The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-02 00:00:00

the Court.

The Oxford University Commission had a meeting
yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the
freuury, in Downing•street. Present : The Bishop of
Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Muter of Pembroke,
the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev.
Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev.
A. P. Stanley (secretary).
Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governors of the West India Islands.

THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—We learn
that the Queen has been graciously pleased to present to
this institution • full-length portrait of her Majesty, to be
placed in the New College HaU. A public meeting has
been called to acknowledge, in suitable terms, this especial
mark of royal favour.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

The weather shows an evident determination to
support the decree of the royal commissioners for the closing
of the Crystal Palate on the 11th inst. It rained in tor-
rents during a great portion of yesterday, and the conse-
quence was a decrease of some thousands on the numbers of
the previous day. The wet came through the various parts
' of the building, to the great discomfort of some of the ex-
hibitors, giving • tolerably convincing proof that if the
edifice is to be used as a winter garden, a new roof must
be one of the items to be considered in making an estimate
of the expense. In the evening, the scene about the dif-
ferent exits was Quito as exciting, if not as entertaining,

u any of the wonders of the interior. The platform of the
south transept was thronged with ladies, and the rush of
umbrellas back and forward to tho gate resembled •
violently disturbed ocean of calico. The 'bus men were in
their glory, demanding double fares for the shortest dis-
tances, and cabs were more eagerly sought after than the
Koh-i-noor. But no exertion could procure vehicular accom-
modation for 50,000 or 00,000 people, and consequently the
footways were crowded with long streams of dismal-looking
pedestrians, the female portion of whom were driven to all
sorts of grotesque contrivances and combinations to save
their finery from the pluvial influences. If Mrs. Dexter
could have summoned up enthusiasm enough to stand in
the middle of the road and give a lecture on the convenience
of the Bloomer costume, she would have been sure to ob-
tain numerous disciples. The interior of the transept also
bore a silent testimony to the near approach of winter. The
stand in which canes and umbrellas were wont to accumu-
late has been considerably enlarged to accommodate cloaks
and great coats, but yesterday they quite overflowed its
boundaries, and spread outside down almost to the barriers.
We have been requested to state that there was • alight

error in the information with which we were furnished res-
pecting the proceedings at the final close of the Exhibi-
tion. The exhibitors will receive one or two tickets for
their friends fur Monday and Tuesday, but not for Wed-
nesday, as was previously stated. The police numbers yes-
terday were 59,050. Receipts at the doors, 2,830 f. lh.
The following shows the temperature during the day, as
recorded by Mr. Bennett's thermometers, being the mean
result of 100 readings:-10 o'clock, 57; 12 o'clock, 60;
2 o'clock, 63 ; 4 o'clock, 62 ; 6 o'clock, 60. Mean tempe-
rature, 60.4.