2 NOVEMBER 1867, Page 3

A correspondent writes to the Times suggesting that as Leicester

Square has at length fallen into the hands of the Metropolitan Board of Works it should be turned into a provision market. The suggestion is not a bad one, if -the neighbourhood does not rise in arms at the consequent addition to noise, riot, and block- ages, but great open spaces are not required. A market does not Want great width, and can be built wherever a mews can, just as well as in a square. If London were governed, instead of being merely allowed to exist, in order to swell three or four overgrown fortunes, sites for new markets could be found all over the West End.