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THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The prospects of the Exhibition are decidedly
brightening, so much so, that a complete success rs
now almost matter of certainty. The issue of
tickets ill packages has turned out to be an ad-
mirable expedient, the public of all ranks availing
themselves gladly of the facility thus afforded of
aiding the fortunes of the undertaking. Yoder- I
day her Majesty purchased 3,000 shilling tickets, 1
and other purchases of more or less amount were
made on behalf of institutions or individuals. A
batch was purchased for the Charterhouse, and '
there is no doubt that the good example thus
set will be followed by otherpublic establishments.
The disposal of the tickets HI also being very
much aided by a novel expedient which has been
suggested by the public themselves. It will be re-
membered that Mute the opening " no change" bag
been one of the most stringent of the regulations,
and it very probably kept away a good many visi-
tors. Yesterday, however, numbers of persons
took tickets for the balance of their sovereign or half
sovereign, and in this way a very considerable
number was disposed of:_

Within doors all the different accessory arrange-
ments are being rapidly matured. The stereo-
scopists are now iu full swing, and have already
prepared a series of cartes de rink. representing
vane= seams and incidents within the building,
which will no doubt have a tremendous sale. We
were shown a set of admirably executed proofs
yesterday ; some of the sculpture, some of the glass
court, and some with living groups, but all of mira-
culous fidelity. A photograph of the Prussian
commission with the Prince of Prussia and Sir
Wentworth Dilke in the foreground, struck us as
being particularly happy and successful. The musi-
cal performances are very nu ch on the increase,
most of the exhibitors of instruments having
adopted our suggestion by employing competent
artists to play at regulated intervals. A number
of French musicians are expected over to-day
to make trial of the instruments in the French
emit, but not until their arrival isit known whether
the performance will take place within the building
or in the Horticultural-garden. Herr Jeell pro-
mises a performance on Friday afternoon, and the
other performers whose names we ha. e already
mentioned repeat their selections daily. The
commissioners have not yet taken pity on them,
and protected them by a rail • we yesterday ob-
served a lady very much distressed by the manner
in which a too curious crowd pressed up to her very
elbows.

The promenade, which has been' cleared with so
much difficulty, was very much crowded yesterday
at the fashionable hour' and so indeed was every
corner of the building. The eastern annexe partook
hugely of the public patronage, and we observed
crowds of young ladies crushing up to catch a
glimpse of Shackle's wedding cake, that mag-
nificent and tempting offering to " persons
about to marry." People who got married in
the good old times over a plain " plum"
that resembled a cheese in everything but the
colour, must experience a wonderful feeling of re-
verence for the march of intellect when they con-
template this triumph of the confectioner's art. It
is not merely a cake—although it is that too, and
no doubt a very sweet one—but a perfect temple of
Hymen in frosted sugar, and surrounded with all
the well-known emblems of the great ceremonial.
There are doves and Bowers and torches and bows.
Pillars of which we will not attempt to define the
exact ceder of architecture support a dome of ela-
borate decoration; and the whole is so gay and so
brilliant, that it is not to be wondered at that the
ladies should stop before this cake, the less so, as,
unlike other architectural triumphs, it can be eaten
after it has been sufficiently admired. The general
approbation was, however, tempered yeatenlay with
sympathy at finding that the famous cake had to
some extent come to grief in consequence of rough
handling since its arrival in the building. The
pillars of glistening candy had "thrust" a little,
and conseluently had depressed the roof, but a
little judicious repairing will restore it to all its
original symmetry.
Not the least exciting amusement connected
with " a day at the Exhibition" is the game with
which it terminates each evening, and which gene-
rally lasts from six to seven o'clock. This game
has begun to be known as "Catching the Omnibus,"
and bad its rise in the determination of the various
proprietors to make about a dozen of their vehicles
carry off from sixteen to eighteen thousand people
each evening. The game began by various detach-
ments of the company crossing the road in skir-
mishing order, and funning ambushes at the corner
of Thurloe-square, at the Bell and Horns, and
other points suggested by strategical considerations
In the meantime the grand army masses itself at
the ordinary stopping place, and impatiently sub-
mit to the direction of the inspector to wait until
the 'bus comes to its proper station." The moment
"a sail in sight appears' there is a general beckon-
ing and shouting, but suddenly the 'bus vanishes
round a corner, and is attacked in succession
by the various ambushes before mentioned.
The first, with perhaps the second, are
sufficient to fill it inside and out, and
the succeeding ones drag on in a long queue behind,
all holding on by an indomitable individual who
clutches the handle of the door, and pours a hur-
ricane of threats on the head of the conductor. In
this state the vehicle draws up "at the proper
station ;" the grand army see that it is a mockery
and a anare, and in their turn break up into de-
tachments and skirmish across the road like their
predecessors. We stopped for nearly an hour yes-
terday evening watching the turns of this interest-
ing game' and at last went away wondering what
it would be next week, when the proprietors would,
with the same number of 'buses, have to accom-
modate about ten times the number of people.
The number of visitors yesterday was as follows :
—Season tickets, 6,170; on payment, 14,773 ;
total, 20,943. Amongst those present were
the Princess Mary of Cambridge, Duke of Suther-
land, Countess of &afield, Marchioness of Ayles-
bury, Duke de Nemours, Bishop of Oxford,
Lord Euston, Lady Overstone, the Grand Duchees
of Mocklenburg Strelitz, and Lord and Lady
Cardigan.