Churchill, sister to the great duke of Marlborough, was killed by a cannon ball, at the siege of Phillipsburgh, in Germany, in the 64th year of his age. He was only excelled in the art of war by the duke of Marlborough himself.

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White Dog Rose. Rosa arvensis.
Dedicated to St. John.

June 13.

St. Antony of Padua, A. D. 1231. St.
Damhanade.

CHRONOLOGY.

1625. Henrietta Maria, youngest daughter to Henry IV. of France, landed at Dover, and was married to Charles I., at Canterbury, on the same day; her portraits represent her to have been beautful. She was cerainly a woman of ability, but faithless to her unfortunate consort, after whose death on the scaffold she lived in France, and privately married her favourite, the lord Jermyn, a descendant of whom, with that name, is (in 1825,) a grocer in Chiswell-street, and a member of the society of friends. Henrietta Maria, though a Bourbon, was so little regarded in the court of the Bourbons, and reduced to so great extremity, that she was without fuel for her fire-place during the depth of winter, in the palace assigned to her by the French

monarch.

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St. Vitus.

Dioclesian. Why the disease called St. This saint was a Sicilian martyr, under known. Dr. Forster describes it as an Vitus's dance was so denominated, is not affection of the limbs, resulting from nervous irritation, closely connected with a disordered state of the stomach and

bowels, and other organs of the abdomen. In papal times, fowls were offered on the festival of this saint, to avert the disease. It is a vulgar belief, that rain on St.

Garden Ranunculus. Ranunculus Asi- Vitus's day, as on St. Swithin's day, indi

aticus.

Dedicated to St. Antony.

cates rain for a certain number of days following.

It is related, that after St. Vitus and his companions were martyred, their heads were enclosed in a church wall, and forgotten, so that no one knew where they were, until the church was repaired, church bells began to sound of themselves, when the heads were found, and the which causing inquiry, a writing was found, authenticating the heads; they consequently received due honour, and worked miracles in due form.

FLORAL DIRECTORY.
Sensitive Plant. Mimosa sensit.
Dedicated to St. Vitus.

London, like famous old Briarens

With fifty heads and twice toud fifty arms,
Laid one strong arm across you noble flood,

For free communication with each shore;

Hence, though the thews and sinews sink and shrink,
And we so manifold and strong have grown,

That a renewal of the limb for purposes

Of national and private weal be requisite,

It is to be regarded as a friend

That oft hath served us in our utmost need,
With all its strength. Be ye then merciful,
Good citizens, to this our ancient "sib,"
Operate on it tenderly, and keep
Some fragments of it, as memorials
Of its former worth: for our posterity
Will to their ancestors do reverence,
As we, ourselves, do reverence to ours.-

The present engraving is from the design at the head of the admission tickets, and is exactly of the same form and dimensions; the tickets themselves were

large cards of about the size that the present leaf will present when bound in the volume, and cut round the edges.

At an early hour of the morning the vicinity of the new and old bridges presented an appearance of activity, bustle, and preparation; and every spot that The following are to be the dimensions could command even a bird's-eye view of of the new bridge :

the scene, was eagerly and early occupied Centre arch-span, 150 feet; rise, 32 by persons desirous of becoming spectafeet; piers, 24 feet.

to pass, had their windows graced with
numerous parties of well-dressed people.
St. Magnus' on the bridge, St. Saviour's
church in the Borough, Fishmongers-hall,
and the different warehouses in the vi-
cinity, had their roofs covered with spec-
tators; platforms were erected in every
nook from whence a sight could be ob-
tained, and several individuals took their
seals on the Monument, to catch a bird's-
eye view of the whole proceedings. The
buildings, public or private, that at all
overlooked the scene, were literally roofed
and walled with human figures, clinging
to them in all sorts of possible and im-
probable attitudes. Happy were they
who could purchase seats, at from half a
crown to fifteen shillings each, for so the
charge varied, according to the degree of
accommodation afforded. As the day ad-
vanced, the multitude increased in the
street; the windows of the shops were
closed, or otherwise secured, and those of
the upper floors became occupied with
such of the youth and beauty of the city
as has not already repaired to the river:
and delightfully occupied they were: and
were the sun down, as it was not, it had
scarcely been missed-for there-

"From every casement came the light,
Of women's eyes, so soft and bright,
Peeping between the trelliced bars,
A nearer, dearer heaven of stars!"

boats manned, to increase the bustle and interest of the scene.

