The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-26 00:00:00

Pari3 Universal Exhibition.

The Committee of Council on Education (Science and
Art Department) have just published the general regula-
tions of the imperial commission for the Exhibition of 1867.
These regulations, which appear to be well considered and
arranged, were discussed by the commissioners on the
7th of July, and approved by imperial decree on the 12th
of tho same month. Section 1 deals with the general ar-
rangements and systems of classification. It sets forth
that the Universal Exhibition, for the reception of the
works of art, and of the products of agriculture and industry
of all nations, will be held in a temporary building on the
Champ do Mars, to be opened on the Ist April, 1867, and
close on the 31st of Oct. following. Around the Exhibi-
tion building there will be a park for the reception of
cattle and other living animals, as well as for such con-
structions and objects as cannot be exhibited in the main
building. Local committees are established in every de-
partment of the French empire to transact the business of
the exhibition, to point out what productions seem specially
calculated to be exhibited, and above all to promote the
exhibition of the agricultural products of the department.
A commission of experts will make a careful study of the
exhibition, and publish a report upon the means of ap-
plying in the departments the lessons which the exhibition
may teach. Subscriptions are to be collected to enable
overseers, agriculturists, and mechanics to visit and study
the exhibition, and to pay the expense of publishing
the reports. Measures will be taken to obtain a
proper representation of the products of Algeria
and ,the other French colonies. Tho contributions
of foreign countries will be arranged through a
commission appointed by each foreign Government. The
commissions are now for the most part formed, and in
communication with the Imperial commission. No pro-
ducts sent by a foreign exhibitor can be admitted except
through the medium of his foreign commission represent-
ing him, who are charged with the carriage, reception, and
return of the productions of their countrymen. The Eng-
lish commissioners are the Science and Art Department of
the South Kensington Museum. All communications in
regard to the exhibition must be addressed to the secretary,
with " Paris Exhibition, 1867," in the corner. Tho com-
missioners have now issued a printed form to bo filled up
by those who require space, and recommend intending
exhibitors to apply at once, though February '2B, 1866,
has been fixed as the last day for receiving demands
for space. Plans drawn to scale will be supplied to the
foreign commissioners to facilitate the division of space,
and before January 31, 1866, plans in detail on a
1-50th scale will show the space allotted to each
exhibitor. Each foreign country may claim for
the formation of a special park a portion of the Champ
do Mars ; and, as a guide to the arrangement of such park,
the Imperial commission publish the plans adopted by
French exhibitors for arranging animals, plants, and
models. In each section assigned to the exhibitors of the
same country the objects will bo divided into 10 groups,
which are subdivided into 95 classes. The groups aro as
follows :-Ist, works of art ; 2d, apparatus and applications
of the liberal arts ; 3d, furniture and articles intended for
dwelling houses ; 4th, clothing, including fabrics and other
articles worn on the person ; sth, products of mining, both
raw and manufactured; 6th, instruments and processes of the
common arts ; 7th, food in various stages of preparation,
both fresh and preserved ; Bth, live products and examples
of agricultural establishments; 9th, live products and ex-
amples of horticultural establishments ; 10th, objects exhi-
bited with the special purpose of improving the moral and
physical condition of the people. No works of arts or objects
exhibited in the exhibition building or in the park will be
allowed to be copied or reproduced in any manner without
the authority of the exhibitors, except by such general
views of the exhibition as the Imperial Commission autho-
rises. No objects can be withdrawn before the close of
the exhibition without special authority. There is no
rent for space, but every exhibitor defrays his own costs
for fittings and decorations. The important special ar-
rangements with reference to works of art are as follow :
—Only such as have been executed since January 1, 1855,
will be received for exhibition. The following will
not be received :—Copies, including those which repro-
duce a work in a manner different from the original ; oil
paintings, miniatures, water-colour paintings, pastels,
designs, and cartoons for stained glass and frescoes with-
out frames; sculptures in unbaked clay. The special ar-
rangements respecting the products of agriculture and in-
dustry prohibit the admission of detonating, explosive,
and other substances of a dangerous nature. This. of
course excludes percussion caps, fireworks, Welder
matches, and all similar articles, unless deprived of all
inflammable ingredients. Spirits, oils, and essences
must be in strong vessels of small dimensions, suitable
for the puiposo of exhibition. Exhibitors of apparatus
requiring the use of water, gas, or steam, must state the
amount of each required, the rate of speed, and the motive
power necessary. There are copious directions for the
dispatch, reception, and placing of goods in the exhibition
building. The general administration and police ar-
rangments differ but little from what were found to answer
so well in the last Paris Exhibition. An appendix to the
regulations gives in full and abridged the various classes
coming under the groups enumerated above.—Galiptani.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE HON. MR. BLACK-
WOOD.—The Hon. Mr. Blackwood, the brother of
Lord Dufferin, died yesterday, at Newmarket, under very
painful circumstances. The hon. gentleman, it appears,
was riding on the heath on Tuesday afternoon, when his
horse came into collision with one of the ropes which are
placed on each side of the course, and throw his rider, and
then fell heavily upon him. Mr. Blackwood was picked
up quite insensible and taken, by the Marquis of !hidings
and Mr. Henry Saville, in a brougham, to the residence of
Dr. Day. On seeing the unfortunate gentleman, Dr. Day
at once pronounced his case as hopeless. Everything, how-
ever, that could possibly be of service to the patient was
done, but after lingering through the night he expired at
half-past two yesterday afternoon.
UNPUNCTUAL TRAINS.—In the Manchester County
Court, yesterday, an action was brought by Mr.
J. Rhodes, Levenshulme, against the London and North-
Western Railway Company, to recover 3s. 6d., a sum
which the plaintiff was said to have called upon to
pay in consequence of the defendants' negligence. One
night last month the plaintiff took a ticket at the Com-
pany's station at Saddleworth, for the purpose of travel-
ling to Manchester by the train announced in the Com-
pany's time bill to leave at 9 40, and to reach Manchester
at 10 30. The train did not leave Saddleworth till 10 45,
and it was 11 80 when it arrived at the Victoria Station
Manchester. The plaintiff was in consequence prevented
going to Levenshulmo by the 11 35 train from the London-
road station, and he hired a cab, for which ho paid 3s. 6d.,
the sum which he now sought to recover.—Mr. Brett,
solicitor, said, on behalf of the company, that the time
bills stated that the company did not guarantee the punc-
tual starting or arrival of their trains.—The judge (Mr.
Ovens) said that as the time occupied in the journey
was below that advertised, the plaintiff could not sue for
the non-arrival of the train within a reasonable time. Hie
claim was that the train did not come to Saddleworth at
the time stated. Was it a contract on the part of the com-
pany to start the train at 940 ? The plaintiff relied on
the time bill for such contract, but the bill must be taken
as a whole, and it would bo seen from another announce-
ment in the bill that the company did not guarantee the
starting from Saddleworth at 9 40. He was compelled to
give a verdict for the defewlante.