The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-08 00:00:00

eharaeten of subjects, and not se int, second, and third in degree for the same class of subjects.* 22, The council of chairmen must see that the awards of the individual juries are in accordant* with the rules before they are ronsidereil tins/. 23. Although the commissioners may be disposed, under peculiar circumstances, as set forth in the wuler-mentioned decisions, to consider the propriety of pecuniary grants to individual exhibitors, they will only take such applications into consideration ou the recommendation of the several jurim, sanctioned by the council of chairmen. 21. As seine of the most important duties of the council if chainurn are preliminary to the 'Micro of the juries , - It is si-isfr•tissy Amick asct sasslissik pePiou the asses st-tbov Niel.", • The t 66044 the council will therefore eammeesecia Mesday, the beet of May. 2.5. In order to represent the wishes of the COTIUTILIiCe. 'and to explain its rules, a nominee of the COlittla%lol2 wil l attend the meetings of the council, and *id it in the trans action of business; but be will not possess a vote, or act as a member of the council. MOOS or Arent:erten ¶Ol Jrllolo. • 26. Those towns which exhibit to considerable extent in say of the classes will he invited to send a list of namei of persons who would eMejently represent the knowledge of the elan MA a jury. 27. It will he necessary to state, according to the demi led jury list, the sulxlivivions of the class with which the person recommended is specially acquainted ; and all no asinations must he made in classes, awl not in the aggregate. PI As it is necessary to reduce the lists to the standard somber for each jury, the commission charges itself with this duty. 'P. Thole persons who have been recommended as jurors, ' but who, from the small uumbers of the jury, are not placed en it, may, on the application of a jury, be called in on spe cial occasions to give aid, under the title of associates, but Without a vote. moue OF seems - iris:a TORT.ION JURORS. Note.—The derision, regarding foreign jurors ore delayed • leatil the opinions of the agents of foreign commissions are obtained on this subject. A meeting art these agents will take place, and they will be request. 4 to give their opini- OM Soto the proportions in whieh each nation ehnnld be represented in the respective classes, and generally indicate the principles of nomination must agreeable to the countries which they represent. 118111:40 or JVRITII. • 31. The jurors, on being appointed, will reef ive imme diate notice of appointment, and their names will be pub -32. The chairmen will he required to meet on Monday, the litla May, at 10 o'clock. 33. The juries will meet for the transaction of business, on Monday, the 13th May, at 10 o'clock. 34. Although it is imporaible to set apart special days in which the jerk* alone can examine the article. exhibited, • to the exclusion of the public, arrangements will he made . to carry en these examinations with as little inconvenience ea possible. 36. Jurors, immediately on their arrival in London, are • requested to report themselves at the jury office, in the Ea- hibition Building, where they will obtain their juror's ticket, and receive all necessary information. 'the following decisions relative to prizes and juries, already published, are repented for the pur pose of more detailed information : IleaMojesty sCommitainncnhavehubundertheirconsider Minn the subject et the prizes to be awarded to exh ibi tors,and bus resolved to take immediate,: steps for having (3) medals struck of various sizes and different designs, it being their ' opinion that this is the form in which it will, generally speaking, be neat desirable that the rewards should be trihuted. They have derided to select bronze for the ma teriel in which the medals are to he executed, considering that mi tab to be better calculated than any other for the drvrlopment of superior 'kill and ingenuity in the medallic art, and at the MOW time the mutt likely to constitute a lading memorial of the Exhibition. With "gaol to the mode in which the prizes are to be swayable, the Contmieeinners think it inexpedient to estab lish beforehand rules so precis as to fetter the discretiun at the juries upon which the task will ultimately devolve. It will Is' Sufficient for the present to indicate the general principles to which it will probably be advisable to conform la the award of prizes fur successful competition in the several departments of the Exhibition. In the department of raw materials and produce, far instance. prizes will be awarded upon a consideration of the value and importance of the article, and the superior ex celleure of the particular speeimeas exhibited: and is the . ease of prepared materials, enming under this head at the Exhibition, the juries will take into account the novelty aad importance of the prepared product, and the superior shill end ingenuity manifested in the process of preparation In the department of Machinery, the prizes will be given with reference to novelty in the invention, superiority in the executim, increased efficiency, or increased economy, in the use of the article exhibited. The importance, ion maid or other point of view, of the purposes to which the article is to he applied, will also he taken into consideration, as, will also the amount of the diffieultiesurercume in bringing She invention to perfective. In the department nf Manufactures, those articles will be re wailed which fulfil inthe highest degree the conditions specified in the eectiiinal list, via.; Increased usefulitem, each as permanency in dyes, improved forms and arrange ments in articles of utility, &c. Superior quality, or superior skill in workmanehip. New use of known materials. Vse of new materials. New cemiliinations of materiala, se in metals and pottery. Beauty of design in form, or colour, or truth, with reference to utility. Chi:amuse, relatively to ex oelknee of production. In the department of sculpture, model_ and the plastic art, the rewards will have reference to the beauty and ori ginality of the specimens exhibited, to improvements in the protegees of production, to the application of art tu and, in the rase of models, to the interest attaching to the subject they represent. These general indiestiong are in/Beirut to show that it is the wash of the Commissioner., as far as puible, to reward all articles in any department of the Exhibition which may " appear to e•amipetent Judie-, to pose's any decided supe rowdy. of whatever nature that superiority may be. It is the mention nf the Commissioners to reward ezeellesee in whatever faired it is pre...sited, and not to give iuduce went* to the dedinetions of a merely individual competition. Although the Commiseioners have determined on having three a...lab of diffe•rent sizes and designs, they do not pro mo, to instruct the juries to award them as first, woad, and third in degree fur the same clam of subjects. They do tot wish to trammel theuries by any previa: limitation; but the consider that the juries will rather view the three kinds of medals as a means "(appreciating and distiuguish- Mg the respective characters of the subjects to be rewarded, and not of making distinctive marks in the same class of articles exhibited. 