The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-04 00:00:00

with, except that it may be advisable to rail off a striP
nut exceeding ten f:-!et, or one-sixth cf the whole in
width, for foot nasser•gers, in order to prevent the ill'
convetiiencsa of crowding tha space open to riding parties.
By this arrangement the riders will be secant' from
annoyance.

25 a. It has been said that the cffect cf the ereotion of
the building will be to drive the inhabitants of London
out cf their pirks. The Commissioners think it right to
draw the attention of the Lords of the Treasury to the
following statistics:—

The area of Hyde Park i 3 378 acres.
„ Kensington Gardens 290 „
~ Regent's Park
9, St. James's Park
Green Park
„ Victoria Park
,9 Greenwich Park
making a total ef 1,568 acres, while only 20 acre
are proposed to be taken fur the purposes of this exhi'
bit inn.

26. In eenclusion, the commissioners think it desire
able to call attention to the fact that the last three exhr
bitions of this nature which have taken place in Parts
have been held on a site (the Champs Elysi,ni) very
closely corresponding to our own Hyde-park in many
resp, cts, and particularly resembling it in being t 13.0
most fashionable and the mutt frequented promenade 10
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 Part'
sisna have had occasion to complain of those annoy'
anccs which are now apprehended by some persons 10
this country. And the commissioners are informed 010
the exhibition in Vienna was held in the Prado, the
principal public place in that city ; and that the exhibl•
tion in Berlin was held in the Thiergarten, which is not
only the principal public place within the city, but is re'
matkable as being the only open park of any sort within
several miles.

27. In the foregoing observations the commissioner'
have thought it right to confine themselves strictly to
discussion of the practical difficulties which would
attend a change of site. They cannot, however but eV
press their decided opinion that the renouncement of the
selection of the most beautiful park in London for the
sconce of the exhibition may be looked upon as indicat'
ing a diminution of interest in the undertaking, and ,L
would materially detract from that appearance of hoe'
pitality on the part of England which has been one greet
cause for the very favourable reception which this pro'
poEal has everywhere secured.
They must add thlt the possibility that the bringing
the exhibition into Hyde-park should be considered n°
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 bet
Majesty's subjects, and they have hitherto had reason
to believe that it has been so regarded by the country hi
general.
The following are the names of the Building Cony
mittee :—The Duke of Bucclench, Lord Ellesmere, Mr.
Barry, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. S.ephenson, Mr. Brunel, Alf'
Cockerel!, and Mr. Donaldson.

N
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—As an old inhabitant of Battersea, I wish V,
correct a wrong impression that might be formed by 01:1Y\
stranger to this locality from reading the memorandue?
of the Royal Commissioners, published in your paper 0 \
to-day; in the 12th paragraph of which it is stated, ift
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 sP°6
should not be selected.
Now, inasmuch as they alive that only 20 acres will
be required for the proposed building, surely there crie
be no difficulty in selecting a suitable site out of the 39°
acres scheduled to be taken for the park, the proprietor,:
and occupiers of which have been long ago served Wit.
notices in conformity with the Act of Parliament and l,
therefore only remains for the Commissioners of Wood'
and Forests, is case of disagreement with the parties, to
.
summon a jury to assess the value, which may be doll°
in 14 days, and possession immediately obtained. Takla
the maximum value of the laud at 3001. per acre, if tb!
whole 20 acres had to be purchased, it would 001
amount to 6,0001., and as the arable land is cropped Wir
early wheat or potatoes, which, from their present tlir
pearance will probably be ripe, and might be cleared bl
the end of the present mouth, without damage to tbe
occupiers, who are altogether few (one principal farteeti
cultivating the greater portion), and with whom I fin
the best eling and disposition to give every facility re
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 befell'
some feet under high water mark, and the nature of the
soil presents serious objections to its use as a buildieg;
ground." In reference to which, although I admit tb!l
description will apply to the meadows next the river, r,
that portion of the land which would naturally be gel
lected as the most convenient for the projected buildil
fronting the lower Wandsworth-road, and within a f'o3
hundred yards of the South-Western Railway, is 10,c,
10 to 15 feet above the meadows, to which, no devil
their description r
efeers. This is, perhaps, as dry 5 B°,o
and as suitable f building purposes, as any withiO
the
miles of London ; in proof of which, I refer to 14
church lately erected in the neighbourhood; whilst tit
great and paramount advantage of adopting this spotul;
that the building might remain, and be reserved to the
public as a %inter garden, and, is connexion with 1...,1$
park, become a permanent benefit. And, as regal:,
access, there is none so convenient to all parts of t'a.
metropolis, either by railway, steamboats, or oreeibuse: .
and this might be materially increased by erecting '
temporary wooden bridge from the Red-house to Bali
lagh, in lieu of the intended suspension-bridge, the °is
from which wouid certainly, in one year, cover the vvii°
expensa of the construction, and probably leave a c°`''
„
siderable surplus.
I am, Sir, your old subscriber,
JAMES PHILLIPS,
Churchwarden of Sr. George's, -Battersea-50
Battersea•fields, July 3.

