The Express. — London, England, 1851-01-25 00:00:00

I 1 ; Tvlbt Of. 01) ...- ' • Y' _,Z.„--„ .-ee „, . . No. 1,379.1 [No. 5, EXHIBITION EXPRESS.] THE EXHIBITION EXPRESS, FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 23. PROGRESS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The last seven days have been infLential on the progress tithe Great Exhibition. The portion of the Crystal Palace which lies to the west of the great trampt may now be regarded as complete, the qua- Sty of work which meatus to be accomplished in that division of the building being inconsiderable, and chiefly ornamen a tal in chracter. The glazi of the roof and ends of the tramept is also ve ry nearly finished. The supply of glass throughout the week was abundant, lied there are at present only small portions of roof left uncovered. Great progress has been also made in setting up the gallery bind-rails, and, with the ricer ion of the flooring of the north eastern c ompartments, but little heavy work is now incomplete in . any part of the building, either inside or outside. The Executive Committee have definitively ar ranged the exact l‘calisation of the productions of the United Kingdom, as divided by them into thirty sections. 'these s i lt cetropy the whole of the space westward of the central transept. Of the thirty clews, four embrace raw materials; six, machinery, and mechanical and philosophical instruments and coottivancers; nineteen, manufactures of as other descriptions ; and there is one section for sculpture, models, and piratic art. The rapidly-approaching completion of the structure compels immediate atten tion to the important question of the opening of the Exhibition on the let of May. About one-half of the ewe required for the display of the articles included is the groups above enumerated, or, in otter words, upwards of 2:4,000 square feet of exhibiting ground, has been usigmed to machinery, at rest and in motion. If a committee, eomposad of the ablest engineers of the day, were remind, within the short vacs of two months, to bring to completion a great public work —another Portsmouth I tocklard, for instance— they would shrink from the undertaking, however extencee might be the resources of labour, skill, and ability at their command, if they were riot seemed of the energetic support of all who were to be asso ciated with them in consummating the proposed object. It is calculated that the energy, skill, and labour which most be called into requisition before the enormous aggregation of machines fur which * places have been taken" in the building in Hyde park, are securely and effectively sit up, will be little less than would be required in the case which we have just supposed. If ponderous fly-wheels and huge iron shafts and boilers could be roiled by band into titer places, their arrangement would be easy enough ; but when it is recollected that they are manageable only by appliances of purchase and lever, it must be admitted that the period of time allowed for their ere ction in the build ing is too limited unless exhibitors strenuously co operate with the Executive Committee. Exhibitors, therefore, who have at heart the success of the Exhi bitim, and the proper display of their own produc tions, will forward their goods as early as possible, and i very such exhibitor would do well to recollect that, whither their machines be caplets or incom plete, or absent altogether, the ixuioition will emit for no man, bet commence cn the Ist May. The Executive Committee have also marked oat the boundaries of the spaces apportioned to foreign mafiosi. Eastward of the central transept the pro ductions of the following countries may be looked for —France, China, Switzerland. Norway and Sweden, Belgium, North Germany, Zoliverein, Russia, Aus tria, the United States, Abrabia and Persia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Portugal, and Spain, and Ilenmaik. The first-class refreshment-court will be situated in the transept ;the second-class refreshment court in the north-western ; and the third clams is the north-eastern compartment of the bedding. With respect to the prices of admission to the Exhibition, gratuitous admission has been recently advocated, and Mr. Peaton'e letter on this sub ject will be found in another column, but the it:co - see nil eyes which forbid tl.e adoption of such a uwllnure are obvious. No set of gentlemen c Add b- found willing to undertake the responsibi lity of guarding the building and its contents against the laws on of the thousands of idle and dissolute perwris with whom, on inch terms of admission, it would be chiefly tilled, to the exclu.ion ed the industrious and well conducted. Govern. ment interference would also become indispensable, and a clog of the most objectionable kind be imported thereby on the progress of the undertaking. The Exhibition is now advancing with a smoothness ad rapidity utterly unattainable under a system of mere formal government routine. leave the Execu tire Committee unfettered, and the thing will doubt less be successful. Throw them on government funds, and gave rnmental aid would cripple the whole affair. 'fhe Exhibition was to be carried out by public en terpriee and by voluntarily supplied fonds; to that the Commission is pledged, and by that pledge they must stand. It is still to be regretted that no plan on a large sale for the accommodation of artisan visitors to London has yet ban projected, with the single ex ception of the Canvasses at Pimlico. The necessity for such establishments will make itself felt at the eleventh hour, and the arrangements will then in all probability be earned out imperfectly, and is pro fitably to speculators than if the arrangements were made at one*. On Tuesday last Prince Albert made an inspection of the building, and sebeepiently presided at a meet ing of the Royal Commissioners. Tuis was the first meeting held at the offices which have been fitted up in the building, and the Commissioners present on the occasion wire Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, Sir C. Lyell, Sir R. Westssmott, and Messrs. laboachem, Cubitt, and Gibs -a. Prince Albert, accom panied by the other commiseimere, was conducted over the various works in progress by the members of the Executive Committee. In pursuing his exami nation of the exterior of the building, he took occasion to survey it from that portion of flu park which ad joins the bridge over the Serpentine. The ground there is higher than that on which the building stands, and the eye can embrace at a glance the whole of the north front and the details of the roof, the view being interrupted only by the few intervening trees which border the ornamental water. At the meeting of the Commissioners a very elegant design for cut-iron railings, to surround the exterior of the building, was adopted. This new railing is to be substituted, at the request of the police commission ers, for the dwarf posts which it was originally in tended to set up, and some of which, looking neither useful nor ornamental, may be seen at present near the main mamma The new railing will be 61 feet high, and will be placed ate distance of about d feet from the outside of the