The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-29 00:00:00

(re Tebt fp rt No. 1,433.] [No. 14, EXHIBITION EXPRESS. 3 THE EXHIBITIfiN EXPRESS, FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 29. -.- "TILE WORLD'S FAIR." Is one month and two days from this time the doors of the Great Glass Paiute will be thrown back to give admission to the curious of all nations. The continued steady sale of 144.3,4.111 tickets shows that this opening day is looked for with no little impati ence by a large 'class of the community. Indeed it is curious to mark the various developments of the. inereasi tt excitement. Enter a grocer's shop, and you are asked whether you prefer " Exhibition coffee ?" "Exhibition pins" are in every linendmper's window ; little plaster models of the building art hawked in every street ; Exhibition buns" are particularly recommended ; " Exhibition wafers" close letters more effectually than any other description of seal ; and " Exhibition handker chiefs" may not be sneezed at. Suggestions for the better management of every part of the great undertaking flow into the boxes of London and provincial editors, as a mutter of course. One gentleman thinks that a special society should be at once established for the protection of the health of the metropolis; another wishes to caution smoking visitors from abroad against in dulging the blissful dream that they will be allowed to iniport a su ffi cient stock of the f ragrant weed to last them throughout their sojourn in this country, the Board of Customs having recently &- reacted searchers not to allow eight ounces at tobacco to pass without having paid duty but. perhapc . the most original suggestion of tbo fruitful band is the individual who proposes to pay! off the national debt by converting the great Gtia Palms:, after it has served the primary ohjmt feel which it was erected, into a gigantic shrubbery, and charging a rate of sixpence to each visitor. Of this scheme Mr. Paxton is to be superintendent-general "Bright-steer asks whether or not the Crystal Public will prove waterproof; but as he answers his own question (in the negative of course), it is hardly necessary to discuss the point with him. Ile draws a melancholy picture of the condition which a house cursed with a skylight may be in; and he refers with feelings, evidently con troths', to the drops of ruin which have fallen through the roof of the Glum Palace of late; —being a gentleman of a comfortable habit, he fore sees the putty shrivelled up, the wood cracked, and the iron expunded. and of course, as a natural and L130'110114: l 'allMllaelltV every article under this treacherous roof expopasi to drenching mins. Per haps he might have been spared this fearful vision, however. if he had made himself acquainted with the sufficiently notorious fact that the roof of the Glass , Palace is not completed, and that a covering of can vas will be thrown over the glass. Ingenious ob tiona have reached from across the channel. F e exhibitors are indignant to find SO large a portion of the exhibition devoted to English exhibi tors. having probably already forgotten that in 1819 it was divided by the French Chamber of CollanefUt that no foreign goods should be admitted to industrial exhibitions of France, M. Sullandrouze de la Moe naix is amused by his countrymen of Anglican partialities ; and l l .nglish authorities Icon to think that lei. mind is nammed to the notion that France should be considered before dory other countq on the CM' of the globe. Nit-di:llion in this instance apps ars to be a thankless task. Ilk• accredited commissioners from foreign powers are now rapidly arriving, mid at the leve of Wed nesduy last several of these officials were presented to the Outs n. The delay shown by exhibitors is seriously coma id • sl tat. At Sunderland and Wolverhantpt tttt t for 111MalleV. exhibitor+ have been holding a local exhi bition of their contributions instead of forthwith forwarding them to their destination. The Sunderland exhibitors charged the public for admiss . . and propose to devote the prowls to defray their 'mammal expenses to London and the cost of transmitting their goods to the Exhibition. The tokens of a hettlthy activity are at length be ginning to manifest themselves in three or four of the tompartments on the foreign side of the build ing. Tie French. Belgian, and Austrian commis sioners seem to have tome to the conclusion that the executive committee really mean to carry out their repeated deelarations of a firm detennination to open the Exhibition on the lot of May. They are now busily enguged in allocating spurs to their exhibitors. and in the several hoardings the neces sary examination of the {Hoods which have been forwarded already is going forward with some de gree of industry. 'in order that they may be quite un disturbed during the performance of these important duties, all visitors to the building are now rigidly excluded from the foreign hounfings. We were in formed that in the French compartment some pro gress has been made in the setting up of cotton ma chinery of a novel and wen - ingenious description. In the': central avenue a colossal figure of an angel. by Le Seigneur. a French artist, is advancing ra pidly tat completion; and the large °Tan, the fixing of which was mnimenced last week, no now nearly the, finished. Very little has been achieved as yet in the slum assignea to the United States. Some diffe rent-es of opinion on essential points exist lietwecn their numaging committees, and until these arc re moved. it is obviously impossible that any steady pro gress mil lie attained. 'Elw largest foreign arrivals dur ing the week have been front France, Belgium. China, the United States, and Portugal. The CI • 'se goods consisted ehtetly of poreelain and articles of furniture ornamented with carving. In the British division of the building great strides towards Mud completion have been effected in the following classes :—Machinery, both at rest and in motion ; woollen and mixed fabrics ; furni ture : p ' ten fabrics; and agricultural implements. In the portions of the building where the articles in these classes am to be exhibited the counters and walls necessary for their effective display are with but few exceptions either erected or in course of ereetiam. In fact. little musics to be accomplished by a large number of exhibitors beyond open ing the eases which contain their goods and spread ing Bum in their appointed plactw. During the week sa'seral large machines have been set up. Amongst them are a sugar bakery ; a rope-making mach' ; three sets of marine engines, one of 750. horse Toner. another of 100. and a third of smaller size and power. A gigantic eoffee-roaster is also really for work. and a striking advance has been nude towards the completion of the cotton Taa- ChilWry from Oldhant and Manchester. as well as the woollen. ttax, and silk and lace machines. Newly all the counters and fittings in the galleries westward of the transept arc constructed and ready for the reception of goods. and the painting of the inside of the building will be finished within the week. The heavy rains of the last fortnight have enabled the contmetors to discover all the portions of the roof which are not wsterdight. and active steps are now being taken to render them so. An examina tion of the roof on Monday wick led to the disco very that the number of broken panes was 1,908. These.however. have been repaired, and during the last three days scarcely any moisture has found its way into the building. the thick coat of paint which the roof has stiU to receive on the outside will, of course. form an additional and effective ob stacle to the future intrusion of wet. The number of cases of received during the week on the foreign si i re °6l of the building is follows ;—Austria, 2; Belgium, 60; China, 63 ; F,,_,ra • pect 11:1 tnited States, 4 4 3 ; Portug al, 92. 