The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-15 00:00:00

, I jjt 41x43rt No. 1,421.] [No. 12, EXHIBITION EXPRESS.] : to make inquiries, and possibly to take evidence, upon the subject ; still they do nut consider it expedient to attic a note of the pprice to the articles displayed. When the ez- HlBlTlON bibitoreonsiden the merit cheapness, end founds a claim on this ground, be must state the price in the invoice sent to the commis...loners. Should any exhibitor desire to employ • servant of his own to pre serve or keep in order the articles he exhibits, or to explain them to visiton., he may du so idler obtaining permission from the commissioners. Such persons, howeser, will in all wares be forbidden to incite visitors to purchase the goods of their employers, the exhibition being intended for the put-' poses of display only, and not for those of sale; sny violation of this or any other rule must lead t their exclusion from !the building. There is nothing, however, in these rules to pre . vent exhibitors from furnishing visitors with cards, containing the prices of their goods. Indeed, it is pretty generall7 known that, with that view, some of the large firms engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements have voluminous catalogues in preparation, intended for circulation amongst the visitors, containing. amongst other information, the prices of the articles exhibited. The sale of the season tickets is progressing in the I most satisfactory manner ; a sum nearly approaching room. has been already received for them. Luring the week the pewees of testing the gal leries by means of a great moving weight, composed of 881 b. balls in frames, has been carried on ut inter vals. Not the slightest indications of any Haw or weakness have been detected. The total weight cm &podia 7 tons. THE EX EXPRESS, FOR THE WEEK ENDLNO SATURDAY, MARCH 15. PROGRESS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The two great orations into which the building in Hyde Perk is divided offer at the present moment, even e, the m u st unobservant visitor, a very remark able coutree. 'flu foreign or eastern division is charautelie '1 by on arattot unbroken quiet. Hue- Ands or painters pur:ue their noiseless avocation, on ecalfoltlinga erected beneath the roof. A few Gentian carpenters are languidly occupied in ; tacking tegether flimsy-looking partitions in the Austrian compartment, and oecaelonally a party of red•coated Koppers and minens, with true military nonchalunce and indifference, drag on trucks, to their appointed hoardings, such pack ages of foreign goods as have undergone the ordeal of examination by the Cusegsa-house officers. Leaving this unattractive scene behind, the 'visitor crosses the transept, and entering the British half of tee building, feels at once, from intimation" of the newt unmistakeable nature, that he is in an other region—a little world of bustling life, energy, and pr....Tres% upon which, if imaginative, he may fancy the Genius of Industry to be smiling with complacent ;admiration. The clangour of hundreds of hummers, wielded by sinewy arms, meads his ears— large gangs of workmen are employed ill lifting piers or heavy machinery by . the aid of powerful tackling and purchases--peripatetic machines of bone and muscle, and familiarly known as "navvies," fling front their shoulders to the ground with seeming carelessness huge planks, which, as they fall, make an astounding crash. Excavators are oinking foundations, nuesons are buildin u,t walls, and quick-eyed and thoughtful -loo king artisans are everywhere superintending the arrange ment of their darling productions. Nearly the whole of the heavy machinery which is to be exhibited is now in the building. Yesterday the lifts of the heaviest !portions of the Great Britannia Hydraulic Press acre successfully effected, and the entire apparatus will be fixed in a few days. Nearly all the beautiful cotton machinery sent in by Messrs. Ilibbert and Platt, 4 Oldham, is arranged in working order. Two.,huge penile upon a novel principle, and described by their inventors as "centrifugal pumps.; are in course of erection. A brewing appa ratus, by means of which malt liquor can be manu factured with extraordinary rapidity, is approaching completion. In the west-end of * the galleries, and directly theing the great central avenue, workmen are busily engaged in rearing an organ, of ex traordinary dimensitres and great alleged power. it has leen constructed by Mr. Willis, of Manchester-street, Battle-bridge, and will weigh mole than :et tons. It rests upon the ordinary supports of the gallery, extending over little more than one of the 24 feet bays, and when finished, will offer an unanswerable refutation of the groundleasa doubts and fears in which teme persons leave indulged respecting the stability of them• portions of the building. In the western vesti huh., two large bells, from the foundry of Mr. Mur phy, of Iralille, have a place assigned to them ; but If their tones be no purer than the poesy with which they are illscrilit.d, the seldunter they are sounded, the better it will be for musical eters. The following distiels in gilt lettering. appears upon the larger bell: At length hear joy resound from Erin's voice ; Allan coninuunb, and Ireland's bells njoice. In the central passage the foundation is being laid for a monster telescope, which will be erected by Mr. Roes, the optician, who has constructed the glasses for it ; one of w hith will be 12 inches in diameter. 'the iron-work conies frdni the establish ment of Mews. Hansom and May, of Ipswich. Im mediately adjoining will be placed a large and ele gantly erna ttttt•atted cast-iron dome from the Coal brook Yale Foundry. A number of elegant castings front the' NUM: establishment will be enclosed in it. It is. in fart. intended to render this dome an illus trated epitome of the artistic ability of the employes of those celebrated works. The permanent railway fur the display of machinery, the construction of whirls has been undertaken by the Great Northern ltailwav l'onipany, has also been commenced. lis all the eompartments devoted to raw materials the I,m tenet possible energy is being directed to the accoutplistiment of the arduous task of arrange ment. 