__-
RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BOL, 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share JULY
market was inanin'fitg
,i,
to-day, but prices remain tolerably firm, without any.deiD, ation from last quotations. The business was princiPio
confined to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Shat
LIVERPOOL, JULY 3.
STOCK EXCRANGE.—There was very little business doll
to-day, and prices were a shade lower. The transactio;
were as follow:—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 94tAsrof
Liverpool, Chester, and Stockport, 5% dis.—Great Waste, 583/—Kendal and Windermere, Preference, 6 per cent.,k
London and North-Western, New Quarters, 11-16 p.—Dl
land, Halves, 2.5 dis.—York, Newcastle, and &awlcy,
(G. N. E. Purchase), 5 per cent. till 1850, 4% slis.
MANCHESTER, JULY 3. ut
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firm to-day, b
00
the amount of busines done was limited. The traneactioc,
were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jill/ J
tion, 17 15-16—Great Northern, 14 dis.—Lancashire
Yorkshire, Fifths, 9 13-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, e%
7-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated St°
(No. 4), 4%.

BIRMINGHA JULY 3.
SToox ForintArws.—BusinessM, in this share market
very flat to-day, and no transactions occurred which at
indicated a change in the market.
JULY 2.
STOCIC EYO
XCIIANGE.—TRKhe, transactions to-day were,/
follow :—North Staffordshire, 6L4 —Great Northern, 9
York and North Midland, Preference, 7%.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] Skin Diseases, Cutane„°„l
111,
Eruptions, Ringworm, and Scorbutic Humours, cured by
P'o,.
loway's Ointment and Pills
—The virulence of these e°bloAj, plaints is very much increased by the impurity cf the
therefore to cleanse the same is the first step towards cheexid the baneful effecs of these maladies on the constitution, a 1
there is no medicine so efficient for this purpose as HollovOit„
Pills, with which should be applied his
invaluable Ointogl34o
as, when combined, there is no disease of the skin that
resist their curative powers. For the cure of old wolle_rs
unequalled.—Sold
swellings, and ulcerous sores, these medicinesiro,
unealled.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor fl°l
way s Establishment, 244, Strand,
London.
[ADVERTISEMENT.I---BOTANIC WATER
BEARS' GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, and od
ing otr, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the bead;
is the use of the two above-named articles, applied ali;01
nately, the botanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf, '
as a stimulant, and the bears' grease as a nourisher.
If 11V;10
further evidence was required of the virtues of bears' gre
for renovating and preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's ace-
of the quantity used, and the length of hair obtained
some of the North American Indians, would be a suflici:et,
answer.—Ross & Sows. 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-stye
London, who first introduced the use of bears' grease
is country, and who fat and kill the animals, recommenc'dol
public to purchase none other but with their names
Iv
address printed on the pot, or the chances are their 01)0
ing a spurious article.