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

LONDON, TIPIRSDAT Ann.' 10, 1802.

TEI4GUP*O 0kM44,000'

• • lIIMICI.
ThE VOCAL ASSOCIATION.
this Aasociation which has for its object the
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FRANCK
RAThe Paris evening journals publishßW. a•Areeli 9.
psSeh
from Athens, dated 4th inst., stating that hopes
are entertained of an arrangement being effected
with the insurgents, upon the basis of a modifica-
tion of the ministry.
It is asserted that M. de Lavalette will leave
Paris to-morrow for Rome.

dlilienlks of the Most dassiad deaselptions d veal
gm* lad ispeday of cheat sad pea' ringlag, sad
libbh. oval its bang and its pavans seadidua to the
al# and stannous exertions of Mr. Bseedict, aid a amid
nittlt. James-ball last night, of wore than usual ta•
linst. There was a choir of two hundred rime, amillimmi
amateurs—ladies and gentlemen—who, by Mr.Beniisll
idelltal training, have attained a degree of wedding
iwaithy to be compared with that of our bast ppidesdasal
Shan. At the public concerto of the asamistion.l6e bast
neenens of road nanny, chiefly English, en nag ; sad
the atartainmente umemigd by the admixture of woad

THE MEXICAN INTERVENTION.
MADRID, Aran. 9.
To-day, in the Congress the government, in reply'
to questions relative to Mexico, declared that it
approved of the preliminary convention of Soledad,
and of the conduct of General Prim. It also ex-
pressed hopes that harmony would not be dis-
turbed.

end instrument piens encanst by femarite performers.
The principal feature of but night's amen wsi • stadia
from Mr. Benedict's new opera, the Lily of Killarney, per
formed for the first Mole the crecert.room by the pantie-
aloud the muggers of the loyal Bogileh Opera. The pima
eons were exceedingly wellttked fur spormat perforemos.
They were, the duet, " Tb. MOW bar dead; sung by Mr.
Tennant tinned of Mr. Swift, who wee anacataced I. the
programme) and Mr. flantlray ; the song, " le my wig
' sweated° valley,* ening by Miss Basks, sad deservedly
°moored ; the " Bastmen'iChorna,"Weieg by the choir; the
Petty balled, " say Maveurreee,, swig irk meetly by
till". Tamen ; W be trier " Lon** msatas, Mr thy
.I•lB4:eumf trl Mks BOON Ar. Musser nrat Mr. Suit* ;
srd the finale, " By sorrow tried rsevinly,,brillWOy
'vented by Mks Augusta Thornier, The prim' cepa eking
sedll63llll were Borland's ealebretad tradrlpl, "Awake
er love," a be piers d Truk eld Bleak benne*,
admire* swag ; Bbbeft's legesse " Trim in
Ow, Afisireving ;us Passel Autism DI Beriagger ; end
Ifamdelasobn's part song. " The Nightingale." Han Passe
played pianoforte melee, speolesens, of Ifte styles d different
ardent and modes Wastan—ficsiliktit, Pared* Piell, sad
redbarg. These, executed with the utmost finish end
rieneseent, were most interesting, 'end warmly appierdsd.
2110 whale omen, in short, was or seterteiment which

RUSSIA.
BT. PETERSBURG, Anil. 9.
BOA`ollBiamark Schouhausen, the Prussian Am-
bassador, had a private audience of the Emperor
yesterday, in order to take leave.
Ten thousand Bohemians have offend to emi-
grate to the Crimea.
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ITALY.
TURIN, Ann A
The Diriffo of to-day announces that Garibaldi
has arrived at Pavia, and has been received with
great enthusiasm.
The journals of this city stets that the Capitnlary
Vicar of Bologna baa been arrested.

BRAZIL.

(room OUR ows

. .
RIO, NAB= 11.
The inauguration of the bronze statue of the

Emperor Don Pedro I. is fixed for the 25th inst.
A very bantbonse service of plate has been presented to
J. J. C. Westwood, Esq., by some of the British residents
in Rio. This pothers has for many years tilled the Oise
of Consul la Rio de Janeiro, very mush to the satisfaction
of oar English oommuaity.
It is reported that ea ambassador will shortly be sent to
Europe by the Brasilita government to make ammagemeate
tor the marries, of the Imperial Macs, haws to the '
thaw of Malik The Primer Isabel has Jed sompleted
Mit sixteenth year.

