The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-18 00:00:00

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The following is a list of the schools, Sc., visit-
ing the Exhibition yesterday :—North-end, Ham-
mersmith, Sunday School, 102, expenses paid by
Mr. J. A. Wild ; Wandsworth Royal Patriotic
Fund Sunday School (boys), 64, committee ; St.
Alphage, Finsbury, Sunday School, 15, com-
mittee ; Egli= Free Sunday School, 14, Rev. G.
Taylor ; St. Andrew's choir (bail), 7, Rev. M. 8.
Benson ; St. Barthclomew'a, West Smithfield, 6,
Rev. J. Abbiss ; Brighton Christchurch Middle
School, 30, Rev. J. Vaughan ; Wanstead Infant
Orphan School, 12, subscription ; Dr. Pollock's
Academy, Catterick,Yorkshire, 30, Dr. Pollock ; St.
John's Orphan School, Tichbourne-street, 8, Mr.
Barker ; Stevenage (Herta) National School, 29,
Mr. J. B. Denton ; Farringdou-street British
School, 12, committee ; St. John's-wood Catholic
Industrial School, 14, Hon. and Rev. G. Talbot ;
Church-place, Paddington, Ragged School, 34,
subscription ; Cornhill and Lime-street Ward
Schools, 80, subscription • Coopers' Grammar
School (Ratcliffe), 200, dr. Coopers ; Stepney
Union School, 59, subscription ; Westminster
Wesleyan Training College, 35, Mr. J. R. Kay ;
St. Paul's Cray, Kent, National School, 37, Rev.
G. Langdon and Mr. R. Patterson ; Kingsbury
Parochial School, 24, subscription ; Members of
the Richmond (Yorkshire) Mechanics' Institute,
60, sent to London for five days by Mr. E. Wood,
F.G.S. • Garden Labourers from Beeston, Beds, 24,
Mr. Marshall ; Brewers from Writtle (Hardcastle's
Brewery), 44, Mr. Hardcastle ; Agricultural La-
bourers from Harmondsworth, 26, Mr. R. A.
Stevens ; Mechanics from Bristol, 26, Messrs.
Hurudall, Hallier, and Wills ; Employe(' from Bath
Gas Company, 20, directors ; Employes from the
Westminster Marble Works, 30, Mr. J. H.
Hartley ; Pensioners Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 60,
commissioners ; Garden Labourers from Chelsea
Hospital, 20, Sir A. Woodford.
At a meeting of the Commissioners, held on the
15th September, with respect to the date of the
closing of the shibition, the following resolution
was passed :—" Resolved, to close the Exhibition
on Saturday, the lot November, but that the build-
ing shall remain open for another fortnight, at a
higher price of admission, in order to afford the
exhibitors iu the industrial department an oppor-
tunity of selling their goods."
We have received the following statement of the
circumstances under which the contract of the
eastern division of the refreshment department in
the International Exhibition was let to Messrs.
Veillard and Gueppet :—Her Majesty's Coin-
vaisaioners invited tenders for the two
divisions of this department, reserving to
themselves full power of dealing with such
tenders as they might receive, without exclusive
reference to the amount of the premium or recital
offered. Eighteen tenders were sent in on the day
appointed, of which seven were from foreign houses.
The Commissioners, with a view of securing variety
and competition in the two divisions of the re-
freshment department, were anxious to assign one
of them to a foreign house ' • when, therefore, they
found that Messrs. Veillard and Gueppet had not
only sent in the highest tender of any foreign house,
but the terms of payment which they proposed were
on the whole the most advantageous that were sub-
mitted to them, they at once proceeded to
make inquiries with respect to their spe-
cial qualifications for conducting so large
an undertaking. They ascertained that M. Gneppet
had been for 18 years manager of the Cafd de
Paris, and that M. Veillard had during 11 years
conducted as proprietor one of the largest pro-
vincial cafés in France. They further learned,
through leading houses in London and Paris, that
the firm of Valentin and Co., by whom they were
supported in the undertaking, were of high stand-
ing and undoubted solvency. As the result of these
inquiries, coupled with the fact that by the tender
of MM. Veillard and Gueppet they bound them-
selves to deposit a sum of 5,01101. as premium three
months before the opening of the Exhibition, they
felt themselves justified in closing with their offers.
The highest temperature yesterday by Negretti and
Zambia's patent thermometers wan :—ln the nave,
62.8 ; in the galleries, 64.2 ; in the western annex,
69.9. Readings taken at 3 o'clock p.m.
The following were the total numbers admitted
yesterday, compared with the corresponding day
in 1851 :

Wesson tickets
Wednesday, Sept. 17 1 l'ayameat
Toad 47,1151

71naaon rev
Wednesday, Sept. 17 ink/nog 61,01/
Told KM