The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-16 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1862.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE

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ITALY.

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NAPLFS, Mar U.
The King and Prince Napoleon had a long inter-
view yesterday.
The Prince has given a dinner, at which M.
Benedetti, the French ambassador, Signori Ratazzi
and Matteucci, and General Lamarmora, were pre-
sent. A grand fête afterwards took place, at which
all the persons of note at present hi Naples assisted.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, MAT 15.

The Journal de St. Petershourg of to-clay advises
the Elector of Hesse to use to has subjects the same
words as the King of Bavaria spoke to the Bava-
rians--" I will have peace with my people."
The St. Petersburg journals state that the total
issue of gold at the State Bank yesterday and the
previous day in exchange for paper was only 87,000
silver roubles, while the deposit of gold at the cur-
rent rate in exchange for notes amounted to upwards
of half a million silver roubles.

ELECTORAL HESSE.
OASUL, Mee 15.
Ths ppaappeerrss of this morning stales that General
von Willieen withdrew yesterday to Minden, in
Hanover. In twenty-three districts of Hesse no
members were elected. Besides the electors in
twenty-five of the principal towns, the majority of
the landowners have signed the protest. In the
circle of Hofgeismar, out of forty-three rural
mayors, three only have made the official declare-
tion required by the law of April 26.

DRESDEN, KAY 15.
The official Dresden Journal of to-day publiahes
a telegram from Frankfort, 6 p.m., stating that the
government of Electoral Hesse had resolved to act
m accordance with the resolution passed by the
Federal Diet the day before yesterday, and to
place itself in communication with the Federal Diet,
in reference to the further course of action to be
pursued by the Electoral government.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

Yesterds, y was about as unlikely a day to tempt
people from their homes as could possibly be
imagined, and yet the Exhibition received 6,934
visitors, of -whom 3,376 were ticket-holders and
3,658 paid at the doors. Amongst the company
were the Duke of Cambridge, the Princess Mary,
Queen Christina of Spain, Lord and Lady Churchill,
the Bishop of Carlisle the Earl of Dudley, Earl
and Countess of Cardigan, Lady Prescott, the
Japanese suite, &c. The ex-Queen of Spain came
late, and was wheeled round the French Court in a
Bath chair, followed by some ladies and gentlemen
of her suite. The French Court may be considered
to be oet complete. The Lyons silks and
advel-
vets, laces, the millinery, embroidery, thc.;
now f their attractions to the bronzes and the
jewellery, and, together with the latter, Sr. suffi-
cient total the court with company. The depart-
ment *Hotta:lto Turkey premises to be very attrac-
tive. A gentleman who, we were informed, is a
son of /rued Pacha, is commissioner in this court,
and he wks very busy yesterday directing the
artangetoent of the pipes, the brocades, and
other specialties of the Constantinople Buser.
There is, it appears, in Turkey an Imperial silk
1 manutielory, something on the plan of the Imperial,
tapestivand porcelain inamifectories in FranclV
and 'of its best produces have lean brought
to the thlition. The French exhibitors have
examined the specimens, and have pronounced
them, especially the satins, to be of very superior
quality. They are exhibited in a case in front of
the department, filling a very good position in
the nave, and along with them are splendidly
embroidered specimens of the costumes of the
various races which acknowledge the firman of the
Sultan. The gold and crimson paletot of a Koord
princess would create a sensation in a London
ball-room.; and there are also the cloaks of
the Sheiks of the desert, and the handsome dresses
of the Albanians. Altogether it is an attractive
exhibition, and is rendered complete by the pipe
mouthpieces of genuine amber, worth from two to
five hundred pounds apiece, and very different in
colour and appearance from what is generally sold
u amber in this oountry.
The rain yesterday tested severely the weather-
proof qualities of the western dome and the parte
adjacent. We were glad, however, to perceive,
for the sake of the Austrians, who are in rapid
progress of development, that Mr. Ashton seems to
have been successful in stopping the leak. Some
very beautiful jewellery formed the novelty in this
department, beautiful not so much for the value of
the gems as for the exquisite design and finished
workmanship. Feathers and flowers and knots of
ribbons are beautifully imitated in diamonds, and
are well worthy of a visit. The exhibitor, Kobeck,
of Vienna, adopts the sensibe plan of attaching the
price in plain figures to each article, and as the
highest is only 1,1004. and the lowest 6001. he is not
likely to take his precious wares back to his own
country. The English jewellers are adding daily
to their costly displays. Mr. Hancock had
in his case yesterday for the first time a
diamond collar or necklace stated to be worth
25,0001., and a suite of emeralds and diamonds
which has just been finished in his atelier, and
which proved wonderfully attractive to the ladies.
We observed a great deal of work being done in the
nave, taking down in one place and building up in
another. Foundations in a more convenient situa-
tion were being laid for the lighthouse, the Birming-
ham arms trophy had been entirely rased to the
ground, and the great telescope had been dis-
mounted. The toys seem to be still impregnable,
and the furs refuse to oipitulate, but without their
removal the nave will soon be tolerably well cleared.
The- trees looCry k walltreminding one of the manila
trees in the stal Palace, and the majolica foun-
tain begins to give some idea of what it will be
when finished. We heard a great many complaints
of a deficiency of steam in the machinery in motion
department, but trust they will all be remedied
before the end of the month. Earl Granville and
Sir Wentworth Dilke attend daily, and are inde-
fatigable in their endeavours to complete the
arrangements of the Exhibition.