The Express. — London, England, 1851-02-08 00:00:00

i '', , -11 Tte 4lxprt No. 1,391.] [No. 7, EXHIBITION EXPRESS.] THE EXHIBITION EXPRESS, FOR ME WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8. PROGRESS OF THE EXRIBITIO:i. The building in Ily-de-pork now awaits the first portion of it emu. t and on Monday thew) are ex pected to arrive. Tlw approach of this day, impor tant alike to Exhibition and exhibitors, has, during the past In eke bee., ct cy sensibly felt by the Execu tive Curnmitt.c. The letters they have received hove been counted by thousands, and only by syste matic fluidness tut s. and by steady industry, could the I ingenue- •Imvc been sat isfuctorily dealt with. Such labours. ale , let heavier one.., await the committee before the hi:evie t':ey has e built eau he furnished with the nviltilacious things in preparation for it. They need a hundred heads and a hundred hands to meet the wants of each succeeding hour. Es cry ex hibitor asks explanations, advice, and andatence, and unless each has all the attention his expec tations sag„ cut, a grievance is at once established. The attempts made by exhibitors to obtain various adnuitages forbidden by the ruler laid down for their control, are constant and energetic. Even during the last few days numerous upplications for allot ments of spate have been made by permits« who seemed to he quite ignorant of the fact that every inch of room at mesent 'nutlet& has been long since disposed 111. • On Nl' lay the building was closed against the visits of the general public, and invitations were berued by the I:xi-entice Committee to peels and members of the llouse of Commons, who, on Tuesday, Wednesday and 'Thursday, visited the structure in considerable numbers. On Monday and Saturday last the number of visitors amounted to nearly ten thousand, and the stability of the struc ture wan put to as severe a test as. in till probability. it will he at any period of the Exhibition. When it is recollected that during the Exhibition the larger portion of the gallery space will be occupied by wooden counters, for the display of articles of light material. but little importance ran be attached to the opinions of those who speak of the insufficient secu rity of the wend tiers of the building. Next week the nth% which have been prepared by the Execu tive Committee respecting admission of exhibi tors to the building will come into operation. It has been determined that no one—excepting, of course. the labourers who will be required to execute the various works—Atoll be admitted within the building who dot-4 nut establish a claim to the pri vilege. All claims for admission must be forwarded to the secretary, atm will decide on their validity. Exhibitors ona others obtaining the right to admis sion must in-critic their names in a book which will be kept for the purpose, and opposite to each name a number is to be affixed, the counterpart of which a ill tonstitute a ticket of admission to a tcrtain definite part of the building. Exhibitors leaving the particular section which they will have obtained pennission to enter, and entering any other buarding or division, will forfeit altogether their "pow" to the building. Those who obtain these admission numbers will he required to sign a devia tion to the effeet that they will obey the rules laid down by the committee, and each class and section will be . deed under the surveillance of an officer, whose chief duty mill be to enforce a strict observance et the egalations, and to detect and expose offenders against them. Regulations have also been framed fur the purpnac of preventing any confusion in the delivery of the articles for exhibition. Resqweting the proposition of gratuitous admission to the Exhibition. the following letter, from an ex tensive manufacturer, bats been received by the Executive Committee: 01 obseree that Mr. Paxton has written to Lord John Russell, recommending that the Exhibition should be open to tine public free of charge, exeept an certain days. I hope Lord John will not enter tain such a preposition. AM I think it would com pletely spoil the Exhibition: on the free days there would be .4uele a crowd that no respectable people could gun and on the pay days there would be too many to see the thing with any comfort. If there were nothing to pay, the plate would be tilled from day to tiny with the same class of • idlers' and inkpoekets,' and the emmtry visitors, whether they were willing to pay or lint, would have little chatter of seeing. And, moreover, I think many exhibitors would withhold their goods, if Mr. Paxton s plan were adopted. I hope, therefore it will not be adopted. "It stems to me that the best course is to charge a high price for admission at first, so that the nobi lity and all who liked to pay the price may be able to get a quiet, careful inspection and to reduce the price gradually till it came to a shilling. "If afterwards it was thought desirable to admit the public free, it, could be dune without ineou lenience.- Another correspondent, writing to the Daily News, suggests that the Queen and Prince Albert should formally open the Exhibition, and that the charge for admission on that state occasion should be five pintas. There is a great probability, should such a hint be taken, that a very large sum would be thus obtained towards the liqUidation of the expenses of the building. The work executed during the week consisted chiefly of the painting of the roof and galleries in various parts,—the erection of the iron staircases for the galleries,—the construction of the temporary hoardings, by which the various sections and countries are to be separated one from the other, and the re moval of unnecessary scaffolding. duce,--this which assumes that, if France is repre sented at all, the result must be an eclipse of the products of others,—but, such king the ease, we are not astonished to find statements being spread about to the effect that English capitalists are making every sacrifice to surpass France; that they have bodily carried off scores of the best French workmen, to whom they give a high pay, and that they have besides bought up vast quantities of half-manufaa tured merchandise, which they get finished in Eng land. and will figure in Ilyde-park as the prmi..ee of England. Such a course as this, were it really par sued, would be most disgraceful to the English cha racter; we only signalise it for the attention of our readers that a distinct knowledge may be obtained of the preliminary mode employed to run down Eng lish goods in France. The question was discussed on Tuesday. by the Paris examining jury, whether sellers who ale not manufacturers should be admitted to the Exhibition. This question had been raised by certain silk-factors of Lyons, and a strong opinion in the negative at first prevailed; but afterwards it was decided that the capitalists, as well as manufacturers, should be admitted, on condition that each exhibitor should declare whether he be fabricator, commis