The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-09 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.

Yesterday the committee of the House of Conini°, •
upon the company's bill met in committee-room No. .1
Lord Barrington in the chair.
Mr. Alexander, Q.C., on behalf of the promoterstarf
the bill, addressing the committee, said its object wag f°
the purpose of purchasing the building of the Great
hibition of 1851, in Hyde Park, and for the constructo•
'd
of it, or of any addition thereto, on another site ;
also for the purpose of forming and maintaining conSe-ci
vstories, parks, and museums, for the illustration and
advancement of the arts and manufactures. In pursualle"f
of these objects the committee had subscribed the suit, 0;
400,000/. and upwards, and have either purchased,::• :
contracted to purchase, an estate in Kent and Surr-q,
near Sydenham ; and are re-erecting thereon the att
building, with vast additions thereto and are laying .
considerable portions of land in gardens and pleasure-
grounds.n The estate was intersected by two roads, and
a bridle-way called Thickets'-lane, in bad rePai Toad,
little used, and the other, part of a public carriage
ahviee,
called the Penge-road, leading from Penge to 1)
an
steep and inconvenient ; and both interfering materially
with the designs of the company for their gardnheir
pleasure-grounds. The company were willing, a'
own expense, to make and to dedicate to the pu
better and more commodious roads than the existinng
roads, upon power being granted to them to stop up
the existing roads, and to purchase Dulwich Weed'
After hearing witnesses, the committee declared se
preamble of the bill proved, striking out the prePc's
rating clauses.

SIR W. CARDEN AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE.'"Tat'
remarks of Sir W. Carden in the Court of .Aldereleoi
yesterday, have given great offence to the frequenter_lo
the Stock Exchange; and this morning, when thew °'",,,if
alderman made his appearance there, he was immediate
surrounded by a large body of " amateur" speculates
and treated in a_ very unpleasant manner. lie of
forced into the "Commissioner's Box," and forcibly ke'of
there, while his tormentors treated him to a volley
1,0
alternate cheers and groans. It is represented to
been quite a scene ; but as the occurrence took Plata
upon forbidden ground to all but a privileged few) it
can do no more than relate the nature of the affair 34
has reached us from a reliable source.
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RESIGNATION OF THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF
—For some time it has been rumoured that Sir Bleu s.
Mayne intended to resign his office of Chief Ceielni r
sioner of the Metropolitan Police, and several of bet
police magistrates were spoken of as his successor ; utly
now it is finally understood that Sir Richard will sherteti
retire on a full pension, and that Mr. Henry, the tales
magistrate at Bow-street Police Court, will succeed ",," a
Captain Hay will still retain his situation as See,ion,
Comthissioner, and the only reason of his not being Prot
moted is, that a recent act of Parliament specifies 7frio
the Chief Commissioner must be a barrister-at law, f
less than seven years standing. The situation of 4-Ire.
Commissioner is worth rather more than 1,5001. a yeg ;
and from the well-known experience of Mr. Henry 3-au
magistrate of the Metropolitan Police Courts, there ca
be no doubt he will equal his predecessor.
ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—GoId coin in various
continues to be sent in the vessels sailing for Austr'ool
73,0001., it is stated, has been forwarded to Live*
to-day to be shipped on board the Marco Polo.
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ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN COPPER COMPANY. the
following memorandum has been received from, 0e
English and Australian Copper Company: jay
English and Australian Copper Company have thTije,
received advices from their manager, dated Ade'a io•
15th of November last, by which they have been 00‘
formed that over 70 teamsters had been engaged to that
on the Port Wakefield road, consequently showing The
labour was becoming more abundant in the colony 300
manager writes—' We have accumulated between to
and 400 tons of coal at the works, and we anticipatieiß to
in the course of next week we shall again be aLcijoed
light three or four furnaces, and the copper Pr°
will enable us to keep faith with the Burrs ConiPe°ll 0. is
PRICE or GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Part the
about at par (according to the new tariff), which, 5 for
English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10d. per mile or
standard gold. gives an exchange of 25.17 ; it
change at Paris on London at short being 45. Pais
follows that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in rice
than in London. By advices from Hamburgh dint
of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English 'Os
price of 31. 17s. 101-d. per ounce for standard gold)tigh
an exchange of 13.7 ; and, the exchange at Iland iS
on London at short being 13.6 i, it follows thatig:.
0.41 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in LOnn3o3o
THE JUBILEE OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN e the
SOCIETY AT Sr. PAUL'S, THIS DAY.—}Be Grac.tery
Archbishop of Canterbury having announced histieth
tion of preaching a sermon, commemorative of thVreiga
anniversary of the formation of the British and 'ea ding
Bible Society, in St. Paul's, this day, the avenues I doors
to the Cathedral were densely crowded, and the Arait-
literally besieged by persons anxious to obtain :cud to
tance ; the vast area beneath the dome was thr°e'leloci
suffocation. At about a quarter before eleven °lace
the doors of the chapel were thrown open, and theer the
was immediately filled. Precisely at eleven e' In and
Lord Mayor and the corporation arrived in state,
were conducted with much ceremony to their Sid"
Amongst those persons present were—the Earl of largo
tesbury, Earl of Carlisle, the Duke of Are, aciergl
number of the dignitaries of the Church and the
god
of the metropolis, besides many of the nobilityin
gentry of distinction. The most rev. prelate spoke to
such a low tone of voice that it was an impossien_ trst
catch a word of his discourse. The society rin, its
established on the 7th of March, 1804, conseq fund
fiftieth anniversary was on Monday last. A
has been established, which has for its objects 1;001s,
speciauipdotber
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to Ireland, special efforts in Australia, India, world
colonies, and also to China and other partsof the
the 'l3`)ve
open to special operations. It is believed that colo:
objects, embracing as they do Great Britain, noris of
nies, India and China, and whatever other 3_`cirts,
the globe may in God's providence claim specialoef4,oof
thiaievepaatlrireoatdyansdecurtheedcthheriasptiparnob; approbation
it
tnidicic43 co-opera
that the contributions of this day will increas
from 10,00/, to 12,4004