1 "-` l :erein : Prassia, 1; Wurtemburg, 24 ; Bavaria, 7. Italy, 19; Switzerland, 2; Niger ( West Africa), 7; Spain, 1; Society Islands (' Tah iti), 1 (nut by Queen Pomare); Sweden, 1. Colonial: British Guiana, 2; Canada, 1; East Indies, 73; New Grenada, 1. Total, 1,204. The total number of packages forwarded from foreign countries, and which have been examined by the custom-house officials, is 6,511. 1 We would repeat, in conclusion, that only a month and two days remain for the completion of the Ex hibition arrangements. Exhilatont should be up and doing. that th...rl: may be no negligence visible when, on the I.t .d . Mar. the doors are opened to admit all the writ .. . 4 to the World's Fair. lIAMBURG, MARCH 25. On the 15th 61.4 I wrote to you to say that 92 packages had ben shipped the previous day on board the John Bull steamer tor the London Exhibition. The residue is to go lM board the John Bull on Friday next, consisting of about 20 packapo. There are some very interesting articles amongst them. Fur instance, a pattern card, measuring 12 feet square, containing 500 walking-sticks, of which there arc not too alike. They are placed like the beams of the Sun, button outside, surrounded by a round I . gilt Imam, on which eight paintings, representing persons bearing sticks according to their ages and ranks, are fasten ed, while the insidouf the circle is covered by another paint ing representing the factory, and having the name of the house that supplies the goods in large black letters on its gilt brim. Another interesting object is a model of 'Seidel berg Castle, carved in cork. CAN IT BE TRUE? A report has got about town with regard to the United Service Club, which we sincerely hope will receive the earliest possible contradiction. Two foreign men-of war have arrived in our part , freighted with articles for the (heat Exhibition—the one is the St. Lawrence, from the United States, the other the Sarlinian ship, the Governolo. Now, it is customary, we understand, with the United Ser vice Club to admit foreign naval officers of a certain rank upon service to the temporary use and enjoyment of their club. A distinction, however, so it is said, is to be made in this instance. The officers of these two ships are to be excluded from the club 101.4104., regard being had to the service on which they are employed, they can oily be considered as merchantmen. We will not, of course, un dertake to guarantee the correctness of the report, and most happy shall we be to open our columns to any authorised contradiction of it. WI. will not, until further assurance, believe that a body of English gentlemen email he guilty of such an act of fatuous uhsurtlity—not to say of dis courtesy and ill brissling. Our own navy captains arc right glad to get hold of a freight of treasure on the South American station. It is matter of notoriety that they spare no ext rtims to obtain so lucrative a pre rogatise, and yet they are to turn round mum the officers of , foreign scrvicte, who are employed in carrying out a rem mission from their respective governments—a commission to the full as respectable as tiring broadsides, or testing the eumpamtive rates of ...tiling between the ships of an experi. mental squadron !If this report he true—as we hope most earnestly that it is nut—there will be ,nly one thing left to wish fur, which will be that the members of the United Service Chili may be ostracised in every gentleman's house o London. — Tines. ADDITIONAL LIST OF BRITISH EX. HIBITORS. Allen and Moore, Great Hampton-row, Birmingham. A medal commemorative of, and intended to be shown at, the Great Exhibitrun in London. The obverse displays a head of Prince Albert, as the prime mover in the Exhi bition, and the reverse is divided between a view of the building itself and an emblematical group of Britannia, sceompunied by the representatives of the four quarters of the globe, who arc uttering her the productions of their various cornices, and revels ing laurel a reaths 111 return. The group is completed by the introduction of the inven tions must significant of the istlvauced state of the arts and sciences at the present day. Cheek, William, Saffron V. olden. A central cabinet. This article of furniture, hexagonal in form, and showing a frontage from any point, is formed by an intersect' of treats both t OtIVelL and el/U.11.. It to of a temple-like appearance, surmounted by a dome, and the divisions of the six fronts are formed by columns and pilasters. Three of these faces or divisions are with open drawers sad three enclosed with inlaid decors; the outsides of these doors have a sunk panel, and an inlaid ivory raised panel. It has 27 drawers of walnut tree, with antique pendant solid silver handles, and the exterior is of ebony and ivory. The outlay in its manufacture will he from 401. to 501, in the cornice there will be :4000 separate pieces of wood, and about 20,000 pieces in the whole. Carrick, Canterbury. Inlaid 100 tables. Upwards of one hundred different kinds of wood, together with pieces of ivory and tortoiseshell, &e., are here formed into a com pact and perfect whole. Mr. Carrick is, it stems, entirely a self-taught mechanic, and the tools which he has used for this wonderful work arc of the most primitive cha racter—a common pocket-knife, a brad awl, a watch spring saw, and a couple of jagged-edged table-knives, comprise his whole stock of implements. Clark, liolsert, Bunker's Bill. Fence houses. Model of an improved coal drop. The improvement and increased efficiency consists in the application of two large wheels, and double breakers acting on them, attached to the up right shafting or suspension levers, gaining thereby in creased strength and steadiness, and also greater power or control over this piece of mechanism. Dickinson, James, Limehouse. Model of York Cathedral. Dunn, Joseph, Ballston Durham. Model of a railway for reversing locomotive engines, ike., to obviate the use of turntables. A train of any length may be turned by this iuvention, without disengaging the car riages, and with very little trouble. Danuatt, James, Sunderland. A patent mangle. A pilot's or seaman's life-preserving jacket. Inside the jacket are bladder., which, on being filled with air, keep the body from sinking in the water. Ewan, T. and J.. Monkwearmoutli. A briektnaking machine. One of these machines is capable of making 40 bricks per minute. Edwards, James, Stourbridge. Two transparent orna mental table clocks. The works are a combination of glass and brass. One of these time-pieces ra worked by Mr. Edwards's newly-invented propeller (by which a time-piece Call be kept in motion for the period of fifteen months), and is constructed to act fur the space of three months. The tither is a skeleton spring cluck, the largest probably ever manufactured, and coustructed to go for eight days. Ettrick, Anthony, High Barnes, Sunderland. Improved Travelling-bag, or Purtmanteau.