'The vast mass of light and fancy artichoo—comprieing glass, elks, jewellery, fur niture. cloths, We., must remain untouched until the tainting of the interior shall have been completed. Inuit this portion of the works all the hands which it is la...bible to procure at the present season of uni versal repair and renovation are employed, and it will he completed in all probability before the close of the month. In the western galleries also the note of preparation begins to be pounded. The rows of taunters, table*. and glass MOM are enlarging from day to due, and there now remains no room for doubting that in every part of the western division of the building the netereary arrangements will be completed previous to the Ist of May. The principal foreign arrivals during the week have lain front Tunis, the Fast Indies. and Malta. From the East Indies, 83 packages hare been re ceie ed ; and front Malta, 49. Some pieces of sculpture have been transmitted from Home, one of the groups being the private property of Prince Albert. The Zollvervin and Belgium continue steadily to send in their goods. A few packages have been received from Ilesac and Frankfurt. Hanover and I.ubeck base contributed as set only one ease of goods each. The hoardings for Greece, Turkey, 'turbid, Norway, Tee PROTECTION OP VISITORS, provincial and and Sweden, are still almost entirely empty. foreign, is a subject already occupying the thoughts of those The United State; frigate St. Lawrence having intrusted with the administration of the law. Sergeant arrived at Southampton, conveying the TT's" - l Adams, the assistant judge of the Middlesex sessions, stated atlantic contributions. the Anwrm compartment i trom the bench, on Tuesday last, that the court had deter mill doub tlChn noon display a g o - a - head liet " itT . I mined to pass, in every proved case of pocket-picking at the which will serve as a useful example to its 'tuna- f'Eihibition. or in the park during its continuance, • sett still neighbours. We were informed that several I fir, of nine months' hard labour; and, where it was found consignments front France reached the building that I 1 such offenders hadbeen previously covicted, the punish. during the week, but none of them were extensive. 1 meat would be transportation. The leaned judge added 'The e unitniesioners of t lee countries which arelagging : • . . that the period of the Exhibition would be long enough to behead should bear in mind that the Executive Cunt , allow him to judge of the effect of this policy, and, if it mittee have arrived at the decisions which they have I should prove ine ff e ctual, there would be more than one op prontulguted only after the most careful considers- tion. and they are. therefore, entitled to demand W police have increased the efficiency of their other arrange. rigid adherence to rules upon the strict obeervance meats by the completion of a commodious station-h ouses of which, they have convinced themselves, the success c cap able of Y modsting thirty -tire constable's, in Walton of the great undertaking depends. Amongst these rubs is one which they are inflexibly bent upon 'tree, B ton. A second temporary station is to be earrving out, namely-, that all intending exhibitors , bulk n . ear PL . ee'"gate. for the purpos e of taking e will be excluded from the building where ' THE GREAT ETRIBITION.—FORETEN Goons.— are nut on the ground before the Ist of Strs On the arrival of the contributions to the Great Exhibition Such persons, if any such there shall be. will suffer ltitladinngee.froonmpert.,..igen. acts,pure it has on hevi .n r g ou m nd ath in se veral a the ntorti fi cation or i , seing the space which, had a n rt ' eel,. tiave:Prom m th w e insec m n ode D L L which the t y wer e e they st iselr "taken time by the forelock," might placed in the packages previously to shipment, became hate been illustrated by their productions, surrounded damaged to some rattan an their way here more especially instead by a blank hocirding. I with reference to marble figures and ;mule; kinds of mans- A statement which was made iu the columns of , , re't s uees , V ei n ,. t r, he i r es mil have felt desirous of 1 're rt !cith the concerned practicable delay, it La Presse newspaper on Tuesday last, respecting th .." I, .t r oe " cie suggested for consideration by the proper authori the pricing of goods to be exhibited, might, if un- , ets whether Some arrangement could not he efreeted be contradicted, lead to serious misunderstandings, which in such instances the owners shown l--rs twe prlc i . be tete!' the Executive of the Exhibition and ' lege of removing m tle artic u les a from . the ,..6 : , o t i , ; ( l'i o ir , , a fii , r ,n tle exhibitors. La Pres4e asserts that the royal emu- I '''", r in' s o n f ai b e av Ating e teclld we to for t heir reeost within& allami"n has authorised exhibitors to affix tickets °f ' g u i n ssn 'r limitid g period, and security fur their due nturn in prices to their produt ta. Now no such authority 1 thvt time. and we have reason to believe that this prnilege has been given the Itoyal Cominisaioners and Exe• ' t,i2 be allowed as desired. relive Committee., on the contrary, are determined to n stET:T rONARE.S CONTIIIRCTION TO TOII l'..ket maintain the rules which they have laid down in re- BITIoN.—A contribution from Queen Pri t the t o the great fen nee to this subject, and which are as follows: exhibition has recently arrived at the n eat India Docks, l'rii es are not to he affixed to the articles exhibited, in the ship Pearl , consi g ne d to the building in Hyde-park. altnowh the articles may be marked as ',flown for economy The nature o f this contribution has not transpired, nor, of production. But as the cost at which articles can be indeed, has space for it been demanded or allotted ; but A postured will. in s o me eases, enter into the question of the i , proh.thie that the 'Rosa) Commsooners will endea sour to thstrili,.tion of rewards, the commissioners, or the persons find room for an object arriiing from so distant a platy 43 Intrusted with the adjudication of the rewards, may have, Tahiti. PARIS, 7.4!mum 14. The differences between the French commis' in London and the French exhibitors arc terminated. The Royal Commission has yielded to the remon strances made to it. It is true that all the space curtailed hsui not been restored, but 2,300 square metres have been given back, where the French machinery is' to be placed. The Royal Commission has also attended to the demands made on it with regard to the free circulation of the exhibitors throughout the whole extent of the Crystal Palace. Cards will be distributed, by means of which exhibi tors will be able to move up and down,without being obliged to remain all day by their special posts. It has been also decided that the jury of rewards should be formed half of Englishmen and half of foreigners, each branch having its special jury. Tho total numlwrs of the jurors is to be 270, that of each country being settled proportionally to the number of exhibitors. France is expected to have thirty jurymen. Hence the French exhibitors have every reason to be amply satisfied; and it is to be hoped that no more susceptibility will be evinced un their part after having been treated with so much libera lity. ROME, Fzo. 28. I find that the Chevalier Girometti, the comple tion of whose unique cameo of Berenice and Ptolemy Philadelphus I mentioned in a preceding letter, lets decided not to forward his remarkable gem to the London Exhibition, on account of the risk he considers it would incur of getting misplaced or injured amongst so many larger objects, espeei all• as no kind of insurance is offered to exhibitor*. Narrow-minded as this feeling may at first appear, it may be excused in a man of advanced years who has dedicated several years to the production of so pre cious a work of art ; nor will he he alone in his de termination, sine• his holiness himself; when applied to fur permission to send the twelve cameos purchased a few wars ago from the saute artist by Pope