and that a grand ceremony was exhibited
on the 25th of October, 1828, of opening the Docks. On that occasion,
nine vessels, of from 516 to 343 tons burden, entered the docks to load
and discharge their freights. Above 1,200 houses, warehouses, &c. were
purchased and taken down, to make room for the new works. Accommodation
is provided for the stowage of 210,000 tons of merchandize; and, from
the improved construction of the warehouses, these goods will be always
housed under cover. The fixed capital for completing this great
commercial undertaking is 1,352,752_l_.

_A Collier Dock_, on a large scale, has been projected to be
excavated and formed in the Isle of Dogs, near Blackwall for which
Mr. George Rennie has made plans and estimates.

The _New London Bridge_, now nearly completed, is a work of great
magnitude, science, and novelty. Its erection, in our times, and
following the recent finishing of the bridges of Waterloo and Southwark,
is a memorable event in the annals of London.

The projected _Tunnel under the Thames_ is not only a novel object
in this part of London, but, should it ever be accomplished, it will be
a wonderful triumph of human talents over seeming impossibilities.

Although so many useful and even important improvements have been
recently effected in the metropolis, there are yet many things left
undone that ought to be done, and others proceeding in a manner that
will neither be creditable nor beneficial. The widening and opening of
_New Streets_ from Pall Mall to the British Museum; from that
national repository to Waterloo Bridge, skirting the two theatres;--from
the Strand to Lincoln's Inn Fields, and thence to Holborn; and again
to Covent Garden;--from Charing Cross to Somerset House;--from Oxford
Road to Bloomsbury Square and Holborn;--from Blackfriars' Bridge to
Clerkenwell, removing and clearing away that nuisance in a public
thoroughfare, Fleet Market;--from Moorfields to the Bank, and thence
obliquely to Southwark Bridge;--widening and opening the area around
St. Paul's Cathedral,--are all calculated to be very beneficial to
the public. Other essential alterations are still required; and the
legislature, as well as all public-spirited individuals, should
co-operate to promote them. The formation of open, respectable quays,
terraces, and streets, on the banks of our fine river, is an event
greatly to be desired.

The vastly-increasing population of London, has occasioned a great
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