The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-11 00:00:00

THEI NEW STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

LEztracts from the Crown and Land Revenue ComMissioners'
Fourth Report.]
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A grant has been made.of a plot of ground in the line of the
new street, north of Charles-street, St. James's-square, to the
Right
.lionottraible and Right keverend the Lord Bishop of
London, and his successors for the time being, and the Very
Reverend the Rector of the Parish of St. James, Westminster,
a►nd his successors, Rectors of the said Parish, for the tinge
being, as a site for a parochial Chapel, wherein Divine Service
is to be performed, according to the Liturgy and Rites of the
Church of-Englund. , .

Another plot of ground, -north of Princes-street, Hanover-
square, is about to be granted for the like purpose. to the
Vestrymen of the Parish of St. George ; and the grunt of a
third plot, north of Oxford-street, and near Langliam-pince;
is about to be inede to, the Vestrymen of the Parish of Stint
Illary-la-bonne, for the site of an additional Church for that
parish. • -
Under similar powers, given by the Act of the 56 Geo.
111. c. 128, whereby there may be granted to bodies cor-
porate end other public bodies, and to societies formed for
the promotion and advancement of the arts, &c. &c. any
portion of the landed estate of the Crown, situated within the
ills of Mortality, as sites for public buildings, it has been
agreed, in compliance with a Alemorial of the President and
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, to grant to them,
for ninety-nine years, at a nominal. rent, a plot of ground on
'the south side of dincontiouation of Pall-mall, for the site of
a New College.
The buildings in all those places are to be.according to pliinti
and elevations to be approved of by this Board, that they may.
be made to confonwto the general' design, for the parte of the
Streets in which they are respectively situate, The estimated
yearly value of the said several Plots is 1331)!.
With reference to the proposed continuation of Pall-mall,
eastward to St. Alartints.lane, and the- widening of Cock-
spur-street, we stated in our last Report the measures which
were then in progress for ascertaining how far the Land
Revenue opt the one hand, and the public convenience and
ornament of the 3letropolis on the other, would. be rela-
tively effected: by • laying out tilts property in the Manner
orig
inally proposed, or by reletting it on 'repairing leases.—
e have now to state, that having been furnished by 31r.
Nash with estimates which he had been directed to make for,
this purpose, and havingg, submitted collies Of such estimates
with our own report to the Lords of the Treasury, their Lord-
ships
were pleased to sanction the plan origMally propo,7ol for
the appropriation of this property, and to authorise its., being i
immediately carried into effect. tire proceeded, therefore, as
we obtainea possession of the old buildings', to. dispose of
the materials, and clear the ground, which, as far as this
could he accomplislod, was immediately relet for new build-
ings ; and as soon as means can be provided for acconi-
modating the public establishments which still occupy a con-
siderabla part of the Lower Mews, that only remaining part of
the improvements contemplated by the New Street Act, not
yet in immediate progress, will be completed.
It may be proper to mention, while adierting to din pro,_
posed improvement in the neiglibourliodd of the Royal Mews,
that an advantageous opportunity having recently occurred
for the
,purchase of an extensive freehold estate situated in
Castle-street, Orange-street, and Orange-court, Leicester-
square, which, from its immediate vicinity to the Upper
Mews, ft would be extreniely desireable to possess in the event
of those premises being either retained for their present line-
poses, or applied to any other, branch of the public service, the
Lords of the Treasury were pleased to sanction the purchase of
this estate,_ and also of a small plot of freehold ground adjoining
.thereto, known as " The Green Yard," The whole amount
sof the expense incurretl in making these purchases, zund in ac-
quiring sundry'letisehold interests in the first mentioned estate,
is 22,106 L 12s. 11d. The rents accruing from the, property, in
the meantime, will be received as part of the Land Reyentie,
and carried to the account of the New Street pppartment.
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