The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-03 00:00:00

No. is,oood LONDON, MONDAY E , 4
,
S N 7 JUNE 3, 1850.

20, Great Marlborough-street.
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THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
FOR JATNE, -
NOW READY, AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS AND
LIBRAR
1. Ryan's California, with 23 Plates, 2 vols.
2. Sirr's " Ceylon and the Cingalese," 2 vols., plates.
3. Captain Reid's " Rifle Rangers," 2 vols., plates'
4. The Countess of Blessington's New Novel, " Country Quarters,"
3 vole.
5. Napier's "Southern Africa," 2 vols., Plates.
G. " Narrative of Arctic Discovery," 10s. Cd. bound.
7. " Scenes of the Civil War in Hungary," Third Edition, 7s. 6d.
bound.
8. Wayte's " Equestrian Manuel," 7s. 6d. bound.
9. Miss Pardue's " Recreations of a Rambler ; or, Flies in Amber,"
3 vols.
W. Shoberl, Publisher, • 23, Great Marlborough-street.

This day is published, in 1 vol.-foolscap 8 vo., with frontispiece,
price Os.
E .V'ALE OF CEDARS:
Olt, THE MARTYR;
A Story of Spain in the 15th Century.
BY GRACE AGUILAR.

Author of " Home Influence," " Woman's Friendship," &c.
" The wild dove bath her nest—the fox his cave,
Mankind their country—lsrael but the grave."

Groombridge and Sons, 5, Paternoster-row,

BYRON

NTATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU•
RAXCE SOCIETY.

26, Cornbtll, London.
Capital £500,000.

Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties.
Policies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi-
sion for the family of the Asgored, and £4.1 augmenting pecuniary
Available resource to himself, if needful, while( iving. The Assured
has, on all occasions. the power to borrow, without expense, or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid.

DIVISION OF PROFITS.

The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
at the Annual Meeting, held 1)n the Bth of :May, 1850, to declare a
;lath bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cent. on the Premiums paid
en each Policy effected on the profit scale.

EXAMPLES.

A Perms- Sum the
HI ,si Annual Policy Bonus it nent Re- APclr'.4
ige., g g Pre- taken addition Bonus in ductlon of may bor-
it mium. out In to Sum Cash. Annual row on
n Assured. Premium. Policy.
....... - - -
£ s. 41.. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
r 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1642 15 6
1838 267 II 4 126 17 2 19 19 7,593 6 8
1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 18 8',543 17 9
£ £ s.d. I 1 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 0 1094 8 10
60 1000 14 3 4 11841 ,189 12 6 89 5 10 13 8 11,445 0 0
1 1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3,395 11 1
! 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10 346 2 3
1 1844 177 19 2 38 IS 10 5 911 296 13 ' 4
1845 166 15 0 44 10 0 410 1.247 4 5

DEFERRED A

NUITIES.

By the operation of the same principles, the Society is enabled to
Afford to the public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta-
:eons than any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the con.
t;ibittion of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may aa.
cure either a comfortable provision for himself in advanced age, or,
st his option, alarge sum of money, or a policy to his family at his
leath ; while by giving to the purchaser, at any time, the power of
borrowing two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk
of forfeiture from inability to continue premiums, besides affording
an ample resource during sickness and want of employment ; and
should the purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, two-
thirds of his payments will be returned to his representatives.
Ike following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan-
•ages which the judicious application of a small saving eau secure
through this Society.

11. PREMIUMS
To secure 1
lon attain- AnnuityXlo 10 0
ingtheage Cash •• 82 10 0
of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6
option of

1. e'' Payable Payable Payable
0:Z Annu- is one for Dis-
t, ally. sum. parity.
s. d. s. d.
10 0 10 0 0 0
16 7 1 7 3 11
27 3 11 19 4 10

£ s. d.
20 010 11
30 0 19 6
40 1 17 3

Immediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal
terms, as will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables,
ihowing the annual amount of annuity upon every 1001. deposited :
Age 50, £7 Bs. I Age 60, £9 14s. 3d. Age 70, .£l4 2s. 2d.
The Annual Report, with Tables of Rates, Etc.. may be had at the
Office, or any of its Branches in the Country; or, on application, will
forwarded post free.

