The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-10 00:00:00

TEI INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The ether again frowned on the Exhibition
yesterday, and raised many apprehensions for the
success of the ceremonial of to-morrow. The gene--
?al opinion is, that if the weather be fine, the spec-
tacle will be very imposing, but that if it rain in
the usual Exhibition style, it will require all the
sithusiaem not only of the successful exhibitors,
but of the public, to enable them to enjoy it. The
arcades of the Horticultural Gardens provide, it is
true, a shelter, but the effect will be entirely
let if the principal dramatis persona be excluded
Ifrom the open. Two of the French bands which
an, to " waist" have already arrived, and will give
Qv Exhibition visitors a specimen of their musi-
c► abilities to-day. The " Gendarmerie de
IL Garde" will play under the Eastern dome,
lairi the " Zouaves de la Garde" under the Western,
idseretry dividing the crowd and preventing too great
I aouigestion of visitors in one spot. There is no
desist that the effect will be fine, provided the
commissioners so arrange the respective orchestras
as Prat the musicians shall have room to ply their
instruments, as at present any unhappy performer
who essays to amuse the company is generally half
smothered by the crowd pressing round him up to
the very keys of his instrument. The King of
11Perumbeeg bee appointed Alines Fianna n of Saxe
Weimar Eisenach as representative of the kingdom
on Friday, and has empowered him to receive the
awards for the Wurtemberg exhibitors.
Yesterday a melancholy addition—melancholy
both for its own terrible associations, and from the
fact of its having been sent to the Exhibition by
Lord Canning a few days before his death—was
placed in the English architectural gallery. This
is a model of the monument which is being erected
by the government of India over the fatal well at
Cawepore. The monument is designed by Colonel
Yule, of the Bengal Engineers, and is belie(
executed under the superintendence of Mr. C. B.
Thornhill, of the Bengal Civil Service. The ori-
ginal is in Chunar sandstone, and the gate giving
entrance to the well within is of gun metaL
The late Lord Canning gave a piece of sculp-
ture to be placed over the well, which is still in
the hands of Baron Marochetti. When all is
finished the entire monument will be surrounded
by an ornamental garden watered from the Ganges
Canal. The present model is beautifully finished
in Agra soapstone. It was made by native stone-
cutters at Allababad, and is on the scale of half-
an-inch to the foot. Over the door giving entrance
to the well is the inscription, "These be they which
came out of great tribulation," while round the
rim of the well itself (which, of course, is closed
and built over) is carved the following inscription :
Sacred to the perpetual memory of a great company of
Christian people, cbiedy women and children, who Dear
this spot were cruelly massacred by the followers of the
rebel Nano llhoondopunt of Bithoor, and cast, the dying
with the dead, into the well below, on the 15th day ot
July, 1857.
Among the distinguished visitors yesterday were
Prince Alfred, Princess Mary of Cambridge, the
the Earl of Macclesfield, the Marquis de Fontanelle,
and Lord Walsingham.
The 10s. tickets are, we learn, going off with
great rapidity.
The highest temperature of the day by Negretti
and Zambra's patent thermometers were as follows :
—in the nave, 64.6; in the galleries, 65.5. The
observation was taken at three o'clock p.m.
The following is the official return of the number
of visitors yesterday:—By season tickets, 6,239 ;
by payment, 47,179 ; total, 53,418.

The following are the total numbers admitted
during the first three days of this week, compared
with the corresponding days in 1851 :

19M1
Shilling day. j Season tickets
Monday, July 7
Shilling day. j Season tickets
Tuesday, July 0
Shilling day. j Season tickets
Wednesday, July 9 1 Payment 47,179

Toba...
181

167,66!

