underneath, on the River, a parcel of booths, shops, and huts, of different forms, and without any inhabitants, which, it seems, by the swell of the waters and the ice separating, had been brought down from above. As no lives were lost, it might be view’d without horror. Here stood a booth with trinkets, there a hut with a dram of old gold; in another place a skittle-frame and pins, and in a fourth ‘the Noble Art and Mystery of Printing, by a servant to one of the greatest trading companies in Europe.’ With much difficulty, last night, they had removed the most valuable effects.’ To conclude my information upon this subject, I have to observe only that the ‘_Daily Post_’ of Thursday, February the 14th, states that the Sterlings of London Bridge had received so much damage during the frost from the great weight of ice, that their repairs would amount to several thousand pounds. “The last extract given us by Maitland, in his ‘_History_’ page 49, from the Bridge-House revenues and accounts, extends from Lady-day 1752 to Lady-day 1753, and consists of the following particulars.” £ _s._ _d._ “‘In the hands of the Bridge-Masters,} at the foot of their last account } 2669 9 6 In the hands of the Chamberlain of } London, paid to him by Webb’s } 600 0 0 securities } --------------3269 9 6 In Tenants’ hands in arrears at Lady-day, 1752 2413 18 9-1/2 In arrear for fines then 70 6 11 Rental General this year, including Quit Rents 3843 8 7 Fines set this year 662 0 0 ----------------- Whole charge £10259 3 9-1/2 =================