'they fully recognise that excellence is production is not only to he looked fur in high-priced goods, an which much twit of labour and skill hue been employed, but they encourage the exhibitien of low-priced (aline; when combining quality with townies of price, or with novelty of production. They ran readily conceive that juries will he justified in Riving the maw clam medal to the cheapest calico print, made fur the Brazilian or other South Asuman market, as they would to the finest piece of sainureliur de elle or mousseline de laine, if each puserosed ezeellence of it+ own kind. • Lastly, the Commis-Wooers in announcing their intim ' Sea of giving medal prizes, do not propose altogether to ex doily pecuniary grime. either as prizes for suiressful cum . petition, or as awards under special circumstances, &Toni ..pinying, and in addition to the honorary distinction of the pnallwl. There mat he Cacti in which, on account of the iiimilaion of life or the successful competitor (ae, for in- M•wee, in the case of workmen), the grant of a sum of nwiney may hr the must appropriate reward of superior ex-' • 'eelleoce ; and there may be other cases of a special and' exceptional a dun , . in which, from a consideration of the expense incurred in the preparation or transmission of a particular article eutitled to a prise, combined with a due regard to the condition and pecuniary circumstances of the party exhibiting, a special grant may with propriety be lidded to the houorary distinction. The Coestuiwaoners are app prepared, for the present at least, to establish any repro lotions on these herds. They consider it probable that a wide discretion roust br left to the juries to be hereafter ap pointed in mapsM to the award of money prizes, or the grant of money in aid of honorary distinctions; it being nisdendood that such di-enlion is to be exercised coder the maperintendence and control of the Commission. Tnr LADIES CoNTRIBUTION TO TIIE INDUSTRIAL I EiltilwrirM or THRlViiittm.—Some time since, se we have already explained, • few ladies thought proper to execute a carpet in needlework, so a specimen of the profitable em ployment of their leisure hours. They hare been assisted in their labours by a snail committee of gentlemen, who, with Mr. Papworth, the architect, produced • most beauti- I , ful design. The carpet wax exhibited last week at the i rooms of the Society of Arts, when the ladles who had as* ridded to inspect the work unanimously pronounced it to be worthy of presentation to her Majesty. Mr. Francis Fuller, the chairman of the committee, was therefore de pined to leant her Majesty's pleasure on the subject, and the molt was that on Wednesday he had the honour of iatroducing the Mi... Lawrence, Marshall, Cubitt, ! son, Witten, and Fuller, being a deputation films 1 the Lady esecutante to her Majesty, to whom the carpet ; was presented, and the following address read by Miss Lee react., who was eeteeted by ths deputation to till this office May it please your Majesty—°n the part of the ladies of °teat Britain, we humbly present for your gra cious acceptance a specimen of the work that employs the leisure of our countrywomen. It was commenced with • • wish that their skill should hare been represented at the Industrial Exhibition of all natious, but the opinions el pressed of their work have so far exceeded their expecta tions that they are led to trust it is not unworthy of your Majesty's favourable notice. It is hoped that it illustrates an elegant branch of British industry and taste, and that it develops • source of menet...lure which may shoed employment to !twiny, especially to those on whom the hand of adversity has bees laid. The names of the ladies who have taken • part in the work will be found in the accompanying list, and their initials form the border of the carpet. With deep awl loyal feelings of gratitude for the noble patronage bestowed on British industry, particularly in the present Tear, we offer this specimen of a work of art fit for your Ma prays gracious acceptanoe." Here followed the list of the subscribers and viecutanta. Her Majesty was graeiosily pleased to express her acceptance of the carpet, and else her satisfaction at the can ful meaner in which the lake had executed the work. The carpet, we understand, will now be exhibited under the following title .—"Exhibitai by her Majesty the Queen, the work of ISO ladies of Oilet "Britain." lIIN THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY E VENING, MARCH 8, 1851. Pierre-Joseph Dogny, carpenter, aged 64. le married, i has five children, and lives in Flicrnalle-Haute. He has . VARIOUS FACTS. •—. I • worked.. the SeatdaKE.porteles &ding eillrtryeate. lits -CATALOGUE.—Messn. Spicer. and Chaves ; . • -•• • "Aro vitoorrnirtowsm.v. He hei s fu ied minhidar tools., .• . are prepack* tour . distinct catalogues of the* Exhibition I .. Greenwich Hospital, free on Monday and Friday ; Society Fiores& hvelmansi draughtsman, aged 32. liitaninnagt —two in Littlish, ewe in French, and one in German.. The o f . Art 4 Mu -rum, Wedw- day • British Museum, Great . Rua-wit-street, Monday, Ni'ediitaday, and Friday ; Saull's and lives ateath. This vedroeimen, hilio extend the establish- English "Official Catalogue" is to be sold in the banding Museumof Geology, Aklersitate-strect, Thursday; East ,Iment avrii. uftcy.,h4thms, as an aelnentice, has salaried for la, end will contain the name and• address•of each India Company's Miamian, Saturday •, Museum a Econo temarkible talents, by the use of which he supports lib exhibitor , as well as a short description of his productions, mic Geology ; Gresham Lectures, %Vedneaday, Thursday, family, and has contrived, out of his savings, to set his in the precise order in which they will appear in the build day, Thursday, and Saturday• National Gallery, Monday, and Friday ; Hampton Court . Manday, Tuesday, Wednes brother up in. business. . sag, and with a system of reference by letters and numbers Tuesday', Wednesday, to Francois Bertulot, brass-founder, aged 49. is married, that will enable visitors find any exhibitor's position, with- M a rlborou g h House ; K and I thursday ,• Vernon Gallery I Kew Gardens, daily ; London M in- I ' has five-children, and lives at Besinn He is a skilful Gut difficulty. The "Official Illustsated Catalogue" will be a sionary Museum, Bloomfield-street, Finsbury: Pantheon,' ' workman, and has worked in one foundry for ten yeses. Ha work of considerable extent, arranged precisely in the same Oxford-street ; St. Katherine's Docks, London Docks, West his rfected the bras. boiler exhibited li toe employers, manner as the former, but containing much more detailed India Ducks, and Custom House. y notice of the articles exhibited, and the various classes of GRATUITOUS. Bauchan-Maurisseus. articles will be annotated by gentlemen of scientific cha- Paul (knot, foreman, aged &. Is married, bas no racter. In this work exhibitors may have illustrations of I By tickets to be obtained front retpeci hie stationers , or members of the several ineriattos". ' their productions inserted, provided immediate application . Antiquarian Museum, Guildhall, daily; Ashburton Col children, and lives at Chi-née. Ilea worked in one estab- be made to the contractors. The French and German cam- lection Piccadilly, daily; Asiatic Museum, New Burlington lishment during forty years. Ile has adopted and provided tor t es will be similar to the English " O ffi cial Catalogue," street, 'Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ; Botanic Gardens, for a lost child. and will be sold at 2s. 6d. The name and address of each Chelsea, daily ; Botanic Gardens, Regent's-park ; College of exhibitor, es well as the description of the articles which he Surgeons, Museum, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and inserted These instances will suffice to show the general grounds exhibits, will be in all the four catalogues, without Thursday ; Dulwich Gallery, Monday, Tuesday,Wedneaday, on which these decorations fur working men were distributed. any charge whatever to the exhibitor, who is only required Thursday, and Saturday; Entomological Museum, Bona- Such examples of honourable feeling on the part of to furnish the description o f his ar ti c le in duplicate. The street,Tuesday; Grosvenor Gallery, Upper Grosvenor-street, masters may now be made public with effect. The honesty great majority of these descriptions have been received, and daily ; Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick, daily ; liunterian i;i i i v an e yof them are already in type. Those exhibitors who Museum, College of Surgeons, daily ; lannuean Collections, which led Belgian manufacturers to share their laurels not already complied with this should, for their own Soho-square, daily; Royal Institution Museum, Albemarle cheerfully with the skilful workmen by whom their articles interest, not lose a day in sending in their lists, in as concise etreet, daily • United Service Museum, Scotland-yard, daily for exhibition were fashioned, is that of enlightened and terms as possible. Those exhibitors who decide upon having Sir John &nine's Museum, Tuesday and Friday; Flatinan's far-seeing men. Whether the working men who have been engraving. of their productions in the " Illustrated Cate- i Hall and the Museum, University College; Museum of logue will defray the expense of such engravings themselves, : King's College ; Royal Veterinary College, Museum ; Anti engaged upon the articles to be exhibited in the Great Hyde e as ni t i ll n e ce ad d oi t tion pri o ce f I , 7y t i e th w er o t T ilan an yr co ulLh q a u v e e nt i l i y m:c fr n „ 'a t l e ly d . Ei c i i ri , ;n St o ic oi l e cty' t s I Ll:Leum, Somerset Douse ; Geological Park building will be so far cared for and acknowledged, are points upon which it would be premature to pronounce an the purchasers. This catalogue will extend to upwards of Y ' citanor. TOR AGISISSION. opinion. 