544 Mr. M. H. Sjpielmann [May 13, 



the gaiety and contiguity of passers-by may be retained. The double 

 colonnade is therefore brought up to the water edge, and the present 

 balustrade as it is seen to-day is but the first course of the outer part 

 of it. Other alterations have been made, but it is hoped the charm- 

 ing vista of the Foreign OfiBce and Westminster in the distance may 

 still be secured. The high architectural screen originally designed 

 is now replaced by a lower but still more effective balustrade nearer 

 to the Palace, whereby Mr. Brock's memorial will not be interfered 

 with, and the view from the palace windows will no longer be im- 



Taking the Whitehall end, we see that the great circus, some- 

 what reduced from the original size, is brought slightly westward, 

 and space is thus made for the erection of a large Government 

 building of a decorative and monumental character, with a circular 

 " place " on each side of it. It is intended that this new building 

 should be devoted to Admiralty purposes, and in the centre of it will 

 rise a great monumental arc way, with which the Processional Koad 

 will end worthily, for a utilitarian Government, with a public build- 

 ing. The eastern and western faces of the building will be crescent- 

 shaped, so that the slight irregularity of its site and the change 

 in its alignment will be, it is hoped, entirely masked. From this 

 point the Processional Road, as far as the space opposite the Duke of 

 York's column, is narrower than the rest, owing to exigencies of the 

 ground, but between there and the Memorial the measurements are 

 more imposing. The total number of trees, with those newly planted, 

 remains the same as before. The width of the chief road is 65 feet, 

 which in relation to its length and to the trafiic does not compare ill 

 with the 90 feet of the Champs Elysees. There is an allee of trees 

 with paths 25 feet wide on each side. These form vistas, and will be 

 furnished at each break with groups of sculpture. The statues at the 

 foot of the steps below the Duke of York's column will represent the 

 Eastern Dominions — that is to say, there will be handsome gateways, 

 and between them an important group symbolical of the *' Genius of 

 Orient." Four subsidiary groups of statuary will represent " Ceylon," 

 " Barbadoes," the " China Ports," and " India." Opposite Marl- 

 borough Gate there will be another handsome gateway into the park, 

 and the " place," 100 feet across, will be embellished with groups of 

 statuary symbolical of the Western Dominions, comprising "Australia," 

 *' Canada," " Newfoundland," and " New Zealand." At the Western 

 end of the Processional Eoad are the two groups of statuary repre- 

 senting South Africa — " the Cape " and " Natal." The ugly electric 

 light standards now set up are temporary. An elaborate system of 

 lamps, in groups and clusters, will be Mr. Brock's special charge, 

 and will be in sculptured bronze, so that there will be, as regards the 

 memorial itself, three concentric circles of light, which will mark the 

 construction, and which, with the lamps along the stone balustrade 

 enclosing the forecourt nearer to the Palace (the balustrade being 

 10 feet high), will produce a very fine effect at night. There will be 



