The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1851.

PROPOSITION FOR A REGISTRY OF
HOUSES.

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A proposition has been published for the establish-
, , smut of a great central registry of lnuses to let, the terms
I eequired for them, and other particulars, for the guidance
of mechanics who intend to suit the Great Exhibition.
This proposition originated with Mr. Cassell, who has pro-
pounded-it ander the patronage of many eminent men.
The published regulations are these :
In the general registry based upon these data a uniform
tariff of charges will be enforced, viz., fur single bed per
night, including boot-cleaning, Is. 341. ; double bed, in-
cluding boot-cleauhm, 3s. ; breakfast, euusisting of t.. 0 or
coffee and bread and butter, Ad. ; if with meat, Is. Ar-
rangements with reference to other meals will be lett to the
discretion of the ',attics thtmselves.
As the Registration-oftlee will be in constant communica-
tion with the members and secretaries of artisan club, and
others contemplating a visit o town, the following advan-
tages amongst others will follow to persons having lolgiogs
to dispose of :
1. The eust and trouble of advertising lodginge, and of
looking out fur lodgers, will be wholly avoided.
2. Every house will probably receive a constant succes-
sion of inmates, instead of being sometimes crowded and
sometimes empty, as would necessarily be the case without
some such plan to regulate the influx of visitors and secure
their equal distribution.
Housekeepers availing themselves of this system of regis-
tration must undertake to observe the following conditions:
1. To provide clean and comfortable accommodation at a
rate not exceeding Is. 341. per night Cm a single bed (in-
cluding boot-cleaning), and' s. per night for a double bed.
2. 'lO provide sufficient breakfast of seal quality, con-
; si=ting of tea or collie, and bread and batter, at a charge
nut exceeding Ad. fur each person, or Is. each with meat
included. . . . . _ .

3. Nut to let the registered lodgings independent of the
Itipistration-office, without sending timely notice td the
office, so as to prev,mt the possibility of disappointment to
other persons.
All parties being provided with accommodation through
the instrumentality of this office will be charged a small fee
(the amount of which will be regulated by the outlay: in-
, volved, and announced 11s soon as it can be determined
upon) before coming up, towardsmeeting the large expcnscs
that will be incurred, upon the receipt of which a card will
be at once forwarded, stating the street and number of the
house in which the accommodation provided is situated,
and the direction in which the traveller must proceed to-
wards it from the railway station ; and, simultaneously with
the transmlcion of such card, notice will be sent to the
lodging-house to prepare fur the reception of the guest. In
this way, trouble, anxiety, delay, and disappointment will
be avoided on both side..

IN ANTICIPATION OF TUE COMING

EXHIBITION, the council of the Horticultural Society base
decided upon some new regulations, which it is now time to
make public. In the first place, each fellow of the society
may have privileged tickets, instead of 24, as heretofore.
It is also settled that all fellows shall have an early admis-
sion at 12 o'clock, together with one friend; and that the
mune privilege shall be extended to the wife or sister of a
fellow • he not being able himself to attend. And in order
to make this regula the more valuable, the public will
not be admitted till 2 o'clock, instead of 1, as in Minter
years. At the same time the admission fee payable on
the election of a fellow is reduced from six guineas to two
guineas. Mr. Ilusea Waterer, of finals-hill, whit has
withdrawn from the Royal Botanic Society's Exhibition
in the Itegent's-park, has ato, made arrangements for dis-
playing his magnificent Amt rican plants in • part of the
garden recently prepared for the pullout.. Admit.-iim to
this exhilation will be bytickets, Is. each • but fellows are
personally exempt from fiat charge, Finally, it is Intended
to authorise all foreign ambassadors, ministers, or con-
suls-genital, to obtain tickets for the strangers belonging
to the section they Tx present, without the Mrmalities fors
nwrly insisted upon in such case,. By these arr.mg,-
menus the privileges of fellows are very substantially
enlarged, and at the NUM' tune the utility of the society
will be much inereased.—Gardpirr's Chrontek.
TIIE " ATXILIARY" EXHIBITION OF THE INDEtts

7141 i 0? ALL NATIONS Or which we have already irivea
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.one notice, is progra+.•ing rapidly ; and in the cou'r.a74 •
few day full details of the plan will he ready for publication.
THE IRON IIAILINGs.—Mr. Owen Jones' Dna-

