was then no Waterloo Bridge, no Hungerford Suspension Bridge, no bridge at Southwark, no penny steamboats running every quarter of an hour from Paul’s Wharf to the Surrey side, and London Bridge was far more important than now. The figures we have given also throw some light on the manners and customs of the age. Where are the gigs now, then the attribute of respectability? What has become of the 1,240 coaches, and what a falling off of equestrianism—the 764 horses of 1811 have dwindled down (in 1859) to the paltry number of 54. Are there no night equestrians in London now. It is early morn and we stand on London Bridge, green are the distant Surrey hills, clear the blue sky, stately the public buildings far and near. Beneath us what fleets in a few hours about to sail, with passengers and merchandize to almost every continental port. Surely Wordsworth’s Ode written on Westminster Bridge is not inapplicable:— “Earth has not anything to show more fair. Dull would he be of sense who could pass by, A sight so touching in its majesty; This city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Shops, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky, All bright and glittering in the smokeless air; Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour valley, arch, or hill; Ne’er saw I, never felt a calm so deep, The river glideth at his own sweet will, Dear God! the very houses seem asleep And all that mighty heart is lying still!” Of the traffic by water visible from London Bridge as you look towards Greenwich, the best idea may be gathered by a few figures. A Parliamentary Return has been issued, showing that the amount of tonnage cleared from the port of London was in 1750, 796,632 tons, in 1800 the tonnage entered was 796,632; and that cleared was 729,554. In 1857 the tonnage entered had risen to 2,834,107, and that cleared to 2,143,884.