The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-29 00:00:00

PROPO4:ED NEW STREET.

Immediately in 1 ,he rear of the present National
Gallery ar situate .d the Workhouse of St. Martin-
in-the-Eiel ds—a large square block of old build-
ings, stand ing or an acre and half a rood of ground
—and the Foot, Guards' Barracks, occupying an
• ea SOIIIeNV hat larger. Both of these the design
here Put f ore). contemplates the removal of by
the Ge
ro;
-ernraen t for the purpose of the National
Gallery. Toge Cher, these sites form an oblong-
shaped ll
plot, ex -idly corresponding in length with
h
levy, and in average width about
oneeh
g•th. The workhouse abuts to the
north
t-
third pritesent Gal
.1 c u
on the
antheect,it'ehr narrow thoroughfare, called
t,t called Hemming's-row ; the bar-
racks
e.
Orange-street. TLese two streets are in a direct
lai npeo. r To
nl co
f plan proooses to widen these out to form
the
new street by about 40 feet taken
from the workho use site., and a similar slice front
the barrack-yard; the whole of the houses, &c., on
the north side, as • well as the artesian well, pumping
engine-house, and the baths and washhouses, to
remain. And thin t, with King William-street and
Chandos-street, already in existence, two-thirds of
the new line are co mpleted without the expense of
disturbing a Single brick, or laying one. From the:
north-western Dorne, of the barrack-yard the pro-
posed line bends in .a north-westernly direction,
taking the form of a crescent, driven through
Orange-street Chapel, and through a small square
it?ounded by Orange-street,
block of buildings that ik
t
St. Martin's-street, Wh.tcomb-street, and Spur-
street, emerging into Pillees-street at the north-
west angle of the block, ft om whence 200 feet of
Princes-street, widened out on its east side, forms
the continuation to the
junction with Coventry-
street. Coventry-street is to be wi.dened 'DO to the
pensable ft.'•aturo
uinnitfhoermdewsiigdnt—h obt;7toh
efeheot—m-easnoinn
south side being
set back 20 feet, the south-east angle of the street
being given a circular sweep, gradually sloping to
range with the houses of tf, o west side of Princess
street at Whitcomb-court. The line may be cowl-
dered to commence on the east at the point where
King William-street diverges from the Strand, and
to terminate at the corner of the upper end of the
Haymarket, a length of about 2,200 feet, and as
compared with the Pall-mall East route, will effect
a saving in distance of about one quarter of. the
whole ; and the line being also of much less steep
gradients,
.viz., 10 feet only of fall in an incline
of 1,000 feet, the remainder of the line being
a perfect level; whilst the Haymarket alone, which
is just 1,000 feet long, gives a fall of 29 feet, and
the Regent-street route by Waterloo-place, 32 feet.
It will, therefore, necessarily become the main trunk
line of communication between the City and the
West (via the Strand), and act to the effect of draw-
ing off from West Strand all the western "through"
traffic, by which—together with the additional
great converging line of approach thereto which
the new street will open out—the new terminus at
,Tiungerford will be given mach improved general
fa catty of access. The latter a matter of no slight
im,port, viewed in reference to the convenience,
con, fort, and safety of the public.—Bui/der.

COUNTRY MARX ETA%