The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-10 00:00:00

[Stamped, Id. Additional.]

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The remark that every day makes a change at the
Exhibition is not very original, but it is very true.
Four or five thousand labourers actively emplqed
from morning to night succeed in getting through a
vast amount of work, and as the division of labour
has now commenced in right earnest, and every
=halite, seems to be living for nothing else but
to make a good show at the great gathering, the
yr:which the eonuniasioners and the public
etfore them is very encouraging. The tickets
are going off well, and notwithstanding some diem-
tisfaction at the purely commercial character of the
openingprogramme, there can be no doubt that
the Exhtbition will start with a triumphant cere-
monial. Arta, Manufactures, and Commerce are
alweys willing to be patronised by. the salt of the
earth, but when that patronage is withheld they
manage to get on very well without it. If
the concourse on the let of May should
be only a congress in which artists, manufactureie,-
and merchants hold the chief place., the opening
ceremony would still have • character and import-
awe beyond the reach of criticism. The mass of
labour,. 'Obit and enterprise represented by this
Exhibition entitle it to respect, and the financial
mimes that it will undoubtedly achieve it will fully
have earned. Whatever errors of judgment and
:detail may have been committed from first to last
—Whaberer tube of pried can be proved against
I Many iredFintami of the trade committess,
the commissioners selected the machinery they
believed would work beet. If trade committees in
nine cases out of ten have not done their duty, the
ill-used °bailors have to some extent been hoisted
with their own petard. If they have chosen trade
representatives who home done little more than
look out for themselves the representative pprrrmn
ciple has certainly broken down, or the committees
have imitated the conduct of high end distinguiehed
bodies. The commissioners are free from all im-

putation of interested motives, as apart from-their
individual reputation as honourable gentian*,
they can have no other corporate wish tosivbro
promote the success of the Exhibition.
After many changes, many resignations, mad
raspy fresh allotment', we are now able to date
WEL something like exactness the relative wpm-
' tkois of the different sections and classes throughout
ail building:
TY following .is the gross amount of horinontal
Fhi superiksalarinare feet apportioned to each
thirty-six industrial Massa on the BFitisk
under the final arrangementa

Lw MATTIBLIa.
twit ,
Class 84
L Minieg—tnetaNurgy tot. •
Oheorical products, its.
t& Fnimood, tot. 4,500
Aal and vegetable enbetancee
toad in mensholatree

Divided between 972 exhibiton 25,503
26,500
YLOMIEINIT.
L Railway plead, to
7. Machines sad tools
Nnebinety Pura }99,53
16.612
10. Al eveldiedorel and
13,2112
li
ittr.,==re• } wn. •
Pilloespideginvarnmentn
14. l'imeeninpliy, ha
11f. Illarelesteal instnuoests 470
16. Medea bietranienta 6.270
17. lineskel iiiebnnenes.

Divia4s.behrosa 1,945 exhibitors— 195,540
115,540

WAYI77ACIVRIa.

18. 004AOR
P
11. k: tad limp
21. Bilk sal yam* ....5r On
21. Woolke beam, ko.
10,0110 • '
21 Carpets (vortical spans) .
23. Wovenand spun falxies, he., shows
as 'winless of dyelug. ...... ... 3,546 ' '
24. Tapestry, Los, ke.
25. Bkme, fur, he. ..... so!, 1,316
26. Leather, Ica
27. Article' of clothing
28. Paper and rioting, ke. .. 6,250
29. Educational works, to 4,344
30. Faraitasa upholstery, is c 25,272
31. bon and Deena hardware 25,593
32. Steel andostler y
33. Works in precious meek, jewel-
key, tie. 7,988
34. Gime
35. Pottery
35. General manufacture.
Divided between 2,536 exhibitots — 166,11.

Total (ioclattiag pampa)