holding. Numerous inquiries have been made of the Execu tive Committee respecting the extent to which counters will be furnished to exhibitors by the Com mie.imers ; and the manner in which they have dealt with the question has thus far been productive of general satisfaction. The Executive Committee have undertaken to furnish a plain deal counter in ell these cases where an exhibitor doee not cars either to exercise his own taste in displaying his articles, or to use the power of reguletiag the amount of vacant space immediately surrounding them, as he might do by buildlog up steps or shelties, and affixing brackets, bat is content to have his articles laid out on a plain deal counter, of some uniform width and height. " It must be obvious (urge the Executive Committee) that it will be impomible to determine what sat of counters w he thus adopted for each clam, or the Waal position Of them, until they are made acquainted with the extent to which exhibitors purpose to avail them selves of the privilege of gratifying their own taste, and arranging their articles in their own way. The principle which will guile the Executive Com mittee, is stated to be, first, to leave every one to please himself, subject to general control ; and thee, to act on behalf of those who are indifferent, 3nable, or decline to act. It has been already explained that vertical, wall or partition specs m be obtained by suspending frebr.c.s over lines, and by hanging draperies from the girders. In all canes where the Executive Committee is called upon to provide vertical space, and where these means will suffice, they will be adopted. But until the articles Rre ii.en and actually deposited in the building, the Executive Committee declare they will not be able to define to what extent they will provide more substantial modes of obtaining vertical space. Several documents have been issued by the Exe cutive Committee daring the week, for the purpose cf elucidating the general principles laid down for tho guidance of exhibitors. Incessant vigilance is re quired to prevent overcrowding in the spaces assigned, and to en vie: mistakes which, if allowed to prevail, would mar the effect of the Exhibition. Every wtek thus helps forward the great work, and already we may anticipate the day when the coming maltitudee will be present amongst us. Southey pictires some such seen* : - - 00111D11111d W.ll, forth Amos, the people, biddies old sad young, Husband and +O., the nude,' and the Maui, — All the collected multitudes of Ad, — Here to rapeir, sad hold high festival. ilithrr they emits, the old am sad the boy, Husband sad wife. the mutt, ►ad the slave, — Hither they cuss. From yomder high tower top The lAtteet of the Palace, Shaded looked Dews os hie tribe : their taste vs yonder made It we like the coastline billows of the us; Their tread sad voices like the owes roar, — One Jeep coorusios of tomultous sounds. WHAT FOREIGNERS ARE DOING FOR THE GREAT SHOW. Turning from further present consideration of the building loci its arrangements, let us see what pro gress has been made abroad for supplying it with contents. It seems p:obable that many of the products of foreign countries and our colonies, however scienti cally interestieg,will contribute little to the beauty and picturesqueness of the Exhibition. Castor oil from Trinidad may be a remarkably fins produce of its kind ; zinc and paper, salt and soda, coal and coke, may have peculiar ch aracteristics in different coun tries, and be a moat interesting study to the con noisseur, but the general public may be less pleased with them. These reflections are induced by the 'perusal of the mass of lists describing the produce of the different countries coming to England. Hitherto, so far as those lists have been published, raw material seems vastly to preponderate in them. How far this result will appear must, of course, depend much on the eliminating power of the authorities in foreign countries. Let us hope that tie rim material department will not contain many specimens like that great coal with which we aro threatened. Exaggeration in magnitude, or the con trary extreme, seems likely indeed to be, in many instances, the sole claims of certain articles to notice. Thus a bundle of nails, so small that theycan scarcely be seen, will be one great curiosity. We shall have a small "happy familj ;" stuffs made of fibres picked by industrious Hindoos from rejected cotton husks; and fabulous productions, so thin that they shall be hardlT",-:!""ble. But the Ellltputian will oe thrown in the shade by the Brobdignagian productions. Not only shall we have a gigantic coal and other ponderous and large curiosities from England, but we notice front francs an enormous decanter of cut crystal without a flaw. This wonderful thing is of such dimensions, that three perrens of ordinary hci n ht may sit with tree inside and eat a succulent dinner on a round table s yard in diameter. A double ladder nerves to bring people up and down out of this decanter, which, if it have glum s to match, must also poisess a larger person than the Spanish giant or Mr. Carus Wilson to drink cut of them. Lest this may seem to be a fable, we hasten to state that this huge bottle has been manufactured at the glass foundry of the Rue St. Sebastian, in Paris, that internally its hi ight from the base to the shoulder is three yards, and the circumference at the paunch nine yards. The stopter weighs 40th., and the whole decanter 12 cwt., and it is capable of containing no hse than eight hectolitres and a half of wine. Some curious experiments hare been made with the voice inside this gins receptacle : the effect of a song on the pco e le outside is described as something unearthly. Our professors of acoustics will be puzzled. We shall have, too, a great specimen of French calligraphy, being a copy in old missal style of M. Dupin's paw gyric on Sir Robert Peel. Cm we not beat that by calligraphic reproductions of Lord John Russell's letter to the Bishop of Durham. Meissen, in Saxony, is to furnish us the largest looking-glass on record, all encased in a porcelain frame. Meissen, however, dem not rest its claim on the mere size of its prods.