The West End is greatly exercised about Knightsbridge Bar- racks,
which jut into the Kensington Road, and by attracting low houses and driving away respectable residents are a nuisance to Prince's Gate, Queen's Gate, Belgravia, and Knightsbridge. The late Government meant to move them, and on Saturday a depu- tation waited on Lord H. Lennox to obtain his help. He said he would do what he could to press their views, but the decision rested with Mr. Hardy, and the difficulty seems to be this,—cavalry may be wanted one day to keep Hyde Park in order, defend the Magazine, and even protect Buckingham Palace, and where are they to be kept ? The late Government suggested Chelsea, but the present, though strongly under the influence of West-End opinion, appears to believe that the cavalry must be kept in the neighbourhood of the Park. Certainly, if they are moved, that dangerous nuisance, the Magazine, ought to be moved too.
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