos- 
 sessor of the estate in which the charity was situate, neglected 
 to pay the poor people their pensions. In the year 1722 the 
 Earl disposed of the estate, and the parishioners took steps to 
 " establish" the charity. Meetings were held, the matter was 
 represented to the Earl's successor, and eventually the inhabi- 
 tants succeeded in their effort. Since that time the pensions 
 have been regularly paid by each successive owner of Blackwall 
 Yard, and at the present time, the Messrs. Green being pro-
 
 22 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 prietors of the estate, the poor persons periodically receive the 
 amount provided by Sir Henry Johnson's philanthrophy. 
 About forty years ago the old dwellings were demolished and 
 rebuilt. John Tell, Esq., by will dated 1742, caused alms- 
 houses to be erected at Blackwall for poor watermen who had 
 served their apprenticeship in the hamlet. The recipients of 
 this charity were to be nominated by the minister of the place, 
 or by the churchwardens and overseers. Mr. Tell left no 
 endowment for the property, but made provision by which 3 
 per annum is secured to keep the houses in repair. There 
 have been numerous bequeathments of sums of money to be 
 distributed annually in bread to the poor of the parish. Among 
 these is one by John Perry, Esq., of Blackwall, who, by his 
 will dated 1772, left the sum of "200 per annum, to be given 
 in bread to the poor of the hamlet;" and, in 1805, John 
 Perry, Esq., son of the former, added to his father's bequeath- 
 ment the sum of 218, to be devoted to the same purpose. 
 A somewhat novel circumstance is recorded to have taken 
 place at a meeting of the inhabitants held in 1737. It appeared 
 that the rate-collectors had " fraudulently and unwarrantably 
 collected the sum of 350" odd from the property owners of the 
 hamlet ; and it was therefore ordered that the sum of 44 
 sixteen shillings and eightpence should be paid into the hands 
 of the senior churchwarden, John Pharoah, Esq., for the use 
 of the hamlet, with instructions that he and the succeeding 
 churchwardens should " for ever distribute the sum of 12d. 
 weekly in 2d. loaves" to six poor persons residing in the 
 hamlet. 
 
 It has already been asserted in this history that the old 
 shipbuilding yard at Blackwall was, in former times regarded 
 as " the most considerable private shipbuilding establishment 
 in the kingdom ;" and were it necessary this statement might 
 easily be verified by facts. It is only necessary here, however, 
 to state that from this yard has emanated nearly the whole of 
 the world-renowned East India Company's fleet ; here has 
 been built numerous vessels which have done noble work in 
 establishing that glorious maxim, "Britannia rules the waves ;" 
 and from the dock adjoining the yard were embarked the whole 
 of the regiments of cavalry sent to the continent of America at 
 the time when our trans-Atlantic brethren were struggling with 
 the mother-country for their independence. Such were the 
 facilities offered at this establishment for speedily embarking
 
 HISTORY OP POPLAR. 28 
 
 the troops, that it is stated : " embarkation that formerly took 
 three days was here completed in as many hours." In 1720 
 the property belonged to Sir Henry Johnson & Son, and from 
 the baronet's family it passed to John Perry, Esq., who, in 
 1789, made a " spacious dock, which was called the Brunswick 
 Dock." The latter was some years afterwards purchased by 
 the East India Dock Company and incorporated in their newly- 
 formed docks. While the yard was in the possession of Mr. 
 Perry a wooden building was erected called " Blackwall Mast- 
 house." It was built for the purpose of laying- up the masts 
 and rigging of vessels used in the service of the East India 
 trade, and was 120-ft. high. Therein were placed gear and 
 machinery for masting and dismasting the ships, and by this 
 scheme the old-fashioned plan of erecting sheers on the decks 
 of the vessels was rendered unnecessary. The usual time taken 
 to mast a vessel was about two days and a half; but by the 
 mast-house and its machinery this task could be completed in 
 less than four hours, and with about one-half the number of 
 men. The first ship masted at the " House" was the "Lord 
 Macartney," the event taking place on the 25th October, 1791. 
 This building was demolished in 1864. Several royal visits 
 have been paid to the establishment, and an amusing story is 
 told of his Majesty George III. The king went to Blackwall 
 to review some troops prior to their embarkation. It was on a 
 beautiful summer day, and a large concourse of people was 
 assembled. The tale is told by an anonymous writer in the 
 following terms: "A jolly tar, a little more than "three 
 sheets in the wind," but " brim full of loyalty," and, conse- 
 quently regardless of the laws of etiquette or decorum, deigned 
 to " approach his most gracious Majesty's royal person" armed 
 with a pewter pot filled with Barclay's porter, which he had 
 purchased at a neighbouring public-house. Jack " tongued 
 his quid," " unshipped his sky scraper," " hitched up his 
 canvas," and, approaching his Majesty, presented him with the 
 humble draught, at the same time expressing a hope that he 
 would not refuse to drink with "an honest true blue." The 
 king, as may be supposed, was for the moment astounded at 
 the impudence of the "jolly sailor;" but Jack was not to be 
 beaten off, and a second time he importuned his Majesty to "take 
 a sip." His Majesty, finding that the remonstrances of his 
 courtiers were useless, good-humouredly took the pewter 
 tankard from the hands of the importunate tar, and, giving for
 
 24 HISTORY OF POPLAE. 
 
 a toast, " The Army and the Navy," drank deep of the 
 invigorating beverage, then, returning the remains to Jack, 
 accompanied with a golden coin of the realm, desired he would 
 go and buy more beer, that he with his shipmates might drink 
 " Success to the campaign, and long life to the King and 
 Queen" a request which Jack, no doubt, obeyed with more 
 zest and alacrity than when ordered to mount the mainmast on 
 a winter's day. George Green, Esq., succeeded Mr. Perry 
 in the proprietary of " Blackwall Yard," and whilst in pos- 
 session of Mr. Green the yard was divided, and a large portion 
 purchased by Messrs. Money Wigram & Sons. On the demise 
 of Mr. Green the portion retained was left by will to his two 
 sons Henry and Richard, and the latter having followed his 
 sire to the tomb it now belongs to Mr. Henry Green's family. 
 
 The construction of the " West India Docks" was commenced 
 on the 12th July, 1800, and they were finished at the latter 
 end of 1802. The scheme was projected by the late R. 
 Milligan, Esq., a West India merchant. The docks are situate 
 towards the southern extremity of the parish, and extend in a 
 direct line from east to west, having entrances at Blackwall and 
 Limehouse. The land purchased by the Company amounted 
 to 204 acres. There is a basin at either entrance to the docks, 
 the one at the Blackwall entrance having a water area of 6f 
 acres, and the one at the Limehouse entrance an area of 1J 
 acres. These basins communicate outwardly with the Thames 
 by means of locks 46 and 36 feet wide respectively. Inwardly 
 they afford access by means of double locks to the import and 
 export docks. The import dock has a water area of 36 acres, 
 and the export dock an area of 24 acres. Abutting on and 
 around these basins and docks are warehouses, wine and spirit 
 cellars, sheds, wharfs, piling grounds, &c. The two docks are 
 built with brick- work five feet in thickness. Parallel with the 
 export dock there has recently been constructed a new basin, 
 which is termed " the new South Dock." It has monopolized 
 what was formerly the "City canal" originally con- 
 structed at a cost of d133,000. The Company, by providing 
 additional water area on either side of the " canal," have 
 successfully formed a spacious and most convenient new dock. 
 Its length is 2,650 feet, its breadth 450 feet, and there are 16 
 jetties extending from the northern bank, each 130 feet in 
 length. It is anticipated that this new basin will be an 
 immense assistance in facilitating the business of the Company.
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAB. 25 
 
 The total expense of the works as originally constructed was 
 1,200,000. The cost of the new South Dock, which was 
 formally opened on the 5th of March, 1870, is estimated at 
 500,000. It is stated that in the construction of the South 
 Dock no fewer than sixty-one millions of bricks were used. 
 
