24 MAY 1851, Page 15

The receipts have reached a higher average than ever. Yesterday

40951. 10s. was taken of the five-shilling fees alone. On Monday -next the entrance-fee falls to one shilling ; and such an enormous influx is expected, that there is report of an intention to let no more than sixty thousand be inside the building at one time. The North-western Railway Company expects to bring 1,600,000 up to town in the course of the season. The authorities have granted leave of absence to the sol- diery, and the Government servants, during a week or fortnight, and have made arrangements for them to get cheap transit on the railways. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress give a conversazione to the Com- missioners and their friends, with interspersed literati and sevens, on Wednesday the 4th of June.