The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-20 00:00:00

NEW LONDON BRIDGE.

The Builders who have contracted for the
New London Bridge are Mr. William Joliffe,
and Sir Edward Banks ; the original amount of
whose contract was 426,0001. and 90,000/. for
making alterations in the present structure: the
whole to be completed in six years, from March
2, 1824 • which contract is now increased to
506,000 i. by the addition of 8,0001. for a new
set of centering for the fourth arch ; and 42,0001.
granted by the Treasury in 1825, for making
the Bridge six feet wider, namely, two feet in
each foot-path, and two feet in the carriage way.
The exterior of the edifice will be of three sorts
of granite ; the eastern side being of purple
Aberdeen ; the western, of the light-grey De-
vonshire Haytor, and the arch-stones of both,
united with the red-brown of Peterhead ; the
heartings of the piers, being of hard Brambley-
Fall, Derby, and Whitby stone. These mate-
rials are roughly shaped at the quarries ; and
after having been carefully wrought at the Isle of
Dogs, are finally dressed and fitted to their places
at the Bridge. The pier foundations are formed
of piles, chiefly beech, pointed with iron, and
driven about 20 feet into the blue clay of the ri-
ver, about four feet apart, having two rows
of sills, each averaging a foot square, and
filled in with large blocks of stone, upon which
is laid a six-inch beech planking, bearing the
first course of masonry. The proposed form
of the bridge is a very flat segment, the rise not
being more than seven feet ; and it is to consist
of five elliptical arches, having plain rectangular
buttresses, standing upon Plinths, and Ctitwaters ;
with two straight flights of stairs, 22 feet wide, at
each end. That on the western side at the City
end, will, however, cut so deeply into. Fish-
mongers' Hall, that it is to be taken down, the
Corporation paying 20,000/. to the Company.
The dimensions from high-water line are as
follow : Feet Ft. In.
Centre arch of. the new London
Bridge
Piers to ditto, 24 feet

Secongi and fourth arches .
Piers to ditto, 22 feet.
Land arches

140 27 6

130 24 6

Abutments, at the base, '73 feet.
Total width of the water-way, 690 feet ; length
of the bridge, including the abutments, 928. feet ;
length within the abutments, 782 feet ; width of
the bridge from outside to outside. of the para-
pet, 56 fret ; width of the carriage-way, 36 feet,
and of each footpath 9 feet ; and the total height
of the bridge on the eastern side, from low water
60 feet.—Chronides of London Bridge.

On Saturday, the Bth inst., no less than 131
snakes were destroyed by one man in a small
field of not more than two acres, at Stoke, Wilts.

On Saturday last a hen pheasant, about three
parts, grown, flew into the bed-room window of
Mr. Gallop, an ironmonger at Exeter,' and was
easily secured.

PRICE OF LABOUR IN. THE REIGN 05'
HENRY VIII.—We extract the following para-
graph .
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itshould be observed, in order to compare these
Henryt
expenses with those of the present day, .each sum
should be multiplied by about tell. The pound
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s6ff articles 'silver ;
at that' time and the present may be estimated 'to
be about one to five. "Of the price of labour,
the best evidence besides the wages of servants,
which will be more particularly noticed, are the
sums paid for the different articles purchased.
We learn also, that two men, in July, 1530,
were paid 13s. 4d, for ten days' work in mow-
ing, i. e. Bd. a day each. In February, 1532,
the hire of seven horses, and the expenses of the
same number of men for sixteen days, sent into
Wales, and other places, at is. Bd. per day for
each man, amounted to 9/. 6s. Bd. ; and in July,
in the same year, 1/. was paid for the hire of
ten men for three days, in drawing the fish ponds
at Ampthill, at Bd. a day each. . The wages of
servants differed of course according to their si-
tuations; those of a falconer were generally 0
groat a day, and he was allowed one penny S
day for the food of each hawk entrusted to his
care ; but those of Nicholas Clamp, one of the
principal falconers, were 101. per annum. i t
huntsman received 355. sd. a quarter, and, es
well as most of the other servants, he had 4d. il.
day for his board wages. The allowance for the
board of the boys of the stable, was is. Bd. per
week each ; and of the boys that ' run the king
geldings,' or as they are sometimes called , tile
king's riding boys,' 2s. a week each, whilst, op
one occasion, we find six days' meals- for them
paid for, at the rate for each of them five pence
a day. 'rise keeper of the Barbary horse was
all Owed ls. Bd. per week for his board, his wages
being 4/. a year : the hentaker was, however,
better paid, as he received 455. 7d. a quarter.
or New
la.rda hardeners of
The regular wages of the king's watermeP were
they
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were paid extra upon every occasioyi when they
were employed. Sexton, the foOl'S servant's
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received
vnedd Hall, ill
wages, were 15s. a quarter.
per annum ; the
gardener of Greenwich 20/. a year ; and the
Manchester Mercury. *
oafb about u ili eil.

13IRTIIS.
On the 19th inst., the wife of Peter Hunter, Esq. Of 4
daughter.

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On the 19th instant, at his house in Russell-place, the
lady of Rogers Ruding, Esq. of a son.