sioner, merchant, or merely proprietor of the article he sends. This decision was taken because it was said that, were none bat UN = reo adinitted, France would be pistol a as posi tion in comparison with other nations. manufacturers of Igulhausen asked whether the committee in London might nut be induced to grant authorization for articles to be scut during the course of the Exhibition, to complete the samples of certain exhibitors, inasmuch as, with regard to some spring patterns, they would not he ready until late in the season. This request was 'refused. The French government has written to the Eng lish committer of the London Exhibition, to cause the French contributions to the Exhibition to be in sured fur the sum of 800,0001. GERMANY. The new announcements from Germany are this week on a large scale, and include machinery of va rious kinds; glass, both useful and ornamental; weaponsof aggression and defence, and a vast num ber of model, and illustrations of the plastic arts. Among the machines for exhibition are carding engines. mules, and looms, from several places in the neighbourhood of Dusseldorf; jacquard looms fr.nn Berlin, and block-printing machines for cotton from S' burg. Machinery for the manufacture of paper will be sent from Augsburg and Obersell, and an apparatus for giving the satin finish to writing papers from Rubeland. Machinery and apparatus employed in rolling, beating, cutting, and carbonising iron will be sent by a number of makers in Berlin, Aix-la-Chapelle, Munich, and Darmstadt. Among machinery not directly employed in manu factures are announced several stationary steam engines,from Berlin, Stettin, and Isselburg; and uni versal joints from Eich and Hermannshutte; weighing, measuring, and registering machines, from Dussel dorf, Berlin, and Arnstadt. Instruments. mathe matical, optical, surgical, and domestic, will accom puny the more complex implements. Barometers, thermometers, micrometers, telescopes, and chrono meters. are promised in great variety. A complete telegraphic apparatus is in course of construction at Berlin. Organs are announced from Thuringia; pianos, from Berlin, Dusseldorf, Breslau, and at least a dozen other towns. Accordions and harmonicons will be sent from Gem; church-hells, from Carlsfeld; guitars and violins, from Frankfort; and brass musical instruments from towns innumerable. Among the military and sporting weapons an nounced are specimens of the new and terrible Prussian muskets fired by what is called the " zund nadel, and capable of tiring a succession of halls without reloaing, with rifles, pistols, double-bar relled guns, revolvers, swords, daggers, tte. Articles of gold and silver and jewellery will be less abundant than was expected. Several manu facturers and gold-workers of Berlin, Henan, and ltonnels.rg will, however send specimens of their work. Heavy copper goods are announced from Berlin, and brumses and bronzes from many districts of the Zollverein. Fine iron castings will 'be exhibited by several Berlin. Elberfeld, .Augsburg, and Offen bach houses. Iron stoves, cooking apparatus, and ovens are conspicuous among the heavier articles of the iron manufacture. The steel trade will be repre sented by numerous specimens of pens, knives, swis ',ors, and other cutting instruments. The glass, porecluin, and terracotta manufacture will furnish mirror-plates, lenses for spectacles, lorgnettes, &c., which will be sent from Baruth, Sehreiberan, Furth. and Munich; vases and enamelled goods from the royal porcelain manufactory at Berlin, and a number of private establishments. Cabinet goods, us tables, chairs, sofas; veneered and inlaid furniture, and various minor articles con stituted of wood, are to come from all quarters of the Zollverein. A great variety of miscellaneous goods are pro mised, as umbrellas, whips, sticks, artiflcal flowers, confectionarv, pipes, lights, and waxen goods. Under the head of models and specimens of plastic art. an immense variety of objects are included, amongst which are models of the ca thedrals of Magdeburg, the Moritzburg at Halle, the cathedral of Bamberg, bronzes, zinc castings (several by the galvanic process), statuary, carving, tte. The court medalist, Pfeuffer, of Berlin, will contribute a splendid collection of bronze medals. Architectural ornaments, carved stone, marble chimney-pieces, will be sent from seve ral houses in Cologne . and Berlin. A number of specimens of artistic printing, copper-plate, and litho graphic engraving, and daguerrotypes, are also set down for exhibition. Several papier macho models of the earth and its regions are to come from Berlin and Nuremberg. and anatomical models from Hei delberg and Darmstadt. From Sonnenberg, near Coburg, a large plastic tableau, with about 400 figures. partly moveable. re presenting a national fete of the Germans, in all its original details is to come. For the scene of this, the chateau of Rosman (the birth-place of Prince Albert) and environs, situated in the immediate neighbourhood, have been chosen. The size of the tableau is fifteen feet by ten (English measure). and, on account of the machinery which moves the figures, jet d'eau, &e., and the music which is contained inside, it rests on a pedestal specially provided for it, so that nothing is required to put it up but space of the above di mensions. The particulars of a grant proposed by the Belgian ministry to be voted, will be found elsewhere. The Austrian government have appointed as their agent here M. Major. Amongst the articles from Spain is a bomb, of 161b5., so light in its make as to be capable of carriage on the train of a 4-pounder. This gun was founded in 1837, by the Carlota, at Osate, and formed part of the artillery given up to F.spartero by.Mocato, after the convention of Vergara. FRANCE. Few who direct their attention to the Exhibition of Industry have thought of the effect which it may have upon many important branches of manufacture in this country, according as we excel or arc sur passed by the products which are common to us and other nations. As to our chances in competition. opinions differ; but our object here is only to call attention to the opinions put forth by M. Schneider, the present Minister of Trade in France. That gentleman, at the first meeting of the jury charged with examining the products of France, expressed himself most decidedly to the effect that the present was no common trial. On it depended not only the renown of French produce, but the fate of French exports. Each of the exhibitors should therefore become penetrated with the idea that England and the whole world would take this as the rand trial of excellence by which in future to judge the deg ree of perfection and advance of French industrial produce. A triumph of French manufacture would be inevitably followed by an immense developement of exportation ; a check or semi-success only would be most detrimental to French trade. Foreigners would not take into ac count any motives tending to deprive the French port ion of the