The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-06 00:00:00

THE ART-TBEASMIL&S PALACE.

The Executive Committee of the Manchester Art
Exhibition having welted in vein fee any eligible proposal to ;
take the building off their hands ea a whole, have been
obliged to call in the aid of Messrs. Fisher and Son, the well- '
known auctioneers. So that the building fa literally "going."
It has slready been divided into "lots to suit parchment,"
and nearly 200 of them were sold yesterday to the highest
bidder ; the remaining 400 will be offend this day and to-
morrow. The seatsetala to be disposed of =est, in ma
boner's phew, of "900 tons of maim in columns, beams,
gutters, and ornamental castings ; 18,000 square yards of
corrugated iron, on roofs ; 2,800 of ditto unbowed ; 20,000
5 i
uare yards of floor boards and joie ; 15,000 square yards
boarding under roof and inside walls ; 45,800. square test
of glazed skylights ; and other valuable property. The sale
was advertised to commence at eleven o'Clook, but a very
meagre company had assembled at that hour, sad the ono-
donee gave them half-an-hom's grace. The first le In the
catalogue was a min-water tub and down spout, but Mr.
Fisher, in opening the sec, elected to commence
at lot 45, going back to 30, when some of the more import-
ant offers would be brought forward ; and In reading the
conditions of szle, he enplaned that no particular day would
be fixed for removal, as the taking down of the building
would devolve on purchasers, and some degree of liberality
mead be necessary to avoid inconvenience. Lot 45, consist-
ing of a panelled door end four steps, was knocked down to
the first bidder at 10s. Lot 48, six wooden columns, was
Mocked down at le. 61. per column ; and lot 44, consisting
of 446 squat .3 yards of floor-boards and joists, at 100. per
nerd At this stage the auctio
were prepared rer intimated his willingesse,
the
iferasnarnjeer of the Exhibition bUrildti: owne tot,the
hole
and ando:s it
would be the last and only opportunity of dealing
with It in that farm, he waited a short time for an offer.
Looking at the motley assemblage of brokers congregatad
wend m, It certainly seemed a strange proposal, and it
wait (Montt to avoid a contrast between them and the ele-
gant sad fashionable throngs who had so often gathered on the
mine not in days gone by, much to the disadvantage of the
keen and basins-hike visages of the bargain-hunters who
armeared for the moment likely to be baffled of their object.
The first offer of 5001. was received with roars of laughter.
After a panes 2,0001. was bid, and a short time having
gaped without an advance, Mr. Fisher withdrew his pro-
meal as impracticable, and resumed the sale in lots. The next
lot of my importance comprised the handsome iron columns
sad spandrels forming three aides of the open square fronting
to the Botanical Gardens. which atter a fair competition
was knocked down at 201. The whole of the roof of Saloon F
was offered in one lot, comprising 2,420 square feet of sky-
lights, with the louvres and glazing • 560 square yards of
curved corrugated iron; 560 ditto of Imo:ding, 1,760 lineal
fest of puffins, and 10 wrought Iron truss girder prMoipals,
48 feet span ; and 01 this was knocked down for 1161. -The
roof of Saloon E, precisely similar in °imposition and dims*-
, eons, was sold in the sans way, and for the same sum. 'fhe
mold the vestibule Whom the two saloons, consisting ef
628
innate feat of skylights, 112 square yards of car-
.
iron. 112 rpm yards of boarding, 192 Enid
hoe al parties, amil, two wrought iron ems Odor
Znab, 48 fast sem, was sold in one 101 kV
OL The roof of Odom Dwu sold in ascends Ist&
• la din case the 2,420 simme test of skylights sold hr 181. ;
tie HO moon ya di dessingend free ter 3s. Bd. per awe.;
• sad stele WO awn poi or besinbig, cos half mat hr
SI. 136., and ibe dim hr 14a la the Qolllelll Roos,
the handsoese doom, glib geld oartakurats, sold for hi. la
; a pa. The gent romi•efurralar light la tits treat of the
- W 1112& XI het dinesOse. was sold ter swerweign ; sad Oho
wend howdos d the wok and he amen, IS hoe Amin,
; milk the oremeriel prolling walido barbs" the borer
, dos, tt Art Tremens -M the UMW Elefisse," Maw* di.
r The afternoon was fat adenoid balm Ike days &e
concluded.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, MAT b.—APPOINTMENTS. Lieu-
tenant H. F. Nicholson (1857), to the Brunswick, 80, screw
steam ship, Mediterranean station.
friMate H. A. Trollop, to the Burping, 51, screw steam
i=::.Devrisport,
t-Clark B. P. W. Soady, to the Impregnable,
104, ta-ship, at Davenport.
Midshipmen . A. Tepees, 0. B. Hope, and the Hon. A.
Cadegga, to the Burping.
Naval,Cadets . W. H. Joeslyn, 8. Bmith, 8. Long, B. L.
Eines, J. Hope, and W.J. L. Warton, to the Earplug.

