The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-05 00:00:00

FLOWERS FOR TIM GLISA P.U.ACT.

Now that the moat formidable part of the diffi-
culties connected with the arrangements in :the Crystal
Palace is at an end, the executive hive turned
their attention to minor details, aa.l onion;: oth.ir thing*
have arrived at the following deelsious : The exe-
cutive committee are willing to prant -:inee, .n the build-
, inn to a small number of nuiserymen. the pur-
pose of decorating the buildinft with rare or hoedown°
plants, or for the sale of rut flowers. as lit 'otts upon
which such spaces will be granted or tie. 1.
The exhibitor is to tit up his spacti at hi. oc. . xiwie . 2.

Ile is to keep the space tonstant4
the Exhibition is open, coannenein.,
his own cost. But as the ex ...I.C.ve are aware that
considerable difficulty may occur iu 111:d ut.:aing the
Lions in the same excellence in the Id::: ue in the early
part of this period. they will he ...dish,: if the spa.,"
are only Hurd after July with pl:trits of foliage.
3. The plants required to evince r. moved mod
be brought into the building, and pit at rfeet order ono
clear hour before the admission of the pulnie in the morn-
ing. if any are to be removed, they mua Ite taken .sway
half an hour alter the close in the of tank -I. The ex-
ecutive will supply water without charge ; but con incur no
other expense. 6. The exhibitors will be permitted to sell
cut flowers in the building, and to distribute cards of lists
of the objects they may have fir 1:41.1 on their ow n pre-
mises." Persons desirous of obtaia:ng spate i.pon the above
conditions are requested to nulke insist dint, ..p:dirat;efi, in
writing, to the executive conunitt. c. sit the buil.lin, in
Hyde-park, stating what kind of plants th, y are abb. to
exhibit, and how many superficial fns t they can undertake
to keep filled.

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FRENCH 601.1) AND SILVER FOR Till•:

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The Monitcor du Jnir publiOten the folio img
communicated note on the subject of tie Exhibit
London :

•• lot order to facilitate the sending of works of got.! and
silver to the London Exhibition, tio.• of Fitt:Mee
and Commerce 'MCI. consulted tooget7.e; t o .Inc foe.
malitimo which, under ordinary eon:mast:a, s, an. iu,,,,ed
on the exportation* of such artielos. In this exreptional rasa
works of jewellery' and gold smut to she I',•,!idoitioon aid anly
lie subjected to the following c. 0., I::imis They multi be
presented at the Bureau de tlatan. it. note :to he,- 'pa;
they must IX loceompuni,d by a olLesaiing t..at the
miniulacturer wishes to have 80., sos er : hem
Must hear the mark of the mut oettoro•r in
motor that, when re-imported, they :nay its ioto ntilicol. the
stamp Of the .Late will he lathed or not sit t,00• wi.a ~, the
exhibitor. On their return the prom's of 'Avidity must be
produced at the sums bureau, when orders 'aail be gi*rit for
their re-admission free of duty."

IS NOBODY GOING FROM INDIA TO SEE

TIIE 8lII)W?

(Prom the 1140.41,,v Tines.).
The time of the opening of the Great EXlthitioll
for the arts and manufactures of all maims is rapidly
drawing on ; every week we find a greater tool a vr. ater
space assigned to it in our newspapers, atrl the signs are
making their appearance of the nearness of the time when
the vast display of the arts of the world in the act of Ming
inspected by the people of all civilised nations for the first
time assembled together in the g.eatett mud moot wonderful(
capital on the Mee of tilt, earth, will go fart" engross puhlie
attention, and to (lumpy the organs of polite intelligence, to
the rxelusion of almost everything lo.tailes.
throughout all parts of Amerite suit Euaope are already
making lirraur_psitivtits for a pilgrimage to this shrine of
universal industry, and tin re is i rolnibly not •
civilised community on the fact• it the earth
which will not a few month: hems, have it. represen-
tatives in London. As yet. strange to tell. woo Itavo
hail no whisper of any 'far movement in tooth. Our
native gentry, nnitterous, wealthy, and snide:tidy intel-
ligent, bare to a large extent surmounted tia i pi-epithets
against travel. The season of the exhibition is that whin'
the TaillS bring business 11.4 well us pleasure aunt 0 a
stand-still, and gentlemen leaving uo in May might be buck
again in October, having in the interval satiated their
curiosity, and had the benefit of an English summer.
%thee a stigma will it he wi;:t the facilities ottani sf-
fords us, stimulants which have been outtvient to excite
all the rest of the world to exertion, hats• filed to
awaken M.) much its an emotion of curiosity iu the na-
tive mind. Tin. princes and nobles of the Pact haste
always uhuittlantat of time on their hands ; this
present is an era in the history of nations ; the
opportunity afforded them next cation of witness-
, iug the true sources of the greatness, wealth, and hap-
piness of mankind, may never occur again. What are t&
Nizam, the Oniuowar, the Rao of Catch, the Italali of Trill-
vancore, and the rest, thinking about, that they do not get
up tool set odic see the show Whitt has surprised us
nuns is, tint none of our Parsee trt.-rekants, proverilial fur
intelligence, inquisitiveness and tattorprisa, should be
thinking of a journey to Europe. They are already in their
ideas and habits : industrious themselves
beyond any of their Eastern brethren, they can apprialato
ouch au amount:di ~,, of the fruits of skill and inthistry m
the Exhibition rooms promise to afford. They have but
little time now to lose, and we shall fie] deeply
pointed indeed if, ut the great gathering M the nations,
huhu stands unrepresented.

