[Cunningham, in his _Handbook of London_, under the head of St.
James' Market, Jermyn Street, St. James', tells us that "here,
in a room over the Market House, preached Richard Baxter, the
celebrated Nonconformist. On the occasion of his first Sermon,
the main beam of the building cracked beneath the weight of the
congregation." We recollect the old market and Market House,
which must have stood on the ground now occupied by Waterloo
Place.]
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