W. S. B. WOOLUOUSE, Actuary

ft 0 YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OFFICE.
Royal Exchange, May 22, 1850.
The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal Exchange
Assurance do hereby give notice, that their Transfer-books will be
SHUT from TUESDAY, the 4th of June next, to THURSDAY, the 4th
of July following ; and that a General Court of the said Corporation
•ill be holden at their Office, at the Royal Exchange, on Wzmixs-
DAY, the 19th of June, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to consider of a
Dividend.

ALEX. GREEN, Secretary.

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or from London and Gravesend.
Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING.
To or from Blackwall.
Fore Cabin ...• 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d.
Intermediate Piers •• • •
5n other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers.
The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting).
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WEF.K DAYS

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three Months, 11. 155.; to be had of the Collectors on beard the
packets; or Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
May 1, Itso.

ANTERBURY SETTLEMENT.
vj In pursuance of the terms of purchase, dated April 22. 1850,
NOTICE is lIEREBY GIVEN, that MONDAY, the Ist of July next,
is the last day on hide APPLICATIONS will be received for the
PURCHASE of LAND, with the peculiar privileges reserved for the
first body of colonists ; and intending colonists are hereby warned
that the only certain means of securing a share in the aforesaid pri-
vileges which have been awarded to the purchasers •of the first hun-
dred thousand acres, is by sending in their applications before the
whole of the same has teen applied for, when the registry of applica-
tions will be immediately closed.
By order of the Committee of Management,
11. F. ALSTON, Secretary.
Office of the Canterbury Association, 20, Cockspur-
street, May 28, 1850.

PURE W ATE R.-GUTTA PERCHA
SIIEETING may. now be had for the Lining of Water
Cisterns, in lengths of eighty feet by three feet wide.

GUTTA- PERCHA TUBING.

Amongst the peculiar properties possessed by this Tubing which
render it an article of great value not only to manufacturers, but to
the public generally, are the following :
Lightness, combined with remarkable strength (a U-In. tube
having resisted a pressure of 337 lbs. on the square inch).
Non-affection by the carbonic, acetic, hydrofluoric, or muriatic
acids, or by the most caustic alkalies This remarkable property
renders Gutta Percha so valuable for the cenveyance of water, lining
of cisterns, Sec., being free from the deleterious effects to health re-
sulting from the use of lead for those purposes.
Peculiar power of resisting frost.
Readiness by which it can be connected (by means of the Gutta
Percha Union Joints) with the water-tap, or pump, and used for
watering gardens, washing windows, carriages, Sec.
Great lengths in which it can be made (50 to 500 feet) without a
faint.
Ease with which the requisite joints can be made.
Facility with which it:can be_cut open, and again repaired, in case
stoppage.
Extraordinary power of conducting sound.
APPLICATIONS OF GUTTA PERCHA TUBING._

The conveyance of Water, 011,.F0r Watering Gardens, Streets,
Acids, Gas, and other Chemi-; Washing Windows, &c.
cats, Liquid Manures, &c. "Ventilation of Mines, &c.
Drain and Soil Pipes. Ship Pumps, &c.
Suction Pipes for Fire Engines. Ear and Mouth Trumpets.
Pump Barrels and Feeding Pipes. Speaking' Tubes in lieu of Bells,
Syphons. I &c.
The GITTTA PERCRA COMPANY PATENTEES, 18, Wharf-
road, City. road, London.

DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho,
147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author;
price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d.

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."
Cownwrs:—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Trips and Itambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Home
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Hest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.

111OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
During this week the ALPINE SINGERS will perform
several of their National Airs, daily at Four, and in the Evenings at
Half-past Eight. Dr. BACIIHOFFNER'S SECOND LECTURE on
die P IIILOSOPHX;of SCIENTIFIC RECREATION,vith OPTICAL
EFFECTS, daily at Two, and every evening at a Quartet-past
Nine.—Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on the Chemistry of
Hydrogen, with special reference to its application for conveying by
Balloons Pyrotechnic and other Signals to Sir John Franklin,
daily Quarter-p .st Three, and every Evening at Eight.--Dissolv,
lug Views illustrating the Arctic Regions and Ceylon ; also Views of
London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is.—Diver and
Diving-bell, &c., &c.
Admission, lg.—Schools, Half-price.

ARGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great
Windmill-street, St. J

3fuslcal Director and ConduCtor, M. LAURENT, jun.
This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of Dancing, is NOW
OPEN for the SUMMER SEASON. Teaching by Professors, Daily.
For Terms of Private Tuition apply at the office.—Terms for
Evening Practice:—Sls months, 51. bs.; one month, 11. Is.; one
eVening, Is.

The S'"uhscriben are respectfully informed that the doors will open
at Half-past Eight, Dancing to corn nence at Nine o'clock, and the
Band will net leave the Orchestra till Half-pa,t Eleven.
N.B. On WEDNESDAY, June 5, a GRAND FULL-DICES BALL,
for-the joint Benefit of Messrs. R. Bignell and G. F. !fryer. Gen-
tlemen's Tickets, 10s. 6d.; Ladies, ss.

MTHERE SHALL WE GO TO-NIGHT?
To CREMORNE.. Where else !Tull you ,go ? Well, I
was thinking of --. Don't think about it ; finish your glass and
come along, we can get the Steam-Boat at any Pf4r. I prefer the
Bus, as I have'nt my great coat with. me. Well, there are Omni-
busses at Charing-cross and a dozen otlier places ; the Fare is the
Cainet as by Boat, threepence. Is the Band a good one for Quad-
rilles ? The first in the world, conducted by Borini, and led by
Richard Hughes ; there IS no Band equal t 6 it for dancing,
Then-say no more, with you I'll go,
And trip it ort.fautastic toe,
the first step into a Chelsea OmnituS.

EXHIBITION,' OF INDUSTRY OF

ALL NATIONS IN 1851.

.The. following Is the report of the , committee ap-
pointed to consider all !natters relating to Ow build-
ing, made to her Majesty's Commissioners, Thursday,
May 9, 1850 :
May it please your Royal Ilighnese, My Lords and
Gentlemen,—We have the honour to report that we
have examined the numerous plans so liberally contri-
buted by native and foreign architects in accordance with
the public invitation.

Exhausting in their numerous projects and sugges-
tions almost every conceivable variety of building, the
authors of those designs have materially assisted us in
arriving at the conclusions which we have now the
honour to report.
We have been aided in our analysis of this subject by
a great amount of thought and elaboration thus brought
to bear upon it from various points of view.
We have, however, arrived at the unanimous conclu-
sion, that able and admirable as many of these designs
appeared to be, there was yet no single one so accordant
with the peculiar objects in view, either in the principle
or detail of its arrangement, as to warrant us in recom-
mending it for adoption.
In acme ef the least successful of the designs sub-
mitted we find indicated errors and difficulties to be
avoided, whilst in the abler and more practical of them
are valuable conceptions and suggestions which have
greatly assisted us in framing the plan we have now
the honour to lay before you.
In preparing this desing we have been governed
mainly by three considerations:—

1. The provisional nature of the. building.
2. The advisability of constructing it as far as pos-
sible in such a form as to be available, with least sa-
crifice of labour and material, for other purposes, so soon
bent as its original one shall have been fulfilled, thus
insuring a minimum ultimata cost.

3. Extreme simplicity demanded by the short time in
which the work must be completed.
For the arrangement of the plan we rely for effect on
honesty of construction, vastness of dimension, and fit-
ness of each part to its end.
The principal points of excellence we have endeavoured
to attain are—

1. Economy of construction.
2. Facilities for the reception, classification, and dis-
play of goods.
3. Facilities for the circulation of visitors.
4, Arrangement for grand points of view.
5. Centralization of supervision.
6. Some striking feature to exemplify the present
state of the science of construction in this country.
The first of these,—economy, is attained by doing
away with any internal walls (all divisions being made
by the necessary stalls), by reducing the whole con-
struction, with the exception of the dome, to cast iron
columns, supporting the lightest form of iron roof in
long unbroken lines, and by the whole of the work being
done in the simplest manner, and adapted in all respects
to serve hereafter for other purposes.
The second, facilities for the reception, classification,
and display of goods—The main central entrance for the
ree -ption of objects for exhibition will, probably, be that
most upproachacle from the public road. All cases ac-
companying goods will be examined, registered, cata-
logued, &a, in the offices of the executive; the packing-
cast s will then be put upon a truck running on a line of
rails laid down temporarily, and conveyed to the centre
turn-table, from which they may be carried by a line
of rails at right angles to the first, to the end of the
transverse gallery, in which they may be destined to be
placed.
The most important condition to insure successful
classification is, that those to whom the duty of arrange-
ment may be confided should be hampered by no fixed
limits of apace, such as would have been the case had the
building been divided into a ❑umber of halls, sections, or
chambers. The plan submitted fulfils this condition
perfectly; as objects can be arranged just as they are re-
ceived, and moved, if necessary, from gallery to gallery
with gnat facility. . _ _