Our coffee Lerket has beau almost imelive sines the
sailing of this last packet, about 26,000 lags oalj having
heat sold. Pikes, howe►er, are excessively inn, sad the
ssrfl haelmes date bas hies at as advasice of 300 reis at
erm bet garikallisae /applies from the interior case for
wait "my rawly; tad ft la new ea establialisd tact that
the Issileasidar map is very fat billow se avenge. Some
estimate it so low as 700,000 begs, but the general epiniosi
ia that it will reach a same. We quote—Svgisdar, 7.386
be 7.1100 ; good amt, 7.000 to 7.200; American cargoss.6.Boo
be 7.100; Memel cargoes. 6.700 to 6.900. Stork, 150,000 UP.
lfacheags is lbw, at 35f to 36f.

eimbiwed variety with uniform good tart&
I The hall war crowded Matt f •ashareable comperty, aad
Me prima* perform:rim were warmly applauded.

HAND= Farrirra..—The last of the great choral
rehearsals for the festival will tare place in Exeter•ball
bo•morrew (Friday) Oak*. /wad is Egypt will be re-
heated ea this asoesra.

riTY OP

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At the meeting of this society last evenin
Tomos in the eh*, the paper road was " Os the
ristythe International Zahlbition Building," by E '.7.
Mae&
The Arno; after 'ivies a brief dissetiptioa of the bad.
tge, to
that he had eery Wee hymnist
a
&Melon as to the style of dworailea bet ultookl
Attar oirefal eonsidendloa be &Mail VW the Wee
of the root mast be light. sad *battle brat mesh! be
s warm vey ; that the embed pneeiple not jo made to
Mead oat dear hem the sof ; that tbrly Mel look well
in a permeative of $OO fest sad that they mut
sot look heavy sr cosifmed as they sporceolimj
moth, la the viiiteemn Ifilaziwoolear Todd do,
and the form of Op whelp& as a a eos-
thaws repeat inimal ambled oa fol-
kwile the rasa of the sad adopted
of blue and rot altersately, coloured Ma.thr
liereweed h the joists by sinless( on which she*
be pi& stars, and ham thine Weal owing ormunoets
yellow Wow, with wow fit the Wag. Fellow* out thle
io
=:t he beei=a palatal ow paper of the fel/
elaof the and it wes- lied in its pleas
within • week Shit Van of Ws tiPlialartal as
iserealor. Until pehripals were Plowed. it seemed to
him that the Widower were lost ; be wished to make the '
swelrestisa elide* awl he therefore ordwered the two
sabre edges in cheques' of Meek aid vellum ocher insit the
sloths arch full red. As to the bnciap above the. poly.
"pia webs' be wisared the. a warm wood Wow. with
=leerallowed linos on the face, and the under
red. The anther dseoribed
this delgil the
thrifts pule of the iseseseles, bating essmes wily be
hid adopted*, withal', seisms awl filimips. S *sr
gepOsid theft IN wl SMs Wes bad lam Genial eat,
so la to swum the ireMq.lia atlas work *WEI th• very
skeet Op at his dhpsial.
A disonerion armsd, to whisk Maas. A. J. Beneford
Hope, G. Wallis, P. Palmer, Itionnal. Graham,
Waterhouse Hawkins, and Whin took part.

THE NEWSVENDEW BENEVOLLYT AND
PROVIDENT SOCIETY.

The twenty-third annual meeting of the members
of this society was held last evening dike News Exchange,
Black lloree-court, Fleet-street, Mr. Kennedy ie the plum,
for the purpose of oonsiderieg and ocedirming the amended
roles of the institution pissed at the last annual nuesting,
'mid for the tounseatioa of the regular yearly business. lb.
I &skim (the samMery) read the rules as amended, which
son pat
a
pert Si Wnies%essiestim tsy the Clairton, sad do-
te nted, to se verb) alteratieew.A
new Ma wee thes dashing every doom el 10
gniaers sad upwards • vienpreeldent of the society. The
Secretary then reed the wad report, whO , having re-
;Maud that so .in urine..,of the deb still held
deal from the mods% elated that the sewed suboariptioes
for the past year had ameneted to 46i. lb., and the
deedless to VW. 19a id., showing as increase of income
over the preview year oat 111. 13e. 6d. The amount bus
reesived hd enabled the committee to add SOL to the in-
vaded stock of the society, and left them • habeas on the
year of 631. lb. 3d. It might appear at the Bret Tana
that the amount of income was thus more than Ramat to
meet the demands of the society, but it should be recollected
that the amount to be given in relief to peados.'" was
limited to the amount received as dividends on the umlauted
stock, and consequently the number of pensioners 014 only
be incressied by the continual investment of cepital. The
committee have at present many urgent application for
einstion, but cannot afford them my relief until, by In M
enem in the funded property or the denims of mouse of the
present recipients of the fend, they can add to the list of
pensioners. They troll that during the coming year they
may be placed in • position to redoes the list of •
The amount of stook invested wee sow 1,8754 klinant
ververy teethil was teed to take Saes on the tad ;Zak
at which Yr. Oberlin Dickens had consented to
The report was adopted after a brief discussion.

