The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

THE BATTLE OP PULTOWA.

The ulause of the Emperor of Russia, abolishing
all national festivals, except the one for the victory of
Pultows, has been interpreted in Sweden es a demonstration
of hostility. At least, the journal. of Stockholm call upon
Sweden and the provinere detached from the eras.) of
Sweden to celebrate in common the anniversary of the erne
battle as a day of national mourning.

The Princess Mathilde gave a grand ball on
S►turday night at her residence, Rue de Conroelles, Paris, in
honour of the King and Queen of Holland. The Queen of
Holland wore • dress of blue gauze, with a coronet of dia-
monds of the richest kind. The Empress had on • white
dress, remarkable for its simplicity and elegance. The King
was in plain evening dress, with the Grand Cordon of the
Legion of Honour.
The Governor-General of Algeria bass appointed
the Aga Si-ben-Ali-Cherif to form part of the committee of
delegates from Algeria to the Exhibition of London. He is
charged to collect, during his stay in London, all the facts
which he may judge of • nature to interest the native
population of Algeria.
Last week there died at Tyrnan, in Hungary, a
named Johann Jatrovits, a hussar attached to the person of
Cardinal Batthyany, Primate of Hungary. He was 106
years of age, and married at the age of 82. A daughter of
the loot marriage, aged 18, attended the funerals
The Prussian Lieutenant Bonin, who, several
weeks ago, killed a Swiss officer, Lieutenant Roulet,
formerly in the Prussian service, in a duel near Kehl, has
been sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a fortress,
and has gone to R•statt to undergo his punishment. He
has also been dismissed from the aervile, but with a pros-
pect of being hereafter restored to it.
M. Kuhn°, the highly respected liberal deputy
in Prussia who has been sleeted at Elberfeld, writes to his
electors to thank them, and says that although stormy
weather may be expected in the ooming parliament—too
. . .

stormy almost for a man of his age (77 years)—he will stand
by his colours so long as his strength Lista.
Not a single one of the present ministers of
Prussia has found a seat. M. von der fleydt, who has long
sat for Elberfeld, has been ignominiously rejected. Count
Bernstorif was beaten at Potsdam by more than four to
one. General von Boon and M. von 'filthier are in the
IMMO MM.

The Annales de Commerce Exkrievr state that,
although the imports from Scotland into France appear to
diminish, the exports from France to Scotland are consider.
ably increased. The Scotch steamer which runs between
Leith and Dunkirk at her last trip took back a large quan-
tity of madder for the dyers of Glasgow, end, in addition,
a considerable quantity of beetroot anger. It is said that
the refiners of Glasgow and Greenock find au advantage in
mixing it with West India sugar. If this be the case beet-
root sugar may one day become an important article of
traffic.

Mixon Picruaz SHows.—lndependently of the
more important picture shows usually open at this period
of the year, and all of which have been duly noticed in
these columns, there are now several smaller exhibitions,
where works of more or less merit, some new and others
well known to the public, are on view. These exhibitions
are chiefly of a commercial character, and are to be seen in
the galleries of picture dealers and fine arts publishers.
Thus Mr. Hogerth, of the Haymarket, exhibits au interest-
ing collection of photographs of scenes in Japan, China
Fgypt, An., together with some spirited sketches of Cana-
dian incidents by Colonel Crealock. Messrs. Moore,
M 'Queen, and Co.. of Berners-street, have on view Mr.
Millais celebrated picture of "The Carpenter's Shop," and
Mr. Luartl's popular works, entitled "The Welcome
Arrival" and " Nearing Home." Mr. Hering, of Regent-
street, shows a number of photographs of various localities
in China and India taken with great skill and precision by
SSirggnnor F. Beate. Mr. Holman Hunt's famous picture of
"The Saviour in the Temple" is open for the season at
Messrs. Gambart's gallery in New Bond-street ; Mr. Feed's
greatest picture, ' From Dawn to Sunset," with some
other works by the same artist, is to be seen at Messrs.
Jennings, in Chapala ; end Mr. Betjemann, of Oxford.
stmet, exhibits a painting_ by Mr. F. Hopley, entitled
" The Birth of • Pyrami4" a work of much ingenuity,
intended to illustrate a purge in Herodotus.
Tax CRYSTAL PAIACI IN A NIGHT STORM.--
Last Wednesday night we bad an opportunity of being in.
side the Crystal Palace during the violent thunder storm
that visited the neighbourhood of Sydenham. The novelty
of the sights that presented themselves was striking and
marvellous. In a moment, from intense darkness the
whole building was lit up—every object standing out
as bright as in day in all the distinctness of the stereo-
scope, to which indeed it might be compared, with
the additional emaciation of grandeur in its fullest ex-
tent. At another time the western end of the centre
transept assumed the character of a brilliant luminous
mass, with • vividness that lightning only paeans—
brighter far than the sun. Then, again, the roofs wire
illuminated, all their beautiful proportions exhibited, end
their outlines distinct and dazzling, as though studded
with millions of diamonds. Turning to the southern aids
, we looked out upon the expanse that lay before us ; here
the scene was magic in its character. From intense dark-
DSO—Bitted at rapid intervals- •Very object, statue, foun-
tain, tree, shrub, tertace, and the distant country to Seven-
oaks, in brilliancy that ton scarcely be described by language.
We never before witnessed anything so peculiarly beautiful
end Fwd.-BmA leiter* Gwent.

WIDWDAY.
N. Sonora—N. N. W.to L N.L ,
fresh to light, Ana. .
raziono.—N.W. to N.IL, mo- N.N.W. to L N.L, sad iodic.,
demote to fresh, In.. moderato to fresh.
Cooroot..—N.N.r. to L&L. E.N.E. to 8.8. L, moderate to
moderate to fresh, ma. fresh.
L coArr. —N. to L and B.L, L N.H. to &LL, fresh to
!matt to strong, Ise. moderate.
8. iIIOLLID. N.N.W. to N.L to I.E. and &, fresh to
KN.L, aad to &L, moderato moderate.
to sinus

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N.W. /0 N.& sad IL, shoderate.