—llogie, or Timber-lift ing Apparatus—The application of the screw is new. The advantage gained by this machine is, a considerable saving of time and labour in hoisting timber, without the possibility of danger to the lives of any of the workmen, requiring only two men to manage the largest sized bogie, where sit or seven men were employed with the old bogie. In descending a hill, it require. only a minute or two to shift the chaiu to give greater weight before or behind, so as to act as a drag.—Portable Punching, Slotting, and Stamping Apparatus—The construction of this is new. The screw, being all in one piece, does not revolve, but is worked; it is fitted with five punching and two cutting tools, one up and down be the collar to which the handle is attached, with edges for cutting out worth..• holes, the other tnr shaping or cutting devices in iron, OT other metals. The advantage gained by this apparatus is portability; the handle not rising or falling. but always being the same height, no possibility of the punches or cutters getting out of the perpendicular, so that work can be done with great facility and correct ness. The cutters are made to revolve, and are fixed by a set screw, AO that work can be cut at any angle ; also requiring less power to work the apparatus. — New Method of Launching a Long Boat from a Mer chant or other Vestal, without the assistance of the masts, and by one man, or even a boy. Principally adapted for Mil vessels- In eases of ships on fire, or foundering at sea, where they have but few hands, and those men nearly worn out by pumping or drawing water, they have nut sufficient strength to launch the boat by the novel method. Frequently the men are washed overboard, and sometimes the masts are blown away, which renders it perfectly impossible for them to launch the boat. The boat can by this method be easily launched by ens tt a. or even a boy, without the masts. It can easily be /e -moted by one person to the side of the vessel clear of the hatchway. Transverse wheels are shipped, so that the boat can be run fore or aft the vessel as required. The bar over the hatchway of the vessel is easily removed, so that only the two stanchions remain. The winch for winding the rope is readily packed away in the boat when not in use. fewer, James, Woodbridge-road, Ipswich.—Specimen of carving in stone on a chimney-piece.—The jambs repre sent Science and Wisdam, the former instructing Youth how to conquer difficulties : the latter leading a young girl to the contemplation of the beauties of civilised life; these rest upon two semi-globes, upon which are repre sented War and Discord cruised upon the earth. exterior represent, the cereal sail Ikea prxhiets el the [PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURPENCI MR. WYLD'S MONSTER GLOBE eociety, this attempt to till up agreeably the gaps which the attraations of the world's fair may still leave utbnp plied cannot be too highly praised. By such aids as the , The dingy statue, which could be rartly Seen tartarmances of glee and madrigal clubs ran supply, and by the cotectiou of thew specimens of British art in painting through the straggling trees of Leiceater-squale ineloaure, and ether departments which are now in private bawls, is now entirely enclosed from public gaze, by the building ti.ose who come to see our industrial wealth may also be en- which is to contain Mr. Wylita monster aloha. Tho &bled to appreciate the genius of our country upon points Afhenirion has given a graphic and intereatina aecount of wherein the collection of products in Hyde-park will nieces- this curiosity, which we extract : eerily Lave then uninformed. The society, too, will have " The sphere on which the earth is modelled—and which the satisfaction of contributing in a material degree to the is now in proems of erection, as our readers know, in the contort of those strangers whom we have Malted to a centre of L. icester-aquare—is 65 feet in ditunctiT. Visitors peaceful rivalry, and who have come to us, we trust, in the will pax, into the interior of this huga ball ; and by mesas same liberal and confiding temper as that which induced us of a winding staircase or gallery will proceed rutted it, to throw open to them our Exhibition. . viewing every part of the mold at a distance of Pair feet from the iv: ; and these arrangements are so outlived that they will not interfere with the general view ,if On. entire PREPARATIONS AT GREENWICH nosrITAL. surfate. The scale is ten miles to one inch ben iamital, and l one mile to an inch vertical. This enablea the constructor Portiolls of the hospital are being embellished preparatory to exhibit all the details of hill and valley , lake mid river, to the tat of Mar. The paintings in the chapel are in course of men at km, under the superinte ode Of Mr. Clarkinat a- with fatality, and to produce an tfictise retires. motion of the earth—eke], could not be dune if the nail, r height field, The Painted-hall, since the workmen h a ave and for itstance weer alike. been engaged in the chapel, has been appmpriated for the celebnitient of Divine Worship on Sundays; them hviug "In looking at this vast modal, the olvers, ris at once struck with the distribution of land and wet r. Ile sees room in that spacious apartment for the acisnumodation of . its the whole of the penahmers, amouuting to about l,h11t), All the j the ls great "'an' andnewm ate 1and2,40(0,014)h • sle milames, cabins are being thoroughly cleansed and repaired, and whde the old ain, all t ivo estimated at hut 60,000,00 square miles. 1.10 inim aso many of the wants. A tine portrait of the naval hero, Ail- miral Lord Duncan, has just been preacnted to the hospital expanse of waiters in the southern hemisphere is brought by the present Viscount. It is temporarily deposited in the out in strong contt"st with the wideol•read lands of tho Nelson-mom, from which it will be shortly trausferreil to northern ; and the great chains of mountains which are re the tainted-hall. markable features of the earth's surface are shown to be ranged in a circle around the ocean and the Indian sea. The water-shed, sir river (vanes of every comitn is laid down, and the great areas drained are exhibited. 'lbis is, of course connected with the elevations and depressions of the land—all which are displayed in relative truthfulness, and with remarkable exactitude. By no other means thew this, we repeat, could we at one view obtain a 1,11 I et and lively knowlidge on these points. A model in r, lief -peaks to the eye in a way which it is inn osaible for :my map or globe with a flat surface to do. " Beyond the points of physical geography which we have mentioned as being necessarily involved in this idea, there are others of no less importance :mil interest to be elabrieed. The limits of perpetual snow will be shown. Moat Blanc, ' the monarch of mountains,' with his diadaut of snow —the hoary peaks of the Andean 111111 Dim:damn range— with the lower hills, which as they approavii the Pole pre sent their vonstantly snow-la :wing tops—will alike lie faith fully represeuted. 