Exhibition of the kiley it should pos sess; they would not admit in abatement of an ex treme opinion, the refusal of certain French manufac turers to send their goods to England; their judg ment would be without appeal, and would deprive France for a long time of the developement which it considers as the necessary consequence of her presence in the great Industrial Rxhibition of London. This opinion, although it involves the mere question of excellence, unconnected with that of price, is calm hate to cause much reflection. In reference to the refusal of certain manufacturers to send to London, this part of the minister's speech is understood to refer, amongst others, to the great establishments of Baccarat and St. Louis, whose glass is asserted by the French to rival that of Bohemia. It is, pea-baps. a somewhat overweening notion oa the. part af. tba aDLk. A further consignment from India has taken place. The Madras government Ota-tee of the 13th Dec. contains a report of the proceedings of a meeting of the central committee of that presidency, held on the 27th June, in connection with the Great Exhibition of 1851, well deserving of the publicity it has re ceived through the highest official channel. The Madras government were impressed apparently with the conviction that something much more valuable than even the specimens themselves forwarded to the Exhibition might be collected along with them in the shape of information regarding the raw material and manufactures of India. Lists of varied and minute queries were, there fore, forwarded to each committee, and these, with the answers, now appear in the Gavle*. The local committees seem to have become im bued with the spirit of the central one, and each set about collecting, not only as many specimens as they could procure, but as much in- LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1851. the case of woods, indeed, not only was all that was already known regarding them attempted to be collected, but experiments were in many cases made on purpose, with the view of extending our know- MACHINERY IN PREPARATION. 3IFSSIt9. PENN, or GREENWICTI. The contributions from the eminent engineering firms in London and the neighbourhood will not be so nu merous and important as they ought to be. Many of them entertain the opinion that their fame is so well established that it is unnecessary to court publicity by any display of their works, whilst others consider it would be of little in tereat to exhibit models of machinery that possess no novelty in construction or design; overlooking the fact that a main object of the Exhibition is to show the various products of national industry, whether they be new or already known. Foremost among those who take a more enlarged view of the objects of the show of industry, are the Messrs. Penn, of Greenwich, who will be probably the largest exhibitors of machinery. They have now nearly ready a pair of marine paddle-wheel steam-engines. of twelve horse-power each, which will illustrate, on a small working scale, the perfection attained in the construction of such engines. This pair of engines will, we understand, be kept at work, tar the disables purpose of exhibiting their action and of supplying some of the steam power that will be requisite fur driving the various mechanisms to be exhibited in motion. Messrs. Penn have also in preparation a pair of 30 horse power marine steam-engines for driving a screw propeller, which we believe will be completed in time for the Exhibi tion. In addition to these engines, which will occupy a Large portion of space, a great number of highly-finished models will be contributed by the same firm, who seem to take great interest in the success of the Exhibition, and to be determined that nothing shall be wanting on their part to effect o proper representation of the engineering skill of the country. With respect to the working of engines in the Crystal Palace the question arises, what is to be done with the 'rime steam ? Marine engines are, in this country, made with out exception on the condensing principle, and are worked with steam at low pressure, that is to say, instead of em ploying the elastic force of steam to move the piston the principal agent is the pressure of steam of comparatively small elastic force acting against a partial vacuum caused by the condensation of steam in a condenser. To produce an efficient condensation a large quantity of constantly re newed cold water is required, for which purpose a pond is often seen near to the engine-houses of factories where con densing engines are employed, and the water in those ponds generally indicates the object for which it is employed by the vapour arising from its surface, the water having been warmed by the process of condensation. As in all pruluibi lity there will be several condensing engines employed at the Crystal Palace, there will consequently be an ample supply of warm water, oral it may be worth considering whether it can be applied to any use. If allowed to flow into the Serpentine, that so-called " river " might fur the time be converted into a tepid swimming bath. MEsShLs. MAI:DALAII4 AND FIELD. Megan. Maud.lay and Field intend to exhibit aateam- engine of six-horse power, to be employed in working a coining press on a new construction, The mode by which the impression on the metal is produced, and the method of working is different from any that has hitherto been adopted, and the sight of the press in action will form an interesting feature of the Exhibition. We understand that the Executive Committee have not yet determined on what principle the press shall be worked. It has been proposed that it should be employed in stamping medals, impressed with an appropriate design, to Ix, sold within the building, the proceeds to be at the disposal of the Commi-sioners ; but the sale of anything beyond refreshments within the precincts of the Crystal Palace has been so forcibly prohi bited in the rules hitherto published, that the Executive Committee are reluctant to depart from them; at the same time, it is felt that much of the interest attached to the p.es session of such medals would depend on having seen them come from the press. The Committee arc thus on the horns of a dilemma ; but it is very probable that in this, and in some similar CASE.] that must arise, exceptions will be made, under proper regulations, to the general rule. Messrs. Maudsloys and Field, in addition to the coining press, intend to contribute several models of different kinds of machinery and engines, which will form an illustration in little of many of the important works they have com pleted. GIGANTIC ELECTRIC CLOCX‘. Time in the Crystal Palace will be regulated by several electric clocks, of large dimensions, made by Mr. C. Shep herd, of Leadenhall-street, on the improved plan recently invented by Mm. The largest of these clocks will be on the outside of the building, ever the northern entrance to the transept, and the appearance of the dial and hands will