The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-15 00:00:00

EVENING Stil4.

NEW ROYAL EXCEIANGE::_,'
The Gresham Committee, who conduct the sestare-..)
tion of this building, resolved on Friday, the sth ins;'„
that the first stone should be laid with the usuLl
monies, and that his Royal Highness Prince
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should be applied to to undertake the lionourab'..e. du: y,
- At a special meeting of the Comnalttee, held on Sa-
turday, the Chairman, Mr. R. L. Jones, reported that
he had been honoured by an interview with his lto, ai
Highness, who had most graciously condescended to
accept the invitation.
The architect (Mr. Tite) received directions to erect
scaffoldinc, to contain seats for 1,200 spectators, covered
with roofing and enclosed from the weather.
The ceremony is to take place early in .January, and
the site chosen is as nearly as possible that of the first
stone of the old Royal Exchange, laid by Charles 11.,
being the foundation of one of the pillars of the walk or
piazza surrounding the Merchants'-cou't.
The col tract and specification of the new Exchange
have been printed for the use of the-Corporation, and
from a copy of it we learn that, as we have form ly
stated, the contract is taken at the sum of 113,9061. ;
and that the building is to be finished in ell respects
the 23th of June, 1844, under a penalty of 201. per d,y.
'rbe specification appears to describe with the gre.lr-
est minuteness the mode of constructing and titilAleg
every part of the building. It is to be fireproof througi!-
out, every separate shop and letting being divided by
party walls, and fire proof arches on iron beams are
described as separating the building horizonteliy at -.•i-
rinus levels. The number of drawings attached to the
contract (of which a list is given) amounts to no I.ss
than 151.
It was mentioned by the Chairman at the Committee
on Saturday that his Royal Highness Prince Albert
first appointed Tuesday morning, at half-past eleven, to
receive him on the subject of laying the first store ;
but that on his attending at Buckingham Palace f.,r
that purpose, his Royal Highness was unable to do so
on account of the very gratifying circumstance of the
birth of the Prince of Wales.

THE COMMERCIAL CONVENTION
We have great satisfaction in announcing that the
Anti-Corn law Convention of the Midland Counties
will be held at Derby, on Thursday, the 9th of Decem-
ber. A number of Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, and
Loughborough manufacturers, after ascertaining the
state of public opinion in their respective towns, met a
Loughbourghlast Wednesday, and finding that a get e-
ral and strong feeling existed of the importance of a uni-
ted and decided expression of public feeling on the et its
and injustice of all restrictive laws,and more partictearly
the Corn-laws, resolved that it was desirable to convene
the manufacturers, merchants, and traders of the three
midland counties to inquire into the causes of tte
long and unparalleled depression of the trade of this
district, and consult as to the best means for rcmady-
log the evil It was also resolved that the gentlemen
present constitute a Committee, to make the necessary
arrangements for the meeting ; that the Convention
meet at eleven o clock in the morning for business, and
give a dinner at four in the afternoon ; that the Mem-
bers for Derby, Nottingham, and Leicester, with Mr.
Cobden, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Gisborne, be invited ;
and that the Chairman see the railroad Directors, and
arrange for special trains from Leicester and Nit-
tinghatn.
We are very glad to bear that this meeting is now
definitively arranged, and we trust that all those manu-
facturers and others in Leicester, who are directly or
indirectly connected with the staple manufacture of the
place, and who aro therefore deeply interested in the
repeal of the Corn-laws, will make an especial point of
attending, and will thus give the meeting all the moral
influence in the eyes of the Legislature which it will
necessarily derive from the numbers, influence, and
social position of all those who take part in its proceed-
ings.—Leicester Chronicle.