'I he great ',mat ranges wilt be indi- CateAl -Mill the deserts, with their wastes of sam I, exhibited. Many of the geological aspects of the globe will he diaplayed, not merely in the form of the surface, but in the colours el the metes. In fact, as perfect a picture at* the sur face of our earth as is possible will he Er wated at one view in this gigantic mixlel. This will be no mere holiday show. Men may take their children to it to instruct them on the subject of that world oil which they live ; and the women of our day may h. re, if they choose, leain something more than they know of that sur face of wbith Mrs. Somerville, in her • Chyaicui Geography • h as written so well, lied that lady, however, posse-ed lha advantages of a model like alio, she would let -voided some c:roni which are the natural consequence of Sat being able to embrace at one view • the great globe bself.' " NUMOTOU.IIIIII:thitIS will occur to the students of wAyral philosophy by which Mr. Wyld's globe might be mane stal more iostructive. The naturalist will insist on the Ulnae.- trace of showing the geographical distribution sf pi ft's and animals ; and the geologist will contend that it ... t ad be easy to express in colour many of the great tarp of his Seitliee, and to tell the talc of those vast mot:divas with which he deals. We believe these may eventually he shown without in any way interfering with the gam rul plan, and we would advise Mr. Wylil to bear then: and taller additions in mind. It is not improbable that he isontemplatea them or some of them, as future chapters in this grout a, ogre phical work. But in any case there arc certain grand phy sical facts which we desire to see exprisweil in Inv grit instance. We stature to suggest them as import:tat, and we believe them to he COMP:AIt& with the main 6 atoms of the design. We would wish to we the kt eest eur rents laid down. Most interesting would it he to .how how the water , of the ocean warmed in the gulph of th.picat Mexico, How in obedience to a physical law toa:11111 our own ahorta• -and even pass to the north of our i•jandlt-- giving a temperate climate and fertility to a northern region of Norway which the southern districts do not pow- FA.M. As a few dots an the flue of ocean would Judie:de all this, we see no reason why this information ahoniit not bo afforded. The greatest southern limit in the nortiern hemisphere of the ieehergs might Is' very inatrietively shown. 'the glacier system will of comic find a place. •• In addition to this, a few crintson silk card* i arried round the 1110det would express isothernal line s -or hoes of equal temperature—mond the globe; end the few blue ones would tell the awry of the earth's magma ism, aithaut in any way interfering with the geography or .be modeL At least we hope Mr. Wyl,l will mark the two lewd, and the two south magnetic puha, which we may woe it ;::rd as being fairly determined. The movemetit of to are magnetics poles might he ilescribad in any treatise are eat se Inch may be cold at the doors of the exhibit' . 'I is le aro some other points of interest which we Ishinal, desire to ire embraced, end which will prohubly le so Iv r. aft - r. "V. have - already intimatad that we regal, this model as the commencement of a new era in geographi. al instruc tion. 't has grit globe is made up of some thansands of castings in plaster from the original models in Jay. The first piast, r east, which is of course in reverse, wfl In• ro taincal, and front it any number of correct aisle!- may be had. Nothing could be morn instructive thall 0 , 1401 nee- Guns of the earth. Those raised map., the tale of distanee and elevat would impart on umouilt of ielinf• auttion in schools which could not be given by any other method. In a few weeks the desert of Leitaat, ',quart) will, in fact, be converted into a great geographical reload." PATENT POCK ET PROTECTOR: Mrs. Allison, of Nottingham-place, Stepney, has an in vention for the protection of pockets from the depredations of thieves. The contrivance by which this desirable object is proposed to be attained is very simple, ronsistingmcrily of an elastic ring, placed just within the entrance to the pocket, which will not admit the hand without such pres sure us will attract the attention of the wearer ; and which, if the hand should be inserted, will render its withdrawal a matter of still greater difficulty. This protector may be inserted in the pockets of either ladies or gentlemen ; and if genendly used would no doubt prevent the conunissiun of many telonks. THE EXHIBITION ANIL TILE LESIONS ACT. TO I.OItD MOO-MAN, ...... hiv Imun,-1 should not have ventured Li obtrude my elf upon your hirdship's notice, had I not t ci•ittiilent the subject id my contmunieation was at pee. ti, t eigaging your lordship's attention ; I allude to the Mesh ms Annie& ment Art, ref.:mill to a select committee at the see;;;, 'ekes of your lordship. There are few subjects of :no rest im portance to the advancement of science and art, :mil hi tic. I to the prognossion of mankind, than a just distribution of encourigement to original talent ; I need not detail to your 1101 , 1 ship that insurmountable difficulty to poor inventors, the existing patent law ' and I hail hoped the pi...motel-a of the Exhibition of all Nations would, before the insisted 1111011 English skill competing with foreign skill, likve placed our own inventors upon the some footing an the inventirro of other nations. I fear, howi•ver, that, unless the sniffed is urged itt' some powerful editor:de, the patent tax a ilintal remain a disgraceful prohibition on ndnd. My lord, we are indebted to your lordship for many moat valuable acquisitions in philosophy, puldislicel under the auspices of a society who have ecrtainly done the stile vitae serviee in the diffusion of useful knowledge; and this know ' ledge, distributed among the skilled mechanics of our I country, has not failed to call into active cultivation the ingenuity they naturally posse&s. To you, my lord, I ap. peal, let it not be said you gave us cheap knowledge, hut forbade the ',nerds , : of our ingenuity. Is not the visors's. intellect of practical men of the first order Let there be no longer this check upon them, amt you, my lord, who have done so much for the advancement of science. may yet confer another blessing. The hill refecrill to committer, may, I humbly siumest, be so altered as to accomplish the object. May nut sorb et Wolters be called from among the dais intended to bs benefited as would render the necessity of an latera -1 don apparent? Surely, in thie age of competition and cheapliess (and which the Exhibition will boon 11 great I tendency to promote), the skill of our mei:banjo, ought of !all things to he cultivated with the utmost rare. Hate not the promoters of the Exhibition upon every occasion urged as un argument, that this skill is smelt as to fear no tienopeti tion If so, surely it is not tout much to ask fur the sums I enCOUnWelltellt at the mechanics of other countries, and instead of (laurelling n poor Mall to pay :Pa for a patent, let it lie attain - able at the same rate as in America ur Fromm. May 1 again hope your lordship will take such inter at fa ! this subject as to suggest a remedy fur the removal of this prohibitory anti unjust tax upon invention. 