The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-17 00:00:00

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

(sroiss's siniaxam)
MONTENEGRO.
RAGUSA, JOLT 16.

A desperate contest took place the day before
yesterday in the vicinity of the Zulta River. Tho
Turks obtained the victory and marched towards
Cettigne.

BRAZIL MAILS.
LISBON. Jinx 16.
Tim Idessagerie Imperiale's steamer Bearn, with
the above mails, arrived here this morning at seven
o'clock.

Jun-a 25.—Exchange on London 25), 25i,
28 ;on Paris, 365, 370. Coffee : good tint, 6.800 to
7.000. Shipments of coffee since the departure of
the last mail, 29,700 bap, of which 28,000 are for
the ChanneL Stock of coffee, 280,000 bags.
At Bahia, exchange on London was quoted 252
to 26.

At Pernambuco the quotation of exchange on
London was 25f. Sugar, 2.100 to 2.400. Cotton.
10.200 to 10.600.

The Royal Maibefoarnahip Magdalena arrived at
Pernambuco on the Ist of July.

THE INTERNAIIONAL EXHIBITION.

••"At thander, lightning, and in rain,". nearly
Iffy= people visited the Exhibition yesterday.
Either the attraction is in inverse ratio to the
facility of. getting there, or the intrinsic merits
of the show are so great as to cause the
curiosity of the publics to combat with and over-
come all physical obstacles. Perhaps a little of
both, certainly of the latter, as we venture to
assert that not a single visitor leaves the build-
ing dissatisfied with its contents. On the con-
trary, the expressions of admiration are universal
and enthusiastic, and those who are old enough to
have seen the Exhibition of '5l unhesitatingly give the
preference—always excepting the building—to its
successor. Yesterday evening afforded an admi-
rable opportunity for collecting public opinion on
the subject, for the rain, faithful to the cabman
interest, came down in torrents, commencing at
four o'clock, and crowds were, therefore, collected
at the principal entranoes,waiting until the weather
should dear up, or they should be able to prevail on
sonic more than ordinarily humane cabman to take
them away. The interval was beguiled with talk of
the Exhibition, and whilst some preferred one
feature, and others another, there was a general
concurrence of opinion that the whole was moat
attractive, and that to miss seeing it would be to
rob life of one of its most pleasant episodes. So
far, the hundreds of thousands who have crowded
the nave and courts and galleries every day have
been furnished by London and Paris, with a con-
siderable sprinkling from Germany. The English
provinces have all to come yet, and they will fur-
nish perhaps a quarter of a million. On inquiry at
some of the principal railway offices, we have been
informed that as yet they have furnished no excur-
sion trains, although negotiations for very many are
pending. Even from the north, notwithstanding the
cotton famine, great numbers are coming; and it must
be recollected that the great county of York, the seat
of the woollen manufacture, is not affected by the
American war. The same may be said of Stafford-
I shire and of the great mining and iron districts,
awl from all these whole armies of excursionists
may be expected as soon as the exigencies of the
various trades permit of a trip to town.

Yesterday one of the most distinguished of the
visitors was his Royal Highness the Prinee of Orange,
who was conducted through the building by Earl
Granville and Mr. Sandford. There was a good deal
of music, which now is very pleasant, being allprevi-
ously arranged, and taking place at different hours.
Miss Tanker played on Hopkinson's piano, Miss
Warren on Cadby's, Madame Lacherrials on the
concertina, and in addition several male performers
collected large audiences by their performance on
flutes, comets, organs, and various other in-
struments. Some persons object that the
music is becoming too general and too fre-
quent, and has a tendency to prevent the
visitors examining with sufficient attention
the contend of the Exhibition. There is one de-
partment, however, which it does not interfere with,
and that is the Annexe in which is placed the ma-
chinery in motion. Yesterday, every day, this hot,
noisy shed is completely thronged, and everywhere
that a wheel is set in motion there the crowds
gather, and seem never to tire pondering over its
mysterious evolutions. If between this time and
the next great World's Fair there should not tale
place some wonderful improvement in steam-
engines, it will not be because the working models
already in existence were not sufficiently studied
in the present.
The question of the liability of season ticket
holders to pay for the deposit of their umbrellas,
&c., at the entrances to the picture galleries will be
legally decided on the oth of August, a summons
having been taken out against the Commissioners
in the Brompton County Court, by a gentleman
whose umbrella has been detained for the third
time, after having been restored twice without pay-
ment, once in consequence of a lawyer's letter, and
once on his personal remonstrance at the secre-
taa's c46ce.

The highest temperature during the day, as
shown by Negretti and Zambra's patent thermo-
meters? was at 3 p.m., when it was—in the nave,
64.8 ; in the galleries, 65.9.
The following are the total numbers admitted
yesterday, compared with the corresponding day in
1851 :

_
1662.
{Season tickets
Wednesday, July 16
Pa) meat

Total
Ib6l.

... 67,917

a3oniie tickets
Wednesday, July 16 lPsyment &LYN

Total

MOM

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THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

At a meeting of the board of directors of the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday, the
following resolutions were considered and adopted :
"1. In the present suspension of importation of cotton
from America, and with the prospect of • seriously
diminished supply from thence for possibly years to come.
this board have thought it their duty to examine and report
on the suggestion made to them with • view of securing an
adequate and permanent supply ; and resolve :
"2. That India affords the means of supplying the raw
material in great abundance. The extent, climate, soil, and
population all being favourable, and the country being de.
pendent upon the British legislature.
" 3. That any direct interference with the regular COW'S
of production and trade, either by the government of this
country or by soy private association, by undertaking to
purchase, or giving • guarantee of a remunerative price for
all the cotton that might be prodnoed, would be contrary
to sound principles of trade, and being only temporary, and
precarious in its nature, would not be likely to provide for
the permanent success of its cultivation.
"4. That public aid can be given for this object by for
such public works as will facilitate the production
sad transport of cotton to the port of shipment, such as
works of irrigation, roads, or railways, and by amending and
perfecting the laws of contract and land tenure, and thus
affording encouragement to private enterprise ; while they
respectfully call upon the capitalists of this district to con-
tribute, by all the means in their power, to aid the govern-
ment to providing the necessary foods for such works as
may, after full comideration, be adopted."

At the present time there are 443 persons, inmates
of tie 'fate asylum of Californi►