1,000 pages large octavo, The whole of the catalogues arc Botanical Gardens, Gravesend, daily ; Chelsea Military to appear on the Ist of May. . Academy, Friday; British Institution, Pall Mall, daily; AT KNART.OI3OROUGH, on Saturday last, the local man- Chelsea Hospital, daily; Cosm ' orama, Colosseum Diorama, bntions to the Exhibition were exhibited in the National " and Society of Arts, Acli.lphi • Monday ' Tuesday, Thursday, School Room. It may be remembered that J. P. West- I Friday and Saturd ay ; adane Tussau d and S ons', Baker bead, M.P., offered to distribute among the most deserving street; Paso local contributors the sum of 601., in several prizes, and I rama of Burford's Panorama., bl Polytechnic Institution, Pane the Nile, St. Paul's Cathedral, and Thames Tunnel, that a jury was appointed to decidebetween the rival claims I ltotherhithe, daily' the Tower, daily; Westminster Abbey, of competitors. This local competition appears to have !daily daily; W oo l w i c h Arsenal, daily; Zoological Gardens, Re created great interest. On Saturday the prizes were gent's-park, daily ; Surrey Zoological Gardens , daily; Dank awarded as follows—To Messrs. Walton, for duck sheeting, o f E ug l an d ; Guildhall Council ltl a ltl. best ticking, linen sheeting, and htickaback ; to George Henshall, for the best fine shirting, and for the manufacture of a shirt woven in tie without a scam ; to Jas. Leeming, fur fine shirting, second best ticking, and for a chemise without • seam ; to Thomas Hibbert, for diaper, tint and second prize; to James Robinson, Ist prize for hearth rug, 2nd carriage rug, a prize for carriage slippers, and extra Fria,' for mu ff and boa; Mrs. Elizabeth Hartley, 2nd prize for hearth rug, 2nd for muff and boa, 2nd car victorine, and Ist foe jacket and bonnet; to Gen. Hill, Ist prize for car riage rug, Ist for table mat or urn stand, and 'lnd for bon net ; to John Clapham, lot prize for muff, Ist for victorine, and 2nd for table mat or urn stand. Extra prizes were also awarded to Mr. William Pearson, for stalactite table mate from Dropping Well stone ; to Mr. James Young, for a time-piece upon an improved principle; and to Mr. Richard Ellis, for a carved mahogany ornamental case, containing the various Ilarrogate mineral waters. AT OLIGIA3I a travelling club has been successfully formed. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SYRIA. The following interesting account of the articles intended to be forwarded from Syria, comes in a letter dated Damascus, Jan. 20, 18,51 : ' Yesterday . morning the articles intended for the Great Exhibition in London were despatched to licyrout for ship ment to Constantinople, in conformity with the orders only recently issued by the Sublime Porte to the governors of all her provinces. The tardy reception of these instructions rendered unavoidable hasty and incomplete preparations on the part of the local authorities charged with their execution; the result has consequently been a hew regent ous collection of articles procured on the emergency, which clearly proves how little interest has been taken in the forthcoming show by the natives of this country, altliou4h the Exhibition was announced, and its objects made known, to all the industrial classes, through the proper hamlets, in due time. It thus seems that the l'orte, on finding that her subjects in general declined entering the lists now open to all nations (no doubt from a consciousness of their own incompetency) has, at the eleventh hour, re solved that its large and fertile empire should not remain unrepresented at the world's show, and has, at a great e swine, purchased various articles of manufacture from every part of her dominions, out of which, on reaching Constantinople, a judicious selection will be made and forwarded to Eng land. Samples of agricultural produee have, very properly, likewise been sent. A good opportunity . was afforded me for inspecting the contribution made by . this pachalick, and, although I fear greatly that it will arrive too late for ad mittance, yet knowing the interest you take in such affairs, I give you a cursory account of such things as are must deserving of notice. These were all the varieties of native woven stuffs— some of silk, others of silk and cotton interwoven, the silk appearing on the surface, whilst the cotton serves sa a foundation, and other stuffs composed entirely of cotton. The dyer's art is but imperfectly known here, which ac counts fur the little variety of colours employed, as well as for the want of brilliancy of most of those in use. The designs are uniformly striped, as much to suit the taste of the Turks and Egyptians, who are the principle buyers, as the limited ' scope of the loom in which the stuffs arc wrought. The silk used is produced in the villages, and a specimen of it in its raw state was added to the collection ; one glance is sufficient to indicate the roughness of the method by which it is wound off fmm the ceeisins. The cotton thread worked up in these fabrics is English,and our spinner* in England will themselves perceive the use to which the produce of their mills, an im portant article in the Syrian trade, is applied. The general c&ct of these Damascus stuffs is novel and striking, and 1 have seen them very pleasingly adapted to covering furni ture. The coarseness of the execution may be criticised by those who have at command the assistance of machinery, either for delicacy of arrangement or for rapidity of worky and who enjoy the incomparably great adranto&e of an en- : couraging government, and the endless adaptation of the j results of the highest and most studied arts and sciences ; but when I consider the very primitive looms of the Da mascus weavers, the depressed and oppressed condition of the workmen, the scanty capital of their employers ' the heavy taxes and duties laid urn their raw material and , upon the fruits of their labour in all its stages of progress, j and above all—thanks to a tariff forced upon their go vernment by the powers pledged to befriend it—the in- j ereaseing competition of the cheap European goods, it is rather a wonder how, under such circumstances, they ; manage to produce anything at all, and a matter for' surprise that they are still able to reap any al-' vantage from the sale of what is made. These stuffs ; Are all that remain of the famous damask, to which this city first gave birth; whilst Europe adopted the manu- I facture, and by degree,* brought it to perfection, it has so deelinced here as to be entirely forgotten, except in the ' shape in which it will be submitted to the gam of the world. The renowned Damascus blades have for a similar reason lweoine a fable, the art of making them having been trans (erred to Khorassuis, whither 'I anisirlane carried all the workmen. No stuffs are manufactured anywhere clue in the pachalick but at Damascus, which is the emporium of the , inland trade of Central Syria. A variety of men's cloaks or outer garments, made of silk, wool, or cotton, differ ently (and indifferently) interwoven with gold thread, or else embroidered, cannot fail to attract the attention of the sightseers, and the Europeans who go about in dingy coloured clothing, will be forcibly struck with the showy ap pearance of these articles, part of which are worn by the better class of village chiefs, and the less expensive, but not lass gay ones, by the peasants themselves. 