be quite as novel us the interior arrangements. The diameter of the dial will not be less than twenty-four feet, but it will only be a semi-circle, for it was found that a complete dial of that size would detract from the appearance of the build ing. Mr. Shepherd had the option of having a circular dial of seven feet diameter, but that he considered would be too insignificant for the purpose, and he preferred the larger dial, with its semicircular proportion. There will not, indeed, be any clock-face, such as we are accustomed to see, but the hours will be painted in compartments, on the arch of the transept, the Roman numerals appearing white on a blue ground. The twelve hours will be included in the semi circle, beginning with VI on the left hand, ascending to XII at the top of the arch, and descending to VI on the right. That the hands may indicate the time at all hours of the day and night, they are made double, so as to point both ways ; thus, when the hour-hand has arrived at six in the evening, it will more off the dial on the right, and the opposite end of the hand will become the index to the hours. In the same manner, the opposite end of the , minute-hand will recomntenee its duties as index every hour, and then again pass off the dial. In the intermediate times, the double part of the hands, though of no use in pointing out the hours, will serve the important offices of equipoises and counteracting vanes, to equalise the force of the wind; for, without some such provision, the wind, acting on a lever ten feet long, might have impeded the action of the clock, or have caused irregularity. The length of the double minute hand will be about twenty feet, and that of the hour-hand sixteen feet, to be mule of gilded copper. In addition to this monster clock, there will be two electric clocks, with circular dials, five feet in diameter, placed inside the eastern and western entrances, and other smaller ones in different parts of the building, all Of which will be of similar con struction, and will all be in connection with and regulated by the same pendulum. The distinctive feature of Mr. Shepherd's electric clocks consists principally in the mode of giving impulse to the pendulum. In the electric clocks previously constructed, the pendulum at each vibration touched a metal stud in connection with a voltaic battery, and by that means communicated instantaneous but temporary magnetism to a coil of wire enclosed within the bob of the pendu lum, and caused it to be attracted by a combination of per manent steel magnets placed within the sphere of attraction. The impulse to the pendulum was consequently derived from repeated magnetic attractions ; and, as voltaic batteries are constantly liable to variation, the movement of the clocks varied accordingly. In Mr. Shepherd's arrangement the impulse is given to the pendulum by a spring, and the electro-magnetic power is employed only to relieve the pen dulum from the action of the spring during the:return of vibration. By this means the impulse is altogether inde pendent of the varying power of the battery, and the action is constantly the same. Another part of Mr. Shepherd's improvement consists in the mode of giving motion to the hands, which are made distinct from the pendulum, and thereby another cause of irregu larity is avoided. The pendulum is, indeed, detached completely from the mechanism, its sole use being confined to regulate the passage of the electric currents. An ordi nary second pendulum, of the size used in an eight-day clock, is all that is necessary to put in action the largest electric clock, and a pendulum of that size will be employed for working the great clock at the Crystal Palace and all the other clocks in connection with it. The detachment of the different parts of the same clock from each other, yet the connection that exists between separate clocks at consi derable distances apart, constitute a remarkable feature of the invention. The pendulum may be hundreds of yards from the clocks it regulates, the striking arta luay-be twenty of ruck clocks is so intimate that tocy wilt al, re spond instantaneously to the vibration of atingle pendulum, and move invariably together. The battery power required is very feeble, and we understand that one of Mr. Shepherd's clocks, made on this principle, has been going for two years without requiring to be touched, or having the battery renovated. A NEW AND POWEIIPCL PUMP. Prominent among the working mechanisms er the Ex hibition will be Mr. Appold's centrifugal pump. To call it • pump, however, is a misnomer ; it should rather be termed a water elevator, for, in its construction and in the mass of water raised and discharged, it hears no relation to ordinary pimps. The water is not discharged through • spout or orifice, but it pours over two sides of • tank about four feet wide, in a continuous torrent, the water being raised above the edges of the tank two or three inches. In this machine there arc no acting valves, no cylinder or piston, as in other pumps, but the water is raised by what is commonly called ‘• centrifugal force." The action of this force is most (deafly perceived in those centrifugal pumps which consist of a straight perpendicular pipe and two hollow horizontal arms, to which a rapid rotary motion is given. The lower end of the perpendicular pipe being im mersed in water, the rotary motion causes the water in the horizontal arms to be thrown out, water rushes up the per pendicular shaft to . of eke *Sid ejected, and by chid A Unarm and • rapid flow takes place so 1 g the machine is kept in action. There arc many inconveniences and much loss of power attending this arrangement, consequently centrifugal pumps have been hitherto little used. In the application of the same principle by Mr. Appold, the incon venience of the old form is remedied, and, to judge from the effects of its action, it far exceeds, in capability of dis charging within a given time, any other known mode of raising water, not excepting the hydraulic belt. Instead of the straight shaft and horizontal arms, Mrs Appold'a pump apparatus consists of a circular fan, closely resembling in form the " blow:rs" which have recently been brought into use as substitutes for bellows. Two discs, with holes in their centres, arc joined together by curved partitions, which form about eight separate compartments. A rapid rotary motion is given to the instrument when immersed in water, by which means the fluid is thrown out of the curved compartments by centrifugal action, a fresh supply rushes in through the central openings, and thus a continual flow is maintained. The water ix nut, however, thrown about in the air, for the rotating instrument is placed under the surface, and raises the fluid to the top of the tanl: from which it is to flow. It is astonishing to witness the great volume of water that is thus discharged by means of an apparatus apparently insignificant. The " pump " which we saw in action was only one foot in diameter, and