The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-06 00:00:00

eriirs OP LONDON DRIDoit-iA.,-•
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• —let ot.lo Votliessrcat.—Pront s••survey of bon410:1
". Addeo, *add in 1730, sow at Onildhall with other'
:alritsl City ',curds,• •it appears 'the fourrUtion off
Alia the stb* pion are laid consists of Ohl
t►fdint-
be', driven eleirely Into the bed of the river,' and ham
trip of them is laid frame work of planks, ten Whoa
chalk, strongly bolted together; on these are *A the
Oasis of the stone piers, iris, feet above the bed of the
river, and only t few inches under low water mark.
three feet below the starlings. Tn prevent the water
dam hsg the work, the lowest Lyers of stone are laid
in pitch instead of water-tarras. I he art of eonstruct-
ing estimator batterdeanx being then unknown in this
country, the foundation of the stone work could not
hil.ektlfied on much under low water mark ; so that
theta the length of time is considered since it was
;Into. (Skew six hun.lred years), it is really sur-
priailbg that the superincumbent structure has not long
~nee liven Irby, which must have been the case but
for ttso llspensire repairs it has frequently undergone.
Under' araby of its arches, it may be plainly seen
that th 4 original of the stone bridge, when first
was frilly t*enty-four feet in width. by.t that it has,
at different and distant periods, received two additious,
one of eight fret width, and the other of fifteen. These
atiditienal portions have been constructed in a very un-
workmanlike mat per, neither of them having been
bungled into each other, and, what is of more serious
consequence. the south pier of the great or centre arch
hat %vs left in a stite little better than a heap of
rubble-stones, held together by iron clamps, with two
deep. and dangerous fissures in its centre, only pre.
rented from separating by malleable iron bars, which,
ltulaktheir exposure to water, and the tendency of
nalltable iron to rust, unto, in no long time, become
useless. A sepulchral attempt has been lately made
to -hide the deformity and dangerous condition of this
pier. as in other parts, by a slight casing formed of
Kentish rag-stone plastered together with cement.
TrILESENT DILAPIDATED STATE or inc Pains AHD
tatiaxes.—During a surrey made last winter, the
cutfltig of the ice, beating to and fro with the tide,
aglinst the stone work of the bridge, and its wooden
starlings, the former had all the appearance of fresh
faced stone, newly cut with the chisel, and the latter
a; itit had been jack-planed. The ice has nearly car-
ried-away the top parts of three of its wooden starlings,
and wounded its stone piers, by taking out large pieces
vi stone from them. 'the first wooden starling on the
moth side of the great centre arch, on which stands I
its stone pier, is in a most dangerous state, having a 4 ft.
despchasin in it, 10 ft. by 7, on the south side, partly un-
der the arch, and another on the north side, 4ft. by 4, with
the chalk and rubble-stone so gulled away, that the water
now works against the foundation of the old stone pier.
The w.:oden starling north of this, called Chapel- I
heal pier or starling, on which anciently stood a
chapel when the old bridge was clad with houses, is
new in a most tremendous state, as, at its western ex- •
triunity, a portion of It, 16 ft. by 10, is blown up and ;
oa:tied away, and the other parts of it, both on the I
north and south side, ate just like the ribs of an slid ;
slip, wracked or broken up, with the planks torn ad
•f them. when they come near to the fuddiek timbers;
sad some of its western piles have now got out of the
perpendicular, indicating a tatabling over. The next
starling on the north of this, called St. Mary's, is also
in it most dilapidated and dangerous state. Conakinl-
ally more than a 100 ft. running through the arch, i
es the north of its pier, has the appearance of the last
described pier, with so much of it+ chalk and rubble.

*atom wished out, In one place, to the depth of IV R.

therein water has now a free course to vent itself
against the old foundation of the bridge, without any
ebstratilon whatever from the nooden starlings.

