The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-29 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1851.

COURT CIRCULAR.

er Majesty and his Royal Hizhness the Prince Al-

bert, accotrir.nied by their itoya.l Highnesses the Prince
f Wale 3, Prince lir ed , Prince Arthur, the Princess
Royal, and the PrinCeELI&S Alia', Helena, and left
Windsor Castlo at seven nainire before twelve o'clock
yesterday, f•r Louden. The 11,1,yal suite consisted of
the Countess of Charleinont, Lady Caroline Barrington,
Honourable Flora Macdonald, Um. Mary F. Seymour,
Lord Byron, Lieutenant-Cclonel Hon. C. B. l'hiPPs•
Captain Hon. Joseph Deninual (Royal Navy), Colonel
Buckley, Licatmant-Colenel Francis Hugh Seymour,
and Mr. Birch. • _

The august party went from the castle to the Windsor-
station of the Great Western Railway, where a guard of
honour of the first battalion of Grenadier Guards were
on duty. A special train conveyed the Queen to the
Paddington terminus, on reaching which the Royal
Party entered six of her Majesty's carriages, and with
an escort cf Lancers, proceeded to Buckingham Palace,
where they arrived at ten minutes before one o'clock.
The Queen and Prince Albert were received at the
Palace by the Vice-Chamberlain, the Master of the
Household, and Colonel Wylde.
Her Majesty held a Court in the afternoon, for the re-
ception of his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the
Netherlands.

His Royal Highness arrived at Buckingham Palace
at half-past two o'clock, and was received by the Equer-
ries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and Lieut.-Colonel F.
H. Seymour, and the Master of the Ceremonies.
The Prince Henry of the Netherlands was attended by
Count Sc'uimmelpenninek, the Netherlands Minister ;
the Chevalier van Rsppard, Aide-de-Camp of his Royal
Highness; and the Chevalier de Cars'onbroot. Officier
d'Ordonnanoe of his Majesty the King of the Nether-
lands, Attache to his Royal Highness.
His Royal Highness had an audience of her Majesty,
to which he wss introduced by Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.B , the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs and conducted by Colonel the Hon Sir
Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ce-
remonies. His Royal Highness was also presented to
his Royal Highness the Prince Albert.
The Queen was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in
Waiting, and Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, R.N.,
Groom in Waiting.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the
Promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry
of all Nations in 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at
the Exhibition building, in Hyde-park, at a quarter past
three o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C.
B. Phipps, and Lieutenant, Colonel F. IL Seymour.
The Commissioners assembled at four o'clock. Those
present were,--The Earl of Roue, Earl Granville, Lord
Overstone, the Right Honourable Henry Labouebere Sir
Richard Westmacott, Sir C. Lyell, Sir C. L. Eastlake,
Mr. T. Baring, M.P,; Mr. Cobden, M.P.; Mr. Cubitt,
Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. P. Pusey, M.P.;
Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P.; Mr. John Shepherd, Chairman
of the East India Company; and Mr. Hopkins, President
of the Geological Society. Sir Stafford Northcote and
Mr. Scott Russell, Secretaries to the Royal Comsnission,
were in attendance. Mr. Edgar Bowring also attended.
Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Executive Committee;
Colonel Lloyd, Special Commissioner; and Dr. Lyon
Playfair, Special Commissioner, were also present.
A deputation from Sheffield bad an interview with the
Royal Commissioners. The deputation consisted of Mr.
Henry Wilkinson, Mr. Joseph Bradbury, Mr. Fawcett,
Mr. Potter, Mr. John He,wksworth, and Mr. John Hall.
The Musical Committee of the Royal Commission,
consisting of Sir George Smart, Dr. Wylde, and Sir
Henry Bishop, bed an interview with the Royal Com-
missioners to make the final arrangements for the mu-
sical performances at the opening of the Exhibition.
Viscount Palmerston, the Queen's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, the Marquis of Breadalbane,
Lord. Chamberlain, Mr. Norman MAcdonald, superin-
tendent of the Lord Chamberlain's deaartment, and Mr.
Mayne, Commissioner of Police, had severally inter-
views with the Royal Commissioners, respecting the ce-
remonial of the inauguration of the Exhibition on the Ist
of May.
The meeting of the Royal Commission broke up at
half-past six o'clock.
A meeting of the Financial Committee had previously
been held at the Exhibition Bailding, which was at-
tended by the Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the
Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, Sir Alexander Spearman,
Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Cubist, Mr. T. F. Gibson, and
Mr. Peto.

