St. Bride's Church, Fleet...
In. consequence of the numerou- iiggestions throighi the medium of the puiblic press. recommending the taking advantage of the open- mng occasioned by ltc late conflagration in Flect-street, to preserve to the public the view of that noble edifice the parish chureh of St. Brilc, which is one of the flnest Works of Sir Christopher Wren, a meeting of between tweutyand thirty of the principal inhabitants of the parlsh was held yesterday morning, at the vestry room, for the purpose of tAlking the subject into consideration: the Rev. MAr. CLArLE, the vicar, in the eiair. Air. Drgps, the surveyor, exliibited two or tiree plans for the proposed opening, andi a long conversation ensued, in which Ilr. SPOIT reawoon, the King's Printer, whois exlcedingly zealots for tie improvement, took a prominent part. The meeting, indeed. wva unanimiious that it would be highily dlesirable to prevent the building from being again obscured, and the only question appeared to be upon the practicability of carrying the improvenient into efrect. IlIr. iMlARMIOTT,Wi1O was one of thiesuffprers at the late fire, ex- pressed his conviction that if asy plan for preserving tihe opening in front of thc churcl should be dete=miued upon, subscriptions for the purpose of effecting it would be forwardted from persons of taste en. tirely uinconnectedI with the parish. Ile had authority to say, that a resqpectabIe inhabitant of the paris!i was alteody in possession of a list of names of individuals, will ofdirs fvr that purpose, to the amount of 801., which had been transinitted in consequence of the reconm:nendations of the public press upon thc subject. A committee of seven gentlemen was then anpointed to make the necessary inquiries of the ground-landlords and others having in- terests upon the spot, how far they might be disposed to enter into negotiations for the sale of their interests, and to ascertain what in that case wolid be the expense likely to be incurred to complete this desirable improvement, and to report therebnm sr. BRIDE'S CFIUJWH, FLEET-STREET.