 The first stone of the " East India Docks" was laid on the 
 4th of March, 1805. These docks are situate at the eastern 
 extremity of the parish, the principal entrance being in the 
 East India-road. They were constructed by Mr. Rennie and 
 Mr. Ralph Walker, both eminent engineers. The large dock 
 for unloading inwards is 1,460 feet wide by 560 in breadth, 
 and it is considered to be capable of docking 84 vessels of 800 
 tons burthen. The smaller dock, for unloading outwards, is 
 760 feet by 520. There is only one entrance to these docks, 
 namely, at Blackwall, and it communicates with an entrance 
 basin 2^ acres in extent, which affords, by means of locks, 
 admission into both main basins. The docks were opened on 
 the 4th of August, 1806, by the introduction of five ships 
 with valuable cargoes, the property of the East India 
 Company. 
 
 In 1866 a Company the Millwall Freehold Land and Dock 
 Company purchased 204 acres of land on the Isle of Dogs, 
 with a view of constructing new docks, the plans of which were 
 stated in the prospectus to be " upon a most extensive scale," 
 and were intended to provide the finest dock accommodation in 
 London. These plans were carried out, and in 1868 the 
 " New Millwall Dock" was formally opened. The water area of 
 the principal dock is 32 acres in extent, but it is said to be the 
 intention of the Company to increase this acreage to 52 ; and 
 the remaining 152 acres of the land are devoted to warehouses 
 and wharves. Mr. Fowler was the engineer, and Messrs. 
 Aird & Kelk the builders of the works. According to the 
 reports of the Company, issued half-yearly, it would appear, 
 however, that the gigantic scheme has not met with the success 
 anticipated by its projectors. 
 
 Poplar Hospital was founded in July, 1855, by a committee 
 principally composed of gentlemen resident in the locality. It 
 was established for the purpose of affording immediate aid and 
 relief in cases of dangerous accidents ; and being in close 
 proximity to the docks and shipbuilding yards, is a boon of the 
 very greatest magnitude to the working population. It is 
 situate at the extreme east-end of East India Dock-road. The
 
 26 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 building, which is the property of the East India Dock 
 Company, was formerly used as a Custom-house ; and the 
 hospital authorities now rent it from the Company for 50 per 
 annum it is scarcely necessary to state that its actual value 
 as a rentable property is considerably more than that sum. 
 Accommodation is provided for 30 in-door patients ; and, in 
 addition to these, medical advice is given to a large number of 
 out-patients, who also, for a few pence, receive medicine, &c. 
 Persons are admitted as in-patients according to the emergency 
 of their case, and under the order of the medical officers ; out- 
 patients are admitted by letters of recommendation, obtainable 
 from subscribers to the institution. During the past year 
 (1869) no less than 2,891 cases of accident were treated by 
 the medical officers, all of whom, excepting the house-surgeon, 
 afford their services gratuitously. The total amount of sub- 
 scriptions, &c., received by the hospital authorities last year 
 amounted to '2,577 ; and during the same period the dis- 
 bursements were 1,921 2s. 6^d. One-fourth of the sum 
 received in 1869 in support of the hospital was contributed by 
 the mechanics and seamen of the neighbourhood. It is an 
 institution to be commended to all who take an interest in the 
 well-being of their more needy fellow-creatures. 
 
 On the north side of East India Dock-road is an institution 
 which has rendered invaluable service to the seafaring men of 
 Great Britain. We refer to "Green's Sailors' Home." This 
 establishment was erected in 1841-42 at the sole expense of 
 the late George Green, Esq., of Blackwall Yard, at a cost of 
 no less than 16,000. The building was erected by Mr. 
 Constable, and accommodation is provided for 180 seamen. 
 Its architectural design is simple, but efficient. In the centre 
 of the frontage is a portico-entrance, supported by four pillars, 
 and approached by a pathway and broad-treaded steps. Right 
 and left of the entrance are corridors, the former leading to 
 shipping and other offices, the latter to the portion of the 
 building devoted to domestic and general use. Mr. Green 
 founded the institution originally for the exclusive accommo- 
 dation of the seamen of his own fleet, and to the reception of 
 these it was devoted for some years; but, upon the solicitation 
 of many friends, he was eventually induced to throw it open 
 for the use of all seamen who chose to express their wish to 
 locate themselves therein during their temporary stay on shore, 
 and it still remains open to all. It was opened in 1842 without
 
 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 27 
 
 ceremony, a few gentlemen of Mr. Green's acquaintance met 
 in the large room, and after a prayer had been offered, the 
 worthy founder pronounced the building to be ready for use. 
 After the death of Mr. G. Green, his son Mr. Richard Green 
 exhibited a deep interest in the " Home," and by his benevolent 
 acts and kindly disposition became greatly esteemed by the in- 
 habitants of the parish. He died much lamented in 1862, 
 and was followed to the family grave at the rear of Trinity 
 Chapel, East India-road (also erected at the expense of his 
 late father), by thousands of the parishioners, who, a short 
 time after his decease, erected a monument to his memory at a 
 cost of 1,200. It is to be observed in East India-road, a few 
 yards west of the parish church. Mr. Green is represented 
 sitting in an arm chair, and reclining at his feet is a figure of 
 his favourite Newfoundland Dog. The monument is cast in 
 bronze, and mounted on a pedestal of polished granite, in the 
 front of which, enclosed in a laurel wreath, are simply the words 
 " Richard Green 1866." 
 
 The population of the parish of Poplar, according to a 
 census taken in 1811 was 7,708 ; the census of 1831 gave the 
 number as 16,849 ; and according to the last census (1861) 
 the population had increased to 43,529.
 
 28 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 atibes, Clergn, (Dfftcers, #e. 
 
 The parish is situate in the county of Middlesex, and in the 
 borough of the Tower Hamlets. His Grace the Duke of 
 Wellington, K.G., is Custos Rotulorum and Lord Lieutenant of 
 the County, which is represented in the House of Commons by 
 Lord Claud Hamilton and Viscount Enfield. The borough 
 is represented by Acton Smee Ayrton, Esq. (who holds office 
 under the Crown as First Commissioner of Works), and by 
 Joseph D'Aquila Sarnuda, Esq. 
 
 Justices of the Peace : Henry Green, Esq. (chairman of the 
 bench), Blackwall Yard; J. T. Fletcher, Esq. ; Charrington, 
 Esq. ; and T. White, Esq. 
 
 Coroner for the county in which Poplar is situate : John 
 Humphreys, Esq., Spital-square. 
 
 Representative at the Metropolitan Board of Works : Edward 
 Eider Cook, Esq., Bow. 
 
 Eector of the Parish: The Rev. T. W. Nowell, the 
 Rectory, Newby Place. Curates : The Rev. R. C. Vaughan, 
 East India-road ; and the Rev. J. Frost, Newby-place. 
 
