Macadamizing Mania.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIAIES. Sir,-The advocate of the new plan of street-mating, or rtethei Cj the modified revival oftbt old plan,in your paper aC this day, adnmis the imperfections of the said revired plan, but cornparlng it with tbe usual pavemnent, he thinks of two evils he choo",ea the least. I think verv much otherwise; and before the inhabita nts of the inetrolis sufier the granite pavement which has beeza laid down at the cost of many handred thousand pounds, to be torn up and broken i{to little bits, Ibeseech them to pause, and consider the difference between open country roads, wnere the plan succeeds to adniirntioN, and the smoky dirty streets of London. I grant, that after the loose kisobs arc partially worn down, and rubbed into a mass, heries and carriages make their way over them smoothly, and without noise, and here the advantages end. Nowr, let us look to the other side. Continual attention s' necessa;y in mending, and scraping, aud sweeping the streets, to render them at all endurable; the houses and inhabitantsare enveloped in cloudg of dust, or besineared with mud, according to the season. Neitherman, wonana, nor child can cross the street in wet weather witbout wading through mnud, and rendering their feet and habitations dirtv, wet, and uncomfortable; while on erdinary pavement tbey can piek theh? wa even where crosirngs are not provided or thestreets wellaswee ant avoid dirt and the ills wet feet are heirs to. The grievance to pedestrians more than counterbalances the a&d vantages Yielded to the few who move in carriages Besides tOais, the radidfty of the wear,rendering continual repairs necessary, afferds a never-failing supply of missiler for iuischievous boys to pelt one awother with, and to break windows. The comparative silence vrith wbich horses and carisageso pot through the mud or dust of these streets is dwelt upon as a. great ad- vantage: but is not a certain degree of noise a proper awceenpaniniebt to the rapid movements of hcrset and carriages in cro,sded dries ? It is not too much to expect that many lives will be sacrificed ta this notable advantage. I subnit, however, to those who tbink the balance of advantages lies on the side of lacadamizing London streets, if any disinterested. persong there be who so think. that they ought at any rate to let the expensive pavements recently laid down do their worn, and teed re- pair before they demolish them. This wish I expresr. from witness- ing the devaRtation which is making- in Regent-street. The ins habitants there are scarcely relieved from the annoyance incident VA forming the most noble and expensive granite pavement in the mze tropolis, sad which was done after paving first with large blockas of' carved granite, than they are compelled to submnit to a new eultio sion fronm the approach to their house, and to contribute to new es- pense,to gratif' a fancy for running into an opposite extremue. in. breakig up the new and comnpact pavement into a bed of shine!en. I am, Sir, A sUF*xEF -11. ... t-- AfMACADAMIZING MAAIA.