- Roes, it seems that it intends to rival S4vree in ite porcelain ware. in addition to the mirror, it sends us an imitation of a camelia japonica bush, with buds and blossoms in all stages. Two mighty vases will also be exhibited, with a variety of mime articles ; one of the vases is in the rococo, and the other in the antique Greek style. Berlin and several Silesian and 'Thuringian manufacturers are also cot peting in this department. Tne well-known houses of Gutheil and Krirnmeleis at Dusseldorf, Wesenbeld of Barmen, and Mathes sand Weber at Daisburg, are among the competitors. Germany is very rich in the varieties of earths used in the different branches of pottery and the porcelain manufacture. March, of Ctiarlottenberg, announces' specimens of vases, statues, and ornaments; and Boob, of Siebenbrann, will send mosaic table:e. The iron inlaid ornamentation of Berlin will be well worth inspection, and the jewellery of Hesse manu facture amply repay examination. Pianos, too, will be sent from Germany. These instruments differed of old most widely from our English ones—the keys yielding easily, and the touts being very much smothered, even up to the highest notes of the scale ; there have been alterations of late years, and we may be able to judge of the value of these instruments as compared with our own. A magnificent bronze casting will be sent, at the instance of King Maximilian of Bavaria. from the royal foundry at Munich cad &stereo-chemical painting, the colours of which are fixed by means of a vitreous coating, laid on by Fuch's process. A handsome fimr seated caleehe, from the manufactory of lisleugebier, who gained the prize at rha Berlin Exhibition of 1844, is also on its way hither. The linen manufacture of Germany will be repre sented by 83 exhibitors. It is remarkable that, as will be found on comparison of the numbers given below, the precise branch of textile manufactures which gives employment to most hands* in Germany should 'seclude fewest competitors in the present is. stance. Tne German linen manufacture will, however„ contribute specimens of its produce in every stage of preparation, from the dressed flax to the finest webs. Hand-spun yarn and twine are announced from Hieper aid Bielefield, and machine-spun specimens of the same from Waldenberg atd Freiburg. Canvass , will be sent from the same places, and also from Wel lentrap. Ticking and damask are announced from Frankfort, Erfurt, Dusseldorf, &c.; handkerchiefs from Griefenberg, in Silesia; and Batiste kerchish from Bielefield; sail-cloths and engine-hose frINII Earth and Hornpipe. Fine white goods, blonde. point lace, and embroidery, will be mint from Ribes- etoek and Schnelberc ; and Brussels lace frem Dresden. Proceeding from the linen to the cotton manufac tory, we have Turkish red yarn announced from Dussel dorf and Elberfeld ; and sewing cottons from Barmen, and Engelakirchen; coloured prints, jaconels, and curtain cloth from Berlin, Chemnitz, Aug sburg, Eil lenberg, and the Prussian Lower Rhine. Many of the exhibitors of these articles have been distinguished LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1851. by the award of medals or the order of the Red Eagle, at the Berlin Exhibition of 1844. Ginghams, and also fringes and trimmings, will be sent in con siderable number from Saxony; and the manu factory of the so-called forest wool at Breslau, will furnish carpets and covers of that material. The Ger man exhibitors of cotton goods of all kinds number 99 The German wood-o manufacture is more nume rously represented than either of the two preceding branches of industry, and supplies 289 exhibitors. The principal districts where this manufacture is carried on are four, those of Westphalia and the Lower Rhine, of Thuringia and Hesse, of Saxony, and lastly of Lower Sdrsia. From an immense number of towns in these groups are pro- mised tapestry, knitting, and worst-d yarns, coloured wools (of these one horse in Frankfort will send 1,400 specimens), plain clothe, kerserneres, buckskins, doeskins of all colours, Orleans, cashmeres, shawls, tartans, carpets, felts, table covers, flannels, and tapestry. In tam silk manufacture, 104 exhibitors are an nounced, principally from tae cities and neighbour hoods of Berlin, Crefeld, Elberfeld, in, Prussia, Leipsig and Annaberg in Saxony, and Linda° in Bavaria.. The silk worm, extensively reared in Germany, will be exhi bited, together with its delicate filaments in all stages of manufacture, from the coon silk to velvet The articles annonnied for exhibition are taffeties, satins, ribons, cravats, shawls, kerchiefs, plush velvet, bands, cord, gimp, stockings, gloves, and a variety a mixed goods. The paper manufacture is at present in its infancy in Germany; the most important establishments where it is produced are in Wurteniberg ; whether this kingdom will contribute anything to the Exldbitien, is not yet known. A number of firms in Ballo, Pulverkrog, Wart:berg, and Camel, have, however, asnouncad specimens of glace, satin, embossed, and other fine paper, as well u the heavier description of pasteboard. Germany is the fatherland of letter-press printing, and stands now inferior to no country in the multitude of its typ , graphical productions. A dozen of the more spirited firms of Berlin, Leipsig, and Dresden propose to t xhibit specimens of their work. The millers of Munich, Halle, Berlin, Stralsund, intend to exhibit specimens of various starches (some of them prepared by potent processes), and also of various meals. A parcel of shibircuit is coming from Dresden ; of chicory, from Erfurt; cocoa, from Dresden and Berlin; and dried fruit from Berlin. Punch and kirchwasaer will be sent from various places. Drugs, perfumery, dyes, balsams, and a cern plots collection of mountain herbs will come from Hirschberg. The Farinas and a host of rivals will send fragrant waters. We stated in our last that Prussia had appointed no special commissioner to this country to report on the matters connected with the Exhibition. Tuis ne glect has been repaired. The Prussian Mini-ter of Commerce has appointed Dr. Stain, of Aix.la-Cba pelle, who is known to the commercial community of that country by his official connection with the Berlin Exhibition of 1844, to be a special commissioner, and to repair to Loudoo in that capacity, in order to procure the most favourable conditions for the display of articles scot from Prussia and the Z Alverein states , to the Exhibition in Hrde-park. Dr. Stein will leave , for London in the middle of February, and is em , powered to take all necessary measures for procuring a good presentation of the articles referred at the expense of the state. It is provided, 6 at the same time, that each money shall not to be applied to purposes of ornament. Such , extra expenses must be borne at the exhibitors' own ; I charge, It is intand‘,l i!teetato woe ur. Stein a commission of experts, which will sit in London during the coming summer, with the object partly of , watching over the interes's of Prussian exhibitors, and partly to procure materials for making a report on the results of the Exhibition. The Prussian minister also intends to open a credit to the commis . stoners which will enable them to purchase specimens of artistic and industrial excellence, in order that they . may form a permanent collection to be deposited in , Berlin for the inspection of German manufacturers. We have stated that as a favour an extension of time had been granted to French exhibitors whose goods might be liable to deterioration from too long exposure before sole to the effects of dsmp or du.t. M. Bonjean, a few days since appointed minister, and now occupying the place ad interim, has informed the minufacturers in this category that the ultimate delay cannot extend beyond the 20th of March, and tart under all circumstances the canter show glum must be put up in their places on the 20th of February. The Fre ,, ch are counting on au immense rise in the price of their protected corn for the period of the exhibition. The prettiest things of costume that we are likely to see wiil be from the East. The products from Ginstantinople have arrived, and from Tunis we see that all sorts of