 For Poor-law purposes the parish is united with the 
 adjoining parishes of Bromley and Bow, the whole comprising 
 what is termed the " Poplar Union." The following are the 
 names of the gentlemen elected by the parishioners to sit as 
 Guardians of the poor for the year 1870 : John Young Gibbs, 
 Esq. (vice-chairman), auctioneer and timber merchant, High- 
 street ; William Hickson, Esq., superintendent of the East and 
 West India Docks, Preston's-road ; William Walker, Esq., 
 timber merchant, Regent's Wharf, Millwall ; Alfred A. Cole, Esq., 
 licensed victualler, West India Dock-road ; George Guttridge,
 
 HISTOEY OF POPLAE. 29 
 
 Esq., meat salesman, Montague -place ; John Lenanton, Esq., 
 timber merchant, Batson's "Wharf, West Ferry-road ; George 
 Sadler Esq., licensed victualler, Rohiuhood-lane ; and George 
 Cook, Esq., manufacturing chemist, West Ferry-road. The 
 Poor Law Board nominate three gentlemen to sit with the 
 elected Guardians ; the nominated Guardians are : Charles 
 Hampden Wigram, Esq., shipbuilder, Blackwall-yard ; John 
 B. Bavenhill, engineer, Glass House-fields ; and Thomas 
 Scrutton, Esq., ship-broker, East India Dock-road. Henry 
 Green, Esq., and Henry Green, Jun., Esq., are ex-officio 
 members. The chairman of the Board, J. Barringer, Esq., 
 of Upton Villas, Stratford, is one of the representatives of the 
 parish of Bow. Clerk to the Guardians : James R. Collins, 
 Esq., Grosvenor-road, Highbury, and at the Workhouse, 
 Poplar. The Guardians meet every Friday afternoon, at the 
 Workhouse, High-street. 
 
 For Sanitary matters the parish is combined with the 
 parishes of Bow and Bromley, the three parishes being denomi- 
 nated the " Poplar District." The District Board of Works 
 consists of 48 members, of which number 28 sit as represent- 
 atives of the parish of Poplar. Members are elected by and 
 from the Vestrymen of the parish. Edward Coleman, Esq., 
 High-street, Poplar, is chairman of the Board. Clerk : 
 Samuel Jeffries Earth, Esq., the Hermitage, Bromley ; 
 Surveyor: Robeit Parker, Esq., Avenue-road, Bow. The 
 present offices of the Board are 291, East India Dock-road, 
 but in a few months the business will be transferred to the new 
 offices in course of erection (see page 13). 
 
 The Parochial affairs of the parish are managed by three 
 bodies, namely : a Trustee Board, comprised of gentlemen 
 rated on property assessed at not less than ,25 ; a Vestry 
 Board, elected annually by the parishioners under the pro- 
 visions of Sir Benjamin Hall's Act ; and a Board of 
 Vestrymen, possessing the same qualifications as the Trustees, 
 denominated the " Church Vestry." To the first is deputed 
 the task of making and collecting the local rates ; the second 
 elect one Churchwarden, the two Overseers, and members of 
 the District Board of Works ; and the third body transact all 
 business relating to the parish Church, &c. A second Church- 
 warden is nominated by the rector, the Rev. T. W. Nowell.
 
 30 HISTORY OF POPLAR. 
 
 For the ensuing year the following gentlemen have been elected 
 Churchwardens : C. Beaumont, Esq., Brunswick -street, 
 Blackwall ; H. Edgcumbe, Esq., High-street ; and B. A. 
 Beale, Esq.. Shirbutt-street ; and W. H. Bradshaw, Esq., of 
 Strafford-villas, Millwall, have been elected Overseers. Clerk : 
 W. G. Ceely, Esq., High-street, Poplar. Temporary offices, 
 
 1, Poplar- terrace (see erection of New Town Hall, page 20). 
 
 Poor and other Rate Collectors : South District, Mr. 
 J. T. Ceely, 128, High-street ; North District, Mr. E. Glinister, 
 
 2, Bow-lane, Poplar. 
 
 Assessed Taxes Collectors : North District, Mr. L. Hinton, 
 236, High-street; South District, Mr. J. C. Riddall, 154, 
 High -street. 
 
 The parish is supplied with water by the East London 
 Waterworks Company (incorporated by Act of Parliament). 
 For ordinary house property the Company are entitled to claim 
 payment at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum upon the rental ; 
 where there is an " extra service" for additional bath-rooms, 
 &c. a farther charge of 4s. per each " extra" per annum is 
 allowed by the Act. The occupier, and consequently the 
 consumer, is legally the responsible party for the payment of 
 the water-rate. Complaints should be addressed to the 
 Company's inspector, P. Edinger, Esq., at the Works, Old 
 Ford.
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 81 
 
 , 
 
 257, EAST INDIA DOCK ROAD, 
 
 Desires to intimate to his Friends and the Public that he has recently 
 commenced business at the above address. In announcing this fact, he 
 would respectfully state that his experience as a PRACTICAL TAILOR extends 
 over a period of Twenty Years, for the last Fifteen Years of which he has 
 had the management of Mr. Gr. TILL'S Business in East India Road. 
 
 He would also respectfully submit that he intends to adopt, as a principle 
 upon which to conduct his business, the motto " Lowest prices consistent 
 with current expences." He intends to purchase in the most established 
 markets ; to pay ready cash for his goods ; and trusts thereby to secure 
 for his friends the newest and most substantial material at the lowest 
 remunerative prices. He will guarantee a perfect fit, fashionable cut, and 
 first-class workmanship, with punctuality. 
 
 W. L. begs to thank the Public generally for the very liberal support 
 he has received during his late management to Mr. G. TILL. He feels 
 confident that nothing shall be wanting on his part to give general satisfaction 
 to all who should feel disposed to honour him with their patronage, and begs 
 to submit the following 
 
 LIST OF CASH PRICES. 
 
 s. d. 
 Trousers (all the newest patterns in Tweed) . . . .from 14 6 
 
 Business Suits .............................. 2 2 
 
 Black Doeskin Trousers ...................... 014 6 
 
 Frock Coat ................................ 2 
 
 Black Dress Suit ........... . ................ 3 10 
 
 Children's Suits of every description. Particular attention given to this 
 
 Department. 
 
 Mourning Suits at a few hours' notice. 
 257, EAST INDIA DOCK EOAD.
 
 82 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 J, ANDEEWS, 
 
 110, CHRISP STREET, POPLAR, 
 
 Sincerely thanks his friends and the puhlic for the liberal patronage 
 accorded him since the recent destruction of his premises by fire, 
 and begs to assure them that his future endeavours will be to provide 
 the best and most serviceable articles at the lowest remunerative 
 prices. He desires respectfully to call special attention to the fol- 
 lowing classification of his extensive stock of PARAFFIN AND 
 OTHER LAMPS. 
 
 PARLOUR LAMPS, WORKSHOP LAMPS, 
 
 BEDROOM LAMPS, STABLE LAMPS, 
 
 KITCHEN LAMPS, SPIRIT LAMPS, 
 
 HALL LAMPS, ETC., ETC, 
 
 J. ANDREWS also respectfully calls attention to his General 
 Goods, consisting of 
 
 Oils, Colours, White Lead, Varnish, Finish, Polish, 
 
 WINDOW GLASS, 
 
 Picture Glass, Lamp Globes, Lamp Glasses, 
 Brooms, Brushes, Mats, Soda, Soap, 
 
 Starch, Blue, &c., &c. 
 PARAFFIN OIL, CRYSTAL OIL, &c. 
 
 Licensed Agent for the Benzoline Spirit, for Sponge Lamps. 
 
 J. ANDREWS, 
 
 OIL, COLOUR, LAMP, AND WINDOW GLASS WAREHOUSE, 
 110, CHRISP STREET, POPLAR.
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 37 
 
 Watches ! Watches ! Watches ! 
 
 Clocks! Clocks! Clocks! 
 
 Jewellery ! Jewellery ! Jewellery ! 
 
