The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-24 00:00:00

A good many loose etstaties have been publiabe

of the probable number of British exhibitZwe in the
industrial section of the building. We have taken
the trouble to make up a list of the approximate
number as it stood on the 20th March, and we give
it u follows :
Clem SMOION I.—saw MATERIALS.
L Wang, quarrying, metallurgy, and ;mineral pro-
2. Ohsmicsl santannee and products, and pharma•
untied promema
3. Substance; used for food, including MUMS
4. Animal and vegetable substances used in manu-
factures

872

OM OCTION IL—MC=4EIM
6. Railway plant, incladlag locomotive engines and
oariales
- not cooneistod with rail h or Amu roads ll6
. .

6. Oarriages n,
7. Manufacturing mashinas NA Nola
8. M
Agricultural in achinery gams'
9. and horticultural inailims and im-
plements l5O
10. aril ragiisering, architectural, and UMW( con
trivanass l6l
11. Militia segissaisg, armour sod soreutrunenta,
130
12. NamitZteartanaval ligiallahiparri tackle
13. Plailearghird instearosote and proollllllll depend-
pit =ikon their use 149
14.
I==and PltdelfzefitY
16.
16. rlc=isilinslausarain .
17. Banks! iestrumunts sad appliances 134

1,946

Clue FACTION m.—MAIMPACTI3IIIIII.
18. Cotton 63
16 Max eml hemp
3D. Bilk and velvet
21. woollen_ and wonted, binding mixed bdwice
oat

y .
geolnll 225
22. Carped 44
Z 3. WOVIIII. foto; sad bid fsbrioNwhon shown
as or 1 of eriotylciF dyeing M
and •

..ii spun,
as specimens
24. Tapestry, lace, ~..ci einVoideri l-
25. filnna, fur, feathers. sad bat 0
26. Leather, including saddlery and harness us
27. Articles of clothing , lOl
28. Paper, stationery, printing, and bookbinding EIE
29. Educational works and appliances Ed
30. Furniture and upholstery, including paperhang-
ing, and papievinachi
31. Iron and general hardware
32. Steel andwicptis lEf
33. Wind in metals, and their imitation%
s ery
34. Glass Bl
35. Pottery
36. Manufactures not included in previous classes

2,5b3

Total 5,450
In the fourth section, under the head of modern
fine arts, 174 exhibitors have sent in architectural
designs. The pictures and drawings on the British
side will probably number 1,500, and the engrav-
ings and etchings at least 600.
The number of colonial exhibitors cannot at pre-
sent be ascertained, but the following is the space
devoted to this section of the Exhibition :
Superficial
Square Fest.
North American Group 5,896
Australian Colonies
East Indian Colonies 3OO
Mediterranean Colonies 4OO
West Indies 837
South African Colonise 640
Western African Colonies 2OO

12,822

Racellaneona foreign stations, Including China
snd Japan, Liberia, Wert Africa, lonum bier,
Madagnecar, Hayti, Siam, and Forces Islands 3,100

Total 15,912

The colonies exhibiting, arranged alphabetically,
are : Bahamas, Barbadoes, Bermuda, British Colum-
bia, British Guiana, Channel Islands, Canada,
Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Dominica, Grenada,
Hong Kong, lonian Islands, Jamaica, Malta,
Mauritius, Natal, New Brunswick, Newfoundland,
New South Wales, New Zealand, Nova Scotia,
Prince Edward's Island Queensland, South Aus-
tralia, St. Helena, St. Vincent's, Tasmania, Trini-
dad, Vancouver, Victoria, West Australia.
We have touched from time to time on some of
the leading features of the collections sent from the
above places, and we may lay generally that this
part of the Exhibition will be useful rather than
ornamentaL The valuable masses of raw produce,
if they do not interest the ordinary visitor, will be
carefully examined by merchants and manufac-
turers.
The apace given to foreign countries (as we have
stated in former articles) is nearly one-half of the
building, and it is apportioned as follows :
Ootintrias. No. of Ekinare Feet.
France
Spain
6,719
Portugal 4,781
Italy
Rome 3,469
Turkey
Ramis 144,,425
Bandon
Norway 9,920
Dams*
awitaelsaa
paWsffs 27,013
1,250
Aseentina Oaslaininden
Guallands, l5O
losador l,OOO
Oasts Una 6OO
Ifeassada. Pero, trryfef
Alia&
Homo To
(11aeldenband 8,043
Zollvereln 79,230
Gram
Holland 7,170
The number of foreign exhibitors cannot be now
stated, but all the collections will be remarkably
rich and full, and Mr. Owen, the active superin-
tendent of this department, feels confident that his
display will be substantially complete by the Ist of
May.