burnous, caps, slippers, veils, and perfumes are coming. Some of those handsome guns and swords which look so picturesque will also be brought, and must sdd to the beauty of tin Tunisian part of the show. THE QUESTION OF ADMISSION. It will be interesting to the public to learn that the Royal Commissioners have finally determined that the minimum charge for admission to the Exhibition shall be one shilling. On this subject Mr. Paxton has published the following suggratioos : TO Tal MORT HON. LORD .1011 X RUMIRLL. MY Loan,—Within a few days, the structure de signed to receive the nntributions of the world's industry will be complete:. The goestion now arises, es to the mode of admission of the world's people. And it is up= this int po t subject that I nose claim the liberty of addressing 'Cu. Bh be taxed by payment; or @ball it be free ? Each mode has its diliical•.iee; bat, after an anxious con sideration of the matter, it is ay conviction that free 'wry will be at once more simply practicable, and more in har mony with the enlarged and enlightened purpose of the EzbilAtion. There axe no less than 7,000 exhibitors. Surely no tax should be levied upon them or their femiiies for the right of visiting an Exhibition to the staple of which they have themselves contsibuted. And lam further confirmed in my belief of the practicability cad wisdom of free entrance—to be modified as I shell hereafter propose—by the uosnimous end Issitety opiedem at Toy troy et the most influential members of the City of Lsodon. The Royal Commissioners have incurred a lug. debt—s debt that must be liquidated. And it is to be feared that a too anxious sense cf this obligation may induce the levying of a rate of entry that shall, to the miliioo, anima to pro bibition. I have therefore to propose that, for the first fortnight of the Exhibition, admission liked be, in every oase, by pay mint. And further, that one day in the week (and for many reasons I should relent Wednesday) shall, for the whole term of exhibition, he reserved for the higher times of all nations who may prefer to pry for the exclusive pri vilege of admission, rather than encounter the inconvenience of a crowd. With these exoeptions that the entrance shall be entirety fres. The sum taken during the first fortnight and on the one day of each week would, no doubt, be very contiderable ; nevertheless a large deficit would remain onerou, upon the It , yel Commissioners. This Whet I am emboldened to eolic.t poor lordship to meet by • parliamentary grant. And thin solicitation I make the more readily from the belief that fro3i the very fact of the ExhibitiJa • large addition will accrue to the revenue of the country; an addition—it is calculated upon trustworthy authority—ot upwards of two millions. Now of these two millions how ants:l the item re. quind to throw open the doors of the world'. Exhibition to the world's ci;iZ no. When the subject of the Exhibition wee brought before parliament last year, it was very properly dealt with; tor as everything was then in • state of uncertainty as to the tuture, had government interfered, the whole mater must have pseud into their own hands. The case at present is entirely altered the building is nesrly finished, and will ahoy ly be ready fur the reception of the world's wares— and the great difficulty at this moment is to find space kr the vat quantity of articles Ide.ly to be sew. We have invited all the nations of the teeth to • friendly competition of skill; to this invitation many bare heartily resporded. We have also invited the whole family of man to come and participate in the first banyan the world bat ever dedicated to peaceful industry and intellectual triumphs. An event to pregnant with high and humaWring good to all mankind should be informed with the mat liberal—with a purely cosmopolitan spirit.. If it be other wise—it at the very threshold of the building dedicated to this industrial banquet, a tax he laid upon Ones who would partake of its beneficial influence—a buoy:wt, moreover, to which thousand. of the payen hove contributed—the whole peep.' of the Exhibition will forego a preee which other wise wonld endow it with • crowniue lustre. Several foreign governments have voted considerable sums to Bid their people in the object of the Exhibition; and I leceT !het i^ v:aes a nd Germany the idea of pay • ..s meat (for foreigners are especially accustoMed iss '•eou• entry into all national buildings) has been caninued in 'pita which, as an Englishman, I feel to be a reproach to my country. It is this reproach, my lord, that I beg of you, by the consent of parliament, to put away front us. But not alone for the stranger do I sel for free admission. lash it tor the large body of our own working classes; fur those men whose skill, whose industry, will, I doubt not, be tri umphantly represented at the forthcoming congress of labour. Thousands of these men—the sinews of the laud—are at this hour depriving thews:vet of many little household com forts to enable them to visit London; aid the inevitable cost of auch a visit should not be increased by a further tax. Therefore, I ask for the workiog.men of England • tree entry into the structure dedicated to the world's industry— free as the light that pervades it. Agein, such will be the magnitude of the Exhibition. that no one, two, or three visits will suffice to the know ledge of ite manifold object,. This will be made sufficiently obvious, when it is known that to make merely the circuit of the tables will be to make &journey of no less ttan 20 miles. Hence, with paid admission, the visitor will be tempted to spend a day when otherwise he would, at earieus visits, occupy but • few hews. There wool', is the gestalten' admission, he a flowing vetoers of p if I may um IV lime; erh , Iwo, with mit:. d psymmit, tisitar. will became Is:tares from morning till niunt. I inlets', my lord, dilate upon this subject; but I hope that I have and tuffici at to obtain of your I , res'ip • p .:tiotie octet& ratiog of , he qu:stioi.— Shall the Exhihitic.• of the World's Industry be free to those whom E..gl,nd invitee to meet in generous rivalry ; or, shall we send forth invitations, and then tar our guests ? I have the honour to remain your lordalsi i i's obedient, humble serint • JOSEPH PAXTON. Exhibition Building% Hyde park. Jan. 22, 15H. Mr. Sidney ham written the following answer to Mr. Pszton'e suggestions: THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION. It is of the greatest importance that no misunder standing should arise between the Royal Commissioners and exhibitors as regards the limit of time for sending its go:eds to the building. The precedent which the extension of Ms time of application for space, the delay in the returns of sectional committees, end other delays impossible to be avoided in SO new aid Van a scheme as that which the exhibitioners are carrying out, have it is feared led exhi bitors and others to believe that it is not gaits imperative that their gooi.s should be on the ground within the time specified; and that they could with impunity trespass beyond the boundary assigned as far as they might think convenient. The commissioners, impreteed with the im• prima of dispelling any such lax idea, have kilned the following conclusivo documents, by which exhibitors will learn how important it is for their own interest so well as ter that of all parting in any way connected with the exhi bition, to adhere strictly to the rules laid down by the authorities in every particular : • • • '' &me misapprehension having atisen both in the British and foreign newspapers, tending to lead exhibitors to seppoee that the period for opening tuts Exhibition will be postponed; the executive committee deem it right to announce that the Eshibitien will quo on the let of May. It is poesible that the following statement on extension of time for receiviog cenain classes of goods, may have led to the miaappreh‘nsion. This statement, however, refers only to &rutin likely to be injured by exposure to light, moisture of the atmosphere, &a—By order of the Executive Committee. Signed, M. DIGIT WYATT, SeefelafT.