 Maiclj * (Sloth glaher anb Jtfoeltor, 
 
 52, LDIEHOTJSE CAUSEWAY. 
 
 .V oVn.nncnt.il ^r.KV.iGina. r Blurts .irD i!rpnrls. 
 
 plbogr.iphs. Ac. ,S>ptn 
 
 THOMAS & 
 
 Commercial anb (iKiural ri 
 
 46 ' H'GH STREET, 
 
 .\-Dtrs Ok Si.iM'.io. iVc. 
 
 o'.iijitSn :mi j1e:itl EttruUi). Account tioclis m.;0r 
 
 formed that A. A. M. repairs BEER ENGINES, TAPPING COCKS, PIPES, 
 PEWTER WORK, &c., at the shortest possible notice. 
 
 A. A. M. wishes to intimate to the public generally that by Re- 
 lacquering and Bronzing he can effect a great improvement in 
 Chandeliers, Cornice Poles, and Brass Work generally. 
 
 ^- Orders by Post punctually attended to. 
 
 Churches, Conservatories, factories, $c., fitted icith Gas, Steam, Hot Water, 
 and Hydraulic Pipes.
 
 82 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 J, ANDEEWS, 
 
 t 
 
 110, CHRISP STREET, POPLAR, 
 
 Sincerely thanks his friends and the public for the liheral patronage 
 accorded him since the recent destruction of his premises by fire, 
 
 THOMAS & BOUTTELL, 
 
 ''<>,,,>.,/' rcial ij General Printers. 
 
 TTTEDDING CAEDS and Enve- 
 
 * T by THOMAS 
 
 and ];' -rcia'l ami ' 
 
 < -linens 
 Hflce. 
 
 x],*-.li! 
 P 
 
 Commercial and General J'rinti-i-s. [ij, Hi'_ r ii 
 
 Mar. 
 
 P~~RG . ~Club Eul,-. 
 
 'ilers. \c.. I'l-jntcil nea! 
 
 and GeueiM 
 
 rention paid to cor- 
 
 DTE SINKING, 
 . : 
 
 and BOI. 'i"ri-;LL'.- 
 
 Friiiri !, Ili^h Street, Poplar. 
 
 :'!ied. 
 
 OOOKBIXDIXG. Duivilnlity 
 1 ) a 
 
 aud UOL'TTKJX. i, High Street, Poplar. 
 
 T ITHOGEAPHIC, Coppei : 
 
 LJ 
 
 exociii. 
 
 inercia! and General Pri: 
 
 CHEQT: i-:ii'T HOOKS 
 
 i;, Hi. 
 
 P ROG RAMMES for Eiitertuin- 
 
 X. : 'ullv Printed 
 
 by THOMAS \- HoUTTKLL, Coinmereial 
 
 eral Printers, 46, Hi,a;h St., Poplar. 
 
 HA^BILLSandCIECULAfS 
 ;lr;.\' i 
 
 i KLL, 
 and General I'riut,- 
 
 M' It 1 A L~ CAEDS of various 
 pattei 
 
 neatly printed i.yTHOM C 'IOLL, 
 
 Commercial and General Printers, 10, Hi"h 
 Street, J 
 
 PARAFFIN OIL, CRYSTAL OIL, &c. 
 
 Licensed Agent for the Benzoline Spirit, for Sponge Lamps. 
 
 J. ANDREWS, 
 
 OIL, COLOUR, LAMP, AND WINDOW GLASS WAREHOUSE, 
 110, CHRISP STREET, POPLAR.
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 37 
 
 Watches ! Watches ! Watches ! 
 
 Clocks ! Clocks ! Clocks ! 
 
 Jewellery ! Jewellery ! Jewellery ! 
 
 SBJaitfc * Clock SJahw anb JtfoelUr, 
 
 52, LIMEHOUSB CAUSEWAY. 
 
 SLACKNESS oF TKADE AT' TH.H EAST END. There can 
 J_ bo little doubt th.- Li , and consequently the profits derived from 
 
 have sfidly fallen off at this end of London during the last few 
 .:ut-up shops, tl.' 'i-k displayed in the windows of those which 
 
 ''I open, and the few customers to be seen in even the busiest, all tell 
 me tale. And yet it may be questioned whether more business might 
 not be done if proper .-.teps were taken to retain trade in the neighbourhood. 
 Wiry dn go a 4e go from this end of London to the West, the North, 
 
 and the South, for the very !cs which can be obtained of the same 
 
 quality and at the same price a few doors from their own residence's ;- Is not 
 
 i.imiiiar with the names, trades, 
 
 and addresses of live near them as they are with those who. by 
 
 judicious and con ver before the public 
 
 We would urge upon our fair readers in fact, all our readers not to 
 
 make their purchases out of the locality. If all the money that now u 
 
 tradespeople in the City and at the West-end was spent here in the East, 
 
 many a shopkeeper's heart would b- ed, and things would look 
 
 brighter. There is no more effectual means for the tradesmen in the locality 
 
 >.lt than by following the example of their successful rivals 
 
 by judiciously keeping- themselves before the eyes of those who are likely to 
 
 as their customers. It need not cost much: a brief statement of some 
 
 leading article in any particular trade could be continuously inserted in the 
 
 EAST END NEWS at a cost of from a Shilling to Eighteenpeiiee per week, 
 
 arid woiild be likely to be seen and read by ten or fifteen thousand people 
 
 Try it, and we think you will thank us for the hint. 
 
 formed that A. A. M. repairs BEER ENGINES, TAPPING COCKS, PIPES, 
 PEWTER WORK, &c., at the shortest possible notice. 
 
 A A M wishes to intimate to the public generally that by Re- 
 lacquering and Bronzing he can effect a great improvement in 
 Chandeliers, Cornice Poles, and Brass Work generally. 
 
 ^- Orders by Post punctually attended to. 
 
 Churches, Crematories, Factories, $c., fitted with Gas, Steam, Hot Water, 
 and Hydraulic Pipes.
 
 82 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 J, ANDKEWS, 
 
 110, CHRISP STREET, POPLAR, 
 
 Sincerely thanks his friends and the public for the liheral patronage 
 accorded him since the recent destruction of his premises by fire, 
 
 "T AM of opinion that all trades, occupations, or callings that depend on 
 JL the support of the public (and which of them all does not ?) ought 
 e.rtise, so it- to rivet or attract public attention. I have never yet 
 found a business that does not require it. I copy a few excellent line- 
 
 ofnefit of publicity : 'How to mi 
 
 ..r of your b>iMn> 
 
 advertiser 'tnte. Keep 
 
 ublic ; and it matters not what biisi', 
 
 utility you make choice of, for if intelligently pursued, a fortune will be the 
 
 Men ii; will sometimes tell yon that they have tried 
 
 advertising, and that it does not pay. This is only when advertising is done 
 
 sparingly and grudgingly." A writer in Jll/ic^n-oo//'.^ Maya-lite has well 
 
 ut one way of obtaining business Publicity : one way 
 
 of obtaining publicity Advertisements. The Newspaper is the- fly-wheel 
 by which the motive power of commercial enterprise i- ana money 
 
 the steam by wi.i -Ttising i> kept going." When ],eople see a man 
 
 advertise, they know he is a business man. The world is full of folks who 
 want. Some want t' want to buy ; and the only way to meet 
 
 .vants, and make money, is to advertise. Advertising is like honesty 
 it pays well if followed up. Merchants think nothintr of paying 10 for OIK.' 
 ,.'ith nothing but their name on it. "Well, what do you think of having 
 y,0()0 signs a-week in a ': In it you can show your whole 
 
 'slnuent to the localit;. k. If the above arguments commend 
 
 to your judgment, th- i .-ery little doulrt that for all who 
 
 in Poplar and the ffonxronding district the best channel of communi- 
 cation with the public is the EAST 'END NEWS. 
 
