down, and others raising, farther back, by which the street will be much
widened, and the new buildings will assume better faces, if not better
accommodation, for the tradesmen who occupy them. That museum of sheds,
stalls, and filth, _Covent Garden_, is also to be cleared and
cleansed, and respectable ranges of shops and warerooms are to be
erected.

It is now confidently said, that "_the King's College of London_"
is to be attached to the eastern side of Somerset House; and that Mr.
Smirke is commissioned to make a design for the building.

In the _Regent's Park_ a new Terrace and other buildings, are in
progress; the great Colosseum is nearly finished, and the _Zoological
Gardens_ have excited unusual popularity. No less than 130,000
visiters have been admitted to view the gardens and the vivarium within
the year 1828.

On the east side of the Park is a mass of buildings appropriated to
_St. Katherine's Hospital_, consisting of a chapel in the centre,
with a group of dwellings on each side, and a detached mansion for the
master. South of this is a series of buildings, called _Cumberland
Terrace_, raised from the designs of Mr. Nash, which is abundantly
adorned with columns, arches, statues, and basso-relievo.

The _Colosseum_, in the same Park, is a building of great
dimensions, and novel appropriation, and therefore calculated to excite
very popular attention. Near this is the _Diorama_, an edifice of
singular construction, destined for the public display of two pictures.
A new line of communication from this Park to Pall Mall has been
completed within the last few years, by a wide and handsome road called