suec...ssfuldisplay of the goods would be best in-
sured by leaving, under certain general restrictions, the
fitting-up of each stall to the exhibitor, or his agent,
floor space only being allotted to each; and stands,
frames, brackets, shelves, &c., being put up by the con-
tractor's carpenter, at a fixed tariff.
The best light is provided, and the most economical
wall.spaee is proposed to be furnished by connecting
pillar to pillar transversely, on the extreme north and
south sides of the building, by rods, from which dra-
peries, &c., can be suspended.
The third, facilities for the circulation of visitors,
are thus attained:—The visitor, on arrival at the central
ball, proceeds at choice to any one of the four sections.
He will, most probably, desire either to follow the whole
course of the section selected, or will wish to go at once
to some particular class or object. He will be enabled
to do either the one or the other, without interfering
with the general current, by means of gates or other
arrangements, which shall insure the current -of visitors
passing in one direction. If he desire to proceed rapidly
from one end of the building to the other, and finds the
great central gangway, at all blocked up, he will, no
doubt, be able to get on by either the north or south
corridors, 15 feet wide. Numerous doors of egress in
these latter afford ready means of exit for a large
number of persons. Seats are provided in the middle
of the great central gangway for those who may desire
to rest.

The fourth, arrangement for grand points of view—
The view from or to the centre of the building will, from
its extent, be necessarily imposing. The seats and main
avenues are arranged, so that on the occasion of the
distribution of the prizes an immense number of persons
may be accommodated. Most interesting views might
be obtained from galleries constructed at either end of
the building, and around the dome, for the admission
of the public, to which some small charge might be made.
The fifth, centralization of supervision—All the busi-
ness of the exhibition would be carried on in one spot,
and be readily under control. The Royal Commission,
the principal committees, clerks, accountants, police, &c.,
would be together, and in so large an establishment it
would be absolutely necessary, or much time would be
wasted in walking from one point to another. Passages
running behind the money-takers' boxes, with glazed
doors into them, would enable each accountant to detect
anything improper that might be going on, and to ex•
change and balance cheques, money, &c., at any mo-
ment. Telegraphic communications with each of the
pay-places will permit orders to be given, cash accounts,
&c., to be issued and returned from and to the head
accountant's office as often as may be necessary.
Four committee-rooms, one for a jury in each section,
have been provided at the extreme east and west-ends.
The duties of such committees being deliberative, and
not executive, it is not necessary they should be accom-
modated in the central establishment, where they would
be more liable to be disturbed than at the extremity of
the building.
A policeman stationed in each gallery would, from
his elevated position, be enabled to observed much
which might escape detection if he mingled only with
the crowd.

The sixth, some striking feature to exemplify the pre-
sent state of the science of construction in this country.—
In order that the building in which England invites the
whole world to display their richest productions may
afford, at least in one point, a grandeur not incommen-
surate with the occasion, wo propose, by a dome of light
sheet iron, 200 feet in diameter, to produce an effect at
once striking and admirable. From calculations which
have been made of the cost of so grand a hall, we have
reason to expect that it may be executed for a sum not
greatly exceeding the cost of the simplest form of roof
likely to be adopted to cover the same area.
It is to be borne in mind that a considerable amount
of any such difference may be recovered, should this
portion of the building be converted hereafter to other
purposes,
which is more than probable. This vast dome
it is proposed to light mainly from one circle of light in
its centre, and thus the sculpture will be pleasingly and
suitably lit.
Six out of the eight openings in the cylinder of the
dome would be well adapted for the exhibition of stained
glass windows of great extent, while the two remaining
arches will open to the main central gallery. The loaner
part of some of the voids will admit the eye to tuff and
shrubs, and produce a great freshness of effect.
The immense continuity of the central avenue will be
broken and relieved by a variation in the roof opposite
the openings to the second and third sets of refresh-
ment-rooms, and windows fur the reception of stained
glass may be placed at the ends of each transverse gal-
lery, thus terminating the vista for each.
It now only remains to explain the course of action
we would recommend for adoption so soon as the prin-
ciples of the. plan, &c., shall be positively, decided.
'We colander VIII to be as occeilou Upon which the

