The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-21 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Grey ahirtinge unchanged. Water twist advanc-
ing. Tea active and advancing ; total export,
83,061,0001 be. Exchange on London, 4a. 61d.

SHANGHAI, MAiICH 7.
Grey shirtings advancing. Tea dull. Silk active
and advancing ; No. 3 Taatlee, 370 to 380 ; settle-
ments in fortnight, 4,000 bales; export to date,
53,800 bales. Exchange on Loudon, 6s. 1/d. ;
on India, 296 rs. Freights for tea, 100 s. ; for silk,
140 a.

THE OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND
AUSTRALIAN

SOUTHAMPTON, Ann. 20.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
skip Ripon, Captain Christian, sailed hams this morning
with the as& for Gibraltar, the liodliarranoan, Egypt,
Aden, Cbryloe, India (szespt Bombay), Ohm, hlauntios,
Australia, and New Zealand ; together with 41 amt. sad 31
second elms pammgars, amongst whom are Lieutenant the
800. A. Hamilton, R.N. • Lieutosants Harked, Nicolls,
sod Chapman, RN. ; Major Maim Lieutenant Valiant's,
Captain Pearson, Major Granville, OapWa Sm.,
sant Buckle, Major von Elirsubsemso. and Staff Aiwistani-
Sur-sons Staples sod Chimes. no Ripon took on freight
specie value 1711,373/. 16a. 84. for the following porta—via.,
Mauritius, jewellery, 185/. Cayloe, *overages, 8,0001.
Madras, bar silver, 4001.; gold cola, 7,825/. 10a. ; geld
thread, watches, do., 1,8451. 10s. Cabinda', tar silver,
19,7231. ; gold thread, jewellery, kc., 562/. Pe dol-
lars. 1,0101. Bs. 4d. ; sovereigns, 1,0001. Singapore,
10,2401. ; gold coin, 4,6051. Hoag Kong, bar silver, 11,5004 ;
dollars, 70,1881. 13s. 4d. ; gold thread, jewellery, kc., 3981.
Foochow, dollar., 1,5751. Shanghai, dollars, 35,515/. ;
watchea, 1001. Hobson's Bay, jewoUrry, Sm., 1,1481. 15s.
tteLtrellery, 2,5571. Also a full cargo of ganoral

TIM GREAT AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION IN
BATTU/IRA-PAM—The site for this year's exhibition, Bat-
tens. Park, has Dow been selected, and is in coarse of pre-
paration. The show is to be held from the 23rd Jose till
the 2nd July next, and is addition to the various layers and
booths fur the reception Lod exhibition of cattle, there will
be nearly two miles of implement sheds, and so large a
quantity of machinery in motion that it will occupy a space
extending to nearly so additional mile. On the week
occasion, the ramifications of the society will beszleadsl
much further than previously, and the exbibiliOn will
be in fact an international cattle show—that is to ssy
in addition to the usual prime for English breeds been
doubled in amoant there will be also prises cierediumonnt.
mg to upwards of 7001. for foredo breech. Al reedy, it is
stated that entries have been made for noiseroue spades=
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THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

