The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-09 00:00:00

TUE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The Exhibition was very much crowded yester-
„.o, mid the great majority of the visitors belonged
:flw working classes. As usual when such is the
s.e. the western annex was almost impassable ;
but we regretted to find that in the cases of a good
:Nally of the machines the steam was going to waste,
usi the spectators had no opportunity of seeing or
oslerstanding their uses. Exhibitors should not
-.4 tired at the latter end of the season, or reserve
•!wir displays for Fridays or Saturdays. They
1, old remember that the main intention of the
Exhibition is to educate the working classes, and
and:
keep their machines idle when the working
lasses come to see them in operation. .
There are still some very serious grievances
,onuexion with the omnibus traffic, and they never
press more heavily than on Mondays, when so
Many poor people are bound for Kensington. The
General Company's vehicles have fixed fares, but
there is in addition a host of irregulars which seem
to charge whatever they can get, and always in
excess of the ordinary tariff. We witnessed a very
painful scene yesterday in the case of a poor woman
who had brought her little boy to see the Exhibi-
tion, and win), on tendering the usual fare, was
stopped for an extra sixpence, with which she was
not provided. The other passengers extricated her
from the difficulty, but such difficulties should not
occur. There should be fixed fares, or at least it
should be imperative to have the fares posted con-
spicuously on the outside of the vehicle. Mr.
Morris)'. staff took possession of the French re-
freshment department yesterday morning, and it
was thronged with customers during the day.
The subjoined is a return of the traffic of omni-
buses and public cabs to and from the Great
Exhi-
bition, in the Brompton-road, on Tuesday last,
rouiparatively a slack shilling day, the number of
admissions to the Exhibition not exceeding 50,000 :
011111.11318/M

Betting down.
From 9 till 10 cm 80
„ 10 ~ 11
„ 11 „ 12
12 „ 1 p.m l6O
„ 1 „ 2 .....
• 2 ~ 3
3 „ 1
• 4 „ 5
• 5 „ 6
„ 6 „ 7
?I 7 II 8, l4O

____.
Taking up.
From 9 tin iu cm. B6
„ 10 „ 11
„ 11 „ 12
„ 12 „ 1 p.m l7l
9, 1 'RS 2
„ 2 „ 3
„ 3 „ 4
/9 4 If 5
11. 5 ~ 6
111 6 MI 7
~ 7 Of 8

Total
Sottiag down.
p rom 9 till 10 am.— 100

I,Si3

Tad........... 1,527

10 „ 11
„ 11 „ 12
„ „ l lam
„ 2 3 .
„ „ 3 „ 4
„4 „ 5
„ SPP 6
„ ePP 7
TO 7 PO 8

.T.. 41 !g Up.

Total

-22641

From 9 till 10 am 107
„ 10 „ 11
„ 11 „ 12 4BB
„ 12 „ 1 p.m 314
„ 1 „ 2 199
2 „ 3 2Ol
9* 3.9 4
„ 4 „ 5 340
19 5 99 6
~ 6 9. 7
~ 7 99 8

Tottl.

The above return does not include private car-
riages, vans, carte, and other vehicles, which alone
amount to a very large number. As the whole of
the passengers by the omnibuses, and thousands
besides on foot, had had, since the Exhibition has
been opened, to pass over the crossing at the Bell
and Horns, amidst the other traffic, and without
a single accident occurring, it reflects credit on the
arrangements of the police. The officers selected
by the Exhibition commissioners for this arduous
task are Mr. Superintendent Gernon, of the G
division, and Mr. Kerreary, of the K division, at
Bow.

The highest temperature on Monday, as shown
by liegretti and 2.ambra's patent thermometers,
was :—ln the nave, 67.7 deg. ; the galleries, 69.3
deg. ;in the western annex' 72.6 deg. The tem-
perature was from 6 to 7 deg. higher yesterday
than on Saturday. The reading was taken at 3
o'clock p.m. _ _

The following were the total numbers admitted
yesterday, compared with the corresponding day
in 1851 :

Nionday, Sept. 8.

Nionday, Sept. 8

lat.
• 8
tickets
Total

'Wesson tickets
1 FYpient

Total.