greatest amount of intellectual and commercial ingenuity
and ability should be called out, and that a generous
rivalry-among those best fitted to execute the principal
portions of this vast structure may lead to results which
no amounrof detailed study that we c)uld possibly give
to this matter would supply.
We would, therefore, recommend that every advantage
should he taken of the accumulated and experiments'
knowledge arid resources of intelligent and enterprising
contractors, and that every opportsmity should be afforded
to thous of distinguishing themselves.
We would therefore recommend, as the best means of
enlisting their servi2e, the following course of action :
,Adopting the approved design as a basis, we would
procTed to immediately prepare such working drawings
and specifications as may be necessary, and to issue in-
vitations for tenders to execute works in accordance
with them, requesting fro competitors, in addition,
such suggestions and modification!, accompanied with
Nair:l3,3es of cost, as might possibly become the means of
effecting a considerable reduction uoon the general ex-
pense. W. OUBITT, Chairman.

REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE ON
THE PLANS SUBIIIFTED.

(Presented to the Conunissiou, May 16, 1850.)
May it please your Royal Highness, my Lords, and
Gentlemen,—Your committee beg leave to report that
the invitation issued by the Commissioners requesting
information and suggestions for the general arrange-
ment of the building and premises required for the
Exhibition of 1851, has been responded to in the
most ample and satisfactory manner,. both as re-
spects the variety of useful ideas .presented to their
consideration and the liberality with which many expe-
rienced and skilful men of foreign countries, no less
than of our own, have
,contributed their valuable time
to this great undertaking, thereby evincing their entire
sympathy both with the great Cause of arts and indus-
try in which her Miijesty's Ceram issiorie rsliaie embarked,
and with the arduous labours of the directors of the
undertaking.
The designs and specifications transmitted to the com-
mittee amount to the surprising number of 245, offering
an aggregate of professional sacrifice of very consider-
able importance ; for, not confining themselves to sug-
gestions only, which were invited by the programme, a
large proportion of them are remarkable fir elaboration
of thought and elegance of execution.
Penetrated with admiration and respect for these gra-
tuitous aad valuable contributions, unexampled, they
believe, in the history of competition, your committee
have devoted the most careful sittention to the collection
of these projects, and hasten to offer those acknowledg-
ments which are due to their merits, and to the generous
motives which have led to their execution; and they
trust that the public may shortly be witnesses of the
effect of this very noble emulation of the skill of all
countries, by the public exhibition of these designs, offer-
ing the opportunity, in the true spirit of the whole un-
dertaking, of mutual improvement, respect, and friend-
ship amongst the cultivators of the liberal arts in the
several countries of Europe.
It is remarkable that, while many of these contribu-
tions may be attributed to the laudable motive of pro-
fessional reputation and advancement on the part of
practitioners,.not yet sufficiently known to the public, a
great number are from gentlemen whose position in the
confidence of their respecive Governments, or in the re-
public of arts and letters, is of the highest eminence,
and who can have been actuated by no such personal
motives. Already entitled to respect and admiration,
they could have little to gain, while they have something
tai lose, in the competition for glory. The kind and frank
communication, therefore, of their thoughts and expe-
rience towards this great work is to be more highly com
mended. Every possible mode of accomplishing the ob-
ject in view has been displayed by the respective contri-
butors as regards economy of structure and distribution,
and these qualities are united with various degrees of archi-
tectural symmetry and features in many designs. Our
illustrious continental neighbours have especially distin-
guished themselves by compositions of the utmost taste
and learning, worthy of enduring execution.—examples
of what might be done in the architectural illustration of
the subject when viewed in its highest aspect, .and at all
events exhibiting features of grandeur, arrangement,
and grace, which your committee have not failed to ap-
preciate. _ _ _

a. Among these several classes of design, the practical
character of our own countrymen, as might have been
expected, has been remarkably illustrated in some very
striking and simple methods suited to the temporary pur-
p )ses of the building, due attention having been paid to
the pecuniary means allotted to this part of the under-
taking. The principle of suspension has been applied
in a single tent of iron sheeting, covering an area aver-
aging 2,200 feet. by 400 feet by a lengthened ridge, or in
separate tents on isolated supports. Others display the
solution of this problem by the Chapter-house principle,
and a few by the umbrella or circular locomotive engine-
house system of railway stations, either with a central
column or groups of columns sustaining dooms or roofs
to the extent of 400 feet diameter.