1 have the honour to be, my lord, your lordshinht wry humble tervant, J. M. IlifDE. Bristol, March 21, 1851. MEETING OF FRENCH EXHIBITORS.. A meeting of the French exhibitors, convened by the Pa risian Union, sus held a kw days since at the I 'onservatuire dew Arts, hi Paris. A report of the proceedings of the Union was laid before the meeting. M. Sill: ndrouse de Lamor nail, the French commissioner, attended the meeting for the purpose of affording to the exhibitors any information which they might require with respect to the arrangements in London. Sonic discontent was manifested at the com meucement of the meeting by one or two exhibitors, but the itilhrination afforded by the French romtnisioner tended in some degree to allay their excited feelings, :Ind to place the conduct of the Royal Comniii.iiiment in a more favourable point of view. Among other matters which were stated were, that 1110,000 square feet had been allotted to the productions of France, 44000 of which would only be available as exhibiting area, and that if the exhibitors would iamb nt thenthelves with displaying only the elite of their p otluctions, they would lime sufficient space for making u most brilliant display. M. Cristofie complained of the disproportion of the hpace - given to England in the Glass Palace ut that accorded to any other nation ; sug gested the immediate opt Mug of an exhibition in l'aris; and ati.iosed tits French government and M. Sallandroure de la Murtha* of want of dignity in their negociutions with regard to the great exhibition. M. the la Moruaix replied effectivity to the complaints of M. Cristofle, bore testimony to the ru i n et with which he had been treated by the Royal Commissioners, and paid u compliment to the English am bassador fur his energetic efforts on behalf of France. It was al-o st...ed that an act had been passed for this protec tion of copyright in designs of such articles as might be ex hibited, and that u second bill had lieu introduced into parliament, giving similar protection to the exhibitors of new inventions, and which would no doubt become. law be fore the end of the month. A letter of advice would be sent to exhibitors, iinnoutteing the period when it would be 'we e -A:try lbr them to attend personally, or by . their repre sentatives, to assist in the arrangement of their goods. A question as to the tree admission of French exhibitors was put by one of the persons present, who was informed that a hai been Lade roll the ftlbjett to Earl Ura vine, who had stated that it would not be . calculated to give gemeralsatisraction if French exhibitors were to have free admission, while the British were called upon to pay. Her Majesty herself, as well us the Royal Commissioners, would be required to pay for admission. In mower to other ques tions, it was stated that the vernal during which the exhi bition would remain 0114,11 would not be less than four, and not more than six months, and that no goods would be allow.Al to be sold in the `wilding ; that the last day for re ceiring goods in waintons or pw•king caws would be the 2nd ut April, and that a very small portion of the returns had yet been forwarffiAl for insertion in the catalogue. M. lie is Mornaix also stated that the French commission in London had been placed in a position of great difficulty by the delays of exhibitors. Even at that moment he did not know the exact number of their exhibitors; and he could nut tiepin the duty of dividing French slime before this -int was finally settled. MEETING OF AMERICAN CONTRIBUTORS. - - ----- - On Thursday evening a meeting of " American Contri butor•, Agents, and others, loon the United States of America," woo held at the Chapter Coffee-house, Pater reader-row, in pursuant,. of an advertisement, in which it was stated that they were convened "on important business; connected with the Exhibition," Mr. St John, of New York, in the chair. l'revioas to the commencement of the busi ness an application was made by some reporters to lie present. A discussion took place as to the propriety of their admission, when a resolution was agreed to that they would be allowed in the room on con dition that their report should be subject to Teti shin. This was, of course, refused, upon which some of the istpreseutatit es of the daily press went away. At a subsequent period another reporter entered the room, but he was not allowed to take notes. The meeting proceNled to dis•uss a series of resolutions which 11:111 been ; prepared at a previous meeting, held at the same place, on Saturday last, the purport of which was that they strongly opposed the appointment of rig jurors to deride on the I relative merit. of the foreign coutributions, also to the ad judication of the bronze medals as prizes by the royal com missioners, when awards of touch greater value had been promised, which they considered not keeping faith with contributors; they also objected to the prime of admission of three guineas for a season ticket. Strong observations were made in conse quence of co ntributors being at the expense of erecting their own " fittings." It MRS stated that English contributors were at the expense; but in answer, it was observed that the original understanding was that contri butors should be at no expense. Another ground of com plaint was in reference to the delay in affording iondection to articles which required tt patent, and upon this subject a resolution was agreed to, that a deputation be appointed to wait on Sir G. Grey, intimating to him that until some se curity be given to such contributions, no packages should be opened. It was alleged that the object of the delay in ob taining a law was a covenant not to take tolvantage of any new invention or original design. At the close of the preo ccedirnrs the reporter asked to look at the resolutions, hut on a show of hands this was refused. The meetiug then separated at a late hour. COMPLIMENT TO FOREIGN AGENTS. The following have been proposed as honorary corres ponding members of the Society of Arts: Austria,C. Buschek and Dr. Schwarz, Chanilos house ; Bavaria, Professor Dr. Sehafhault, 5, Albion-st., 11 yd e-park ; Belgium, Charles Cu y lits, 5.5, Graciehurch-st.; Denmark, Regnar Westenholz, 26, Mark-lane; France, Salland maze de Lamornaix, 12, George st., Hanover-sq. ; Grand Duchy of 111.1 , 5 C, M. Hassler ; (ireree, M. Rolle, 4, Connaught-pl., West; Hamburg, 111. Piglheim, 14, Taristock.st. ; Manse Towns, Chevalier de Culquhoun, 3, Stratford-pl. ; Holland, F. G. Camp, 34, Finsbury-sq.; Portugal, Antonio Valdez, Sablo niere-hotel, and F. J. Vanzeller, 5, Jetfry's-sq. ; Borne, Sr. Carlo Trebbi, 31, Newman-st., Oxford-at.; Russia, Gabriel Kamensky, 34, Norlanil-sq., ; Sar dinia, Chevalier Leneka, 5, Berkeley-st , Berkeley-sq. , Saxony, Gustavus Doer.,tling, 65, Charing-cross; Spain, Manuel de lasi, 5, Water-lune, Tower-st.. and F. N. illa nuera, 10, Gulden-sq. ; Sweden and Norway, Charles Tottie, 2, Crosby-sq. ; Switzerland, Dr. Bolley and Mr. Eich bolter, 30, F insbury sq. ; Tunis, Sig. Hamda Elmkadden (Mr. Santillana, interpreter), 9, China-terrace, Kenning ton-road ; Turkey, Edward Zobrah, 1, Bryanstone-sq. ; Tus cany, Don Filippo C,,rridi, 15, Arundel st., Panton-sq. ; United States, C. F. Stansbury (commissioner), 137, Regent-st., Edward Riddle (special agent), and N. S. Dodge (secretary and acting agent), JII, Burton-st., Eaton sq. ; V. urtembtirg, C. lti awn t, 11, Connaught-terrace ; Zollverein, Bauurath Stein, 2, Albion-st., Hyde-park. THE WORLD'S ART-EXHIBITION AT BRUSSELS. The following royal decree has appeared in the Moniteur Beige, dated 18th March:—' Reviewing our decrees relat ing to a national exhibition of works of art which has taken place every three years at Brussels ; and taking into consi deration that the Exhibition of 1851, which would cam men?..e on the 15th of August, and close on the first Monday in October, coincides with the Univeral Exhibition of In dustry which will open at Loudon in the course of th.