about four inches wide in the centre, yet it will discharge 1,400 gallons per minute with 530 revolutions. An instrument ten feet in 'diameter will pump 140,000 gallons per minute; one double that size will pump 560,000 gallons, and a machine forty feet in diameter will discharge the enormous quantity of 2,210,000 gallons per minute. Such a power brought to bear on the draining of marshes, for which it is specially applicable, would prove most effective. The loss of power in the use of this centrifugal pump, it is calculated, would not exceed 30 per cent. With the one-font pump, water has been raised to the height of sixty-seven feet, when moving with the velocity of 1,322 revolutions per minute. The machine to be exhibited will be of that size. It will be kept constantly in action by steam power, and will occupy a space of ten feet square, to allow for occasional splashing, The torrents of water rushing over the sides of the tank resemble a cascade rather than the discharge of a pump. Mr. Appolirs house, in Wilson-street, Finsbury-square, in which we were favoured with a view of the centrifugal pump, is full of ingenious contrivances of his invention, and if it could be removed bodily within the Crystal Palace, it would be an object of much curiosity and wonder. The whole building is warmed by a self regulating apparatus to any temperature that may be desired; a balance thermometer, which Mr. Appold. will probably exhibit, increases or diminishes the supply of gas to a gas stove, whence warm air issues into all the pas sages ; a self-acting register hygrometer keeps the atmo sphere of the house at one uegular degree of moisture ; the ventilation of the rooms is regulated by perforated flooring and by apertures in the ceiling, with curiously contrived dampers ; an electric clock, greatly improved by Mr. Appold, works for weeks untouched, by electricity generated in the earth ; the door of the dining-room rests, when open, atany angle to which it may be regulated, and to that position it returns whenever swung further open or more nearly closed ; another door slowly opens as you approach, and as slowly and silently shuts after you have passed through ; and, what is more magical still, the act of lighting a gas chandelier in the dining-room closes and bolts the window-shutters! THINGS TO BE EXHIBITED IN THE GLASS PALACE. Mr. A. Siccama. A case of patent diatonic flutes. These flutes are exhibited as improvements on the old flute, being capable of producing the various enhannonies required to bring out all the major and minor diatonic scales in perfect tune. Messrs. Williams, Filmore, and Mason, Guilford street, a bronze table. Mr. Yerbury, a "diaphragm pipe," in which, the points of the tube and bowl being separated, the oil is prevented from fouling the tube, and the smoke and tobacco are kept dry. Mr. Joseph Wood, cutler, 28, Spurriergate, specimens of the York razor, arranged in a glass case, and showing the different stages in the manufacture of this recent invention of Mr. Wood ; and as an accompaniment to the razor, spe cimens of the York Strop ; also specimens of the York Keg, or Barrel, used by sportsmen, fur carrying wine, spirits, or beer. Mr. John A'ulstenholme, carver, 12, Lord Mayor's. walk, six stall finials, or poppy-heads, of decorated Gothic ar- eltitecture. They arc of various designs, carved in Norway, and enriched with leaves of the oak, maple, hawthorn, and ivy. ' Mr. Janowski, Berlin Wool Repository, Stonegate, a state chair, a banner-scorn, and an embroidered picture of "The Contented Family." Mr. Matthew Cooper, saddler, 2.5, Swinegate, a side-saadle, ornamented with a covering of ' Berlin wool, worked at Mr. Jancowski's establishment. ' The design is worked in colours, on a black ground. The peculiarities of this saddle are, that it will be much easier and safer to the lady who uses it—the Berlin wool work on the seat giving this advantage—the lady will not be so liable to slip, as is often the case in the ordinary saddle. Another advantage is that a lady skilled in Berlin wool work may, by obtaining patterns from the saddle, assist in making her own saddle, and thus have at her command, to a great extent, the expense, style, and material of the arti cle. The stirrup is made to pass beneath the Hap, which is covered with the Berlin wool, and thus the possibility of wear ing away the decuratiou is obviated. A military saddle, the pitch of which is also partially composed of Berlin wool. Mr. Edward Crummack, 1, Tower-street, comb manufac turer, specimens of ivory, tortoiseshell, and horn dressing combs, the product of hand labour. Mr. Wm. Bellerby, des Tutor and painter, 9, Boothe/a, a cabinet made of oak, 5 feet in length and 4 feet 6 inches in height. The feature in this cabinet will be the two door panels, in which will be introduced the novelty of a picture engraved upon wood. On one of the panels will be a representation of Christ bearing his cross, after Raphael ; and the other the Descent from the Cross, by Rieciarclli. Mr. Samuel Hill, medical superintendent at the North and East Ridings Pauper Lunatic Asylum, a model for a country lunatic asylum, with plans. A model for a nursery fireplace, with guard and warm air chamber. A window for a lunatic asylum, or other building, where security is required, with a Venetian blind. Captain G. M‘Clintock, of the 62 nd Regiment of Light Infantry, chain, cut from wood. Mr. Mark noway and Mr. Joseph Walton, pupils of the York School of Design, models in clay. Jlr. William Plows, marble works, Fee.sbridge, a marble slab, on which are represented the symbols of free and operative masonry found in the crypt of York Minster and other places. Professor Phillips, of St. Mary's Lodge, a peculiar electrophones and meteorological instrument, of a new construction. in artificial marble. Mr. E. Charles ' worth, curator at the Museum, a series of objects illustrat- 1 ing a new process of mounting and preserving specimens in zoology. Miss Elizabeth Atkinson, of Devonshire-place, . Harrogate, coloured figures in wax; and Mr. Robert Baker, of Easingwold, some specimens of butchers' and house , steels. FROM HMI. William Radcliffe, a Pieeeol flannel containing 140 picks to the inch (the average of the finest cloth made rarely ex ceeding 50). A steam-engino weighing three-quarters of an ounce, and performing 3,600 revolutions in a minute. FROM WORIINOTON. A model three-masted merchant vessel now in the course of construction at the yard of Mr. Lamport, shipbuilder, Workington, and intended for the Great 'Exhibition. The sire of the miniature vessel is larger than ordinary models, measuring 10 feet from bowsprit to taffrail, and the great peculiarity is that it is • regularly built ship, an exact counterpart, both in the mode of contraction and appear genre. thosich on a smaller wale. of the orieinal Lemathse [PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURPENCE. on the stocks in Mr. Lamport's yard. Every timber in the little vessel has been made to correspond with