'Else assortment of saver ornaments will draw a smile from the exquisitely expert silversmiths and jewellers of Europe; but what will our farmers and their labourers say when they are told that these massive articles are made coarsely on purpose to suit the present women, who, being the sole purchasers, cannot afford to pay . fur elaborate workmanship? They have a double ^L - ' ' in view : the one, innate in the sex, the deco- Faux WORIINCTON a curious model of a ship, 10 feet in length by 6 feet 2 inches in depth, was forwardssl to the building in Hyde Park on Wednesday last. AT BAKZWELL, Mr. Thomas Woudruffc has been en gaged for some time past executing as design of Prince Albert's, in the form of a Derbyshire black marble sidu table, inlaid with foreign anal British stones. FoasioN Gooos.—Return of the number of packages received and placed in tho hoardings of the countries to which they belong, tip to Saturday, the Ist of March, 1831 :—Belgium, 289 ; China, 33 ; France, 18 ; Austria, 1 ; Zollverein—llavaria, 43, Prussia, 6.59, Saxony, 135 ; Holland, 19.3 ; Sardinia, 70 ; Mexico, 4 ; Sweden and Norway, 19; Peru, 1 ; Russia, 215 ; Spain and her passim sions, 39 ; Switzerland, 118 ; United States, 19: South Australia, 15 ; Canada, 314 ; Cape of Good Hope, 32 ; Nova Scotia, 23 ; Bahamas (Nassau N.P.), 2 ; Guernsey, 10 ; Hong-Kong, 19. Total, 2,277. Foreign Colonial General total . 7277 Total 2277 ItUDDERSFIELD CONTRIBUTIONS.—A Mail Corre spondent says : " There will be a total of 97 exhibitors from Huddersfield, 60 of whom exhibit in plain and fancy wool len goods, the staple of the district ; several exhibitors in shawls, ladies dresses, fancy vestings, table covers, merinos, mohair, alpaca, &c., tie. There will lie several models, one in particular, cue out of wood and pasteboard, by a cloth dresser, representing a purely Gothic cathedral ; British grain and flour, imitation of woods, vegetable substance. (dyed and undyed), a portable metcrmane, roadway and mechanical improvements, model of a bridge, life preserver ladder, hydraulic presses, railway carriage and rail, new method for propelling ditto, rotatory steam-engines, cad bear and archill, and many other ingenious prisluetions. The feeling is very strong at Huddersfield against the pa tent laws, and the committee there have adopted a resolu tion regretting that the Protection of Copyright Designs Act bus not been extended to mechanical and other impor tant inventions." INCREASED STEAM-BOAT TRAFFIC WITH TILE CON TIN EN T.—A joint-etock association is now in course of for mation in Belgium to meet the expected demand fur in creased steam-boat accommodation between England and that country on the occasion of the approaching Exhibition. It is intended to purchase a line of steamers capable of car rying 250 passengers each, and run them so us to make three trips a week. The property will be formed of 50- franc share*, each shareholder being entitled to make one double journey. Exit [MB rc Or LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS AT HAMBURG. —Hamburg, Feb. 26.—Fart of the articles which will be sent to London in a few days, were exhibited here on Friday last, and such was the interest the public took in it, that three days were not sufficient to satisfy the curiosity of spectators: a fourth and a fifth were added, with their evenings. Un to nino o'clock last night, when the doors of the hall were closed, the place was crowded to an excess. The admittance money was only fourpenee a head, which was paid by upwards of 5,000 persons ; besides these, me chanics to whom even that trifle is a consideration, had tickets given to them gratis by the members of the committee. The money thus collected will be spent to decorate the locality allotted to this city by the - commission. An ur' possessing a --,hibitor, FOREIGN EXHIBITORS : IN FRENCH EXHIBITIONS.. By reference to official docurnelits 'nddreseed b the French Minister of Commerce Of ,krprlvinciai rities of his country previous to titif ishfbition of will be seen that the policy ofindzeildiff foreign 0 1 0 1 111.4 to compete with native inhibitors was fairly canvassed•; was negatived only by the jealous prejudices of a few native .manufactatrers. On the 10th of February, 1849, the Mi nister of Commerce despatched copies of the following eir solar to this members of the departmental chambers of commerce : __.....sisem s —At the time when my department of the government is occupied in devising means for giving the national exhibition of 1849 some great feature of public utility, I think the country generally may take a particu br interest in learning the degrees of perfection to which tine foreign products which compete with ours, have ar "ln the direct comparison which every manufacturer would be enabled to make between his products and those of other countries, there would he great advantages, and a profitable spirit of emulation would be aroused. This idea had struck me before the department of agriculture and commerce had been confided to me ; and I have been fortified in it by the concurrence of many distinguished men. However, I do not pretend to deny that there are many difficulties which would stand in the way of admitting products lately. Our space would not be sufficient for such a liberal ktvitation, inasmuch as our exhibition building has been designed to hold only native produce ; but this objection would not bold good if only those foreign products were admitted the study of which would improve ours. 1 1 "You will have to decide, therefore, the legitimacy of the pderiple of admitting foreign competitors ; and if you judge dist tbs trial should be made, you will have to forward to tan Aces of my department a list of those articles, which In your opinion, it is to our interest to have in our approach ing exhibition. I invite you, therefore, to indicate to me precisely, and with the greatest care, the various products the introduction of which from abroad would extend the manufacturing experience of this country. Wishing to preserve in the forthcoming exhibition the twofold objects which have marked the conduct of its predecessors, it should be thoroughly understood that agricultural productions, agricultural instruments arc admissible within the building. "The experiment which I am now desirous of making on a large scale has, I am informed, been already tried on, on a small scale, a few years since, by the Lyons and Mulhausen Chambers of Commerce. It is for you to judge whether or not that which was considered expedient in the matter of a special industry, would not also be expedient on a more extensive basis. "As regards the formalities and conditions to which foreign exhibitors would necessarily be subjected. I have yet to decide with my colleagues. " Be good enough, gentlemen, to take the object of this letter into your serious consideration, and to favour me, as early as possible, with your decisions, ifie." L. Burrzt, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. On the subject of this letter, which was received with the meet liberal encouragement from many departments, M. J. Lemeroio well known fur his inquiries into the science of indus try, treats the admission of foreign competitors as premature. "Every reform, every step forward, should await its hour— in polities as in industry. The day will come, and it is not, perhaps, so distant as some people may imagine it to be, when French industry will have reached that degree of elevation which will enable it to defy competition, and to proclaim the advent of its entire liberty." The reply of the Mulhausen Chamber of Commerce to the ministerial circular contains a fair specimen of the general opinion then prevalent on the subject : " Progress is the fundamental law of industry. To struggle for perfection in manufactures, to endeavour alter cheapness, to keep pace with all foreign improvements, may be classed as objects which the enlightened manufacturer has always in view. Only by fulfilling these conditions can he rank as a useful citizen. In this spirit have the manufacturers of Alsace set about their labours, and they have been aided by the pro tective duties which have shielded them from foreign com petition in the rapid development of their great industry." In this strain the Mulhausen address proceeds to discoun tenance the admission of foreign competition into national industrial exhibitions. The framers of this notable reply to M. Buffet little dreamt of tho great