CONSEQUSNCI‘ or CONDITION
OS tun Batnoc—Out of many scenes of distress and
waste of property, caused by this injurious bar of com-
merce, it may be *efficient to mention one that oc-
curred this winter from the blocked up ire above
tke bridge, between the centre arch and the south
shore. At one period /ay five craft upon the starlings
of the bridge on the west side, with floating timber,
that formed a bar across the arches : four of these

harges.ley close together, partly riding on each other.
with I large decked barge, thrown entirely on her
beam ends by the ice across one of the stone piers, and
so liana up by the floating tide and ice, that at half
tidevirmas with the greatest ease a person could walk
under their bottoms. Too well founded are the
comilltillts of lightermen, of the obstruction and in-
jury *e craft receive in paging this injuries,
bodge, .eras when not obstrncted with ice, from the'
eddy ammo it occasions, by the smallness of its
stelae% half died with its wooden starlings, which, at
high— whet covered with water, lie like sunken
roclit !flit too often wreck or sink the barges that gee
on team, to the great injury oldie vemel, and ends,
loss aargo. An intelligent and aged waterman, en
b:iek led -to state .the;ansabcr of venous samendlt
drafted at Leedom-bridge. annaladod his
" I dolt-like now to go through
.London-bridge with
any hell& en a falling ttd% when once it is below the
starlingOor the .fail is getting worse and worse every
4tlmit will be foetid to 1a the sentiment of all
the experieneed wXterasee and ligliternien, whose daily
avocations cause them to batted their lives thilMigh iti
and how can it be otherwise ? The stopping epitome
of its arches, with the cubacy of the starling% and the
camber of *water wheels, all teittling to form more
stymies of resistance, and leessniug the former water-
way. Fros,,tboaentractione of the aperture little
this tea felt 100 is &Mitred after half ebb tide. The
guipbs wrought ai in oho bed of the river, oa the ebb
Int and lowing of the tides, by the impetao-tlty for-
coafined water on both sides of the bridge, partici**
on the east side, with its clearest', from five to she
feet fall, instantaneously rushing into there boles, Not*
of them shifty feet in Istebi r few feet•from tad end of
the starlinire;Scry dieotifellY increase, at certain times,
the d air of the puny through, the arches. • And,
nuts,' lug that- thonsands of stones are expe*l
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city at low woe's, and the.
move the.
• Dstiots or Tne rams,- _ __ ____
room Its Recant itirrmassinv.••-Frossi the Nisi the
stone piers of this bridge received lest wilt*, by the
ice, and the 'leftism" of Me centre ereh, evidently to be
.en, by the drooping of the block cornice, frill Its
straight line. veer the crown of the arch, if the parts
'be not immediately secured, or shortly taken down,
the bridge itself may save that trouble, by tumbling
down into the river, and probably at an earlier period
than may be expected. The settlement of the centre
arch demands particular attention. On drawing a
tio
cord line from the top of the two piers, inside of them,
above the spandrels of this arch, it will be found to
have given way, and settled down in the crown, four
inches on one side, and nearly three on another. La
I such a state as this structure, therefore, is, what min-
ichief is not likely to ensue, either by the amnia-
, lating weight, and expanding powers of ice, or, by
1 heavy floods, after great rains in the upland country,
coming down in freshes, and reducing a dam or
! weight of water which its now feeble frame cannot
resist ? When once one part gives way, the rest will''
soon follow, as by the bursting of a mighty flood,
1 rushing through an embankment, where, after a breath
of one foot is made, it soon extends itself to thousands.
1 What the consequence of this might be it would be
impossible to calculate; for it is stated a a fact; aot I
generally known, that great part of Southwark lies'
five feet below the flow of tide, which the fall of the
I bridge, if contineed neglect permits it, might, by
forming a dam across the riser, cause to be overflowed,'
and thereby create more distress and waste of property,
if not loss of lives, than might build a dozen bridges.

