The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-23 00:00:00

TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.

Return of the Arrangements entered into between the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests and the Com-
mittee for.erceting the Nelson Monument in Trafalgar..
square ; and also a Statement of the Ran approved and
sanctioned by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests
for laying out the Vacant Space in front of the National
Gallery, whether it will be all or in part open to the
Public.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majeily's Treasury
haying approved of the designs submitted te them for the
Nelson Monument, and of the appropriation of a portion
of Trafalgar-square as a site for the same, the Commi,s-
sioners of Woods, &c., were authorized by Treasury
Letter, bearing date the 27th January, 1840, to deliver
over such site to the Committee. The whole of the ar-
rangements between the Commissioners of Woods and the
Committee for the erection of the Monument up to the
present time have been limited to the delivery of the site.
The plans submitted to the Commissioners of Woods.
&c., in 1837, by the late Mr. Wilkins, contemplated an
architectural appropriation of the square in accordance
with, and intended to increase the effect of, the National
Gailety. The Commissioners of Woods have adhered to
the principle of the plan suggested to them by Mr. N 1 ;I-
kins ; but, in consequence of his death, and the subserir.cnt
selection of the present design for the Nelson Monument,
the Chief Commissioner of Woods, &c., has committed
the laying out of the square to Mr. Barry.
According to the plan which he has suggested (and
which, as regards the excavation of the ground originally
proposed by Mr. Wilkins, is now in progress) the whole
of the space in front of the National Gallery, with the ex-
ception of the roadways forming its respective bounda-
ries, will be lowered, from south to north, to the level of
the footway leading from Cockspur_street to the Strand.
The roadway in front of the National Gallery, and con-
sequently the whole of that building, will, by this ar-
rangement, stand upon a terrace from eight to ten feet in
elevation. The access to the square from this roadway
will be by a terrace-lauding and flight of steps opposite to,
and of the width of the portico of the building. The steps
and the sustaining walls, by which it is intended, upon
three sides, to inclose the square, will be of granite ; the
posts with which it is intended to surround the square are
also to be of granite, and connected with a bar of ironras
a protection to the respective roadways. The squareAscill
be accessible on the north by the steps already mentioned,
and on the south by openings to be left between the posts,
in front of the Nelson Monument. The whole of the awe
of the squire not occupied by that monument is to be
either flagged with stone or laid down with asplalts% and
will be open to and traversable by tie public e.r),..11 hours
of the day.

The Ivhole area to be excavated and appropriated as a
place or square will be in extent, from north to south. 250
feet, ond trual.*_&4 to merit, 340 feet. --Kaite of the Co-
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feet square.

DUNCANNON.
CHARLES GORE.
Commiasiorer4 of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land
.cevenues, Works, and Buildings.
N. R:-The ground removed from Trafalgar-square is
appli'.:d in leveling and improving the surface of the
Green-park.
Office of Woods, &c., June 12, 1840.