 PARAFFIN OIL, CRYSTAL OIL, &c. 
 
 Licensed Agent for the Benzoline Spirit, for Sponge Lamps. 
 
 J. ANDREWS, 
 
 OIL, COLOUR, LAMP, AND WINDOW GLASS WAREHOUSE, 
 110, CHRISP STREET, POPLAR.
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 87 
 
 Watches ! Watches ! Watches ! 
 
 Clocks! Clocks! Clocks! 
 
 Jewellery ! Jewellery ! Jewellery ! 
 
 & Clock fgaher anb Jefoelltr, 
 
 52, LIMEHOUSE CAUSEWAY. 
 
 Silver Watches, to suit the times, 21s., warranted. 
 
 Clocks from 2s. 6d. 
 Timepieces from 6s. 6d., also warranted. 
 
 Jewellery of every description. 
 
 B. SCHWARAR begs to state that all repairs are done on the 
 premises. Clocks, Watches, Jewellery, Silver and Plated Goods, 
 repaired at reasonable charges, and at a few hours' notice. 
 
 5, DAWSON'S TERRACE, UPPER NORTH ST., POPLAR. 
 
 ARTHUR A, MERRELL, 
 
 Brass Finisher, Plumber, Gas Fitter, Locksmith, & Bell Hanger, 
 Begs to return his sincere thanks to the public for the liberal 
 patronage he has received since commencing business, and hopes to 
 be favoured with a continuance of the same. He wishes to state that 
 having been for several years with W. J. R. HUGHES, of King Street, 
 and Pennyfields, Poplar, he has during that time acquired a thorough 
 knowledge of the several branches of the trade. 
 
 Shipbuilders, Captains, Cabin Fitters, and others, are respectfully 
 informed that he has every facility for manufacturing all kinds of 
 BRASS WORK for Ships' Cabins, and for CLEANING and REPAIRING 
 LOCKS, GALLEY UTENSILS, &c. 
 
 Licensed Victuallers and Beer House Keepers are specially in- 
 formed that A. A. M. repairs BEER ENGINES, TAPPING COCKS, PIPES, 
 PEWTER WORK, &c., at the shortest possible notice. 
 
 A. A. M. wishes to intimate to the public generally that by Re- 
 lacquering and Bronzing he can effect a great improvement in 
 Chandeliers, Cornice Poles, and Brass Work generally. 
 
 o- Orders by Post punctually attended to. 
 
 Churches, Cj,..~ervatories, Factories, $c., fitted with Gas, Steam, Hot Water, 
 and Hydraulic Pipes.
 
 38 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 THE 
 
 PERMANENT BENEFIT 
 
 Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament 6 & 7 William IV. cap. 32. 
 
 OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
 
 1. To assist persons to purchase Freehold, Copyhold, or Leasehold Property, 
 
 by advancing sums of money to be repaid either Monthly or Quarterly, 
 in lieu of rent. 
 
 2. To provide a thoroughly safe and profitable investment for capital in 
 
 either small or large sums. 
 
 3. To enable parents to provide a sum of money for themselves in advanced 
 
 age or to secure an endowment for their children. 
 
 SHARES 5O EACH. 
 
 Subscription 5s. per Month. Entrance Fee Is. 6d. per share. 
 
 The Directors are prepared to issue an additional 250 paid-up shares of 
 50 each at the original entrance fee of Is. 6d., after which the entrance fee 
 will be increased. The Interest and Bonus paid during the past three years 
 equal 7| per cent, per annum. The advances made exceed 40,000. 
 
 Head Office 
 
 MEMORIAL HOUSE,POPLAR (near East India Dks). 
 
 RULES 3d ; POST FEEE 4d. 
 
 Deposit Bank Department. 
 
 This department of the " Richard Green Permanent Building and 
 Investment Society" has been established to enable such depositors as may 
 not wish to become shareholders to obtain a safe and profitable investment 
 for their savings. 
 
 The capital being invested solely in FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD property, 
 renders it an ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT for the Middle Classes, also to Trustees, 
 Friendly, Loan, and other Societies. 
 
 A fixed rate of interest allowed on deposits, 5 per cent, per annum. Any 
 sum not less than one shilling is received, withdrawable at short notices. 
 Sums above 500 by special agreement at time of deposit. 
 
 Depositors are free from all liability. 
 Open Daily, from 10 till 4 ; Mondays, 10 till 9 ; Saturdays, 10 till 2. 
 
 SAMUEL MATES, Manager.
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 39 
 
 CHEESEMONGER, 
 
 70, 6RUNDY STREET, POPLAR. 
 
 (OLD ESTABLISHED). 
 
 York Hams, Berwick and York Pork. 
 
 -W-IOLiTSHmES lOAO 
 
 DORSET AND FRESH BUTTER. 
 
 TWICE A WEEK. 
 
 Families and Shops supplied. 
 
 Act II. Scene IL Poplar. 
 
 POLONIUS. Do you know PETTIT, my Lord ? 
 
 HAMLET. Excellent well ; he is a Fishmonger ! 
 
 POLONIUS. Not he, my Lord. He is a Watchmaker. 
 
 HAMLET. For if it be cloudy, your garden sundial ; O, where is this Watchmaker ? 
 
 POLONIUS. At 255, East India Road, my Lord. 
 
 HAMLET. Let him take note of the sun ; correct time-keeping is a blessing ; but as your 
 Watchmaker may deceive friend, look to't. 
 
 POLONHJS Still harping on this Watchmaker ; yet he knew him not at first. He said he 
 was a Fishmonger. I'll speak to him again. What do you read, my Lord? 
 
 HAMLET. Slanders, sir; for the satirical rogue says here, that all men's goods are good 
 alike ; which, sir, I most 'powerfully and potently deny, and hold it not honesty 
 to have it thus set down ; for PETTIT himself, sir, keeps the best and cheapest 
 stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELLERY in London. Should your Watch 
 go wrong, away to PETTIT he'll carefully and skilfully repair it ! 
 
 PoLONitrs (aside). This is not madness ; there's too much method in it. 
 
 HAMLET. Go, bid Ophelia meet me there to choose a pair of Earrings, Brooch, or fine 
 Gold Watch and Chain. I have a handsome present promised this your daughter. 
 From PETTIT I can obtain the best and most of value for my coin. Mark well the 
 address, and to make certain, take a note of it 
 
 W. PETTIT, 
 
 255, EAST INDIA DOCK ROAD, POPLAR, 
 
 AND AT 
 
 COMMERCIAL ROAD EAST.
 
 40 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 GOAL,CORN,& FLOUR STORES 
 
 191, East India Dock Road, E., 
 
 OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION. 
 
 Oats, Beans, Hay, Clover, Straw, Chaff, Bran, Barley, Tares, Peas, 
 Indian Corn, Buckwheat, &c. 
 
 BEST WHITES AND HOUSEHOLD FLOUR. 
 
 Oatmeal, Pearl and Scotch Barley, Garden and Bird Seeds, &c. 
 
 German Yeast Fresh every day. 
 
 LIMMER'S SELF-RAISING FLOUR. 
 
 SPRATT'S MEAT DOG-BISCUITS. 
 
 BEOWN & POLSON'S CORN FLOUR, Pearlina, &c. 
 
 COALS by the Ton direct from the Wharf. 
 
