The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-04 00:00:00

TEV.P4E-P AR IMPROYEMENTS.

• IT gives us }Measure to notice the progress of the
noble,improrements carrying on on the West.side
of Temple-Bar. Several ancient sewers crossed the
scite of the, intended improvements in their way to
the Thames, and were all of them so shallow, as to
cause the cellars of the adjoining houses to be damp
' and noisome in the extreme, by the soaking in
(through the open gravel which- here abounds) of
the filth frOm the sewers, •instead, of the sewers.
,draining them. An
_entire new sewer, spacious and
deep, has therefore 'been constructed, communicat.
infr' at about the middle-of the narrow part of Essex.
street with the old sewer leading -to the Thames,
and proceeding northward it crosses the Strand, and
'in the centre of the street intended to lead on the
north side of St. Clement's Church, it divides, and .
one branch has been carried westward along the in:..•
tended street, alrnctst to the beginning of Wych-.:
street, where 1.1 the present .it terminates the
other /branch -prr-xeeds eastward, along the same
street, to near the Bar, where it also for the pre-
sent fent-limit& ;.- these branc!-.es in their course-in.
tersed and take in all the watirs of the-old sewers.

Mit.= the 'rizty SPIVP r qtrand,.a perk*
ancient stone bridge of one about eleven ftet
10n,,.„ was discovered, covered op five or six reef
•with rubbish and moved soil, and fr,tn the hardl?sti
of the stone and Mortar, was with the greatest diE_
eat), reinovett. It appears to haye ctindud-d passen,
gers over tie Brook or. Gully, which here passed to
the Thames, before sewers were cOnstruded arid.
the street ra4.0., apd w.as formerly caUcd Strand.
bridge. •

Opposite nearly to Twining!s tea-warehouse,,
capital new strset`is intended, to line with Searle..
street, and open (by the lower, side of LinColtes.
Inn. Fields) the long and inuch.wanted communica.
tion :between the,Strand and Holborn. A branch
.new .sewer is now conitrucling along part
of tips intended new street, and the present openings
prepared for the same,.'and the_ houses behind. the'
chiirch, present the Naturalist with a fine opportunity
of examining (as he latel% might have done at Snow..
bill) the fine stratum of clay, which, with a few
exceptions, by patches of gravel, forms the surface
of the immense and famous vale of Lonthm, whose
fitness for the purposes of the Brick-maker, no,
doubt, in a great measure determined the first
choice of thiS--spot,for a Town; and has, perhaps,
not a little Contributed to its amazing extension.
The top of this stratum, for about 21.7. fet:t deep,
is of a 'reddish yellow ,colour, and contains here and:,
there the lie/motiria, or fossils called clap,
baps:. In- the remaining depth of 5 feet, which is
at present open) the clay is of a dark lead colour,
and contains a few Marrial-Pyr.:ies„ .or he4vy.i.rre.-
gular Wick lumps, composed of, iron and sulphur,
having a shining appearance when tie,sh
broken. , . -

.
. Six near alms houses have been built at.the back
of St-. Clement's Church, near- to Clement's Idris
and are nearly ready for.occupation ; when the.
old-alms-houses and vestry-room, on the east of Sr.
Clement's Chuvoh-yard, now-so much in the. way, -
will-be immediately- taken down, The -ground
_be-
wcen (tic iieiv, aims-houses and the -street (nOl
boarding ;:i-rri is „intended -for-a.. burying ground,,
in lieu of part cf the Chutch-yard on the West &id-,
whiciilfarbferi—ta(ely notv paved laid into the
street,-7-The Church completed, b.P-
,'surr;)unded by a dwarf wail, and iron prOlisadoes,
-as the New.cliurelt in the Strand but in• some
places it must be nearer to-the chtiro
to
,suit the streets on 'eac4.i. Side i tne.._foundatlon- of
the new houses opposite to. Mr. Twining's', are dug
out and began, we hope that the Wintenollpo.;.
!yet come on, before several hOuses.are ereacd..
parish of St._Dunstan have been
'preparing to add. to-the pleasing. ,ifeti 0f: this noble
;inaprOeinenr,-byrepairing btaittlfyipg the our.
side-of their criurcli, taeac the Bar';. ,and the,cnurclir
Sr. Mary.Te-Scrand, on the other side, is a.: present.'
Underring -a tht‘rough:repair,-amt-vilirw-htn .corn,;, '
pleated, have a very itei,utitul citet.t.

Mr. WEST, the_Piesideniof the Royal Acadern?,
gave; -a grand dinner at Paris on- the-,27th tdr.. 'to
6everal French..Arttsts, and English persons of
lindion. Citizen tild Madame LEBRUN, Citizeti"
L EROY, Lord, an,i Lady Ox_rottn,..Miss WILLIAMS,
,vlr, EtelsKiNE, Mr. KEMBLE and a great number-,
of others were present.. The fist toast after
ner vva,, " ,:‘,/lay the Artits.:off:ance live in hat- -
mony with Those of Englund, whatever Mar bg,
the state,of Politics." rile French Artiste Oleo's
drank to the health of Mr. WEST, and to the glory
of tile-Arts in England. Mr. WE-s' replied by the
following toast,'” May the Arts and Sciences tenk
to establiSh harmony amongst Mankind, m4y .they
bee culti..vated with care thrOughout the Uniyerse,;=
may the only, ambition of .Englishmen and Fienell-
inen'be to excel in Science and Virtue."-=(Citojtl
Francois.) • A

has returned from Paris, delighted
with the.grand display of Graphic treasures with
which that Capital abounds, and consequently .abu6-
dandy recompened for the time and expcnce which
hr allotted to the excursion.

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The C,i-lIEP CONsUk in his late examination of the
• proofsof mattufatturing and mechanical skill,bestOwed • •
nd,
pariieular notice on an invention of tho latter "i k_
inade•try an 'Englishman, who resides.in Paris, `'r.4ltact a I nlloc, Chandler. It'is'very 11°-
nourable to the Charaoer cif . the CHI E F
that, however attentive he.mly be o'it the peculiar
• interests. of France, in. all political aflitirs,, he 10(4°
with coniemPt on national. distinftions in his
tronage'olgenius and talents. •
Several barrels of a ,poisonous m-xrare, (lea
as -a 'suirstitut.- hops,- were; s, tt nays sl°Cg
se zed iti itie„.:Bar iin n
.ough,,d:are Iv, de, psited ire
Excise Office, for the purpose of being analYze( js
he..parries, on whose pfemtses. cornet
coinoPll ,
wto
ddiscovered;:- ate tu be prosecuted tor ilie.reilaiLle
;s -
which.they,Kire.subjeLt.7e r~s '
t
Hadfield . maniac, ho .some Ifi-e
since was las: week rr ri"
xi)
from Bed •in (in .1,2 r orcit:r r L ,(L.l r,,LHA
,
to Newga:c: f.,: tl-Ae more secure kccP-;1Z of Ns
persona