.... aquas

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

The first general meeting of proprietors under
the Amalgamation Aol was held at 1 o'clock at the London
Tavern, Mr. 1101UT/0 Lows la the their. The meeting
was specially wormed for the election of ten directors.
The notice of the meeting having been read by the secretary,
The CLIAIIMAN said the object of the meeting was the
election of ten directors to supply the place of the boards
which were now extinct. Mr. Boliogbroke had retired
from his candidature owing to ill.health. and Mr. James
Smith Wells bad taken his place. Mr. Mills bad also
retired. The actual number of candidates at present
was 11. He would himself commence by proposing Mr.
S. Anderson, the father of the company.
This proposal having been seconded,
A SHAKEHOLDP.R said he thought it desirable that it
should be stated with regard to every candidate what
amount of stock be held.

The Custom...it, in reply. observed that no one was eli•
Ode unless he held 2,000/. stock. (Hear.)
. .

The SHAREHOLDER considered that the meeting should at
all events be informed whether Mr. Anderson was a director
of, or largely interested in, other companies.
Mr. ANDERSON denied the right of the shareholder to
enter into that question ; adding that he held no stock
elsewhere that could make his interests at all antagonistic
to those of the Great Eastern Company.
After some discussion, Mr. Anderson was elected, there
being only two dissentients.
The CHAIRMAN nomin.ited Mr. George Parker Bidder.
Mr. COBBOLD, M.P., seconded the motion.
After some remarks from Mr. ADAMS, who contended
that Mr. Bidder ought to be the chairman of the board—a
suggestion which was met with opposition on the ground
that the question was not one for the meeting to decide—
Mr. Balder was elected unanimously.
Oa the motion of the ClialltaaN

Sir Samuel Biguold was chorea Without any opposition.
The CHAIRMAN having proposed Mr. Goodson.
Lord Brat•, M.P., said he hoped the policy of the Great
Eaztern Company as regarded competition and
extension would be the reverse of the policy
pursued hitherto. He also contended that Norfolk and
the eaatern counties generally bad not been sufficiently
represented hitherto among the directors, and that the
fares to Norwich ought to be reduced, with a view of deve-
loping the traffic. (Time.) It was only by pursuing such
a course that the company could obtain an improved
dividend.

The motion was put aol carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed Captain Henry Jervis
White Jervis, SI.P., who, he said, would be au able repre-
sentative of the Harwich district.

Mr. S. ANDERSON proposed Mr. Horatio Love. He had,
he said, observed that geotleniao as chairman of the Eastern
Counties Board, and no one could display greater capa-
city. (Hear, hear.)
.Mr. BIDDER seconded the motion.
Mr. WADDINGTON was not going to oppose the election of
Mr. Love, but be believed the policy winch he had pursued
was toast inimical to their interests. (No.)
The motion was then pat by the Secretary, and carried
The eilAntmAN, in returning thanks, said whatever
errors be might have committed they were unavoidable, his
sole object, being at all times to promote the beet interests
of the company.
Mr. Norris, M.P., Mr. James Packe, Mr. J. A. T. Smyth,
and Mr. Jonah Smith Wells, were severally elected on the
motion of the Chairman without opposition.
There was one remaining candidate on the list, Mr.
Charles Redfern, but no one came forward to propose him,
and without his election the prescribed number of ten
directors was filled op.
Mr. Flower end Mr. C. Morgan were elected auditors,
and with this the proceedings terminated,

1108tITAL.—On Monday, the 22nd inst.,
the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen of the City
of London, together with the governors of the
several royal hospitals, will attend divine service at
Christ Church, Nesmate-street, where a sermon will be
ppevr~aacehed by the Rev. T. W. Gurney, the rector of Claverieg,
Essex, and late a Muter of Christ's Hospital, after which
they will repair to the great hall to hear the orations to
be delivered by the senior scholars according to annual eas-
tern. The order of the orations will be as follows :—Pro.
loam in Latin iambics, by E. C. Bober ; Greek oration on
the Benefits of the Royal Hospitals," by F. C. Barber ;
English ditto, by H. Hughes ; Latin ditto, by G. A. Creselet
French ditto, by C. Bokenham. After which the following
trauslatious from English poets will be recited: into
Creek lambics by J. H. Wylie, into Latin Alcides
!)Y C. C. Load, into Greek Sapphic, by J. Newborn,
into Latin Elegiacs by F. Fowler. In addition to
those there will be two original poems, one in English, by
C. Raba., the other in Latin Hexameters, not yet ad-
-7ide,4l, as well as a translation into Greek Ilexesnetsess
by L. L. :iharkey.