Shilling day. I Sewn tickets
Monday, July 7
iihillheg day. 1
!Season tickets
2.667
Tuesday, July 8
Shilling day. Mme tickets
Wednesday, July 9 Payment 64.290

Total

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ROYAL BOTANICAL SOCIETY, REOENTS•PARK

The weather was peculiarly unfortunate for the
closing fate of the season, which took place yesterday, io the
delightful gardens of this society. The morning was dark,
cold, and showery, while late in the day, when the rain kept
off for an hour or two, there was no warmth or sunlight,
the sky being leaden and gloomy in the extreme, and the air
almost as chilly as in February. This of counts affected the
attendance at the gardens, especially in the early part of the
day. lieverthelesa, the gardens gradually filled and became
towards 5 o'clock as crowded, though from the marked
absence of light and summer dresses, not quite as brilliant
as usual. The great attractions of the show were a splendid
display of cut roses, and a magnificent collection of fruit.
Amongst the latter the show of grapes and pine apples and
peaches was remarkably fine, and excited universal admira-
tion.

CONVERSAZIONE OF THE SOCIETY OP ARTS.
Yesterday evening the Society of Arts held a
grand convereutene at the South Kensington Museum.
Between four and five thousand persons responded to the
invitations of the council, the assembly including a
considerable number of the aristocracy and many
persons of distinction in the arta and sciences.
kmong those observed were the Duke sad Duchess of
Somerset, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl of
Lietuore,. Sir H. RAWIiOIIOO, Sir A. G. Cumming, Mr. E.
Baines, M.P., Mr. Aloock, M.P., Mr. J. Dillon. tic. The
arrivals commenced at 8 o'clock, sod by 10 the
principal rooms, studded with objects of artistic
merit and world.wide interest, ware thronged with
promenaders, who, in some of the more attractive
parts of the museum, premed . rather ioconveoiently
upon each other. The inspection of the vast and varied
collection was full of zest, and it was evident that for 'easy
the wonders of this western emporium were invested with
the charm of novelty. Even in close proximity to the Inter-
national Exhibition they did not appear in any degree to
pale. The interest of the occasion was enhanced by a
double musical performance ; one by the National Choral
Society, represented in this instance by three hundred
voices, under the able direction of Mr. G. W. Martin ; the
other by Distin's Veatil Horn Union. Both were very
effective, and the glees and part soap were heard with
marked advantage in the spacious ball selected for their
execution. Refreshments in abundance were served in the
picture galleries, where the pliability of crinoline was sub-
jeoted to a severe ordeal.

THE BALLor SocrsrY.—The woad}, meeting of
the executive committee was held at the Mikes. in Guild-
hall-chambers, oa Tuesday ; Mr. M. E. Marsden in the
chair. A report as to the divisioe on the second reading of
the Ballot Bill was laid before the cementite, from which
it appeared that the following was the exact state of the
vote of the House of Commons on the 2nd July :—dyes :
Present, 126 ; pairs, 51 ; Mikes, 2: total, 179. Noe. Pre-
sent, 211 ; pairs, 51 ; tellers, 2 ; total, 264. The following
pairs were omitted from the list published in the papers,
vin.:—Mr. C. Forster (for) with Colonel Dickson (against) ;
Mr. T. J. A. Roberts. (for) with Mr. J. 11. Phillips (against).
Mr. Base, Mr. Brocklehent, and Mr. Greaten were shut out '
from the division, but intended to rite fur the motion. The '
committee unanimously agreed to the following resolutions :
Oa reviewing the division on the seined roadie; of the
Ballot Bill, the committee desires to express its satisfaction
at the number of votes recorded in favour of the measure,
regard being had to the late period of the sesaion, and to the
fact that the division took place in the course of • morning
sitting, and the commit.•i teedeie its thanks to the friends
of the ballot in the constituencies for their co-operation, by
which the attendance of so large a number of members was
secured, at a time, when in parliament so much hostility
exists towards all mama, of reform. The committee or
' behalf of the friends of the ballot begs kayo to teoder its
thanks to the Hoe. F. Henry F. Berkeley, M.P., for hi
brilliant and logical speech ; to George Foie, Meg., M.P..
and John Leeks, Seq., LP., foe the support net only of
their votes, but of their speeches in favour of the eseseele ;
end to Lord Fermoy, M.P., Sir J. Villiers Shelley, but.,
M.P.. and Sir C. E. Douglas, M.P., for their services in an-
curing the attendance of mambas at the division.