The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-13 00:00:00

MPROVEMENTS in the METROPOLIS.

The new street, from the West, will take a
direction north-east by north. It will commence, opposite to
Coventry-street ; and, by the removal of the south side of Sid-
ney's-alley, (taking in lUr. HAMLET'S, the goldsmith, and
' Giunoies the sadler, both in Whitcomb-street), the line
will be formed, by the north side of Leicester-square. Then it
will proceed, in a gentle curve, due north, cutting away Cran-
borne-alley ; and henceforward the lime will be straight into
the, grand street, and opposite Long-acre. This sweep will be
effected by the removal of all the houses in Cranborne-all:y,
the west end of Bear-street, the east end of Great Newport-
street, part of Ryder's-court, and the corridor leading into the
Panorama. The new street, on entering the grand street, will
terminate the improvements in that quarter.—The grand street
will nearly annihilate all the triangular streets, which are very
numerous, about the Seven Dials, and particularly Great and
Little Earl-street and Tower-street.

IMPROVEMENTS WEST OF THE METROPOLIS.
KNIGHTSBRIDGE.—During the past week numerous have
been the labourers, busy in clearing away the trunks of trees,
on the Park side of the Knightsbridge-road ; for when the stone
coping and iron railing were introduced, the unseemly sight of
a serpentine wall, was required to be obviated. It was in no
part straight ; the evil is now removed, by an inroad of several
feet into the Park itself. The change has brought to light the Old
Conduit, so celebrated in former times for the purity of its wa-
ter; it was almost totally forgotten by being buried behind the
old elms. It is now an agreeable object, being repaired and
beautified. A new street is nearly finished from Knightsbridge,
running due south, opposite the foot barracks of the Guards ;
this will connect itself with the magnificent square now erect-
ing by Lord Grosvenor, in the Five Fields, Chelsea.
BRO/lIPTON.—The superb new church for Kensington is to
be erected in the Nursey Grounds leading to Old Brompton,
and opposite to Brompton Park.
PARE.LANE.—The removal of the old wall, the widening
the road, and the introduction of iron railing, have improved
the situation, from Dorchester House to. Grosvenor street,
greatly.
THE HYDE. PAUL—The ride and drive, from Etanhope-
gate to Grosvenor-gate, is now straight and spacious, sufficiently
so for six carriages abreast, and this has been effected by the
removal of the old riding house, and the wretched tenements so
long a disgrace to the spot.—On the north side is the matchless
new road, one of the finest objects imaginable; it is composed
of flint stones, nearly a mile in length, and of considerable
width ; it is in line with the Bayswater-road, and terminates
at the gate of Kensington-gardens. Several magnificent Palla-
dian villas are rearing their heads in this quarter.
THE R E GENT'S PARE.—The streets, crescents, and squares,
which extend themselves nearly to Kilburn, are truly astonish-
ing ; many with their elevations carried two-thirds up is a
fortnight. The Marquis of Hertford's Tuscan Villa will be an
unique pile, and if he gets the eight acres, it will be magni-
ficent.