The Great Fire of 1666, following on the Plague, brought-jar-reaching changes. One of the results of the extensive rebuilding is to be seen in the remarkable collection of old tavern and shop signs including that of the "Boar's Head" from Eastcheap (Falstaff's trysting-place), the "Three Crowns," the "Goose and and Mout During the hasty reconstruction of London after the Fire, a fine collection of antique jewellery, forming part of a goldemith's stock of the period Elizabeth-James I, appears to have been accidentally walled up in the cellar of a house in Friday Street. Here it remained undiscovered until 1912 when the City, exercising its ancient right to treasure trove, acquired a valuable part of the coNection for the Guildhall Museum. The major portion is at the London Museum, in St. James's.
The history of the City throughout the later centuries is illustrated by a wealth of objects too numerous to mention. There are the figures of Raving and Melancholy Madness from Old Bedlam—London's first mental hospital—a whipping post, waist bands and manacles brought from Newgate prison; and the sword of Admiral Blanquet surrendered to Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.
Miscellaneous as the contents of the Guildhall Museum are, they combine to form a picture of civic life not easily to be found elsewhere. Whilst London has many larger museums, the Guildhall alone illustrates the growth of the originally small but powerful community which was destined to develop into the greatest city of the world.
Mr. Yin Jen-hsien, Commissioner of Finance of Hunan province, says a report to the "Chinese American Daily News," arrived in Chungking on January 5, to report to the Ministry of Finance on Hunan's financial con-
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