At eleven o'clock London-bridge was wholly closed, and at the same hour Southwark-bridge was thrown open, free of toll. At each end of London-bridge" barriers were formed, and no persons were allowed to pass, unless provided with tickets, and these only were used for the purpose of arriving at the cofferdam. There was a feeling of awful solemnity at the appearance of this, the greatest thoroughfare of the metropolis, now completely vacated of all its footpassengers and noisy vehicles.

At one o'clock the lord mayor and sheriffs arrived at Guildhall, the persons engaged in the procession having met at a much earlier hour.

The lady mayoress and a select party went to the coffer-dam in the lord mayor's private state carriage, and arrived at the bridge about half-past two o'clock.

The Royal Artillery Company arrived in the court-yard of the Guildhall at two o'clock.

The carriages of the members of parliament and other gentlemen, forming part of the procession, mustered in Queenstreet and the Old Jewry.

foot of the bridge on the city side of the At twelve o'clock, the barrier at the river was thrown open, and the company, who were provided with tickets for the coffer-dam, were admitted within it, and kept arriving till two o'clock in quick sc cession. At that time the barriers were again closed, and no person was admitted till the arrival of the chief procession. By one o'clock, however, most of the seats within the coffer-dam were occupied, with the exception of those reserved for the persons connected with the procession.

The wharfs on the banks of the river, between London-bridge and Southwark britze, were occupied by an immense multitude. Southwark-bridge itself was clustered over like a bee-hive; and the river from thence to London-bridge presented the appearance of an immense dock covered with vessels of various descriptions; or, perhaps, it more closely resembled a vast country fair, so com|pletely was the water concealed by multitudes of boats and barges, and the latter again hidden by thousands of spectators, and canvass awnings, which, with the gay committee, consisting of members of the The tickets of admission issued by the holiday company within, made them not court of common council, were in great unlike booths and tents, and contributed request. By their number being judicito strengthen the fanciful similitude. The ously limited, and by other arrangements, tops of the houses had many of them also there was ample accommodation for all their flags and awnings ; and, from the ap- the company. At the bottom of each pearance of them and the river, one might ticket, there was a notice to signify that almost suppose the dry and level ground the hours of admission were between altogether deserted, for this aquatic fete, twelve and two, and not a few of the for worthy of Venice at her best of times. tunate holders were extremely punctual All the vessels in the pool hoisted their in attending at the first mentioned hour, flags top-mast-high, in honour of the oc- for the purpose of securing the best places. casion, and many of them sent out their They were admitted at either end of the