international exhibition to which England—more liberal and courageous than they— would soon invite them. WORKING MEN AND BELGIAN EXHIBITIONS. At the last Belgian Exhibition of native industry, which took place at Emmet" in the autumn of 1817, the ! Minister of the Interior added a new and interesting feature I to the competition, by rewarding workmen as well as manu facturing exhibitors. Ile declared that the workman who realised the conceptions of his employer was entitled to re ward; and he therefore originated decorations, consisting el gold and silver medals, inscribed with the words " Re nompense Nationale," to be worn at the button-hole. The •umber to be issued was limited to one thousand; and as Belgian exhibitions take place only once in six years, it sets calculated that at any exhibition about 200 of these decora tions would have relapsed to the crown, so that this number of working men, occupying indirectly space in the exhibe Lion, could receive decoration. These decorations are the reword of skill and morality, and the man to whom one is awarded must have fulfilled his social duties honourably. Women are also decorated—the inscription for their medals • " Ilabilite—Moraliti." At the Exhibition of 1847. - . . being . ~ ... _.,.r object - ...., :me one, mum. ne .... —, ..._ __ .. g._., royal ...._ upholsterer . nine teen women, and two hundred and one mcn, were des ration of their persons, when they can safely do so ; the I ood deal of skill and taste, and being himself an ea , - .s, curated. In the official report on the exhibition, the jury other , th e i ntrinsic investment of the hard Wrings of their ;has volunteered his services for that purpose. Ile is going have given the social histories of the men and women so de husbands or fathers as a provision against adversity. The to crow over to London as soon as they are required. Those addles of the country, of which specimens are sent, arc made' few articles pent bywer e the Grand Duchy of Mecklenbu rg seested. Not a few of these are interesting ; and, as they o f re materials ppared here. The gorgeous appearance ! likewise exhibited here. Ten small boxes arriving fro m indicate the spirit in which these honours were conferred of one of them led me to imagine that it was very i Hanover on Monday last to be shipped to London, is all upon obscure object., some illustrations will be read with costly ; but I was speedily undeceived on being told of its that kingdom has got to send. In the Grand Duchy of excessive cheapness. The work bestowed upon . it must Oldenburg there lives but one exhibitor. Lubeck sends but Interest. ~ not, however, be too closely scrutinised, nor either the : a trilling quantity, and Bremen nothing at all. Cense- Hacie Heasecl , YectasYs'acsaaa , aged 28, unmarried, and bridles and appurtenances, or else the illusion will vanish . - 1 q entlywe shall iiCeu y most part of the space that was living at Liege, has been seventeen years in the establish- like the morning vapours of our plain. A few skins . allotted to such states p- of North Germany as do not be meld of the Societe I.iniko de St. Leonard, where the has tanned and dyed in the town, several pairs of boots and i . long to the Zollverein. Our articles exhibited here in the distinguished herself by her skill and her exemplary eon- slippers for the wear of the gentlefolk of both sexes, and great hall of the Hanso, belonging to the Patriotic • for mi4leteers' lel4 poriants' shoes, of ' lean ' 9--Society, the same in which the sittings of the Constituent ameduct. She lives with her relations, is of unimpeachable varnished buffalo hide, were added to the leather de- 1 Aeeembly were held—what a change of scene ! , character, and is the support of her mother. partment, and will, I suppose, be allowed their share of are less than half the quantity we are going to send. Some Isabella Rormmont-Trigo, aged .T 2, lacemaker, and living space amongst the boots and shoes of the rest of the ; items, carriages, for instance, could not be placed in the in Brussels. She ia married, and has two children. She is world. I was also shown specimens of the stone and . hall. Some manufacturers had not their productiens finished; a skilful workwoman—perhaps one of the most skilful in wood bitumen Ija r: l ,u m ud bunieldiarnathe teriab Luke, ofti well ie es pieces ee other; had them ready to be packed up, but for various the country; and has realised, with ingenuity, those din- of ▪ made in the Desert by the Bedouin Arabs. 'There te e n fe sons t tl e n;i t t feel incli t n e e , ci d to in expne en thengo publi ost l it oti t w e Scutt labours which have been exhibited by her employers. were also various subetauces used in tanning and dyeing, : objec m ts of art h aving the Fries, designed, drawn , a ape- Justine Gri ff on, lacemaker, aged 45, spinster, living at dried and preserved fruits, scented waters, olive, sesame, cilium of it sculptured by Engelhardt, a disciple ' of the fate . Ypres, of which locality she is held to be the moat cape- and castor oil, hemp and cotton, seeds and grains, a neat' Schwanthaler at Munich. 'f he Fries represents northern work-basket and floor-table, the work of a miserable village mythology riencssl workwoman. She perfected the Valenciennes lace There is another figure in gypsum, by the n the Anti-Lebanon, and a carpet made by the Turcomans ' one in bronco b • him re same artist, and a small) present exhibited by the penmen establishment. Her conduct is t or No de tribes in the north of the pathetic, besides many ing Richard the Lionhearted on horseback, both exceed is without reproach. other things which have nu name in English. ! ingly well done. Two clocks, one of them already Charles Gourmet, cabinet maker, aged 84. Is married, The Syrian ploughshare, which dif f ers not much from :dented in England, deserve to be noticed. Likewise a and lives at /ar u m. lee exhibited some specimens o f i n . I that in use throughout the East, is a grim and awkward- large gime tumbler, in which one of the campaigns of Alex laid furniture. For many years he has supported his sister lozkin t if t t e h m ing le ; i t t ti ll...., „.,it. nevertheless, the e oi l i t ly na af t r t i t c , sd t tural irn- • ander the Great is cut, and a glass plate representing caa 1.;:opold Demanct, aged 42. Is married, and lives at 1 ter rich store i l e this country, (scoured °a a . like ei.toostyleas3 both &idea, in different colours, the battle of Marston Moor. Leernes. Ile has worked in one establishment for 10 ' c li mate. Whilst in England human ingenuity and perseve- ' Our ei r 1. elegance, ra itur taste,will, annoteeolitith,ttp, cheapness distinguish andeo th , ez i se e lv u es e by ar years. lie may be cited as a model workman. Ile was ranee arc taxed to the utmost, in the eudeavour to lessen riages, and several other articles which are manufactured entrusted with all the details of the works for the erection labour and increase the fertility of the :oil, by means of in- h ere. tricate machines for tilting, draining, and sowing the ground, ' S TUTTGART , of the bridge over the Sambre. and fur thrashing, winnowing, and storing the produce I Fin 26.—1 t has been Jean Leheane, aged .45, ironworker. Is married, has the Syrian peasant merely scratches the surface of his field send a commissioner from the n Congress, in the two childrea. and lives at Liege. For 17 years he has been with this rude iron, which is fastened at the end of a name of the Zollverein , to f the Lond f or t i h E e Exhibition , make employed bythe soewoe. St. Leonard in the fabrication of e100 . 14e . 1 . 