The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-16 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAtNo kMEtR 16, 1841.

NEW ROYAL-EXCHANGE.'

TIE Gresham Canimittee; who conduct the restora-
tion of this building, resolsed on Friday, the sth inst.,
that the first stone should-In-laid with the usual care-
nionie,:,, and that his _Royal Highness Prince Albert
should he applied to to Undertake the honourable dtity,

At a special meeting of Ole Committee, held on Sa-
turday, tne Chairman, Mr: R; L. Jones, reported that
he had beeo honoured by an interview with his Royal
Highness, who had most graciously condescended to
accept the invitation.

The architect (Mr. 'rite) received directions to erect
scaffolding to contain sects for 1,200 spectators, covered
with roofing and, encleSeti'frorn the weather.
The ceremony is to take-place early in January, and
the bite chosen is as ne•-aly as possible that of the first
stone of the old- Royal Exchange, laid by Charles 11.,
being the tOuodation of one of the pillars of the walk. or
piazza surrounding the Merchants'-cOUrt.
The contract and specificatioti of the neiv
have bnn printed for th use-!orthe'Cdtporatinn, -and
from a copy of it we Lath that; as we,T:laave-fortnerly
stated, the contract is taken at q.is sun) of.) ;
and that the building is,to he fiaiskedia all respeets, by
the 25th of June, 1844, under a pegaltrnfgo4 perday.
The specification appears to deictibe..wittvithe greut-
eA minuteness the mode of constructitiga.adAnisbing
every part of the building. It is to be.fiteproof through-
out, every separate shop and letting being di!ided. by
party walk, and fire proof arches on iron beams are
described as separating the budding horizontally at va-
rious levels. The Dumber of drawings ettached'iti'the
contract (of which a libt is given).taMounti to no less
than 151-. = •

It was"mentioned' by the chairita'n'at: the Committee
on Saturday thbit his 11,:oyal aight'ess Prince Albert
first appotntod. Tuesday morning, at hag•past eleven, to
receive him on -thc .subje(4,9f layimg, the first stone ;
but that ion.':his stending; at. Rockingham Palace for
that purpotk4bia,Rtgal Highnest-vias unable to do so
on account ofthe very gratifying circumstance of the
birth of the Pritecrof Wales.

THE CONIVIEItCIAL CONVENTION
We have great, satisfatitinp in „announcing that the
Anti-Corn law _Conventiore of the ; Midland Counties
will be held atePerhN,eere.Thursday", the..o.tb,of.Decem-
ber. A number-of Nottingham, Derby, Leicesterould
Lnughborough Manufatteur rs, after ascertaining the
state of public opinion in:their respectiveetownsi:tnet at
Leughbourgh last• Wednesday, and finding that-a-gene-
ral and strong feeling existedbf the imp'artanee'af a uni-
ted and decided 'expression of public feeling on the evils
and injustice of ail restrictive laws,and more particularly
the Corn-laws, resolved that it bias desirable to convene
the manufacturers, merchants, and traders ei the three
midland counties In, inquire into the causes of the
long and uoparalleled depression of the trade of this
district, and consult as to the best means for remedy-
ing the evil It was also resolved that the gentlemen
present constitute a Committee, to make the necess.try
arraegemetits for the meeting ; that the Convention
meet at eleven o clock in the morning for business, and
gite a dinner at four in the afternoon ; that the Mein-
hers for Derby, Nottingham, and Leicester, with Mr.
Cobden, Dr. Bowring, and Mi. Gisborne, be invited ;
and that the Chaitman see the railroad Directors, and
arrange for special trains from Leicester and Net-
ting ham.
We are very glad to titer tl.at this meeting is now
definitively arranged, and we trust that all those menu-
fmeurers and others in Leicester, who are directly or
indire,-tly connected with the staple manufacture of the
place, and who ere 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 derise from the numbers, influence, and
social position of all thole who take part in its proceed-
ings.—Leicester Chronicle.