bridge, and passed on till they came to
an opening that had been made in the
balustrade, leading to the platform that
surrounded the area of the proposed ce-
remony. This was the coffer-dam formed
in the bed of the river, for the building of
the first pier, at the Southwark side. The
greatest care had been taken to render
the dam water-tight, and during the whole
of the day, from twelve till six, it was
scarcely found necessary to work the
steam-engine a single stroke. On passing
the aperture in the balustrade, already
mentioned, the company immediately ar-
rved on a most extensive platform, from
which two staircases divided-the one
for the pink tickets, which introduced the
possessor to the lowest stage of the works,
and the other for the white ones, of less
privilege, and which were therefore more
numerous. The interior of the works was
highly creditable to the committee. Not
only were the timbers, whether horizontal
or upright, of immense thickness, but
they were so securely and judiciously
bolted and pinned together, that the
liability of any danger or accident was en-
tirely done away with. The very awning
which covered the whole coffer-dam, to
ensure protection from the sun or rain,
had there been any, was raised on a little
forest of scaffolding poles, which, any
where but by the side of the huge blocks
of timber introduced immediately beneath,
would have appeared of an unusual sta-
bility. In fact, the whole was arranged
as securely and as comfortably as though
it had been intended to serve the time of
all the lord mayors for the next century
to come, while on the outside, in the
river, every necessary precaution was
taken to keep off boats, by stationing offi-
cers there for that purpose. With the
exception of the lower floor, which, as al-
ready mentioned, was only attainable by
the possession of pink tickets, and a small
portion of the floor next above it, the
whole was thrown open without reserva-
tion, and the visitors took possession of
the unoccupied places they liked best.

The entire coffer-dam was ornamented
with as much taste and beauty as the
purposes for which it was intended would
possibly admit. The entrance to the plat-
form from the bridge, was fitted up with
crimson drapery, tastefully festooned.
The coffer-dam itself was divided into
four tiers of galleries, along which several
10ws of benches, covered with scarlet cloth,
were arranged for the benefit of the spec-

The

tators. It was covered with canvass to
keep out the rays of the sun, and from
the transverse beams erected to support
it, which were decked with rosettes of
different colours, were suspended flags
and ensigns of various descriptions
brought from Woolwich yard; which by
the constant motion in which they were
kept, created a current of air, which was
very refreshing. The floor of the dam,
which is 45 feet below the high water
mark, was covered, like the galleries, with
scarlet cloth, except in that part of it
where the first stone was to be laid.
floor is 95 feet in length, and 36 in
breadth; is formed of beech planks, four
inches in thickness, and rests upon a mass
of piles, which are shod at the top with
iron, and are crossed by immense beams
of solid timber. By two o'clock all the
galleries were completely filled with wel!-
dressed company, and an eager impa-
tience for the arrival of the procession
was visible in every countenance.
bands of the Horse Guards, red and blue,
and also that of the Artillery Company,
played different tunes, to render the in-
terval of expectation as little tedious as
possible; but, in spite of all their endea-
vours, a feeling of listlessness appeared
to pervade the spectators. In the mean
time the arrangements at Guildhall being
completed, the procession moved from the
court-yard, in the following order :—

A body of the Artillery Company.
Band of Music.
Marshalmen.

The

Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, mounted, and in th
full uniform of his Office.
The private carriage of Saunders, Esq., the Water
Bailiff, containing the Water-Bailiff, and Nelson,
his Assistant.

Carriage containing the Barge-masters.
City Watermen bearing Colours,

A party of City Watermen without Colours.

Carriage containing Messrs. Lewis and Gillman, the
Bridge-masters, and the Clerk of the Bridge-house
Estate.

Carriage containing Messrs. Jolliffe and Sir E. Banks,

Another party of the City Watermen.

the Contractors for the Building of the
New Bridge.

Model of the New Bridge.
Carriages containing Members of the Royal Society
Carriage containing John Holmes, Esq., the Bailif

of Southwark.

Carriage containing the Under-Sheriffs. Carriages containing Thomas Shelton, Esq., Clerk of the Peace for the City of London; W. L. Newman, Esq., the City Solicitor; Timothy Tyrrell, Esq., the Remembrancer; Samuel Collingridge, Esq., and P. W. Crowther, Esq., the Secondaries; J. Boudon, Esq., Clerk of the Chamber; W. Bolland, Esq., and George Bernard, Esq., the Com. mon Pleaders; Henry Woodthorpe, Esq., the Town Clerk, Thomas Denman, Esq., the Common Sergeant; R. Clarke, Esq., the Chamberlain. These Carriages were followed by those of severa. Members of Parliament.

Carriages of Members of the Privy Council. Band of Music and Colours, supported by City Watermen