. The.holiday on Good Friday at the Exhibition
wee practically extended to Saturday, and there is
little prospect of much work beingjlone on to-day I
std to-morrow. Easter is always a period of enjoy-
ment with the British artisan, and this year fine
nenither comes to justify his Wiesen. The clatter
of EON hammersin shoat the &Wiling will pro-
not be heard again in RIM vigour 'until the
of .the week, and the Erhthitinii mitimers
,".,,e ng nervous about their preparations. The
of half-built cases which choke up every
,' and passage, the piles of shavings, the
1 7 •. , trophies, the quenelle about 'os be-
„teem exhibitors and supeeintendents, and the die- 1
EMt
ahont free-tickets between-the exhibitors and
, ounissioners ; the immense mass of divided
which no central authority can control or urea
note, with a hundred other disturbing infiuenees make
Mr. Sandfixd's managership anything but a bed of
' ream Not more than seven clear working days
new remain before the curtain will be drawn up
upon the industrial drama, and upon the character
of the show, and the enthusiasm excited by the
opening will largely depend the financial amass of
the undertaking. The speculation this time is
*lighted with a • ' whiela will met tientelimea
as much as the crystal alsoe of 1861 ; and, on the
other hand, it is aided by a magnificent suite of
picture galleries unequalled in England, and con-
taining such a collection of art as no one ever saw I
gathered before under one roof. We are not
allowed at present to speak in detail of these trea-
sures, or of the way in which they are being set
out, as the commissioners prefer to take any adver-
Cement which the press can give them after the
formal day of opening in one gulp.
The details of the opening ceremony, as far as they
have been published, have probably not had much
perceptible effect upon the sale of season tickets,
and it is generally felt that the lees said about the
pageant the better. The music will be effective ;
the grand orchestral amphitheatre, filled with
fifteen hundred singers and instrumentalists, will
be grand and imposing ; but much of the state
frippery put down in the programme can only give
satisfaction to doorkeepers and beadles. It is the
popular patronage of the multitude that will make
the Exhibition pay, as it is the hard-handed indus-
ta7 of the multitude that has filled the building
with its treasures. The show, by a concatenation
of circumstances and designs, has been opened in an
aristocratic suburb, but woe upon it if it had to
depend entirely upon aristocratic support. Let the
state opening, therefore, be got through as quickly
as possible ; the prayers be as short and
decent as befits the occasion ; the honours be
scattered to those who prize them and deserve them,
and the covering be taken off the goods and the
counters dusted for business. Most of the leading
Exhibition managers are men whose names inspire
public respect and confidence ; one, at least, has
been already prominently honoured for high public
virtues • and if these gentlemen only pull together
with business-like harmony there can be little
danger that the second Exhibition will be less suc-
easeful than the first. Above all, let them make
no show of being above their companions and their
work, and let them avoid any sympathetic con-
nexion with a nest-building clique who are famous
for dilktonti jobbery an molly-coddling in art.
Aa great advertising machines theme international
exhibitions may be organised once in ten, or men
once in five years, but only for pure trad-
ing purposes, and a semi-universal stook-
taking survey. Any attempt to make
them engines for founding fresh government
departments will only kill the productive goose-
the sellith mammas for applying the lint surplus in
1851 having thrown great difficulties in the way of
making a second in 1862. The present Exhibition
will be far superior to the former one, with leas of
false gloss and remain* about it, and the world is
now wise enough to take these displays for exactly
what they are worth.
While we write, we believe the details of the
opening ceremony have been laid before her Ma-
jesty at Osborne' and if any royal improvement
can be suggested in them we shall accept it with
pleasure. We cannot forget that the late Prince
Consort consolidated his well-earned popularity by
the prominent part which he took in industrial ex-
hibitions, or that the present display was largely
framed to introduce the Prince of Wales to the
country on his arriving at his majority. Without
any servile attendance in royal ante-chambers, the
manufacturing and trading interests are always
willing to be patronized by the great, though they
have sufficient self-reliance and elasticity to thrive
even without this distinguished mirk of favour.

