7 APRIL 1933, Page 13

A Hundred Years Ago

" THE SPECTATOR," APRIL 0TH, 1833.

THAMES TUNNEL.—Sir E. Codrington, on Monday, presented a petition from the proprietors of the Thames Tunnel, praying for aid to enable them to complete their work. Ho recommended the undertaking. In July, 1811, there passed over London Bridge 99,000 persons ; over Blaekfriars, 60,000 persons. So that it was not too much to say that this tunnel—a sort of Irish bridge, since it passed under water—would be of groat utility. If the tunnel were completed, vast quantities of goods would pass through it from the Commercial Docks, which now had to be carried four miles round by London Bridge. The consideration of the petition was postponed, in consequence of Lord Althorps absence.

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