The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-17 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

OFF.NING OF TIIE I..XIIIIIMr/N BY TILE
(at! Et:N.-1101:RM OF ADMISSION.
Her 11Iujeatv's Connuimioneru have token into
their comideritian the as to the hours during
which the Eshibi!ion %Mudd nmain open, and have deter-
alibied to adopt tie tollow iug r. gulatam. on the subject :
Her 14 ne.ty ha, 1111/ been pleased to signify her intention
of Ti,itiou th, Esbilotiou on the ocrri,m of it. opening on
the Ist of Mae. the doom of the budding w ill not be ope-ned
to the public ~n that day till 1 o'clork, at which hour the
holders of ...Loon tirketa will he admitted ; and un that day
the doom w ill not he elooed until 7 o'clock in the evening.
On the two following day% Friday and Saturday, the
dour' walla. opened at tO ii'ebok, and timed at 6 o'clock.
Iht Monday, the 3th of May, and each subsequi lit day,
until further notice, the doors will he opened at W o'clock,
and elimal at ti o'clock, eve-pting on Saturdayt, on which
day the Mows will not he epee' d until 12 o'clock.
At 6 o'clork in the o vcnims, when the doom are shut, the
Malls will be emeriti up, mill the police will immediately
proetta to etiroe the barriers is the ai cline, anti to clear the
In new the enninii..iiiiters should find by experience that
it is mei...my to nimbly thi se ovulations, either by the
further limitation of the hour. of admission, or by giving
the public a longer time for visiting the Exhibition, notice
Mauch modification will he Rhea.
By onb rof her Majesty,. rommissi 1111 l J. Sewn' Res-
at:l.la St tIT.OIII. 11. NORTH( .ti
llyilwp.irk. April 13, 1631.

It is the intention of the executive committee
to eh., the building to-morrow ((loud Friday), the same
as nu Suutlay.