171:11l, drawn by a yoke of gaunt oxen—the inter- , aowTl:lrdrtp:ihrtea'reo, thereon , i a to to o b r : n co o ni n p e r i o se d o f me n o f lio ore nati to machinery. He direets the forging of all the large pieces, S w. tte sea r. batbegas o f a e re b I.l,:letear barmy Pa i rt m lla Darrow . He and Our government has adopted the proposition, and M. and particularly all joints for machinery. Sober and mono- children, with strange-formed sides, reap the wife n di . Steinbeie has been named for the mission. Professor Dole sisal, he has managed to purchase a house in the heart of i corn, and drive the flint-bestudded thrashing-sledge. iit't from Tubingen will also go to London to make a report on the Exhibition. his town, where his wife carries on the business of a pork summer's breeze bears the powdery chaff cway to its des- • it butcher. I thud place as is tossed aloft, and the clean grain fall s' *ii a golden shower to the well-swept has Gothemburg, in Sweden, under the direction of M. Fahl- Joseph .loge , typographer, aged 52. Is married, has t he lest a wet day should inter pt his o ut-d oor allofear mann, merchant and vice-consul of Denmark in that town, Mk child, and lives at Brieseels. The skill with which he weeks and weeks elapse ere he ra thinksit fit wto work , up nod a that e for the purpose of getting up pleasure trains to London and perfects lithographic works, has contributed materially to part of his treasure which heavy tithes and taxes and t in e s .. Paris. Several of these expeditions have been already his employer's (M. Hales) success. He has lived thirty rule leave to him. You will see samples of grain produced organised for the Exhibition of London, and not less than I yeas with M. Hayes. Although a considerable fortune by such simple operations, and I feel confident that they ':dB persons are inscribed for the first. On their way . home , was left to him sonic time ago, he had the good sense to " itsnitleleetits. dul ted t t n th otteed ee by t the e curie l i: in agriculture and the s o d t i lli a mee v t e o li g a ar w re ill wrere sriteedmefre.mmwill London threParin an s d o understand that his age was too advanced to allow him to ' extent of land, the co rn fertility to'retelst an unboun ded convey them to Sweden. The delay in London and Paris change his mode of life, and he remained therefore fora' forth this grain, which remains in a desert state, Ire- will not exceed ten days. All kinds of expense will be corn man of M. Ilayez's establishment. I cause there is no outlet for the disposal of all that prised in the first charge. The same company has also the Joseph Petters, papermaker, aged 39. Is married, has which it is capable of producing. I am happy, however, intention of organising pleasure tour, at a moderate ex.. to say, that the only obstacle which exists to the exportation Pease. from France and England, to the most picturesque two children, and lives at Turnhout. He hex worked for of grain from the inland districts of this pachalie, is about i parts of Norway and Sweden. thirty-three years in the establishment of MM. Dri.pols and 'to be rem:veil be the construction of a road fit for the pas I THE DOCK MODEL or LIVERPOOL—A meeting of Dierrks. His life has been exemplary. To him the super , sage of loaded vehicles which the Turkish gover nmen t has the Liverpool local committee was held on Monday, at the iriority of the articles exhibited by his employers is almost at length determined shall connect Dama s cus with its sea- Town hall, at which were present Messrs. L. M. Gla dstone, exclusively due. :pan Beyrout. It is sincerely to be hoped, for the sake of Filcher, Spence, Isaac Roekell, Sim, Hose, and Archer. The lindore Si:bastien Vandoselaere, typographer, aged 31. Is ft prosperity of the s much neglected country, that this use- , secretary read • letter from the Sharcbrokers' Association, fad undertaking will not be abandoned, and independently announcing that the sum of 1001. had been subscribed by Married, has one child, and lives at Ghent. As a citizen of England securing a new and abundant source for supply-I the members, towards the fund for executing the model of end a father his conduct is without reproach. For fifteen ing her markets with excellent grain, she would, in }roper- the ducks. A vote of thanks to the members of the associa years he has worked with M. Annoot. He is the founder Uses to the increase of wealth amongst the populatiou, which *ion was then passed. A deptation was appointed to wait of a society of typographers, for the study of French, Fl - would ices Reidy follow an extensive exportation of produce, on the chairmen of the various commercial associations, to find more and readier buyers for her own manufactures. I request their aid in raising the funds still required. It was fah, and singing. Shouldthose few grainsattracttheattention acorn merchants ! announced that additional space had been grantd by the Jean-Pierre Rutter, moulder, aged 22. Is unmarried, , and the circumstances under which they are now raked, ! London committee, to admit of the model being raised o n a and lives at St. Yeast. The workuieu in the establishment' and the approaching removal of the impediments to their' . platform, 18 inches high, and 2 feet ft inches wide, for the of which be be is • member, having been called upon to reaching Ole European markets in large quantities, be more : purpose of viewing it at different elevations. It was also elect the man among them most worthy of being decorated, geaeral 7 .. kn u ir f li t n_ , e nt i t if s tl bt o u blects contemplated by the stated that the model would not be ready for ins/section for a fortnight, and then:only to contributors . Other matters unanimously chose Mutter. He supports his widowed rd a ,Cn at th* to th e light, will, as far as we lel: banging jaaa d T con c ern s , . of busmen having been transacted, the meeting adjourned. mother. , have been accomplished." ' Liverpool Standari. REMARKABLE. SERIES OF FIRES. -~• LONDON PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. Yesterday, no lean than nevelt firm, some of them of considerable extent, and one resulting in loss of life, broke out in this metropolis. Shortly before five in the afternoon, the extensive premises of Messrs. Oglelsy and Co., spernta ecti and oil refiners and wax chandlers, l'arailist-street, Lambeth, near the Archiepiscopal l'alisee. The hailing houses, melting rooms, &c. stood round an open yard which was crowded with casks, containing oil and other inflam mable matters. The fire began in the press house, a build ing threefloors high, of considerable frontage, and about 30 or 40 feet deep. Several tons weight "foil were in this building. To add to the fears of the inhabitante, the extensiv e I ll s _ tillery of Mears. Hodges was separated from the factory by only a narrow court, and some dozen houses, mostly let oat to poor people, flanked each side of the property. la as brief a period as possible the various engines of the London Brigade, West of England, parish, Messrs. Burnett the distillers, Sir Charles Price, and other private parties reached the scene of conflagration, and fortunately nn abun dance of water was furnished by the Lambeth Company's mains. By that time, however, the fire had assumed a most fearful aspect, for the entire length and breadth of the pressing house was wrapped in flumes, and the oil m a thorough state of ignition kept pouring from the various floors, to the danger of tiring the adjoining property. The firemen, seeing that not the least chance remained of saving the building in flames in the first instance, their exertions were concentrated upon one object, which was, to cut off the flames in the direction of the distillery, and boiling house. This way a work of no little difficulty, for the flames were risiug some 20 feet above the roofs Of the dif ferent houses, and the heat was so intense that the men ran great risk in approaching near the premises. They, how ever, worked must praiseworthily, and, atter some consi derable time, they sueceeded in stopping the progress of the flames towards the surrounding buildings. That having been done, the whole force was brought to bear upon the pressing -houses; but, notwithstanding the many tuns of water that were discharged into the blazing pile, at half past 8 o'cloek last night the fire was far front being entirely extinguished, and three or four engines were then playing upon the burning mass. All danger, however, of any further extension of the fire was at an end. The botline-honse, candle and oil stores, and the other buildings, fortunately hale received no injury, so that business can be carried on as hitherto. Respecting the rause of the misfortune not the least idea ran be formed, us no fires of any description had been used in the building during the day ; neither was the furnace in the boiling-house alight at the time of the outs break. GREAT NORMAL SCHOOL OF NATIONS.