The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-23 00:00:00

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J. .441 y. amgtais of it- WOO. I GinaOM. S. W. Miffing' broll•Mi MOM, lOalle• . se Ullowimel. follgilmfb. V. , &pin at A rut. LW.. a Moto WAN". Ike% Ow law 14. ". Nor ask L IA • r a rg a l.l . • I=i% 11•4, dirt mg ot oft Mi.. WO. L neelles• . LIDA Ibt• N. DO. 1000100". NT& SAM 114" 4 **tram:lt No. 1,559.] [No. 35, EXHIBITION EXPRESS.] THE I 0 NI EXHIBIT EXPRESS, FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 23. The attendance at the Crystal Palace continues still to decrease, the average number of visitors on the " shilling" days in the present week being not quite 51,000. The annual flight from town, at this particular season, of a large portion of the aristocratic and middle class sojourners in the metropolis, suffi ciently accounts for the falling-off. 'the attractions of the Exhibition itself are no less powerful than here tofore. The weekly railway returns prove that the provincial excitement respecting its marvels is deci dedly on the increase ; and there is little doubt but that, as the period fur the final closing approaches, the attend:ince will equal, if not exceed, that of lust May and June. A fully attended meeting of the Royal Com mission, which was presided over by Prince Albert, took place on Tuesday, in the Crystal Palace. The subjects brought lwfore the no tice of the meeting . had reference principally to the time and mode in which the Exibition is to be closed, the distribution of the rewards and the dispo sition of the surplus funds. The Royal Commissioners have appointed Suturday, the llth of October, as the day for closing the Exhibition to the public, and it is their intention to hold a meeting in the building, on Wednesday, the rith of (ktober, at twelve o'clock, to receive the reports of the several juries, and to take leave of the tyre iAnt commissioners. Upon this occasion they intend to request the presence of the exhibitor., the jurors, the foreign and local commis- 1 shiners, and the members of the local com mi ttees. Immediately after the close of their pnweedings, permission will be given to the exhibitors to remove their goods, subject to such regulations as may be made by the executive committee. It would seem, from such account of the proceedings at this meeting as has been allowed to transpire, and which is given elsewhere, that it is not , at present the intention of these who hare 1 the guidance of the affair; of the Exhibition in their hands, to signalise its closing by any pageant ur ceremonial. It is, however, intended to postpone the official announcement of prizes, and to take other steps, as fur as possible, to prevent indivi dual jealousies. A not unnatural apprehension is in consequence entertained by many, that, if this system be persevered in, the Great Exhibi tion may be forgotten, and the youngest contributor grown grey, before the honorary distinction to which he is entitled shall have reached him. The an nouncement of the final closing has induced many exhibitors to inquire whether facilities will be given 1 1 fur the disposal of their goods in the building pew 1 . vious to their removal. The reply to every applies-' tion of the kind has been a decided negative. • As the Exhibition is to close on Saturday, the 11th of Oct., and the meeting of commissioners is to take plats, on the 15th, a question arises as to what is to I be done with the building on the intervening Mow I day and Tuesday. and the following suggestion in' referent* to the' point has been mink : 1 It has beta very generally rumoured—we know not with what amount of truth—that the Exhibition was to 1111411 on those two days, and that the receipts arising from the ad =lesion of visitor. were to be appropriated to the purpose et salweling some compensation to those member; of the me estive commines and special commissiumn who kayo hitherto received no remuneration for their lahours—swd who, at a period when the success of the enterprise was problematical, in the most generous mauner declined to accept any peruulary reward for their services; and also fur the pitiless , of giving bonuses to all persons count eted with the Eshibition, whose salaries have been confessedly inade quate to the labour and time which they have V X IWlllied in the vert.firmancv of their duties. Whether son-h a plan is really contemplated, we are not in a position to state positively ; but certain it is that the public, which has so nobly supported the Exhibition, mid so libe rally contributed to iis funa, , , will not be well pleased to hear that those upon *horn have devolved the duties of car rying not the complieated and wearisome details of the great undertaking are the only parties whose services have not been appreciated and rewarded. We should rejoice if the I punlie ;sure afforded an opportunity of thus giving expres sion to their feelings 1)f respect and gratitude towards those I whn have so ably served them. and we have not the slight ed doubt that,upon those occasions, the vast building would I be Mk d to its utmost capacity. No official intimation has yet been given respect- 1 ing the appropriation of the surplus funds. An ingenious correspondent of a contemporary, how- I ever, has suggested that a sufficient sum should be devoted to the importation of Cleopatm's needle and its erection on the site of the Crystal Palace to per petuate the glories of that remarkable structure. What the asks)_ would be so fitting for the comme• moratien of the Works of Industry as a needle, though Cleopatra might base been troubled to work with it ? and as a work of industrial art and skill, it may be assumed to he the mot ancient. It has been thought to have origi nally decorated the port of Memphis before it was removed to the city of Alexandria. In its cradle it witnessed the glory of Thebes, and in its name it records the Roman loves of Cleopatra. Thus, fur nude than 3.000 years. its history hOO been connected with Ye; ptian, Grecian, and Roman greatness, and would, there fore. Is- a very fitting monument to adorn the greatest capi tal the world ever saw, and to celebrate one of the 4 remarlahle events of the world's history. My suggestion is that this celebrated monolith obelisk, nearly 70 feet hi,h, of Tlichaie granite, should be raised on a pedestal of some 30 feet of BABA stone of the same character, on the four faces of which should he recorded in sculpture, metal, glass, or enamel, the flags or ensigns of all the nations of the earth, while at the four corners should be raised colossal statues remseuting industry, skill. science, and art, to be given as orders, by way of prises, to the competing sculp tors of every country in the Exhibition itself. Another suggestion will be found in a letter given elsewhere. With reference to the recent selectiut of goods added to the Exhilition, with the view of illustrating in a condensed form the every-day productions of Manchester and the districts around it, some idea may be formed of the significance of that