Proceeding onwards through _Gracechurch Street_, we come into the thoroughfare of CORNHILL; and at No. 73, on the opposite side, arrive at Newman’s Court. It will be remembered that in “Pickwick” the offices of _Messrs. Dodson and Fogg_ (Mrs. Bardell’s attorneys) are located in Freeman’s Court, Cornhill. There is no such place in Cornhill; Freeman’s Court being in Cheapside. It is evident, therefore, that Dickens, for reasons of his own, emulated the special contributor to the _Eatanswill Gazette_, and so “combined his information.” Taking Cornhill to be the locality intended, we shall find Dodson and Fogg’s Office at the furthest end of the Court, No. 4, still associated with legal business, being in possession of Messrs. Witherby and Co., law stationers. Passing onwards in Cornhill, past Bishopsgate Street, we come into Leadenhall Street, and may be interested to note, at No. 157 (now an outfitting establishment), the original position of the HOUSE OF SOL GILLS, ships’ instrument maker, at whose door was displayed the figure of “The Wooden Midshipman; eternally taking observations of the hackney coaches.” Here our eccentric friend _Captain Cuttle_ remained in charge during the absence of old Sol Gills and his nephew; here _Florence_, accompanied by the faithful Diogenes, found asylum; and here _Walter Gay_ returned after shipwreck, to make everybody happy and marry the gentle heroine of the story. (See “Dombey and Son” for information _in extenso._) Until recent years, these premises were in occupation of Messrs. Norie and Wilson, ships’ instrument makers and chart publishers. They have removed to the Minories, No. 156, where the quaint effigy of _the Wooden Midshipman_, with his cocked hat and quadrant complete, may now be seen, as bright and brisk as in old days. “When found, make a note of.” Farther on, on the same side of Leadenhall Street, we reach St. Mary Axe, turning northward at No. 117, which we notice _en passant_ as the thoroughfare in which _Pubsey and Co._ had their place of business; “a yellow overhanging plaster-fronted house”—reconstructed, with many others, some years since—at the top of which _Riah_ (the manager) arranged his town garden; where the Dolls’ Dressmaker invited _Fascination Fledgby_ to “come up and be dead.” All of which is duly set forth in the pages of “Our Mutual Friend.” The position of the house cannot now be localised.