— Extlihition Building, llyde park, Jen. 20." The building for the Exhibition of 1861, Kensington med.—Numerous suggestions have been made to the elven tire committee, isolating out that it would be a serious detriment to Certain ClaiSell of goods, if they were to be ex posed to light, moisture of the atmosphere, &a, at an earlier period than is absolutely necessary, and requesting permission to deposit such particular geode in the bitil stag, at • later period than the 25th of February. The executive committee do not feel they would be jusufied in submitting to her Majesty's commissioners the advisability of altering their decision as to the tune of receiving the goods; but they ere prepared to undertake the responsibility on themselves of considering a limited extension of time awarding to circum stances. These exhibitors who shall have caused the space allotted to them in the building to be completely fitted up with the necessary shelves, cases, an. before Thursday, the 20th of February, so that nothing remains to be done, but simply to bites in the goods and deposit theta in their proper places and receptacles, will thereby acquire a title to have requests for extensiin of time examined. Exhibitors who, having obtained • certificate from an appointed officer that their spaces and stalls are quite completed by the 20th of February, will then be mewed to give some satisfactory guarantee to the executive committee, that they are prepared to bring in their goods at the order of the executive com mittee, and such requests for of time will then be duly coneid. red, sod dealt with on their merits—By order of the Erect:live Committee, Itt. DIGIT Wrarr, Seen. SOICIDI OF s CHILD.—John Wiloos, aged twelve years, of Skelton, near Carlisle, •fur being Unitised for ilia, together the Ws of two cows 'tending opposite tech other, eumissed snftide by 'upending tumult with his weal's 0061/00M, from • beam Ia Oho hayloft of hie wasia.—Dorwosike Ossetic TO THE EDITOR OP TEE EXHIBITION EXPIRES. Slit —Mr. Paxton, in his zeal to be generous and metal to the home gad foreian visitors of his magnificent creation, seems to have overlooked a practical point of great importance. Intarcetieg, amusing, instructive so a collection of specimens of the indurry of all nations will be, the object of oho movement which has brought about this Exhibition will be only half gained if it be the first sod last of its kind. In order that matufseturen and artists may reap the full ad vantage from an Industrial Museum to which all the credited world sends specimens, the opportunities of comparison must be periodical and send, It is necessary that in every depart- mint capable of improvement, the industrial student should have an opportunity of tracing the program made between 1861 and 16 n 1559. A second, third, or fourth exhibi tion will, perhaps, be less amazing and less amusing to the general public, but more useful to the artist, the mechanic, and the manufacturer. We shall find ourselves possessed, In May next, of stores of valuable raw material, of mechanical powers and chemical discoveries, of which we before dreamed. We shall bring together the results of the skill, enterprise, and experience of the man of science' the distant traveller, and the manufacturer; bat without a second exhibition in five or seven years, we shall have no sufficient opportunity of knowing what practical results have been derived from this mighty national effort. Slow, it is quite certain that it will be impossible to raise any consider able sum from the public by a second subscription ; up to the present time the sums contributed towards the buddies and 'actuary expenses are deficient by nosily 23 per cm% of the amount required. We can only depend for the cost of future exhibitions, so well as for paying the present deficiency, not to speak of foundiog rewards for humble inventors and improvers, on the receipts at the doors. I cannot say whether foreigner will object to pay the small sum which is to be charged for viewing a museum which must for the time cut all places of mere asueement into the shade, but having lately bad an opportunity of seeing the local committees of Sonia Wales, and nearly all the west of England, between Oxford and Falmouth, I can positively assert that on no occasion was any abjection raised to the rumoured prices of admission, either by tradesmen or working men —I am, stet, South Lambeth, Jim. 23. SAMUEL SIDNEY. ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION. We have received the following letter on the subject et Mr. Pazton's address to Lord John Russell : TO THI BDITOI/ OP TUB iltttattlelf ZIPHIBB. 8111,—Mr. Pubis letter, which appears in the morning papers of this day, will be hailed with joy by the industrial millions. As the agent of the Midland Railway for the management of excursion trains from this disuiet, I have recently met lug* bodies of the people at Leeds. Derby, Loughborough, Leicester, &c., and everywhere I have been closely qinstioned on the terms of admis sion to the Crystal Palace. The first impression WI had vu, that the charge of one shilling to the working climes would free them for the whole of the four, five,: or six days for which their excursion ticket will be available; but when at the office of the Exhi bition lest week, I learnt that it was not likely that season tickets would be issued, but that payment would have te made tor each admission: If this arnagentent is adopted, and the charge be not lees than Is., every working man will hire to pay 41. or 65., in addition ti the necessary expenses of his Joann. and accommodation in Loadoo. This will indeed prove a heavy " tax " upon the industrial dames, and will operate as a preventive to the visits of many, especially w hers there are several in a family who wish t see the Exhi bition. If Mr. Piston's philanthropic mottos amulet be carried, surely eras plan may be adopted to tedium the charge to those whole travelling and elan espouse nut 'PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURPENCE. necessarily be very considerable. I see the difficulty of issuing tickets available for 1 days; but I thick it would be easy to effect an arrangement with the special train pamengen by which they might be admitted by their ex,tar 