The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-08 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY 'EVENING, MAY 8, 1862,

VIE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

is massed together, and if a little more space could
be allotted to it the effect would be much more
striking. The Italian department is making rapid
progress towards completion, but the efforts of Mr.
Doyle to set out the many beautiful articles which
are contributed from Rome—at present a department
entirely separate from the rest of Italy—are very
much impeded by the constant flow of visitors at-
tracted by the beautiful works already displayed.
Within the last day or two some very important
additions have been made to the collection_ A table
still more beautiful than any of the mosaics which
we have already described, was unpacked yesterday
It displays within its circumference every kind of
Roman marble of the most brilliant colours, blended
together with exquisite taste. A small enamel of Pio
Nono, of great beauty, also awaits a fitting place
and over the entrance to the Court has been placed
a life-sized medallion of his Holiness, in white
marble, contributed by Cardinal Wiseman. A case
which illustrates all the different processes of cameo
cutting is well worthy of careful examination; and
there are also some remarkable carvings in ivory
and wood, contributed by Cardinal Antonelli. The
space allotted to Rome is much too small. There
is no part of the building which will be more
crowded, and we cannot help thinking that the
Commissioners even now would be acting wisely in
throwing in a few feet to the scanty area, if pos-
sible. The next neighbours to all these unrivalled
art treasures appear to be a lot of French railway
metals, which rear their heads very incongruously
above the screen. These would certainly show as
well in the machinery annexe, or, at any rate,
half-a-dozen of them would probably exhibit the
specialities of the manufacture. At present there
are enough of them to replete the Merrimac. Great
preparations are being made on the dais under
the western dome for the display of the works from
the Royal Berlin factory. These, as we have had
before occasion to observe, are as characteristic of
the Berlin manufacture and as excellent in their
kind as those which draw so many visitors and
purchasers to the Dresden Court. Some vary hand-
some silver candelabra of Prussian manufacture are
already displayed in this area, and the whole collec-
tion, Austrian and Prussian, which is waiting to
take its place, will, we think, be found to merit
this very conspicuous position. The Austrian
Courts still continue closed, except to a favoured
few, but it is announced that they will positively be
finished before the end of the week. The display of
the famous talking instrument in this Court is
looked forward to with much curiosity. Only one
other instrument of the same kind exists in the
world, though in this the difficulty of clearly pro-
nouncing the " Th" has not been quite overcome.
It is said however that in the machine about to be
exhibited in a few days not only is the pronuncia-
tion perfect, but even in several languages,
The building is now open from 10 in the morning
till 7 in the evening ; at Midsummer it will be open
from 10 till 8, and unless there was another staff of
executives and subordinates it would be impossible
to extend these hours.

TILE TRADES' LIGON OUTRAGE
NEAR SHEFFIELD.

The Home Secretary leas advised her Majesty to
grant a free pardon to the three men who were con-
victed at the last York Assizes of blowing up two