• pre sent year; considering also that on this OCCtilii.,ll it is requi site to impart to the Belgian Artistic Exhibition a more ge neral character, by inviting thereto competitors of all na. Lions; pursuant to the report of our Minister of the Inte rior, we have decreed and do decree:—Art 1. A general exhibition of works of living artists will take place at Brus sels on the 15th August next. Art. 2. The organisation and direction of the Fine Art Exhibition of 1851 are en tru►ted to a commission, the members of which will be ap pointed by our Minister of the Interior.—LzoroLD, Bo pee "—the Builder. THE DISPLAY OF MANUFACTURES. Trona the Journal of Desire.) Our native manufactures, it would seem, in the style of their contributions, while aiming at excellence ost the one hand, or cheapness on the other, have not allowed them-elves by a desire of show to he carried away from the pruina•linn of ordinary business I irtieles or to excecil the standard of a fair market. In the display of cotton fabrics every useful requisite of the trade will be illustrttesl. and Manchester, Bolton, Glasgow, and Carlisle will prove the leading exhibiting towns. The wholesale houses of the metropolis will contribute the higher pro duets of the loom, and the great firms of the north will show the more preliminary processes. Printed Lattice will be represented by the best houses in the print trade, especially in Manchtster, Glasgow. and f. 012 don, and this department is expected to contain many novelties in the modes of production. Upon the north of Ireland will devolve principally the task or itieNtrating the manufacture of linens and damasks, but Dunfermline. Leak, and the wholesale houses of 1411111 On will also hem... hiSitors, and important and beneficial results to tie. brmeh of our industrial system are anticipated from the rivalry with foreigners whom we have invited. In a (adieu and mixed fabrics the display is expected to be very rich and effective. The poplins of Dublin and Norwich, the tweed stuffs of Scotland, the frieze of Ireland, carpets and shawls, the industrial products of thu West Riding t Paisley, and other places will all be duly represented, and the arrangement of this part of the Exhibition promises 13 1e singularly striking and beautiful. In woollen cloth LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1851. earth, feiltg to and combining with the fruits for the goo t; of man. The interior is an endless cable, in which is enclosed the hop and vine, which form the inner com partment, at the bottom of which arc represented the materials of construction and the female attainments. The frieze, upheld by Science and Wisslom, represents ths. grandeur, ' glory, and hospitality of the nation, in which the Queen and Prince Albert appear at the head of Com merce and Industry, represented by basso relit. ro each side of the centre, which is a mass of foliage repre senting the national emblems of the rose, shamrock, and thistle intertwined, in which is embedded ar. date of the year (which is composed thus-- Time shower ing garlands upon the year filly-one, and Vortune turn ing out her cornucopia in return), and, extending itm If right and left, forms the canopy and framework to the whole, which is surmountedby an enriched .pelf. The dimensions are Git. gin. wide, aft. Gin. high, and lit. Bin. deep. Gordon, W. L.. Sunderland. Models of life limits: oue worked with wheels in the middle. Hughes, John, Sunderland. Heisting shears. Those shears are capable of lifting a boiler of 20 tons weight, and shears on this principle mar be constructed to raise any weight that may he requirA. They are al.° inlaptcd to put masts l into ships. The model is made on a half-inch wale. The machinery is under cover to unmet it from corrosion, and to keep it in proper order. The middle storey is intended as a warehouse or loft for fitting up the rigging of larger vessels.—Steering apparatus. This consists of two east iron standards, with two traverse boxes at the top, which boxes arc screwed on to a toothed rack, which has a pinion on the upright shaft to which the steering wheel is affixed, so that when the steering wheel is turned either way, motion is given to the rack, and thence communi cated to the rudder by means of two connecting rods leading to the tiller, which is placed on the head of the rudder. The apparataa or doming machine is detached altogether, and is placed on the under side of the deck beams of the ship, and is free front any obstruction ; when the sea strikes the rudder it runs amidships, the great leverage that the helmsman has, gives him a proper cola- mond. Hartley, James, and Co., Sunderland. A complete Model of a Glass House, containing an Spot furnace, the " cone " being made of glass beautifully bent, an opera tion evidently, from the peculiar shape and altering radius, requiring the utmost ingenuity and skill—enabling the observer minutely to inspect the interior arrangement of the furnace and " pots," or crucibles in which the material is fused; and also the " ease " or tunnel by which alone any air is admitted into the glasshouse when the operation of melting the metal is going on, and which passing, of necessity, through the furnace, forms a con stant blast, by which means a greater heat is obtained than is required in any iron work+. The model is to a scale of an inch and a half to the foot, the diameter of the floor of the glasshouse (King ift. 2in.; height of floor from basement, IR.; height of cone. 1211. Adjoining the furnace the process of glass making is elucidated by specimens in the variona stages of the manufacture. Some of the sheet glass exhibited is 62 in. long by 41 in. wide, containing nearly 18 superficial feet. A model of a green-house, 4 feet 2 inches actuary, on the ridge and furrow, flat-roofed principle. Messrs. Hartley and Co. erected severed of these on the repeal of the gloss duties, with it view of showing how the materials of glass, and iron, or wood could lest adapted for the economi cal construction of conservatories. A section of a ridge and valley roof is exhibited, the span being ten feet, thus giving in a building such as the Crystal Palace multiples of tea in place of eight feet, as in that building. 'lwo windows, manufactured of Messrs. liartley's patent rolled glass. Malley, George, Monkwearmouth. Model of a ship. Kent, Richard, Saffron Walden.- -A pony park-chair. It has a double set of springs and u C spring, rendering it easy us a cradle, and an elegant bead in the end of the shaft neared the carriage, facilitates the entrance ; its construction alwo considerably lessens the danger suppos ing the horse to fall down. The hack rail is carved— colour, claret ; the sides, back, and bottom are toned. Lamb, Janie., Nile-street, Sunderland. Tubular gas apparatus, fur heating baths. Thirty-two gallons of water, 45 deg. heated to 100 deg. in 35 minutes, and consuming 25 cubic list of gas. Lindsay, George, Sunderland. Green vitriol or copperas of commerce. A proto-sulphate of iron, manufactured did exported front Sunderland, extensively used for dyeing silks, woollens, and cottons, making writing inks, I ene tian red, &c. Made from iron pyrites proeured from the coal mines exposed to air and moisture, the excess of aced being saturated by digesting the lixiviuni with iron plates and turnings. Littlehules, P. A boot. Loekerby mid Stephenson, Glasgow. A chandelier. It is made of cast brass, highly burnished and lacquered. The hills of the fusshia Hower, which form its principal orna ment, are east, and so fur minuteness and finish, are the gritfen'a heads from which the burners arise. Laing, James, Sunderland. Model of the ship Vindera, 1,020 Sunk. Proportien of length to beam, sto 1 ; noted for the combination of large capacity with extraordinary fast roiling. Principal dimensions—Lengtle, 163 feet; breadth 33; depth, 23 ; length from head to tatf rail, 196 R. One side represents the ship iot the finished state, and the fastenings applied in securing her ; the other side shows the disposition of the framing, and the vari ous descriptions of keels used in connecting the beams to the sides of the ship. 