The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-26 00:00:00

THE PARIS °mamas AND THE
EXHIBITION OP 1882

The members of the French Committee of
Operatives for the Universal Exhibition of London have
published the following address to the operatives of Paris :
"The Universal Exhibition of London will open on the
let of May, 1882. For the third time within 10 years we
are about to take part in this competition, to which nations
bring the wonders of their industry, and which must at the
same time excite the emulation and the genius of producers
and increase the reciprocal esteem and friendship of peoples.
Convinced of the immense advantages which would result
from it for the entire country if the operatives could take
part in that grand industrial festival, we have, in the
name of many of our comrades, submitted to the appro-
bation of Prince Napoleon, President of the Imperial French
Commission, a plan to facilitate the journey to London to
operatives who would make • selection among them in
each industry exhibiting. This plan has been adopted. The
labouring classes will thus have a deliberative voice in the
economical inquisition of 1862. The utility of operative dele-
gations at a moment when industry cusnot collect too much
informatinu in order to realise the ameliorations imposed by
the new treaties of oommeree is inoontestible. All professions
will certainly hold it u • point of honour to be represented
at the Universal Exhibition—some in order to rise from
their state of depression or inferiority, others to maintain
their pre-eminence, and to sustain the industrial and artistic
reputation of the French name. In a short time • man who
does not raiser • solid professional knowledge will be a
mere human mechanism added to the machine. We must
therefore conquer th►t special instruction which extends
aptitudes and stimulates inventive genius. Man must more
and more develops his intellect in order to be master of
the tool, and not its slave. The committee of opera-
tives is charged bv the imperial coromicsion to proceed
to the choice of delegates, to proclaim the elect, to urge
subscriptions, to organise the departures, and to receive
the reports which shall be transmitted to it by the imperial
commission. In order to attain the marked object of our
efforts the devotion of the volunteers cannot be too great.
Let all those who comprehend the importance and the
utility of such • work come,tben, to aid us with their know-
ledge and their requirements. It behoves the dignity of
the workmen to participate in the expense entailed by the
journey of their delegates, and it would be well to do so in
such a manner as to increase the number in order that the
various industries may be the more largely represented.
Let all those whom distress has not too severely premed
make a subscription from workshop to workshop, to be
added to the 40,000 fr. already placed at the disposal of the
committee of operatives by the Imperial Commission of
the city of Paris. Let us proceed to the professiond elec.
titers in that good order which will be a proof of the pro-
p... already accomplished among the operative classes.
You will direct your choice to the most efficient and most
esteemed men among you, and particularly to highly skilled
artisans, who may do honour to your industry. It is thus
that the operatives shall prove that they are worthy of
liberty."

Monday being the anniversary of the French
revolution of 18411, some groups were formed between two
and four o'clock at the entrance of the Faubourg St. An-
toine, and round the column of July. A few policemen
earne up and ordered them to disperse, which they did im-
mediately.
A German journal rehtes the following anec-
dote, on the authority of a traveller recently returned
from Africa:—" A wealthy Arab, residing near the fron-
tiers of Morocco, lately paid his first visit to Algiers, and
wan prevent at a ball. On his return home he said to his
wives, ' What strap creatures Muse French women are!
Would you believe it?—they absolutely carry an opeu um-
brella under their petticoats !' Such wee the idea formed of
crinoline by this son of Mahomet."

THE OVERLAND MAIL

By the Overland Mail we have advice, from
Calcutta to the 22nd January, from Madras to the
27th, and from Hong Kong to the 15th. The fol-
lowing is from the Friend of India :
The new constitution given to India by the Indian Conn•
cda Act of last session Is fairly launched. On Friday night,
the 17th January, the Calcutta Ga:rtte Extraardenary
sealed into existence the "Council of the Ooveynor-Genera!

