The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-14 00:00:00

THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.

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At the meeting of the Corporation of London, for improving the
approaches to London-bridge, held on Tuesday, the deputation ap-
pointed to confer with the Commissioners of Metropolitan Improve.
ments on the question of obtaining further space at the east-end of
the New Royal Exchange made their report.
The deputation consisted of Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, the
Chairman of the Royal Exchange Committee, Mr. W. Lawrence,
and Mr. Richard Taylor, attended by Mr. Tyrrell, the remembran.
eer, and Mr. Tite, the architect of the new building
It appeared that the deputation had had several interview, with
the Commissioner's, and that they submitted their plans:or clues.
Lions for those improvements.
The first suggestion was to make an opening into Finch.lane,
the same in character as that which was made in Fleet.street,called
St. Bride's passage, but wider ; the width of the Finch-lane open-
ingee
beingbetwPnm the shop. at sixty feet from house to house, and thirty
Net sholos.

The second suggestion proposed the acme opening, but included
the widening of the main street at the eut-end of- the !Change to
sixty feet, instead of forty•sii feet six inches as at present.
The third plan proposed the taking down of Finch.lane alto.
'ether, and the construction of a new street, seventy feet wide, at
the east end of the 'Change in its place. All the plans contained a
uggeation for widening Threadneedle.street. from the-Royal Ex.
change up to Merchant Tailors' Hall.
The application on the part of the Corporation was supported by
a memorial from the merchant., bankers; brokers, and traders
of the City. This memorial was signed by all thefirst. names in
the City. _ . .

In opposition to hirther improvement in this quorters. Magdalen
College appeared by their steward, Mr. Blagrove, and Mr. Sheriff
Moon, t heir tenant. _ _

After hearing evidence from all these pirtiei, the Commis-
sioners, it appeared, determined that a more extended spase at the
east end of the new Royal Exchange would greatly conduce to the
effect of the building, and the convenience of those who might
frequent it ; but that looking to the numerous and important
claims upon any funds which might be provided by the Legislature
for improvements in the metropolis, they could not feel justified
in recommending to her Majesty, or to Parliament, that any ad-
vance of money from public sources, or from local taxation, should
►e made for this purpose.
This determination appears to have produced bat one feeling
in the City, which is that of universal regret that_ as opportunity
has thus been lost which cannot occur again. - -

ROYAL SOCIETY.—The lucrative and honourable
appointment of Assistant-Secretary, vacant by the death of
the late Mr. Robertson, has been filled up by Mr. Weld, the
late Secretary of the Statistical Society. Phis latter situation
has been filled by the appointment of Dr.-Richard King, the
celebrated Polar traveller.
THE ROMANCE or " CHATSWORTH," Edited by
the Author of " Tremaine," and "De Vere."—The brilliant
portraits which form so remarkable a feature in the new novel
of "Chatsworth," will contribute not a little to the success
which that work seems destined to attain, and though it is
clear that no one of them can be fixed, with any show of
fairness, on any of the living celebrities of the day, it is
' equally certain that not one among those sparkling sketches
but will be attributed to at least half a dozen of people to
each of whom some one feature of it may be supposed to
apply. Which among our half-dozen most popular writers
will not aspire to be thought the "Admirable Crichton of
his day"—Mr. Reginald Beltravers--which of the half score
of " Geniuses" in which our literature rejoices, will -not fancy
himself (or his friends fancy it for him) typified in that
cleverest of oddities, Mr. Tresvllian Thorns? and as for the
" Lady Bab Brilliants" of the literary and fashionable world
—they so abound (in everything but the cleverness) that
there will be no end to the claims upon the proprietorship of that
portrait. Some of the others being rather less acceptable,
will probably not be so eagerly
appropriated.
THE PROHIBITED COMEDY.—A great sensation
will doubtless be created by the article which appears in
Colburn's New Monthly Maguzine for the present month, re-
lative to the prohibition, by the Lord Chamberlain, of the five-
act comedy entitled Richelieu in Lore; or, The Youth of
Charles the First. It is observed, " This is a question which
affects the freedom of literature at large—not merely stage
literature. It affects the right of all English authors when
any author is thus struck down, without trial, without being
allowed to defend himself, without being allowed to amend
his error, if any had been proved against. him, and above all,
without the right of appeal. No man but an English dra-
matist can be thus treated in England. Well may the author
of 'Richelieu' demand Is it just or unjust to put any citizen
out of the pale of the eonstitution, and into the power of an
irresponsible and arbitrary tribunal ? Why should the drama
be the only species of literature still marked with the brand
of slavery ?' We repeat, this is a question which concerns all
men of letters, and we ask them, will they submit to the in-
Ilictlou of so *rant an injustice ?"