The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-24 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S PARK.

By order of the House of Commons, a plan
has just been printed, showing the alterations
proposed in St. James's Park, and we are there-
fore now able to speak with something like pre-

cision on this interesting subject. It is gratify-
ing to find that the convenience and enjoyment

of7thepublic have been most fully attended to.
The interests of pedestrians especially, and they
compose the class of the community which' in
such cases is entitled to the first consideration,

have been amply provided for. No fresh restric-
tions will be imposed upon them, while a variety
of new and extensive walks will be devoted en-

tirely to their use. The parade will undergo no
change whatever; it will neither be enlarged nor
diminished. The present carriage-ioad on the
north side of the, Park will be done away with,
and the northern mall will become its substitute,
while a new mall will be made at some short
distance further from the side of the Park. By

this alteration the public will be considerably
nefitted, for the size of the Park will not be at
all curtailed ; and, instead of the sombre dead
wall and dull gardens which border on the pre-
sent carriage-road, there will be a handsome row
of houses, fronted by a terrace. On the northern
side of the houses we just mentioned, and to the
southward of Pall-mall, there will be two new
streets, running into each other in a right
line, which will be called Carlton-house-street,
and Marlborough-house-street. Waterloo-place
will be continued into Carlton-house-street, and
the buildings now erecting and to front Pall-mall,
namely, the United Service Club, the Athe-
nnum, the Travellers' Club, and the Heralds.
College, will have handsome gardens on the
Carlton-house-street side ; and as there will be
a direct communication from Marlborough=
house-street to the Park, this may almost be
considered as an enlargement of it. This part
of the alterations, viewed upon the plan, striker
us as combining at once good taste, convenience,
and economy. At the end of the Northern
Mall and carriage road a noble effect will be
produced by the King's Palace, and the laying
out of the ground immediately fronting it. At
the end of the Palace Court-yard there will be
a triumphal arch, and a short straight road of
handsome dimensions will lead from thence to
the Mall. On either side of this way there will
be a grass-plat planted with shrubs, and bounded
by a semi-circular road, the one end going into
James-street, the other going into the present
Green Park carriage road, which leads ,to Hyde
Park-corner, and the centre form the termination
of the Mall. By this alteration Buckingham-gate
will become useless, and will therefore be remov-
ed. At the back of his Majesty's Palace them
will be a fine terrace, and the distance will be
occupied by a garden and a piece of ornamental
water. In the centre of the Park an admirable
alteration will be made. The present dingy
pedestrians.enlarging
the
present There
palings which enclose the part laid out in grass
are to be swept away, the ground is to be planted
as a garden, and a variety of gravel walks are to
be
s a
e laudlo someo out for theoubenefit
ght
o f
of
piece of ornamental water. It is proposed,
according to the plan, to extend it at either end,
and to form two or three small islands which are
to be planted with shrubs. On the south side
of the Park there will be a handsome road of
communication for private carriages, from GreAt.
George-street to Grosvenor-plate, which wilt be
faced by a terrace and rows of houses similar to
those on the north side ; and at the back of them
will stand the barracks of the King's new szables.
Such are the proposed alterations, and on the
whole their effect will be to add greatly to the
beauty of the Park, and to the convenience of
the public. Whichever way the spectator may
turn, instead of being presented with the dull
monotonous dead wall, and the irregular and
dreary-looking backs of houses which now too
often meet the eye, he will invariably be gratified
by objects of a striking character and handsome
appearance.

FSQhueeheand-
MELANCHOLY CASE.—On Saturday even-
ing, between five and six, a young woman, cook
ihni t
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to.
0. Deputy
herself: Routh, o
she was subsequently married,
contracted an acquaintance with a man, to who
but stillretained
her situation. Lately, however, she had heard
that her husband had got another wife and several
children, residing at Dock-head, Rotherhithe.
On Saturday she re •aired
thither, accompanied
by her brother and sister, and on her arrival found
the stateroom of her husband's villany too true.
After a scene of the most afflicting nature, she
returned in a state of great despondency. On
arriving at the bottom of Garlick Hill, Thames-
street, she stepped away from them, and ran down
Bull Wharf-lane. From the top of the wharf'
she jumped into a barge, and from thence over a
boat with a boy in it into the river. The lad
was for a moment panic struck, but recovering
himself, immediately caught hold of one of her
arms, and called for assistance. Several water-
men at Queenhithe-stairs instantly lent their aid,
and drew her on the gunnel of the boat ; but the
unfortunate woman made a most desperate tc-
sistance, endeavouring to plunge further into the
stream, and at last forced herself from 0 ofthe
boat, and sunk, They again succeeded in getting
into
hold of her, and conveyed her the
King's
Arms, at Queenhithe, apparently lifeless. After
being bled, and put into a warm bed, she some-
what recovered, but shortly
fell into strong
hysterics, and remained all night
in an alarming
state of delirium. l4r. Deputy Routh visited
her yesterday, and humanely ordered every atten-
tion to be paid to her,