Sir Stafford Nortleote and Mr. Edgar Bowring, Se-
cretaries to the Committee, attended. The Committee
sat two hours.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
honoured the Philharmonic Concert, at the Hanover-
square Rooms, with their presence yesterday evening.
The Royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Sutherland,
the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Flora Macdonald,
Hon. Mary F. Seymour, the Marquis of Breadalbane,
Lord Byron. Lord George Lennox, Captain Hon. J.
Denman, Col. Wylde, Col. Buckley, and Lieut.-Col. F.
H. Seymour.
His Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands
visited the Exhibition Building in Hyde-park yesterday
afternoon, and was conducted through the building by
Colonel Lloyd, Special Commissioner of the Royal Com-
mission.

His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe
Langenbourg landed at Dover yesterday morning from
the Continent, travelled to London, and in the afternoon
proceeded to Froginore, on a visit to her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent.
The Duke of Wellington had an interview with Sir

George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
A deputation from the New River Company had an
interview with Sir Georgo Grey yesterday. The depu-
tation consisted of Mr. Richard Beauvoir Birens (gover-

nor), Mr. Charles Henry Pilgrim (treasurer), Mr. Henry
Hulse Birens (auditor), Sir John Johnstone, Bart., M.P.,
Mr. Gathorne Hardy, and Mr. Thomas Mills (directors),
Mr. Frederick Inglis (clerk), and Mr. Wm. Chadwick
Mylne (engineer).
The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with
Secretary Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
The Marquis of C lanricarde had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official
residence in Downing. street.
Lord and Lady John Russell arrived in town yester-
day from Pembroke-lodge, Richmond-park.
The Oxford University Commission_ had a meeting
yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of
the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present the Bishop of
Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke,
the Rev. H. G. Liddell, the Rev. Professor Powell, and
the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary).
Sir William Clay, M.P., had as interview with Sir G.
Grey yesterday.