Grandeur and simplicity of distribution are carried
out with great architectural effect in other compositions,
and the general arrangement by columnar supports has
been also variously and elegantly developed. The
system of iron roofing, with all the architectural powers
of which that material is susceptible, has been adopted
by some with signal enterprise, ingenuity, and puscr.
In another class of design the authors have viewed
with enthusiasm the great occasio❑ and object of the
propos, d exhibition, and have waved all considerations

of expense. They have indulgel their imaginations,
and employed the resources of their genius and learning
in the composition of arrangements which present the
utmost grandeur and beauty of architecture, suited to a
permanent palace of science and art. These, as addressed
to the architectural student, are of the highest value, re-
minding him of all the condition of his art,—the Egyptian
hypostyle, the Roman thermos, or of the Arabian or
Saracenic inventions. And, though their expense has
placed them beyond reach, they cannot fail to inspire
and elevate the treatment of the reality. They at all
events confer great obligations on the lovers of the fine
arts, for the authors have evidently felt that, if one of
the results to be expected from the proposed exhibition
may be to prove that the simplest object of ingenuity
and API should not be devoid of some of the attractions
of taste, the building itself ought to be an illustration of
that important principle.
The committee, however, have baen unable to select
any one design, as combining all the requisites, which
various considerations render essential. But the judg-
ment and taste evinced by
a large number of the con-
tributors have enabled the committee to arrive more
promptly at their conclusions, and they have freely
availed themselves of most valuable suggestions in di-
recting the preparation of a fresh design fur the proposed
building.

They have consequently been most earnest in the de •
sire to fulfil the just expectations of the various compe-
titors, and feel assured that your Royal
Highness and
the Commission will b©
of opinion that the most unre-
served and handsome acknowledgments are due to those
able men of science and art, who have in so disinterested
a manner, submitted such admirable projects for the
consideration and assistance of the committee.

Touhreathe following gentlemen are entitled to honourable and
fav
tehneuroenf to submit as their opinion that
ore,
account of architectural merit,
ingenue construction, or disposition, or for graceful ar-
rangement of plan.
They
m

U. S. Ridley, architect, 31, Vincent-square, West.
minster.
J. B. Roberts, architect, Sleafurd, Lincolnshire.
A. Rosengarren, architect, Hamburgb.
W. Russell, 3, Frederick-street, Hampstead-road.
El. Savage, 22, Beaumnnt-street, Marylebor e.
J. P. Seddon, Esq., Gray's Inn-road. •
A. Slater. architeet, Eieve de Mons. Cluysenaar.
F. Stns.,lima,: Smith, 18, Brunswick..treer, Barnibary-
road, Islingtm.
C. H. Smith, Ciipltone-st-re:, London.
Paul Sp:6 :ger, architect, Vienna.
H. Sumners, architect (and Wallis), 14, College-place,
Camden-town.
H. W. Todd (and Allingham), 91, Newman-street,
London.
Richard and Thomas Turner,-- Hammersmith Works,
Dub:io.
F. Tvermam, jun., architect, 14. Parliament-street.
Ver,m, 2, Quai des Orreer, Paris.
G. Wallis, artist (and Sumner.), 14, College-place,
Camden-town.
J. Watson, 74, Grey-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
W. 11. Wontner, architect, St. Anne's-road, North
Brixton.
T. Worthington, architect, King-street, Manchester.
The committee beg further to recommend that the
following gentlemen be selected from this list for further
higher honorary distinctions, on account of their designs
of distinguished merit, showing very noble qualities of
cons truc:ion, disposition, and taster--
LIST B.
ENTITLED TO FURTHER HIGHER HONORARY
DISTINCTION. '
C. Badger, architect, Rue Blanche, Paris.
Thomas Bellamy, architect, Charlottostreet, Bedford-
3. H. aar.tram, C.E.,
A. Botre), architect, 121, Rue 'Poissonn:4li.e, Paris.
J. Calloux, architect, 25, Marche St. Honore, Paris.
Henri Van Clemputte, architect, Laon, France.
Mons. Cremont, architect, 10, Place des 'Vosges, Paris.
A. Delaage, architect, 6, Place de l'Oratoire du Louvre,
Paris.
A. G. le Dreux, Clermont, France.
M. G. F 6 ;ar Van Elven, architect, Amsterdam.
J. Henard, architect, 98, Rue St. Lazare, Paris.
H. Horeau, 70, Rue Richelieu, Paris.
C. [lnchon, 28, Rue Mosley, Paris.
H. le Were, architect, 47, Grande Rue do la Chapelle,
St. Denis, Paris.
Casimir Petlaux, Paris.
Paul Sprenger, architect, Vienna.
Richard and Thomas Turner, Hammersmith Works,
Dublin.
Veron, 2, Quai des Ormes, Paris.
And they cannot conclude without calling attention
to the designs, accompanied by models, of Monsieur
Hector Moreau, architect, of Paris; and of Messrs. Tur-
ner, of Dublin, as evincing most daring and ingenious
disposition and construction.