Gregory XVI., replied that the Chevalier Gi rometti's works had obtained the highest possible praise by being deemed worthy of a place in the Va tican museum, and that it was therefore useless for them to aim at the secondary approbation which might be awarded to them by the commissioners of the Great Exhibition ! LISBON, MARCH 8. The exhibition of objects about to be ;co to the Great Exposition in London has taken place here. If they do not bear the paint in competition, at least geni us i speuk well for the infant nuinufacturing ge of the country ban whence they go. THE I'OST-OFFICE AND VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION. The following regulations, just issued from the General Post-office, doubtless have reference mainly to the expected influx of visitors during the Exhibition •• Letters addressed ' l'ostsoftiee, London,' or ' Post Res tante, London,' are &Livered only at the window of the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand. The hours of delivery from the Post-office window are from 10 a.m. to i p.m. When the person applying for letters is a foreigner, he must produce his passport. When a feigner does not apply in person, but by a messenger des pati lied for that purpose, the messenger must produce the passport of the person to whom the letters are addressed, as well 33 ■ written order signed and dated by such person. In the case of a messenger being:sent for the letters of more persons than one, he must produce the passports and orders from each person. lithe applicant for the letters is a subject of the United Kingdom, he must be able to state from what place or district he expects letters before he can receive, them. Subjects of states not issuing passports arc treated as subjects of the United Kingdom. If letters are directed to individuals simply addressed ' London' (and not ' Poet office,' or 'Poste Restante, London') they will not be deli- erred from the window at all, but will be sent out by letter carrier for delivery at the address furnished by the appli cant. Foreign letters addressed Post-office, or Poste Ittstante, London,' are retained for two months at the Post ' office window. Inland letters similarly addressed are re tained one month at the window ; after the expiration of these periods both classes of letters are respectively sent to the dead-letter office, to be disposed of in the usual manner. All persons applying for letters at the Post-office window must be prepared to give the necessary explanations to the clerk at the window, in order to prevent mistakes, and to insure the delivery of the letters to the persons to whom they properly belong. It will much facilitate the business of the Pust-uthee, if the words " to he called for" are added to the address of letters which are directed Post ! office, Loudon.—General Post-office, February, 1851." LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1851. ADIMIIONAL LIST OF BRITISH EXHIBITORS. Advbead, Maeebester, monster map of Manchester. The map consists of a combination of the 23 large sheet maps in vehicle Mr. aaiehead bas represented the surface of the township ; these, fitted on to each utier, by the rutting away of blank portions, are united upon au immense cloth sheet, measuring 20 feet square, and corcri;tg 400 superficial esuare feet. It gives at a glance distinctive characteristics of all the various Owes of property COW ithin its boundary lines, spee'ad kinds of ehailing or coley:ens; Ix-lug adopted to elceignate public buildings, warehouse..., mills, roads, hotels, publiehouses, railways, canals, and other distinguishable sup-rtleial features. An exact representation of the miuuteet peculiarities of site is thus eff."cted ; every curve, and angle, and rectos, and'! local vagary of which the surveyor's instruments could take cognieance, being accurately delineated. The mills and manufactories it revs -scuts by a buff tint ; hotels and public-tem-eft are notified in pick ; rivers and canals are distinguished by . a colouring of blue. The spaces left vacant iu the first instance by the irregularity of the outline of the township, are fitted up with a variety of illustrative pictorial and typographical matter: they con • Min seven local views, viz., the Manchester Town Ilan, the Royal Infirmary, the Free Library in C:alip according to the proposed new elevation, the Royal In stitution, the Exchange, the Cathedral, and the cotton mill of the Messrs. lioUttiWorth. In the plan also exist references in numbers to nearly 2,500 streets, roads, &c., and at the bottom right li nd cur ner are comparative draw ings demonstrative of the extraordinary scale on which the plan is con-trueted. Abrahains S. Lisle-street, Leicester-square, an embroi dered design In gold, for a communion cloth, embracing some new and novel features in the art. It will be en closed iii a ease, with all the materials ueell in embroi dery ; the numerous threads, wires, sec., twine shown in all their stages of manufacture. The embroidery repre senting the ei inplete and last stage. Atherton, Charles, Devonport Dockyard. A pair of ma rine steam-engines of 20-Annie power, to illustrate a pro posed construction for ships of war (applicable fur larger engines) to be propelled by the screw. The principal ote hects of the proposed construction are as follows:—To ave the engines as low as possible, by taking advantage of the spare between the keelemes of the ship inure com pletely than has yet been attempted with screw engines. To combine the acknowledged advantages of the beam engine with those of the direct-action plan of construction. To simplify the parts of the engine, and construct them with a view: to extreme rapidity of motion, whereby to attain a given amount of power with the least possible weight cempitible with the required strength and durabi lity of the machinery, at the same time working expan sively with a view to the variation of power employed and the economy of fuel. To arrange the machinery and leiilere with a view to creatine a ventilating current through the engine and stoking room., and to occupy the least possible cubical space in the vessel consistently with the desirable access to all parts Mr chiming and repair. Allan, Glasgow. A gas-manufacturing and steam generating apparatus. The manufacture of gas, at a trifling cost, fur the supply of railway stations, gentlemen's country reeislences, farm-houses, will be accomplished by this machinery on an improved plan ; and for that object alone it might he expected to become an indispensable requisite is connexion with smelt places. The purity of the gas, arising from its being made from rosin, also con stitutes for it a strong recommendation. It. chief ad vantage lies, however, in the union of this purpose with another—the generating of steam both of which can he obtained by the innte means . This is capable of being applied to numberless culinary and domestic processes, insomuch that it is deemed possible by it to supersede the necessity of an ordinary kitchen fire. Bosey, Plymouth. Specimens of the adaptation of Devon shire and Cornish marble, on a marble time Barraclough, Tamworth, two pairs of dress waterproof boots. Bramley Woollen Cloth Company, Bramley, apiece of black cloth, wool dyed, common redeem, of superior manufacture and dye, considered in relation to the cost of production. A piece of black cloth, wool dyed, true colour, of supe rior manufacture and dye, considered in relation to the cost of production. Camels, W. S., Edinburgh, a pair of curling atones. These are a specimen of the celebrated Ailsa Craig curling stones. They were made at Dallat Dalmellington. Clarke, J. A., Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, a model, on a half-inch scale, of a large first-class merchant steamer, or fast steam-frigate. She is Maned from a piece of solid timber, and every article, even of the motet trivial de scription, has been accurately formed and properly blaced. 