The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-29 00:00:00

TILE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Yestit-day, the (1i Palace was in a state of
ferment from sunrise to sunset. The building was crowded
throughout the day. The Royal Commissioners told a
meetimr, under the chairmanship of Prince Albert ; and the
Lord Charuberhsin was for a long time in the transept
directing the arrangements for Thursday next. Already
the benches are fixed along the main avenues, and the
platforms in the transept arc in a forward condition. In
the foreign part of the building, but more especially in
those compartments appropriated to the United States,
Turkey, and Russia, the arrangements are backward. The
British portion will certainly be the only part ready on
Thur.day. YOACTILIy, an official notice was received in the
city, to the eltlet that the Lord Mayor and the rink autho-
rities Would be received in state on the occasion of the
opening. Prince Albert, in the course of the day, inspected
a great part of the foreign sections of the Exhibition, and
throughout the day crowds of people were gathered in all
the avenues leading to the building. The spreading of
canvas over the roof was nearly completes! by nightfall;
and many of the choice plants which arc to till the ends of
the transept were placed in their positions.

THE ADMISSION OF EXHIBITOIIS.
At the meeting of the Royal Commissioners ves-
terday, the first businisa on the paper was the con;kle-
ation of the qui stion of formedi.sion to the exhibitors,
• 'object which has been uupon the Commandment
with considerable pertinacity by a ',dim of these gentle-
men. The divisiun arrived at was unanimously against
granting this privilegv. There was very little discmsion
apiro the =intl., the objections appearing perfectly satis-
factory to all the Commissioners. These were the fact that
there are no less than 13,000 exhibitors; that each exhi-
bitor has the privilege of admitting one assistant to super-
intend his production, and that if the privilege sou
buigld-
h
were granted, 30,000 pergola would daily ente the t
ing free of charge ; that there are 310 local omit
s ees
onal
of
30 members each, and a large number of ec ti
committees ; that the local commissioners and sectional
commissioners, as well as the Royal Commissioners, and ex-
ecutive officers, and the subscribers to the Exhibition fund,
have an equal, if not a stronger claim than the exhibitors to
five admissions ; and that, as it would be impossibl to
admit all these parties gratuitously, no free admissions
ti on, will
be given. It was also mentioned, in support of this deci
that when the Exhibition was i
sirs mooted, it was intended
all exhibitors shoulld pay for the pace assigned to them,
but, as the liberality of the public had rendered this arrange-
ment unnecessary, it was =reasonable in exhibitors now to
come forward and expect gratuitous entry to the building.
At the meeting the programme of the state ceremonial on
Thursday was agreed upon. The chairmen of juries were
also appointed, and it was resolved that no tickets for
workmen or exhibitors' assistants should be issued after 12
o'clock this day. Exhibitors will only be admitted to-
morrow morning before 8 o'clock, and they will be required
to leave the building at 2 o'clock, in order to allow the final
arvaagement for the opening to be completed by the Com-
aaimionen.

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CIENICRAL CoIMISSION, SHIP, LOAN, AND INSU-
NANcIi C . Yesterday, before Sir W. Horne, atter
nettling several adjourned eases on the list of contributo-
ritn, Mr. Hutton, the official manager, intimated that he
proposed to make a call of 51. per share at
liabilities. the next meeting
as the iumniut estimated to pay off the