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The width and length of this division 
of the main street, (from the Colonnade 
to Portland Place,) corresponds with 
the general splendour, and when the 
whole line is finished, and the street 
paved and passable, it will constitute a 
continuation of fine buildings and a 
coup deceit unequalled in the world. 
But the plan has not been confined 
to the new line of street. It has been 
extended to the improvement of all 
the collateral streets. Thus Jennyn- 
[Jan. I, 
street has been opened at its east and 
west ends, and Charles-street has 
been opened into the Haymarket; and 
to give a finish to this line, the Hav- 
market theatre has been rebuilt on the 
eastern side, exactly opposite toChailes- 
street, and forms an elegant object 
from St. James-s-square. We have 
annexed a view of this structure, which 
instead of the barn-like appearance of 
the old theatre, is now a public orna¬ 
ment. 
Account of the New Street. 
the new haymarket theatre. 
Iii the same vicinity other changes 
on a gigantic scale are taking place. 
Of the New Opera House, and the 
splendid arcades of shops by which it 
is completely surrounded, we have al¬ 
ready inserted a view in this Magazine 
for March, 1819. 
But the opposite side of the. Hay¬ 
market, Suffolk-street, and the north 
side of Cock spur-street have been taken 
down, and splendid quadrangles of 
new buildings, are in course of erec¬ 
tion, to form a street in continuation of 
the line of Pall Mall, which will take 
in the grand front of the Mews, and 
terminate in the fine portico of St. Mar¬ 
tin’s Church. 
Of the chief of these novelties we 
shall as they arise, submit views to our 
readers. 
The architect and presiding genius 
of the whole, is Mr. Nash, who in spite 
of puny criticism and trivial objec¬ 
tions, will, in the variety and taste of 
these erections, establish a fame which 
will vie with that of Inigo Jones, and 
Sir Christopher Wren. 
The patron is the King, and the 
design is as honourable to the patron 
as creditable to the artist. The execu¬ 
tion will remain a monument to the 
memory of both ; and it is deeply to he 
lamented that a sovereign of such a 
fine taste, should, in the policy of his 
government, he often compromised by 
the acts of some of his obdurate and 
narrow-minded ministers, who, in their 
administration, too frequently prove 
themselves strangers to every generous 
sympathy of the human heart. 
For 