those of the larger ship, and one side will bk: left open in order to show the frame-work; the other side will be planked and cop pered. I Commissariat. According to the terms of the contract with Messrs. Lightly and Simon, then• is to he mid to them for commission 4s. for every• case of goods which shall not be re exported from Emerald. Alter the exhibition, Chi goods exhibited shall be brought free to Paris, and shall, after eight days of their arrival, be carried away by the exhi bitun. I , IIOSI_,ILACKBCD.X. Several pieces of maelunery, for the manufacture of which it has long stood tutrivalled. The proprietors of Brookhouse Mills are cotupletina a lwautiful miniature power loom, with all the most improved breaks, &c., a mi niature dressing machine, and a warping mill of their owa patent, called •• Jcany Lind." FROM EXETEIt. Amongst the novelties sent from this district, Henry Matthews, Esq., of Bradnineh, near Cuilmapton, has for warded a pair of carved Tudor bed pooots, made front a walnut tree that grew near the ow aer's bowie, at Bradninch, part of the Duchy of Cornwall, by John Sirs (on the owner's premises), who was brought up a thatcher, and followed that business :titer he was married. The columns arc nine feet hi.th and It inches square at the base, renting on lion's claws; in front is the date, 1831; on the various Bands are the Prince of Wales's plume and motto, the crown of Henry VIII. and his Queen, Catherine, with the letters 11. taken from a crown gold piece f that date; the arms of the corporation of Bro alninch and motto the Queen's crown with V. It.; the exact likeness of at lamb with six legs that was dropped last spring ou the sums property and i. now in good health, with the motto '• Peace sod Plenty," (the lamb figuring the former, the six legs the latter), and the Tudor rose and motto. Above the vases are several basses, carved in foliage of oak, ivy, tte.,. the whole being carved out of solid wood . — ureter riga" Port. FROM DRS*DEN. The principal objects iu process of manufacture at the works in Dresden for the Exhibition are an enormous look ing-glass frame, decorated with birds, flowers, and fancy ornaments; two vases, four or five feet high, one of them in the rococo style, gracefully adorned with the entwined foliage of the eonvolcutus and nasturtium ; the other imi tating the Greek, and evidentiug a taste more chaste and seven•. It is decorated chiefly with enamelled paintings, in the forms ot• medallions, round the base and round the lid. 'f•he fourth article is a camellia tree, more remarkable for its few-simile resemblance to nature than for any originality of conception or gracefulness of design, and, unless the illusion be dispelled by touch, every leaf to the observer is a real leaf, more or less developed and coloured, and every blossom marks likewise a distinct and successive stage, from the closed bud to the full-grown and colorant(' flower. FRO? INDIA.—FOURTH CON.IONMENT. Specimens of Ilindoostmee shoes of many various shapes and style. Oriental musical instruments, comprising ciMrs and suorungees, of dith•nvt 1 , 11/.01 and shapes, together with all the differeat descriptions of tubliahs, tom-toms, cymbals, &c., in use among the natives of Bengal mid the upper pro vinces. Models of native boats, manufactories, &c. A modal of a Mofussil cutcherry, with figures of the session judge and the omlab. Specimeus of gold and silver em- bruidery on velvet, models of royal musnuds, and other articles of gaudy display appertaining to the palaces, divans, and processions of eastern princes. The led samples of native workmanship, however, were some wrought silver ornaments and jewellery, contributed by the goldsmiths of Cattail, as also a collection of ivory toys, puzzles, models, and chessmen forwarded from Moorshealabad. These latter comprised a set of " Layard's Nineveh" chessmen carved in solid pieces of ivory. ---- • ----- - FROM AIORRIA, ..... The prefecture of Algeria has forwarded by the steam boat of the 20th ult. the several prdsluets of ugrieulture and native manufactures collected by its means. and considered of sufficient importance by the departmental jury to be sent to the London Exhibition. Among them are to be re marked some very line samples of cotton, of cochineal, of opium, of oleaginous grains from the central nursery, of raw and manufactured tobacco, the produce of native and European culture. A magnificent collection of indigenous woods, collected by the skilful and intelligent M. Boyer, Guard-General of the Forests. A collection of mine rals, of copper, iron, lead, and nickel, the produce of all the mineral veins known in the province of Algeria. Very fine samples of raw silk, similar to that which has recently obtained such great success in the markets of France. The Prefect of Algeria has aptly caused tome magnificent stuffs for dresses and furniture to be manufactured with these silks, by the best workmen of Lyons, and which give a high idea of the first essays of our agrieultunll industry . The colonists who arc admitted to exhibit are M.M. Mcreurin anti Curter , for oil ; Pelliseier, Reverchon, Chuttart, Morin, and Moloch°, for cotton, to bacco, flax ; Frederic, for opium ; Marchal, for wheat. M. Chapel has ppresenttit an alimentary product, recently discovered. Dl. Vcrrier, sardines preserved in oil. Mr. Briqueler, copper from the miner, of POued-Allalah, which he is working with much success M. Flo hier, paper from the dwarf palm tree ; M. Boulanger, saddlery articles and a newly-invented bit ; M. Caillon, articles of cabinet work, made of native woods, remarkable for their richness and excellence of construction. Essences, perfumery, and various other articles make up this exhibition of Algerian —duct/ans. THE FRENCH EXHIBITORS. The Moniteur of Feb. 3 contains general instruction' for the reception at Paris, and the forwarding to London, of the pmeltections destined for the Exhibition of London. All the exhibitors admitted by the departmental juries must deliver their products at Paris before the 10th inst., at the station of the Northern Railway. Each ease is to have on it, besides the address a distinction card, according to a given model. Every exhibitor must forward his bulletin &ear:want with his products, and at the same time, to the !Minister of Commerce, memoranda or particulars necessary for the compilation of the general catalogue of the Exhiln tion which will he published by the English committee at London. These memoranda must indicate the com mercial name of the product in French, English, and, so far as possible, in German. For products which are liable to duties ou export, all the necessary for malities must ho fulfilled at Paris by the exhibitors, and the right of export will he signified at the port of export. The payment of the duties fur such goods as shall remain in foreign countries shall he made on the closing of the exhi bition; hut, if before its closing, the exhibitors shall de clare that they will renounce the benefit of reimporting