 COLE, 
 
 SADDLE, COLLAR, & HARNESS MAKER, 
 
 123, CHRISP STREET, POPLAR, 
 
 Begs to return his sincere thanks to his Friends and Patrons for the 
 liberal support he has hitherto received, and respectfully solicits a 
 continuance of their favours and recommendation, assuring them that 
 all orders committed to his care will receive his hest attention. 
 
 A quantity of New (tnd Second-hand Harness remarkably cheap.
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 41 
 
 'Mg 
 
 (Sentral raper, 
 
 62, CHRIS? STREET, & 1, WILLIS STREET, 
 
 FANCY DRESSES 
 
 PRINTS 
 CALICOES 
 
 FLANNELS 
 
 RIBBONS 
 
 FLOWERS & FEATHERS 
 STRAW HATS 
 LACE 
 
 ' & 
 
 HOUSEHOLD & FAMILY LINENS. 
 
 FAMILY MOURNING, &c.
 
 42 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 ? |tep,er banging 
 33, GUILDFORD KOAD, BROMLEY, E. 
 
 May, 1870. 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 In returning thanks for your past and present 
 extensive patronage, I beg to call your attention to my extensive, 
 practical, and costly stock of PAPERHANGINGS, HOUSE DECORATIONS, 
 DESIGNS, BORDERS, &c., it being my aim to meet the various 
 requirements of all my patrons. Mine being acknowledged to be the 
 cheapest Depot in the trade, it is needless to call attention to prices. 
 
 I trust to remain, 
 
 Yours to command, 
 
 HOUSE REPAIRING in all its branches. Estimates given. 
 
 Rents Collected. Security furnished it required. 
 Paperhangings from 2d. per piece. Satin from 9d. 
 
 ^ PLEASE NOTE THE NAME ON FACIA. 
 
 ESTABLISHED TWENTY YEARS. 
 
 KENNY & STANLEY'S PIANOS 
 
 And may be had at half the prices charged at City Houses. 
 
 PIANOS LENT ON HIRE, with the option of Purchase by 
 easy instalments. 
 
 Experienced Tuners sent to all parts. Pianos removed by Practical Men, 
 ALL NEW MUSIC AT HALF-PRICE. 
 
 OBSERVE !-4, BEDFORD PLACE, COMMERCIAL RD., E 
 
 Five minutes' walk from Shadwell Station, 
 rbtrs bn |j ost pututuulln attenftri) i0. Captains & Shippers supplier at foboUsale prias.
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 43 
 
 42, BUEDETT ROAD ^Corner of CLEMENT STREET.; 
 
 Under the patronage of the Deans of Lichfidd and Rochester and most of the Clergy of the 
 neighbourhood. Conducted by MISS CHAFFER. 
 
 Four pupils have passed the Cambridge Local Examinations 
 one with honours. No other School in the neighbourhood has passed 
 any pupils. 
 
 FEES for a thorough English Education with French, German, 
 Calisthenics, Class Singing, Needlework, &c. : 
 
 For pupils under 9 years of age, 3 Guineas a-year. 
 ?) 12 ,, 6 ,, 
 
 ,, above 12 ,, 9 
 
 Boarders, 36, 39, or 42 Guineas per annum, according 
 
 to age. 
 
 Music, Solo Singing, Drawing, and Dancing at moderate terms. 
 Music and Singing by MR. BLOCKLEY. 
 
 POPLJtB COLLIOIATE SCHOOL, 
 INDIA HOUSE, EAST INDIA ROAD (CORNER OF NORTH ST.), POPLAR, E. 
 
 COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. 
 
 JUNIOR PUPILS. 
 
 THOROUGH ENGLISH EDUCATION, including COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE, 
 NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, VOCAL Music, and ORNAMENTAL DRAWING. 
 
 SENIOR PUPILS. 
 
 As above, with FRENCH ; MATHEMATICS : FREEHAND, GEOMETRICAL, 
 ARCHITECTURAL, and MECHANICAL DRAWING ; and COLOURING. 
 
 The Senior Pupils are specially prepared for the Drawing Examinations 
 held by the Science and Art Department at South Kensington. 18 Cer- 
 tificates and 7 Prizes (for Freehand, Geometrical, and Model Drawing) were 
 obtained at the last Examination March, 1870. Of 16 Candidates who 
 were examined in Geometry, 14 passed, 6 gaining Prizes. 
 
 The School is Examined every Half-year. At Midsummer, Prizes ; and 
 at Christmas, Certificates are awarded on the results of these Examinations. 
 
 SCHOOL HOURS: Morning, 9.30 to 12.15; Afternoon, 2 to 4.15. 
 
 EVENING CLASSES for Adults are held on TUESDAY and 
 
 THURSDAY EVENINGS, from 7 till 9. CLASSES FOR YOUNG LADIES on the 
 same Evenings, from 6.45 to 8.45. 
 
 TERMS (either Class) 10/6 per Quarter, in advance. 
 
 Prospectuses, containing full information as to terms, &c., may be had on application any day 
 during school hours.
 
 44 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 PRINCE OF WALES'S 
 
 ROYAL TABLE SAUCE, 
 
 For Boast Meats, Steaks, Cutlets, Chops, Fish, Curries, Game, 
 
 Soups, &c. 
 
 This admirable Sauce possesses the following advantages 
 GUARANTEED PURITY. 
 BEST QUALITY ONLY. 
 
 PREPARED SOLELY FROM VEGETABLE INGREDIENTS. 
 SUPERIOR TASTE AND FLAVOUR. 
 
 ASSISTS DIGESTIBILITY. 
 AND AN EXCELLENT RELISH. 
 
 PRICE ONE SHILLING PER BOTTLE. 
 Sold by all Chemists, Grocers, Oilmen, &c., and of the Manufacturer, 
 LLOYD RAYNER, Wholesale & Export Druggist, 75, High Street, Poplar, 
 London. 
 
 RAYNER'S CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF JAMAICA 
 SARSAPARILLA. 
 
 The well known properties of this valuable Medicine needs no comment on 
 the part of the proprietor, and it can only be obtained genuine as supplied to 
 the medical profession, at the Manufactory, 75, High Street, Poplar. 
 
 Sold only in bottles at 3d., Is., 2s. 6d., 5s., 7s. 6d., 11s., & 22s. each. 
 
 RAYNER'S STOMACHIC MIXTURE^ 
 
 FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHOLERA, 
 
 And cureof relaxed Boivels, Spasms attended with severe pain, Cramp, Flatulence, $e. 
 The following statement at once shows the more than ordinary power of 
 this medicine: 
 
 112, High Street, Poplar, 
 
 Dear Sir, "We have used your Stomachic Mixture repeatedly, and found it 
 most beneficial in cases of Diarrhoea attended with sickness, severe pain, 
 cramp, spasms, &c. My daughter was much benefitted by its use while at 
 Boarding School, Stanhope House, Blandford, Dorsetshire. We forwarded 
 \ dozen 2s. 9d. bottles of your invaluable Medicine for the use of the School, as 
 the diarrhoea was raging ; it gave instant relief from pain, and checked the 
 most severe form of diarrhrea ; we always keep it by us in case of need. 
 
 Yours most respectfully, 
 
 M. H. M. PHILLIPS. 
 
 PREPARED ONLY BY 
 
 LLOYD RA.YNER, 
 
 Mf)olfsale antr Ectari giuggist, 
 
 75, HIC3-H ST., 
 
 And sold in Bottles at Is. l|d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each.
 
 AD\ 7 ERTISEMENTS. 45 
 
 TEETHING AND FEVER POWDERS, 
 
 For Children cutting their Teeth, and for those 
 
 subject to Convulsions, Inflamed Gums, 
 
 Restlessness, &c. 
 
