The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-15 00:00:00

THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY•

The following is the report of the directors, to
be submitted to the ordinary general meeting of
proprietors at the London Tavan, on Wednesday
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" In again meeting the proprietors, the directors are
happy to be able to report that so far as the season has yet
advanced, the prospects of the company are very encou-
raging. The issue of the season tickets at a uniform rate
of ene guinea, free from restrictions, has met with much
favour from the publjc, and has led to a material increase
in the sale over that of the last few years. The series of
grand concerts now in progress has also been well received,
and the flower show which took place on the 23d of May
was entirely successful. In fact, the arrangements for the
present season appear hitherto to have met with general
approval and support. The works of the MetopeEtat
Extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company, under the name of the South London June •
tion,' have been actually commenced, and the directors are
assured that they will be pressed forward with all possible
speed, so as to ensure the opening of this important chan-
nel of communication at the earliest period. The proprie-
tors are aware that this line will unite the Palace with the
Victoria and Ludgate-hill stations by a direct route, tra-
versing the densely-populated suburban districts which lip
between Syienharn and the metropolis. The terminus at
this end will be on the other side of the road in front of
the Palace, immediately opposite the centre transept,
and a few steps only below the level of the main
floor. Tho advantage which the company are likely
to derive from such an additional channel of communi-
cation, and especially from the high level station, can
hardly be overrated. The opening of the West London
Junction Railway, from:Kensington to the Clapham Junc-
tion on the West-end and Crystal Palace line (which took
place in April), is also of great importance to the company,
since it opens up a direct traffic with the main lines of the
North-Western and Great Western without change of car-
riage, as well as with the North London Railway. The
Clapham Junction station is further important as enabling
passengers from Richmond and other places on the South-
Western system to transfer themselves to the Crystal Pa-
lace line. The directors regret to have to mention the loss
of their esteemed colleague, Mr James Low. They do riot,
however, think it necessary at present to propose any gen-
tleman to supply his place. The directors who retire at
this time by rotation are Mr. Henry Bicknell and Mr.
Horsley. These gentlemen are eligible for re-election, and
offer themselves accordingly."

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY.
There was a moderate show of wheat at mark e ito-day;
an inactive demand was experienced, at barely late rates.
—White wheat, from 48s to 55s ; red wheat, 429 s to
offs.
Barley—malting, 35s to 39s ; grinding, 27s to 295. Oats
old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 22s to2ss. Beans sold at 41s
to 45s per qr. Flour, 31s to 40s.

YORK— SATURDAY.
A limited show of wheat to-day, with a moderate demand
at former quotations. In malting barley nothing doing;
grinding a moderate show, with a firm trade. For other
articles there was a slight advance. •
Wheat, red 44s_to 48s Oats.... 22s to 24s
White do .48s to 52s Beans 40., to 42s
Barley ....28s to 30s Peas ....—s to —9
Malt, 62s to 64s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr. ; flour, 34s
to 36s per sack.

NORTHAMPTON—oATURDAY.
There was not a large show of wheat to-day, and the
demand was quiet. Buyers were enabled to supply their
wants at barely so much money as last week. Little doing
in barley, and late rates supported, Beans rather scarce.
—White wheat, 46s to 50s ; red, 43s to 478 ; fine, 490
to —s per qr. Barley, 38s to 408—grinding, 29s to 325;
Oats, 24s to 30s:per 24 stone. Beans, 34a to 40s. Peas,
36s to 40s per qr.

—SATURDAY.
.ir to-day, and sales were more
.n other articles little doing at

NORWICH-
The show of wheat was fa
active, at fully late prices. I
unaltered prices.
White wheat. 46s to 48s Red wheat 42s to 463
Malting barley ...38s to 40s I Chevalier barley 36s to 37s
Distilling do 33s to 358 I Oats..
Flour, 32s 6d to 33s Od per sack from the miller.

GRANTHAM—SATURDAY.
New white wheat, 49s to 535; red, 45s to 48s per 365 t.;
malting barley, 35s to 39s per qr ; grinding, 28s to 30s;
old oats, 24s to26s; beans, 38s to 40s; peas, 36s to 38s.

LEICESTER—SATunns.Y.
Old white wheat, —s to —s; new, 46s to 64s per 36
stone. Old red, 45s to 52s per 36 stone. Barley, rna.lting,
new, 34s to 38s per qr.• grinding, 27's to 30s; old oats,
—s to —s; new oats, 25s to 29s per 24 stone: Beans
new, 38s to 42s per 3stone ; flour, 34s to 35s per 20 pion°.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Aufeaalia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. June 18.
-- via Marseilles ... June 12
A3razil and Oape Verds, by British packet. July 5.
Cape of Good Hope, Aension, and St. Helena.. June 29.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. June 18.
via Marseilles ... June 12,
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton .. June 10.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 18.
via Marseilles.. • • June 12.
~
India (Bombay), via Southampton ...... june ...v•
June 10.
via Marseilles
June 29.
Portuga 1....
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 10.
via Marseilles June 12.
.
Newfoundland

Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... June 10.
--.- by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. June 12.
--
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe June 10
Bahamas, via New Y0rk...,,,. ... , , . . July 2.
Mexico .. June 29.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Juno 13.
California. and British Cohimbia.

MR. BUCKLE, THE RIBTQRIAN, as described by
Miss Power in - her new work " Arabian Days and
Nights."—" At Cairo we had the good fortune to fall in
with one whose premature 'death a few weeks later noW
makes the souvenir. of the encounter doubly interesting.
This was Buckle, who, in his researches for fresh materials
for his History of Civilization,' was now on his way back
from a journey up the Nile. He had, on his arrival in
Egypt, brought letters of introduction to the R—'s, so that
as they were already acquainted he came almost immedi-
ately to call, and was asked to dinner on an early day. I
have known most of the celebrated talkers of—l will not
say how many years back—of the time, in a word, when
Sydney Smith rejoiced in his green bright old age, and
Luttrell, and Rogers, and Tommy Moore were still capable
of giving forth an occasional flash, and when the venerable
Lord Brougham, and yet more venerable Lord Lyndhtasty
delighted in friendly and brilliant sparring at dinner-tables,
whose hosts are now in their half forgotten graves. I bt"
known some brilliant talkers in Paris--Lamartine and
Dumas, and Cabarrus, and brightest, or at least most con-
stantly bright of all, the late Madame Emile de Girardin. I
knew Douglas Jerrold ; and I am still happy enough to
claim acquaintance with certain men and women whose
names, though well known, it were perhaps invidious noW
to mention. But, for inexhaustibility, versatility, memory,
and self-confidence, I never met any to compete with.
Buckle. Talking was meat, and drink, and sleep to him;
he lived upon talk. He could keep pace with any given
number of interlocutors on any given number of suir
jects, from the abstrusest point on the abstrusest science to
the lightest jets d' esprit, and talk them all down, and be quite
ready to start fresh. Among the hundred and one anecdotes
with which he entertained us I may be permitted to give,
say the hundred and first. ' Wordsworth,' said Charles
Lamb, one day told me that he considered Shake-
speare greatly over-rated.' There is an immensity
of trick in all Shakspeare wrote,' he said, ' and people are
taken in by it. Now if I had a mind I could write exactly
like Shakspeare.'—' So you see,' proceeded Charles Lamb,
quietly, it was only the mind that was wanting 1' We
reset Buckle on several subsequent occasions, and his talk
and his spirits never flagged ; the same untiring energy
marked all he said, and did, and thought, and fatigue and
depression appeared to be things unknown to him."

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