W. C lIBITT, Chairman.

THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 2.—The Royal Mail Company's
steam-ship Great Western, Capt. H. B. Wolfe, arrived
this day, at one o'clock, from the West Indies, with the
usual mails, in charge of Lieut. Davies, R.N., admiralty
agent.

-On her homeward voyage, the Great Western expe-
rienced fine weather throughout, and has made an ex-
cellent voyage.
The latest dates brought by the Great Western are
—Havaunah, May 2; Chagres, April 28; Carthagena,
May 1; Jamaica, May 8; Damervara, May 4; Trinidad,
May 7; Barbadoes, May 10; Grenada, May 9; Port.)
Rico, May 13; St. Thomas, May 15; La Guayra, May
7; Fayai, May 27; Antigua, May 12; Jame% May 11;
Santa Martha, April 19; Grey Town. April 25; V.lpa-
raiso, March 30; Coquimbo, March 31; Buasco, April
1; Copiapo, April 1; Cobija, April 3; Iquieque, April
4; Arica, April 5; Islay, April 6; Pisco, April 8;
Callao, April 13; Payta, April 16; Guayquil, April 18;
Buena Ventura, April 21 ; San Francisco, March 30.
The Great Western brings on freight 77.521 dollars
silver coin, 99,919 dollars gold coin, 42,998 oz. gold
dust, 10,055 oz. gold in bars, 1,375 dollars in plating,
330,030 oz. silver in bars, 1,245 oz broken silver, 100
dollars in silver ornaments, 300 dollars in pearls—
altogether 1,128,498 dollar:, 20 tierces of coffee, 68 bags
of coffee, 8 barrels of ginger, 6 cases of succades, 4
cases of plants, 12i barrels f arrowroot, 11 cases of
arrowroot, 3 bales of indigo, 8 turtle, 100 bales of
sarsaparilla, 48 packages of sundries.
JAMAlCA.—Everything is described as " stale, flat,
and unprofitable" here. Many parishes are suffering
from drought, and in Vere, not more than one-fourth of
last years' crop Wil9 expected. The price of sugar had
fallen. In Kingston the house of Lundie9, Arboim,
and Co. had failed. Mr. Bernard, chairman of quarter
sessions, died not long since; his lucrative office was
given to Mr. Farquharson, a member of the bar, and
staunch supporter of the Kinghouse party in the Assem-
bly, another instance of Jamaica legislative imbecility.
Bad the Council and Assembly given up thwir idle
disputes on matters of privilege, and legislated in
rarnest for the public good, they would long ago
have reduced official salaries as the cffices
became vacant. The salary of chairman of quarter ses-
sions is no less than 1,200/. a year. The lucrative office
of clerk of the market was bestowed on another Go-
veroaieot supporter, the late speaker (Da11a,..) Another
vacancy in the Council was shortly expected, and specu-
lation was on foot as to the manner it would be filled up.
Crop, about 40,000 toss.
Count Mirasol called at Porto Rico on the 6th of
May, on his way to Havannab, on a mission to inspect
the state of the island, and afterwards to proceed to the
United States. He bad a naval flag officer, a brigadier
of engineers, and ene of the heads of the financial de-
partment in his suite. Great scarcity of water pre-
vailed at St. Thomas; the island is solely dependent on
rain.

