The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-27 00:00:00

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The most interesting incident connected with
yesterday's chronicle of the Exhibition was the
embargo suddenly laid by the Italian government
on the celebrated " Rattling Girl" of Magni, which
had recently been purchased by the London Ste-
reoscopic Company. The property in the statue
bad been regularly transferred by formal agree-
meat, and so far had the bargain gone that a du-
plicate had been ordered by the oompany, when
suddenly the Piedmontese Minister of Public In-
struction placed a notice on the statue, declaring it
to have become his property at the Florence Ex-
hibition. The Stereoscopic Company stand upon
their agreement, and are preparing an appeal to
the Royal Commissioners to protect them in their
rights.
The Great Western Railway brought up 4,000 or
6,000 excursionists to the Exhibition yesterday,
and the following schools, dm., were also present :
Derby National and British, 300, expenses paid by
H. M. Holmes, Esq. ; Brentford British, 100, by
Baroness de Rothschild ; Westminster Wesleyan
Training College, 32, by J. R. Kay, Esq. ; Kelsdown
C. C. School, 11, by B. Hope, Esq. ; Ashford
(near Staines) Welsh School, 40, by Lord Dynevor ;
officers and crew of the Norwegian corvette Ellida,
by Captain Diesen ; 70 dragoons from Canterbury,
by the officers.
Many of the visitors will learn with regret that
a very " bright particular star," namely, the dia-
mond known as the "Stu of the South," has been
removed from its place in the nave, of which it had
formed one of the principal attractions since the
opening. We have not learned that any individual
has become the fortunate possessor of this wonder-
ful gm ; but if it have been purchased, it was
hardly civil to take it away before the close of the
Exhibition. We noticed dozens of disappointed
spectators peering into the deserted nest yesterday,
and inveighing against the sudden removal of their
favourite.

It Is to be feared that the public are likely very
speedily to lose their favourite " red " omnibuses,
which have contributed so much to the comfort of
Exhibition visitors during the past season. We
understand that they are to be wholly withdrawn
from the line on Monday next, having been all
bought up by a rival company. If this be true,.we
trust that the result will not be to force us back on
the old, cramped-up, detestable coaiscuttles which,
under the name of omnibuses, bad provided dis-
comfort for her Majesty's metropolitan lieges until
the appearance of the Manchester invasion.
The highest temperature yesterday, as shown
by Negretti and Zambra's patent thermometers,
was :—ln the nave, 71.9 deg. ; in the galleries, 74.0
deg. ;in the western annexe, 81.8 deg. The read-
ing was taken at 3.45 o'clock p.m. There was a
considerable rise in the temperature, particularly in
the western annexe.

The following were the total numbers admitted
yesterday, compared with the corresponding day
in 1861:

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Tuesday, Aug. 26
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Total

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tickets
Tuesday, Aug. 26
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On the 6th thirty-six members of the " German
Drees Academy," together with forty-two guests, met in
caucus at Heidelberg. Deputations came from many dis-
tant spots—Petersburg, Moscow, Stockholm, &c.—to take
part in the proceedings. Among the many resolu-
tions passed by the assembly, the two most im-
portant were the following :-1. To extend the present
limited rope of the society, and constitute it • universal
" European Mode Academy." 2. To take measures for esta-
blishing a high school or college for the complete profes-
sional education of those who intend to devote themselves
to this line of activity. The second resolution has been
submitted to the consideration of • special committee with
a view to the realisation of the plan as speedily r possible.
It is understood that in the course of mathematical studies

particular attention will be paid to the " principle of
measurement."

Munich has just received another addition to the
number of its magnificent structures. On the 19th the
Propylaeum, the last gift of Bing Ludwig to the town, was
opened. The Bavarian Propybettm, an imitation of the
Athenian model, is a highly decorated gate at the farther
end of the celebrated square, containing the Glyptothek
and the Picture Gallery. It is intended to form the crown-
ing work in completion of this Greek oasis, and, historically,
will serve to perpetuate the memory of the Bavarian dy-
nasty and its extension to Athens.
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We read in Galignani :—" Mme. James Potter,
the daring wire walker, who, by a singular coincidence., was
precipitated to the ground at the Hippodrome on the aims
day that her intimate friend, the Female Blondin, met with
her terrible accident at Highbury Barn, is, we are happy to
learn, progressing favourably towards convalescence. At
the performances at the Hippodrome on Saturday for her
benefit, although there was not an overflowing house, the
strong English element that marked the attendance evinced
forcibly the sympathy that is felt for the unfortunate
equilibriste by her compatriots in Paris."

The Bengali papers seem to be becoming most
liberal in their views. The Bhasktir, beseeching wealthy
J.:Bodo°, to endow profeesorships in the Calcutta University,
tells them they will thus hoist up the flag of imperishable
reeown, and make it wave everlastingly upon the crest
of the Calcutta University. The Sajjana Banjoes,
advocating the introduction of the Bible into Go-
vernment schools, describes it, in remarkable bar
gunge as coming from a heathen, as "the best sad
the most excellent of all English books, and there is not
its like in the English language. As every joint of the
sugarcane from the root to the top is full of sweetness, so
every page of the Bible is fraught with the most precious
instructions. A portion of that book would yield to yes
more of sound morality than s thousand other treaties oa
the same subject. In short, if any person studies the
English language with a view to gain wisdom, them is not
another book which is more worthy of being read than the
Bible."