5 MARCH 1859, Page 11

At the last Council of Ministersat Madrid, Queen Isabella of

Spain signed a decree permitting a Universal Exhibition in 1861 Both industrial and agricultural produce and objects of art will be represented on this occasion, and the inhabitants of all the continental and colonial possessions of Spain, as well as of Portugal,, Brazil, and the States of South America will be in- vited, to send in contributions. The Grand' Jury of the Exhibition is to be presided over by the King-Consort.