'lbis side is so arranged as to show the internal structure. Model made by Thomas Hardy. Nicoll, of 85. Princes-street, Edinburgh, specimens of im proved gold pens. By covering the part more liable to corrosion by a stibstance called Rridium, which is said to he positively indestructable by either fire or water. Iteay, Robert, Monkweannuuth. Model of York Minster, executed to a scale in composition, enclosed within a glass case 4 feet 4 inches in length, and 2 feet 4 inches in width. Ritchie. Ilanolyside, Princes-street, Edinburgh. Two spe cimens of sculpture. The one is a colossal figure of a &sottish chief; the other is a group of three figures, " Orphans reading the Bible." Ross, A. 11., Briolge•treet, Sunderland. Self-compensating Barometer. This consists of a Corinthian column, sup porting a full length figure of Sir Robert l'eel. 'the scale indicating the height of the mercurial column is at tached :o a Moat on the mercury in the cistern, and thus Fhows (IttoWeser great the Satiation in either) the exact distance between the two surfaces, that is, the correct height of the barometrical column. tuurt and Co., Buchanan-street, Glasgow. Specimens of glass silvering. The vessels thus made are composed of double glass, having au interstice between the two layers or coats, into which the silver is inserted so as to furm a lining. The intervening space being then hermetically sealed, the silver is effectually protected from atmospheric influence. Shoo —. ''''''''''''''''''' and Shoulbred. A variety of useful and ornamental articles. Among them is a shower bath, its drapery waterproof, and the "shower" worked with uncommon ease. A sponge bath and a hip bath, iu japan ware ; " Youth at the prow and Pleasure at the helm" is the allegory chosen for adornment by the artist. A tray inlaid with mother-o'-pearl. Taylor, It. Coronation-street, Sunderland. A model of Sunderland bridge, in brass. This model will also an swer the purpose of a clock, the hours from 1 to 12 Is big marked along the arch of the bridge ; two human figures will act as hands to the cloek, m .ving across the bridge in exact time. Townley, William, Holborn-hill. Specimens of machinery, &c., accompanied by a large model of the surface or super structure of London-bridge. Also working models, illus trative of a system of washing and watering the streets, courts, alleles, &c., of towns. Uphill, Mary Ann, Salisbury, A cushion for the toilet, composed of thread and flue gold twist of different tex tures. In the centre are introduced the profiles of her Majesty, l'rince Albert, and all the Royal Family, with their initials. A loyal motto encircles the whole, and the Crown of England, the and l'histle, Bible and Sceptre, and other regal and national emblems, are intro duced. Wade, Wm., Sunderhuid, Lady's Saddle, with stirrup bridge to superwde the old stirrup bar, and prevent the saddle from altering its position. A solid leather plum ber's tool bag, and a solid leather house carpenter's tool bag, blocked without scams. Wyatt, jun., London. Equestrian statues of the Queen and l'rinee Albert. Watkins. W. and 1., Bradford. A case of guides, used in the different preparations of silk, cotton, worsted, &c. Walton, F. and Co., Wolverhampton. Specimens of ja panned papier macho, comprising six series of trays, em bellished with landscapes, views, scenes from Goethe's Faust, &c.: about half-a-dozen wine trays, decorated with appropriate foliage and other ornaments : and be tween twenty and thirty other trays, two of which present views, one of (Ramis castle, and the other of the interior of Penshurst Hall, the residence of the Sidney-. on the occasion of bringing iu the " yule " log, on the celebra tion of Christina, '1 rte centre piece of a third of these trays is the representation of a heathen sacrifice. Two large tazzi of papier maehi, 3 feet 6 inches in diameter, adorned with ornaments from classical designs. A vase 4 feet 6 inches high, and 3 feet 3 inches in diameter across the lip; is ornamented with foliage, and flowers and clus ters of grains around the swelling portion of its circum ference, which is euntrasted with the lining and orna ments of its other portions. A cabinent containing a writing desk, and a aeries of shallow drawers. arts. This Rplendid work has been s xi:tiled for the Emperor Nicholas, and, with some slight variations, for Lord Kilmorev, and may be considered, both on account of the rare minutem ps of its finish, and the exquisite taste of its composition, as one of the finest productions that ever left the chevalier's studio ' which is allowed to be the first establishment of the kind in Rome, and, in many respects, even superior to the Vatican mosaic laboratory. . BoPchetti. Two circular mosaic tables, one of the Byzan tine school, inlaid with gold, and the other Cupid, as de..critstal by Tetrarch, with an allegorical burster. Renew. Various specimens of silk. Wanconcini Count. Various Mattis of wood, polished and rough; lkoluginse hemp ; citrauction of siliceous earth by a eh, mical pr cca, tar bottles. Binia, Count. Various specimens of sulphur, raw and refined, front Della Cl , ela, I. A yaw of oriental alnliaster, with handles, all wrought from one "mass, with pede,dal and basement ; dirinteter - 3 feet .5! in. Ferrara Chamber ut Commerce. Hemp sail cloths and ropes of font different qualities. Livizzani, Advocate. Specimens of papirography, cut with scissors. Moglia. CavaHere Luigi. Mosaics representing the Temples of P:estum.—A circular table, with several views.—A picture of St. George. Moulin, D. Mosaics representing the Roman Forum, the Temple of nestum, and the Colosseum. Macdonald. A marble statue. Miughetti. Specimens of raw and manufactured hemp. Manfred y. Various specimens of raw and woven silk. Ow.li, Marquis Alesunder and Joseph. Marbled mosaic bricks for pavements, manufactured of clay found in the neighbourhood of Home. Paaquali, Domenico Rinaldi. Sophaltum, raw and manu factored, extracted from the mines of Filettino. Rocelieggiani, A. A mosaic picture of the Temples of Pa-stum. Ranuzzi, Count. Thirteen pieces of gauze of various colours. _ . . Saulini. Shell and pietm dura cameos. 