The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-25 00:00:00

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The attendance of visitors at the Exhibition was,
as usual on Thursday, very good. The total admis-
sions were 59.467, of which 5,130 were by season
tickets, and 54,337 by payments. The numbers for

the same day in 1851 were 45,721, giving a conspi-
cuous minority as compared with the attractions of
the present display. Yesterday all the domestic
and farm servants employ ed on the estate at Osborne
visited the Exhibition, the entire expenses of their
trip being defrayed by her Majesty. The children
of the Infant Orphan Asylum, Wranstead, and the
children of the Woodford Parish School were afforded
a similar day's enjoyment at the expense of their
respective managing committees, Mr. Scholeqeld
paid the expense of the visit of the children of l'he
Wraysbury School ; Lady Palmerston sent up tl. e
and
children of the Romsey National School, the
p for
Governors of the Romsey British Sch
pupils.
determined
sea-
son
the visitticket of
holderfth eir yhoausng
summoned
Com-
missioners to the County Court at Bromepton, pton,
on
6th of August, to recover from themh the sum of one
penny, charged for the care ofs umbrella whotihleee
the owner was in the picture galleries. The Com-
missionersse,
def
ehnadv
courtheof and will, of
e the acceptedjustiee
tt huerecmh charge. They ared
empowered by their charter o make such rules and
regulations from time to time
them expedient, and this oh as mayon
esepe
Peony
n y
for taking care of articles of anyrge of one
sticks, parcels, and umbrellas—is one of them, and
thousands cheerfully pay their penny every day.
Supposing, however, for argument's sake, that
season ticketholders or the public generally could
establish their right to take their sticks and um-
brellas into the picture galleries, what would be
the result? Before such a right had been exercised
A fortnight half the pictures would be removed by
their owners. It must not be forgotten that dut ing
the first week or 10 days after the opening the com-
missioners did allow sticks end umbrellas to be
taken into the picture galleries with a view of see-
jug if the experiment could be continued through-
out the Exhibition. During the very first week of
the permission it was seen that the experiment had
failed, and before the first week was over the owners
of the most valuable works of art remonstrated
against the danger to which their masterpieces were
exposed from enthusiastic admirers who would
trace out their beauties with a walking-stick held
within half an inch of the canvass. It was then,
and then only, and entirely out of consideration 13r
those who had entrusted those priceless works to
their care, that the commissioners decided that no
sticks or umbrellas should be taken into the pic-
ture galleries. If it were possible to overrule their
decision we believe, as we have said, that the gal-
leries—certainly the English ones—would be almost
empty in a fortnight afterwards.

DECIDEDLY IRISH.—A Dublin journal ob3erves
that a handbill annoucinz a public meeting in that cll
t
states, with boundless liberality, that "the ladies, Nod°u
distinction of sex, are invited to attend." saYs
PITHY AND TRl.TE.—Henry Ward Beec
bre6r obliged
"Life would be
ono
the insinutv,
a perpetual flea-hunt, if n
to run down all the inuendos, the inveracituti.l2;i
tiona, the suspicions, which an uttered Lor