The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-09 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

Japan, is beginning
The recent article published in the Nieuwe Rotter-
on the state of dtoal34BThe article is as
follows : attention,
clie
excite Co
gureannter,
al
" Since the colonisation of California, Japan has be-
come a place of the greatest importance to the commer-
cial interests of the globe. At present it forms a com-
plete barrier to the coomunication between India and
the United States.
~ The barrier can be olonger tolerated, and if nego-
ciations fail in effecting its xemoyal, it must be cleared
by the force of artillery.
"England, France, Russia, and the United States
have attempted, in vain: to prevail with the Emperor—
he has remained inexorable. At this moment Holland
alone is permitted to trade there, a mono poly which has
brought us very little profit, while it has drawn upon us
the hatred and envy of other n&.tious, because they ima-
gine we are reaping a rich harvest.
" We cannot do more for our own interests than to
induce the Emperor to throw Open his harbours. If the
opening of these harbours be effected through our nego-
tiation, we shall secure our influence in Japan, and con-
vince the European nations that it
„-- -• was not owing to
selfishness on our pit which kept the trade of the
world so long shut out from this empire. Our Govern-
ment has made one attempt, which has proved abortive;
nevertheless, the effort should be vigorously renewed."
—AI/gemeine Zeitung.

FRANCE.
EXTENSION OF THE LINES OF ELEC-
TRIC'The of Wednesday contains a report to
the President of the Republic from the Minister of the
Interior,i I ooni t
the
r: TELEGRAPHu
j.of.the IN
Nines
of
gicaTion, and then goes on
is in arrear of the other nations of Europe in this
out how much France
important means
It begins sobfycopt:onirrintuinn
to particularise the different points to which it is most
material that it should be. appl'.ed. The blank be-
tween Chalons and Marseilles is mentioned as electric
ren-
deringtele-
comparatively useless the line which has
been laid down between the termer place and the ca-
pital. The importance of establishing lines to
Bordeaux, to Strasburg, and to other frontiers, is
also forcibly pointed out. The Minister states,
that from the result of the.
application of the
electric telegraph for private cotamunications during
the last ten months, 00 doubt ,;:an exist but that
when the means of
communication become more
extended, the receipts Would ex need the interest of
the money expended. The Minister states that,
notwithstanding the reserve impos ed on him by the
state of the finances, be cannot hesitate from the
importance of the question in demanding the credits
necessary for extending the lines of electric telegraphs
in the different. directions he had mentioned. The
report is followed by a decree of the President of the
Republic,
Opening a credit of 4,832,987 f. to the
Minister of the Interior, 'chargeable on the budgets
of 1852, 1853, and 1854, for the
.purposes set forth
iu the report.

LAYING OUT
among the groves of Brom *on
------_ -
The baud of the anompTCP.N GROVES. I
" destroyer will soon spread havoc
yet sequestered lawns within the boss m of the town, for
the most part unconscious of thew, will give place to
to spare the trees, and to go softly
York and Irish filigging, 1 as far as may be,
pray theca t,
-park: the verdant and
over the stones. To
the circumstance of family aettlenael its it is alone due
that compacted dwellings hav:l not A ready covered the
whole space between the Glass Paiace and the Brompton-
road. The soil being dry, the neighbour-
hood-17, the air Di ;ht,
unsullied by
any deformity Gave the Knights-
bridge) Barracks, the character of the suburb around
being good and touch souYht after, fl 9 sure the proprietors
neighbour-
hood of the fact, that it only rEquires z 6 little liberality of
space, with great caution in the ad, )1 :tion of designs, to
Make this the moat fashionable ar .c 1 eligible
about the metropolis, a 3 well as the most profitable
to the owners. The Brortipton-rot d is worse than mean
—at present it is miserable. Fi oas the church gate
(and that should be withdrawn 6 , )r 8
feet), full 20 feet
ought to be added to the public rt ,ad, throughout the
whole distance to Mr. Frek,,3 build iegs. The sacrifice
of that strip would confer ten pe r cent. on the whole
estate; and as there cannot be less tl an 150 acres in the
great lease now about to be allo VI d, liberality in this
regard would pay a hundredfold. I hero is also a plot
of singular,y well-placid ground next the church at
BrOIDOCD, which intervenes, and oug ht to give up a por-
tion to the road; without this, t) ie widening of the

residue might assimilate to the Strand, where, between
Clement's Danes and the beautiful church of St. Mary-le-
Strand, the wretched stack of houses between the
Strand and Old Clothes-row defiles the main artery. As
to the character of architecture to be adopted on so large
an extent, it ought to be varied and good. Give each
house a space for at least free circulation of air, and, if
possible, a large saloon detached, with occasional stables;
bat, above all, let the grand causeways be spacious, and
lead to senaething—the Park at one end, gardens like
Hyde-park Gardens fronting the Hyde—and the same
towards the other outer bounds. Let the trees (if any
there be) stand; plant limes and other smooth-leafed
species in all openings for verdure, for it also promotes
ventilation, not to speak of ornament.—Correspondent of
the Builder.