— —_——-— ——_ ep Ve ERO TCOPCCUIVELY WIOLLED 
5, Mapetester and Birmingham have also manifested a similarly judicious 
to ¢. Operate witi: the suggestions of the Executive Commitiee for the 
ogeneons disposition of each section of contributions. The arrangements of 
uondon Committee have been somewhat marked by delay, and, to our own 
vledye, in occasional instances, by a careless and apathetic spirit. Sheffield, 
is reported as behiud-hand in its departments, Contributors in the division 
achinery are urged to be early in forwarding their specimens. The fixing 
ctensive machinery is not the work of a day, and, unless proper efforts are 
2, itis feared tha: this, which should be the strongest point of our national 
ay, will be but poorly represented. 
e reception of goods has commenced, the first arrival from our Continental 
-yitors being a specimen of German sculpture, on the 12th instant. 
e Agricultural Committee announce that implements, &c. will be received 
the 29th of March ; all stands, frames, and fittings to be on the ground 
arch 22nd, The judges to select implements will meet at the Building on 
-stof April. The tield implements will at once be sent into the country for 
; the others will be then and there tried. at 
‘orce of sixty constables of the reserved men of th: A division, with an 
_ctor and sergeants, under the command of Superintendent Pearce, have 
1 possession of the approuches and entrances. ‘They are to strictly enforce 
agulations of the Executive Committee relative to the workmen and attend- 
engaged in the admission of packages containing articles fur the Exhibition. 
| ty men will be in attendance, each division relieving the other at certain 
ds of the day. ; 
2 conversation in the House of Commons, on the 10th, between the member 
eading and the Home Secretary, shows how eonpletely the Commissioners 
or themselves independent of any assistance from the Government: (See 
’arliamentary Report, page 121 of SuPPLEMENT, published with the pre- 
No.) 
"persons employed by the Customs, and foreign exhibitors, &c., must enter 
:east end of the Building; British exhibitors, &c. will have to enter at the 
and ; all carmen in charge of carts, &. will enter at the south side only; 
cs, &c. of the Counmission will be admitted at the central entrance. 
9 kinds of passes will be issued, signed by Mr. Digby Wyatt—tliose availa 
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more than one day, those for one day only. Personal application must 
ide.in every case to Mr. Wyatt for the pass two days before it is wanted. 
-9ass wi!l specify the entrance and particular part of the Building to whic! 
‘jlder will only be admitted. Exhib:tors will ulso have a brass counter 
ii a number, which they will deposit as they enter, and resume as they leave 
 nilding; it can thus at once be ascertuined whether any individual is in the 
‘ing or not. Every pass-bearer will be first required to sign a declaration 
‘iform to the rules of the Executive Committze, not to part with his ti-ket 
nission, and to generally assist in the provection of the property, &c. of 
ixhibition. Restrictive as these and other temporary requirements appear, 
nmense work under the responsibility of the Executive Committee, for the 
 -wo months and a half, mast be considered ; what with delays of exhibitors, 
afte arranzemeats to be undertaken by the contractors, the location and 
stion of the thousands of industrial specimens yet to be received, no chance 
rruption must be tolerated ; and the entrance to the interior of the Building 
be watched like the Gardens of the Hesperides, or, as the Times says, *‘ like 
nond mine or a powder magazine.” 
 uggestion of Mr. Deputy Brit en hasbeen adopted by the Common Conncil 
che renewal and legibie repainting of the names of streets in the metro- 
Ny it will be wellif this hint is taken by the street authorities at the West- 
nd specially of the circuit of the Exhibition itself. 
sady so frequent have been the inquiries for season tickets, that an official 
sation has appeared, stating that they are now in the course of preparation, 
_ Sen ready wil! be obtainable +t several offices specially appointed by the 
tive Committee for te disposal of them. 
"Bric wh and Foreign Bible Society will display a polyglot arrangement of 
- siptur.%8, in 150 dialects, already accomplished through their exertions. A 
ent of . Neir etiurts for the last forty-six years, with the advantages they 
> effer,in “ae modern and old langnages, will be furnished at the stand spe-~ 
allotted to : ne Society in the Extib rion. 
ie Dresden pu.“cclain ware a curious specimen will be afforded, in a camel- 
e. Every Jeu. to the spectator is a real leaf, more or less developed, 
ery Dlosso:n mars @ distinct stage in the growth of the flower up to its 
as of the diamon4 ornaments for the Queen of Spain to be exhibited 
ceed, it is atfirmed, 1,900,000 francs. They are enumerated among the 
- mtions of a jeweller in (he Place Vendéme. 