'ion tickets, which they would not be liken to transfer to others and thus leave themselves without the check for their' return trip. We are now, in this district, opening wears' dhow for the mutual interests of the various clubs in all the principal towns • and, o every passenger will be regis. tared and every railway ticket be supplied through these oases, it would be quite easy for us to charge for ad,aiu, on utrat the railway ticket. The royal commissioners would then be sure of the sum of Is. upon every pan enger, whether they visited the Exhibition or not, and the gain by the non visitors might be equivalent to the loss occasioned by impost. Lion in the loan of tickets, &e. The tickets being dated, could sot be available after the three, four, or five days fixed for the limit of the time of the visit.; On Tuesday evening we met near 1,000 of the Leicester people, acd a strong feeling wee expressed en this point, and it was resolved to memorialise the Royal Commission on the subject. In visaing the mansion of the noble Doke of Devonshire at Chaaworth our railway tickets are always endorsed— .' Admit to Chatsworth Home and grounds," and in the same manner they might he endorsed, t' Admit to the Ezhibiti"n from to —"--the dates to be filled in according to circumstances. The higher rated days might he excepted. all chi. Dian Should this plan be considered impracticable, we will try to suggest smother, if r,u will be kiud enough to open your columns for the p I sa, 4 2:7l;un reopsettally, Loicester, he. 23. THOMAS COOK. RULES FOR FITTING UP COUNTERS. The following rules for fitting op counters have been officially iuusd : 1. Tne boundaries of each class a►e fined, and counters, &c., of one elms must not extend into the limits of rise clams adjacent. . . . 2. Colinters projecting into the greet central gulags mast not be built up higher than four tu-t at summit. Ii desired they may rise in •!epa Irons the ground. 3. Every passage leading out of the great central passage to the nook or to the south must be *lot feet wide, and la the centre of every 24 feet space. 4. No communication horn east to west between any pas sages shall be established without special leave of the elect' • tire committee to writing. 5. Passages taken out of exhibiting epace by exhibitor.. for their own eostretih.nce, most be on the ground, not less thou 6 feet wide, sod in the gahery not less than 3 teat wide. 6. Counters helm a gallery may be built up to soy height under, say 19 feet, if required. 7 Vertical, wall, or parti.ion space must not project it t the great antra/ passage. 8. There mast be always a clear gunge of 5 feet next the railings in the galleries, and no passage less than 3 feet. 9. Cases, counters, 6te , may be placed in any direction, mirth to south °yeast to west, provided they do not extend bey boundaries of the space allotted to their 6110 or in.o the general pietas, a ; but it is ri quested that counters and earls should be multiples of 4 feet. 10. No vertical or °onager space in the galleries must rise above 7 feet, MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF APPEAL. A meetirg of the Connell of Appeal of the Metro politan Commissioners was held on Treaday, at the rooms of the Society of Arta. The gentlemen pretest were Mr. Tits ( 'he vice-chairman), Aguitral Sir Charles Adam, Sir Moses M•ntefr:re, Captain W. H. Smyth, R N.. Protestor Plaetair (of the executive committee), the 11ev. Mr. Cattle, sad Mr. D. W. Wire (the honorary seen Wire). Professor Derr n, Professor Anted, Sir Henry Bishop, Mr. H. Mandelay, Mr. W. Bird, Mr. Fowler, Dr. Pereira, Mr. S. Morley, Mr 0. H. Boon, Mr. Barb.r, Professor C.iwprr, Mr. Croce, Mr. Mann, Mr. Routledue, Mr. Suet!, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Greenleaf, and Mr. J. gulag,. Soma preliminary discussion took place as to certain points of arrangement of the objects in tt,e Exhibition, turning upon the proper application of :he Terms "wall" end .• counter" space, and upon the cmatruction and dimension, of counter,, and it visa aurefil that a letter should be addressed by the honorary secretaries to the tx:e u ti se committee, requesting a more (11, ' defklit'.in of the phrases I to be given with Official authority, to rectify errors, at.a pri.vent any future misapprehension of their technical meaning. Tnc question of the continued office and functions of the council of chairmen and of the metropolitan commiseionen generally having been mooted, Professor Playfeir availed himself of the opportunity, en the part of has lto)al Highness the Prince Albert, with whom he had bad the most recent communiervian, for r xpressiog the bigh opinion and grateful censiekration entertained by his Reuel Highness personally, and by the Royal Commissioners , , as to the spirit with which the sec. [tonal committees had entrag.d in their very laborious and responsible duties, and for the satisfactory manner in whi c h they had discharged them, nut on:y to the commission, hut, from all that appeared, to the gencr body of the exhibitors themselves. And it was explained that the continued nizetion and services of these committees were desired to be retained for purposes which would from time to time be developed in the progress of the great " work." The appeals which had been addressed to the honorary secretaries of the council since the last session were then one by one cor sidr red, and some of them immediately adjudicated upon, whilst a greater number were referred to the /O- W laiderrion of the respective sectional committees, to be reported upon at the text meeting of the council, which cos fise.. by adjournment to Tuesday, the 28tn instant. St, ClG:lmTlONß.—Exhibiton at the grand Intern C,ni:ett of 1b.51 will be glad to learn that her Majesty's government intend to bring in a bill for the purpose of pro testing from piracy inventions, &c., not protected alreaay by the Design' Act of last year. T. the list of suggestions offered by us last week to the parties most concerned by way of preparing for the reception of the nation's guests in the coming summer, we may add a few others that occur to recollection. Not the least interesting feature of our metropolis—urban end suturban—to cur visitors will be the public parks. Nut only are they filled with historical reeol:ections,—they are also in a great measure features peculiar to our own island. The Americans have what are called parks in their chief cities; but they are rather bits of Nears trim ground, like the centre of Bel/nave or of Grosvenor square, than parke in the Enp,lish senor. The Lust-garten of Vienna, the Thier. gaten of Berlin, are gardens,—but not parks. The turf is our English charm. rant to be remembered, last to be for gotten by the foreigner will be the ramble shout Richmond or Windsor. The soft green turf is to England what sun shine is to Italy and pure air to Greece. Our parks, then, should be exhibited to the best advintage. Hired carriages might, we think, be allowed to pats through Hyde-park and St. James's, with little harm and lees cffenee. Waiving for this time of hospitality, the aristocratic distinction—we are not aware that a hired carriage is more destructive in Its effects than one with