Among the passengers by the Peninsular mail
ateenwr, Alhambra, was Aral Elliott, the yotutgaat ad-
In the navy Maw Names. Admiral Elliott is only
arty-Graz years of see. He Is come boom on promotion,
awl hr only j oat mimed the cenuesnet of the Channel Beet.
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HEALTH OF THE ARMT.—Dr. Gay, of King's-
mike *, delivered an intimating lecture on this important
'abject at the Rummell Institution, Great Cara-strest, gist
Tuesday evening. In the course of the lecture Dr. Goy
alluded to the London Fire Drivels, among whom there vo-
yaged a mortality of only 70 in 10,000, while the Soots Fog-
lia? Guards sustained a kr of 171 in 10,000, the Coldatgam
Guards 200 in 10,000, and the °medlar Guards 221 in
10,000, or rather more than three times is great as the Lon-
don Fire Brigade. The daubs from conewoption in the
army were as follows Soots Familiar Guards 78 in 10,000,
Coldstream 87, Grenadier 110. After eliminatiog one by
one several of the mums which had been assigned in expla-
nation of the high mortality of the foot soldier, and
listing his views by ingeniously arranged tables, the lec-
turer stated that he attributed the mortality of the soldier,
mainly to the want of spans in barracks, and the want of
proper and edequate eiercUes. Dr. Guy concluded hie lec-
ture by stating that a regard to consistency require, that •
nation which gave birth in one short quarter of a century to
a Cook, a Howard, and a Jenner—heroes who fought and
conquered three such peetilenoes as scurvy, gaol fever, and
smallpox, should be forward in every work of sanitary re-
form and improvement, sad should some how or other con-
trive to make its noble army u healthy ea it is bran.

BPOR7ING.

CHESTER RACES.
WEDNESDAY-TRH CUP DAY.

By as early hour la the morning the streets sad rows
went crowded with visitors. The vicinity of the Royal
Hotel, the rendezvous for beethagnen sad idles, was at times
quite impassable, and it repined ao little dexterity to thread
one's way through the narrow tiaterouglifere to the omen,
and to temp the wheels of the dys and coaches which
rattled into the city. Alternations of clouds and seminae
calmed the spirits of the espeskat pismire folk to
droop, as they threatened to nee the piety of the
Cup Day. At Intervals, however, the sun
forth, end revealed patches of a light bluePledy.
Heavy, sombre clouds, however, gathered spin, and ea the
time appointed for assembling on the Roadies approached a
thin drissltag rain sent the visitors who were dreamed in
holiday Mere damp and disappointed to the mune. Still the
Roods* presented • thronged and animated appellants; the
111Mbsakeorata were black with a Mostly packed mra of gee-
teens ; whilst people swarmed over the city wails, and ea
every " coign of 'vantage," like bete. The balcony of the
Gland Stand, too, was quits gay with ladies' dresses, sad the
vast concourse of pimple assembled on the mazes showed that
the great race which had drawn them together had lost none
of its interest or its popularity. Ever and aeon the clouds
broke, and before the sport was concluded the sun came out,
and lit up gaily the surrounding mane.
Little attention was bestowed either by the professional
Mentes or by the pleasure folk on the two minor events
which preceded the Cup race. As the horses entered the
meddling paddock they were surrounded and eagerly ecenti.
nisei, whilst speculation in the enclosure was carried on
amidst the shouting and pnahing which ever precede the
decision of an important race. The betting, however,
was not remarkably brisk, and as the Spaniard in
the play says, " There was decidedly more noise
than nuts." The principal movements in the town during
the morning had been with reference to Sweet William, who
was In Increased demand, and about whom as little as 4 M 1
was at me time taken. The only other important transac-
tion' were with reference to Adams., against whom se much
as 33 to 1 was betted, but before subscribers quitted the
room • few investments brought him to 20 to 1. Of the
"outsiders" Night Ranger was backed freely at 60 to 1. By
the way, we may state that after our telegram was despatched
on Tuesday night, 100 to 6 was taken to money about the
Heti for the Darby.
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