With respect to the expense of removing the present
obnoxious structure, and building a comniodioes
bridge on better prin ipies in its stead, it may be pro-
per to add that it nerd not occasion any burthen to the
public. 'I he property c .lied " the Bridge House Es-
tates." bequeathed in trust to the('orporation of the City
of London, is available to the public for these particu-
lar Fr-poses; and this is caleukted to be amply sufri..l
cient to defray the interest of whatever money may be
requisite for these important ends. The average aa-
r.u.►l income arising from the Bridge House Estites
understood to amount to about 25,01.10 f.

CORONATION OF ANNE BOLEYN.

ErBoll COLD AND NORTUNOVWS " LOSDON MAGAZINE."]

The following description of the Coronation of Queen
Ann (Anne /Innen) wife of Henry VIII. wai written
by a person who lived at that titer, and was present
thereat.

The King'slinesse addressed his letters to the
major and comnionalitie of I.onflon, signifying unto
them, that his pleasure was to solemnize the corona-
tion of his most dea re and well-beloved wife Queen Ann.
at Westminster. at Whitsunday next ensiling; willing
to make prepaution, as well to fetch her Grace from
Greenwich to the Tower by water, as to see the citie
garnished with pageants in places accustomed for the
honour of her Grace, when she could be conveyed from
the Tower to %eliminator. Wbereupo. a cosmos-
visual was called. sae menu andant
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herdashers. of which craft the major was, tins they'
should prepare a barge for the bachelors, with a num
ter, and a foyste garnished with not only their boluses*
accustomed, but also to decke them with target" 'lig
I the sides of the barges, and to sett up all inch sesnelfl
!banners and banneretts, a: they had in their balks, or
could get to furnish their said barges, and every barge
I to have minstrels, accruing to which commandentild
great preparation was made for all things necessary ibt
such a noble triumph.
) The 29th day of May being Thursday, the maior alldl
his brethren all in scarlet, and such as were kni
had collars of eses (SS.) and the residue having great
chains, and the conocell of the citie usemblel with
. them at St. Mary-hill, and at one of the clock descend-
: ed with them to the new attire to their barge, which
was garnished with many goodly banners and streamers.
' richly covered, in which barge was shalmes, shags-
bushes, and divots other instruments of musicke, which
played continually.
' After that the waior and his brethren were in their
barge. seeing that the companies to the number of Stir
barges were ready to waite upon them, they gave cots-
: rnandant to the companies, that no barge shoals! vs.
nearer to another, than twice the length of the barge r'
and to see the order kept, there were three wherries
prepared, and in every part one of them two racers to
tall on them to keep their order.
After which commandment given, they se forth in
order, as hereafter is described: First before maker's
barge was a foyste, for a wafter fall of ordinance, in
which foyste there was a great red dragou, cantina
ally mooring and casting wild tire, anti tonsil about
the sayde foyste stood terrible monstrous and wilds malt'
castinge fire, and making a hideous noyse : next aftesol
the foyste a good distance came the major's barge, on
whose right hand was the bachelor's barge, in which
were trumpets. and divers other melodious
mutts; the decker of the said barge, and sails yank
and the top castles, were hanged with et h cloth
gold and silke ; at the fore-ship and the Battu Own
two great banners rich beaten with the arms at Air
Kynge and Queens ; and on the top castle was a Wag
streamer newly beaten with the ISMS snags, thaddes
the barge was set full of lags and batmen od the de.
vices of the company 'of haberdashers and
adventurers, and the lasserass or cords were blurt
with innumerable little bells at the andel', which waft
a gootilie mope, and was a goodHa sight, wavering
with the wind. On the outside of them were three
dozen escutcheons in owe!, of the antes of the Kyng
and Queen., which were beaten on square bitekerandd
divided so that the right aide had the•Kynes
and the left- side the Queenes, which sentebeons were
'fastened on the clothes of gold and silver, hingiagla
the deckes;-'on the left hand of the malor's was alli•
ther foyste, in thee whirhe war a mount. and on-till
mount Used a wiiHe faulcon crowned, upon a
gold. aivirithad with white SOWS and nth 4410
Qnsesie's device ; about- which mount cliff
- and playing melodiously : nos, afttitthe inlet
his fellowship the haberdashers ; next able
the resisted i Asa the grocers, and so -*very cow
. leis eider': and last of all the ruler's and
olHotri. every compile haring melodic iStat
by thesektrei, and toOdUe tarniihed well; has-


