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with, except that it may bo advisable to rail off a strip
not exc....ding t n f-et, or one-sixth of the whole in
width, fir fiat p,lss,rg,rq, in order to prevent the in-
eouveidt,me of crowding the space open to riding parties.
By this arraugetnent the riders will be secured from
annoyance. _

2.;-a. It has been said that the effect of the erection of
the building will be to drive the inhabitants of London
out a their parks. Tha Commissioners think it right to
draw the a!tention of the Lords of the Treasury to the
following statistics:—
The area of Hyde Park is 378 acres.
„ Kensington Gardens 290 „
„ Regent's Park
9. St. James's Park
„ Green Park
„ Victoria Park
Greenwich Park
making a total of 1,568 acres, while only 20 acres
are proposed to be taken for the purposes of this exbi-
bHon.

26. In conclusion, the commissioners think it desir-
ablo to call attention to the fact that the last three exhi-
bitions of this nature which have taken place in Paris
have been held on a site (the Champs Elyr6es) very
closely corresponding to our own Hyde-park in many
respi cts, and particularly resembling it in being the
most fashionable and the most frequented promenade in
Paris, more frequented, indeed, than the particular
spot selected on the present occasion has ever been, or
is likely to be; and yet it does not appear that the Pari•
siana have had occasion to complain of those annoy-
ances si hick are now apprehended by some persons in
this country. And the commissioners are informed that
the exhibition in Vienna was held in the Prado, the
principal public place in that city ; and that the exhibi-
tion in Berlin was held in the Thiergarten, which is not
only the principal public place within the city, but is re-
markable as being the only open park of any sort within
several miles.

27. In the foregoing observations the commissioners
have thought it right to confine themselves strictly to a
discussion of the practical difficulties which would
attend a change of site. They cannot, however but ex-
press their decided opinion that the renouncement of the
selection of the most beautiful park in London fur the
scence of the exhibition may be looked upon as indicat-
ing a diminution of interest in the undertaking, and
would materially detract from that appearance of hos-
pitality on the part of England which has been one great
cause tor the very favourable ,reception which this pro-
potal has everywhere secured.
They must add that the possibility that the bringing
the exhibition into Hyde-park should be considered as
an interference with the enjoyment of that park by the
public has never entered their minds. They have, on
the contrary, always intended it as a means of recreative
and intellectual enjoyment of the greatest portion of her
Majesty's subjects, and they have hitherto had reason
to believe that it has been so regarded by the country in
general.
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- The following are the names of the Building Com-
mittee:—The Duke of Buecleuch, Lord Ellesmere, Mr.
Barry, Mr. Cubist, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Brunel, hir.
Cockerell, and Mr. Donaldson.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—As an old inhabitant Orßitieirt;a, I wish to
correct a wrong impression that might be formed by any
stranger to this locality from reading the memorandum
of the Royal Commissioners, published in your paper of
to-day; in the 12th paragraph of which it is stated, in
reference to the site of the proposed park in this neigh-
bourhood, " that only a small proportion of the whole
area has as yet been purchased, and that in detached
pieces;" and they urge this as a reason why this spot
should not be selected.

Now, inasmuchaSthey state that only 20 acres will
be required for the proposed building, surely there can
be nu difficulty in selecting a suitable site out of the 320
acres scheduled to be taken fur, the park, the proprietors
and occupiers of which have been long ago served with
❑otices in conformity with the Act of Parliament, and it
therefore only matins for the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests, in ease of disagreement with the parties, to
summon a jury to assess the value, which may be done
in 14 days, and possession immediately obtained. Taking
the maximum value of the laud at 3001. per acre, if the
whole 20 acres had to be purchased, it would only
amount to 6,0001, and as the arable land is cropped with
early wheat or potatoes, which, from their present ap-
pearance will probably be ripe, and might be cleared by
the end of the present month, without damage to the
occupiers, who are altogether few (one principal farmer
cultivating the greater portion), and with whom I find
the best feeling and disposition to give every facility to
the undertaking, there is consequently no reasonable
ground of objection on the above score.
In the latter part of the same paragraph it is further
stated—" The site is very low, a great portion of it being
some feet under high water mark, and the nature of the
soil presents serious objections to its use as a building.'
ground." In reference to which, although I admit this
description will apply to the-meadows next the river, yet
that portion of the land which would naturally be se-
lected as the most convenient for the projected building.
fronting the lower Wandsworth-road, and within a feW
hundred yards of the South-Western Railway, is from
10 to 15 feet above the meadows, to which, no doubt,
their description refers. This is, perhaps, as dry a soil
and as suitable for building purposes, as any within 10
miles of London ; in proof of which, I refer to the
church lately erected in the neighbourhood; whilst the
great and paramount advantage of adopting this spot jet
that the building might remain, and be reserved to the
public as a tinter garden, and, in connexion with the
park, become a permanent btnt.fit. And, as regard/
acce4s, there is none so convenient to all parts of the
metropolis, either by railway, steamboats, or omnibuses.
and this might be materially increased by er.e:ing a
temporary wooden bridge from the Red-house to Rene-
lagb, in lieu of the intended suspension-bridge, the toll
from which would certainly, in one year, cover the whole
expense of the construction, and probably leave a con-
siderable surolus.

lan, Sir, your old subscriber,
JAmEs PIIILLIPS,
Churchwarden of S. George's, Battersea-fields•
Battersea fields, July 3.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JULY 3.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market was inanimate
to-day, but prices remain tolerably firm, without any devi-
ation from last quotations. The business was principally
confined to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Shares.
LI VEKPOUL, JULY 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was very little business doing
to-day, and prices were a shade lower. The transactions
were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 3414
Liverpool, Chester, and Stockport, 514 dis.—Great Western.
5834—Kendal and Windermere, Preference, 6 per cent., NI--
London and North-Western, New Quarters, 11-16 p.—Mid-
land, Halves, 2574 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
(G. N. E. Purchase), 5 per cent. till 1850, 434 dish
MANCHESTER, JULY 3.
STOCK EXCITAI;TGE.—The market was firm to-day, but
the amount of busines done was limited. The transactions
were as follow :—Birkenhead.Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 17 15-16—Great Northern, 14. dis —Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Fifths, 9 13-16 die.—North Staffordshire,
7-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Stock
(No. 4), 411,,.

BIRMINGHAM, Jinx 3.
STOCK ExeßANcia.—Business in this share market was
very flat to-da3, and no transactions occurred which at all
indicated a change in tha market.

YORK, JULY 2.
STOCK EXCIIANGIL—The transactions to-day were SS
follow : North Staffordshire, 6,4—Great Northern, 9
York and and North Midland, Preference, 7%.

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