their goods, the duties on such goods shall be thereupon im mediately payable. The central jury of the National Ex position of 1819 will examine all the products, taking for the bass of its operations the necessity of admitting defini tively to exhibition only such products as have a known industrial or commercial value. The same jury will decide on the claims of parties who may have been refused admis sion to exhibit by the departmental juries, for which pur pose such parties may at their own risk and cost send their goods to the central jury. The exhibitor will have notice of the day and hour when the jury will proceed to examine their products. After the examination and admission to exhibit, detailed notes will be prepared by the agents of the commissariat, to serve us the base for the bills of lading ' which will accompany the products forwarded. These notes ' will be signed by the president of the jury who shall have examined the goods, by the exhibitor, and by one of the agents of the commissariat. The final pack age of the products admitted shall be made at the charge of, and by the exhibitor. The expedition of the products to London shall be made at the expense of the Treasury, by agents appointed by the Minister of Agricul hire and Commerce. The French products will be for- 1 warded by the Northern Railway to Dunkirk, and from thence by steamboat to London. These products will be insured against sea risk by the government, and in ease of loos the sum, to he reimbursed, shall be assessed according to the value ; but in no ease shall more than four francs per kilogramme, package included, be reimbursed. The pro ducts shall be received at London by the agents of the French commissariat, through Messrs. Lightly and Simon, custom-house agents of the French embassy and consulate-general, conformably to a con tract made with them. The construction of tables and stands in the place of exhibition, the putting up machines, the setting out for show the products, the deco ration of the stand, will be at the charge of the exhibitors, and must be done by them conformably with the instruc tions and regulations of the English royal commission. The period for reception of products has been fixed by the English royal commission for the 28th inst. ; but as, in ex ceptional cases, a delay will be accorded, manu facturers who shall have arranged their places at the exhibition before the 20th February, may make a demand in writing to the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce before the 10th instant, on entering into an en gagement to arrange their place at the Exhibition at Lon dun before the 20th instant. In the event of not preparing their places before the 20th instant, the parties requiring de lay will lose the benefit of it. All demands and complaints exhibitors may have to make at London touching the Exhibition, all the difficulties which may arise between the exhibitor and the English royal commission, or the execu tive committee of the Exhibition, must be addressed to the French commisariat at London. The same arrangement will apply to all communications that French exhibitors may have occasion to address to the royal commission or to the jury of rewards. The French products forwarded to Lon don to the Exhibition will he superintended by the agents of the French commissariat. The exhibitors will be autho rised to cause themselves to be represented commercially at London, and to arrange and look after their products either by themselves or their agents ; but they must con form to the instructions of the English commission and 'of the French commissariat. Special decrees will point oat the persons whom it will be judged useful to eend to London during the exhibition to study it in a tech commercial, industrial, or artistic point of view. mar decrees will appoint the persons who shall represent I eke interests of French industry in the mixed jury of re- wards to be appointed at London. All goods admitted at the exhibition being placed under bond relatively to the payment of Customs dues, such as shall be sold to be de livered after the exhibition, either in England or any other country than France, cannot be withdrawn from the exhi bition natal after payment of the Customs duos to ME BELGIAN VOTE OF MONEY. In the Belgian Cluunber, last week, the Minister moved fur on additional credit of 75,000 fr., to be applied in defraying the lietssoary expenses of taking part in the great English Exhibition of ltldi. It was proposed that the sum demanded should he disiscad of u. follows :—Carrillge and freight to and from London, 10,000 fr. ; lauding, carriage from wharfs to Hyde-park, Customs' expanses, tinimeking, warehousing eases, repaeking, and 'hipping, 2.4000fe.; material and fittings, ;and placing ditto. n,ooofr.; agency . . , • ~ - and superintendence for during thr Exhibition (say live or six month.), ::11.11110fr.; travelling cxpenxes of workmen, printing, and sundry expenxes, l'2,1•100f.; total, 75,(100fr. SOUTHAMPTON AND TM; EXHIBITORS. ANIERICAN The subjoined is a copy of a despatch addressed by the lion. Daniel Webster to Mr. J. It. Creekey, the L MUNI States' Consul at Southampton, in reply to a letter limn the latter gentleman, asking, on the part of the inhabitants of Southampton, that their port might be alerted es the destination of the American frigate St. Lawrence, ap pointed by the government of the - United States to convey American contributions to the Great Exposition of laid. A copy of the memorial addressed by the mayor, corpora tion, and inhabitants of Southampton, to the Presiil, at of tho United States, through his Excelleuey Mr. Abbott Lawrence, applared on the 23,1 of December, and it will be =Ten that the American executive has arceded to the wishes of thi• iebah;heit. of s•eoliometon, and that the St. Lawrence will rendervone in Southampton water, conditionally upon her cargo being transferred to London free of all charges, wharfage, duck ones, or railway carnage:—" Department of State, Washington, Jun. 20. Sir,—l received this morning your despatch of the 16 inst., informing rte, by the request of the authorities of thu port of Southampton, that after haring waited on the Ame rican Minister in London with an address to the l'reaklent of the United States, soliciting that Southamptun should be selected as the port of destination for any public 'ease/ which the government of the United States ought send to England with contributions to this year's Exhibition, and after being advised by Mr. Lawrence that it would Ice im portant to obtain an undertaking by t h e dock and railroad companies to convey these contributions to London free of exiwnse or charge, they have obtained such undertaking, and that you are therefore authorised to announce that all goods intended for the Paid Exhibition, and brought by a United States' public vessel to Southampton, will be con veyed thence to Vauxhall, within one tulle of the place where the Exhibition is to he held, free of all charge by the dock company for lauding, wharfage, or warehousing, or by the railway conipany for trnusporting and delivering the same to Vauxhall. I have the taleasure to inform you in reply that the proposal is neeepted, and that the proper order will accordingly issue front the navy department to the commander of the St. Lawrence.