11cr extreme length is 11 feet 3 inches , and her readth 2 feet. She is fitted up with ith - l'slorgan's patent wheels, and carries perfect models of Porter's patent anchors, and has also a patent cap...tan. The cord rem posing the rigging is not of the common sort, but has been purposely prepared. She carries bow lights, with - lam snide. Everything is the wind has scale, and she has every reg ' 'te for a first-rate sea going steamer. The engines have been prepared. but in consequence of steam not being allowed in that part of the building allotted to models at the Exhibition, they have nut been placed in the vessel. Carter, Grove-street, Sheffield, a teakettle manufactured out of a fourpenny piece. Carfrae, Edinburgh, Case of stuffed birds, of species indi genous M Scotland. Dawson, North British Colour Works, Edinburgh. Speci men of pruesiate of potash. Dodge, Exeter. A hunting boot. Dusten, Devonport. New invention for setting hand-saws. Dearlove, Beetle. Two musical instruments. The one is a miniature violin, after Antonio Strriduarius. Although only 4j inches in length, this instrument is perfect in all Its parts. It is smaller than the celebrated Refits violin of Mons. Jullien. The other instrument is a double buss, a model of what a 7 feet 6 in. double bass should be ; and yet its extreme length is only 14 inches. Faudel and Phillip', Newel:We-street, London. Embroidered and tapestry-worked state bed and hangings. In viewing the bed from the foot, the nearest subject is the celebrated " Aurora" of Guido, in the liospighoso Palace at Rome. This foot-board has been transferred to the canvass directly from the picture, without any portion being made into a Berlin pattern, set in a square design, or any tither me chanical contrivance for simplifying or tacilitating canvass work. It is in " tent stitch," on fine canvass. All the wool (which is four-thread) has been split, and to obtain many of the tints it has been found necessary to twist two single threads of different colours into one: by this means 700 shade. have been used. To those accustnmed to see this description of needlework, the artistic skill required to overcome the difficulties need not be enlarged upon, especially when that of working directly from a picture is taken into consideration, which in this ease the kroale artistes have invariably done. In this piece alone there are upwards of one million nix hundred thousand stitches. The tester, or head-piece, is worked in ernes-stitch,Gobelin stitch, and mined stitch, in wool (the latter being after wards sheared), silk twist, and chenille. The centre is copied from Thorwalsden's " Night," direct from a model, without the intervention of a squared design, and it is stated by the firm that this is the only attempt to use statuary and other fine art. as patterns for needlework. The Gan relief is suspended from a wreath of flowers, selected from all nations, tied together by laurels, palms, and myr tle., emblematical of peace. The fruits and bread stuffs of the world united are in raised work at the sides, and copied from Rafael's ornaments in the " Loggie" of the \ uti can, but grouped so as to be appropriate to the present subject. The " scroll" is of the same character as the bed stead, and into the whole of the design no less than bl different flowers, fruits, and products are introduced. The upper " valMnees," or hanging,. are entirely in silk chenille, manufactured in Spitalfields expressly for this work, representing on a flat surface the fold; of velvet draperies, supported by worked cords and a garland of poppies (erandaefora paparera of Asia) emblematical of sleep. Ihe ceiling and cornices have been designed by M. Briteaux, and were worked in "cos stitch and chenille by English females. The subject is " Angels watching and holding wreaths of roses over the sleepers." The curtains are of white watered Irish poplin, with blue satin strips worked in silk crotchet-cord made purposely, the design so arranged as not to show any joint, The dimensions of each curtain is twelve feet by nine. The coveror counterpane is a junction, as it were, of all the parts. The material of the top is the some as the cur tains ; the embroidery known as " passing," while the flowers are " bested" and "chenille." The sides are made to correspond with the hangings and the tester. The whole of these have been designed by Briteaux, who is the superintendent of the work de partment of the exhibitors' establishment. The pillows and bolster are in srymph (also a handwork), which, together with the fringes, are made in the manufactory of Messrs. Faudel and Phillips. The canvass and every other material used are of British manufacture. The whole has been designed, arranged, and worked under the superintendence of the exhibitors, in their own workroom upon the premises. Thirty hands have been employed on the needlework alone during a period of eight months. The bedstead is carved and richly gilt, the style being that of LOW. Quatorze. Perniiss:on has been given to the proprietors to place the work on No. 27 Bridge, eaiwlt-west gallery, at the Crystal l'alace, Firkins, d., and Co., Foregatestreet, Worcester. Speci mens of Worcester gloves. They consist of several dozen of gloves arranged in an upright ease, glazed on all sides, so as to admit of examination in any direction. The gloves are of kid-skin, calf, and Cape goat ; black and of a great variety of colours, and of an improved cut. Futterman, Rebecca, White Lion-street, Norton Folgate, London. One fret of counter rnace. Forrest, Mesas. Dublin, ace goods, consisting of specimens of robes, scare:, capes, berthes, &c. Goodfellow, James, Dvonport. A new " S , eam Water Gauge," in which talc is substituted for glees. The gauge is intended for either high or low pressure boilers, the material being capable of resisting a steam pressure of 100 lbs. to the square inch, without the liability to break [torn change of temperature, to which glam gauges, • at present used, are aluay • Oahe, Sherborne, iutprov.tuent in the telescope dining table. Grainger, Messrs., Worcester, amongst other specimens them are an ewer and basin of very elegant design, painted turquoise ground, with rush-leaf handle and base, chased gold and burnished edges; tureens, with moron.' ground, handles desizned front tote leek, chased and burithhed gu:d; ditto, with matt blue ground mid Dresden flowers in