dike, and some frith u-
goodlie sight to behOhlt
this ordar they dby Greenwich, to the
point beyond Greenwich, and there they turned back-
wards ib another eiders that is, to wit, the saition

and sherilre's officers first, and the meanest craft nett,
and so ascending to the uppermost craft in order, add
the major's last, as they go to Paul's at Christmesse,
and in that order they rowed downe to Greenwich
towne, and there cast anchor, making great melodic
At three of the elocke, the Queene; apparelled in rich
cloth of gold, entered into her barge, accompanied
with divers ladies and gentleiromen, and incontinent
the athletes set forwa►d in their older, the minstrels
continually playing; and the bachelort barge going
on the Queen's right hand, which she took great plea-
sire to behold. About the Queen's barge were many
noblemen, as the Doke of Sell°lke, the Magnesse
Dorset, the Earl of Wilshise her father, the Earls of.
Arundel!, Darbie, Rutland, Worcester, Huntingdon,
Sussex, Oxford, and many bishops and noblemen, every
one in hie barge, which was a goodlie sight to beholde.
She thus being accompanied, rowed towards the
Tower. and in the meane war the ships were com-
manded to lie on the shore for the letting of the
barges shotte divers peals of gonna, and ere she landed,
there was a marvellous short out of the Tower.
never heard the like; and at her landing there met
with her the Lord Chamberlaine, with the officers at
armes, and brought her to the hinge, which received
her with loving countenance at the postern by the
water side, and kissed her; and then she turned back
againe, and thanked the major and citizens with many
goodlike wordes, and so entered into the Tower. After
which entrie, the citizens all this while hovered before
the Tower, making great melodic, and went not a land,
for none were assigned to land but the major, the re-
cotder, and two aldermen : but to 'rake of the peo-
ple that monde on every shore to beholde this sight, he
that saw it not, will not believe it.

On Friday at dinner, served the Kinge, all such as
were appointed by his ilighnesse to be Knights of the
Bathe, which after dinner were brought to their cham-
bers. and that night were bathed and shriven according
to the old usage of England and the next shiy in the
morning the Kinge duhlitd thew according to the ce-
remonies thereto belonging, whose names hereafter
ensue, nineteen in nnmher.

The Marquesse of Dorset ; the Earle of Darble: the Lord
Clifford., sonar and heire to the Earle of Cumberland ; the
Lord Fits-Walter. sonne and heire to the Earle of Susses t
the Lord Ilastings, sonar and heire to the Earle of Hinting-
don ; the Lord Montague ; the Lord Faux ; Sir Henry Par-
ker, sonne add heire to the Lord Morley ; Sir William
Windsors.. tonne and herr to the Lord Windsor, ; Sir John
Mordant, sonne and heire to the Loril Mordant ; Sir Francis
Weston; Sir Thomas Arondell; Sir John Huddlestone; Sir
Thomas Posnings; Sir Henry Sorrell : Sir George Fit,-
oi Lincolnshire ; Sir George Tindall; Sir Thomas
Jerney.

(Tu be etratinwed.)

