The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-03 00:00:00

711 E PENINSULAR MAIL.

LISBON, AUGUST 29.
The preparations for the Royal marriage are
rapidly progressing. A large pavilion is erected on
the Black Horse-square, and triumphal arches are
being erected throughout the city.
The Marquis Loule and Viscount Carreira are
appointed to bring the future Queen from Italy.
They will leave Lisbon for Genoa, on the 10th of
September, accompanied by a small squadron.
The marriage will take place during the first
week of October; previously there will be a special
session of the Cortes to arrange the necessary for-
malities.

From the provinces there is a general complaint
of the failure of the grain crops, and a large impor-
tation of foreign cereals will be required.
At present there is no prospect of any change
of Ministry.

The wine crop will be very scanty this year.
All kinds of business is very dull in Lisbon, and
money is scarce. The prices of Manchester goods
have risen, and great difficulty is experienced in
effecting sales.

The troop-ship Meg Eera called at Lisbon for
coals, and again left for Canada.
.... _ _

The Federal war frigate St. Louis is still lying
in the harbour.
The weather is much cooler.

EXHIBITION FINANCE.

These figures are only materials by which some-
thing like a reliable financial statement may be
raised, and, allowing for errors unavoidable in all
estimates, we think that the following account will
show guarantors how matters stand at present at
South Kensington :—Estimated account of all re-
ceipts at the International Exhibition from May 1
to August 23, inclusive : cash receipts at doors,
£210,196; season tickets, £79,000; refreshment
premiums, £5,500; refreshment head money,
£16,092 ; advertisements, £15,000 ; catalogues,
£16,140; waiting-rooms and umbrellas, £3,471 ;
photographic premiums, £2,350 ; total, £347,749.
The receipts in 1851, by the same date, even
without such fruitful sources of profit as the refresh-
ment contracts, had reached £387,936.
From the 23d of Aug. to Saturday, the 18th of
October, the day on which the Commissioners will
most probably cicse the building, gives 48 more
exhibition days, and allowing the receipts to be
£3,000 a day (a fair average) for each of these days,
this will give the Commissioners another £144,000,
making with the £348,000 which we estimate to
be in hand, £492,000. Messrs. Kelk and Lucas,
under their contract, are empowered to draw all
money received between £400,000 and £500,000 as
rent for the building, giving up the picture galleries
if they receive £lOO,OOO from this source. In this
case, £92,000 will go into their pockets, leaving the
Commissioners £400,000 to pay the following
account :—First fixed payment of rent to Messrs.
Kelk and Lucas, for the use of the building,
£200,000; building extras, £70,000; general ex-
penses, £175,000; total, £445,000. This will
leave an estimated deficiency of £45,000 to be
made up by the guarantors, or by keeping the
building open a supplementary month. What
course will be adopted we shall probably know in
a few days; in the meantime, supposing the esti-
mate of expenses to be correct—and it comes from
staunch friends of the Exhibition—we believe our
statement shows in round numbers both sides of
the Exhibition balance-sheet.— City Press.