mental railings are now on their way from the foundry to
their destination at the building.
BUABB-FOUNDINCiI IN EDINUITIGII.—On Monday
Last, we were favoured with a sight of tin' contribution, to
the forthcoming Exhibition, from the extensive and old
establisLetl louse-foundry of ?G•wrs. Haldane and Rae, Old
Physic-gardens. The articles about to be sent are numerous,
and display u wide range, applicable for gas and plutnber
work. They arc tastefully and compactly arranged, endure
exhibited on a rustic framework, made from the rough stems
of two young trees, with the branches lopped off. The stems
stand about G feet apart, and rise to about 12 feet in height.
The branches at the top an• interwoven, in the form of tut •
arch, from the centre of which es suspended a large and
very elegant four-light gas-lamp, the design of which ism...
and quit• mullet., in the pure Elizabethan or old Eng-1
lisp style, done in Florentine bronze and gold, and richly'
burnished. On booth stems are fixed double-branched sconces, '
fur bulb, in the same style and workmanship; also light ,
and elegant single, double, and treble-brunched flower and
spiral bracket-, for druwing-assess, eke. Between the stems.
at about three feet from the ground, and supported by
send' tripods, is a marbled table, upon which is placed a
handsome marble-slab washing-stand, with ogre outlines; ;
b, hind which, on an elevated pedestal, stand a row of
mantelpiece vau•s, of beautiful design and exquisite work-
manship; in front are placed a number of the firm's im-
proved registered taps or cocks, fur various purporuu; in
front of the table, a little from the ground, are placed two
compact It ater-eloo t apparatus, held patent by the firm.
The whole being brilliantly lighted up with gas, has a mast
magnificent appt•tranee.—/ 'oh Menwry.
(irt,GOW.—A meeting of local contributor; to the
forthcoming Exhibition of the Works of industry of all
Notion•, was held on Tuesday, at one o'clock, in the Coun-
cil Chamber, the Lord Provost in the chair. The attend-
ance was large. Mr. Johnson, the secretary, read a report
by the deputation appointed at last meeting, to proceed to
London to make arrangements the the reception of the ar-
tides intended for exhibition. With regard to extension of
time, the deputation reported that all light articles—such its
those which could be fixed in their places without much
r trouble—would be received up tc, the I,t of April next, or
I perhaps later; while all heave articles, such as machinery
I m motion, the erection of• which would occupy consider-
able time—must be forwarded to to Loudon before the 28th

of February. The deputation recommended that the ex-
hibitors of 'Lanarkshire should be dividesl into classes,
cording to the kind of articles which each intended to
exhibit ; that a convener should he apt • ted in each class,
and that sectional meetings should be held as soon as pos-
sible, with the slew of coming to • final decision as to the
occupation, fitting up, and general arrangement of the
?hurrahsai space allocated to Glasgow. Councillor urral d they
were much obliged to the deputation, who had spent nix
days in London, endeavouring to make the best arrange-
ment they could Ste the exhibitors of I-anarkshire. He
was glad to hear that they had secured a good position
near Manchester and London ; and all they now required
to do was to meet in different sections, and make arrange- I
meats fur the fitting up of the space which had been allo-
cated to them. They must all feel highly pleased that the
deputation had procured an extension of time for the re-
ception of light goods; but at the same time the executive
committee in London were anxious that the articles in-
tended for exhibition should be forwarded as soon as pos-
sible. After a short conversation, in which the Lord l'ro-
lost, Sir James Campbell, and others took part, the recom-
mendation in the report wan agrees'.
to, and the secretory
was instructed to call a meeting of each elms of exhibitors
on an early tiny. This concluded the business of the gene-
ral meeting; but in amortlance with the forgoing risedu-
Hon, a meeting of the exhibitors of cotton goods was held
immediately afterwards, when the necessaryarrangements
were completed.—North British Moil.
.I)Envsitiat.-I)erbyehire will not he deficient in I
one department, that is the beautiful inlaid work We had
the pris ileac of inspecting an oblong slab of considerable
eize, now nearly completed from a pattern ordered to he
sent down for execution by Prince Albert. It consists of a
splendid scroll border in the style of the inlaying on the
magnificent Shah Jchan'stombat Agra,in India. H e cannot
here exactly describe the border, with flowers and birds,
tic., but at each angle there is a beautiful Vast filled with
pamegranates and flowers, and in the centre of the border.
within a scroll, ...re the letters intertwined of " V. A.'
(Victoria and Albert.) The scroll border is inclosed in a
running bead border of white marble, inlaid in a red
ground, and bounded by strips of Lapis lazuli. The centre
of the slab is filled in with a very tine piece of Sienna mar-
ble. Thin remarkable piece of work has been entrusted to
be executed fur the Exhibition to Mr. Woodruff, of Bake-
well, who is doing it by his own hand.: and we feel eonfr
dent it will not only he admired, hut ',at he an honour to
the county of Derby. We understand ;hat Mr. Woodruff
has obtained another pattern from the School of Design, and
has been granted a month extra to complete ft.—Derby-
shire Chronicle.
THE CRYSTAL. P.tLtfE AND THE SAVT.--On Sun-
day last, the whole of the officers of her Majesty's ship
Cumberland. the new flag-ship now fitting at Chatham for
the West India station, visited the Civstal Palace in Hyde-
park, by a special order of the Royal Commissioners. This
was a very graceful compliment. mil paid to the officers,
we believe, at the suggestion of Sir titoree Seymour, as the
ship sails in March, and, consequently, they will have no
other opportunity of visiting this wonder of the world.—
("oiled Serries Gazette.
BRIGHT SHOES FOR THE EXHlBlTTON.—OnWednes-
slay a numerously attended meeting was held, in the rooms
of the Field-lane Ragged Schools, Victoria-street, for re-
mising information concerning the Shoe Black Brigade, in
course of formation, from boys selected from ragged se lusds.
Several of the lads were present in the scarlet woollen
frocks and black aprons of their order, each provided with
a lffiseking-box, foot-stand, brushes, Se. Mr. W. J. Max-
well presided, and Mr. J. Payne, Mr. Macgregor, and other
gentlemen, took part in the proccediugs. The bosomy,
secretary said the arrangement contemplated the location
of a number of boys at various points of our metropolitan
thoroughfares, for the purpose of securing to visitors,
throughout the coming summer, clean shoes, with civility
and a uniform charge. At present 401. 9s. 9d. had been
received fur the purposes of the society, of which 141. Its. na.
P bad been expended. Several kind ladies had provided 30
or the uniforms, 10 boxes, and i xis of brushes. An inspec-
tor would shortly he appointed, and the brigade might be
expected soon to eater upon its labours.

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