The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-08 00:00:00

THE CRYSTAL PALACE

At the present moment, when the fate of the Crystal
Palace is a subject of general discussion, the follow-
ing correspondence, and the extract from the contract
with Messrs. Fox and Henderson appended to it, will
be perused with interest :
" Treasury Chambers, Ang. 18.
My Lords and Gentlemen,—l am commanded by
the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to
call your attention to the address of the House of Com-
mons to her Majesty the Queen respecting the continu-
ance of the Exhibition-building in Hyde Park, and her
Majesty's reply to such address ; and I am to request
that you will inform my Lords what view yon take of
your obligations towards the Commissioners of Woods,
&c., with respect to the removal of the building, and
also whether you are in a condition to state what would
be the annual expense of keeping the building in a state
of repair.—l am, my Lords and Gentlemen, your obe-
dient servant, " G. CORNEWALL LEWIS.
"The Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition
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tion building, and inquiring also whether the Commis-
sioners are in a condition to state what would be the an-
nual expense of keeping the building in a state of repair.
" With reference to the first of these questions, the
Commissioners direct me to request that you will call
the attention of the Lords of the Treasury to those
parts of the contract between the Commissioners
and the Commissioners of Woods, &c., which pre"
seine the closing of the Exhibition on or before
the Ist of November, and the removal of the building
and restorationof the site on or before the Ist of June
next. The Commissioners consider those stipulations
to be strictly binding upon them, and have provided
in their contract with Messrs. Fox and Henderson (an
extract of which is herewith sent) for carrying them
into effect. It is their intention in due course to give the
contractors the necessary notice for the removal of the
building.
" With regard to the probable annual expense of
keeping the building in repair, I am to state that, as the
building does not belong to the Commissioners, they are
unable to furnish any estimate of the cost of keeping it
up.—l have, &c.
" G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq., M.P."
[Extract from Contract with Messrs. Fox and Hen.

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• • * * "And it is hereby further agreed,
nevertheless and notwithstanding all other covenants
hereunto precedent, that if within six months after the Ist
day of Dec., in the year 1851, on notice being given to
that effect in writing to the said Charles Fox and John
Henderson by the said Commissioners, and such notice
being delivered at the usual place of abode or house of
business of the said Charles Fox and John Henderson,
or one of them, previously to such Ist day of Decem-
ber, in the year 1851, the said Charles Fox and John
Henderson shall not have entirely removed the whole of
the said building, and shall not have fulfilled all the
requirements of this contract, and of the specification
hereunto annexed, in respect of the restoration of the
site to as nearly as possible its present condition,
then it is hereby mutually agreed that it shall be

lawful for her -Majesty, her -heirs or successors, or
the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests,
Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings on the pro-
perty of her Majesty, her heirs or successors, to take
possession and make seizure of any work, materials,
implements, tools, and other effects that may be at that
time left upon the said site for the building, to sell the
same to the highest bidder, and apply the proceeds
thereof to the execution of any works remaining to be
done under this contract."
It will be seen from these documents that the
Royal Commission consider themselves bound to
give the necessary notice for the removal of the
building ; and, in consequence, that formality will in
all probability be immediately complied with.

IMPROVEMEA TS TO THE APPROACHES
OF WINDSOR CASTLE.
The long-talked-of extensive improvements in the ap-
proaches to Windsor Castle were commenced last week,
by order of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, after the plans and under the direction of Mr.
Page, the Government architect. The massive iron
gates, atone buttresses, and pallisading connected with
the lodge at the grand entrance to the Castle by Park-
street, have been removed, and the lodges at the entrance
to the Long-walk taken down. Two magnificent gates
are to be erected here, the one leading to the Castle to
be reserved for tho sole use of her Majesty and the Royal

family, and the other for the use ef•the pui,lio in passing
and re-passing to and from the Long-walk. The de-
sign of these gates has been completed some time since
by Mr. Page, and is very elaborate. The ornaments in-
clude the arms of every British Monarch from the time
of the Norman conquest. The gates are to be con-
structed on a new and self-acting principle, by which
they will be made to open and close as the carriages ap-
proach and depart, without the assistance of the gate-
keeper. The high road to Old Windsor, by Frogmore,
has been stopped, the Hope Inn and all the buildings in
that neighbourhood have been taken down, and hence-
forth the road will be used only as a carriage-drive to
the residence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent.
The old wall enclosing the Home-park by Frying-
pan-walk will be immediately pulled down, and several
vistas have already been made by the felling of trees in
the avenue leading in the direction of the keeper's lodge,
by the old Waterloo-gates. The park paling on the
Frogmore side of the Long-walk will be taken away and
replaced by an invisible fence; the alteration will add
much ,to the beauty of this matchless avenue. The
royal property adjoining Frogmore-lodge, and known as
Shaw Farm, consisting of about 500 acres of arable and
meadow land, will shortly be given up by its present
tenant, Mr. Charles Seaward Cantrell, to Prince Albert,
for the purpose of being converted into a model farm by
his Royal Highness, and the old dairy at Frogmore will
be removed thither. Several sales have recently taken
place of the materials of houses purchased by the Crown,
on the Castle side of Thames-street, for the purpose of
their being pulled down, and the few which remain
between the Hundred-steps and Castle-street will be sold
and pulled down in the course of a fortnight. Orders
have been given by her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, that all the contemplated works
connected with the improvements of Windsor shall be
carried out without further delay, and the royal borough,
which for so many years has displayed the aspect of
desolation, will in a short time assume its wonted cheerful
and pretty appearance.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent from the General I'OA-office
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