medallion; a dejeuner service and tray (china) of egg-shape design, imitation hon. yeomb, traced in turquob.e. withears and leaves of wheat; a sin;, intended for Messrs. Lea and Perrins' sauce, to which the design is highly appropriate, in rlirexenting the sauce as applicable to dais, game, and fowl--the fish izeing painted on the fiat, the game hanging in relief from the sides; and the fowl appearing on the stopper--a clever design. A small model of a font at Brook, Norwich. Thin is an octagonal font, having in its upper compart ments h, ores in high relief, illustrating the seven ',arra zueuts and the crucifixion, and in the lower four saints and tour evangelists. Hall, Exeter, bouquet of flowers in Berlin wool work. liatchwell, Newton Abbot, a table. Ilullowsy, J., Salisbury, samples of various kinds of twine and small cord, from the smallest size to about one inch circumference, the whole of which has been mabulae tured by hand, front flax grow a near Yeovil, Somerset, and prepared by what is b•nued the " dew ripening " promm. The samples are iu u bleached and unbleached state. _ _ Hold, Amos, Bannley, a carved frame for a looking-glass. The glass, which is 74 inches by 50, is surrounded by carving in pine of exquisite workmanship. Birds, fruits, moths, caterpillars, and butterflies, are here represented with h appy accuracy. 'loran ' 11., Islington, specimens of prepared whalebone. Ball, tiering-crescent, Exeter. Cheral screen in Berlin wool. _ _ . 11c;;;Ier, J. N., Plymouth. A powerful and peculiarly constructed magnet. Leith, S., Edinburgh. Specimens of his invention in imi tation of India tinting. Marracott, Me•ers., Stonehouse. Tubs nod vats to be used in the fitting up ot a model brewery in the Crystal Palace, by Mr. W. L. Tinted, engineer, London. Murphy, I). J., Cork. Au Archimedean agricultural ma chine. This model is prepared on a scale of one and a lialinch to the foot, and represents the machine, which is entirely constructed of cast and wrought iron, with one of its cylinders in working order, and a clod bruiser, and an ordin try harrow attached. Each cylinder can he raised or lowered by the regulating screws to enable the cutters, &c., to enter and turn up the earth, at any depth of from one D ten inches, which it is presumed wall be us deep us need be required in any ordinary ease, and ex cept where a great depth of the is to be dislodged, and even this if necessary can be aceonsplished by a second working of the machine. This machine may be reversed, and worked from either of its ends, to which the miming power will be applied, so that the workings can be crossed and intersected if necessary. But the chief superiority of this machine is exhibited in the cir cumstance, tkat with the assistance of a cheap locomotive steam engine of four or five horse power, and one or two nun to work and guide it, the machine will equal and etketually curate, in the one progressive toperation, the performance of four ur five ploughs if capable of being worked abreast, and with the superintendence of ten men to lead and handle them ; whilst the clod bruiser and a common harrow, fur pulverising the sods of mirth that will be turned up, may he attached to it, which cannothe employed whim using the plough; therefore it can be made more powerful than any other agricultural instru ment, and will prove of immense utility in extending cul tivation and prodiutiveness among the extensive prairies of Western America, mid the vast plains and undulating surfaces of Australia, where labour is scarce and ex pensive. M'Callum, Manchester School of Design. A piece of artistic work. Upon a fiat gold frame work, 4 ft. G in. by tilt. Gin., and one foot of surfisee, are arabesque tracings in oil colour, surrounding eight vignettes, painted upon panels. The lower centre one, two feet wide by six-and-a-half inches deep, represents Manchester in 0.10; the upper centre, Manchester in 1851. The left lower corner, and the correspunting upper one, contain views on the river Irwell at the wine periods. Each of these show distinct marks of the progress of smoke and stetum—the advance of population and industry upon solitude and sunlit foliage. In the corresponding corners of the right we find the birth-place of Sir Robert Peel, Chamfer Hall, one of the first Lancashire printworkr, in its past and prment appearance. The centre of the side portion of the frame work, contains (Mtagollal panels, with views of Fennel-street and Mosley-street iu 1750 and 1851. The arabesque figures before alluded to are emblematic, representing Genii gathering cotton from the pods, and in the graceful arrangement of which the ornament ispartly composed. In another portion we Wet a,louy end girl engaged in operations connected e proem of calico pnating. Through the frame work is seen a revolving surface four or five hundred feet in length, upon which arc placed a vast quantity of de signs, upwardsof 12,000 in number, specimens of the various styles of prints produced during the last hundred years. These patterns are from 3 1 to 2 1 inches, to 8 inches by 4, according to the character of the design, and are arranged to show its gradual progress, as well as in reference to the derivation of the ornament. On the left, for instance, we have those derived from pure geo metric forms; in the centre those derived from the ima gination of the artist, or from the effects of natural phe nomena, fossil remains, and other miscellaneous objects • whilst the right exhibits such as are taken front floral forms. M'Gregor, Perth. A ram's head and horns, fitted up as a anufbmoll and cigar-ease, the lids of both compartments consisting of cairngorms set iu gold. The horns are double twined. The mountings are silver. In Glasgow, Mr. Baird has turned a ram's head to similar account. In his specimen, the horns are full grown, and tipped with the thistle cut in frosted silver, and surmounted with amethysts. The snuff "mull" in the front is inlaid with a cairngorm. The ornamenting is principally laid in gold ; 36 ounces of silver have been used in the construc tion of the ornaments ; 120 stones are imbedded in the gold and silver; and so minutely has the artist gone to work, that 940 bits are found in the mounting. Olner, Lydia, Liskeard. Lace collar, chemisette, pair of sleeves. The exhibitor worked these specimens with one Oilaria, R., Plymouth. Three cases. The first case con tains a series of samples of tin ores, in the various stages of the dressing operations, for the purpose of illustrating the process invented by him for dressing tin ores contain ing wolfram, or the tungstate of iron. In this process, by a chemical operation, the tungstate of iron is converted into tungstate of soda, which is soluble in water, from which it is obtained in the form of a salt, by crystalliza tion. The second case contains a set of samples of Dart moor peat, and the products of its destructive consisting of the top and under cuts of peat, charcoal, acetate of lime, sulphate of ammonia, pyrosylic spirit, chloroform made from it, peatine, a solution of caoutchoue in peatine, heavy oil, paruffine, and tar. The third case contains samples of the sugar oduced by the improved process of refining invented by Messrs. It. and J. Orland, in which the acetate of alumina is used, as a substitute for the blood and animal charcoal usually employed. Platt's Hill Mine, Wincham—Specimen of rock salt. It is octagonal in shape, weighs above two tuns, and is fik feet high by 2 feet 4 inches in diamatcr. Redgrave, John, Worcester. Specimens of lamb-skin gloves. Amongst the specimens is a new description of ladies' gloves for riding or driving, with gauntlets at tached, stamped round the edge in a ruffle pattern. Royce, George, Fletland. A smut machine, on a new prin li the chief feature is exhausting the air from the' centre of a cylinder armed with iron beaters, revolving 1.200 times per minute. This cylinder is enclosed in an other, with peculiar perforations, through which all the dust and dirt in the corn are driven. Every smut-ball and all the clods of dirt are broken up by the iron beaters, and at the same time they scour the fibrous end of the corn clean and bright.