—The Great Exhibition will serve as a normal school of courtesy, in which nations will teach and be taught the deportment of proprieties of those delicate conditions of society, the rela tions of guests and hosts. We love to contemplate its influ ence in this direction. The nice perception of what per tains to these reciprocal relations, makes the charm of the most refined circles in private life. The spirit and grace with which they ore filled are accepted as the first evidence 'of high cultivation. Look in upon a parlour party of persons forming such a circle of acquaintance. See what a bland spirit of courtesy graces the bearing of guest to host, and of guest to guest towards each other. What mutual deference, and gentle efforts to put each other in the highest , seat! What palpable wish to commend hospitalities with the heartiest good-will on one smle ; to appreciate and enjoy them on the other! What a school for courtesy! But all the delicate responsibilities which attach to these con ditions of intercourse will devolve upon the millions of different nations, who will meet in London at the Great Exhibition. It will virtually be a Parlour Party of the People of Christendom. They will put themselves into these nice relations with each other on the magnificent oc casion. To the usual sentiment which attaches to the con ditions of host and guest, will he superadded the sense of those proprieties which should illustrate and commend a nation's hospitality to strangers on one side, and its appre ciation and recognition on the other. The nations repre sented in this mighty assembly will feel their honour staked upon the deportment of their subjects who shall he present. They will watch with solicitude that deportment, and will experience a sense of humiliation, if it does not become the courtesies of the occasion. So, on the other hand, the whole British nation must comprehend the re sponsibilities involved in this magnificent act of hospitality. leo committee of arrangements, nor London with its millions, can assume and fill these responsibilities. They will devolve upon the whole population of Great Bri tain, and concern the reputation of the entire nation. Every man must assume the disposition or character of a host ; not the rich only, who may invite foreign visitors to his drawing-room, parks, or gardens, but the day-labourer, the cabman, the waiter at the hotel, the railway porter, and every person who is called to render any service to one of the myriad guests of the nation. What a school fur cour tesy, not the mere bowing, Orally courtesy of conventional etiquette, hut that which St. Paul deserfine, who had the best idea of a true gentleman of any man that ever lived ; a courtesy that breathes a spirit of kindness; that does as well , We understand that the ktovernment have under. as bows ; that gas with a foreignneighbour twain when slaked ' taken to provide a sum which will furnish about 81. to each to go a mile, to put him in the right way ; that, instead of ' of the Polish and Hungarian refugees who have just arrived curling the lip at his language, interpets Isis words by the 1 at Liverpool from Turkey, for the purpose of paying their intuition of good-will and sympathy ; that prefers 1 passage to America. Considering the extreme difficulty him to the best place in the public walks ; that says' which foreigners now experience in obtaining employment whenever he is met, in expressions of kindness he can un- ;in this country, and the sufferings which the Polish refugee* derstand, without knowing a word of English, " Brother, I now resident here have already undergone, and the diffl am glad to see you : what can I do to make you happy ? " culty their friends find in procuring for them even a j Great will be the part which the cabmen, porters, waiters scanty support, and the great demand for labour which &e., will take in this magnificent demonstration. Great l at present exists in America, the measure of the go will be the responsibility devolving upon them, in discharg- vernment appears to bo prompted by the most humane log the first duties of the nation's hospitality. They will, I feelings towards the refugees. It appears, however ' that arc we are sure, recollect that they a the first to act the host I certain gentlemen, belonging, we beli e ve on what is called towards these foreign guests ; the first to go out to meet ' the extreme democratic party amongst the Pules, have taken them, with Britain's welcome ; the last to pay them the ! upon themselves the serious responsibility of advising these parting hospitalities of the nation: to attend them IA little' . poor men to remain in England, at the risk of their being on their way homeward. The first and last impressions i exposed to the most abject misery. It is not essay to conjeos will be received and retained from the it deportment. Como, sure what motives may have inspired the authors of this now, what a school for universal brotherhood will this be to 1 advice, but it is tolerably clear that unless they have largo the labouring men of the metropolis and the nation! Per- : and immediate funds at their disposal, it cannot have ori vently hope we, that they will not only learn but teach the ginated in a due regard to the welfare of those to whom it highest lessons in the law of kindness and courtesy.—EhAts is otfered. Burrift. 1 . .. --------- A second conflagration took place at 23, Skinner-street. Clerkenwell. It originated in the apartment of a Mrs_ Smith, and on ROM' of the neighbonn, entering the place to render assistance they found the unfortunate occupier lying on the second fluor landing completely enveloped in flames. The engines of the London brigade quickly attended, and the fire was subdued, but not until Mrs. Smith was so frightfully burned that the flesh peeled off her body when touched. A medical gentleman promptly attended, who gave it as his opinion that the posse creature could not pos sibly live a couple of hoots, her injuries being of such a serious character. The origin of this tire is unknown. About the same time, a fire, which at tint threatened very serious eouse.tuencew, occurred on the wend.. of Mr. Viretelly, the printer, of Peterborough-court, Fleet-stmt. Owing, however, to, the exertions of the men employed oa the premises and Sunday Times office, the flames were soon subdued, but not until one of the staircases was LlCillii destroyed. At the same time a fire happened at No. 6, Upper Step. mour-strcet, Euston-square, belonging to Mr. It. Holt, a carpenter. Considerable damage WWI done to the premises, &c., before the flame,, could be subdued. At precisely the same hour a lire broke out in Chapman street, St. George's in the Ea-t, but owing to the timely arrival of assistance the damage was confined to the &stria tion of the beds and furniture. A QUANTITY OP VERY VALUABLE JEWELS have arrived from Lahore, sent by the government of India, for the Great Exhibition ;and It is understood that the arrivals from India either have or will comprise a tent of large dimensions, manufactured of silk and worsted mixed to- Igether, which, in consequence of its extent, will probably be found to require a space outside the building fur the pur pose of exhibition. A fire which was well nigh being attended with cense quences uhnost as disastrous us that which occurred in Mark-lane, broke out in the premises of Messrs. Grosvenor and Chater, wholesale paper merchants and stationers, on Cunthill. The engines of the London Insurance Company, parish, rind brigade,attended, and owing to the exertions of the firemen, workmen, and strangers, the tire was subdued, but not until the cutting-room, on the second Hoer, was IC• rerely damaged, and the stock injured by fire and water. Ths window glass in that part of the premises is also demolished, and the stuck damaged by water. Fortunately the 5r was discovered early or it is probable that the whole of the houses near would hare been destroyed. At an early hour yesterday morning the factory of the Patent Fire Lighting Composition Company, at Ltattle• bridge, was burned down, as well as a storehouse. THE POLISH AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEES- EXTENSIVE FORGERIES ON THE BANK OP ENG- I Ls/sp.