The division of space into classes on the foreign
ale of the building will never be ascertained until
the dose of the Exhibition, and we must be con-
tent at present to note the progress and novelties set
before us by our visitors. The French court and
its approaches will form a perfect exhibition by
themselves, undisturbed by any jarring tints or
effects produced by less tasteful neighbours. Every-
thing that human ingenuity, money, and taste can
produce will doubtless be exhibited in this court,
and it will be from no want of energy if they fail
to carry off the first prism Though our veat
industrial rivals have shut themselves in with high-
boarded partitions, they are determined to give us
a royal entrance to their kingdom within a king-
dom. The portico to their court, which they have
erected in the nave, is of Last-iron, and mania-
tared by M. Barbezat. Its length is 144 feet, the
breadth at the base 151 feet, and its height is 25
ink The centre is divided into three din:zone, one
as the east, the other on the west, serving as an-
imas to the French exhibition ; and the oeotre
division will contain • piece of plate-glass without
spot, manufactured at St. °obeli'. The dimensions
of this pis
of 101 ft. broad by 16} ft. high. At the
foot of the glass will be placed a divan, richly orna-
mented, and destined for public use. The sides
will be protected by lions of oast iron and of natural
size, placed on pedestals of granite. The divans
are by Mean. Duval Brothers. The central portico
will be surrounded by the French arms and flags.
Two chandeliers in bronze and gilt, and
inlaid with crystals, by Messrs. Deniers and Paillard,
will decorate the bases of the two entrances.
The diameter of these two chandeliers is 6 feet. The
four supports of the porticoes will be decorated
with carpets from Aubusson and Paris.
On the north side will be exhibited carpets from
Messrs. Braqueuse Brothers, and furniture by
Messrs. Fourdinois—father and sons.
On the other side will be carpets from De la
Mornaix, and furniture from M. Marchand.
On the south aide will be carpets by Messrs.
Requilloit and Chocquel, and furniture in ebony by
IL Grote.
On the other side will be some carpets from M.
Monsen, and carved and fantastic furniture by
Messrs. Gueset and Brothers.
At the foot of the four supports furniture and
bronze statues will be placed inside cast-iron
railings.
the The space between the two entrances will be filled
THIS STASI OF TIMM IN LIVIRPOOL.—Since a
...), Wine monumental mantelpieces in carved wood,
°Mil" a the year teee hes bees "tree" "sae be the . bronze, marble, and enriched- with paintings.
'WOW tesaohis at trade; mid with DO itamffiialt teuPeoll Perhaps the chief halt that criticism can find
of a change for the better, merchants are ineitameit to so
into operations while nob en unsettled state of things with these iron gates, which are to form the entrance
exists. The strangest festers of the dulness fro that it az- to this land of riches, is in the masks--u they are
taw& as terribly to Mate al to any , ,athat amide
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ese'bsif the slam et iller" .bas sires" Pam"' dorm absurd, almost a caricature, application of the ,
con-
whisk there was bet year received sad at ass 1,510,
hat, of Arsidosa . inn., iihiht thin ii sow ventional art shell over the female faces, an stag-
-11,606 hales ; receipts at the cotton pats were thin mated fancy representation has been produced of
unkara bake, sow probably not 5,000 bales ; thus ren. the present Paris= bonnet.
Tin illustrated catalogue, under the charge of
antis it imporibn impend. soon the war may aid. that i
thlereeen be received awes elan 1,000,000 bales tot the ea- I Mr. cuwawn_ grows wren, day larger
and more in.
riiiiimom Da*" the eteblVtoeftheeseerni.w be Sbe teraiting.—r'When completed, no such other illustrated
waidkpiT 'll4 =bialailthanede. Pgrymayrievatinimis
iir,:strublooreseristeifunyrt4tiwitikpiavfociaa.
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