THE FASHIONABLE
,WORLD.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PALL-MALL.
&hem borgh House, Pall-mall, better known as the pre-
mises of Messrs. Harding and Coa silk mercers to the
Queen, with its many historical associations, has been
forced, in its time, to give way to a building more
adapted to the prevailing fashion, better calculated
to meet the requirements of i
building, which Messrs. Harding its owners. The now
O'o. have erected,
presents a striking illustration of the progress which
in
has been made of late yearsthe construction of
houses devoted to the purposes or. Thu compa-
ratively modern and profuse t
uctien of mirrors,
rich furniture, and articles of virtu in fashionable shops
is beginning to pass away, and greater attention is being
paid to elegance of design, correctness of proportion,
and artistic beauty. In these respects, there is no
building in the metropolis, dedicated
with
purposes,
which can be placed in comparison gh the elegant
structure which Messrs. Harding and
_o. have reared
in Pall-mall. The exterior is
Roman school. n
style
architecture belonging to the of
school. The
elevation is executed in brick, with
Aubigney stone dressings to the windows anCdaceolirniacnesd.
The lower portion, including the portico and
its elabo-
rate embellishments, is formed entirely the latter
material, which is peculiarly adapted to ih:f
purpose, on
account of its great hardness and closene . texture.
We believe ibis is the first instance of its 3of
employment in
the metropolis. ' An Italian staircase leadlo the show-
rooms on the first floor. It ii Par,,,,n,ehiiitlehtsl,. and lighted
from above by glass domes, between
headed c veering, following the line of ascent, Walgsg°l.l"
glass. The whole of the glass u,cd in this torat. no in
the building is bent, and embossed with flowersi andl fo-
liage; and its introduction for such a purpoep is another
example of the menithld uses to which this valuable ma-
terial is applicable. A corridor, having pendentive ceil-
ings, divides the front from the back sow-rooms; and
the architecture is assimilated, in some degrete to that of
the staircase. The walls of the front show-room are
covered with paper in silver tissue, with enriched cor-
nices picked oust in gold and colours. The upon,"
behind is divided into a seriee of arches, the piles.
tres and spandrils intervening being filled with ara-
besques those in the pileetres on a gold ground.
Tao ceiling is eiehly paenelled, and the decorations,
generally, are painted in white tied gold, with
bete and there flowers and foliage coloured in
the most delicate tints. A boudoir is attached
to this apartment, with walls and ceiling also richly
pannelled. The whole of the work on this and the
ground fixers is executed in Parien cement. The ground
floor, upwards of 130 feet in depth, is decorated atter the
same elegant detign. A magnificent Swedish stove
(Jeakee' patent) warms the apartment, and is constructed
eo as to carry the smoke ander the floor. It is manu-
factured of brown steel, with ormolu enrichments and
arabesque pannels in encaustic tile, on a crimson em-
bossed ground. Glass lamps, of globular shape, of aa
entirely new form, light the entrance, ground fioor, and
corridors. Some idea of the dispatch with which the
worke have been carried on may be gathered from the
fact that Messrs. Holland, the builders, who are also the
contractors for the new Ordnance-office adjoining, did
not commence preparieg the foundations until the end
of October last. The new building is in keeping with
the palatial character of this portion of Pall-mall, and
must be acknowledged as one of the most tasteful r'esort's
of the fashionable world in the metropolis.
The architects are Messrs. Lawford and Hatcher; the
builders Messrs. Holland ; and the decorators Messrs.
Trollope and Son. The stoves have been supplied by
Mr. Jeakes; the chandeliers by Messrs. Hughes and
Forest; and the glasses by Mr.Blandford, of the Thames
Plate Glass Company. ,

The Duke of Northumberland, with his usual
liberality and consideration, has given instructions that
during the period of the ensuing Great Exhibition in the
metropolis his Grace's mansions of Northumberland-house,
London, and Sin-house and gardens, Middlesex, shall be
open for the inspection of parties visiting London, more espe-
cially those connected with the county of Northumberland.
by applying personally or by letter at the commisSiorler's
otlic., Alnv. ick Castle, introductions for this purpose May he
ob:tti,ed —Newcastle Journal.
During the last week fifteen vessels put to-4a
from the Birkenheal Docks, and there are at praent,,in
dock sixteen vessels.—Liverpool Q Lion.

DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR
EDWARD CODRINGTON, G.C.B.
We regret to announce the demie of Admiral Sir
Edward Codrington, G.O 8., one of the oldest flag-
officers in the British Navy, whose brilliant naval
career is identified with our national annals. The
venerable and gallant Admiral expired last evening
at hid town residence in Eaton-square, shortly after
six o'clock. The gallant deceased was son of Mr.
Edward Codrington, brother of the late Sir William
Codrington, Bart. He was born in 1770, and had
consequently reached the ripe age of eighty years.
In July, 1783, being in his fourteenth ' year, he
entered the navy as a midshipman, and after a pro-
bationary career of nearly ten years he obtained his
lieutenancy. Without going into detail of the ser-
vices rendered by the Gallant Admiral, we cannot
notice his decease without mentioning that he was
Lieutenant of the Queen Charlotte in Lord Howe's
action ; that he commanded the Babet in Lord Brid-
port's celebrated victory ; the Orion, under the im-
mortal Nelson at Trafalgar ; the Blake in the Wal-
cheren-expediP*;7.thitdUring the Peninsular war
he.llad the -49:1iii0440 squadron in co-operation
with the SpaniSh-patiiots off the coast of Catalonia ;
anCi., was subsequently Captain of the fleet stationed
on the coast of America.