COURT OF CLAIMS.
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The Lords Commissioners appointed by the King, to
bear and determine all claims relating to the services at
his Majesty's Royal Coronation, assembled on Saturday
mornin , in pursuance of their adjournment, in the
▪ Vmint Chamber.
The .arl of Ertil claimed to perform, by his deputy,
the Most Noble the Marquis of Huntly, to walk at his
Majesty's Coronation as High Constable of the Kingdom
of Scotland.
Lord Douglas claimed, as the lineal representative of
the ancient Dukes of Douglas, to bear before his Ma-
jesty, on the day of the coronation, the crown of Scotland.
'the agent of the Noble Lord, in answer to some ques-
tions put to him by the Duke of Ciarence, explatoed.
that this service was not performed at the coronation of
King lieorge 1., in consequence (as we could collect) of
the attainder of the Duke of Douglas at that period; or
at the coronation of King Ueorge 11., because at that
period the contested right to the Peerage was not de-
tertained.
Samuel Charles Whitbread, Esq., claimed, as proprie-
tor of a certain manor in Bedfordshire, to perform the
service of High Almoner to the King on the day of the
coronation, and to receive the fees and emoluments in-
cident to the service.
Henry Banker, Req., the elder, and R. Henke*, Esq.,
the younger, of Cork Castle, in Dorsetshire, claimed to
be permitted to assist the Barons of his Majesty's Cheque
Ports in the performance of the duty assigned to deem
on the day of the coronation, of bearing the royal cano-
pies over the King and the Queen consort.
A petition was presented on behalf of Dimmeko,
Seq., claiming, as lineal descendant of Philip New
neyon. to perform the office of Champion at thecoronatiou.
This claim is in opposition to that which was made at
the former Court, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Dymocke,
next heir of the late Lewis Dyesocke. Esq., and it was
new observed by the Commissioners, that the right to
the office was appurtenant to the manor of Serivelsby,
and that the claim presented at the former Court was
made by the person actually in possession of the manor.]
A alien was presented on behalf of the Most Noble
* of Ormond, claiming that the Noble Mar-.
be permitted to perform the duty of Chief
tier on the day alai. Majesty's coronation.
The Court now ordered that strangers should depart
.6eue below the bar; after which it remained fur up-
wards of half an hone in consultation, when, upon our
returning, It was announced that the following claims
likerrapreeed tea—a•
The Duke of Madame. as Master of *Hone • the
Lord Mayor of London, to serve the King. *Bee di;mee,
'lnith wine. from a gold cup, and other claims;
,liwydir, as Hereditary Chamberlain, to have .a
, near the King during his coronation, with
plains; the Barons of the Cinque Ports to it
Dopy of state ; the Rev. John Dymoeke, as
Iloglami, by substitute, be being a Cheek;
atonal Whitbread, Esq.. M.P., as Lori of the Wow' of
Dationi, to have certain wins; the City of Oxford. for
siness dignities; the Bishop of Bath ofd Wallsoo assist
at the coronation ; the Dean and Chapter of Westmin-
ster, for oblations and offerings, after diiine service, on
the coronation-day ; William Wilabere, Esq., as Lord of
thonneor of Great Wynsondeley. Illersfersliire. torero,
the gins with the first cup, of shim gilt's& his woes-
6imelincer ; the Duke of Athol, a reserved claim by the
11th of Cleo. ill., as Lord of doe Isle of Man, to present
"Iwo falcons to the King; the Eal 4 of Abetoceenny, as
Chief ',orderer ; and the Banntem de Butters, to pre-
sem by deputy, a gilt *per to the Biog.
. net;mart times adjourned to Friday, tho likit inst.
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It is proposed to limit the number of Peep who are
W mini at the Corrtation to six in each rank, that is,
do Dukes, six Marginal*, Ore. ladairardpat et the great
°Seers of State, who are'Peen, mill le doubt.
if the measure be adopted. he tehenhy seniority. This
l'alitertiwnW miriade ahem Imo the =slew . La.
littes.are of warm not to mint, as the 4 met is.
elated lathe phis 4 Automatist&

sireiiiitsbna into tips/ deep galpbs, or boles, for ibe, ihe Qua
r wrestia le the mailings, tbei are Aston.: singing
study. sst again by the- violence of the ascend." 'followed
ing arid descending tide, rushisigt*ppgh the starlings, dram (be
and fbrisi a bar *on. and below the bridge, to die ' peek b '
great injury at craft aindalgigotbli rtaspiall4p sti# riffp's off
a heiipt .41.• deer
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