24 NOVEMBER 1832, Page 10

We were wont to imagine that a narrow thoroughfare was

an inconvenience. It seems, however, we were mistaken. Mr. PETER JEFFREY, who was so active during the building of London Bridge, in suggesting plans for its improvement, thus addresses the Herald in respect of the street leading down to Tooley Street— "Permit me, through the medium of your paper, to call attention to the ex- treme danger to foot passengers from the great breadth of the entrance." And again, " The circumscribing of the entrance of this street, in such a crowded thoroughfare, would be hailed with general satisfaction."

"The longer we live, the more we learn," says Tom MOORE: and had he been a priest instead of a poet, lie could not have spoken more soundly.