The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

No. 1,367.1 [No. 3, EXHIBITION EXPRESS.]

THE

EXHIBITION
EXPRESS.
FOR THE WEEK ENDLNG

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11.

EXHIBITION ARRANGEMENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.

Every week—nay, every day—makes a percepti-
ble difference in the progress of the preparations for
the let of May. The building in Hyde park grows
rapidly under the hands of the two thoveand work-
men employed upon it, and the Executive Com-
mittee are urging on the arrangements for filling the
C./stal Palace so soon se its ws'ls are ready for
their multifarious contents. At home and abroad the
eeltibitors seem equally on the alert to oompleto their
Lletof tie affair, sad altogether no eircumetancs
me le shape awn to the exigencies of the we.
The best means of comfortably accommodating
the expected visitors of the Exhibition with lodg-
ings in Londoo has already become a subject of
anxious debate. During the put week a circular ban
b3en issued by the Executive Committee, for the
of disseminating as widely as possible the
rfrotlion that it is not the intention of the Royal
Commissioners to undertake to find lodging for ?str-
ews visiting the Exhibition. This announcement was
ogled forth by the &woven' that in many
parts of the country, and perhaps in the metro-
polis also, opinions prevailed oa this subject which
are in direct contradiction to tte intentions of the
Commissioners. This dccument has helped to dispel
thew erroneous impressions, and it behoves all whom
the intelligence ma) concern to bear in mind that the
duty of providing lodgings and accommodation for
the tens of thousands cf the artisan Ouse. who will
visit London in the ensuing summer is thrown alto-
gether on the provident energies of individual enter-
prise. The time is now rapidly approaching when
the emergency which must arise from the invasion of
a myriad of houselese flier, however remote or trivial
it may seem at present, will be at once imminent and
difficult to deal with. It is quite certain that the
preparations which have been made, or announced as
being in progress in London, for the shelter and comfort
of
the army of artisans who will psur in from all parts
of the country to the coming " world's fair," are die-
crhoned to the coming nquirements. That there
bee any remarkelie lack of lodging accommoda-
tion for faitwa of the upper and middle classes is
extremely improbable. Prices of lodgings will, of
souse, be somewhat higher than they were last
pear, and none families accustomed to see around '
them luxuriously relict eseablishments must e-wnd• •
wend for the nonce to inhabit comparatively lowly
quarters, and pay somewhat dearly for them. But
with the humble grades of visitors from our great
panufactiirieg districts the cue is widely different.
With them, the sum which it will be necessary to
expend during their exiumrsion will be a matter
W anxious calculation, and if steps be not taken to
Supply eh, m with temporary homes sui able to their
Means and their wants, the prospect of high-priced
with the alternative of no lodgings at all,
mad a bivouac in the streets, will deter thousands of
Bloc hat. are from attempting to indulge themselves or
their '

v families with a. pelip at the-wonders of the
itys'al Palace, and the great metropolis; whilst those
vho do venters on the expedition may return to their
E.
es mortified and disgusted with the apathetic in-
'create to their comforts displayed in London.
wee ample as the nerd for them, should at once
la taken to avert inch contingencies, and the spirit of
saterprier, which, unaccountably enough, is slumber-
kgs at present, should be speedily roused into active
doertio• to furnish the needful accommodation.