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18 [18 THE CITY GOVERNMENT able ‘‘to live within his income,” and in some cases he greatly exceeds it and is obliged to draw largely on his private resources. One other civic building must be noticed. Most antiquaries will be sorry when Newgate Prison is pulled down. It is an admirable example of the architecture of a century ago. Although the height is only 50 feet, the proportions are so good that the mere mass and outline remind one of a Norman keep. It is gloomy, strong, impressive, and evidently intended to look what it is—a prison. The design is by George Dance, who built the Mansion House. It is now about to disappear and cease to be a landmark. I have already spoken of Newgate as the oldest of the city gates, or as being probably of the same age as Bishopsgate, and I have tried to show that this date may be fixed somewhere between 360 A.D. and 370. To account for the name of this ancient gate we must remember that pan BR 4 S TAR SE” ) ee oe eee” = 4. he ; ° oe we ™ ú . új [d pa A rt > J 1 4 d s 7 A é i * i ig 1 yt ® a a ) nah J F ee #3 Ves =) Va 4 E esl NEWGATE—THE CHAPEL