Ad vices from Demerara reach to the sth of May. A
general depression and gloom prevailed among all
classes of the inhabitants; the weather had proved
rather more favourable for several days, but the fact
that the weather in March and April bad seriously in.
jured the crops was too well known, and in general it
would prove lamentably deficient. No less than seven
sugar estates, Fame, Success, Lowlands, Dock-
fours, Mainstay, Richmond, and Sophisenherg. were ad-
vertised in the same paper for sale by execution, exhi-
biting a sad proof as to the working of the Sugar Act
of 1846. To show the depreciation of property, a sugar
estate on the Arabian coast of Essequibo, the " Babb-
z:las Cust," which in 1840 sold for 30,0001., and of this
amount 26,0001. was paid, was recently sold for 1,2004
The mortgagee was not the purchaser. Unless enabled
t> make such contracts for service as the planters
may think proper, it is evident this "magnificent pro-
vince" must retrograde and dwindle down. The works
on the East Coast Railway are progressing favourably
—the line is completed as far as Vigilance, ten miles
from George Town. If cotton planting is allowed to be
re-established through the aid of capitalists in Eng-
land, the finest descriptions of that material could be
raised, and an almost unlimited field f its cultivation,
besides leading to the extension of the railway to Berbice,
hitherto considered chimerical.
Cholera had broken out in the Havannah.

From Barbadoes no news of importance. In some
districts the crop was finished; but in others, especially
high lands, a considerable quantity of sugar remained to
be made. The crop will full short of last, owing to the
severe drought in September and November. A large
quantity of sugar remained to be shipped, owing to the
want of vessels. Freight 3e. 61 and 3s. Latterly fine
seasonable rains had fallen, and great quantities of pro-
visions had been planted. The labourers were conduct-
ing themselves to the satisfaction of their employers,
although somewhat unsettled by a notion sprea,l abroad
that the object of the African Colonisation Society was
to send the great bulk of them to the shores of Africa,

there to be endowed with as much land as they require.
The money collecting in the island by the agents of the
society, said to be solely fer missionary purposes, is sup-
posed by the negroes to be for the purpose of building
ships to carry them away. They take delight in pre-
dicting there will be no labourers in the island to reap
the crop they are now planting. The planters regret the
delusion in an island so well fitted to prove the fact
whether free labour can compete with slave labour.

JAMAICA MARKETS.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)
The market for bread stuffs has become yet more lan-
guid under the rather free receipts which have taken
place during the past fortnight. In the absence of any
speculative demand whatever, and with a diminished and
still diminishing consumption, over 3,600-barrels of flour
may be considered a very large supply; and we antici-
pate much difficulty in their disposal, even at the pre-
sent unromunerative rates. The arrivals also of Caro-
lina rice have been considerably beyond the average
demand.
The fish market is heavy, with a downward tendency.
We arc greatly mistaken if the course which shippers
appear at present desirous to adopt do not brir.g about
the same state of things as existed some few weeks back,
when the prices of fish, in cony qwence of the imprudent
overshipments to this market, were rendered almost
nominal. There have been within the short period of
two a e 4ts no less than six cargoes from Halifax, large
in qaantity, and in some instances of inferior quality.
Business generally has been dull, and confined, for the
most part, to operations of a retail character.
The continued drought is being severely felt by the
planters and settlers in several districts of the island ;
and as the absence of rain will, in all probability, injure
the crop of native vegetables now in the ground, im-
ported breadstuffs may benefit by it. No immediate re-
action, however, can take place, as the present supply of
yams, &c., is abundant.
Coffee—The market still continues depressed, and
prices rule from 28s to 361 per 1001bs. Little of the
descriptions suited to the American market is now to
be had.
Corn remains without change.
Flour—Small parcels of Baltimore are moved at 31e 6d
to 32. The market is exceedingly heavy. We learn
that the Northside is overstocked with the article, and
than sh pmsnts thence are likely to be made coastwise.
Freights—There is little left to be done, the principal
portion of the vessels in harbour having been taken up
previous t) our last issue. Nothing has since reached us.
Gold—Spanish is exceedingly scarce, but Americo

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