The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-25 00:00:00

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

Saturday last at the Exhibition seemed to have
been specially devoted to the reception of exiled
royalty. The ex-Queen of the French, accompanied
by her sons, the Duca de Nemours and Chartres,
her grandson the Comte de Paris, p=
through several of the courts in a Bath chair, and
examined many of the articles in each ' • and there
was also present the once well-known Don Miguel
de Bragaaza (ex-King of Portugal), attended by
quite a suite of Portuguese Miguelite notabilities.
The above distinguished personages paid of course
special attention to the courts of their respective
countries, Don Miguel's party going most carefully
over the Portuguese and. Brazilian courts, in both
of which Senor Francisco Oliveira did the honours.
A not lens interesting visit was that of Mr. Penn's
workmen. The munificent arrangement of the
firm for the eatertaitiment of their workpeople de-
serves to be recorded. In the first place they paid
half-a-crown each for the admissions, and, in addi-
tion, allowed the men seven and sixpence each for
refreshmeots. The original intention was that a
portion of this latter sum should have been devoted
to a substantial and comfortable dinner in the
English refreshment department, and Mr. Morrush
had tendered very liberal arrangements for that
purpose. The men preferred, however, having the
money, and the result was not at all so satisfactory
either with regard to themselves or to the chief
object of their visit. There is ample room and
verge for a workman's banquet in the English de-
partment, and the contractor makes it more a
question of patriotic duty than of profit to see
that the working men who are sent by their em-
ployers to the Exhibition are made as comfortable
during their visit as possible.
The highest temperature on Saturday, as shown
by Negretti and Zambra's patent thermometers,
was :—ln the nave, 65.3 deg. ; in the galleries, 67.5
; deg. in the western annexe, 71.0 deg. The reading
was taken at 3.45 p.m.
The following were the total numbers admitted
onSaturday, compared with the corresponding day
in 1861:

--iessoa s
Batur"Y* Aug' i 7 (b. " "7) t 1
Payment a ticket
nd 6,900
day tickets 14.284
Total 21,064

-79;ason tiakeis
piimmi
Total l4 008

The following are the total numbers admitted
to the building from the lat of May to the 23rd of
August inclusive (17 weeks-99 exhibition days),
compared with 1861 :

---
Beason tickets (lactuding tree list) ael,S26
Payment sad day tickets

Total 4111,0.3

Season tickets (parUy eatimatedj
Panama

6117,1100
11.3t),800

Total

3,967,100

C.avrlote TO TEA oitam EN. —A correvondent writes
to us as follows :—" Oa Weilnesdry last, at 5.30 p.m., a
well-dressed men presented to a tradesman in one of the
western suburbs, a cheque on the London and Westminster
Bask for 15f. 10s., accompanied by a note very much re-
seutbliog a gentleman's writing in the neighbourhood. At
the top was neatly printed the name of his house, also two
of his cards, all forged. The substance of the note ran
thus :—" Mr. requests you will cash the cheque for
his friesd, he." The fellow said Le had some from Mr. —,
obtained the cash and got clear off with it. Other similar
swindles have been lately too successful."