unpretend ing display when we mention that at present bothwitil.noolb. of cotton ace annually delivered at Liverissil for consumption, nearly the whole of which is manufactured intoyarn and cloth in or near Manchester. The manufacture of mixed fabric's and of silk goods is also rapidly increasing there ' as is shown by the following liana-hill, circulated by the hssl committee, in reference to their selection of the staple manufucture of Manchester, mentioned in cur last : The Manchester Local Committee for the Great Exhi bition have made this selection of goods from stock, with the view of exhibiting, in a condensed form, the every-day pr.sluctiom of the mattulacturing industry of Manchester awl 11,, surrounding districts. mo-t important feature of this branch of our mana tee torimi industry is its immense extent, an idea of which vim ts. Is--t conveyed be stating the quantity of cotton de hem el at Liverpool for iousumption, which is now about miliion and a half ttttt ually ; and as they ave rage `sent Pollee. each, it Rises the enormous weight of six than niiilion pounds, and nearly the whole of this is manu talon tl into yarn and cloth in the districts of which Man closter i, the capital anti centre. Our exports of cotton manufactu tiaram th e year lois), were as follows. 1... mm manufactures entered by the yard— "".2:04,144 yards, declare) value 111 other descriptions, lace, hosiery, sic ottou yarn-1:11,133,1tio lb. 6,380,5t8 nod cotton yam, Total dictated •Alue . 1 he feature of the. next importance is the perfection to why, h marhinery has ta en brought, as applied to this menu- Lturt and the cons equer t rapidity of production. . Thi manutart ure o f m i xe d fabrics is now an important h of the industry of this district, and is rapidly in- Itca•toe t ttotal and labour employed in the production of Silk are alto very lance. of the nuiniser of power looms in the United kiinetho u in the pan ltwli and laird : cotton fabric,Produewit 1833. 1830. Isertoso. 108,632 249,627 110.99.5 wor.teit ut mixed &brim 3,082 32.617 29,433 b.ttq si . 4 ditto Tail 113,428 218,336 174,908. Such are the astounding facts connected with a small and commonplace-looking collection of goods, situated in a remote corner of the Exhi bition, which few have the curiosity to visit, and Mill fewer the patience to survey in the light which the figures we have given cost upon them. APPOINTMENT OF THE DAY FOR THE FINAL CLOSING OF THE EXHIBITION. All speculation as to the longer or shorter eon tinuonev of the Ezhibitionis now at an end. A full meeting of the Royal Commissioners was held on Tuesday at the Crystal Palace, when it was decided to close the Exhibition to the public on Saturday the Ilth of October. The meet ing was presided over by Prince Albert, who came from Osborne specially for that purpose. The other members of the Royal Commission present were—Earl Granville, Lord John Russell, the Right lion. Henry Lationchere, the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. Charles Barry, Mr. Barley, Mr. Cobden, M.l'., Mr. Wm. Callitt, Sir Charles Eastlake; Mr. Thos. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. l'usey, M.P., Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., Mr. John Shepherd, and Mr. Hopkins. Dr. Lyon Playfair, Special Commis shiner, Colonel Lloyd, Special Commissioner, Lieut.-Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Executive Committee. Mr. Dilke and Mr. Cole were also present The subjects brought before the notice of the meeting had reference principally to the time and mode in which the Exhibition is to be closed, the distribution of the rewards, and the disposition of the surplus funds, besides other im portant matters. The day for closing, as above stated, having beat fixed, it was decided that a meeting of the commissioners should by held in the building on Wednesday, the I•ith of October, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of receiving the several re ports of the jurors, and fur taking leave of the foreign cumin isionen. On this occasion the commissioners intend to request the pre sence of the exhibitors, the jurors, the foreign and local com missioners, and the numbers of the local commit tees. Immediately after the close of their proceedings, permission will be given to the exhibitors to remove their 1(0044, subject to such regulations as may be made by the Executive Committee. The reports of the juries, and the names of the persona M whom prizes shall have been awarded, will afterwards be published in the Loarlan Ga :vete. his the desire of the It syal Commissioner , nut only to present medals to the individuals to whom the juries may have awarded them, but to mirk their sense of the great exertions of all the exhibitors, and also of the jurors, the foreign and local commissioners, the chairmen, trea surer', and secretaries of local committee+, and other per sons who have rendered services in promoting the Exhibi tion, and to present them with a permanent memorial of the undertaking, by distributing medals to each, accom panied by a certificate and a copy of the reports of the juries. The three medals, of which the designs were originally approved, are intended to he applied as foilows That by Mr. Leonard Wyon will be distributed to the prisemen selected by the juries; that by M. Bunnardel—the great medal —will be given in certain cases retominended by the council of ehairusen, not as a mark of eye:lli:ace iu degree on the part of those who receive it, but fur reasons which the council of chairmen have been requested I. state sm. Malty in their report.; the medal designed by Mr. Adams will be given to the jurors. In addition to these medals the commissioners propose to cause two other medals to be struck, which will be pre sented respectively to the exhibitors, and to those who have rendered other services to the Exhibition. The gnat number of the medals, books, and certificates which will thus be presented obviously renders the distri bution of them on a single occoion a physical On the other hand, the commissioners feel that it would Ise insidious to 'sleet any persons to receive their tiled As at one time, and to omit others. And further, it is clearly desirable that the medals, the certificatesomil the report., should be pre sented simultaneoudy, and the length of t ime which must necessarily elapse before the whole of them eon be prepared makes it difficult to fix any precise day on which the distri bution could be effected. Under these circumstances the !lyal Commissioners have come to the conclusion that it will be must desirable to tie a limited period within which each individual may mike such arrangements for receiving medals, books, and certificates from the commission as may best suit his personal convenience. Due notice will be given on this point as soon as tie comnsissioners are able to fix a time for the distribution to commence. l'resious to the assemblin.: of the Royal Commissioners a meeting of the Finance Cohimittee was held iu the Exhibi tion building. le. I. I. M.. THE FETES AT PARIS. The following letter has been signed by her Majesty's Commissioner., the Executive Committee, the Special Commissioners, Lord Mayor and Aldermen, ad dressed to M. Leon Faucher, the Frutch Minister of the Interior. The letter now lies fur further signatures at the office , of the Executive Committee, at the Eillibitiou Building. London, August —, 18.51. M. le Ministre,—The undersigned nre 111160114 to take the earliest opportunity on their return to England, after the brilliant and memorable files at which they have had thy honour of being present as guests on the invitation of the City of 1%11i%, to express, both in their own name and in that of other visitors un that occasion, their sense of the facilities afforded them by the government of France in dispensing with the formalities usually requisite on entering a foreign country. To yourself, M. to Ministre, the under signed beg to convey their hest thanks for the liberality displayed in the instructions given by you to the effect that the production of masportA on their part was unnecessary ; and they are the inure sensible of the kindness of this act, in consequence of its having been, EIS far WI they are aware, the tint occasion on a hich the ordinary regulations in this respect have been departed from. To the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Commerce, and the Director Gs neral of the Custom*, the thanksof the undersigned are also most justly due for the measure. taken, under their authority, tar dispensing with the usual evaunuation of their leiggav, to which they must have been subjected in the absence of instructions to the contrary. It gives the undersigned great satisfaction to be enabled to state their acknowledgment of the courtesy shown them by yourself and your colleagues in reference to the above mentioned liberal concession. The undersigned avail themselves of this opportunity to convey to you their assurances of the gnat consideration with which they have the honour to sign themsylves, M. 3linistre, Your most faithful servants. (Here follow the :dgnatures.) Motto. 31. Leon Faucher, Minister of the Interior, &c. THE WEEK AT TILE CRYSTAL PALACE. MoNDAY. This day the Exhibition was opened at nine o'clock and closed at six, instead of opening at ten and closing at see, n, as en previous days, the gradual shortening of the 41 Is having led to this alteration. Owing, probably, to the change not being very generally know a, the number who availed themselves of the earlier hour for tisiting the Exhibition was comparatively small; the total number arriving up to ten o'clock being not more than 3,478. Within the next hour upwards of 14,000 arrived ; at twelve o'clock the total number admitted was 30.a59 ; at one the numbers reached to 11,017 ; and at two to 11,513. From two till five, the arrivals were, of course, considerably lea, frequent, the numbers not exceeding 6,003 during the three hours. 11u•ing the day many of the visitors were surprised by seeing, towering high over the diminutive throng, what was at first considered to be it colossal statue ; but, upon closer investigation, proved to be the famous giantess from Lapland, who is upwards of seven feet in height. She is handsome and well proportioned, and, as might be ex pected, attracted considerable notice. She was accompanied by a female attendant in the costume of a Laplander, who, although of fair average height, appeared by her side a perfect dwarf. The moderation of the temperature rendered the build ing a more comfortable resort than it was a week ago. The number of arrivals was •11 ; 4!.3 according to the police returns. Cash account, Aug. 18. Season tickets At the doors Total receipts The following shows the tempt name dialog the day, as recorded by Mr. Bennett's thermometers, being the mean result of 100 readings:-10 o'clock, 63; 12 o'clock, 68; LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1851. 2 o'clock, 70; 4 o'clock, 68; 6 o'clock, 66; mean tempera ture, 67. TvzsDAy. The police returns of this day show that Tuesday still maintains its accustomed pre-eminence in point of num- hers over every other day in the week. The numbers were 57,059. During the forenoon were observed many members of the haul ton circulating amongst the masses. Lord John Russell 114.4 present until one o'clock; and in the United States department was seen Mr. Cobden, describing the merits of two American reaping machines to a group of auditors, most of whom appeared to be of the agricultural class. Cash account, August 19. Season tickets At the doors 2,773 16 0 Total receipts The following shows the temperature during Tuesday, u recorded by Mr. Ilennett's thermometers, being the mean result of 100 readings:-10 o'clock, 57 deg.; 12 o'cluek, 6i deg.; 2 o'clock, 69 deg.; 4 o'clock, 70 deg.; 6 o'clock, 69 deg.; mean temperature, 66 deg. WEDNESDAY. The number of visitors at the Crystal Palace on this day was reported at 6 o'clock, the hour of closing, as being 4 ; shoeing a diminution from the number pre sent on the preceding day (Tuesday) of nearly 12,400 Cash account, August 20. Sca,on tickets At the doors 2,217 $ 0 Total receipt+ The following shows the temperature during the day, as recorded I.y Mr. Bennett's thermometers, being the mean result of 100 readings :-10 o'clock, G 2 ; 12 o'clock, 72 ; 2 o'clock, 78 ; 4 o'clock, 77 ; 6 o'clock, 76 ; mean tempera ture, 73. _ In our last we noticNl the in'eresting addition which has been made to the department of the textile manufac• tows of the Exhibition iu the shape of an extensive selec tion of goods of the ordinary kind of Manchester manufac ture. It consists of specimens of every kind of article produced in that great scat of industry. Large placards, a copy of which is given in another column, were un Wed s nesday posted nu the stall, affording some very interesting purticulars with rcspect to this extensive branch of our The following shows the temperature yesterday, as corded by Mr. Bennett's thermometers, being the mean re sult of 100 readings —lO o'clock, 69; 12 o'clock, 74; 2 o'clock, 71, 4 o'clock, 7.5; 6 o'clock, 74 ; mean tempera ture, 73.4. CONTENTS OF THE GLASS PAIACE. CLOTHING. Immediately over the south transept, on the right hand us you enter, is the gallery devoted to various im provements in clothing, some of them are well worthy of attention, and all indicate great advance in that branch of our manufacture. There are court suits of a new device, various articles of ladle.' apparel, and shirts of all fashion. and qualities. J. F. Piper, of Bishopgate-street, exhibits a very ingenious spring corset, well adapted to the relief of spinal deformity. In this article elasticity is secured by various mechanical contrivances, which, although &arnica- hip adApted to their purpose, in no wap interfere with the ea - Varna - 1 appearance of tit. corset. But the most important collection in this branch of industry is that otlfadanie Caplisheastaining corsets in which a very mitioturatteropt it mods W %Wee these post enemies of female health and due development as little injurious as possible. Madame Caplin has had to assist her the scientific knowledge of her husband, who is a professor of anatomy and physiology, and under his guidance has paid every possible attention to the requirements of human form and funCtioa. Of course, the most desirable thing to be done with articles of thisdescription would be to give them the fate ot the carefully dressed cucumber, that is, throw them away ' altogether ; but so long us European ladies will insist on using a restraint more absurd and painful than a Chinese shoo, so long as they will believe these the best way of securing the free play of longitudinal muscled is to divide them with a light ligature in the middle, so long as they will insist that the surest way of securing the healthful action of the most vital organs is to keep them in a state of constant and pain ful compreseion, everything that may tend to alleviate these voluntary martyrdoms must be hailed us a benefaction to society. In this sense Madame Caitlin's collection is well worthy of attentiou, as everything that mechanical art iarected by science could du to render the corset con sistent with health has there becu brought into requisition, so us to render it an object not merely of fashionable bu: of sanitary interest. While on this subject a suggestion occurs which perhaps may not be thrown away on some of our sculptors. Suppose some one of those who delieht in the delincatiou of the female form in its perfect proportions were to place side by side in the Exhibition a figure such as nature intended it to be, and tine which had under gone six or seven years of a rigid discipline in whalebone. We conceive that that would be devoting high art to a high purpose, and would have more effect in cueing females of their delusion than all that euuld be said or written iu a century. There are comae other eases ul these elastic corset. in this department, which give satisfac• tiny indications that this most important subject is begin ning to receive some attention from our modi,tc,!. It is high time that it should be sue fur we believe that if taliks of all the lives sacrificed in the crusades, and of those who ' have sunk under this cruel fashion, were contrasted, whale lane would be found to have an immense pre-eminence in • slaughter. Madame Devy exhibit. various articles of the same de scription, for the use of those ladies who nurse their own children. Under the antic class of articles, the registered folding bassinettes or cradles, exhibited by Messrs. Captor and Sun, 60, Gruceehurch-street, will be found well worthy the attention of persons about to marry." They arc ex ceedingly Imuidsigue, portable, and convenient, and eau be got up at a utoderate coat, considering the material mid workmanship. The great shirt interest is r•prsented by several ambitious inventors. Mr. Ford, lifi, Strand, cries out "Eureka," while he exhibits his highly orna mented inner garment, which is eelually creditable us a specimen of cutting and needle work. This manufacturer has devoted much attention to the architecture of the shirt, and in the article exhibited seems to have attained a very reason.ilile amount of success. Nicoll, Regent-circus and Lomltard-street, constructs in a new material. This maker exhibits a shirt of silk, which has an exceedingly neat and elegant appearance', but whether it is expected to supersede linen nut calico the ticket dies nit state. There is nu doubt but that if silk should turn out as wholesome as linen or calico, it will have a great advantage in lightness and durability. The question, however, is not vital to Mr. Nitsdl, us lie exhibits several very handsome specimens in the mar, orthodox material. la outer garments Mr. Callan, of 371, Strand, exhibits trowsers, the mane of which alone is sufficient to excite a good deal of public curiosity. Ilc calls them the "Anaxyridiait," but even with out the assistance of so portentous an appellation they are worthy of consideration as dealing with one of the great difficulties iu male clothing. We em oily say, that if they look as well, in wear, as they do in the Exhibition, they will deserve a very considerable share of the favours of fashion. Mr. Calmar has experi mented much in this branch of costume, and professes in the article under consideration to have realised the perfec tion of nether integuments. White and Son, 63, Cheap side, boldly attack the hat abomination, and although they have not moral courage to abandon the abhorred cylinder, do all in their power by lightness of construction and Inge- nious contrivances fur ventilation, to bring its miseries to their minimum. As far as we could judge by looking into 1 their glass case, the articles exhibited are very beautiful specimens of the helmet of peace. Walker and Babb, 306, eheapside, have invented a summer overcoat, which is a perfect miracle of lightness and portability. It is made of alpaca, is waterproof, and may be carried in the coat pocket, without ineonveuience. The public are beginning to recognise its merits, us we have perceived several of these coats on the promenaders in the nave. In hosiery, Peart toad Dossetur, l! and 13, Poultry, exhibit a great variety of articles. There are various handsome stocking specimens, but 'the novelty is a shirt fleeced with silk, in the Russian manner, fur winter wear It its auk us that the notion was a good one, as silk is known to be the best article for retaining heat. Gleuny, 33, Lombard-street, City, has a very attractive case of hosiery, all made at Balbriggar, Ireland. 'l'he great beauty of these delicate fabrics is in itself a suffi cient recommendation, but the fact of their manufacture being one of the very few in which the sister country has obtained a name, gives them an additional claim to the careful inspection of the visitors. They are certainly quite as beautiful as silk, and we believe more durable, and to be purchased at much less met. Bradshaw, 103, Bishopegatc street, exhibits an excellent article in drawers for rhea ' matie invalids, and a simple but very useful novelty in the application of an elastic material to the fast ' gof gentle men's stocks and collars. Those who suffer under the pre ! seat apoplectic contrivances of strings an I buckles, well know bow to value this little invention. Road ney, 17, old Bond-street, and Lombard-start, exhibits one of the most elegant articles of clothing we have seen. l It is au over-cloak, of waterproof Irish poplin, made ex pressly for the purpose, and which claims an equal dura bility with stronger and coarser materials. The article seems admirably adapted for light over coats and cloaks. The last ease which we can find room for iu this notice is, that of Messrs. Bethel, Ware, and Co., the (mint:lt dealers iu straw plait, of 6!, Aldermanbury. Every variety of • ornamental straw plait may be found in this stand, and will I bear an advantageous comparison with the Swiss plaits in I another part of the gallery. Many of Messrs. Bethel's spe- ICaucus have great beauty of design and delicacy of work- I mansh.p, and their conspicuous position gives great facility I of inspection. CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS. Among the objects of interest lately added to the Exhibition are a number of idols from China, contributed by Major Edy, the grotesqueness of which appeared to afford much amusement to ordinary observers, whilst a still greater attraction for the philosophic visitor was to be found in their symbolism of the worship of Fo, supposed to be the Buddha of the Hindoos. The chief of the figures, which are all executed in bronze, is believed to represvnted the Queen of Heaven, on each side of whom are forms typical of her attributes. The faces of the goddess and her attendants bear a great similarity The centre idol, however, considerably exceeds its satellites in size, and differs in being independent of supports. The interiors are seated, the one on an elephant, the other on a T 111.'1141)2\Y. The Crystal Palace w•ua visited on Thursday by an immense crowd, composed chiefly of provincial visitors and foreigners. The heat was oppressive in the extreme, the theritionteter ranging from 77 to 80 degrees during the afternoon. The police returns show 50,482 arrivals. The mo.t interesting of the arrival* on this day consisted of a number of the schools of Woolwich, the children of which amounted altogether to not fewer than 1,55.1. They were headed by the Thckyard band, the use of which had been kindly granted by the authorities. Each of the children wore a distinctive number and ribbon, with a small bag containing their provisions for the day, and a mug for water. A large number of ladies and gentlemen accom panied them, each having charge of a particular section, and provided with ribbons and numbers corresponding to their sections. The children mustered on the Market-hill, Woolwich, at half-past six o'clock, and reached the Exhibi tion at ten o'clock. Upon their arrival they separated into different sections, and proceeded to CX4lllille the various parts of the building ; and the appearance presented by them was exceedingly interesting. Upon leaving the building the band played the National Anthem,and was accompanied by the voices of the whole of the children. The arrange ments for the visit were made by Mr. Charlton, of Wool wich, and reflected the hi4hest credit upon him. Dr. Campbell and several other ministers accompanied the children. Subjoined is the Cash Account, Aug. 21. Season tiekt.ts At the doors 2,170 2 0 Total receipt• . . The following shows the tenvcrature during the day, as recsrtlisl by Mr.tlentictt's thennontocrs, being the nwan rctult of 109 mulinp.:—lo o'clock, 6G; 12 o'clock, 71 ; 2 o'clock, 79 ; 1 o'clock, 79 ; 6 o'clock, 76; ntegn ten:wont ture 7i to 76. FRIDAY. The stimulative clfeet anticipated front the recent notice announcing the approaching close of the Exhibition has not yet become perceptible iu the attendance at the building. On the contrary the numbers who visited the Crystal Palace yesterday exhibit a great decrease front those of preceding weeks, as to had a Friday on which but 17,978 persons catered the structure, we must go back to the first week in May, when the charge was one sovereign. The jury of Class IX., Agricultural Implements, have issued a supplementary award in which they rece,nmend Mr. Cyrus Hall M'Curinick's reaping machine for the council medal. The award has been confirmed by the Con sent of the chairman. Among the visitors yesterday were: M. ilarc:lie, the French Minister of Justice; M. Ferdinand Ittrrot ; and Madame Walowski, the wife of the French minister in this country. Atter inspecting the department of En,;lish ma chinery, they proceeded, accompanied by M. Sallaudrouze, to catmintr the various articles of interest in the French department. _ . . . A very• beautiful specimen of embroidered work is shown in the south-wet gallery, ilesianed and exhibited by Messrs. liolbeck and Co., of Vigo-street, along with a number of other costly article, manufactured for Prince Mukha, by Messrs. Hancock and Co., of Bruton-street. It is a craratte tie einspeou made fur the Archduke Francis Charles of Austria. It is the second article of the kind which has been manufactured in this country—the flied having been made a kw years since, by command of her Majesty, to be presented to his highness the Prince of Leiningen. That now in the Exhibition is intended as a present by Prins* Dernidotf to his relative, the Archduke. It is elaborately' wrought on a ground of rich pompadour velvet, in dead and burnished gold, with ekaiu edges of the same costly material—the designs being oak and laurel leaves, which extend along the hands in every part that is not coverts' with armorial bearinr or inscriptions. Ls extreme It ngth is four feet six inches, and in width it is eight inches and a quarter. The shortest end of the band is three feet seven inches in length, and in width it is the same as the longest one. It is edged with massive dead and burnished gold bullion fringes, and is encircled at the bow of the eravat by a heavy gold tassel, in the centre of which is 1.4 very elaborately executed coronet. At the end of the longest band the arms of the Imperial House of Hapsburg are care fully wrought in gold, silver, on a large scale, and with an effect equal to that of the herald painter; fur we have seldom seen anything of the same description SU perfectly portrayed on canvass or panels. The arms of the Coun tess of Trapani arc executed in the same style of com pleteness at the extreme end of the short band. On the reverse of the long bond the arms of Pt ince Aunatoli De midulf arc richly embroidered, beneath which, on a scroll of blue velvet, which extends the whole length of the baud, in Gothic characters of dead silver, the following inscrip tion appears:—" Marie Isabelle Erzherzogin von Oyster reich, Grafin von Trapani, IS August, 15 , 31." The re- Ten.; of the short band is ornamented with a shield, which contains the words " Burch den Fiirsten Annatulin DemidoW iiberrcieht," together with an inscription—on a scroll of blue velvet, which runs along the band—in Human cha racters, which is admirably executed. An exceedingly use ful register map of Great Britain, indicating the conditions of the atmosphere on the same day in various parts of the country, from observations collected at the Exhibition by the Electric Telegraph Company, is now published daily at the building, and sold fur a penny. At the name of each of the towns with which the Electric Telegraph Company has communication an arrow is placed, pointing to the way in which the wind is blowing, with letters denoting the direction of the wind. The barometric 'measure is also given. These daily publications cannot fail to be of 'meat service in helping forward meteorological science, while they strikingly illustrate the advance of the present age in scientific and mechanical know ledge. The following is the Cash account, Aug. 22. Beason tickets At the doors 1,957 12 6 Total receipts £1,970 12 8 [PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURPENCE dragon; whilst the goddess herself, without these aids, towers above them in her more extensive proportions, illus trating, of course, her unapproachable superiority. fifer hands are 21 in number, 12 on each side. The upper pair she elevates above her head, in an attitude equally sug gestive of benediction and indicative of supplication, and which may therefore denote either an exhortation to prayer or an emblem of mercy; in another we have apparently the entrance to a temple ; in another, a small bell; each, in fact, eontains some separate symbol which Buddhist philosophers may best translate. These divinities seem to have been surrendered by their priesthood with great facility ; they w ere drought without difficulty from& tempi* at the mouth of the Yang -tae-Kiang, or Blue River —the " con sideration" on which the idolaters gave them up beingsimply a supply of opium, whilst the worldly prudence of the lukewarm worshippers was exhibited in their retention of the precious atones with which the images were adorned. Behind the idols of which we have spoken, is suspended • banner commemorative of a jubilee. THE CATALOGUES ACCOUNT OF ITSELF. (Prom iloriseko'd Words.) lam the Catalogue of the Great Exhibition. You are the public. I intend to have some private talk with you, and pour into your ear the story of my early life. • Of a class of celebrated men there is a common saying, that _ . They learn in suffering • hat they teeth in I.ollg. I, as a celebrated Catalogue, had much to go through with ere I learnt that which I teach now in the illustrated . edition, the official edition, the French edition, the (lemma edition, and the twopenny edition. I call myself a celee' prated Catalogue, and I consider myself a work of great importance. My father, the Exhibition, certainly begot in me an illustrious um, who shall hand down hie name for the refreshment of posterity. My mother, the Committee, by whom 1 was brought forth, has, I think, brew A...aid:only rewarded for her pains. There would have been a visible blank in the world's binary if I had not been bees. Oa matters of business it is well known that ray manner of speaking is extremely terse; FM none of your diffuse Catalogues that quote poetry out of unpublished manu scripts, or out of Scott, and have as many explanations to make as ministers when parliament is sitting, or av turtle doves who have wounded one another's feeling', and desire to re-establish peace. I say a great deal, to be sure, but then there is a great deal in what Ido say. Thin being my business habit, and which, as you know fits me uneeme•: manly tight, I fast it a relief sow to thmariir metraint.sair wear something a little easier; something more flowing. In fact, I mean to flow out now into a tide of gossip; to pour into you ear, confidentially, a stream of information on the subject of my early life, and to unbend, if I may say so, to un-eatatugue myself; to loosen myself from the accustomed bondage by which I um compelled to travel only on a certain path. Still it is possible that u confirmed business character, like mine, may slip into the old train. Fund of arithmetic be nature, Walkingame is Byron to me, and my Wordswortfe is lie Morgan. Should these fact peep nut, and should my figures be Arabic, with Ices enter tainment in them than some other Arabian thing., that might be mentioned, you must shrug your shoulders, and say, it's his way; for, after all, what is he but a Catalogue? What but a Catalogue ? No, don't say that, because it sounds it little like depreciation. Now, I cannot utford to be depreciated, because, as it is, my greatness is not fairly understood. Mr. Dando's appetite tier oysters was large, but what would you say at out Mr. Band() when you reached home after dining with that Major Cartwright, whose own notion of a dinner you will find put down in one of Southey's common-place books? Said he to the young poet, •• I make only two cuts of a leg of mutton. The first takes all that is on one side ; the second, all that is on the other. Atter that, I put the bone across my knife to get the marrow." The epic grandeur of Major Cartwright's dinner, with its two sublime cuts, would put out of your mind the lesser lyric of a Dando, though nineteen dozen of natives should give .'eteet to his performance. 'rite clatter going tin about that horrid Exhibition building keeps me, I fancy, too much unobserved. It I were to draw another parallel (the term is mathematical, but I am not yet in a state of De-Morgan isation)—were I to draw ;mother parallel, I should allude to the great mountain, Chimborazo, which is said in its first aspect to disappoint all travellers. The enormous magni tude of all surrounding features, dwarfs the chief feature to the mind; there are nu Brighton Dimmer Salisbury Plains at hand, as objects of eomparison. Now, you have made a Chimborazo of the Exhibition, and it towers in Ilydispark, and you are astounded, and you do nut look at the Our rounding elevation.. Call the peak Paxton, if you please; but I tell you that this peak is the centre of a mountain system, which pre sentsgrand and bold heights to your view. Call me a mountain, and my peaks, if you will, you may call Ellis, i'layfair, Tapp (my compilers), Clowes (my printer), and so fort h. Never mind measuring comparative heights. Around Mont Blanc arc many muuutains ; there are many large hills clustering round Snowden. One tied ninkee many ; one wise man makes more ; and 011 e great fact creates around it generally other facts great in thent selves, although less lofty than the centre a ..... nd which they arc collected. In this way lum greet, and what I want to talk to you for now, is this: I want to have my greatness understood. I shall begin by quoting from a high authority, namely, myself; and, when I say myself, I mess the Illustrated Catalogue There I provide you with a little infornuition, ißich I will repeat in a condensed form; and then, with . • much modesty as is comistent with it prolwr is..ii•respect, • " • • . . shall have pride and pleasure in communicating to you sumo additional particular.. In the first place, you arc aware that I am nut one of your ordinary Catalogues; a list of hooks, urspecimens already arranged and ticketed, made in 0 quiet way . by a gentleman who walks among the arti cles in dressing-gown and slippers; than deliberately painted awl revised in presence of the original articles which it is designed to comprphend. No, nothing of the tart. I wit. a Catalogue before the Crystal Palace was all Exhibition. From the north and the south, from the east and the west, my frag ments were brought together in ships, and deposited by postmen at Ilydespark, in ono party-coloured heap. Tah-bd here, Shah Tishou there, Sharps over the water, John Smith at the Antipodes, Oawechuitoo in the Sandwich Islands, Monsieur 'I 011.1111 of Provence, Herr Grubstik of Ileinefet tendurf, Ben Ismael, awl Paskyvitehikutrsky, and 1.1,000 people ;--sleliberately, I say, 14,1100 people, of all climes, all tempera, and all manner of halal at literary onnposition, had to Ills written to, and from each bnd to bo received his of "copy." Melina', thu articles described were sent, or when they were upon the rend, each enntributor WWI ill/plied to for his description of the articles be meant to send. Overwhelming might have het,, the eloquence of Shall TisilllN/ descanting on his caret ; stupi tying might have been the amount given by Meinheer firuhstik ul his case of pipelwails. If no precaution bad been used, I should hove been even a more wonderful thing than I now am; but there would have Len a something fear ful in my composition. I should have been:a monster like that chronicled in Frankenstein. To nbciate this 1111.1111 A ',riot.. 41 forms were supplied to the contributors '•'l' hex• firms which were to he to the Catalogue what the manuscript of an author is to his proposed work, were framed with care, and were accompanied with instructions for tilling them up, which suggested those points on which interesting or im portant information might he supplied, together with thu ticsaiptiec account. There were four varieties, each ap propriated to one of the tour great 444:aims of raw materials, maeltioery, m, factures, and tine arts. The essential characters of these (onus were ' 'par in each section, hut the in.tructien, for tilling thorn up tlilliTtal neerssa rily with the peculiar dilferenceit migiowtett by each owetion. The subjoined lona rutin:tient* that t.ed in sending in dex•riptiun. of machinery, end ft a type of thus WoC/i iu the other bketion, : /.,at .le.rtew at MACHIN. RV toile ...chalky! •• ~ bri-U.41 Name. ---- hats,. -- 114,11.1 {oe. whit h the Eshiblltte sppxr•, wht tber her.. dime?, importer, outon.,'Mlarer, designer, ifll k., ur proprietor. Na l of Attie... DESCILIITIONS. In order to facilitate their classification on sing returned by exhibitor., the forms in the four differeat vetiens were printed in black, blue, red, mid yellow, the latter applying to sculpture and fine art, the ffirmer to raw materials, and the intermediate ones respectively to machinery and manu factures. Every exhibitor was required to send in one of these forms, accompanied with a duplicate in every respect similar to it, and in su doing 1VUN11 , 011.4 with a " receipt for Catalogue forme," which was a guarantee for the recep tion of his goods into the building. A very ;urge number of these forms were printed aid supplied to local rout mates..., and to all exhibitors who applied for them ; tuge• ther with instructions fur tilling them op. Theae I omit. They are well-artieulated skeletons on which to construct a succinct and sufficient description ; general forms like the "rule. ffir taking cases" given to medical students in many of our hospitals. Of the two copies sent in, one NIA held by the Executive Committee; the other placed in the hued* of the compiler, Mr. Yupp. The directions *Mac specified, of course, did give a certain uniformity end a reasonably manage able character to the separate flak. s of the great 'term of description. It is alum to be understood that many of the exhibitors neglected ultimether, ur postponed to the last minute, their answers ; many an swered in their own rambling way, with a gaol dual of self-laudation ; and many who endeavoured to comply with the desires of the executive made a mid mess of their de-eriptions, " unaccustomed as they were to public writ ing." These returned forms had then to ho taken as they came, and reti mil to their respective classes. The climes were thirty in number, and the classifier was Dr. Lyon Mayfair. The forms were then gone through in the compiler's office ; all superfluous matter was as for us pos. CrSSI•II out of them ; knotty sentences acre un raveled as far as time peunitted,and lead grammar mended. The sending out of forms wombat several men for nearly a month ' during which time they bud folded, eneffised , and directed more than fifty thousand printed epistles. Ima not quoting my illustrated edition now, but have begun to gossip, ffir I want to tell you a few odd things more in about my compilation. The must minute information, I know, is welcome, when it concerns any celebrated elm , meter. The office of my compiler was opened in the build ing in Hyde-park, on 21st of January, 1841, with a stag composed of the compiler-in-chief, and three aidva . de-plume. After the lapse of a few weeks, this number was increased by one, and remained then fixed until the middle of April, when it was further increased. Six indi viduals then worked on with occasional all until the cud I of May; when five, or less, were found to he sufficient, and in the beginning of July all compilation duty Ceilit The returns of exhibitors front divers parts began to meet each other in the compiler's office towards the end of Janu ary. As they came, they were sorted into sections, and arranged alphabetically. Then they were re-examined to ascertain how many had neglected to bring duplicates ; and duplicates were made in the office to supply all such deli cienciss. For a third time, the returns were then examined, in order to compare them with a list of the proposed extu biters; and not a few supernumerary papers, sent on Teen. halos, were in this way detected and cast ant, Zits Ll LEISILERS' AUSTRIAN FURNITURE. TILE 'MAAS I'M-ROOM. The walls of this drawing-room are not decorated, but are simply covered with cloth of a light-green ardour, pleasing to the eye, Lind well adapted to the gorgeous style of the furniture exhibited. Thu massive machine flooring, entirely of oak wood, is extremely beautiful wad perfect in its execution. This, as well as the other floorings exhibited by Messrs. Leistler and Son still look as welt as if they had just come from the mu nufsctory, although, since the opening of the Exhibitisn, some hundreds of thousands of feet have passed over the m• In the middle of the saloon is it large round table, eight feet and a halt in diameter, made of Courbarit wood. This wood, which mites front the Br is of an extreme fineness, but at the same time very hard, and is vs ry rarely made use of by the manufacturers of furniture on that account. We believe that in the whole Exhibition there is no other furniture of laze made of Courbaril wood, with the exception, perhaps, of some few objects of very small dimensions. The legs of this table are all executed in moving lines, which, forming groups of flowers, join in the centre. The design is original, and of considerable elegance. There is another and smaller table with one pedestal, massive, and with arahesquss which form supporters to the table. These arabesques are grouped with much taste, and although they are dif f erent in all their parts, they everywhere 'assent to view a uniform outline. There are several small oval, round, and pillar tables, three wooden sofas, four richly carved sum-chairs, and fourteen other chairs well adapted to such a saloon. The most striking object in this saloon is a moving picture shelf (:foy.'re a tableaux), about nine feet high, with splen did carvings, consisting of twisted serpents. The pedestal is embellished by three pretty figures, upon which are re posiug three small tables, destined for miniatures, family portrait', small oil paintings, ivory statutes, sic. The three tables may b, moved at will, in order to obtain any re quires' light; the pedestal, also may be moved with tlic greatest ease.—.l/ornev Chrosside. A piece of sculpture, already referred to, has been added to the American compartment in the Crys tal Palace. The artist has selected for his subject the hero of one of Mr. Charles Diekens' most popular tales, and, us some say, his happiest production—Oliver Twist. The helpless, friendless boy, is represented in a sitting, and partly recumbent, picture, his arm bandaged, and looking worn and wan with pain end fatigue. The figure is, upon the whole, a meritorious work of art, and we think that the idea of the author has been accurately comprehended and successfully embodied in a visible form by the statuary•. It belongs nut to idealised or poetic sculpture, hut is a faithful presentment of one of those chill and stern realitit s so often seen in common life. We advise discriminating visitors to pause at this spot awhile, and spare from the gorgeous aids to luxury that surround them, a glance upon the effigy of poverty and privation in the person of the for lorn and neglected Oliver. The sight would recal to them not only the dark scenes described by Dickens in the life of the parish buy, but it is nut unlikely than the emblem would conjure up in the minds of some a recollection of the life like hut painful pictures of Crabby. The statue is from the chisel of Mr. Hughes, of Boston, United States. The carriages of American manufacture are well worthy attentive examination. The first characteristic which would strike an untravelled Englishmau with surprise in viewing these vehicles is their extreme lightness, and the apparent incompetency of the 'deader asks, and the thin spokes and narrow tires of the wheels to encounter the rough work of Transatlantic roads. We were assured, however, that they traversed their course with impunity, surmounting all ob i stashes, even some nearly high enough to touch the axles, by the combination of that very lightness with toughness of timber and iron, and solidity of workmanship. Our attention was particularly attracted by one carriage, which, to all outward :ippearance,was a phaeton on four wheels, and with a hood, built for the accommodation of two persons only, but with a stand projecting behind on a level with the base of the body, as if for the tiger in attendance. By an fin genious contrivance, however, the body of the vehicle is slid I I back to the hinder extremity of the aforesaid stand, and front bcueath the seat another seat is drawn forward towards the splash-board, and by this simple action, not occupying more than two minutes, the vehicle becomes capable of accommodating four persons with ample room fur sitting. This carriage is called by the American builders a slide top buggy, although, as we have said, it bears much more resenthlauce to the English idea of a phaeton than to that lumbering jogging vehicle, handed and two-wheeled, so many of which, in years amine, rumbled along Lundou street, and fort the euphonious designation of buggy. They were often the property of ltpothettries iu moderately gourd practice, until supers -tied by that pattern of a one-hstce chariot long popularly known and described as the " Ism , " and they funned the model tier the build of the first hackney-cabs that plied tar public hire, to the great horror and dismay of the Jarvies, an ancient race, which became extinct probably about the same era as the Charlies. Amongst the recent arrivals front the United States, is a species of moss, large quantities of which are found in wild parts of the Mississippi, hanging to the tress in masses, rea.ohing solo lilacs the size of a man. When subjected to a baking process and other operations, it presents the ap pearance of horse-hair, and, being equally tidootie, is Whored us a cheaper substitute for that material as stuffing fur mat tresses cushions, and shoilar purposes, the line': at which it could he mole up Liug estimated at about one-third the cost of horsehair. In the United States division is also exhibited a compass, on a new principle, by Mr. J. IC St. John, professing to re medy the deficiency of the cid compass in not showing the variations of the needle, and to mark those variations at all times, under all circumstances, and whether arising from local or artificial causes. The means he uses to ac complish that object may be briefly stated as two asteroids, one being electrically charged positively and the other ne i gatively, marking the variations upon the segments of circles beneath them. The instrument, we hear, has been submitted to the Admiralty, and will 110 doubt receive the attention of scientific moon ; but it would be, of course, im possible to pronounce an opinion upon the invention on a cursory inspection, or even to describe it so as to be popu larly intelligible. THE PATENT SODA-WATER APPARATUS of Mr. Cox, who shows his machinery at work at the Exhibition, and very liberally distributes among the bystanders the aerated waters produced by it, attracts much attention. The appl, rains exhibited is capable of producing .Wll gallons, or sixty five gross of soda water in ten hours, without the use of steam power. The principal point in connection with the ' machine is an apparatus for generating or disengaging the carbonic acid gas with which the water or other liquid is to be impregnated, and by which the exhibitor is enabled to impregnate it to any required extent, in order to impart to it the sparkling properties of an aerated liquid, without the aid of force pumps or other mechanical means of pressure. This is accomplished by connecting the vessel which contains the sulphuric, hydrochloric, or other acids employed, with the generator, by means of a pipe, in such a manner that there shall be an equal pressure of gas above and below the acid, when, by means of a tap or valve, any requisite quan tity of acid may be admitted during the operation ; by this MeaUll the pressure of the gas can be increased to any desired extent, and sustained for any length of time. By this arrangement the necessity fur a force pump, or other mechanical means of pressure, is entirely obviated. Such is the power of this machine, that eighteen gallons of water or other liquid can be impregnated with an excess of carbonic gas at a pressure of from 300 to 40016. per square inch, in from fifteen to twenty minutes. The cylinders of the ma chine in the Exhibition are constructed of the best descrip tion of metal, and well put together, or there is nu doubt that they would long since have yielded to the force of the gas ; and many of the spectators, when they are informed by the attendant that the pressure is 80, 90, or 10016. te the square inch, very naturally feel somewhat uneasy in the presence of a confined agent of such power. We under stand, however, that there is no ground for apprehension, as the cylinders have been tested fax beyond that amount of pressure