The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-28 00:00:00

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biscuit. In N. Genesee' department, Messrs.
Crosse and Blackwell are to erect atrophy of sauces,
while Huntley and Pahner are to exhibit a trophy
of biscuits. A most ingenious shelter has been
provided against the fiery rays of the summer sun
in Paris. A series of circular tables are being made,
in the centre of which an umbrella, about twice the
size of our gig umbrella, is sized • and may be
raised or lowered at the pleasure of thu costrirc.
On the eastern side of the park I note that the
Dutch picture gallery and the diamond-cutting
house are finished, and that the beautiful timber-
frame cottage of the Imperial Commission by the
western entrance is crowned by the tricolor, in
token of its completion. The tower and handsome
wooden canopy overhanging the gallery of this
chiilet are perfect in design and proportion. Oppo-
site, on the outer circle, is the great Bordeaux wino
cellar, prettily fitted up and decorated with a map
of the Bordeaux wine districts. There is an in-
scription on the window to the effect that all the
tasting must be done on the premises. At hand,
by the Jury-house, there are admirably-arranged
post and telegraph offices.

The outer columns of the building are being
painted with metallic paint that looks like steel,
and are being picked out with gold. Thu effect is
very light and pretty. On the broad way from the
bridge to the principal entrance immense tricolor
poles are being planted at short distances to carry
the orithinune ; and mysterious decoration is going
lon over the chief entrance to the park, under can-
vas. The traffic is already prodigious, especially
at the western entrance, which is the nearest to
Paris.

I have the verybest authority for saying that the
Exhibition will be opened punctually on the let of
April, but with the least possible ceremony. The
visits of royal personages are postponed—probably
until the Ist of July, when the prizes are to be dis-
tributed in the Palais de l'lndustrie. It is ex-
pected that the Emperor will arrive with the great
dignitaries of state, declare the Exhibition open, and
make the tour of it. Prodigies have been done
during the past week, and are doing; but there
will be many ugly unfinished gaps on the opening
day. Prussia, for instance, has barely got the
skeletons of her buildings together in the park. A
great part of the French department will be far
front completion. The weather is unsettled, or it
might be more correct to say settled, to rain every
two or three hours. In short, the Exhibition on
the Ist of April will be seen at its worst, and on
the Ist of July it must be at its best. The Empe-
ror will have something original and magnificent
to show his royal guests in the summer, but now
he can conduct them only through half-furnished
galleries, and through a chilly, damp, and leafless
park.
The most important recent announcement on the
subject of the Exhibition is the approaching elec-
tion, by universal suffrage, of 305 male and ten
female delegates, who are to represent the trades
of Paris at the Universal Exhibition of Paris.
Women are to have votes in the election of their
delegates Mr. Mill may be happy to hear. M.
Emile de Girardin predicts that this great election
will be conducted with complete order, and he sets
it up as a proof that France is ripe for the widest
liberty. It will be the duty of the great commis-
sion of workmen, which they themselves will have
appointed, to study every part of the Exhibition
that concerns their trades. The plans for the for-
mation of this parliament of workmen have been
devised by M. Dewinck. Rooms at the mairies of
the different arrondissements are placed at the
disposal of the workmen and workwomen electors.
It is arranged that a number of tickets of admis-
sion to the Exhibition, equal to the number of
voters in each trade, shall be distributed to them.
By this liberal arrangement the entire body of
the picked workmen of Paris will be able to make
at least one visit to the Exhibition without cost.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

(BOY OUR OWN COBREsPONDENT.)
MALTA, MAncH

The squadron under the command of Vice-
Admiral Lord C. Paget having returned to Malta on
Wednesday last, from a week's cruise in the vicinity of this
island, is still here undergoing refit. The screw steam
transport Memera, 5, Captain J. Simpson, will leave
Malta on Monday next for England, conveying naval and
military invalids and supernumeraries for the men-of-war
just commissioned at home.
The English yacht Marcia left this port on the 18th
inst. for Syracuac, having on board her owner, Mr. K. B.
Sheridan, 31. P. Paymaster K. Hall, H.N., arrived in
Malta on Thursday last from Southampton, in the
Syria, and Ins joined the Victoria, flag-ship of the coni-
mander.in-chief, Lord C. Paget. Dr. Sutherland arrived
here yesterday evening from Marseilles in the Delta. The
following officers left Malta for England during the week :
—Captain Limuidy and Lieutenant Whittaker, GOth
Rifles, who proceed home silt Marseilles ; Colonel 11.
Bowen, Captain A. Seeberras, 98th Regiment, and Captain
Ruck and Lieutenant Moore, nth Itegiment, who return
vit Italy.

GREECE AND THE CRETAN INSURRECTION.--The
Greek government ha. addressed a circular to the guaran-
teeing lowers, under date of the 13th Febraary, denying
the accusations brought against it by the Porte of encou-
raging rebellion in the Turkish provinces bordering Greek
territory, and calling attention to the necessity of
satisfying the desires of the Christian populations of
Turkey, especially the Cretans.
HORSES Yule INDIA.—The embargo placed a few
years ago by the Sultan of Turkey on the exportation of
horses from his dominions cut off India's moat abundant
and best supply of steeds. The countries bordering on the
Persian Gulf had always been looked to as a never-failing
source whence could b, obtained, at very reasonable prices.
not only horses " fit fur saddle and harness." hut suitable
as remounts for the cavalry regiments, and even for
the artillery. To maintain a sufficient supply fur the
army and also to procure an improved breed of horses in-
dependently of Arabia and Persia, the govenimetet of
India set about devoting greater attention than formerly to
its own studs. Mares were imported from England,
many of them really good animals ; bus several batches of
stallions which followed, though selected for their high
pedigree by officers appointed by the Secretary of State,
were so wretchedly inferior that no improvement could be
expected from theta. In many Indian districts the breed
of country borsex is said to lm so bail that a remount
agent would have great difficulty in procuring a dozen
serviceable horses from a whole province. Australia has
done a great deal to supply the deficiency, but the change
of climate and the risks of a long voyage, besides some
other drawbacks, have prevented the Australian front
taking the place of the Arab. It is therefore with great
satisfaction that a telegram has been received from Sir
Antonia Kenaball, our resident at Baghdad, intimating
that the remonstrances of the Indian governments with
the Porte, through Lord Lyons, the ambassador at Con-
stantinople, had procured the recision of the order prohi-
biting the exportation of horses. The number of steeds
that will be received from the Persian Gulf and the Red
Sea will now, in all probability, be greater in consequence
of the long continuance of the prohibition now at length
removed.—Tiara of Dacha, March G.
DEATH or THE REV. DR. CAMPBELL. —The death
is announced of the Rev. Dr. John Campbell, • well-
known minister of the independent or congregational de-
nomination. The deceased gentleman was horn in Forfar-
shire in 1793, and having received his preliminary educa-
tion at private schools entered the University of St.
Andrew's, whence be migrated to the University of
Glasgow. He was ordained in 1829 to the partial
charge of a congregation in Ayrshire, but coming
Ito London he was appointed minister of the
Tabernacle in kloorfields, built by the celebrated
George Whitfield. On resigning that poet, after 20 years'
arduous labour, he devoted himself entirely to literature,
and was the editor of several periodicals (including the
British Standard) and the author of several works, princi-
pally of a controversial character. In 1839 he opened a
controversy in the newspapers with the Queen's printers
on the Bible-printing monopoly, which resulted in an
immense reduction of the price of the Scriptures. In the
year 1841 he revived the degree of D.D., from the Um-
vsesity of St. Andrew's. A few months since he received
a testimonial from his adminus and friends on his retire-
ment into private life.

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