The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-15 00:00:00

though that was far from exhausted.

The noblest square in London, for space and
airiness, is Lincoln's Inn-fields, said to be com-
mensurate with the base of the great pyramid of
Giza. Be this as it may, it is a fine space, and
has great capabilities. The magnificent front
of the College of Surgeons has added greatly to
its dignity ; and it would have been well if the
College of Physicians, now removing, could have
had contiguous locality, instead of emigrating t°
the courtly site of Pall-Mall East. The most
distinguished inhabitants of this fine square
have, for some time, been moving in the same di-
rection ; and its grand houses are now divided
into chambers. This, however, affects not its
external appearance, and it still deserves em-
bellishment. The houses which once contained
Prime Ministers, look as proudly as they did,
though now let out to students of the law, who
here enjoy a view, at least, of that scat of legal
knowledge, which the overflow of peaceful times
forbids them to inhabit.

But how is it, let me ask, that this superb
space has uniformly been neglected as to its im-
provement. In the carriage-way no square stones
of granite are seen, in the foot-ways no flag.°
stones. They are paved no better than the
central parts of every street, and the rest not so
well as the most neglected lanes of the obscurest
parts of London. On the western side, after
any rain, the dirt is intolerable ; and not on any
side can the walker find the accommodation
which every other part of the town affords. A
tardiness in adopting improvements seems to cha-
racterize this place. Long, very long, was the
planting of the inner inclosure resisted. Taste
at length prevailed, and the dreary waste has
become an elegant garden. The pavements still
continue a disgrace, to point out which will, it
may be hoped, suffice for its removal. Is "-
pence the obstacle? Those who are skilled in
devising ways and means would soon discover
how to meet it.
A want of communication is another evil be-
longing to this square. Gate-street should be
opened to Holborn, and Turn-stile enlarged to
a street ; while, on the south side, a broad street
should form a junction with the Strand. But
these are more distant speculations. The other
may, and ought to be effected.

With respect to the City at large, there are
two grand problems which the chemists are call-
ed upon to solve, for the sake of its beauty and
salubrity. Let them contrive means for consum-
ing all the smoke, which now disfigures the build-
ings, and annoys the inhabitants ; or if this be
thought impracticable, let them point out some
cheap wash, which, by its strong affinity to car..
bon, shall readily cleanse the blackened fronts
of all our public buildings. More difficult pro-
blems have already been solved by the able Pre-
sident of the Royal Society. He who discovered
how to counteract the fire-damp of the mine,
and how to preserve our coppered ships from the
corrosion of marine acid, may surely, if he turn
his sagacity in that direction, discover how to
wash the faces of palaces, or even how to re-
move the cause by which they are now blackened'
E.

* See THE SUN of Jan. 30, 1824.

CoMrosuaE.—On Friday se'nnight, as the'coll'
demned prisoners were entering the gaol, in ihis
town, one of them, of the name of Bradnum, con'
victed of. the burglary at Glemsford, was th4s
accosted by his mother :—" Well, boy, what Are
you to. be done to ?" " Hanged, mother," re.plieu
the son. " Well," rejoined the mother, "be
good boy, and don't be hanged. in your best
clothes, but let me have then,--I had better take
your red waistcoat now !"—(Bury Post.) .

COAL-MARKET, APRIL 14.
Ships at Market. Ships sold Price.
31 Newcastle - 27 - 3158 od to 445 Od
17 Sunderland - - 16 -34 s Od to 45s 6d

BIRTHS.
On the llth inst., at St. Peter's Cottage, Manchester, Mrs.
Connell, of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., at Greenwich, the lady of George Augus-
tus Bond, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's service, of
a daughter.
On the-13th inst., at her house in Church-street, Lambeth,
the lady of B. G. Hodges, Esq., of a daughter.