'fadeline. A marble statue, size of life, representing a fe male figure fishing. LIST OF ROMAN CONTRIBUTIONS. Boccactini. Produce of the Ravenna pine forests, ei:4ht pine comer, and a crystal vase of pine seeds. Bianchini, Luigi. A new spring bit adapted to moderate in the mouth of a horse the rude hand of his rider. Benzoni, 0. M. Three groups in marble, size of life, re prewnting Cupid and Psyche, Gratitude and Innocence defended by Fidelity. Bracci. Raw silk. Barbari, Chevalier. A circular mosaic table, representing the slq of Italy, with emblematical figura of the fine VARIOUS FACTS. TIIE TREES IN TILE GLASS PALACE. In the House of Commons, on Monday, Mr. KER SEYMER inquired of the noble lord at the head of the department of the Woods and Forests whether any of the trees which disfigured and encumbered the Ex hibition building in Hyde. park were to be re -cal ? Lord SEYMOU It said he had received a great many ap plications from the Commissioners of the Exhibition, wish ing to remove certain trees, and also from exhibitors, who stated that their space was very much confined by these trees. lir bad inquired into the matter, and find answered these applications by stating that be was of opinion sonic of the trees should be removed, and that he purposed commu nicating with the Treasury on the subject. ((dear, hear.) INCREASE OF POLICEMEN. At the Court of Common Council on Thursday, the I LOUD MAYOR said that he had the pleasure of pre stating a report to the effect that 110 additional con. stables should be added to the police force fur the six months ensuing tram the Ist of April next. The report having been read by Mr. Woof's - noting, Mr. 11. L. TAYLOR said that the course then pursued appeared to him to be of a very unusual character. Thu usual way in such cases was to refer these matters to the police committee, who knowing all the circumstances con nected with the case, would be best able to deal with it. Ile did think that the mode which had beau followed in that case was unjustifiable, and that the Court of Aldermen would have acted far more courteously to that court (the Court of Common Council) had they abstained from taking the part they had done in the matter. Ile hoped chat some worthy alderman would feel it to be his duty to give au ex planation of the matter. (llear, hear.) Alderman WILSON said tied for some time the Court of Aldermen had been of opinion that it was desirable to in crease the police force. With regard to the exposition of the world's industry in the present year, everyone would agree with hint that the increase proposed should he made. the magistrates had had bilbre them all the necessary informa tion upon the subject, and they bad decided that some addi tional force fur the complete protection of the City was essentially necessary. lle was surprised that Mr. Taylor should have objected to the course pursued by the Court of Ablertmin. Many additional men would nu doubt he re oinked in the mouths ensuing to protect the citizens, and therefore it was that the Court of Aldermen had recom ' mended the appointments iu question. Mr. NORRIS moved that the matter be referred to the Police Committee. Carried. OPENING SOUTHWARK BRIDGE DURING THE EXHIBITION. On Thursday in the paper of business, the following motion was submitted to the court by Mr. E. Davis, namely, '• That it be referred to the Bridge House Committee to consider the expediency and practicability of making ar rangements with' the trustees of Southwark-bridge, fur the free passage of the public during the period of the Ex hibition of the Industry• of all Nations." Mr. Davis not being present, and no one being deputed by hint to take up his motion, it ueurly fell to the ground. Mr. ELLIOTT, however, said he felt strongly upon the subject, and that he was most desirous a saying something thereupon. He hoped that, because Mr. Davis was not present, the court• would nut give the go-by to such an important motion. It having been moved thus. the motion on the paper bo struck out, Deputy PEWTRESS suggested to Mr. Elliott that he might obtain a hearing on the motion if he proposed it as an amendment upon the question then before the court. In a few words Mr. Ei.tiorr proposed this amendment, which was seconded by Mr. CLAIM. Both the multr and seconder agreed that the opening of the bridge freely to the public was exceedingly desirable, and that such a step would be highly appreciated by every person. Mr. WM. JONES inquired where the funds for such a purpose were to come from? They, as a corporation, bad no right to pay the parties for the privilege sought to be obtained. (hear.) Deputy LOTT said that was nonsense. The City had ample funds for such a purpose, and be did hope that the idea would he carried out. Mr. BLAKE observed that the Bridge House Estates Committee had had the mutter of the opening uf South wark-bridge before them many times darner the period ho had the honour of being their chairman. No one ever ob jected tothe opening of the bridge, but they felt the difficulty of doing so, simply because of the enormous sum required by the governors of the property in the shape of remuneration. VENTILATING THE GLASS PALACE. A large portion of the louvre boanls fur ventilating the building were yesterday put into perfect working order, and acted well. In coumexion with the ventilation of the building an excellent opportunity now o&rs for makers of philosophical in..trutneum to send in a number of thermo- meters, and we understand that the Executive Committee will receive them even at thin late period provided applica tions ore ut once made on the subject. Such articles would be placed in prominent parts of the building, and would be useful in assisting in the regulation of its tem perature. QUADRANGULAR SPACES. In order to save some of the enormous labour of the Exe cutive Committee, and to give a greater variety to the , Exhibition, different courts or quadrangular spaces have been allotted to different bodies of exhibitors. The Aus trians are about to furuish a suite of four rooms ; a cotton spinner, from Lancashire, will exhibit the whole process of the cotton manufacture in another ; and a similar space has been given to Messrs. Pugin, ll:adman, of Birmingham ; Croce, Minton, sod Potter, to ht up a medieval court, or chamber, in which one side will be hung with church furni ture', the three remaining sides with dons, stic furniture of the same a'ra, and in the middle there will be a mixture of flowerpots, font., arm chairs, tables, &e., which will re move the impression of a strictly ecclesiastical character in a secular exhibition. SCULPTURE-ROOM. A well- proplntionrd room for sculpture hes been set apart in the Exhibition Building, 70 feet by 45, and 33 feet high. The following arrangement of colours ha been suggested by a sculptor. The floor stained dark oak; the pedestals of the statues dark crimson, the walls a warm grey, of an atmos pheric retreating quality, the ceiling light grey, and a centre concentrated light of 36 feet by 12, with a thin white linen spread beneath. The arrangement of colours is different from that hitherto received as appropriate for sculpture rooms, but would, we have no doubt, be effective. The neutral tint of the walls would afford a distinct vet soft fleshy outline to the marble and plaster, and the dlrk floor preserve the works from the upward reflective gleam so in jurious—in the British Museum, for instaner.—BiarLr. HOSPITALITY IN THE ADEI.PHI. The council of the Societe of Arts have di termined to appropriate their rooms in .61in-street, Ath Iphi, to the hos pitable duties which the international character of thi• Great Exhibition suggests. As a first step in that direction, they have elected all the representatives of foreign coun tries at the Exhibition honorary members of their body, and they have decided on the formation of reading and writing rooms for the use of our visitors from abroad. They con sider that their offices will form a convenient and central spot to which the letters of foreign exhibitors may be directed, and they propene to hold weekly oonversaztones at which many of our visitors will probably attend. As the Exhibition* to a certain extent, the °Spring of the