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

-7 PROPOSED NEW STREET.

Immedif htely in the rear of the present National
,re situated the Workhouse of St. Martin-
ields—a large square block of old build-
ings ,E-tanding on an acre and half a rood of ground
iG—natislbl:let.Y ti
nd the Foot Guards' Barracks, occupying an
are a somewhat larger. Both of these the design
hei 'e put forth contemplates the removal of by
the Government for the purpose of the National
Galle:ry. Together, these sites form an oblong-
; duped plot, exactly corresponding in length with
the pi •esent Gallery, and in average width about
on e-third its length. The workhouse abuts to the
not •th .on the street called Hemming's-row ; the bar-
rac ics on another narrow thoroughfare, called
Ora nge-street. These two streets are in a direct
line.. The plan proposes to widen these out to form
a portion of the new street by about 40 feet taken
froi n the workhouse site, aid a similar slice from
Ithe bar rack-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
r emain. And thus, with King William-street and
Ciandos-street, already is existence, two-thirds of
the , new line are completed without the expense of
dist lirbing a single brick, or laving one.. From the
nort Ix-western corner of the barrack-yard the pro-
posed line bends in a north-westernly direction,
taking,• the form of a crescent, driven through
()raw s-street Chapel, and through a small square
block o, F buildings that is bounded by Orange-stieet,
St. Ma. rtin's-street, Whitcomb-street, and Spur-
street, et verging into Princes-street at the north-
west
an
g.
le of the block, from whence 200 feet of
Princes- street, widened out on its east side, forms
the conitinuotion to the. junction with Coventry-
street. Coventry-street le to be widened out to the
uniform 'width of 70 feet—an indispensable feature
in the de sign—by the houses on its 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 the west side of Princes-
street at Whitcomb-court. The line may be consi-
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 is an incline
of 1,0 00 feet, the remainder of the line being
a pet foot level ; whilst the Haymarket alone, which
is just 2,000 feet long, gives a fall of 29 feet, and.
nt-street route by Waterloo-place, 32 feet.
Ithtewnege
will,
thorefore, necessarily become the main trunk
line of comi.nunieation 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
Hungerford will be given mach improved general
facility of access. The latter a matter of no slight
import, viewed in referonce to the convenience,
comfort, and safety of the public.—Builder.

COUNTRY MA BEETS.

* NORTHAMPTON-lAN. 26.

At this corn-market the wheat supply was rather large,
with an inactive demand, prices ranging from 63s to 69s for
old, and 47s to 63s for 'new. In barley a good business,
malting 38s to 455, grinding 32s to 36s ?per qr. Oats is
small supply, and prices as before—quoted at 24s to 408
per 24 stone. Beans, old, 52s to 565; peas, 40s to 625.
Rye, 37s to 425; malt, 68s to 728 ; flour, 33s to 34s per
pack