The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-07 00:00:00

36:637 31,693

1,461 -1:676
523 515
7,591 8,111
65,467 60,930
79

1,593 1,492
1,312
1,713 1,568
v2O 400

33,8.8 33,668
180 170
130 146
7 3 667

490 Z.,- 31
104,413 E. 9,330
1,777 1,7(.0
20 •'"io 21,657
18,4.8 18,181
6,916 5,05
1,350 1,221
17,476 10 510
1,302 1,122
1,534 1,505
2,305 1,8.8

Slid (iucl. N.-Western) 011 611 47,763 14 4. 8
Midlaud Gt.Westn. of Irind 262 2591 4,5,4 4,470
nonklaud 7li 711 1,6 0 1,628

Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal..
North British, Edin., I'crth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 1005 59,371 56,31+3
North London 9 9 2,998 3,1 4
North Staflbrdshire 254 252 8,861 8,6C0
Rhymney 194 194 1,032 1,(,10
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 1:.8 5,105 4,8,5

2,730 2,,..15

MILTON'S HOUSE IN BARBICAN.—The house in
Barbican, No. 17, in which Milton lived, being rpa
quired for milway purposes, a dispute arose as to its value
in a material sense. A lease of the premises was granted
in 1860, for 21 years, at £63 a year; the present value
of the land was £206 a year. The amount payable under
the lease was asserted to be much below to value of the
property. The principal question presented to the jury
was the value of the reversion. In addressing the jury,
the commissioner said that the house was a very old ono, in
which Milton had lived. The jury assessed the compen.M
sation at £3,250, or considerably more than twice as much
as the Metropolitan Railway Company offered,
DEMOLITION BY GIINFOWDER CF A PORTION OF
THE GREAT EXHIBITION BUILDING.—The remain+
ing portions of the Exhibition Building, c nsisting of the
towers in the Albert-road,were on Saturday operated on by
the Sappers and Miners, with the object of throwing thorn
to the ground, by gunpowder. The gunpowder was ar-
ranged to be exploded by electricity, and after some little
delay the back portion or half of the first Albert tower, as
though smitten by an invisible influence from within, fell
down upon its basement, amid the applause of many spec-
tators. Tho entire space surrounding it was enveloped in
clouds of dust, caused by the demolition and debris. Some
further attempts were made to dislodge the remaining half
of the tower, but as it was getting dusk, and as further
operations were deemed dangerous, the Sappers and Miners
were called off the grounds.

THE NEGRO TnooPS.—The coloured troops were
conspicuous in the fight of yesterday, They fought hard
and lost severely. They moved on determinedly, seeming to
enter heartily into the spirit of the endeavour to force the
rebels into their last ditch, and the nearer they came to
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out on to the Newmarket-road, end halted briefly, Just
then there came up from a house near by a family of whites
to seek General Terr3's protection, and they were followed
by a half-dozen blacks, When the coloured troops saw the
freed slaves their excitement knew no bounds. They raised
their voices in a hearty and continued cheer, which was
taken up by regiment after regiment, until its volume was
swelled by many thousands of thi oats. Most of the blacks
were women, several were quite old ; there was one stout
men. The young women bowed and curtseyed and showed
their white teeth; the older ones mumbled their toothless
jaws with emotion ; one waved an old palm leaf fan ; the
man ran forward to respond to the unexpected greetil g
which met him, and was received with open arms by the
sable soldiers, They cheered yet more lustily ; they threw
their caps into the air; they gathered about the freedman,
and, grasping his hind, a score of them at a time, fairly
danced fir joy, or c led with delight. The scene was in.
describable. Men may have their peculiar views about the
emancipation proclamation end the policy of arming blacks,
but he wh3 could stand by and see those soldiers—them-
selves but lately slaves—welcoming under the protection of
, the triumphant stars and stripes their liberated brethren,
I and yet coull not share in their joy, and thank God with
Ithem that other chains were broken, would have been L.es
I than hunian,— Correspondent of Me 'Sp, ltept(Nican