EXPULSION OF HAWKERS FROM MB

I'AIIKS.

TO THEBBITOItoE THE EXHIBITION_

Silt,--A fiat has been issued front the Woods and
I••orc.ta, onteriug that All 1M1,4011.4 t../11111i Offering artielvir
tits sale in this parks shall be taken up by the pulie," he
of this, uhuiy of th•., wanikrinvpuor who otihla
a livelihood front the profits of a busia.t of twana'•a are
uut of that music ui tuanistence, whil-t ethics. haag
about the park Kinks and vicinal rutt&.

lainaidcriug the scat numhers who rise in the morning
without any hunt vocation, and the difficulty for straiten,
of the pourer class to culdiet tileiusulvcs On their firm :are/
to any regular employinint, this regulation is calculated
greatly to aggravate the evils of their position, and pertap
there could not be dtsised any other plan au elhetuie fur the
oppression of the very poor mid defenceless, us well as for
the increase of the pour rates.
The vast quantity of foreign fruit and oranges now im-
ported into Lunde,' has reduced the value uf thus:• luxuries,
awl brought them within the reach of the mechanic and
labourer, and this Blass of the people most mouthy Milts*
in them, when on Sundays tiny sc..ek fresh air and reuse-
non iu thew open spacer, the parks, which are (to them)
within reach of a Sabbath day's journey ; and it ...neat bo
hard vend cruel towards theta if they were to be ilehartill
from the graCticittion (trilling though it may Lo thought) of
ciijoyiug the fragrant and grateful flavour of • sweet orange,
lu dcfault of that soh.cie many will go to the alehouse to
seek refreshment is, Wier et, which Sane Mr the body nor SO
et-0110Mietil Ror tho d pane.
It ein4Ot argot LI that the slit,pketv.r sialrei, hams snob
vending by unlii hawkers, m tlaus, who so puieliaso,
perhaps at two or three for three-half-pence, would never
think of punliasing in a shop at treble that pries. Nur cup
it be said that trade is so injured by, sales un enormously
exteeded in quantity, fur ships, mariners, and mt !chants
all derise profits therefrom; mid it is well known Of the
revenue returns atteit) that the poorer chaise, consuino
more ardent spirits in gillsfull (and consequently in three-
liall-penuywortlis) than all the body of the rich together.
Free trade and strain encourage the importatien of
oranges, nut only in quantities hitherto unthought uf, eat
of a quality tar superior to uny brought to this couutiy five
yeses hack; and it would lie a tyrannous mid isicatutiable
interfenuce that would deprive the musses of th,ir Mir
share in the ;ilium-lance which overstocks the mink nth
these tropical luxuries--luseries which reach our !woke, No
sem us the prolucts GI • eme of our remote reunite., fan
steam-ships brought the coullug fruit from the V. ea. India
ishuads under three weeks irutu l'ortugal in our. hard]
if there is free Liberty tor pramenaders on the green sw,elo
of Ilyde, Ltegeot, or l'inurus.shill, the tread of u woorim
although weighted with a basket: of fruit, could not es:emit
the herhage, our yet tlesevrate the deniatiu of the liaugur.
If tippling-housei, fruiterers, millineaten., and toirteln-
nialy have their allupe open on the Lord's day—the II:A de
fur the rich or well to du are 43 less obnoxious to th ihal'r
of Bight !leaven than tha humble pannier of thee u.steitit,
mayhap widowed or orphan travelling vender.
When the rich cease t..• ruvol ou not refeetiuns on Simla,
—when they Gina rest to the sere ants, nOrscs, and u::
their gates—then is will he tint', enough, on to: s •of
sanctity, to pass sumptuary laws for the restraint it tne
poor. Such affectation is mawkish, centesimal)... ,
profane. . .

The people have a right to all the indulgence (a t
kuuws %is little enough) that their aleauß will admit of
the pour reader to Red, the poor artisan to purelta, , .11
they look to the Expres4, us tun friend, fur yr.: ..!ia:b
agaunt hypoevvy :and the conventicle.

CALIVonNiAN SPIVTLAfIONS. -OW of the
bubble ruts ;...mien for Calitbrninn mining, which 1t a put
out feeler. in vinTy direction, naverti,es
Turkish varn.r pterlohed nt 3..miTua, lig pitilteZttNig
march of welled.

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