The crowning achievement in the life of the de-
ceased Admiral was, however, the battle of Navarino,
when the Russian and French squadrons acted under
his general orders. The instructions issued by the
Admiral for the positions of anchoring and the order
of battle were concluded by Lord Nelson's well-
known maxim, that " If a genesral action should take
place no captain can be better placed than when his
vessel is alongside one of the enemy." The Asia,
the Vice-Admiral's ship, bore a leading part in the
conflict. After having disposed of two Egyptian men-
of• war, she became exposed to a severe raking fire,
which carried away her mizen-mast and dismounted
many of her guns. Vice-Admiral Codrington was him-
self struck, and his watch shattered in his pocket.
The victory, however, was complete. In the Admiral's
official dispatch the condition of the enemy's fleet on
the morning after the action is thus described :
" Out of a fleet composed of 81 men of war, only
1 frigate and 15 small vessels are in a state ever to
be again put to sea." In reward for this distinguished
service, Sir E. Codrington was advanced to the dig-
nity of the Grand Cross of the Bath while from the
Emperor of Russia he received the Grand Cross of St.
George, and from the King of France the Grand
Cross of St. Louis.

During the administration of the late Earl Grey
the gallant Sir Edward was the naval Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth. Since the expiration of the
usual term of service he has not held any appoint-
ment. Sir Edward represented the borough of De-
vonport in 1832, and in several successsive sessions in
the House of Commons. In 1809 he married Miss
Hall, of New Windsor, by whom he leaves a family.
Sir Edward's commissions were dated as follow :
Lieutenant, 28th May, 1793; Commander, 7th Oc.
tober, 1794 ; Captain, 6th April, 1805 ; Rear-
Admiral, 4th June, 1814; Vice-Admiral, 19th July,
1821. He became an Admiral of the White in 1841.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sir Frauci3 Baring, Admiral Dundas, and all the
other members of the board have returned to the Admi-

Lieut. James 11. Mcrgsn's (of the Royal M.:tricc)
sadden death at Teuby, on the I lth has been re-
ported.
The Turkish stem•frigate Feiji Babri is expc:cteci at
Spithead, from Southampton, when it is expected the
frigate tend brig that have witverid in this country will
proceed to CoLstuntinople, touching for a few days at
Ply mouth. -

Tne Prussian man-of-war corvette Mereure is daily
expected at Spithead.
Crane, late packet brig, having had her bottom com-
pleted, was taken out of No. 2 dock at Devonport on
Saturday, and the Tortoise lighter, taken in the same
tide.
Devon lighter, Bond master, arrived at Devonport
on Sunday, with stores from Pembroke.
Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander Allen,
sailed at nine A.M. on Saturday from Devonport, for
Portsmouth; she is expected at Devonport again on
Wednesday with Admiral Ommanney, and will then
take away Sir W. H. Gage, who will leave the port
universally respected. The Devon lighter, Bond mas-
ter, will be appropriated to convey the furniture to the
River.

The Sir John Falstaff barque, belonging to Ports-
mouth, sailed on Friday with a cargo of coals for the
Government of Moulmein. She will bring home a re-
turn cargo of teak wood.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK. Wind
northerly, with cold weather.—Yesterday and last night
we have had unsettled weather, with squalls of snow,
and occasionally thunder and lightning. Put in the
Dutch ship De Amstel, Captain V. Dwyn, from Amster-
dam to
.Batavia, with loss of cutwater, works of head,
flying jibbooms, &0., having been in contact with the
Spanish brig Dacila, Captain Arozqna, off Beachy Head,
early on the morning of the 27th instant, and very
shortly afterwards the Spanish brig sunk, her crew and
passengers having ba'rely time to save their lives on
board the Amstel, some of them in a state of nudity.
They were very kindly and humanely treated by Cap-
tain Van Dwyn, of the Amstel. L. Vanden Bergh,
Esq., the Dutch consul here, having had intimation of
the accident to the Dutch ship, and that she was off the
Isle of Wight, with his usual promptness applied for a
Government steamer to render such assistance as might
be essential, and soon after the steamer succeeded in
falling in with her, and the Amstel was accordingly
safely towed into this port about noon. It appears the
collision was purely accidental, and only attributable to
the darkness of the night, which both commanders have
fully admitted and agreed to. The Dacila was from Te-
neriffe, laden with wine and cochineal, bound to London.
We regret to add, one of her crew was unfortunately
drowned.
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's steam•fri-k
gate Retribution, 22, Captain Frederick Warden, came
down harbour yesterday, and sailed to-day with super-
numeraries and stores for Commodore Martin's squad-
ron at Lisbon.