for the purpose of making laws and regulations," and
appointed its first meeting for the subsequent day. At
11 o'clock, accordingly, on Saturday, there assembled in the
Council-chamber of Government-house the following mem-
bers, who, with the exception of the commander-in-chief,
now on his tour of inspection in the Punjaub, constitute
the imperial legislature of India :—His Excellency the
Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Additional mem-
bers of the Council: His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor
of Bengal, and his Highness the Maharajah of Puttiala,
K.S.I. Members of the Supreme Council: The Hon. Sir
H. B. E. Frere, K.C.8., the Hon. Cecil Bsadou, Major-
General the Hon. Sir R. Napier, K.C.8., the Hon. S.
Laing, the Hon. W. Ritchie. Additional members of the
Cowell : The Hon. H. B. Harington, the Hon. H. Forbes,
the Hoe. 0. J. Erskine, the Hon. W. S. Fitswilliam, the
Hon. 1). Cowie, the lion. Raja Dec Narain Singh Bahaduor,
the Hon. Raja Dinkur Rao Rugonauth Bahadoor.
According to the act the members summoned for purely
legislative duties must not exceed twelve in number nor be
lesethan six, and of these the half must be non-officials. The
whole number of legislative members is eight, of whom five
are non-officials, but of these five three are natives. Sir
R. Montgomery has arrived from the Punjaub with the
object, among others, of deciding with Lord Canning ae to
an official to represent that province. Mr. Harington site
for the North-Western Provinces until the Governor-Ge-
neral exercises the power given him by the act of creating
councils both for the North. West and the Punjaub. The
Calcutta merchants are not altogether satisfied with Mr.
Fitzwilliam as their representative, but they themselves
Oanted him chairman of the Chamber of Commerce.
He is the manager of the local branch of the Chartered
Mercantile Bank, and is said to he wanting in indepen-
dence and purely mercantile experience. Mr. D. Cowie is
highly respected as a member of the well-known firm of
Messrs. Colvin, Cowie, and Co. At the first meeting on
Saturday the five English legislative members took the oath
of allegiance and the oath that they would faithfully fulfil
the duties of their office. The native members made a
solemn declaration to the same effect. The Maharajah of
Pattie* from his poetical and services, and Dinkur Rao,
from his ability and experience as formerly guide of Sindies
councils and durbar, would do honour to any Asiatic legis-
lature. At the first meeting the rake were laid on the
table, which are to form the "standing orders." They
will probably be approved of by the new council at
its meeting 10-day. It will be seen from the rules
that the moat elaborate provisions are made to pre-
vent the very possibility of formal debate, of an opposi-
tion exiling, of, in fact, an Indian parliament such as
Lord Dalhousie 's legislative council threatened to be-
come. The one advantage of the council is that it will
be more or less amenable to public
c criticism. After no little
didiscussion in the Executive C.. cil. it has been decided to
admit "strangers," including of course reporters; but at
any time the house may be cleared. It remains to be seen
if this letting in of the wedge will, in the course of time,
tend to give to the imperial lnislature that position in public
interest, estimation, and utility which its predecessor was
fast attaining. The session of the new council will coutious
only so long as the despatch of business may require, and its
ordinary day of meeting will be on Wednesday. On Satur-
day the local legislature of Bengal will sit. The Gazette has
called it also into existence, but the nominations of members
are left to the Lientenant-Governor, subject to the Governor-

General's approval. The appointaientiao far se yet known
ars unexceptionable. The native are Rajah P. C. Singh, Mon'.
vie Abdool Lutes', Beboo Presnano Coomar Tagore, and ano-
ther. The Bisbee is a distinguished lawyer and landholder, and
assistant clerk to the former legislature. The Moulvie is •
deputy magistrate. The English members are Mr. Bulls;
late chairman of the Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. Peterson,
a barrister of the Supreme Court ; Mr. Moran, head of a
firm of indigo broken ; and Mr. Maitland, a merchant and
president of the landholders' Association. All these are gen-
tlemen who will better snit the freer air of a local legislature
where formal debates will be held than the quiet placidity
of an imperial council, where members are not allowed to
rise from their chair when they speak.
An interesting ceremony took place in Oodsypore lately,
on the occasion of the installation of the young Prince as
Been of bleywar. He is the grand nephew of the late Ma-
hatma Surnop Singh, and is the first instance in which the
adoption policy inaugurated by Lord Canning has been ex-
emplified. The installation was held in the conrt-yard of
tbe palace. General St. P. Lawrence, Governer-General's
agent for the Rajspootana States, was present, sad delivered
a congratulatory address in the vernacular. Costly presents
from the Governor-Geneenl were given to the young Prince,
and the ceremony was rendered more braposiag by salutes
from English artillery, and the preremee of a large body of
English troops.