The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-24 00:00:00

TO TIN lIDITOI 01 2Ni 1:2 Pala&

the,—At the opening of the Exhibition of 1851,
the entire interest wee flied on the immuguration by the Qum
in the mates! transept, and at QM one spot was accumu-
lated consequently the whole of the spectators, and a lively
and brilliant some resulted.
In like manner, at the opening of the Crystal Police, the
presentatioe of addling' to the Queen, the prayer, and the
orchestra, were elf grouped together et a point convesiont
to the whole body of visitors, and an animated and lively
spectacle was the result.
On the present occasion we have been told that the Royal
Commissioners will proceed from the cestral entrance to
the western dome to hear a prayer, and thence to the
eastern dame to hear a monster concert

It I. sow whispered that these arrangements hays been
slightly modified, and that the prayer will be maid, and I
presume the opening decreed, in the central transept.
If so, this le an improvenseat ; but even this involves a
division of the speotaion between the parte of the building
round the central transept and round the seetern dome.
Neither at the Exhibition in 18M, nor at the Crystal
Palace, were the parties present sufficient in number to
garrison such lengthened space ; exacta fortiori, if it be at.
tempted at the opening of this International Exhibition,
' the attendance, though large, will give the idea of •
miserable display of empty boxes.
First impressions are important, especially in business
speculations, and I would, through you, tender to the con-
ductors of this enterprise one word of advice. It le simply
this—disconnect the concert from the opening. Let it be
announced that the opening will take place at • fixed hour,
say one, for instance, and that on that day there will be a
°axed at a later hour, say three or four p.m. Then there
will be but one place and one object of attraction at the
opening. The people present will be concentrated, and not
scattered, and the music itself will be better attended to
and appreciated by those who will then go to boar it volun•
tartly, than if their pceition around the orchestra had been
an alternative choice exercised by the sacrifice of some
other point which they would be regretting.—l am, de.,
SEAhON TICKET HOLDEN.

ROYAL COLLSOI OF SULU/lONS Or ENGLAND.—
The following gentlemen having node:gone the neceimary
exiiiiiiustions for the diploma, were admitted immix= of
the college at a meeting of the court of eremitism ea the
2nd instant, viz. :--ilessrs. Loped Booth, Greenwiek ;
Henry Ellery Trewhella, Guatemala, Central America;
Jobe Henry Evans, LS.A., Anglers ; Robert Slade,
Pools, Dorset; and Henry Hicks, LS.A., St. David's,
Pembrokeshire, students of Guy's Hospital, John Evans
Hughes, 1.8. A., Pwllbell, N. Wales; Bowater John V.
nos, L.R.0.P.L00d., Brighton ; Edmund Henry Day,
B.H.Cantah., Bedford-row ; and Clarke Tozer Savory,
Charterbouerequare, St. Bartholomew's Hitsl. Ed-
ward Morgan, Aberystwyth ; William Edward Lee, Bide-
ford, Devon ; and Woodfield Eagles, Aylesbury, Middlesex
Hospital. William Samuel Wilma, Hereford-rend, Bays-
water ; William Henry Kompster, Battersea ; and Henry
Miller, Plymouth, Westminster Hospital. Louis Stroamyer
Little, B.A.Lond., Brouk-street, Grosveriorequare ; and
William Davies, Cardigan, London Hospital. David
Hinkley Hodgkitopoo, H.D., Chetah, Loudon ; and Hubert
Walter Lilly, Folksatose. Bt. Georges Hospital. Philip
Candler Shopheerd, Erpingham, Norfolk, St. Thomas's
Hospital. Hugh Robinson, Ripon, Yorkshire, King's Col-
lege. Luke Fisher, LS.A., Preston, Lincashtre, Charing-
crom Hospital ; Joshua William Banahavr, Stretford, near
llancesseer ; and Thome Alexander lice, of the Royal
Nev.
Tail Durrame rN PRZBIOI4.—At the weekly
meeting of the Presto° Board of Guardians on Tuesday the
following returns, relative to the pauperism and 'ambush's.
ties of relief in the Prestos Maim, were submitted i-006-
d.or relief, last week, NW. 17a. 10d.; oases, 3,660. Corer
%Analog week last yearad Amount expeod in relief 1121.
4s. 6d. ; cases, 1,183 ; (parsons relieved, 2,693. Workhouse
inmates : Last week, t75;9 oorrespooding period Lit year,
537. The labour reports presented showed that last week
1,016 persons were engaged on the Moor, ruder the =Ma,
and that between 290aad 300 were working for the eve-
news op the Ribbleade and in the @toooyard of the onion.
The funds at the service of the guardians are vary low at
present ; but today (Wednesday) a all, amounting to
upwards of 5,0001., will be received, te meet the expendi-
ture. The canoe trade in the town is still is a moss pros-
trate condition, and the number of operatives out of work
Jeerers rather than diminishes every week. Many of
ANN however, do eat seem to particularly care about
went—.l4 say ate, fee the work offered to them by the
peal& milinerities. Use week between 200 and 300 men,
win sego anted ilmemelves to be in destitute attlat•
WNW to I the employment offered them
• trir elleaseeLMO
Breaking Moms in • cold yard, sad
with them;
an ea exposed moor, does not ' go down •
and yet, wise the previous oosepatlems sod
personal capacities el many el the, are Man 10*
&ratios, the Mimi which ordinarily would attach to them
is, if not removed, at any rate much mitigated.—Neue•
cheater Guardian.