a wig on the b^x or a coronet on the penmen. As we have been called "the proud islander'," we should like, now that all the world is coming to see us at home, that they should find our pride maintaining itself on something better than formal affectations and systematic excltsiona The beadles of liensington-gardens should receive a few hints as to an enlarged view of deciding what is respectable enough in the way of broadcloth and tailoring to be deemed fit to passthe well guarded gates. We hope to see some thonsaads of blouses in the strata of London, the elide of continental workrooms, most of whom will be anxious to alloy • eight of the Sunday promenade in those gardens. We think the gentility of the place might be suspended in their behalf. • yet greater change is needed at Richmond r. the removal of the absurd—and for the most part disregarded —restriction of visitors to the gravel walks. Strangers, not knowing our habits ' will scarcely like to be told that if they step on the turf at all it will be at the peril of their lives,— that they may be shot down like so many deer. If posstile, as we have said before, all the London parks should be lighted up at night, and at least the West-end ones kept open. Every arrangement which saves time will be a good and a gain; and the straight way from Bayswater to Belgravia is not half the distance of the way round by liensing•an or by Parklane. In the streets of London a very dateable change is needed with respect to toll•ban. We should be pled to see , the meats devised for throwing open our fine brutes during this summer; streets should be curried into the suburbs at once. A bar will be • and the toll gates actually standing in the blocking up the road in front of the Exhibition strange anachronism, if suffered to remain as it now Vend,. The bars at Seawater, Islington, and Morniegton.crescenr, are equally ohjettionable. The circulation in the streets will he sutfiriently impeded by the additional number of vehicles, even after every removable impediment is cleared away, Barricades in the eaten are with our coming guests only exceptional matters. With regard to the more regular lions of Louden: we find it stated in the Builder of last week, that all the arrangements required by the dean and chapter of St. Pail's from the City authorities, as the enditione of their consenting to open the aatienal cathedral to the public, have been completed. This being s, we trust there will be no delay in carrying the first propos al into effect —Eight it not serve the purposes of the Zoological Society to extend, from one to these or four days in the week this wormer, the rightof admission to their gardenia the lower rate of sixpenee ? There is no greater attraction in London: and, at sapenoe, a large portion of our foreign and provincial visitors would be glad to pay them a visit. The treasury would thus obtain a considerable accasion of funds. The direeton might pro bahly extend the period in which they allow the public free sdnitssion to the East India House: its museum would be a greet attraction to foreigners, as the representation of oar Bittern empire. We learn, with satisfaction that the Bridgewater Gallery is to be completed, and the pictures Slung beim the day en which the Great Exhibition will open, so es to be ready for the admission of our guests. The example of Lord Ellesmere might suggest the at least tem pointy opening of other private collections of art in and near the asstropolis.—AMersavm. THINGS TO BE EXHIBITED IN THE GLASS PALACE. FROM THE PROVINCES. _ - Pante St. Muting —The workmen at Mews. R. and W. Pi kington's Gins Work., are preparing, in stained glue beTeral large pistil, +Ho TATiOns subjects a d uen,,i n euesi &signs, some of them containing fifty superficivl feet. Oae l a thesis is a splendid painting of the Archangel Michael I essting oat of Heaven this great Red Dragon, taken from the 12th chapter of the Revelation of li•nn. 1 his piloting is on one entire plot., almsgiving nearly fifty square Lot t. Fitou Sr. KILDA —Tee industry of St. Kilda is to bit ppresented—a piece of cloth and a Wald kissing been ob tained from that island by Mr. M'Dongell, of the tartan watehouss. through the factor of tto Wand, Mr Norman MiLeod, Skye. The articles are, of CUntar , of native manufacture. The wool was spun into thread with the old tsshioned spindle, and woven in a hood or loom made on this island. Both plaid and cloth are very curi nis specimens, end worthy a plies in the palace. Fame Wtvrox.—M . Ilisikmore: Wilton cupete. Faux CH SAUL& —A model of Chendl, Church. Ingx DEvonruar.—A selection of ship models. FROM IRRLAND. The Dah;in Adr,lcolo says he reiguita of the teurns for space, now finally allotted to the varier,. exhibitors cf Inch products, has both surprised and delighted us. These wa hate jolt rocturd front bead-quarter.. The total s• ace for Lisa use is 9.254 feet of floor and counter spate, and 14, feet of wall or vertical woos. We further find that this space is occupied by 326 exhibiton, in the following propornon. —Siouan I.—Raw Hateriab.-60 Ezhibi.,re 1,214 feet fluor and counter; 248 foot wall. Section 11,— Machinery.-69 Exhibitor,: 3,797 feet flx.r and enunter; 635 feet wall. Section 111.—Mantaketunc-166 Exhibit ors 3,978 feet tar and counter; 3,2.52 feet wall. Section IV.—Plaric Arta-30 Exhibitors: 263 feet floor and cowl trt ; 88 feet wall. To meet t h e requirements of the linen trod.. Bel'atit had • large extra space of wall granted to it, and Dalian exceeded the allotment made by the executive cLinamittee, but the excess was generously allowed. Indeed we have no hesita ' non in saying, upon goon authority, that every indulgence and considi ration have been given to Inland and Irish interests, and th it in the section of raw materials a very Ilarge margin has still been lett, if, by lacerated exertion and lan awakened lenient on the pare of our landed proprietors, a better die dav of the neat mineral wealth of the ennui can be organised. The number of exhibitors in each district of the country is as tollows Dublin, 210; and the province of Ulster, GO; Colic, 22; Limerick, 12; Waterford 4; and Wexford, 15. It must bas remembered, however, that Dub lin inetrte- not only the district around it, but distant parts of the kingdom. The Kdkeney exbibitore, for in stance, send through Dublin; and in the section of raw materials, 46 out of GO exhibitors do the same. The pia %ice.. of Ulster is very poorly retiree nted in this stetson, there being only fear :banters through Belfast. It Wins strange that the spirited landed proprietors of the north of Ireland did net Ise their own interests more clearly. The Limerick local committee, as r..prorating the west and south west, lies a epee allotted to it as one exhibitor, itus details of which it will till up in due course, and in its own way. Co. k miobt have done the same for the south ; but no little interest was shown by those on whose estates the mineral wealtb Ike, and whose' benefit the display of these predate.' wean:ally intended to yr mote, that the lccal com mittee was discouraged in its (litre. This is to be repined, as the south and west et Itaind might have made ouch a demonstration