—A machine for Teeing corn and weds. The novelty in this machine is the combined motion given to a sieve, whereby the corn is made to turn over and revolve round. By the centrifugal power, the good corn is carried to the outside; the sprouted and mouldy corn and rubbish is, on the contrary, worked to the centre of the sieve, when it is taken up by an ex hausting apparatus, the small seeds and dust going through the wire bottom of the sit ye. Smith, J. 8., and Co., 33, Busingholl-strect,London. Spe cimens of woollen cloth, rendered waterproof without being airproof, the texture and appearance as usual. This is accomplished by a non-absorbent property being impart(' to the fibres, while the interstices of the cloth remain open as before. Steevens, Taunton, a cabinet made of fine walnut wood, grown in the neighbourhood of Taunton, elaborately carved, representing youth, manhood, maturity, and old age; also the seasons of th e y ear , i n c a rving and needle work, the passions, &c., crowned with a figure Peace extending over the globe. The figure of a youth, at 20 years of age, whose countenance bespeaks tfie innocency and candour of his heart, wears in his hair the emblems of the season—the violet, primrose, cowslip, &e.—hold- Ma in hi, right hand a portion of a festoon of flowers which connects the whole four figures, and extending his left hand to the figure of manh.,od, at the age of 40 years, and wearing in his hair the emblems of summer; carna tions, strawberries, gooseberries, &e„ surround his brow; his right hand is receiving the festoon of flowers from youth, and with his left he is supporting the frame of cabinet, the festoon of flowers continuing and extending to the figure of Maturity—a figure of 60 years of age— whose right hand supports the frame of cabinet, and his left hand extends to old age. Then follows the figure of Old Age—the winter of life at 86 years—who is receiving from the hand of Autumn the festoon of fruit and flowers and with his right hand supports the remaining part of the festoon. Aroma' his brow are tho emblems of winter, [PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURPENCE. the holly, mistletoe, and icy, with the acorn shell and leaf l•-•o, bough. Hach of these figures arc complet..., with a lion's foot at the bottom, and above the feet is a connectinzframe to complete the stand • lx•- twecn the figures of Spring and Summer are dowers and fruits emblematical of the season, in tine re lief, the same between Summer and Autumn. From Attrition to Wiutcr is an emblem of the wawa the chrysanthemum, hollybough, and ivy, with Autumn fruit intermixed in an appropriate manner. The garland of flowers and fruit, COIMACUVing wit:: Spring anti fini,h ing with Winter, contain, almost every flower that blooms in th; ir respective seasons, from the violet, *snow drop, anti 'or:innate, to the latest—the chrysanthemum, holy, and mistletoe. Above the figure% and mating on their heads, is n stand or frame to retaive the top part toutaining the drawer+, And doors; and is constructed in a peculicr manner on tic , bevel, that the oyr may vas 1y rest on the beautiful lines from Thompton'a Seasons Over the head of youth, in this frame, is a basket of strawberries, cherries, raspberries, and early fruit, sur rounded with lent work, enclosing a punnet of ni eine work, covered with bent plate glass, and the motto, " Chief lox sir Spring! :it thee and thy soft scenes! the muffing (lad la seen." Then follows Summer. Over the head of this figure is a basket, containing curvets, straw berries, gonselierriow, appliw, pears, reecho% and other fruits, enriched with leaf work, the lily anti the mow com pleting the centre. Between the Summer and Antonin baskets and a pantie' are the following mottos, each sea son having tine: " Child of the sun ! refulgent summer comes in pride of youth"—" While autumn, nodding o'er the yellow plain, came' jovial on." Thin follows the Autumn basket, containing grapes, pears, filberts, dee., surrounded with leaf work. The parmel of Needlework next appears for Winter with these lines :—" See winter comes to rule the varied year, sullen and sad"—and over the head of the Winter figure is placed a basket of walnuts, medlar., &c. Then follow-tithe frame of the cabinet, which contains about 80 drawers in walnut wood, enriched with fuschia drops its silver, with coral beads for drop handles; the woodwork relieved with silver plate glue, also small dance, with plate glass for needlework in wild flowers—this completes the in terior of the frame. The exterior represents three carved doors in fine relief; over Spring and Summer is the con volvolua, entwined round the filmic; then follows the cr ntre door in tine relief, the grape vine, full of fruit, being very prominent. The door over Antonin and Winter is en riched with carvings of barley anti the hop vine. Between each of these doors are ',Buten; representing four female figures holding in their hands the emblems of the Remain. A newly-invented glass dome head, in an elegant form, for the protection of knitted flowers in Berlin wool presents woodwork arranged, springing from each group of flowers over the heads of the female figures, with mouldings to receive the bent plate glass, and en riched with fine comings of fruit anti flowers. At the extreme top of this glass dome statute a beautiful figure of Peace, with extended wings, bending over the globe, holding in one hand the olive branch, and the other pointing to the Deity. Tyson, Isaac, Selby. A model farm-yard constructed on a wale of two feet to on inch, and covering an area of 100 square feet. The arrangement of the buildings is most admirably convenient. On the north side are situated the most lofty buildings, in the centre of which stands the barn, containing a steam engine, thrashing-machine, chaff-cutter, and a pair of millstones fin. grinding corn for the cattle. Behind the barn is a lofty shed, sufficiently capacious to contain a large corn stark, which is brought in at once by a truck on a tramway from the stack-yard in the rear of thr buildings. At the nest end of the barn is the granary, under which are the cart-sheds ; and at the