28. Obverses of Two Medalets struck by P. Kempson, and P. Skid- 284 29. Group of buildings at the Northern end of London Bridge, de- stroyed in the Fire of 1632-33. Drawn from the Venetian Copy 30. Ground Plan of the Old Stone Bridge of London after the Fire of 1632-33, the extent of which is indicated by the dotted line at- tached to the seventh sterling from the left hand, or City end, where the Waterhouse was situate. Copied from an Original 295 31. Northern end of London Bridge after the Fire of 1632-33, showing the Old Church of St. Magnus, and the temporary wooden pas- sage erected on the sites of the houses, as it appeared in 1647. Drawn from the Long Antwerp View by Hollar 32. View of the same part of London Bridge in the year 1665, before the Great Fire of London, showing the last wooden passage and King's Gate, afterwards burned. Copied from a contem- 33. View of the Northern end of London Bridge, and part of the banks of the Thames as they appeared in ruins after the Great Fire of London, in 1666. Copied from a contemporary view by 34. Ancient View of Fishmongers' Hall from the river, before the 35. View of the Northern end of London Bridge, with the Water- works and Tower, as they appeared in 1749. Copied from Buck's 36. Southern side of Bridge Gate, as rebuilt in 1728 37. Eastern side of London Bridge before the taking down of the 38. Chapel of St. Thomas on London Bridge, with the adjoining houses, as they appeared at their taking down in 1758. Drawn 39. Southern front of the Nonesuch House on London Bridge, with the Draw-Bridge, as they appeared in their dilapidated state previously to their taking down in 1758. Drawn from a picture 41. Northern View of the Temporary Bridge adjoining London Bridge on fire, during the night of April 11, 1758. Drawn by W. H. Brooke, from an Engraving by Wale and Grignion, with other contemporary authorities PAGE 385 390 42. Western side of London Bridge, showing the ruins of the Tempo- 44. Section of the Northern Pier of the Great Arch of London Bridge, showing its modern state, and the ancient method of constructing the Piers. From a Drawing by Mr. W. Knight, in August, 1821, when open for examining the foundation 394 - 398 45. Elevation and Ground-plan of Old London Bridge, showing the various forms, &c. of the Sterlings, the line of soundings taken along their points, a section of the bed of the River, and the different sizes of the several Locks; with Mr. Smeaton's method of raising the ground under the great Arch, and the timbers laid down to strengthen it, in 1793-94. Reduced from the large survey made by Mr. George Dance, in July 1799, and published with the Second Report on the Improvement of the Port of London 429 46. South-Eastern View of London Bridge, A.D. 1825 441 47. Eastern View of the Sixth Arch of London Bridge, from the City end, usually called the Prince's Lock, as it appeared in the great Frost of 1814; showing the modern stone casing, with the original building beneath it. Copied by permission from a View taken on the spot and engraved by Mr. J. T. Smith 48. Silver Effigy of Harpocrates, discovered in digging the foundations of the New London Bridge, and presented to the British Museum by Messrs. Rundell, Bridge, and Rundell, November 12, 1825. Drawn from the Original by W. Harvey 49. Architectural Elevation and Ground-plan of the New London Bridge, showing its foundation-piles, and relative situation to the former edifice. From the original authorities 50. Entrance to the Coffer-Dam from London Bridge, as it appeared decorated for laying the First Stone of the New Bridge, on Wednesday, June 15, 1825. Drawn on the spot 51. Western end of ditto. Drawn from the River 470 478 479 52. General View of the Exterior of ditto. Drawn on the South side 480 53. General View of the Interior of ditto, looking Southward; show ing the position of the First Stone, with the cavity beneath it for 54. Representation of the Silver-Gilt Trowel, presented to the Right 55. Obverse of a Medal struck to commemorate the above ceremony, PAGE 486 - 495 497 ewe. "This is a Gentleman, every inch of him; a Virtuoso, a clean Virtuoso : -a sad-coloured stand of claithes, and a wig like the curled back of a mugThe very first question he speered was about the auld Draw-Brig, that has been at the bottom of the water these twal-score years. And how the Deevil suld he ken ony thing about the auld Draw-Brig, unless he were a Virtuoso ?" Captain Clutterbuck's Introductory Epistle to the Monastery. Chronicles OF LONDON BRIDGE. O numerous are the alterations and modernisms in almost every street of this huge metropolis, that, I verily believe, the conservators of our goodly city are trying the strength of a London Antiquary's heart; and, by their continual spoliations, endeavouring to ascertain whether it be really made of " penetrable stuff." For my own part, if they continue thus improving, I must even give up the ghost; since, in a little time, there will not be a spot left, where any feature of age will carry back my remembrance to its ancient original. What with pullings-down, and buildings-up; the turning of land into canals, and covering over old water-ways with new-paved streets; erecting pert plaster fronts to some venerable old edifices, and utterly abolishing others from off the face of the earth; London but too truly resembles the celebrated keepsakeknife of the sailor, which, for its better preservation, had been twice re-bladed, and was once treated with a new handle. One year carried with it that grand fragment of our city's wall, which so long girdled in Moorfields; while another bedevilled the ancient gate of St. John's B Priory with Heraldry, which Belzebub himself could not blazon, and left but one of the original hinges to its antique pier. Nay, there are reports, too, that even Derby House, the fair old College of Heralds,-where my youth was taught "the blasynge of Cote Armures," under two of the wisest officers that ever wore a tabard, —that even that unassuming quadrangle is to be forthwith levelled with the dust, and thus for ever blotted from the map of London! Alas for the day! Moorgate is not, and Aldgate is not! Aldersgate is but the shadow of a name, and Newgate lives only as the title of a prisonhouse! In the absence, then, of many an antique building which I yet remember, I have little else to supply the vacuum in my heart, but to wander around the ruins of those few which still exist :-to gaze on the rich transomed bay-windows that even yet light the apartments of Sir Paul Pindar's now degraded dwelling; to look with regret upon the prostituted Halls of Crosby House; or to roam over to the Bankside, and contemplate the fastperishin g fragments of Winchester's once proud Episcopal palace. - It was but recently, in my return from visiting the spot last mentioned, that I betook me to a tavern where I was erst wont to indulge in another old-fashioned luxury,which has also been taken away from me, that of quaffing genuine wine, drawn reaming from the butt in splendid silver jugs, in the merry OLD SHADES by LONDON BRIDGE. I loved this custom, because it was one of the very few fragments of an ancient citizen's conviviality which have descended to us: a worthy old friend and relative, many a long year since, first introduced me to the goodly practice, and though I originally liked it merely for his sake, yet I very soon learned to admire it. for its own. It was a most lovely moonlight night, and I placed myself in one of the window boxes, whence I could see the fastly-ebbing tide glittering with silvery flashes; whilst the broad radiance of the planet, cast |