“mpanying anether list of articles from the United States, mainly of the 
ser of the previcus classes, is the announcement of the employment of 
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alarm was given that a sloop was on fire with powdé on 
The Captain.was shortly there, and, with assistance, very | hic 
thought of the powder first, and got it safely landed on the beach. Thé pi > 
consisting of six barrels, proved to be stowed in the boat on deck, with 
tarpaulin over it; the hold being full when he left the docks. =The fir 
caused by the overheating of the cabin stove. The cabin w. 
stroyed, as was also tie bulkhead between it and the hold; ar 
siderable damage was done to the cargo. At this time there we 
or five other vesse's lying in the immediate neighbourhood, witl 
powder on board. There was, as you may suppose, great consternation 
the inhabitants, to whom the fact of a vessel on fire with powder on boz 
came known; many ran from their houses attired as they chanced to 
one poor woman was so alarmed as to be in danger of losing her intelle 
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK. 
(From our City Correspondent.) 
A fluctuation of 4 per ‘cent. in Consola is a good indicator of thet 
amount of busivess, either speculative or real, that has been transacted 
English market during the past week. The monthly settling was comple 
Wednesday without difficulty, but the market has not been remarkable fo 
ness since, notwithstanding the support arising from purchases by the Gq 
ment broker. Exchequer Bills are a shade lower, evidencing an increas 
mand for Money in commercial transactions ; while on the S:ock Ex nary 
temporary scarcity gave rise to a belief that the directors of the Bank of Ei 
would probably increase the present rate of interest. The committee on 7 
day separated, however, without making any alteration. At the close 
week the Market was fiit, at the following rates:—Bank Stock, 215 
duced, 97; Consols, 964; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuitie: 
Long Annuities, to expire January, 1860, 73; India Bonds, £1000, 62 p; 
under £1000, 66 p; Consols for Account, 964; Exchequer Bills, 
June, 54 p; £500, June, 54 p; Small, June, 54 p. 4 
Spanish Stock bas been the only security showing any animation 
Foreign House during the weck; finctuation, however, being confined 
Active and Passive Bonds. The extreme range of the Active fluctuatio 
been between 194 and 20, and the Passive between 4} and 4j. The prope 
the Madrid Government was acquiesced in at a meeting of the Spanish 
holders held on Wednesday, except that portion which relates to the Cov 
and for which the creditors demand that the capital sh«ll remain intae! 
miserable expedient of cutting down the interest to 1 per cent., andr 
gradually until it reaches three per cent. in nineteen years, i 
enough, without calling upon the bondholders to give up their capital. F 
the payment of the interest in London is strongly insisted on. 
alterations in the proposition are just sufficient to enable 
Spanish Government to withdraw the offer, an opportunity that | 
not at all improbable it will avail itself of, bad faith and 
having characterised all its previous affected intentions of 
Danish and Russian Bonds continue firm, with an upward tendency. 
have also improved a fraction. At the close of the week, the official que 
were, for Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent., 52; Ditto, Account, 5233 
Bonds, 3 per Cent.,65; Mexican, 5 per Cent., ex Jan. Coupons, 334; P 
Bonds, 44 per Cent., 804; Ditto, Deferred, 36; Portuguese, Conve 
344 ex div.; Ditto, 4 per Cent., 33; Russian Bonds, 114; Ditto, 44 per @ 
97%; Spanish, 5 per Cent., 1840, 20; Ditto, Account, 203; Ditto, Passiv f 
Ditto, 3 per Cent., 384; Dutch, 24 per Cent., 583; Ditto. 4 per Cent., 91f 
Ata meeting of the Eastern Counties Company on Thursday, the 
ments between that line and the Eastern Union were agreed to, the shareh 
betraying a most remarkable apathy on the occasion. The parties mo 
terested in the amalgamation being the speakers, everything passed 0 
satisfactorily. The EastermUnion Company also held a meeting on the si 
agreeing to the proposition; and the Norfolk meeting will, withont ¢ 
equally accommodate itself to so desirable an offer. At the Great Wey 
meeting, also held on Thursday, a dividend after the rate of 4} per cen 
annum was declared. The market has been flactuating during the wee 
prices now show much firmness, and a large business doing seems to ren : 
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further advance in the dividend paying lines probable. Speculation lias bee 
with the low-priced shares of the Chester and Holyhead, Caledonians, Oxford 
cester, and Wolverhampton, &c. A comparison of the subjoined list will 
of the previous week will show some extraordinary advances in the val 
shares; upon which any hopes of a dividend for years to come would by 
height of sanguine absurdity :—Aberdeen, 13}; Ambergate, Nottingham 
ton, and Eastern Junction, 3; Bristol and Exeter, 85 ; Buckinghamshire, 
Caledonian, 113 ; Chester and Holyhead, 213; Ditto, Preference, 16; 
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