—l am, sir, respect fully, your obedient servant, DANIEL WEHETEIt. To Joseph Rodney Croskey, Es' q., United State.' Conical at Southampton." WEST RIDING TEXTILE FABRICS. A meeting of deputations front the West Riding was held at Huddersfield on Satunlity last, which wits attended by William Wiltans, Esq. (the constable), and Messrs. J. C. Laveock, R. Butterworth, John Shaw, Samuel Olthield, FrZ•deriek Schwann, Josh. Norton, John Brooke, William Leigh Brook, Joseph Wrigley, Edward Booth, Charles Pritchett, F. Greenwood, Isaac Beardstll, and George Tot- son, of Huddersfield. The following deputations were also present :—From Halifax: The Mayor (Johu Crossley, Esq.), Messrs. Edward Sehischkar, Richard Carter, and William Brown. From Knareshorough: Mr. James Powell. From Batley Mr. Samuel LOA). Front Leeds : The Mayor (Geo. Goodman, Esq.), Messrs. Jos. Hannon, T.W. George, It.. S. Church, Wm. Firth, JUL Holdforth, C. Kemplay, and Martin Cawood. Front Bradford: Messrs. Gen. Taylor, It. F. Lockwood, and Henry Ripley. From Wakefield: Mr. Morgan.—Mr. Williams was called to the chair, and in opening the bttsi t leas he explained the result of the meeting of the deputation from Huddersfield and the Executive Com mittee.—Mr. Norton explained the mode of laying out the counters for the textile fabrics of the West Riding sug gested by Mr. Wallis.—Mr. Carter, of Halifax, complained that the amount of counter space allotted to Halifax was much too small, and suggested that the surplus at the disposal of the committee should lie given to that town. On the motion of Mr. Brooke, seconded by Mr. Ripley, it was unanimously agreed that nut of the maces of spare at the disposal of the West Riding, 400 feet should be allotted to Halithx.—The Mayor of Halifax moved " that the towns of Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, and Huddersfield appoint for each town two members of their committee, who shall meet together to take into their especial consideration the space allotted to them, and to sub-divide the general allotments of space with reference to the claims and wants of each locality." Mr. Ripley seconded the motion, which was agreed to, and the following gentle men were appointed the committer: Mr. Frith and Mr. Cawood, for Leeds • Messrs. Pritchett and Norton for Huddersfield; Messrs. LoLockwood and Ripley, for Bradford; Mr. Carter and Mr. Schilehkar, for Halifax ; with instruc tions to report to a general meeting, to be held at Bradford on Monday. At the meeting held at Bradford on Monday last, Henry Forbes, Esq., in the chair, resolutions were agreed to, approving of the allotment:to(' space made by the Executive Committee for West Riding fabrics, under classes 12 and Id, with the exception of the front space on each side of the area towards the central avenue coloured in the plan, which it is absolutely necessary should he added to the West Riding; and also, with the exception of the claim for hanging space by the Halifax Coin ' ntittce, which to a great extent is unpmvided for. The following resolutions were also agreed to : " That this meeting urges the attendance upon the Executive Com mittee of a deputation on Wednesday next, at 11 o'clock, to receive the additional space required." "That this meeting recommends the appointment upon this deputation of such gentlemen from each local committee as are likely in their behalf to attend to the fitting up of the counters." " That the following gentlemen be requested to go to London Mr. Lockwood and Mr. Ripley, from Bradford ; Mr. Schischkar and Mr. Carter, from Halifax; Mr. Schwann and Mr. Norton, from Huddenfield; and Mr. Cawood, from Leeds." " That this meeting approves the uniform plan laid down by the Executive Committee for fitting up the 12-feet counters in the central avenue, and pledges itself to earry it into execution." " That in the judgment of this meeting, a free admission to the exhibition would be highly un desirable." ADMISSION OF EXHIBITORS' SERVANTS. The Executive Committee having been applied to by various parties proposing to be exhibitors fur permission to have servants present during the time of the exhibition, have issued the following circular: " I am directed by the Executive Committee to ray that they cannot entertain any application for the attendance of servants to explain the goods during the exhibition, till such goods have been brought into the building.—l am, sir, &e., M. DlObY W varr, Secretary." MEETING OP THE COTNCIL OF APPEAL.—Yeoter day the Councilof Appeal met to take into eon.sideration the further appeals of disappointed applicants for space. W. Tite, Esq., deputy-chairman of the council, occupied the were present Sir C. Adam, Sir M. Molhe- chair. There . Sore, Bart. ; Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P. ; Mr. Alder man wire ; Rev. S. R. Cattley (the Hon. Sees.) ; Meters. Bohn, Croce, Professor Cowper, Snell, Scott Barber, Knight, Drew, GreenweU, Cottam, and other gentlemen. About 90 of the 120 remaining cases of appeal were disposed of. The consideration of the remaining caaes was postponed to an adjourned meeting to take place on Tuesday next. MELTING OF THE FINE AWLS COMMlTTEE.—Yesterday a meeting of this committee was held, at which many of the applicationsthat had been standing over from the previous meetings were disposed of. ILLNESS OF MR.. HENDERSON.—An who have wit nessed the unceasing exertions of this gentleman during the progress of the works in Hyde-park will be sincerely sorry to learn that, in consequence of his unremitting labours, his constitution has received a severe shock, and that he now lies at his residence at Smethnick, near Birmingham, in a most precarious state. Our correspondent at Birming ham, writing last evening, says :" On inquiry to-day I find that Mr. Henderson is most seriously ill. I have it on the best authority , that Mr. Henderson, to the great regret of all his friends is most dangerously ill ; he was a shade better to 'but there was still great danger." THE BIBLE IN TIM °LABS PALACE.--SpeCO has been granted to the Bible Society to exhibit specimens of their Bibles in no less than ono hundred and fifty languages. TILE FIRST SPECIAL TRAIN TO VIE CRYSTAL PALACE arrived in London, from the Midland district on Monday evening, consisting of twenty carriages and about 500 passengers, under the management of Mr. Cook, the Midland excursion agent. The fares were the same as are to be charged for the exhibition club trains, but this being an experimental trip the train was open to all who chose to avail themselves of it. The visitors were allowed till Thursday morning, and though they could only see the exterior of the times edifice', this attraction, cotalnned with :., 1 1 ili