of its mineral pro - uniting as would have astonished the hundreds of capitalists who are sore to assemble at the Exhibition, and the rush& might have been most important to the interests it the Ini.ded proprietors. We may, however, rejoice that the industry and talent of the country seem likely to be so well represented; but it now becomes desirable that everything should be dohs to provide tot • proper display of the snicks to be lent to Lon don. The Royal Commission has resolved to give the exhi bitor., either individually or in groups, the opportunity to fit up theirstells, wall space, eke., in any manner hest col culated to display their respentiv, productions to the greatest advantage; but in doing this, it moot be st the eo.t of the exhibitors, or of the local committees awing on their behalf. Should ; !nervier, the exhibitor decline to go to this a:- pone*, or be careless as to the manner in which his goods are displayed, then the Royal Commission will fit up the nqui site constructions for showing the gouds,but as cheaply and as economically as may he. It will be obeli W. that (or a or per display, the exhibitors should take the matter into their ewe hands, make their own arrangement., and be prepared to bear the cost, as by this means the displ.y of their contribu tions will Ita more complete and satisfactory, as compared with the tHlied outlay which would be incurred. In a very few days, we learn that the precise spot in which the various contributions from all parts of the United Kutodom are to be displayed will be decided upon, and plans sent to the respective committees. It therefore be comes essentlil that Leese persons who are really interested in this question should bestir themselves, end assist the local committees by every means in their power; and that the exhibitors in each class should aesemble, and, hay ing obtained a proper ides of their space and the an incre ment. required, at once unite to carry them out fully and effectively. We era glad to find that a meeting of the citizens of Dublin is cell. d by the Lord Mayor, in connexion with this subject, end appointed to be held in the board-room of the Royal Dublin S witty. At this muting most important matters as to the future management of this question will nave to be discussed ; end it is most tanned, to be desired that every person in soy way connected with the move ment should be present, in order that no future misunder standing as to the arra* gi menus in progress may take place. We are glad to find that the Dublin Association for sidled London dunk d the Exhibiii et is prug g; and we earnestly advise all who deed:e to see a eisplay such as the world has certainly nevi r seen bet re in any country, Clime, or age, to aysil themselves of the facilities afforded by the asson olon and immediately become member s; for assuredly they will congratulate themselves if they do so, and as bitterly regret it if they do not. It may Le all very well for the stand-still section of society to edict not to care about this gnat social and industrial movement— to treat it as a whim of fashion, or as the mere manifest ation of the is corking. of party; but such persons will inevitably fled that, when the display of all that the ' most ingenious nations and indiviluals of the present day can produce is once fairly open, the results will he so astounding that no man who wishes to and nd the age in which he lives can afford to stay away.—the Ad vocal*. We (Ifraterford Mail) are happy to learn that the speci men of Waterford glass designed for the Great Exhibition of 1861 is progressing daily. The principal article is an epergne of moit massive dimensions, embellished with the most exquisite cuttings. On the top riots the figure of the mown. The design is perfectly original, awl the execution promises to be so excellent as to c...nfer bnn•.ur on the city which sends forth this monument of artistic skill. The Marchioness of Waterford has evinced her interest in the matter by pfrsonally visiting our celebrated glass menu.. factory, through which ells was conducted by the en terpri•ing proprietor, Mr. Gatchell, and was pleased to express her admiration of the taste and beauty of the epergne, which we may safely say m■y be equalled, but not surpassed, by similar productions of any other country. FROM BCOTLAND. 1 . -- ------. MODEL TOR THS— EXHIBITION.—Tdr. AtidereOri, sculp tor, is at present employed spin a group of figures illustrative of Scottish games, which ho intends for the Ex hibition. The principal figure, which stands upon as oblong pedestal, represents an athletes is Me act of throwing the petting stone, and the other figures are executed in bas relief upon the side. of the pedestal. On one side are represeeted four Highlanders dancing the reel of Talloehgorum, with a piper at the one extremity of the group, and the Chisfleacing upon his sword at the other, while the opposite aide exhibits other three Highlanders with flowing robes, striving in • foot rear. The one end he. the representation of one clans man throwing the hammer, and the opposite that of another tossing the ksbar. The thrower of the putting stone is shown in on attitude of considerable grace, at the moment he is poising the stone for the throw, and the minor figures are executed and arranged so u to bring oat the spirit of the various guinea in which the competitors are engaged. The group is executed in plaster of Paris, and is intended to be painted over, ri as to protect the figures from dust or other injuries —Path Courier. FROM GERMANY. Our sonsepondencetromGT,rmany;iteate the increasing participation of the producers of sorry part of that conEry In the somiog exhibition of indus.ry. Ameag the objects most recently announced from Bavaria are several of great interest for the industrial capabilities of that country. Of these may be mentioned the magnificent brorse caatiog from 'he royal foundry at Munich, whose exhibition was suggested by the King himself ; also speclent ne fircrn the royal pore.- , lain w Mee at Nympaenberg ; further, • stereo chemical painting, with the colours fixed by the application of a y.treous fluid by Puch's process. The central and western provinces of Puniiit will prove very rich in objects for ex hibition. Much is said of the beauty of • four-seated celeehe to be exhibited by the celebrated carriage.maker, Mengelbier. The Gorman linen manufacture will be repre sented in every stage of preparation, from the raw flax to the finest products of the loom. Westphalia, [hooey, and Silesia, will take the lead to this direction. The woollen manufactories of the Zollverein are closely crowded in the kingdom of Sasooy, and the Proviso Lower Rhine. The houses of Wiedemeno, Pferdenroses, and Schnrulder of Odenkirehtn, near Dusseldorf, will nod raw yarn; and Mums. Bodeen'', of Schopan, Hayman, at Cbemaits, and Hoffer, at T berg, will exStbit wonted. The chief capitals of the silk manufacture, within the Zollvenia states, are Crefsld, Berlin, and Rlherfeld, in Pflug', whence this flourishing branch of industry branches off to smaller towns in the seighbourhood. The manufactures of this. cities, as well as thaw of Leipzig, Ramberg, sad Frankenberg In .10-