The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-03 00:00:00

THE EXHMITION OP 1862.

As in the last Exhibition, one half the entire
space of the building will be allotted to England and the
colonies, and the remainder among the various foreiga
countries. All the applications for space from England
have been sent in, and some idea may be formed of their
extent when we state that, if all were granted that basked,
England alone would require a building nearly three times
larger than the entire structure for next year. Home ex-
hibitors' demands are preposterously exorbitant A visit to
the site of the proposed building is the beet way to get •
fair idea of the immense extent of the intended structure,
and also of the rapidity with which it is being
raised. A fortnight ago, and the surveyors were
only marking Oct the ground, and a line of little sticks of
different colours wax the solo aid to tracing the else
of the building. Now all the concnie foundations
have been laid and hardened, and the walls of the picture
pllery are already some 1.5 feet high. The foundatioos
have already consumed 5,000 tons of macre* which, as
the first item, is pretty fair. On thew foundations will be
laid nearly 60,000 tons, or I,4oo,oo.lcubte feet of brickwork,
requing upwards of 18,0110,000 bricks to build it. T
18,000,000 bricks no less than 22,000 tons of mortar will b
requisite. 10,000 tons of ironwork—vix, about 7,000 tens
of cast, and 3,000 tons of 'wrought iron—will be used in the
entire structure. As there are nearly 1,200,000 superficial
feet of flooring, the same amount of timber as of ire*
is required—namely, 10,000 tons. The &oriel; alone use.
same, 360 miles of planking, seven niches wide, and 270
miles' length, nine inches wide, or upwards of 600 miles'
planking is all. T actual
he aual quantities are
1 40000 of
and 2,000,000 lineal feet of each kind. For the
windows no less than 11$ miles lenith, or 600,000 feet, of
lashing will be required, to fill in which are required
500 tons of sheet ems and upwards of 50 tons of putty.
The roofs will need 600,000 square feet of felt ; and moues
the minor items are between 200 and 300 tons of nails, 600
ton of paint, 300 tons of piping, and so on. The cubical
contents of the whole structure will be no less than
73,000,000 cubic feet.

MUSWELL-HILL LAND COMPANY.

The first ordinary general meeting of share-
holders was held on Friday at the London Tavern ; Colonel
Losnincrron in the chair.

The SECRETARY read the report of the directory., of which
the following is nn abstract. The whole number of shares
(exclusive of 7,000 reserved for the vendors) have been
allotted, and the deposit of 21. 10• paid thereon, with the
exception of 752 shares. On Jun 12, 1860, the agreement
was signed for the conditional purchase of the Tottenham
Weed estate, and a deposit of 15000/. paid. The directors
have been in communication with various Forties who have
• plan for a palace, garden, and parks, in the centre
of estate, for which traffic arrangements .1 • satisfac-
tory character can be made with the lireat Northern Rail.
way, but no further action can be taken until
the company have decided on the course to be
with respect to the purchase of the land.
to&tid event of power to purchase being given to the direc-
ton they most also he empowered to borrow'on mortgage to
the extent of 70,0001. if these borrowing powers are not
given, and the land not purchased, • call of 10s. per share
must be at once mole to meet liabilities coming dee on the
12th of June. The financial statement showed the re-
ceipts from calls on shams, &c., up to Mark, 25, 1861, to
be 15,6201., from which 15,000/. has leen paid condi-
tionally for the purcha.se of land and 'Nome other minor
expenses, leaving • baleen in cash at bankers of 1241. lie. lid.
On the motion of the chairman the report was received.
The meeting was then made special for the purpose of
considering the propriety of completing the purchase of
the land, and of conferring the incesatry borrowing powers
on the directors. _ _ _

After some discussion and explanation from the CHATS-
MAN and Mr. Barry, the COMpktly'S surveyor, the following
resolution was agreed to : - "That this nit,ting is of opinion
the purchase of the land should be completed, but that it
should be at the discretion of the directors as to what period
they should complete the purchase." A resolution was also
agreed to empowering the directors to raise a sum not ex-
ceeding 70,000/. for the above purposes.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the busineas.

CHURCH RATE BILL--THIRD READIAUL—We arc
requested to acquaint all those who aro interested in the
carrying of Sir J. Trelawoy'■ bill, that it stands srst on the
orders of the day for Wednesday next, and will certainly
come on. Sir Charles Douglas, 3LY. for Banbury, has, we
understand, consented to renew the efficient services ren-
dered on the second reading, by undertaking the duties of
" whipper•in" on behalf of the abolitionists.

THE GALWAY SUOMI/Y.—A special meeting of
the municipal council of Dublin was held on Friday in the
City Hall, for the purpose of petitioning the House of Com-
moDe "to restore to the Atlantic Royal Mail Compsay the
subsidy of which they have been uujustly deprived by the
arbi.rary act of the Postruaster•Geueral, and to adopt such
other measures as may be best calculated to protect the
Galway Atlantic Company from the unworthy combina-
tions of interested monopolists. The chair was taken by
the Lord Mayor. On the motion of Alderman Reynolds
a series of resolutions were adopted exprenive of dismal&
faction at the withdrawal of the subsidy, declaratory
.of the
advantages afforded by Ireland for picket communication
with America, end calling upon the lush members to use
every effort for the restoratiou of the subsidy. A
_petition
fonodel on the resolution. was also adopted. Meetings
with a similar object have been held during the past week.
NOVEL IMPORTATION or STUCIL—The Mermaid.
which arrived from Canterbury last week, had on board :38
sheep from Mr. George Rich's celebrated merino flock, con-
sisting of 28 rams and 10 ewes. Some of them are intended
for the breeding establishment of the Emperor Napoleon at
Rambouillet, according to the arrangement concluded with
Bann Daurier by Mr. Rich on his visit there in 1889. The
remainder are for the improvement of Mr. Rich's own este-
bbahment in England. Ihe sheep will no doubt obtain for
Mr. Rich the recompense lie merits in the full appreciation
of the admirable qualities of his New Zealand-bred flock by
those who are well able to form an opinion.—Assatratian
sear 2icw Zealand Gevette.

_ _ ... .
ANtyriiEß FEAR L 'NAME ACCIDEIT. —OR
Friday night, u the Lavater Lee family were performing
es the dying trapeze at Weston 's Music Hall, one of them
missed his footing, and ten from a distance of 20 feet upon
his head. He was removed to King's Collar. Hospital,
when IN lies in a very dangerous state
Gentlemen who require good and fashionable
mew oda depend on the best materials nod latest style at
Hamilton anden t Khupton's, 101, Strand, opposite Exeter halt-.
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