The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-22 00:00:00

APPROACHES

TO THE INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.

The Thoroughfares Improvement Committee of.
the Kensington Vestry have presented a second report of
their proceedings with reference to the International Exhi-
bition. They give ant the outlines of a plan for the improve.
ment of the Brompton-road. which was @niftier' to them
in the name of the Committee of Council on Education
This plan, which was very comprehensive, required the
taking down certain houses and buildings from Nos. I to
it, both inclusive, in the Brompton-road, interfering with
the parochial schools, further taking down the houses in
Qeme's-buildings, between Queen's-prdens and Newetrest,
also the chemist's and stationer's shops at the corner of
(Anal-place, also Brunswicic.place and the lodge to the
Oniony, besides interfering with the pleasure-gardens of
Bromptosequare and Brampton churchyard. It would
oast at lag 60,000/. _

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Tbe ecennuttee state that they inquired of the Committee
al Cenneil in what manner it was thought the funds could
be nisei, but have been unable to obtain any answer to that
question. The plan was subsequently brought tinder the
notice of the Commissioners of the International Exhibition,

with no bettor success.

Another plan, proposed by Mr. James Broadbridge, Nur-
veyor to the Vestry of Kensington, and comparatively inex.
pensive in its details, was to improve the width of the road
by taking off a part of the land in Queen's-buildiogs not
built upon, and 20 feet or 25 feet in width of the append
waste land in front of Brornpton-row, also the open space
is the front of Michael's-place, now only enclosed by railings.
But after considerable trouble about ascertaining the die.
position and views of the owners of She property, it was
found that the amount of compensation required was so
large as to make it hopeless for the vestry to effect its ob-
ject by negotiation, and it could hardly be expected that
the vestry should apply for an act of parliament. The
committee express their opinion that the vestry is not
called on to take up this improvement single-handed,
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and that the Turupike•road Commissioners (under
whore care the road is placed), the Metropolitan
Board of Works, the Committee of Council as Education,
the Exhibition Commissioner+, and the Royal Horticultural

Society, being all interested in the matter, should unite to
carry out so large an improvement
An spplicsition for the temporary opening of the Queen's.
road, Kensington, was answered by the following letter :
" Office of Woods, he., Feb. 19, 1862.
" Sir, —1 am directed by Mr. Charles Gore to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 12th inst., requesting, by
direction of the Kensington vestry, that the Queen's-road,
Kensington, may be thrown open to the public, either
ritzily or for such period as the International Es-
till/Tit:Vl may continue in operation, and to acquaint you
that the Crown, under the engagements which it has
entered into with the lessees of the houses abutting upon
the road, is bound to keep it private. Mr. Gore has
therefore no power to entertain the application of the
vestry.—I am, &c.,
R. Green, Fag." " Flan. ADAMS.
It will be seen by our Parliamentary Report that a
curious accident happened to Mr. Cowper's bill last night.

The Stabat of Signor Rossini will be performed
M the next concert of the Sacred Harmonic Society, on
the 28th.

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Mr. Bentley is preparing for publication the
sporting adventures of Mr. Baldwin, who has recently
returned from Southern Africa and just been made afellow
of the Royal Geographical Society. Mr. Baldwin, it is said,
spent eleven years in Southern Africa, during which time
be is said to have rarely seen the face of a Europe►n, once
going eleven months without doing so, and never slept
under the roof of a house. _ _ -

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The anniversary festival of the Royal General
Theatrical Fund will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern' on
Monday, April 14. Mr. Alfred Wigan will occupy the
chair on the occasion, end be supported by a strong master
of the celebrities connected with literature, the drama, and
the stage.
Miss Amy Sedgwick will return to the Olympic
Theatre on Monday evening, re-appearing in the comedy of
Time Tried All. Mr. Robson will also appear in a new
comic drama, to be culled A Fairy's Father.
At the Strand Theatre a new farce will be pro-
duced next week, called Vondin ; or, Caught in a Liar.
At the St. James's Theatre a new comedy by Mr.
Horace Wigan, adapted from the French, will be produced
an Monday week.
At the Surrey, a dramatic version of the popular
novel of " Adam Bede" will be brought out.
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At Astley's a new spectacle, in which some ex-
traordinary performing elephants will appear, is to be the
attreatios pelt Yoaday. . _ .