The Falmouth lighter sailed yesterday with stores for
Pembroke.

Letters dated Valparaiso, Bth of February, announce
the arrival of the Portland, 50, Captain Chads, flag of
Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby, in relief of the Asia,
84, Captain R. F. Stopford, flag of Rear-Admiral Phipps
Hornby, to sail on the 15th for Portsmouth, where she
is to be paid off.
WOOLWICH, APRIL 28.--APPOINTMENT.—Master's
Assistant George Morice to the Southampton, 50, flag-
ship on the south-east coast of America station.

The Leopard, 12, steam-frigate, of 560-horse power,
engines by Al-Assn. Seaward and Co., went down the
river to-day on trial in charge of Mr. Brown, Second
Master-Attendant at Devonport Dcckyard, and the
crew that brought round the Greenock steam-frigate to
Woolwich. Mr. Humphrys, chief engineer at Woolwich
Dockyard; and Mr. Hughes, assistant to the chief
engineer at Somerset House, went in the Leopard
to witness and report on the working of the en-
gines; and the following officers, at present studying
stzala at the factory in Woolwich Dockyard, were
on board:—Captain Murray, Captain S:r Frederick
Nicolson, Commander F. Egerton, Commander G.
Ogle, Commander T. Hope, Lieutenants N. G. Brick-
nell and J. N. Norman. The Leopard, on arriving
at the Lower Hope, ran the measured mile once
down and once up, and made a speed on the average of
9 2-10ths knots per hour, and then returned to Wool-
wich at two o'clock P.m. On her return up the river she
kept considerably aht:ad of one of the faA Leith boats
belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company,
and was half-an-hour sooner at Woolwich than the
Monkey steam-vessel, which accompanied her during the
trial.

The Lightning atcam-vessel, Master-Commander
Henry W. Allen, was taken into the basin to-day to be
refitted and newly painted on the Black Eagle, Master-
Commander John Petley, being,* taken out.
Commander H. G. Morris (1846), and Mate A. J. But-
lock (1849), were both examined on S4turday last by
Mr. liumphryr, chief engineer, having completed their
course of study at the factory here, and on passing re-
ceived their certificates.

SYMPATHY OF THE RUSSIANS AND
FRENCH IN THE FATE OF SIR JOHN
FRANKLIN.

By private letters received from her Majesty's ship
Enterprise, Captain Collinson, C. 8., dated Hong-
Kong, 26th February, it would seem that much
sympathy is felt by the Russians in the fate of our
missing countrymen.
The following is an extract of a private letter from
one of the officers serving on board :
"We left two officers, Lieut. Barnard and Mr.
Adams, assistant-surgeon, at Michaelowski and Nor-
ton Sound, with orders to proceed into the interior,
and see whether any communication takes place be-
tween the Russian ports and the natives inhabiting
the shores of the Polar Sea. From Michaelowski I
went to Sitka, where from the researches of the
Russians we find our Polar chart, as far as the Col-
ville, is concerned, totally in error. The Yoncon, it
would appear, is the head water of the Kiverpak,
which runs into Behring Sea to the southward of
Norton Sound, and they have no port on any river
emptying itself into the Polar Sea.
"We found a great disposition on the part of the
Russian authorities to aid in our search. The Go-
vernor-General, Captain Resenburgh, has ordered the
post of Michaelowski to be reinforced this year by 18
Aleutians and nine skin boats, which are to be
placed at Captain Moore's disposal, should he require
them. The men are armed with rifles, are expert
hunters, live upon Esquimaux diet, and speak a
dialect of the same tongue. The skin boats are what
the Russians have made use of in all their exploring
expeditions.
"We are to sail on the Ist of April to Behring's
Straits.