east end are the piggeries, surmounted by the fowl house. West of the area, stands the stable for the draught horse., behind which is a abed fur agricultural implements. The wheelwrights' and smith,' shope form the angle in the south fron Symmetrical with the 'tables, on the east, are the cowhouses, cattle sheds, infirmary, and office fur the fanning bailiff. The south front is occupied by the hackney-stable, coach house, and 101/SC boxes ; and, in the centre, the tumip and root-house, over which is a dove-cote, surmounted with a vane and the four cardinal points of the campus. Across the centre of the area, running north and south from the root-house towards the ham, we have the sheds for fattening beasts, which are arranged in parallel lines head to head, with a tramway between them fur the more expeditiously supplying them with food. Between the barn and the fattening-holm is the steaming-house, where all the food for the cattle, pigs, &e., is cooked by steam, from the boiler of the engine, whence it is taken by tram way to the place where it is required. Above the steam ing-house there is a large tank for the supply of water to the cattle-troughs by mean.; of pipes and taps. The tank is replenished by the steam-engine from a reservoir, into which is conveyed, by means of spouting, all the rain water which fails from the buildings. Truseott, Joshua, Devonport, a liquid manure cart. Tallerman,Mrs. li, 20, White Lion-street, Norton Folgate, boots and shoes. Walker, W. H., Perey Works, Newcastle, a model of a new and improved mangle. Ward, Exeter, park phaeton. LIST OF BELGIAN EXHIBITORS, AND OF GOODS THEY ARE TO CONTRIBUTE. Iteßoni-Ante, Brussels, specimens of cardboard Brabant Commission of Agriculture, Brussels, samples of cereals Briard, Brussels, books Burnaert, Brussels, carved cupboard, engraved stones Brsslier-Christiaens, Brussels, glass Borden, Brussels, pianos Berger, Mdme., Brussels, corsets Claude, Brussels, oil Couvert and Lucas, Brussels, table, specimens of inlaid work , , Catteaux, Brothers, Brussels, specimens of trouserings Clans, Brothers, Ltmbeeq, a drill and roller joined Cooreman, B. A., ltebccq-ltuguun, specimeu of thread for lace Capronnier, Brussels, painted glass Cappellemuns and Ikby, Brussels, glass Cappellemans, Brussels, specimens of porcelain Delstauche and Leroy, Brussels, bougies Duhayon-Brunfaut, Brussels, lace Du Bois and Co., Brussels, clocks, &c. Devi. ' Brussels, printed papers Delehaye, Brussels, lace ik Bavey, Brussels, samples of nails, Paris points Doequier and Parys, Brussels, animal black and fecula Demanet, Brussels, inlaid work Defrennes, Sophie, 13russeb, lace Dekeyn, Brothers, Brussels, mosaic pavement Dc M4eins, Forest, raw and floss silk Dietens, Brussels, printed shawls Dufais, Brussels, goldsmith's work Delloge-Masson, Brussels, chemical products Dernan, Brussels, carriages !kraus, Brussels, pianos Darche, Brussels, musical instruments Dwrnaert, Brussels, cardboard ornaments Dujardin-Deswert, Brussels, carpets Dellemans, Brussels, furniture Everaert and Sisters, Brussels, lace Fasbender, Brussels, prepared leathers Faillet, Brussels, specimens of bout making Fraikin. Brussels, sculpture Giron, Mime., Brussels, specimens of imitation Chinese lacquer Geefs, G., Brussels, sculpture Gob, Brussels, trunks llouyet, Brussels, machines, a mill, chimney-piece, &c. Ileusschen and Co., Brussels, lace Houdin and Lambert, Brussels, hides and varnish Hart, Brussels, medals Hope, Brussels, booksellers' works. Ilegle, Brussels, gloves Niers, Anderghem, Adrianople red spun cotton Jones Brothers, Brussels, carriages Jurey, Sons, Brussels, sting, musical strings, &c. Jacquot, Brussels, bonnets and shapes Jansen, Brussels, arms Jacquet, sen., Brussels, sculpture Jacquet, jun., Brussels, sculpture Jamas, Brussels, books Jouve, Brussels, looms Jastrebrki, Brussels pianos Kernels, Brussels, brick-making machine Ladoubk, jun., Brussels, saddlery work, &c. Lombaer, Brussels, prepared calves' skins Lefebvre, Brussels, printed papers Lemaieur-lktige, Brussels, lace work Lamal, Brussels, iron stores Laroche, Brussels, stoves and trunks Leclertq, Brussels, polished marbles Marchal ' ( Desire ), , Brussels, billiard balls of rolled iron Menge, Antoine, Brussels, specimens of sculpture and ca binet work. Moulhuy, Brussels, leather for a steam engine Mathes, Brussels, trunks, &c. Mandlon, Brussels, musical instruments Marchaud, Brussels, sculpture Montigny and Fusnot, Brussels, guns Melons, Brussels, embroidery Naelljens (Guillaume), Br:rniU, Brussels lace Notre Dame Establislimmit, Brussel. Polack, Vlore, Brussels, designs fur Inca Picard, Masy, Brussels, printed papers Parent, Brussels, books Petrel, Brussels, gold, sayer, and platinum lea/ Pennequin, Brussels, specinen., from the foundry of Puissant, Brussels, crucili.e ace s. n onlit 'con Quanonne, Brussels, bougics Iteallier, Madame. Brussels, ISea uand.eLehich Rohr, 'Brussels, lace Roy, Brussels, lace Raffineries Belgis," Brussels, sugar Robert, jun., Brussels, umbrellas Scheidweiler, Brussels, corn-mill Sternberg, Brussels, pianos Soeteus, Cornelis, Brussels, fusible lava Simms, Brussels, specimens Paris points tsintunis, Eugmte, Brussels, sculpture 8111,104, envelope for letters Vandtsin, Ferdinand, Mussels, spinning machine Vand.nbranden and Co., Brussels, letter-hos, Vlneenrudel, model of descriptive geometry. VanderhagekOst rloop, Brussel., lac:. Vaudennaelen, Brus.els, geographieal atlas Van Emelt( n, Brussels, model of an iron bridge Vogelstngs, Brussels, pianos Verhulst. Charles, Brusseb., printed goods Van (ioethern, Victor, Lemlasai, sugar nwhincs \',tnballe • Brussels, lace and imitations Van lit ut den, Briers, corst-ts Verhas.elt, Brussels, musk:. instruments Verhulst, de Bong', thn•ads of raw cotton Vern yt, Bruswls, printed silks Vandertnissen. sen., Brussels, lace Veudeekelen, Brown, Brussvls, tare Violar.l, Brussels, drawings uts.n lace Van Italie, Brussels, church ornaments Vlm•ls nth, Brussels, dyes Washer, brussels, Itrussvls tulle Vcinknteht, Brussels, furs Wiener, Brussels, medals Wunverrnms, Brussels, azure blur Zegt War, Elk, Brussels sealing oat Mums and Cu., Brut:Nada, speciutens Of pavement. LIST OF OHIO (UNITED STATES) CONTRI- BUTOILS. Bartlett, 8.. M., Cincinatti, Ohio. Commercial and banking tables, tables of exchange and intere..t. Barnard, John, Zanesville, Ohio. Two fly brushes from peacock feathers, one fancy parlour broom, one hearth bnish, one whisk or clothes brush front broom corn. Buchanan, It., Cincinnati, Ohio. Native American Ca tawba wine. Comeau and Senn, Cincinnati, Ohio. Two eases Catawba wine. Dominick, George, Cincinnati, Ohio. Two times India beef, two tierces mew; beef, two of bogs lard, and two of beef tallow. Dulime, 11., Cincinnati, Ohio. One dozen bottles Catawba tiny. Emory, Thomaa, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lard-oil and adaman- Eaton, Cotwilling, Ohio. One halo of broom corn, am! one boa of brooms made from the same. fl t, Joseph, J tau. Columbus, Ohio. One panne' plough and grooving tool. lloldlorook and Stanley, Cleveland, Ohio. Winter strained lard oil. Ilueert,Tineinnati, Ohio. One very lame and tine com pound