The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-28 00:00:00

machinery-in-motion room was as usual fully attended, but that the Russian diamonds were almost without a visitor ;
an accident which had nearly produced fatal results, caused and the policeman who watches over the Queen of Spain's
great excitement at one period of the day, and tended very jewel-case enjoyed nearly a sinecure. The only tisism that
much to disturb the enjoyment of its visitors. One of its seemed to disturb the listlessness of the company was Lord
most conspicuous features is the large sugar mill, sent in by Fuley's mosaic, which mustered rather a decent circle of
Me,srs. Robinson and Russel, of Millman. On Wednesday, spectators. Iler Majesty did not visit the Exhibition yes-
while this powerful machine was in full work, a labourer tcrday, but there was no want of royal and illustrious
ascended for the purpose of oiling the governing wheel, visitors. The King of the Belgians arrived early, accosts-
and incautiously appeoaching too near, his smoekfruek was ponied by the Duke of Brabant and the Friti, , Char-
caught by the cogs, and in two revolutions of the wheels his lottc, who were shortly followed by the Princesses
clothes were torn from his body, and drawn round the of England, accompanied by their govern.... Tho
axles. lie shouted loudly to the bystanders to shut off the Duchess of Kent was also a visitor, as were ti,e ex-Queen
steam, but no mie understood the method, and another of France and the Due de Nemours. There was, in midi-
moment would have reduced the unfortunate man to tion, a larger muster of the higher classes generally ; in-
a mangled m..ss, when providentially one of the policemen deed, almost the whole company, who numbered beyond
on duty (fotuani, A 3J3) came up, and understanding his 29,000, were evidently members of the haul ton. The no-
word:, or rather his gestures, for he was well nigli cx- tiecable exception was a strong detachment preen the Free_
Iboosted, shut off the steam and rescued him from a terrible masons Female School, attended by their teachers, the
sleuth. For a few moments the excitement was dreadful, the ' governors of the charity having liberally ileterminA to send
room being full of company, and every one briar able to them on the half-crown slay, in order that they 'night have
see the poor man's critical position, from the altitude at ! a more uninterrupted view of the wonders of the place.
which he stood. One member of the executive committee i The appearance and manners of these children were the
was so much affected by his exertions to have the steam ! subject of general commendation. This liberality of the
shut off, and his alarm fur the poor man, as to become ! governors of the Freemasons' School deserves high
seriously indisposed, and was obliged to leave immediately praise, but it can hardly he followed in the
for his own residence. This is the second accident which cases of larger schools or poorer fioindations,
has occurred within a very short period in the moving while, at the same time it must be admitted, that to stud in
machinery room ; and really, when one enters, and finds lone Or two hundred poor children to be huddled and
oneself completely surrounded by wheels of all sizes in swift smothered up as they principally are on a shilling slay, sle_
be poasible then to make some arrangement by which the
motion, and sees crowds of women and children Peeling tracts very much from the value of the treat. Would it not
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pupils of public institutions might come curly on Fridays
roiling,a
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chances arc not of more frequent occurrence. It is to be or Saturdays, at the low fee, and thus really enjoy what to
hoped that every possible precaution will be taken to pre- them must be a rare and much-prized hnlislay % The exact
serve the lives and limbs of the exhibitors and the public. numbers admitted up to 6 o'clock were 29,033.
The admissions were : 11 o'clock, 19,605; 12 o'clock, 16,722 ;
1 o'clock, 8,508 ; 2 o'clock, 0,036 ; 3 o'clock, 3,576 : Cash account, June 27.
4 o'clock, 2,13 S ; d o'clock, 1,719. Atter that hour Season tickets J.: 4 as. 0
At the doors
a few hundred of the ticket holders dropped in,

and made up the total of 58,000. A great increase of vigi•
knee was perceptible on the part of the police, in come_

Total receipt,— £2,973 10 0

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