[TWOPENCE

have requested the French

managers to lower the hideous wooden enclosures of
their court a few feet, but have met with a decided
refusal. The wooden partitions in the French gal-
leries are to be a little cut down, but the great
packing-case court--a triumph of foreign carpentry
and bad taste—is to be left untouched.
The first came opened in the British part of the
building is one from the Admiralty containing a
fine model of the Queen line-of-battle ship. The
cost of this model is said to be about seven
hundred pounds, and one or two men will
be employed for the next fortnight in riggimig
it. This comes under the head of Class XII.
(managed by Major Moffatt), and is part
of a beautiful series of models, lent by the Lords
of the Admiralty, illustrative of the progress in the
construction of naval architecture from the time of
the Great Harry, 1514, to the iron-clad frigate the
Warrior. There is to be another large model of the
Warrior, placed in the nave. Next to the Queen
line-of-battle ship will be seen a fine model of the
Northumberland, illustrating prospective progress
—a splendid iron-cased frigate of that name being
now under construction on a larger scale than even
the present wonder of the day, the Warrior. In
this class are to be found many new inventions
contrived to meet the apparent difficulty of keeping
these leviathan ships' heads in the desired direction
In ronigh weather.
-The Ifatcsiartifeboatt Institution wiliewhibi4

some interesting models of boats for improving this
humane branch of the naval servioe.
The Commissioners of the Trinity House of the
Northern Lights, Edinburgh, and of the Ballast
Board, Dublin, will display some very interesting,
handsome models of the danger beacons of our
isles, many of them originating in the scientific zeal
of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort.
Models of ships for steam under as well as over
the water ; gunboats and floating batteries, pene-
trable and impenetrable ; ships for commerce and
ships for war, will be shown in this section—in fact,
naval architecture with all its appliances may be
here studied by the most critical and scientific.
A splendid model of Mr. Nathan Thompson's
system of boat building by machinery will also be
displayed, showing • process by which we can ob-
tain • boat ready foresee, of any dimensions, turned
out complete from the log of timber at a few hours'
notice.
In a sub-class of Major Moffatt's department
may be studied an extensive range of every engine of
destruction which the human mind has yet devised,
from swords to great guns, from the old Brown
Bees—more praiseworthy for carrying the queen
of British weapons at its muzzle than for its accu-
racy of aim with the projectile of that date—down
to the death-dealing, repeating weapons of Adams,
Colt, &c., and the breech-loading arms of Callisher
Terry, Storm, and others, with the long-range
rifles of Enfield, 'Whitworth, and all those now
contending for the palm of excellence.
Amongst the more formidable engines of destruc-
tion will be the Armstrong and Whitworth
one-hundred pounders, Blakeley's five-hundred
pounders, and the Mersey Steel Company's six-
hundred pounder. As to their respective merits, the
visitors must judge for themselves, for the opinions
of scientific men on this head are divided.
The trophy of great guns by Mr. Anderson, of
the Royal Carriage Department, will, doubtless,
attract the close scrutiny of the scientific, being a
development of the process of construction of the
great Armstrong gun, with a microscopic lens ar-
ant.
" in all its branches may be studied in an in-
spection of Colonel ShaftoAdair's model of London,
with its projected lines of defence for the great city,
and also in the model of Fort Torr by Colonel
Haniess, wan Onvimis lloaikaa's dirbiga of *Jan
..me fortification.
The railways have not yet decided on any com-
bined programme for cheap excursion trains ; and
it is said that they intend to run their ordinary
trains at full prices all through thesummer. They,
doubtless, know how to manage their business best ;
but this looks very much like a suicidal policy.
We are glad to hear that a highly meritorious hard-
working public servant—Mr. Edward J. Page, the
iaspeedior-general of mails—is going to open a railway
inquiry office in the building (under the sanction of
the commissionsrs) to furnish visitors to the Exhi-
bition with reliable information as to the communi-
cations of the United Kingdom, whether by road,
railway, or sea (including the internal communica-
tions of the metropolis itself), and also as to the
means of tranait to and from the continent. The
department is now in course of being organised '
under the title of "The Railway, Steam Packet
and General Conveyance Enquiry Office, and
Agency," and will occupy a very eligible and con-
venient position in the North East Tower in the
Exhibition-road. Admission to the department is
to be obtainable by payment of a small fee, and
various facilities, having in view the requirements
of the travelling public, are to be afforded. This is
probably the first attempt ever made to start a
talking Bradshaw.