microscope, of extraordinary power. Rueter, Cincinnati, Ohio. Artificial teeth, on a new and imprint d plan. . . . Lonn r worth, 'Cincinnati, Ohio. One boz sparkling Catawba wino, oue boz wimples dry wines trout other varieties native grape,. Louderluwk, Cincinnati, Ohio. One jar of preserved peaches, intended At a present to Queen Victoria. Moystone, Wm., Columbus, Ohio. One stuffed specimen of the variegated buckeye squirrel. Morrel, Stewart, and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. One bundle sheet iron. MauMar and Chiles, Cincinnati, Ohio. Two Nueva of chew ing tobacco, and amides of the natural leaf in the different stages of its manufacture. Macgregor and Lee, Cincinnati, Ohio. One bank lock. Ohii7StTite Ward of Agriculture. Samples of varieties of Indian corn in the car, in the huAt, and on the stock; geological sixsimens illustrative of the economical geo logy of the butte, and a s.miple of corn malt from the ma nufactory of Joseph Say and Brothers, Columbus, Ohio. Otis Cincinnati, Ohio. One hubburing and morticing ma chine. Periiin; and Brown, Akron, Ohio. One box of line comb ,. log wool. . . . Salt and Near, East Liverpool, Columbiana county, Ohio. One water vase, made from fire clay. Schuman, C. A., Cincinnati, Ohio. One boa sweet Catawba wine. Smith, Newark, Ohio. One harrell of very superior Ohio flour. Schooley and 'lough, Cineinatti, Ohio. !lams and shout den, Queen City brand. Sprat, Cincinnati, Ohio. One MSC of lightning rode, points, and insulator, Sleuth, Delhi tovenohip, Damiltion eounty. 24 can of Indian corn, a large and early variety. Shepherd, Cincinnati, Ohio. One line shirt, intended for Prince Albert. Trotnian, Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio. One box saddle trees. Thompson, Dr. Robert, Columbus, Ohio. One case con taining new surgical instruments, a model of a plough involving a new principle, and upon an improved plan, and a new device for teaching the blind to write. Tillinghast, it., Steubenville, Ohio. One patent churn. Woolman, Enoch, Damoscoville, Columbiana county, Ohio. ..„ Ono gate, no constructed as to . be opened without getting off the carriage-seat. Wisdom, Rum ell, and Whiteman, Cleveland, Ohio. One box curled hair. Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ifemp-breaking and drecsing machine, modelsof hemp and Has-breaking and dressing machines, model of a press for bailing hemp, drawings Of the machines, and specimens of flax and hemp dressed by them. Western Fire Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. One horse car riage. Yeatinan, Cincinnati, Ohio. Native American Catawba wine. The foregoing articles require of table or counter-room two hundred and sixty-seven square fill, two hundred and fifty-four square feet on the floor, and sixty square feet on the wall—making in all five hundred and eighty-ono square feet occupied by articles from the state of Ohio. ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS. On Thursday the St. Lawrence arrived at South ampton from America, laden with American contributions, amounting in packages to between one and two thousand, and in weight to 1,000 tons. Thew• contributions are the property of 500 American exhibitors, and of considerable value. Owing to the largeness of the freight all the arma ment of the St. Lawrence, save only the guns on the spar deck, had to be taken out. The American papers, taking advantage of the departure of the St. Lawrence, have pub lished the following account of American proceeding, relative to the Exhibition : _ _ _ " On May 17,1&511, a letter was addressed by the Secretary of State, Hon. J. M. Clayton, to the Prceident of the National Institute, transmitting the correspondence which had taken place between the Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and the State Department relative to the proposed Exhibition. This letter was immediately laid before the institute, and by it referred to the following select conimittee:—Feter Force, Joseph Henry, Walter it. Johnson, J. J. Greenough, and Charles Wilkes. " The committee reported in favour of taking immediate action by nominating a central authority ' for the United State*. The report was adopted on the 27th of May, and the following gentlemen were nominated to the State Department:—Millard Fillmore, chairman; Peter Force, James A. Pearce, Levi Woodbury, Lewis Warrington, Joseph Henry, Alexander D. Roche, Charles Wilkes, Jef ferson Davis, Matthew F. Maury, J. James Greenough, Charles F. Stansbury, J. .1. Abert, Joseph G. 3 often, Thomas Ewbenk, William FAsby, Leonard D. Gale, Joseph C. G. Kennedy, Ezn C. Seaman, William W. Seaton ; Walter It. Johnson. secretary. "The authority thus nominated was approved by Mr. Clayton, the then secretary of state, and the central authority at once entered upon the discharge of their duties. They addressed a letter to th e governors of the several states, of which the following is a copy: CIRCVLAR LETTER ADDRESSED HY TRE CENTRAL COM MITTEE TU THE 00YERNOILS us' THE OEYERAL STATES. ' Rooms of the National Institute, Washington, June —. " To his Excellency the Governor of --. " Sir,—We have the honour to submit to you the accom panying papers, from which it will be nom that the under signed have been appointed a central authority, through which alone, according to the regulations adopted by the Royal Commissioners, the productions of American art and industry can be recognised as entitled to admission at the Industrial Exhibition to be held at London in May, 1/4.51. " ' Our object in addressing you is to request that you will confer with the societies and individuals in the state of —, and appoint a local committee or committees to cor respond with us ; and to select from such articles as may be submitted by the citizens of your state those most suitable for the Exhibition. By this means we shall better accom plish the objects for which we are appointed, and your citizens be enabled to avail themselves of the advantages premised by the Exhibition. "' An early reply is respectfully solicited. Very re spectfully, your obedient servants, A majority , of the governors appointed committees in accordance with this request; but in some cases there was great delay. The central committee also published a pam phlet, containing an account of their appointment and duties, and of their action up to its date, as well as the re gulations of the English Commissioners, arrangement of the Exhibition, and a classified list of objects to be admitted to the Exhibition. The committee also published a number of circulars of information to persons interested in the Exhibition, and a second pamphlet, containing the cor responden, between their secretary and the secretaries . of the English commission, and the regulations of the COMMIS MOO adopted subsequent to the date of the first pamphlet. These pamphlets and circulars were distributed to the committee prepared blank com mittees throughout the countri : and attention was called to them through the press. ' 1 forms in duplicate for the applications of exhibitors in sue cleat number to supply the whole demand by the country. Having prepared the work for the State commiMes, th•