 Prepared only by the proprietor, LLOYD RAYNER, Dispensing & Family 
 Chemist, 75, High Street, Poplar. 
 
 Sold in 9d. packets containing 8 powders, and in Is. l|d. boxes containing 16 
 
 powders. 
 
 mEETH LLOYD RAYXER, from R. T. HOLME, ESQ. Surgeon Dentist, 
 -L Argyll Street, Regent Street, W., and late Operative Dentist at the 
 National Dental Hospital, Great Portland Street, supplies all kinds of Artifi- 
 cial Teeth at much less than the usual charges, being the actual maker. Sets 
 from 5. Teeth extracted Is. each, on an improved principle. 75, High 
 Street, Poplar. 
 
 VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS, 
 
 A safe, effectual, and mild Medicine, prepared only from Vegetable ingre- 
 dients, and may be taken by either sex, under any circumstances, without the 
 slightest danger of^occasioning cold. They will be found a gentle and efficient 
 remedy in cases of habitual costiveness, foulness of the stomach, flatulence, 
 and bilious disorders, such as headache, painful feelings of oppression, and 
 fulness after meals, disagreeable sensations of giddiness after stooping, together 
 with loss of appetite, general drowsiness, and langour during the day. The 
 dose should be one, two, or three, (according to the strength of the patient,) 
 at bed-time, repeating them twice or three times a week, as occasion may make 
 necessary. Their properties are not in the least degree affected by change of 
 climate, and will be found, from the simplicity of their composition, an, 
 admirable medicine to use when travelling, or in long sea voyages, the absence 
 of all mercurial preparations preventing any danger of cold being taken 
 afterwards. Sold in Boxes at Is. l|d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. 
 
 PREPARED AND SOLD BY 
 
 DISPENSING CHEMIST, 
 
 (Late J. DAKIN,) 
 
 75, HIGH STREET, POPLAR,
 
 46 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 MRS. ~MASON, 
 
 1, BRUNSWICK ROAD. 
 
 NEAR THE POPLAR HOSPITAL & EAST IXDIA IMPORT DOCK, 
 
 UNDERTAKES TO CURE 
 
 Sore Legs, Bad Breasts, Ulcers, Abscesses, 
 
 Cancers, Piles, Poisoned Flesh, Bunions, Corns, 
 
 Warts, &c., of any length of time standing, 
 
 ON THE MOST REASONABLE TERMS. 
 
 A VAPOUR BATH ALWAYS READY. 
 
 The following are two of many Testimonials received by Mrs. Mason : 
 
 Parish of All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex. 
 Overseer's Office, 
 
 Town Hall, December 30th, 1861. 
 
 MRS. MASON, I have much pleasure in certifying that I was under your 
 treatment for Scrofula in the legs, body, and head ; that after your treatment 
 my skin gradually improved, and I am now free from any affection of the 
 skin. Previous to your treatment I have been under the treatment of 
 several of the profession, but without any good result. 
 
 I shall feel much pleasure in recommending you to any of my friends who 
 may suffer from the like disease, and if you think a reference to me will be 
 of any service to you, you are at liberty to use my name, and to refer any 
 person to me. 
 
 Yours obediently, 
 
 WILLIAM G. CEELY. 
 
 Board of Works for the Poplar District, 
 East India Dock Road, E. 
 
 (Sanitary Office). 
 
 March loth, 1862. 
 Mrs. MASON, 
 
 It is with pleasure I certify that I was under your treatment for 
 inflammation in my feet and rheumatic fever in the worst stage or description, 
 and despaired as to whether it was possible that I could recover from so severe 
 an attack ; but after receiving the first bath, I had hopes : previous to this, all 
 appeared to be in vain. After repeated baths and botanical embrocations, 
 I obtained the use of my limbs, which for one month previous I could not 
 move in my bed. 
 
 I may further state, that should it ever be my lot to see any one similarly 
 afflicted, I shall be most happy to recommend you ; or any person applying who 
 may suffer as I have from the like disease, you are at liberty to make use of 
 my name ; or they may call upon me, and I will relate the valuable treat- 
 ment I met with at your hands. I am happy to state I am now quite recovered 
 by your valuable medicines and baths. 
 
 I am. Madam, yours obediently, 
 
 EDWARD FULCHER.
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 47 
 
 HEALTH FOR ALL! 
 
 HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. 
 
 Chest and Stomach Complaints. 
 
 The source and centre of almost every ailment is impurity of the blood. Dislodge 
 the poison and disease departs. Holloway's Pills exercise the inestimable power of 
 thoroughly cleansing each component part of the blood, rendering this fluid fit to perform 
 its important functions. They cope most successfully with chest diseases, stomach 
 complaints, liver disorders, and many other maladies which were once the besetting 
 dangers of mankind. 
 
 Sick Headaches and Indigestion. 
 
 These ailments give rise to a large share of the maladies of mankind : they occasion 
 more miseries than the doctor knows names for. Indigestion springs from many causes, 
 over which Holloway's Pills exercise the most perfect control. They act at once on the 
 stomach, liver, bowels, and kidneys, and correct their torpid, defective, or disordered 
 functions. They restore the waning appetite, strengthen the feeble stomach, remove the 
 dyspeptic sick-headache, and many other nameless torments. 
 
 Complaints peculiar to Females. 
 
 Climates have their particular disorders age has infirmities peculiar to it seasons 
 have their specific diseases ; but woman, in all climates, at any age, and in every season, 
 is liable to special complaints, resulting from fashion, inattention, or debility of consti- 
 tution. For all such, there are in Holloway's Pills present ease and future comfort, while 
 the natural function of every organ is effectually established by them. Under their 
 corrective sway the greatest improvement speedily appears, the body is developed, and 
 the spirits rise. Not a trace of mercury or other noxious ingredient enters into their 
 composition ; hence parent or patient need hold no counsel before commencing these 
 remedies. 
 
 Bilious Complaints, and other Derangements 
 of the Liver. 
 
 When the cause of disease is seated in the blood, nerves, stomach, liver, or bowels, 
 no treatment will be found so effective, no medicine so valuable, as these purifying, 
 alterative, and aperient Pills. Innocent in their nature, they never can do harm to the 
 weakest constitution. Cleansing and invigorating in their effects, they produce an 
 immediate amelioration of many of the most painful and most dangerous symptoms 
 which afflict the human frame. In cases where the usual round of prescriptions had been 
 vainly tried, Holloway's Pills have acted marvellously in arresting the disease, and 
 gradually restoring health. 
 
 Sold at the Establishment of Professor HOLLOWAY, 533, Oxford Street, 0ate of 244, Strand), 
 London ; also, by all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the 
 civilised world, at the following prices : Is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 11s., 22s., and 33s. each Box. 
 
 ** There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes. 
 N.B. Directions for the guidance of patients in every disorder are affixed to each Box.
 
 48 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 A NEVER-FAILING FRIEND! 
 
 HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT. 
 
 Bad Legs, Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers. 
 
 This grand Remedy has called forth the loudest praises from thousands of persons, 
 in all pans of the world, who have been promptly cured by it, after suffering for years 
 from bad legs, abscesses, and chronic ulcers, when every hope of cure had long passed 
 away. None but those who have experienced the soothing effect of this Unguent can 
 form any idea of the comfort it bestows. Whenever it has been once used, it has 
 established its own worth, and has again been eagerly sought for as the easiest and 
 safest remedy for all ulcerous complaints. 
 
 Asthma, Settled Coughs and Colds on the Chest. 
 