A new and original drama, in five acts, called
The Life of CM Actress, written by Mr. Dion Bondman,
and in which the author and his wife will appear, is to be
produced at the Adelphi on Saturday next, the Ist of
March.

M. Fechter re-appears at the Princess's Theatre,
on Monday, the 3rd of March, as Ingo.
The Era states that the testimonial to Mr. Chas.
Kenn will be presented by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle,
at St. James's Hail, es March 22. It will afterwards be
removed to thershibitioa, a space having been reserved for
its reception.
The Pythoness is continuing to perform her in-
cubatory duties with true maternal perseverance, the
bunches of eggs being carefully gathered within each coil.
The serpent has not yet broken her fast, bat appears in
excellent health. It is expected that the proems of incu-
bation will occupy about three weeks longer.
China is a great rag country—for the Chinese
are a people in rags. A sagacious gentleman of our (Atilt•
wants) acquaintance, On the paring of Mr. Gladstone's bill,
seat out to China for • cargo of rigs. A ship is now on its
way to the Thames, and will arrive to Sod the quotations
for rags lower in Loudon than at Canton I
The Archbishop of Tours awl the Bishop of
Angers, accompanied by several other imelesiastios, have

arrival at Rome.
A Cassel letter of the 16th says :—" The Hessian
government has refused to pay the deputies who voted
against the indemnity doe to them, but has paid it to the
only two members of the Chamber who declared in its
favour. The liberal party, considering the settlement of
this indemnity as • debt of honour, opened • subscription,
sad in • few days the deputies will receive the amount due
to them. The total sum will afterwards be claimed by
judicial proceeding, from the state, the deputies selectiog
one of their body to bring the action."
A new system of telegraph has been submitted to
the Emperor Napoleon, to which its inventor, M. OMSK
has given the name of "pantograph." This telegraph has
been already worked at Florence sod Leghorn. It trans-
mite autograph messages and drawings with all the pubic-
does and defects of the engirds. As inhabitant of Leg-
hero wrote four lines from Dane, and they appeared in the
same handwriting at Florence. A portrait of the same post
was painted at Leghorn, and it was reproduced at Florence
he for line and shade for shade. A bin of exchange was
drawn in the same manner, sad its authenticity admitted.
A Paris letter of Thursday says :—" A grand
ball took plan last night at the Tuileries. It was very
well attended, and the °theist world, in spite of the press cif
business that mot have weighed upon it, mustered num,-
rowdy. The marshals and generals coasted more than half-
wdozen, and H. ffeckeren was everywhere that the eye
could turn. The Russian amlasiadams was as brilliant as
she could be made with precious stones. Indeed, so were
the ladies generally, whose combs, with hardly an exception,
were studded with the brightest gems, or in any case the
perfection of French paste, which answered the purpose '
feet as well. The Princess Regent of ht hipline and her son,
the reigning prince, are content in their attendance at the
hells. It would have answered the purpose just an
well had the Princess Regent of Miugrelia kept,
away. But her highness, who is a woman of very
striking appearance, is °natant in her attendance at the
court balls, and wean • necklace of diamonds of the
largest aim in which it is pomihle to make such an ores-
meut, as well as of the purest water. They are so he that
it is impossible to distinguish well their shape, the blase of
light they emit concealing it. The princes@ is very food of
• scarlet velvet dress made after the costume of Ler coun-
try. She also wears the decoration of some orders on her
breast. Neither she nor her son, by whom she is in-
variably aocempaand, ever dines. The latter is not more
than fifteen years old, and, whether owing to his good looks
or liagrelian costume, primate • vary striking appearance.
Ifs sever usicorers his bad, which is surmounted by •
surinualpshaped scexist velvet asp. The rent of the drams
is of the same material, with the inception of the sash
that eadrelse his waist is heavy folds of rich blue silk, and
a pair of large and eialicsatsly embroidered boots, into
. which are etuffed • pair of very wide and gold.embroiderecl
trousers."