The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-03 00:00:00

THE STEPHENSON MONUMENT IN

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NEWCASTLE•ON-TYNE, Ocr. 2.

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The monument to George Stephenson, erected by
public subscription in Neville street, opposite to the central
station is this town, hu been imprinted this afternoon
with every demonstration of popular respect. neonate% of
a statue of the great engineer by our townsman, Mr.
Lough, together with emblematical figures, representinga
blacksmith, a platelayer, a pitmen, and an engine driver.
The whole is extremely effective, and the likeness is considered
to be extremely good. The day is set apart as a holiday in
all the principal factorise sad places of business in the tows
and district, end the proceedings commenced at noon by the
workmen employed is Messrs. 'R. Stephenson and Co.'s fac-
tory; in those of Masers. Hawke, Crewshay, and Sons;
MeseraThompeon and Co.; Meads. Hawthorn,Elswick Engine
and Ordnance Works, Marrs. J. Abbott and Co. ; Masora
Crowley, Millington and Ca, and the member, of the ancient
order of Foresters and Oddfellows, with the other members
of other friendly societies, marching in an immense procession
through the principal streets to the Town-hall, where they
joined the executive committee, the members of the Insti-
tutions of Civil Engineers, of Mechanical Engineers, sad of
Mining Engineers, the president and committees of the
Educational Societies in the town sod district, the members
of parliament for the district, and foreign cocci* the
mayors of all the towns io the neighbourhood, with the
chairmen and members of other corporate bodies, the
chairmen and directors of the North Eastern and other rail-
ways, the members of the Coal Trade Association, and pro-
ceeded to the inauguration. Lord Ravensworth delivered
the inaugural address.

THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.

VIE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
The signs of approaching extinction are rapidly
closing round the great International Exhibition of
1841. The people come later, and go away earlier,
ant notices are posted in every corner, offering
tiotsts at a pound a piece for the final ceremony.
%Viet that ceremony is to be is not yet settled, and
therefore all published details respecting it are
petfectly imaginary. Neither is there any oar-
tauqi , nor even strong expectation, that the Prince
of Wales will preside, although, if circumstances
woad permit of his Royal Highness's presence,
it would be a great card, and would tell most be-
netcially on the rather straitened finances of the
Exhibition. The melee go on briskly, especially
in the time arts department, the last reported being
thil of Gibson's tinted Cupid, but the fact is that
needy all the sculpture of moderate drawing-room
sine has found ready purchasers. We observed a
good many people yesterday congregated about
* Armstrong and Whitworth guns, as if the re-
Mist experiments at Stioeburyness had imparted
• new interest to these formidable articles. In
the Belgian department, western annex, a no-
velty has been added, in the shape of a flax and
fibre machine, the invention of Mauna San-
foriand Mallery, an American firm. The machine
loomed to do .everything in the way of fitting
fi of every description for the looms ; and,
*before, in the present scarcity of cotton and the
general anxiety to find a fibrous substitute, the
machine is well worth a visit.

We were informed yesterday that the Emperor
of the French has presented the contents of the
Algerian department in the French Court to the
Kennington Museum, whither they will be removed
immediately on the closing of the lfshibition.
' They include an immenee variety of colonial pro-
ducts? and will form a very interesting collection.
As will be seen by the subjoined list there were a
good number of schools visiting the Exhibition, but
they retired early, and could hardly have had time
for a careful inspection.
The following is a list of the schools, ko., visit-
ing the Exhibition yesterday :—St. Andrew's, Lem-
bath, National School, 161, expenses paid by sub-1
scription ; St. Paul's, Covent-garden, National
School, 17, by Mr. Howard ; King Edward, St.
George's-road, Southwark, 21, by the Governors ;
Wimbledon Survey, Sunday-school, 30, by sub-
scription ; St. MarVs, Lewisham, Kent, Sunday- '
school, 30, by subsaiption ; klaverstook Sunday-
school, 10, by Rev. E. Diver ; Teachers of St.
John's, Deptford, Sunday school, 19, by the ma-
nagers ; St. bepulchre's, City, Sunday-school, 30,
by J. Hobby, Esq. ; Bolton-street, Kennington,
Sunday-school, 10, by individual subscription ;
Stockwell-green British Sunday-school, 10, by Mr.
Goodchild ; Anerley, Surrey, North, Sunday-
school, 7, by Mrs. Vi poles ; Male Students of the
Society's Training College at Stockwell, 94, by
J. Gurney, Esq. ; Female Students of the Society's
Training College at Stockwell, 92, by H. E. Gur-
ney, Esq. ; St. Giles's National School, 265, by the
Rev. A. Thorold, Rector ; shipbuilders' appren-
tices from Mr. John Rename's, Southampton, 47,
by the employer.
The highest temperature yesterday, as shown
by Negretti and Zambra's patent thermometers,
was :—ln the nave, 65.0 deg. ; in the galleries, 65.6
deg. ; in the western annex, 71.0 deg. The read-
ings were taken at 3 o'clock p.m.
The following were the total numbers admitted
yesterday, compared with the corresponding day
in 1851:

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Orion ticket* 6,141
One Shilling day. ITen Shilling MY=
Thwirliky, OM I
Painkant

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1/161.
Or Minn day. I Beason Lade
Thataday, Oct. 2 1 Yoram&
Total 64,296