'When made up in From what When
PLACES. ' Gene:al Post-office port die-
due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Sept. 15 .. .. Liverpool • • Arrived
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Sept. 16 .. —lLiverpool
America (by U.S. pkt.) M Sept. 17 .. —lBouthampt. Sept. 10
Africa (West coast)" N 14th of the month 'Plymouth Sept. 6
........ N 19th & 30th of mo.lDover .. Sept. 18
Alexandria*
Belgium N Daily I Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. M 9th of the month ISonthampt. Sept. 16
Buenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month ISoathampt. Sept. 16
California(viaCbagres)M 2d & 17th of month ISoutham pt. Sept. A
Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month ,Plymouth.. Sept. 6
Constantinople* .. •• Nlth 17th 27th of mo!Dover .. Sept. 10
Central America .. Ml2d& 17th of mon. !Southampt. Sept. 5
Channel Wes •• NIMon., Wed., &Fri.'Soutkampt. Tn. Th.Sa
Chili .. . M;l7th of the month Southampt. Sept. 5
France .. &N,Twice daily .. Dover .. Twicedally
Greece* • • .. • • N7th 17th27th of mo Dover .. Sept. 10
Hamburgh ISTlTuesday & Friday London .. Ties. Sat.
Holland .. •• MWednes. Satur. London .. Mon.Thcr
Honduras 17117th of the mouth Southampt. Sept. 20
hells" •• M &N,Twice daily .. .. Holyhead •• TwicedallY
India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Sept. 23
India (viaM ermines) N 7 th& 24th efmonthlDover .. Sept. 15
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) •• B 1 20th of the month Southampt. Sept. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N 7th&24thofmonth Dover •• Sept. 15
Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. Sept. b
Madeira •• •• M 9th of the month Southampt. Sept. 16
Malta* r .th,l7th,l9th,27thl Dover Sept. 10
& 30th of month
Naples* .. • • • • Nirth 15th 25th of M6,DOVer •• Sept. 12
Papal States* 11;5th.15th25thormo!Dover Sept. 12
Peninsular.. •• Mi7tlll7tll27thof moSouthampt. Sept. 16
Peru .• .. • • •• M'l7th of the month Sonthampt. Sept. b
Tuscany* .. •• N sth 15th25thofmo Dover •• Sept. 13
West Indica M 17th of the month Southampt. Sept. 20
West Indies (except
, Havanna & Nassau) M2d of the month •. Southampt. Sept. S
* The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by
French packet via Marseilles.
• Camroaxia.—Mall's to and from California, via the United States
are now despatched and due by every American packet.
The Peninsular mail will be made up on the morning of the 6th
instant, in consequence of the 7th falling en a Sunday.

IS TOL, SpRAILWAYBR SHARE MARKETS.
.pr. 6.

&zoos EtcTrawax.—The share market was ranch more
active to-day than it has been for several days. The trans-
actions were as follow :—Bristol and Exeter, 791,‘ ex div.—
Great western, 77—Taff Vale, Quarters, 37.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6.
STOCK F.xcluNcx.—The share market has been rather
inanimate to-day, but prices were firm. There is not so great
an amount of stock on offer, nor such pressure to effect sales
as prevailed a few days ago. The transactions were as fol-
low :—East Lancashire, 1314—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
49%—Ditto, Fifths, 9 dis.—London and North-Western,
:14
Quarters CC), 1 7-16 p.—Midland, 43k—Ditto, Halves,
20 1-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 19 —York and
North Midland, 16%.
MANCHESTER, Sim:. 6.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is better to-day, and a
fair business is doing at improved prices. The transactions
were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, Ili% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 491A—Ditto,Fifths,
9 dis.— London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2 p.—.
Macchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference,
Railway Consols, 43 Lis SOUtIIE agora
11 11-
ver, R
and Do 16—Midland
19 13-16.

PARTRIDGE SilooTlNG.—Partridge shooting com-
men on Monday. The weather was highly unfavourable.
It is said that coveys are plentiful, and the birds in good
condition, but as the fields ku this neighbourhood are not,
to
any extent, cleared of grain, it Is not expected that. sport
will be active tor two Pr three WeelLle+Carlisk Journal.