" Lieut. Bellot, of the French navy, Knight of the
Legion of Honour, has volunteered his services, by
permission of the linister of Marine of France, to
join an Arctic expedition, and speaks of the enthu-
siasm felt in the French navy that one of their own
officers should be embarked in the sacred cause which
has engaged the sympathies of all nations. This
devotion is alike creditable to the officers and to the
nation."

LAUNCH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—This beau
tiful model of a 20-gun frigate arrived from Woolwich at an
early hour on Sunday morning, and was brought ashore at
Cubitt's-wharf, Pimlico, the same day, at high water. Yes-
terday morning, at five o'clock, nine horses were attached to
the sledge on which she was landed, which proceeded at a
slow pace towards the Serpentine, Hyde-park, where she ar-
rived at ten o'clock, having occupied five hours in her transit,
part of which was taken up in mending one of the wheels of
the sledge, owing to the tyre con-.ing off no *less than four
times. Having arrived on the north side of the Serpentine.
preparations were made for launching, when she was dragged
with some difficulty to the water's edge. One of her hawsers
was taken across to the south side, and fastened to the horses,
when, after some few casualties, and the breaking of the haw-
ser, which was soon made good, she was dragged off the sledge
into the water; but, uwortunately, in so doing, her rudder
was broken. The riggers have been set to work, and will
have her completed by the Ist of May.
ADMISSION OF SOLICITOUS. —The Master of the
Rolls has appointed Tuesday, May 6, at the Rolls Court,
Chancery-lane, at four o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for
swearing solicitors. Every person desirous of being sworn
on the above day must leave his common-law admission or
his certificate of practice for the current year at the Secre-
tary's Office, Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane, on or before Monday,
May 5.
THE ALDERMANIC GOWN OF BRIDGE WITHOUT.—
The vacancy in the Ward Bridge Without, caused by the
death of Sir C. S. Hunter, will be tilled at the next Court of
Aldermen. Alderman Thompson, as senior alderman, is en-
titled to the office, which has not so many duties connected
with it as the alderman of any other ward is obliged to per-
form. The inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap, of whichMr
Thompson is the alderman, not wishing to lose a man
of
h
n.
high respectability, resolved to petition him to
among them, and he has consented. The next alderman' in
rotation for the privileged ward is Sir J. Kev.
TEE GREAT FAIR IN THE PARISH or RENSING
TON, NEAR KENSAL NEW TOWN.—OR Saturday the most
active preparations were in progress for tale opening of this
fair on Thursday next. The precise l cality, or that which
will be at any rate the nucleus of tails holiday fair, is a
large field— say twenty acres—abuttine•t' on the south of the
Talbot-road,liy the Westbourne WaterWoiks, and running
up northward to the bridge which crosses the Great Western
Railway, near the new ragged school at the south-western
extremity of Kensal New Town. The best way of approach
from mi st parts of London to the site of the effair is by the
Royal Oak public-house, Paddington, then up Albert-terrace,
to the left into Westbourne Park-road, which runs into the
Talbot-road, adjoining the field in which the fair will be
held. The nearest public-house to it is the Artesian Arm',
the landlord of which may reckon upon making a fortune.
The field yesterday contained from sixty to seventy show,
vans, amongst which several belonging to the well-known
Richardson and Nelson Lee were visible. Wombwell 's wild
beast vans, from which great things are expected, has not as
yet arrived. The most remarkable feature is a large booth—
indeed it may be called a one-story building— that is almost
finished at the upper extremity of the field. We understand
that it is to be a casino on a nionstre scale. The roads leading
to the field were thronged with show vans and waggons
laden with materials for constructing booths. The field in
question will, we think, give space for them all, so that we
should not be surprised to see the fair extend south-west-
ward to the Hippodrome.
PAYMENT OF CUSTOMS DUTIES.--Yesterday notice
was issued that on and after the 6th of May all duties under
151. will have to be paid in the Customs treasury, in
of the long room, as at present. For the convenience of
merchants 'and others, payments of not less than 50/. (in-
stead of 100/. as formerly) may be made at the Bank of
England.' Messengers will be dispatched every half-hour
between ilfe Bank and Custom-house. On and after the 6th
of May great alterations, with a view to expedite public bu-
t
sinews, are t 9 be made in the Customs department.