A correspondent of the commissioners, who is
evidently thinking of the state ceremony, has made
a very liberal offer of an amiable giant between
eight and nine feet high, who, he thinks, would do
for a gentleman usher. There is no doubt that if
the description of him be correct, his calves would
do more justice to the conventional court costume
than the shrivelled legs of some of those distin-
guished exhibition officials who in 1851 were obliged
to sue for permission to wear trousers. The com-
missioners have had almost everything offered to
them for the Ist of May, from • travelling circus
to a deformed chicken, and it has only been from
the extreme scarceness of the article that the ori-
ginal spotted boy has not made his appearance,
Every showman thinks that his own property is the
most attractive, and that there are more ways of
making an exhibition pay than by a mixture of
Exeter-hall and the workshop.
Those who have not had an opportunity of visit-
ing the building lately may be anxious to know
what it looks like in its present state, and without
attempting to make a graphic picture, we may try
to satisfy them. The prospect from any command-
lug point, such as the orchestra, some of the gal-
leries, or the raised floor under the donice—particu-
larly the eastern dome—impresses the spectator
with a belief that he is standing in a cathedral
which has been made a place of refuge for half the
goods of the earth. It VI not difficult to imagine
that outside the building exists a town in a hot state
of siege, &Atha all the valuables and invaluables
the scared inhabitants have been hastily gathered up
and crowded into the nave and transepta,. to be
saved from the destroyers. If you turn in one
direction you get a view of an enormous broker's-
shop, where pictures, four-post bedsteads, washing-
stands, clocks, and statues are jammed together m
the most admired disorder. On one side you see
piles of richly grained woods aide by aide with
bottles of food samples looking like physic, casks
of tallow and wine, inlaid tables, and rough and
reedy trophies of colonial produce, one of which
reminds us of the famous greasy pole which we
remember in our childhood. Looking over • gallery
in one direction, you see a number of men strug-
gling to build what appears to be a wooden show,
very much like the late Mr. Richardson's ; in
another direction you see an open space filled with
packages of all sizes and shapes, like • quay on the
river-side, or a warehouse in the London Docks ; in
another direction you see a number of men stand-
ing knee-deep in drain-pipes, filters, leaden
tanks, and earthenware pawn as if they were
doctoring a house whose system was out of order ;
or you may look down on what appears to be a
bustling town of low-roofed shops placed very clew
together. Struggling along the crowded passagan
you pain through or by a number of little teem,
nose and, with the ornamental, others with the
• A stained glass window looks down, per-
haps; on coppers, stoves, or kitchen ranges ; or •
*huge cannon, bright and mounted for action, is
directed full in the face of mirrors and high-art
china. At one end of the building an elaborately
carved pulpit, intended for nothing short of an
archbishop, is placed in such a position over a
group of Theis and ceramic works of art, that it
look, like an auctioneer's iostrum'ready for busi-
were. Standing under the western dome, and

looking through the arches under the northern
window of the transept, you see a misty vista of
ilbormoua length, with giant forms in steel
and iron. This is the machinery annexe--a place'
thai would delight the Cyclops—and where our
friend the giant (before alluded to) would form a
very useful and appropriate door-keeper. The size
of the whole building oars only be realised by walk-
ing or pushing theoggh it, or by looking at the
I diminished forms of the visitors as they sore about
in the distance.

The attractions of the eastern annexe are very
varied if it were possible to get at them, but the
hollow way under the entrance to the Horticul-
torsi-garden/ and the incline up into this building
are at present so choked with heavy castings and
huge mineralogical specimens, that few visitors
know what lies -beyond. The long avenue which
will contain the chemicel and food products, under
Mr. Quin 'S charge—a trophy of crystals—and
specimens of fruits from every quarter of the globe,
will be one of the most attractive portions of the
general display • and the agricultural avenue,
which runs parallel with this, is filled with almost
! every farming ..end gardening implement and
structure ever invented. Many of these aids to
thigh farming are very graceful and ornamental,
and the name of Mr. T. Brandreth Gibbs, the
manager of this department, is a guarantee that
nothing of any value has been omitted.
The most important introduction since 1851 has
been the application of steam to the cultivation of
the soil ; for although steam ploughing was known
before that date, and a pteam plough was shown at
the first Exhibition, its practical adaptation to the
purposes of the farm has taken place since that
period. The next great improvement has been in
reaping-machines for grain crops, and mowing-
machines for 'natural and artificial grasses. The
threshing machines also show great improvements,
and the most interesting novelty is the straw
thatch weaving machine, which is a modification of
the loom, working the straw into a portable cover-
ing. This branch of the Exhibition is divided into
five classes, comprising machines adapted to the
tillage and drainage of the soil, the culture of the
soil and harvesting of crops, preparation of grain
for market, and of food for cattle, miscellaneous
machines, and horticultural machines. Most of
these machines will be shown in the exhibitors'
stands, with models and diagrams illustrating the
manner of working them.
We must correct an error that we made in de-
scribing Mr. Benson's clock on Saturday. It
stands in the central avenue, and not in the central
tower. The dial is over that tower ; but the gigantic
works, which have cost several thousand pounds,
form one of the most ingenious trophies in the
building.

SPORTING' INTELLIGENCE.
THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEMTING.