The Express. — London, England, 1851-07-12 00:00:00

V A s !... e_ / ~.7 t ~~. l vbt arxl3rt i~~ t ...(1--• ~ _' ~~ No. 1,523.] [No. 29, EXHIBITION EXPRESS.] THE EXHIBITION EXPRESS, FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 12. Time, that dims other curiosities ' and deadens relish, seems only to whet the taste of the people for the wonders of the World's Fair. With the public, as with Hamlet's mother—it is As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on. Last week we had to tell of undiminished thousands crowding day by day to Hyde-park; this week our story is the same. Indeed, the numbers rather increase than lessen ; and if any change be perceptible, it is to be found in the fact, that those who throng the place appear to come from greater distances to enjoy the gratifica tion than those who made up the majority of visitors when the Crystal Palace first opened. The provin- 1 culls and the foreigners make now a greater show' than they did at first ; the smock frocks of the Eng lish shires and the moustachiecs of the continental workmen are now more commonly recognised than Were. But if some of the early London patrons of • BiO lace are seen lees o ft en than they were, one Lady is yet as staunch as ever in her admiration, and as punctual in her attendance as she was two months ago. The Queen shows no diminution of her patronage, as is evinced by her frequent and early visits; and that she is desirous others should participate in the enjoyments of this Palace of the Triumphs of Industry, was shown this week, in the fact of her having " treated" one hundred and fifty of her servants and retainers at Osborne, to a trip from the Isle of Wight to London, to see the Great Exhibition. This example set by the highest per sonage in the realm, seems likely to be imitated with the best results in other quarters. We had fre quently before to record the names of kindly enipluyers who gave those in their service an oppor tunity of enjoying the novel sight which has made the present year memorable, but now that we have to add the name of Queen Victoria to the generous list we shall surely soon have to include many others. In England the example of the monarch has a wide influence on the people; and before the Crystal Palace closes it is probable that almost every wealthy person in the country will afford such facili ties as will enable those in their employment to wit ness the marvellous collection that now graces Hyde park. Another feature of the past week has been the steps already taken by the public to express their opinions as to the continuance of the Crystal l'alace. Maryli 'sine has been one of the first to " pronounce" its verdict in the shape of a petition for the retention of the building, signed by no less than 30,000 of its most respectable and intelligent inhabitants. Bramp ton, a parish from its position most deeply in terested in the question at issue, has also declared in favour of retention ; and in other parts of London petitions are in pro. gre..s. It seems certain that still greater energy iu the preparation of such documents would be dis played should any steps be taken by the authorities, indicating a likelihood that the Glass Weeder may possibly be removed. Some such step seems abso lutely requisite before any general excitement will arise. People regard the Crystal Palace as a wonder accomplished, and to remain. They cannot seriously realise the idea of anybody being . really bent 'Ton its removal. To kiive. e.::7.7. 1 again this wonderful structure, raised so rapidly ana so Mil!, we,::: too absurd to lie really contemplated. The notion is— like Sibtliorp's iudiguation—a thing to be laughed ii,',., not dealt with seriously. Hence the few petitions yet completed. Last night Lord Brougham pre sented to the House of Peers a petition from Mr. Paxton, and, in doing so, said : His own opinion regarding the Exhibition had been generally misunderstood. To the Exhibition itself ;le had not been opposed; on the contrary, he considered it an in stance of not only national hat European enterprise. Hie opposition altogether was to the erection of the building in Hyde-park, a proceeding which he still considered, as he ever had, entirely illegal. Ile had not stated this in order that the proposition of erecting the building in Hyde-park should be summarily reit cted, but that it should he brought before the proper tribunal, that was the courts of law. In continuance, his lordship paid several warm compliments to klr. l'axtou's abilities, and recapitulated the substmec of the tition, which was to the effect that the retention o f the E x hibition-building would be serviceable to the sciences of botany and chemistry, and also be a means of promoting the health and recreation of the people. It would also give a facility of relieving the overcrowded shelves of the British Isluseum of many of its national curiosities. In conclusion, his lordship recommended that, before any decision should take place, a full investigation of the subject should be gone into, with a view to consider the arguments for and suramst the conversion of the Crystal Palace into a winter g.irden. Ile (Lord Brougham) was firmly of opinion that the majority of the public were for keeping it up: and he thought that if it was taken down, after the unprecedented success of the Exhibitio n, it would be an example of the greatest national fickleness and in consistency. The tr.idespeople of London had suffered a great deal from the Exhibition, and he was sure that suf fering would at once cease on the carrying out of Mr. l'ax ton's new proposition. He also expressed a hope that when that was done, due regard should be had to the wants of the humbler classes. Lord Brougham is a shrewd man. Like the Times, he has found out which way the popular wind blows ; and, like Tire Thunderer ' he sets his sails accordingly . It is a good omen. The Crystal Palace must and will stand. MR. PAXTON'S PETITION. The following is a copy of the petition from which Lord Ramo HAM read several extracts in the course of his speech : "TO TILE SIORT HON. THE LORD. SPIULTUAL A.NLI TIM -1 PORAL IN PARLIAMENT ASI " The humble petition of Joseph Paxton, of Chatsworth, 1 " Showetb,—That the building for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, erected after the design 1 of your petitioner, would, after the Exhibition is closed, supply a great public want which London, with its two and a half millions of inhabitants , stands ost essentially in need of—namely, a winter park and garden under glass. " That when your petitioner tent in a design for the Glass Palace he had in view quite as much the after purpose for which the building could be adapted as the object then more immediately required. " That your petitioner respectfully calls the attention of your eiht hon. house to the fact that within the last 20 years t he physiology, economy, and requirements of ani mated nature, with the effects which climate, locality, and various contingencies have upon its health and habits, have been studied and examined with the hest results. "That by the aid of chemistry and botany many useful discoverieshave been made which practical horticulture has rendered subservient to the comforts and happiness of man, and that the removal of the duty oa glass has given great impetus to this science ; indeed, had that duty still existed, no such building could possibly have been erected. " That the achievements of horticulture lead onwards to th e f orm ation of climates, which even under opposite in fluences are rendered healthy and suited to the wants and requirements of man. " That formerly, wherever plants were congregated be neath a glass structure, the atmosphere was invariably de teriorated and rendered unfit for being more than tran siently inhaled, the usual method with visitors being to take a hurried view of the chief beauties within, and then retire to a more genial air. " That now plant structures are no lftpr unhealthy, pent-up ovens, and that the objects within them grow with use and natural vigour. " That the ventilation and climate of our dwelling-houses have also been considered, and many additions to our com fort have in this respect been made. The perfection of these internal arrangements, contrasted with the atmosphere without, renders it Wiliam desirable that something on a large scale should be done to counteract the effects of the outer air, which in this country, and in the neighbourhood Of London especially, is often during many months of the year impure, murky, and nu& for healthy recreation and enjoyment; and it is to meet this want that your petitioner offers the present recommendation to the consideration of your right honourable house. " That all structures hitherto erected, however great and noble SOMA of them are, fall far short of anewering this end, ma that you petiticeser icartfally ratonatande tha Crtn- such a purpose of anything that hasbeen hitherto attempted, and that its great advantages should be used for the public " That the Crystal Palace, if properly laid out, will open a wide field of Intellectual and healthful enjoyments, and will likewise stimulate the wealthy in large manufacturing towns to a similar adoption of what may now be raised FO eheaply; and when judiciously furnished with vegetation, ornamented with sculpture and fountains, and illustrated with the beautiful works of nature, would be pure, elevating, and beneficial in its influences on the national character. " That at present England furnishes no such place of public resort ; for although Kew has a splendid palm-house, where daily are congregated a great number of individuals, yet its warm and humid atmosphere is only calculated ta t admit of visitors taking a luny view of the wonders at dr tropics as they pass in their walks through the On the contrary, in the winter park and petitioner proposes, climate would he flaie studied; all the furnishing and fit ting up would have special reference to that end, so that the plea sures found in it would beef a character which all who visit could share. Here would be supplied the climate of Southern Italy, where multitudes might ride, walk, or re cline amid groves of fragrant trees ; and here they might leisurely exanuno the works of nature and art, regardless a the biting east winds or the drifting snow. Here vmenunsa la much of its beauty might be studied with unusual edemas tages, and the singular properties examined of those great filteren of =tan which, during the night season, when the bulk of animal Ids is in a quiescent state, inhale he of the air; wine in the day, when the mass of animal -ex istence has AMA into activity, they drink in the carbonic supply gins gat by man and animal+, which goes to form their soUdenimeanee ; at the same time pouring forth streams of o nikkilt, mingling with the surrounding ahno shere,,pes vigour to man's body and cheerfulness to his spirits. " Theta this winter park and garden the trees and plant, Mss arranged as to give great diversity of views sad east ; spoors might la set apart for equestrian amis. while the main body of the building might he ar mload with the view of giving great extent and verity for *sae who promenade on foot. " Fountains, statuary, and every description of park and garden ornament would greatly heighten the effect and I beauty of the scene. Beautiful creeping plants might be planted against the columns and trailed along the girders, so as to give shade in summer, while the effect they would produce by festooning in every diversity of form over the I building would give the whole a most enchanting and goes geous finish. I " That, besides these delightful objects, there might be introduced a collection of living birds from all temperate climates, and the science of geology, so closely connected with the study of plants, might be illustrated on a laree sad natural scale, thus making practical botany, ornithology, I and geology familiar to the visitor. "That should your right hon. house agree to give the public this source of public enjoyment your petitioner would recommend that the wood boarding round the bottom tier of the building should be removed, and replaced with glass, whereby the appearance would be marvellously changed; then who drive and ride in the park would, even in winter, see the objects within as they pass by, and the whole would line alight aerial appearance, totally unlike what it has at present. "That in summer your petitioner would recommend that the whole lower glass tier should be entirely removed, so as la give from the park and the houses opposite the Palace an appearance of continuous park and garden. I "That the residents opposite the Crystal Palace would ' I I have within a few minute, walk a beautiful park, decorated I I with the beauties of nature and art , under a skyroof , havin g a climate warmed and ventilated for the purpose of health alone, furnishing, clic to their own firesides, a promenade I unequalled in the world, and for the six winter months a I temperature analogous to that of Southern Italy; and your petitiouir has no doubt that the property in that iminediute neighbourhood would front such an arrangement consider ably advance in value, because of the recreation and exer cise aff wiled to the inhabitants and their families. "That your petitioner believes many suburbs of London will be led to desire to have such a winter garden in their neighbourhoods. Phut the advantages derivable from such an appropri ation of the Crystal Palace would be many, and may ac thus briefly summed up: 1. In a sanitary point of view its benefits would be in calculable, "2. By its various objects it would produce a new and soothing pleasure to the mind. " 3. The great truths of nature and art would be con stantly exemplified. " 4. Peculiar facilities would especially be given for the development, on a large scale, of the sciences of botany, geology and and ornithology. 5.A temperate climate would be supplied at all seasons. " 6. Tzete would be improved, by individuals becoming !laminar with objects of the highest order of art, and by viewing the more beautiful parts of nature without its deformities. " 7. Pleasant exercise could he taken at all times, and in every variety of weather. ' If. It would serve as a promenade or lounge, and as a place which could at all seasons be resorted to with advan tage by the most delicate. ' In conclusion, your petitioner submits, as his opinion, that, having such great public attractions,the Crystal Palace might be rendered eelf.supporting. " And your petitioner prays your right hon. house to preserve the building of time Exhibition for the public uses above submitted. " Aud your petitioner will ever pray. JOSEPII PAXTON." TILE WEEK AT THE GLASS PALACE. MONDAY. The attractions of the Palace of Industry seem to increase as the season progresses, Monday having been one of the fullest days since the opening. The great shilling public had it almost all to themselves, there being but very few titled persons noticed among the visitors. Prince Albert was present fur an hour or two in the morning ae companied by one gentleman, but so quiet and unobtrusive was his visit, that be escaped general recognition. The only persons of rank and likelihood whom we noticed in addition were the Countess of Zetland and Sir 11. Inglis ; but to make up for the absence of English hoot ton, there were troops of visitors from almost every part of the civilised world. Frenchmen were there in every variety of grotesque costume and every degree of hirsute ugliness. Broad-shouldered and fair-haired German men and women, looking as if they had just arrived from Kent or Sussex, with Hengist at their head, showed their dinky to the English race by being generally provided with rielbelbelleilt briskets. There was every shade et negro Mesa from " Hengelo" to " Dustee ; " Spaniards, Italian nod Hollanders, detachments frum the military and naval services of our own and foreign countries, and lastly, a vast body of our working classes principally from the pro vinces. The boys of the Naval Asylum, Greenwich, steamed up to Chelsea in the Arid, and, forming on the Terrace, marched gaily to the Crystal Palace, preceded by their band, and with colours flying. These juvenile heroes had hit upon an admirable plan for recovering any stray hays who might lose themselves in the vast avenues. The male body was accompanied by the cornet is piston of the band, who, every time he tame to a prominent tort of the gallery, or nave, struck up a flourish which soon brought all the wanderers about him, but very much astonished such visitors as had not seat the plan of the campaiga. There was, also, a large party of naval cadets from the Norwegian corvette " Ellida," now lying at Sheer ness. These young gentlemen were accompanied by an interpreter, and marched through the building with a sedate gravity almost as striking as that for which English middies arc so remarkable. The other naval con tingent consisted of the boys of the Vengeance, 84, now under orders fur the East Indies. We were glad to per ceive that the hint we gave some days since, to the large employers of London labour, tuts not been wholly thrown away. The men of several large establishments in town were present, the most conspicuous being a body of 500 from the great printing-office of Messrs. Clown, the printers of the catalogue. It was understood that these men had been treated by their employers without any deduction from their wages for the day lost. This is as it should be, and merely puts the London operative on a level with his brethren from the pro vinces. The excursion trains were also numerous, and poured vast numbers into the Crystal Palace. One from Hull brought up 1,000, among whom was a Hull Exhibi tion dub, consisting of 100 members, who came in a body, headed by the mayor, and with a distinctive flag flying. There was another Exhibition train, from Swindon, which brought up a large detachment; but indeed to judge from the variety of dialects, English, Scotch, and Irish, which resounded through the building, every corner of the three kingdoms must have contributed to swell the crowd. Ihe only thing to be regretted was the scarcity of the well known London physiognomy. It is still very evident that the metropolitan operatives are only very partially enjoy-' 1 big the Exhibition, but it is to be hoped that the few good examples which we have been so careful to chronicle, may lead to the general adoption of arrangement of means by which they may see the wonders of the Crystal Palace on • LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1851. are still dropping in to the French and other foreign departments. Among others a magnificent carriers from Paris capable of being altered into three different forms, and another copy of the Ammon still smaller than the former one, and adapted for a chimney ornament. The beauty of the group is still admirably preserved, and loses nothing of its character from its diminished proportions. The " Coventry ribbon " has lost nothing of its attraction. It b constantly the subject of exulting comparison with the French and Swim ribbons, and we understand that her Ma jesty has been graciously pleased to give an order to Messrs. Morrison aid Dillon for a considerable quantity es the prelim article. This firm has purchased I the whole produce of the loom, sink what be tween royal patronage and the intrinse beauty of the article itself, cannot supply it in sufficient quantity to satisfy the demands of their customers. From the ex tremely crowded state of the building on Monday the inte rior was oppres,ively hot and close. So full were the naves that promenading was out of the question, and certain por tions of the gallery were quite impassible. Those who wished for a breath of fresh air had to run to the door ' ways, especially the western and southern entrances ; and ethers who were a little acquainted with the place obtained comparative coolness by getting into the mining district, nine is close to the yentilaton, and besides is seldom troubled with many visitors. It is really time that some thing should be done to improve the temperature, as it is quite evident that the number of visitors and the heat of the weather are increasing together. The gross number of admissions on Monday was 61,670. Cash account, July 7. Season tickets At the doors 2,852 2 0 Total receipts TUESDAY. The number of visitors who had entered the Crys tal Palace before five o'clock on Tuesday was 65,572 ; of alma 52,250 had passed the doors before one o'clock, being the greatest number, up to that hour, that had been ad mitted on any day since the opening. This last amount was particularly noted by the officials, as indicating the number of ncav-comers, the later admissions being considered to consist more or less of the hatritth's of the place. As on tho preceding day, there were vast numbers from the provinces, and the influx of foreigners was quite remark able. The interior was a perfect Babel for diversity of tongues, and at three o'clock looked like a vast tavern—every form and sitting place, even in the most conspicuous situations, being occupied by par ties of various numbers, discussing the contents q their baskets with the most perfect nonchalance. Asa this, too, without any diminution in the business of the various refreshment tables, the daily sales at which sae ids most incredible. One of the proprietors admitted recently to having opened 700 dozen of gingerbeer and soda water in one day ; and as for ice, the demand would exhaust Weaham Lake. Whoever may ultimately benefit by the Great Exhibition, the restaurants will have secured a pretty harvest before all is over. At present their profits are estimated by cautious calculators at 1001. a day, with 1 every probability of a continuous increase. It may be doubted whether the commissioners acted wisely in confer ring the manopdy of such a traffic on two establishments. There is certainly business for half-a-dozen, and perhaps, if there were a little opposition, the public would be better served. Iler Majesty visited the Exhibition early in the morning, but stopped only a short time, merely pro menading through the machinery room, and bestowing a passing glance at the objects in the nave. The visit was quite private, and none of the executive committee were in attendance. Several schools, both town and country, came in vans, the most conspicuous being the Foundling Hospital children, male and female, of whom sixty, attended by their teacher, were treated to rs lengthened in.secetift'.. 'llto ow e since of charity children in great numbers is becom ing ono of the most remarkable features of the Exhibition ; and their conduct is such as to re flect the highest credit on the institutions to which they belong. Intro was also the usual detachment of the Coldstream Guards to enjoy the liberality of their colonel. Many of the provincial visitors, especially the elder ones, were quite studies fur costume, the coats, although fresh as if sent home the previous day, being evidently the work of tailors of a previous generation, and exhumed from a long sleep in trunks and drawers to do honour to the world's l gathering. There were also many stalwart Highlanders from the far north in kilt and philabcg of the genuine grey plaid, and not the many-coloured theatrical tartan, which is only a modern innovation. Some of these visitors were models in their way. At Hunt and Itoskell's splendid case of plate, there was a great crowd, and the confusion was very much increased by a game at cross-purposes played by the policemen at opposite corners. One insisted that the crowd should' " pass oe." one way, while the other was equally obstinate in sending them in an opposite direction, and the conse quence was, that they were constantly meeting in the centre, and stopping up the pre sage completely. It is to be observed that wherever the police interfere actively with the circulation, an immediate congestion is the consequence, while, when the people are left to themselves, they get on as comfortably as could be expected in such a crowd. The only man who seems to understand the marshalling of tho eager sight-seekers is a little foreigner who stands at the entrance of the Milan sculpture room, and who, with a graceful wave of his hand, moves the most obese visitors about with wonderful celerity. Perhaps a better idea of the vast concourse of people that daily visit the Crystal Palace could not be given than by the publication of the following account which the executive committee have prepared of the receipts of the re tiring and washing rooms since their first establishment. It will be remembered that early in May, the Society of Arts deputed to a committee, consisting of the Earl of Car lisle and Earl Granville, with Henry Cole, S. M. Pero, and C. W. Dilke, E.sqs., the duty of ascertaining the practica bility of establishing public conveniences of this description la our various public thoroughfares. As a preliminary mode of ascertaining public opinion on the sabject the experiment was first tried in the Crystal Palace, and the following figures would seem to indicate that such establishments, besides their great and manifest ' utility, would be not only self-supporting but highly pro "table. lIPACII/711 ROY =TISZA, AND IrASECNO ROOMS AT T CRYSTAL PALACR. Itetirlog Washing 1 D .,.. 4t4:nos i Wishing Rooms. Rooms. • Rooms. Rooms. 1431. —Bb. d. ls. d. 1631. £4. 6. 16. . Su I 0 3 7 19 1 14 1 4 34 4 21 2 1 1 3 4 27 34 1 4 0 6 13 10 1 6 7 3 1 7i 0 19 1 43 y 1 7 0 21 41 1 1 1 24 1 241 101; 1 I► 4 11 2 20 1 0 1 74 12 2 1 1 1: 141 13 10 1 3 16 114 1 14 1 1 1 17 4 28 1 941 19 1 • 2S 1 7 1 1 21 11 4 04' 44 21 3 1 3 4 21 10 1 013 04 • 26 1 6 1 23 12 1 011 1 23 1 2; 1 04 13 1 114 113 II 21 1 10 4 16 7 8: 1 0 S 21 6 1 37 13 91 1 3 84 1 27 13 1 3 1 y 23 16 7 2 7 4 ts 3 S 1 29 18 1 8 4 3 3 30 16 11 1 30 13 1 1 34 4 3 31 6 0 4 1 10 V.l-- -- 28 9 +ll6lO 14, goo 26 1 £lOl 2 31 The total number of visitors on Tuesday was 65,962. Cash account, July 8. Season tickets £2 2 0 At the doors Total receipts.. £3,171 7 9 WEDNESDAY. The attendance on Wednesday at the Crystal Palace, although not so great as on the previous day, was still greater than the Wednesday of the preceding week. Her Majesty was one of the earliest visitors, and, attended by Idessn. Dilke, Cole, and Col. Reid, proceeded at once to the electric telegraph office, and spent some minutes in I watching the operations of this great scientific wonder lof the country. Col. Wylde, Mr. Pete, M.P., and two .e V.. .1...a1. ease, and explained the working of the machine to her Majesty. As a test of the rapidity with which messages ' might be conveyed to and from distant points, her Majesty commanded that n message should be forwarded to Edin burgh for the latest paragraph of news in the Scotch pa pers. The answer, a paragraph of ten lines, came back before her Majesty left the building, and an nounced, curiously enough, the arrival of the Coun tess of Ncuilly (ex-Queen of France) in the northern capital. After inspecting the telegraph, her Ma jesty proceeded to the agricultural implement sec tion, where Mr. Pusey, M.P., Colonel Challoner, and Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, were in attendance, and explained the working and uses of the different ma chines. Some machines for cutting turnips were shown ; butter was churned in a new churn of French construction, and the machine for making draining tiles was minutely examined by her Majesty. Thence the royal party pro ceeded to examine the machine for weighing sovereigns, the peculiarities of which were explained by the inventor, Mr. Cotton, bank-director, and Mr. Thomson Hankey. Her Majesty finished her visit by an inspection of the contents of the hardware court, after which she passed down the nave through a double line of the visitors, graciously bow ing in acknowledgment of their silent gestures of loyal homage, and was conducted to her carriage by the members of the executive committee before mentioned. During the day the pupils of a great number , of national and parochial schools came to see the wonders of the Exhibition. There were the Chiswick, Trinity Church, St. Andrews, and some others whose names we could not learn, and lastly, the pupil. of the St. Olave's Orauttnar-school, who had been treated to the trip by Mr. Barclay, the eminent brewer. There were immense num bers of foreigners present, and large detachments from the country: among others, one of 150 men from Mr. Fusscl's foundry in Somersetshire, all of whose expenses were borne by the principal, without any deduction of wages. The only noticeable feature in new goods was a case of splendid mirrors from France, of large dimensions, and very superior quality. The total number of visitors was 38,0,15. Cash.account, July 9. Season tickets At the doors 2,710 6 0 Total receipts £2,718 14 0 TIIVIV , DAV. Although the last of the shilling days is gene rally weak in numbers, the gathering of last Thurs day went considerably beyond the original ma:i mam of 60,000. The morning was sultry and lower ing, and shortly after mil-day a smut thunder-storm rattled loudly over the transparent roof, but the human tide felt no check, and the interior was as gay and as crowded as ever. It was quite evident, moreover, from the avidity with which the visitors ran front one ob ject to another, that nearly all were there for the first time, although it is difficult to imagine that such vast audiences should be entirely renewed 'lay after daywith out ceasing. Im mense numbers came from the country and the more distant parts of the empire, and at every turn one met lung trains of labourers with some distinctive budge, or troops of cha rity children, decently and neatly clad, and proceeding lei surely through the building under the careful guidance of their teachers. Among the country visitors were a body of 119 labourers and their familes from Osborne, for whom her Majesty had been graciously pleased to order a special steamer from the island, and a special train from South ampton, defraying all expenses until the party returned to their homes. Surely our great metropolitan employers will not be long iu follow so illustrious ass example ? A second detachment of workmen arrived on Thursday from Mr. Fusel's foundry. There were 150 of them, and they had their trip on the same favourable terms as the fi rs t . boys of St. Olave's School, to the :lumber of 230, were sent in at the expense of Mr. Barclay, being his second treat to the school, and 39 men arrived from Lord Gage's estate in Sussex, all being franked by Isis lordship. The girl, of the parish school, Bloomsbury, to the number of 20, were among the visitors; and there was a detachment of 72 labourers from acountry district, the name of which we could not learn, all franked by their landlord, a Mr. Bousefield. After the thunder-storm the interior of the building became quite chilly, rather a remarkable contrast to the temperature of preceding days, and large and coutinuous droppings of water became perceptible in various pieces. So great was this in some spots, that temporary protections were thrown up, and pails and mops came into requisition. Some of the statues in the nave appeared suddenly clad in drapery, which sadly marred their classicality of outline, and parasols and umbrellas occasionally appeared above the heads of the promenaders. The leakage was attributed to the contrac tion of the putty, under the recent great heat, and no fear was entertained but that a very little trouble would set things to rights. Through warm weather and through cold, through sunshine and through showers, the Crystal Palace preserves its power of attracting numbers far beyond anything of which there is record, if we except the amphitheatres of old Rome. But how favourable is the contrast between the hordes of a brutal populace who crowded to see men slaughter each other, or be torn by wild beasts, and the troops of orderly, decent men, women, and children, who congregate every day at the Great Exhibition, to be amused at once and instructed, and to afford in themselves a grand proof of the superiority of modern and Christian, over ancient and Pagan civilisation. The project of a winter garden is rapidly gaining ground in public opinion. The Marylebone petition has already received 30,000 signatures, and similar demonstra tions are progressing in other districts. But as an opposition is a thing essential to the English constitution, a party, small but active, is strenuously setting itself against the general feeling of the public. From being composed chiefly of the inhabitants of the houses on the opposite side of the road, who feel annoyed that regiments of omnibuses should daily pan "between the wind and their nobility ;" it is called in the gossip of the Crystal Palace, the " Prince's-gate party," and its members are straining every nerve to get signatures to hostile petitions, but hitherto with very indifferent success. The fact is that the public are determined to pre serve the Crystal Palace, and it is only their conviction that it will not comedown that prevents the most active demon strations. The whole number admitted on Thursday up to six o'clock was 61,434. Cash account, July 10. Season tickets £ 6 6 0 At the doors 2,958 0 0 Total receipts £2,964 6 0 FRIDAY. The enhanced price of admission of course de prived the Crystal Palace yesterday of the hordes of excur sionists and regiments of schoolboys and girls who had helped to swell the immense gathering of the previous day. Nevertheless, the attendance was large, and showed a steady tendency upwards, in proportion to the experience of the rest of the week. The company seemed to be com posed, to a great extent, of the better class of provincials ; and there were also a good many foreigners from various parts of the continent. The Duchess of Kent arrived shortly after the opening of the doors, and soon after the Exhibi tion was honoured by a visit from the Queen and Prince Albert, with one or two members of the court in attend ance. Her Majesty, in the first instance, visited the Ita lian court, paying much attention to the sculpture, and afterwards proceeded to the Spanish and Portuguese section, where, although the display is not very large, there arc several objects well worthy of • visit. The Queen having pas-ad some time here, proceeded to the transept, pausing a few moments to examine the statuary there, and also looked in passing at Menus. Jackson and Graham's loom for making Tourney carpets. The royal party next pro ceeded to the stained glass gallery, the contents of which were minutely inspected by her Majesty, especially the beautiful female head by Bertini. The principal object, however, for which her Majesty and Prince Albert as cended the gallery was to visit the studio of Mr. Selous, in which that artist is busily engaged upon his large picture of the opening day, to be engraved and published by sub scription by Messrs. Lloyd, of Ludgate-hill. The pic ture, which is yet in a very incomplete state, is painted on a scale of 8 feet by 6 feet 6, and will contain portraits of all the noble and distinguished persons, English and Foreign, who took part in the great 0..-ant of tie opening 410. Several of the met pruoi• [PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURTE local expenditure which would otherwise be re, luired is surveys under the new sanitary reguations would lk saved to local ratepayers. London, extraordinary as It =7 appear, is the only part of England imperfectly execttuede being merely a street survey, showing no details whateves:s which, in order to be rendered serviceable for the sanitary 4 commissioners, required to be altered at great expense. This is, however, defrayed by the Commissioners of Sewers, and not by the Exchequer. In Ireland a similar unfortunate mistake arose, for the whole survey was completed on a 6-inch scale ; but tho committee of the House of Commons recommended a sur. vey of Ireland by townlands. The earlier counties in the north were so surveyed; but the government valuator of Ireland found that the survey of townlands was insufficient to enable him to carry on his valuation, and iu come quence it has to be revised to obtain a survey by fields, so that before it is finished it will not have cost much under a million sterling. The survey of Scotland is proceeding but very slowly, owing to want of funds. With respect to that country, an anecdote relative to Mr. Matheson, of the Island of Lewis, is worth recording. Finding when he purchased Lewis that the former proprietor had totally neglected both the soil and the people, he advanced 1,2001. to government to induce them to make an im mediate survey of the island, and further subscribed for ono hundred copies. This generous offer was at once ricelted, and the consequence is that he can improve the position of his tenants in a manner which would have been otherwise impossible. To give some idea of the labour bestowed on the engraving, it may not be uninteresting to mention, that the cost of that of the city of Dublin was M. per sheet, and the city of Cork, when completed, 3,4001. The price of the map on the • one-inch scale, containing 804 square miles, is 2s. per sheet. Twenty years ago, the price was ono guinea, and, by ' reducing the price, it has been sold twenty-fold. But so voluminous is the work, that the price of all Ireland is 4001., and Lancashire alone 24/. There is a general feeling in the trade that the sale of ordnance maps is monopolized • by a few agents, but this is not the fact. These recognized I agents arc merely houses with which the Ordnance have entered in a sort of treaty to make quarterly payments, but • any retail shopkeeper can obtain them from the Ordnance , Mace for ready money, being allowed a deduction of twenty • five per cent. neat have already favoured the artist with sitting., and their portraits arc in a sufficient state of forwardness to enable the visitor to judge of the likeness. They are all exceedingly accurate, and some of them the very best we have seen of the persons represented. That of Lord John Russia, who stands at the foot of the throne, is a perfect hit. Not only are the well-known features of the Prime Minister accurately preserved, but the expression and eha, meter of the grave and thoughtful face are immediately recognisable by those who have frequently seen his lordship. Next him stands Lord Granville, also an admirable like ness, and prominently in the fore-ground may be recognised Facili princeps, Mr. Paxton himself, in all the glory of his court suit, and the flush of well-merited success. In the _ _ _ same group ono instantly recognises Messrs. Mike, Cole, Fox, and the other leading promoters of the Exhibition; and on the opposite side of the throne are the foreign com missioners and visitors, the most prominent being our friend from the flowery land, Tch Sing. We understand that this distinguished personage was wilting to give any required number of sittings, and was nervously anxious about the correctness of the likeness. The portraits of her Majesty and the Prince have yet to be filled in, but the artist has confident expectations of being honoured with early sittings by the illustrious personages to be represented. Of the picture as a whole it would be unfair to give any opinion in its present unfinished state, but even from the rough outlin e it appeared that Mr. Scions had very skilfully managed to keep down the hard lines and angles of the glass frame work, and to catch the eye with the more picturesque objects. The famous old tree fills up almost the whole background, and is nearly as good a portrait as any of the others. Her Majesty and the Prince spent some time in examining this picture, recognised many of the likenesses, and expressed themselves most favourably of its merits. Prince Albert at once promised a sitting, and there is little doubt but that the artist will be similarly honoured by her Majesty. As this picture, which will possess a historical importance, is to be engraved, we would suggest to the pub lishers a more moderate tariff of prices than that which is affixed to their prospectus. Twelve guineas for proofs be fore letters, and four guineas for priats, will not do for a national picture. The subject is one of interest to the million, and the price should be such as to place the en graving within their reach. If the price were one guinen, the sale would be as a thousand to one at the present price. After her examination of Mr. Selous' picture her Majesty immediately left the building. Mr. Colt's stand of revolvers, whichhas now become one of the lions of theplace, wassur rounded by crowds of spectators. It was really quite amusing to observe the avidity with which ladies, young and old, listened to the guardian of these delicate instruments, while he explained the number of people that each would kill in a minute. Ile admitted that the principle of the revolving cylinder, turned by nicking, had been forestalled by the old petroncl of the time of Charles 11., in the United Service Museum; but said that Mr. Colt was pro tected by so many patents that his monopoly was quite safe. So great, it appears, is the demand for these pistols on the other side of the Atlantic, that the patentee, with 300 men working hard, has six months orders in outer. The roof of the transept, and part of the nave, was dotted over during the day with men repairing the damage of the pre vious day. The number of vi,itors yesterday was 30,067. Cadi account, July 11 Season tickets At the doors Total receipts L 3,163 14 6 CONTENTS OF TILE GLASS PALACE TOPOGRAPHY, No less interesting to . the civilian than in the military man, arc the beautiful specimens of topography exhibited by France, Austria, Saxony, and England. Though one of the latest of modern sciences, the want of accurate and extensive surveys which was beginning to be daily more and more felt in the civilised countries of Europe, has caused it to be brought almost to the highest state of perfection. With what delight would Frederick of Prussia, the great originator of topography for military purposes, have contemplated the large plan of Vienna and its neighbourhood (No. 363) : could he have done this, how differently might not his powerful intellect have combined those strategical plans which even with the limited informa tion at his command are still the study and admiration of so many? The present specimen is coloured to show the geological divisions, but the colourist has lost sight of the true principle of colouring maps, which ought on no ac count to conceal the engraving underneath, whilst he has _ conglomeratol the whole range of hills in one dark brown mass. The map of the kingdom of Saxony is on a very re duced scale, but clearly engraved, although perhaps the range of kills may be a little hard. It is to be regretted that at least one plate of the large work has not been sent. The large French map is coloured by printing on litho graphic stone, in the same manner as the one in the Aus trian exhibition, a system which appears to be much adopted on the continent. It is a copy of the large survey of France with geological demarkation by the " ronts-et- Chuuss&s." The French survey was begun in the year 1818, and by 1831, the entire chain of triangulation was completed, and the topographical works commenced. Until 1831 the ground was represented by means of the contour ing, or lines traced at short, known and cqui-distant dis tances, but the following year it was ordered to be discon tinued, thereby retrograding at least thirty years in scientific principles, consequently in 1839 it was found necessary to trace on the projections, equi-distant contour lines at 5, 10, and 40 inches, in order to determine the length of the " normalcs " previous to sketching in the hills. In many parts the relief is too strongly expressed, the mountainous country presenting often ono black medley, in which it is difficult to make out the details. This arises from the workshaving been commenced in the neighbourhood of Paris, the departments bordering that of the Seine and on the northern frontier. They for got that by first operating in a flat country and showing in the drawings every undulation of ground strongly marked, that when they should reach the mountainous departments and had to sketch in the hills proportionally they would be obliged to employ a black mass in which every detail would disappear. In the year 1839 it was found that, owing to each officer employed on the work having repre sented the ground as lie thought proper, great difference had arisen when the several sheets were compared together; it was therefore found necessary to again make use of the contour lines. When first commenced, the draught was made on a scale of 1-80,000, but this was abandoned, on account of the length of time required for drawing on this scale. A few sheets were afterwards finished on a scale of 1.20,000, but this was again reduced to 1-40,000, and pre 'WWl to engraving to 1-80,000. Although a statistical valua tion was being carried on at the same time as the survey, yet the original intention of the map was purely for etre tegetical purposes, awl it is therefore far inferior in point of detail to our Ordnance Survey, so much so, that when the lines of railway were lately surveyed, several errors were found in the government maps. The whole of France is, however, by no means finished, great part of the Alps and Pyrenees, of the west and south coasts, being not yet begun. The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain was begun in the year 1791, on a scale of one inch to a mile, and the whole of England and \Vales, with the exception of the six northern counties, were surveyed awl published on this scale, at an expense of some four hundred thousand pounds ; but not only was this found inadequate for engineering pur poses, but a Tithe Commutation Survey was afterwards found necessary. To prevent any further waste of public money the six northern counties are being surveyed on a seals el six inches, with the towns on a sixty inch, showing every ditch, wall, or anything, in fact, which is on the surface of the ground. The elevations are given by contoured lines in rural, and by contoured altitudes for towns, by which means the physical relief of a country is represented most accurately, and which could not be done by the old system of bill sketching. This is of the greatest consequence either to municipal bodies for the calculating of sewerage works, ' or in country districts, for the laying down of drainage. Although a re-surveying of the remainder of England on this plan would be attended with enormous expense, being about 341. per square mile, or 160,0001. for what has already been done on the one-inch scale; yet as the ex pense would be burns by tau , was:dila:l faad, the cast of FOREIGN MINERAL PRODUCE. The mining districts of the European continent produce very !arm quantities of valuable ores, sonic of which are peculiar to themselves. In many of these dis trict., mining operations have been carried on from very re mote periods ; some have been and in part continue to bo remarkable for the nature and natural position of their• ores, the modes of working them, and the application of water power and machinery adopted. rho mines of the Scandinavian penirsula are perhaps inferior to none in point of national importance and general interest; they form the main source of the industrial wealth of the country, and consequently occupy a con.ider able part of the contribution, which Sweden and Norway have sent to the Exhibition. The proprietors of mines and smelting works in those countries appear to have exerted themselves to illustrate in the best manner the nature of these productions, and the manufactures derived from them. The iron and steel of Sweden has long been celebrated for its excellence, and there are few countries, per haps, which combine so many natural advantages for its manufacture. Inexhaustible deposits of the richest and most valuable ore (magnetic oxide) lie amid extensive forests of beech and fir, which afford fuel and the charcoal which is the best adapted for smelting. The chief mines are situated towards the south and east, near Lake Weiler, and the smelting works are in their immediate neighbour hood. The most remarkable are those of Dannetnora, the provtne.. of 17 2' 14. The "" !`: in the printi• five rock, and is rather quarried than mined, sometimes to a depth of nearly a hundred fathoms. Specimens of the ore, pig iron, liar iron, and the peculiarly tine steel which this iron yields, are exhibited by Baron Tatum, proprietor of the Ostcrby Iron Works, M. ltettig, the ore of the Iloslagen district, together with the iron, musket barrels, and hardened steel made from it. Front the Motala Iran and Engine Works have been sent boiler plates and a variety of tubes, &c. ; pig iron for cast ing. M. Layerhjelm exhibits a serial collection of the ores with their analyses, the rocks in which they are situated, mostly gneiss, chlorite and hornblende, pig iron, and the scoria; or slag, formed during the smelting. • The quantity of iron amorally produced in this country (74,000 tons) is very much larger than is required for home consumption; nearly threc-fourths arc exported. Most of the finer steel of England was formerly made from Swedish iron. In 1839 we imported 17,009 tons; but latterly, owing to the improvements which have been introduced into this manufacture its England, the importation has decreased. The manufactured iron and steel of Sweden are exhibited in great variety by several persons : tools, locks, cutlery (plain and ornamental), nails, and the other articles, which are contained in glass cases ut each cad of the collection, give a favourable impression of their ma nufacturing skill. The iron and ores of Norway, though not equal to tho Swedish, are exceedingly good. Bath are exhibited by Messrs. Flood and Lovens Kiold respectively. The mines and works which produce the iron are situated ou the coast of the Gulph of Christiana. The annual produce is about sixteen millions. The only specimen of the manufactured iron of this country is a most formidable-looking musket. The sin gular toughness of the iron is well shown by some stout iron bars which have been knotted without showing any signs of fracture. Of the copper ores of these countries no specimens are seat, a mass of copper from the Itoraas Copper Works being the only illustration of their copper produce. The mine from which the ore is extracted at Roraas is opened upon an enormous mass of pyrites, and is worked open. Its produce is about 4,000 tons unnually. In the front of the Norwegian division is a case of very beautiful specimens of native silver, and the silver ores ' from the famous mine of Konigsberg. The ruck in which the metal is found consists of carbonate and ttuate of lime, through which it is disseminated in a kind of fine net-work. A block of this rock is shown at the back of the case of ores. This mine has been worked fur upwards of two hundred years, and in the year 1768 it produced silver to the value of 79,0001.; since which time it has materially declined in productiveness. MM. Roe and Gallitano exhibit specimens of the chro mate of iron found near Drontheirn, showing their different stages of preparation, the washed ore, and the chromate manufactured from it. Tho cobalt ores of Tunaberg, in Sweden, have only been worked during the last 30 years. The mines do not yield very large quantities, hut the ore is of great purity. There are also sonic mines of cobalt at Mixture, in Nor way. The rough ores of Tunaberg, the calcined and washed cobalt, and the pure oxide, arc exhibited by the Tunaberg Cobalt Company. The principal use which is made of this substance is as a colour for glass and porce lain. There are soma specimens of the serpentinerocks and tlo marbles of Norway among the collection. ENGLISH FURS. ----- A good deal of extrinsic interest has been added to the fur section in the Crystal Palace by the fact of tho Emperor of Russia having condescended to send over his e l o! etai th b e it s i k e i e n oiflthiseeebltaeckf con descension imperial majesty has been I t o oo o w Ti ked upont hecinantttto composedtil ipoirnshttooefff entirelyt hisha sort of challenge by the Eng lish furriers, and accordingly one of the most eminent among them, Mr. Nicholay, of Oxford-street, has publicly offered to produce a better pelisse than any in the Russian cabinet ; and at a third of the price, that is to say for 1,0001. instead of 3,0001., the value set on the St. Petersburg pelisse. A visit to that portion of the nave in which our British fur trade has conspicuously arranged its wares, will convince the most sceptical that Mr. Nicholay has not spoken without book, but that our English furriers, having the command of the beat market for selection of skins, have also attained the greatest perfection in dressing these costly and beautiful adjunetsito male and female attire. It may be necessary to remind the reader, that the greater p:,:tioa of the mom cestly fun is supplied by the 4 - ; By be be de tr, of 0 7. a J. E. , of • ul G. 11n. eV. C. :9 11 : by tbil send. it, De- Uevos- red 77. lw et 1. 4 QQ• . lbws.