 For more than thirty years this Ointment has been ranked before any other curative 
 agent, as it may almost be said to work miracles. It should be well rubbed on the 
 throat and chest, in sore throat, enlarged glands, chronic cough, and wheezing. In 
 common catarrh and influenza, the Ointment, well rubbed upon the walls of the chest, 
 aided by a few doses of the Pills, soon effects a cure. The same treatment judiciously 
 followed up, cures diphtheria, asthma, bronchitis, pleurisy, and prevents the inflammation 
 resulting in abscess or ulceration, so apt to ensue when throat or chest complaints are 
 neglected. 
 
 Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, & Stiff Joints. 
 
 Every one suffering from these painful affections, should use this purifying Ointment, 
 as it has rescued thousands from a life of torture, after every other means had been tried 
 in vain. The Ointment should be well rubbed into the part affected at least twice a day, 
 after it has been properly fomented with warm salt and w r ater, and dried ; thus the 
 inflammation soon yields, and the patient, no longer helpless, resumes his accustomed 
 occupation. 
 
 Skin Diseases and Scorbutic Affections. 
 
 All sufferers from sore heads, scorbutic affections, and skin diseases generally, may 
 confidently commence the treatmant with this healing and cleansing Ointment. With 
 this well-tried medicament the worst cases will soon assume a more kindly aspect, and 
 in the progress of the cure the afflicted will neither be embarrassed by difficulties nor 
 disheartened by failures. A little perseverance, and moderate attention to the " Directions 
 for Use," enveloping each pot of Ointment, will enable every invalid to cure himself. 
 
 Sold at the Establishment of Professor HOLLOWAT, 533, Oxford Street (late of 244, Strand) , 
 London; also by all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the 
 civilised world, at the following prices: Is. IJd., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 11s., 22s., and 33s. each Pot. 
 
 ** There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes. 
 N.B. Directions for the guidance of patients in every disorder are affixed to each Pot.
 
 RESPECTABLE FUNERALS. 
 
 MOSES JOHN HICKMAN, 
 
 UNDERTAKER, 
 
 No. 1, PRINCE'S PLACE, COMMERCIAL ROAD EAST, 
 
 (Corner of Morgan Street,) and 
 
 No. Ill, CANNON STREET ROAD, ST. GEORGE'S EAST, 
 
 (Corner of William Street, ) 
 
 Respectfully submits the following Tariff of inclusive Charges for Funerals, 
 and guarantees the equipage in all cases to be of the best description, and the 
 obsequies performed -with respectability and decorum. 
 
 CAUTION. I beg to inform the public that some undertakers and others 
 have issued a fac-simile of my Prospectus, thereby deceiving them, by 
 relying on extras to make up their bills, instead of keeping to the sum 
 specified in their advertisements. I have no connection with any other 
 Establishment, and am only surprised that, in the present enlightenment 
 although a sense of duty does not restrain education might make men 
 abashed at the thought of being guilty of so mean an action as to rely on the 
 merits of my productions to gain public favour. 
 
 WALKING FUNERALS-Grown Persons 1 10 
 
 CARRIAGE FUNERALS ^thin Ten Miles of the General Post Office : 
 A Carriage Funeral complete, with Coffin and all requirements .... 2 
 A Carriage Funeral, with separate Hearse and Mourning Coach, 1 
 
 Coffin, and all requirements / 
 
 A Carriage Funeral, with Hearse and Pair, and Mourning Coach ) 
 
 and Pair, Coffin, &c j 
 
 A Carriage Funeral, with superior Coffin, Hearse & Pair, Mourning ) 
 
 Coach and Pair, Velvets, Mutes, Pages, and all requirements J 
 A Carriage Funeral, with double-lid Coffin, Hearse and Four, \ 
 
 and Mourning Coach and Pair, Ostrich Plumes to Hearse > 9 
 
 and Horses, Mutes, Pages, &c ) 
 
 Leaden Coffin, stout Elm Shell and Case covered with fine Cloth, \ 
 
 Hearse and Four, two Mourning Coaches (pairs), Ostrich J 20 
 
 Plumes and "Velvets, Lid of Feathers, Mutes. Pages, &c ) 
 
 CHILDREN'S CAREIAGE FUNERALS-from 1 4 
 
 Estimates given for Removals to or from all parts. Letters by post receive 
 immediate attention. No extra charge for Removals from Hospitals. Oak 
 and Lead Coffins on the shortest notice. 
 
 AGENTS. Scotland Edinburgh: James Pocock, 72, Charles-street ; 
 Greenock : Joseph Crookshanks, 41, West Blackhall-street. Ireland 
 Belfast : John Robson, 31, Chich ester-street. 
 
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 300 
 
 500 
 
 600
 
 CUBIT'S ELIXIR OF STRENGTH. 
 
 Of late years the most able Physicians have declared that the bulk 
 of diseases arises from debility. The discovery of this Elixir has 
 therefore provided the public with a remedy to ward off disease by 
 strengthening the body. This medicine is simply a powerful tonic to 
 man, curing those who suffer from weakness, whatever the cause may 
 be ; it gives strength to the weak, and makes the aged forget their 
 infirmities. 
 
 Why, then, will ye suffer, when the ' ' ELIXIR" will give you relief ? 
 Many with failing powers have rejoiced that such a remedy has at 
 last been found. Many a pale-faced girl has had the bloom of L 
 brought back by taking this " CUBIT'S ELIXIR OF STRENGTH." 
 
 This medicine comes to the mother, and as she weeps over her pale, 
 sickly child, it bids her sigh no more ; for her little one, now delicate, 
 shall soon be as strong as ever. 
 
 It comes to those enfeebled with disease or medicine, and bids their 
 flagging powers revive. 
 
 If hard work, whether mental or bodily, be the cause, then comes 
 the Elixir, as the reviver of strength. 
 
 It comes to the nursing mother, bowed down with weakness from 
 nursing her dimness of sight, her pains in the back, and all other 
 signs of debility, will soon be removed. 
 
 Let all who suffer from weakness, whatever the cause may be, just 
 make one trial of THIS WCOTDERFUL EEMEDY. 
 
 If skin diseases be your affliction, here is the cure ; almost all skin 
 diseases come from weakness. 
 
 If sorrow has brought you low, then here is the antidote. 
 
 Are you a total abstainer, who, from principle, will not take strong 
 drink ? then, if weakness conies upon you, here is the remedy that 
 will strengthen without making you break your pledge. 
 
 It comes to the working man, weakened either by labour or cold, 
 and gives him instant relief. 
 
 It comes to the nervous sufferer, and strengthens his failing powers. 
 
 It comes to the consumptive, the asthmatic, the scrofulus, and the 
 cancerous, and whispers hope even to them. 
 
 Sold in Cases at ll/-, 4/6, 2/9, small size 1/H each, 
 
 BY 
 
 Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Barclay, 95, Farringdon Street ; Cleaver, 63, Oxford 
 Street ; Edwards, 38, Old Change ; Millard, 44, Barbican ; Newbery, 45, 
 St. Paul's Churchyard; Sanger, 150, Oxford Street; Sutton, 10, Bow 
 Churchyard ; Thompson, 121, New North Road ; and by all Chemists 
 throughout the world. AGENTS FOR POPLAR : KERNOT, Chrisp Street and 
 Upper North Street ; Rayner, 75, High Street; Dickens, 175, High Street; 
 Harper, Manchester Road. Hatfield, Limehouse ; Burnham, Mile End Road ; 
 Frost, Bromley ; Davies, Commercial Road ; Nayler, Bow ; Holford, 
 Stratford ; Lacy, Whitechapel Road.
 
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