I.Erf Llts 111 k Silt( w.tr.-6 EN KRAL POIIT.OPTICE,
Arai t., -.Go official notification haying been received
from the NOVO.-si., 1',,-t-officoo, stating that steam packet.
had COIIIIIIIIII,II running direct lietweon Norway and !kit-
mark, the mail. Moon the Unitoll Kingdom for Norway,
whilst this e ttttttt imoicat• is kept open, will not he trans-
mitted thrnuch swoolon, but will be forwarded direct be
era beta, en lb mohork and Norway. The rate of poi.tair
to he taken OR lett. r. to Norway will he Is. tot. the half
planer, and ROI oal, neeoriline to the tale in nitration in the
Uniteol Kingdom for charging inland letters,. This rate
toniprisow both the ltriti.h and fOrlsigll postage on the letters
to the plate of their destination, and it may be tither paid
in advano e, or the letters may be foewarded unpaid at the
sleets n 1 the "lads.r, excelot, however, as regards registered
letter*. the po.otagt upon which, as well as the registration
fee, must he pant in uolvaint.
Tlft. Kelthw Silo:1111ft, OTT or fil-.IaGoW, sailed
from the Mersey yesterday moniing for l'hilaolelphia.
She takes nut passengers, amongst whom was the Hon.
Thomas ti. Illenow.n. late United states minister at Brits-
eels, with hi. holy and family, and a very heavy freight.
She is this *''rage under the roninhoial of Mr. W. O.
Campbell (lately noun Wet. ot with the Cunard steamers), her
late commander. Captaiu B. It. ltlatthew., remaining on
shore to superim, nil the n fitting. Ac., Of the ICA i.othan screw
strum-ship Gnat Britain. to which vessel he ha. been ap-
pointed since her purchase by Molars. Gibbs, Bright, and
Co.. of Liserpool.
ili. Ortom STE.vit n meeting of
the Southampton 'town Council on Mond.iy last it was cog-
pi geol. moll unani ttttttt .ly approved of, that the officer. and
distinituistmot peewees on laurel the Ottoman .team frigate,
expected daily at Southampton, with the Turkish contribu-
tionss to the Groat Exhibition, should be invited to a grand
eat. rtainnient lw the Too Commit, as a murk of re-port
and gratitude t.. the '7urkisli nation for affording protection
and howpitality to Kow.titli and hi. compatriots. The foa-
l.. ing gistinguishi-,1 personages art' expected to arrive in
this country in the Ottoman steam frigate M. Constantine.
10l women.. the new mews-widow to the ('mart of St. James's
from the Sublime Porte ; M. Vol.:orioles, Councillor of IA -
RAI' ; Zen Effaule, Secretary of Legation; Vice-Admiral
MusSapha l'aeha, liemalo din Cache, and Saib Effendi.
EXcli,XNtifi 1.1.* NEW 4 .%•e SEA.—A correspondent
writes es follows:-.It is always customary for the com-
nianolero of steamer. when they meet at sea to exchange
news, as an act of civility from one captain to another.
When the Ilswphoni. (fnmi the Cape) met the Teviot (from
the Brazil.) at St. Vincent in February, the same as the
l'ropoonti. met the 'lay on tow 311th of March last, the com-
mander of the Itowphoorue put on hoard the Teviot duplicates
of Cape journal., in order that if by any accident the Teviot
reached Enthrall first, the people and the government of
this country should have the earliest iodelligenee of the im-
portant news she brought of the Kaffir war. The Tay left
St. Vincent Olt the toio:ht of the 311th ult., and the l'rupontis
was to lease that island early on the 31st; and although the
Tay had to roll at Tenerilfe, Mullein, and Lisbon, there
was a pornibility of her cinching England first. as she ac-
tually did : yet, notwithstanding this, and the fact that the
news on hoard the l'ropoutis was of the utmost importance,
the authorities on board the latter vtssel refused churlishly
to give newspapers to the 'fay, merely because they enter-
tained the wish of being themselves the bearers of their own
news. It appears that the captain of the l'rupoutis dist
send Mr. Edwards, the third officer of the Tay, a late Cape
paper, and immediately afterwanlx demanded it again.
Mr. Edward. fortunately had looked over its content., and
this it was that enabled me to communicate to tho Ex-
v•.est the important information from the Cape which I did
on 'due slay, and which that journal published exclusively.
There is no doubt that, on rctleef , the commander of
the Propontis will see the impropriety of acting in the
manlier he olio', and the directors of the Cape Screw Steam
Pocket Company will present its recurrence.
THE INln's fltl %I. EA POSITION OF 1517.—And then
another worshipful man anise, and declared how he had
heard John Lionoolii, the broker, hold forth to a grist crowd
at the l'ooreh of St. 31ary, Spital, that the English mer-
chants could have no utterance : for the merehant stranger.
bring in all silks, cloth of gold, wine, iron, and such other
merchandise, that nu man, almost, buys of an Englishman ;
and carry outward so much tin, wool, and lead, that Eng-
lishmen that adventure outward can have no living. And
then the worshipful itosindily, with one or two excep-
tions, joined in the outcry against the merchant strangers,
and especially against those who dealt in foreign nails, lucks,
baskets, cupboards, stools, tables, chests. and girdles:
which, if they were wrought here, Englishmen might have
some work and living. Thu. the guardians of the king's
peace begun to murmur, and clamour as bitterly as 1/r. Bell
or Jahn Lincoln : and some were for doing nothing, and
some were fur ealliug out the watch, if the riot should
take place. and the aliens should be slain. But amidst
these beats 'total up the Under Sheriff, Master Thomas
More: and there was instant silence. Good my
masters," said be, "our business is to prevent a riot, not
redress a grievance: anti, moreover, I think the griev-
ance, such as it be, is nut to be redressed, either by noise
or staff-striking. If the stranger exchanges his wine and
oil for our wool and tin, he gives us what we want
in return fur what he wants; and God's gifts arc not
hidden in a corner. If the alien sells baskets and girdle., I
and painted cloths, why is it that you can't sell the same I
work of your own ? Because your workman.hip is
less skilful. We must amend ourselves before we blame
the stranger fur our poserty. My counsel is, that you on
go to your own homes lock up your apprentices till to-
morrow's matia-bell; exhort them to peacefulness ; and we
will bring in the May with our old jollity, and the shaft of
tit. Andrew shall he set up to the old song of ' Mighty
Vlore, Goddess of fresh Mowers.' " The council was broken
up : and in all haste each Alderman sent round lois ward,
that no man should stir out of his house after nine of the
cluck, and ever' one should keep his doors shut, and his
servants within till seven of the morning. But the corn-
maud was a fruitless oue„—Diefear's " floarefufd Weeds."