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
_Regent Street_.
_London University_--The situation of the first University founded
in this immense city is most peculiarly favourable, being equally
removed from the busy and confined part of the metropolis, and from the
fashionable and idle; whilst it is not inconveniently remote from either
extremity. The building was commenced on the 30th of April, 1827, when
the Duke of Sussex laid the first stone, in the presence of a large
concourse of noblemen and gentlemen. The design is by William Wilkins,
Esq., R.A., who has evinced in the principal elevation and general
character of the edifice considerable taste and science. When completed,
it is intended to consist of a central part, and two wings projecting at
right angles from the extremities of the former. The first portion only
of this is at present finished.
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