South-Eastern Railway. 8. _Old Westminster Bridge_, opened in 1750, is now all removed, to make way for a beautiful new bridge of iron, with granite piers, built by Mr. Page, opened for traffic in 1862. It is about 1,160 feet long by 85 feet wide. 9. _Lambeth Bridge_, a wire-rope suspension bridge of economical construction, from Westminster to near Lambeth Church, was opened in 1862. 10. _Vauxhall Bridge_, built by Walker, was opened in 1816; it is of iron, 798 feet long, and consists of nine equal arches. 11. _Pimlico Railway Bridge_, from Pimlico to the commencement of Battersea Park, connects the Victoria Station with the Brighton and other railways. 12. _Chelsea Suspension Bridge_, very near the bridge last named, gives easy access from Chelsea to Battersea, and is a light and elegant structure. 13. _Battersea Bridge_ is an old wooden structure, unsightly in appearance, inconvenient to passengers over it, and still more so to steamboats under it. 14. _West London Extension Railway Bridge_, opened in 1863, crosses the Thames from a point a little above Cremorne Gardens to Battersea town; it is a link to connect various railways on the north of the river with others on the south. _Putney Bridge_, _Hammersmith Suspension Bridge_, _Barnes Railway Bridge_, and _Kew Bridge_, may or may not be included in this series, according to the acceptation of the indefinite word ‘Metropolis.’ Steam-boat Piers.—If you wish to go eastward of London Bridge, on the north side of the river, you will find steam-boats at London Bridge to take you to Thames Tunnel Pier, Limehouse, Blackwall, and North Woolwich. On the south side, at the Surrey end of London Bridge, you can take boat for Rotherhithe, Commercial Docks, Greenwich, Charlton, and Woolwich. If you wish to go westward from London Bridge, on the north side, you can take boat thence for the following piers:—Bridge, Paul’s Wharf, Temple Stairs, Waterloo Bridge, Hungerford Bridge, Westminster Bridge, Millbank, Pimlico, Thames Bank, Chelsea, and Battersea; and on the south side, at Westminster Bridge, Lambeth Stairs, Vauxhall, Battersea Park, Wandsworth, Putney, Hammersmith Bridge, and Kew. The steamers make an amazing number of trips each way daily, between these several piers, at intervals varying with the season, and at fares ranging from one penny to fourpence. For example, the fare by the _Citizen_ boats from London Bridge to Westminster is 1d.; to Pimlico, 2d.; Chelsea and Battersea, 3d. If you wish to go _quickly_ from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge, you will avoid delays at piers by getting one of the penny boats which run every ten minutes from Westminster to London Bridge, only calling at Hungerford. Steamers for Kew, in the summer, run about every half-hour from London Bridge, calling at intermediate up-river piers—return ticket, 1s. From Cadogan Pier, Chelsea, you can go to Kew for 4d. And on Sundays and Mondays you can go up as far as Richmond, if the tide allow,