—An extensive attempt has been made at ltoehdale and in the neighbouring towns of Todmorden, Bacup, Middleton, Castleton, Ileywood, and Littlehorough, within the last few weeks to get into circulation forged Bank of England notes. It is supposed that a large party are eon , ' netted with the issue of these forgeries, and the attention of the Lancashire county police having been called to what was going on, they have succeeded in apprehending two of the utterers, who, it appears, arc men moving in a respects able sphere of life, being flannel manufacturers at Rock dale. Upon one of these men, named John Whittles, no leas than 3:.) forged U. Bank of England notes were found, and four 101. forged notes. The other prisoner, Joshua Butterworth, is charged with paying two U. and one 101. Bank of England notes to Mr. Eccles, publican, Castleton, and two 41. notes (all forgeries) also to Mr. Horton, publi can, Rochdale. Both prisoners have been remanded by the magistrates at Rochdale in the expectation that other pay ments will be discovered further criminating them. MAP OF TIIE SCENE OF WARIN BRITISH CA FFRARTA. With his usual celerity, Mr. Wyld has produeed a small map, on which may be seen at a glance the relative positions of Fort Cox and Fort hare, and the movement, of the forces under Mackinnon and Somerset may be traced with ease. This map will be useful in the future history of the Kaffir outbreak. THE METROPOLITAN AND JOINT STOCK BREWERY COMPANY.—The practical monopoly obtained by the Lon don brewers has long been a serious and crying evil. A few months ago we did hear that the price of beer was to be re duced to the extent of ss. per banal, but it is evident that the design is postponed, if not abandoned altogether. Yet the I profits of the brewers are altogether outrageous, as will be per ceived from the following estimate, which is our own, and not this company's. The price of malt, from the lowest brown, ranges from 445. to Ms. per qr. We may, therefore, assume 50s. as the average price of malt used in brew ing London porter. Seven pounds of hops, at 9d. per lb., will cost •ss. 31.; the charge for brewing, as has been allowed by the brewers' brokers, is I ls. per quarter, though, from the improvements in the arrangements and manipu lation, the real cost cannot reach that sum. Allow 6d. per barrel fur delivery, and we have the total cost, from which must be deducted 2s. for grains, and we have the nett cost of a quarter of malt converted into porter and delivered at the publican's. Now London porter varies in strength from 191 b. to 221 h. of saccharine matter per barrel, say 201 b. per barrel, and a quarter of malt of medium quality will produce from 82 to titilb. of saccharine matter. We have known it reach 9116. The account then stands thus: Malt £2lO 0 rrops Expenses 3 6 3 Deduct In d= .... 0 2 0 Per quarter .. „ , ._„ .... 3 4 3 wbich prodme Morels, at ......... „ 015 1i Add mrt.iire Cost per barrel Pell'ne price DiveoAlt live per cent .......... 0 1 Ti Co' 0 1 I 1 5 71 ; 41, DISTURBANCES IN NORWAY. Accounts from Christiana (Norway), of the 22nd, contain details relative to the recent events in the town of Levanger, province of Drontheim, in that kingdom. It has already been stated that communist doctrines have unfortu nately become very popular among the working populations of the north of Norway, and that the disturbance,. at Le vanger took place in consequence of the arrest of a com munist propagandist, named Michels. n, who had formerly been condemned by justice. The first thing the populace did was to break open the doors of the Town-hall, where the man had been interrogated, and, not finding hint there, they then made an attack on the prison to release him; but Miehelsen himself appeared at the bars of his cell, and supplicated them to do nothing, saying that he was glad to suffer for the good cause. The crowd in consequence of this appeal withdrew. This was ou the 6th. Great agitation prevailed all day, and, the next morning, when the numistruto of Woo suit arrived to interrogate Mich.:hen, he was pelted with stones, seriously hurt in the shoulder and the breast, and at last obliged to retreat from the town. Two battalions of infantry were then sent, and on their arrival, on Satur day, the populace attacked them, and pelted them with stones. On Sunday, the 9th, no disturbance took place, owing to the respect felt by the people for the Lord's Day. But on Monday they assumed a menacing attitude, and occupied in compact masses the principal parts of the town. The municipal authorities caused detachments of cavalry to be marched into the town, and to he stationed round the Town-hall. In the afternoon, a multitude of persons marched on the Town-hall from the different streets. Elie cavalry charged them, and they lid ; but their flight left the place free to a great number of men armed with clubs, forks, and long sticks surmounted with iron. Thin hand rushed on the cavalry and wounded the horses, most of which took fright and retreated. Eighteen of the soldiers were thrown, awl were trampled under foot by the 'Lorre. The rioters then retired, and there was a short truce to about eight o'clock. At that hour the streets became filled with ill looking fellows, who by means of stones broke every win dow in every hour of decent appearance ; alter which they went into the houses, smashed the furniture, and threw everything of value into the street. Whilst this was going on they uttered loud hurrahs in honour of commu nism. The next day strong reinforcement.. of troops, accompanied by several batteries of artillery, were sent to the town, and this put an end to the revolt • but, says a letter, " God only knows how long Calm will last." In the environs of Levan ger, and especially in the district* of Stuerdalen, great excesses were also committed by the people. In the latter district extensive depredations were made in the forest. These news caused a profound and most painful sensation at Christiana. The King, who is in that town attending the Storthing, immediately convoked the council of state, and presided at its deliberations. When the council rose, one of the King's aides-de-camp was seat off to Lounger. In the Storthing the affair also created a great sensation, and M. Lie, an opposition deputy, proposed an address to the King, beseeching him to take measures to ameliorate the condition of the poople, awl stating that the agitation which prevailed in the kingdom was owing to the fact that , nothing was done to develop social relations in a popular spirit. The Storthing took the motion into consideration, and referred it to a committee. It is known that, in Sweden, the laws in defence of the religion of the state art excessively severe. Sonic time ago, a law student of Upsal, named Nickelson, was condemned by the civil tribunal of that town, to banishment for life, to the loss of civil and political rights, and to the confisca tion of his property, for having openly professed and endea voured to propagate anatiaptist doctrines. Ile appealed successively to the Royal Court awl to the Supreme Court, but both confirmed the judgment. Ile then applied to the king for pardon, but his Majesty, by a decision given ten days ago, only consented to release him from the contioca- thin of his property. Thereupon M. Nickelson left the kingdom for Denmark, where full liberty of conscience now prevails. Profit, per barrel CO IS 9 Allowing the moat ample interest for capital, it is evidentthat there is !sufficient margin for the profit of 70 per cent. assumed in the prospectus, to be divisible between the public and the shareholders. We are quite sure, therefore, that if this scheme be practically worked on an extended scale, and with ordinary capacity, the shareholders will find it the best investment in the market. —Merchant and City Chronicle AT THE ROYAL CARRIAGE DEPOT, WOOLWICH, the authorities are working early and kite to get many there.. tions effected by the period of opening of the World's Fair. Messrs. Fox, Iliendenion, and Co., are employed to do the extensive rouge of iron and glass roofs, and the Avlialte of Seyssel Company have contracted for the general roadways through the place. In the application of Ens material a railway and engine are employed, which running under the iron roofs above-named, gives the Tot the appearance of a railway station.