The Sun. — 1850-06-06 (London, England)

INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.  We understand that considerable progress has been made in the preparations for submitting to public competition the design for the vast building that will be required to carry out this undertaking on a scale commensurate with the dignity of the nation. We have reason to believe that the following information on the subject will be found to be substantially  correct:- The building will be about 2,300 feet long, rather more than 400 feet across' and the roofed area will probably extend to about 900,000 square feet, or upward& of 20 acres.  In the centre of the south front, opposite Prince's gate, will be placed the principal entrance and offices. There will be three other great entrances in the centre of the other side of the building. Gangways 48 feet wide, clear and uninterrupted, excepting by seats, will connect the entrances, and at the intersections of these main lines it is proposed to form a grand circular hall for sculpture, 200 feet in diameter. Considerable spaces surrounding the old trees (which must be carefully preserved) will be fitted up with refreshment-rooms, surrounding ornamental gardens, with fountains, &c. The vast area destined to he filled with the products of all climes will be covered with a remarkably simple iron roofing, of 48 feet span, running from end to end of the building, supported by hollow iron columns, resting on brick piers, and covered very probably with boarding and slate. The extent of the roof covering the main avenue will be 96 feet. The lowest line of the main roofing will be 24 feet high, and the clear height of the central gangway will be about 50 feet. The floor will, for by far the greater portion of the area, be formed of boarding laid on joists and sleeper- walls. The external enclosures will in all cases be constructed of brick. The light will be principally derived from sky 1 ights. The central hall, will be a polygon of 16 sides, four of which will open into gardens reserved around it. Its main walls will be of brick, and about 60 feet high. The covering of this splendid apartment will be of iron, and probably domical. As the conditions with regard to time, &c., must necessarily be most stringent, contractors will no doubt be required to deposit' an actual sum of money as security for the fulfilment of their respective contracts. The whole building must be finished and delivered up by January 1, 1851. Contractors will, we understand, be required to tender on two systems, one involving a resumption, after the, termination of the exhibition, of property in the materials supplied by thew, and the other proceeding on the supposition that her Majesty's Commissioners become bona fide purchasers, and take the risk of a subsequent disposal of the building upon themselves. In the arrangement of the design it has been the aim to specify such materials and combinations as will be likely to be most valuable after the expiration of their temporary employment in the building, so that the cost for " use and waste," as it is technically called, may be the least possible; contractors will, however, be permitted, and indeed invited, to suggest any tender for the use of other materials which may probably in their opinion prove more economical. From the varied and distinct nature of the work, and the simplicity of the plan, a division of the contracts into the two classes best suited to the different plants and connexions of engineering and architectural contractors will be quite feasible, and upon this basis it is more than probable that separate specifications for the sewage, the central hall, and a portion of the iron roofing and walling, and for the central offices and respective sets of refreshment rooms, &c., will be prepared. From what we have ascertained of the actual state of the drawings, &c., we have little doubt that another week will not pass away without some decided step being taken by the committee in inviting the attention of the vast body of intelligent and able contractors, whose spirit and enterprise have done so much to elevate the scientific and structural character of the; public works of Great Britain.  CHANCERY itaroam.—Tuesdasl evening a public meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, with the view of promoting the efforts at present being made to obtain a reform in the Court of Chancery, as regarded the time occupied and the expense entailed in the prosecution of suits. Mr. G. Walter in the chair. Mr. Acland moved the lira resolution, which was as follows :—" That the Court of Chancery, which in theory is a court of equity, is practically an engine of-unprincipled extortion and heartless oppression ; that many millions of property are cruelly withheld from the rightful owners_ by complicated and dilatory proceedings, whilst injured suitors, reduced to paaperisna by unwarrantable extortion in the shape of costs, linger out a hopeless existence in our poorhouses and gaols, or seek relief from their grievous wrongs by suicide. That this meeting considers that the continuance of such a court is a libel upon Christianity, an outrage upon society, and a disgrace upon the Legislature and Government of the British empire." Dr. Ogilvie seconded this resolution, which was supported by Mr. Rock, of Walbrook, and carried nem. dis. Other resolutions, pledging the meeting to support the association in agitating for a reform in the Court of Chancery, were then agreed to, and the meeting separated, after thanking the chairman.  The Trident, which left on Sunday for St. Petersburgh, took 200,0001. ip specie for account of the Et 14311411 Government.