The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

THE 'EMANATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862.

Yoderlay the secretary to the Commissioners for
the International Exhibition al 1862 was busily engaged
during the whole of the day in examining the different
communications received from nearly every part of the
United Kingdom, notifying the intention of the most
eminent firms to become exhibitors, and requiring space to
be allotted to them in the new building to an extent alto-
gether unprecedented in the Exhibition of 1851. The towns
requiring the largest allotment of space are Birmingham,
Manchester, Leeds, Wakefield, Norwich, and Coventry ;
but there are hundreds of others who desire that ample
room may be afforded them for exhibiting their different
branches of industry. These demands at so early a period
show that the public take a deep interest in the forthcoming
exhibition, and there is little doubt that in point of extent
and variety A will eclipse its great prototype of 1851.
Up to yesterday evening the guarantee fund signed now
amounts to :157,3501., sad it is expected to be materially
increased before the end of the week.

Summonses will be issued either this diver to-morrow for
a meeting of the Advice Committee for the Fine Arts
Department, to make the final arrangements as to that
broach of art, which will embrace architecture, paintings is
oil and water-colours, drawings, sculpture, models, die-sink-
lug, intaglios, etchings, and engravings.
In the count of the present week the representatives of
tie Chambers of Commerce will bold their second meeting,
In London, for the purpose of facilitating the arrange-
, meets.

The digging of the foundations for the intended
,building
at Kensington is nearly completed, and the foundations will
be kid in the course of a few days. No delay whatever has
been caused, or is likely to take place is consequence of
the dispute in the building trades, as in the absence of a
settlement of the present di/Jerome Mews. Kelk and Lucas
have made other arraeseitesta to prevent the possibility of
any delay is the 1101141 S.

Tax Bons Lacreass.—The Bishop of London
lee newileated the Rev. Edward Garbett, M.A., recumbent
of lit. Dertheleraew's, Gray's- and Select Preacher
to the Usiversity of Oxford, to deliver this year the annual
lectures oo the foundation of the Hoe. Robert Boyle. The
Rev. William Cadman bee granted the use of Trinity
Church. New. road (near the Regeet'orark), for the de-
livery of the lectures, on eight successive Bundayafternoons,
Wised of (se in former years) at intervals of a month ; this
chug, in the arrangerr.ent having been made at the express
desire of the Bishop, and with the consent of the trustees.
The subject chosen this year is the Objective Reality of
Revealed Truth. The first lecture of the aeries wag de-
livered last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. A. lirough, wine and spirit merchant, of
20, Strain', has altered his prices in accordion with the tuition
redaction of the wine Joins. He Is now selibig excellent Poet
sad garret at law per dozen, and a good weed Claret at Its. per
deem bottles leelnded.--1 Advertisement I

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 8. —Arrownsvcrs.—Captain
C. P. Coles to be additional to the Fisprd.
Lieutenants E. Pouldee to the E: loot, It. Sheepshanks
to the Immortal* and J. R. T. Fullerton to the Cossack.
Masters W. J. B. Hilliard to the Cumberland, W. J.
Olive to the Wellesley, W. H. Drysdale to the Victor
Emmanuel, F. Hale to the Ranks, and E. Rowe to the
Blenheim.

Second Class Assistant Engineer It. Hetherington to the
Asia, for charge of the machinery of the Amelia.
Thinl Class Assistant Engineer C. C. Hyde to the Asia,
as supernuinemsy.
Acting Third Class Assistant Engineers E. Williams and
.1. Merphy to the Asia. as supernumeraries ; W. Fraser, ft.
H. Cooper, and T. W. Coercion, to the Cumberland, ea
supernumeraries.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL R.
The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, Captain Richard
Moorman, bent sails this afternoon.

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The Geyser, 6, steam sloop, Commander George M.
Jackson, sailed this evening with supernumeraries for Ply-
mouth.

The Ganro. F 44, mailing ship, Captain John Fulton',
bearing the Sag of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Lambert
Baynee, K.C.8., is hourly expected at Spithesd, from the
Pacific.

The Daman, 101, screw, is to be taken into the steam
basin to-morrow. Oa Thursday, she will go into No. 8 dock,
and the Glasgow, recently launched, will come out.
The Queen Charlotte (Old Excellent) will be taken into
Wyk ott Thursday.

CHATHAM, Argil, 8.
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS. —The whole of the
officers and men of the battalion of Royal Marines Light
Infantry were drawn up in the barrack-square this morn-
ing, for the purpose of witnessing the presentation of two
silver medals, which had been awarded by the Lords of the
Admiralty to Colour-Sergeant W. Nicholls and Private W.
Rose, for long service and meritorious conduct. After the
battalion had been formed in square with the men to be
decorated in front, Colonel Rea, the commandant, said it
affonied him sincere pleasure to find that the two men then
before him had pared through the service with no much
credit. The medals they would receive would be certifi-
cates of good conduct for life, and he hoped they would
loog live to wear them. Colonel Rea then fastened the
medal to the breast of each, expressing as he did so the
hope that the example set them would induce the other
non-commissioned officers end men to preserve a good cha-
racter in the service. Sergeant Nicholls and Private Rose
have been upwanls of 21 years in the service, during the
whole of which period they have borne a most excellent
character.