The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1862.

and dressed leather, saddlery, harper, and whips
and in this section one firm exhibits • haudiom!
trophy. ,
The photographic section--Class fourteen—which
is under the direction of Mr. P. Ls Neve Foster,
M.A., divides the space of the central tower with
the educational department. It may almost be said
to form a new class, for although the Talbotype
paper process was shown in 1851, the collodion
process was not invented until the middle of that

year.
The old difficulty of defining the position of
photography has been felt by the commissioners and
the committee, and the result is that it is allowed
to hover over the confines of art, more as an
attendant than as a companion.
The most striking objects for general observers
will doubtless be the full-length portraits enlarged
to the size of life ; and of these several exhibitors
have sent specimens.
The collection of coloured photographs and
miniatures isvery fine, and also the portraits of
" men of the time." Rejlander's composed pic-
tures, or subjects where a figure is taken from one
canvas, a tree from another, and a building from
a third, and combined in one high art whole, are
very interesting, and show what may be done with
photography, either in a serious or a comic vein.
Classes fifteen, twenty-eight, and thirty-eight (a),
comprising borological instruments, paper, sta-
tionery, printing, and bookbinding, and art designs
for manufactures—the latter illustrative of British
art from 1762 to 1862—are under the superin-
tendence of Mr. J. Leighton, F.S.A.
In horology, the greatest novelties are Unproved
designs rather than new movements, though several
clocks are exhibited constructed to go more than
twelve months. One exhibitor sends an astrono-
mical clock, impelled by gravitation, which requires
no oil to the escarnient ; and another exhibitor
has sent a clock which shows the time and longi-
tude at important places. A large number of
electro-magnetic clocks are exhibited, with some
mercurial time-pieces, some steam or speed clocks,
a geographical clock, showing the time throughout
the world, and a new balance constructed to resist
all extremes of temperature. Under what may be
called the fine arts of watchmaking, many manu-
facturers exhibit some very rich examples of
heraldic enamelling and engraving.
In chromo-lithograpby great progress has been
made during the same period in the imitation—
almost in the reproduction—of water-colour draw-
ings • and the improvement in steam printing and
woodis blocks is almost as great.
The publishers of London show together in a
collective case, where may be seen some of the most
, luxurious volumes produced by the leading houses.
The reprint of the first edition of Shakespeare, the
Bibles of Bagater and Spottiswoode, are also in this I
collection.
The specimens of bookbinding, both in hand-
tooling and blocking (for which England is un-
rivalled) are very fine, particularly publishers'
bookbinding, which has had the advantage of the
best art. The designs of Mr. John Leighton, the
superintendent, are very numerous in this depart-
ment.
The art designs for manufactures comprise a fine
collection of drawings and models in all depart-
ments of art industry capable of reproduction.
Designs for glass and ceramic wares, precious and
other metals, furniture and carving, plastic deco-
rations, and other objects in relief ; also designs'
for textile fabrics, paper-hangings, mural decors-1
lions, tiles, mosaics, inlays, stained, 'stinted, and
decorated glass, &c., are freely exhibited, and also
a number of original illuminations.
Class sixteen, comprising musical instruments, is
under the management of Mr. C. Booed, and it pro-
miss to be as popular in 1862 as it was in 1851.
Grand pianos are exhibited, some remarkable for
the beauty of their cases, others for the richness
of their tone, and they are well supported by every
variety of stringed and wind instruments. An oak
piano of the time of Charles the First is shown,
and an historical series of pianos, from the old
harpsichord—the favourite of our great-grand-
mothers—down to the improved instrument of the
present day. In one part of this collection is a self-
blowing harmonium, the wind for which is supplied
by clockwork ; in another part is a grout of Eolian
harps, and in another corner is a double bass with
a remarkably ingenious apparatus for producing
enharmonic scales of harmonics. Many valuable
improvements in the mechanism of pianos are ex-
hibited, and the inner machinery of these domestic
instruments is shown from the first stage to the
last. An oblique piano, with a new action, is a
novelty in its way, and also some metal bag-pipes
suitable for tropical climates. A new music time-
keeper is worthy of notice ; also an omnitonic flute,
adjustable at will to any key, and the central object
of attraction to listeners rather than to sightseers
is the orchestrion, or self-acting organ, which fairly
imitates the melody of a full orchestra.
Class seventeen is devoted to the exhibition of
surgical instruments and appliances. In the list of
exhibitors in this class will be found the names of
nearly all the important instrument makers of
England ; and the objects exhibited will show how
much ingenuity and skill can be exercised in the
invention of instrument; to aid the surgeon in
removing disease and in diminishing suffering and
distortion. The superintendence of this class has
been given to Mr. 'riser, F. R.C.S. ; and it may be
advisable to state that whereas in 1851 surgical
instruments were comprehended under " philoso-
phical instruments," they now worthily form a
special class of their own.
The textile division of the Exhibition—compris-
ing classes eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one,
twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, and twenty
seven—is under the management of Mr. George
Wallis.
These classes include cotton, flax and hemp, silk
and velvet, woollen, worsted, and mixed fabrics
generally ; carpets, woven, spun, fitted and laid
fabrics shown as specimens of printing and dyeing ;
tapestry, lace and embroidery, and articles of
clothing.
The textile fabrics of the United Kingdom are
located in the south-eastern gallery, and thus oc-
cupy one-half of the space on the south side of the
great nave, the other half being devoted to foreign
productions. The arrangements commence with
the class for printing and dyeing (Clams twenty-
three), and in Oda the productions of Manchester
and Glasgow form the leading features, and in
combination with the printed table-covers and ban-
dannas of the London houses, constitute the staple
of the exhibits, the illustrations of dyeing not
being very numerous. Cotton manufactures suo-
coed, and in this class, too, the manufactures of
Manchester and Glaagow with the sewing threads
of Leicester, Paisley, and Huddersfield, constitute
the leading features.
In the cross gallery leading from the gallery next
the nave to that along the north wall of the picture
gallery, lace, tapestry, and embroidery (Class
twenty-four) are placed. Nottingham, London,
and Dublin are here effectively represented by a
remarkable display of lace goods of all kinds and
qualities. The productions of hand lace-workers
of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and North-
amptonshire, are also located here.
The important class of woollens, worsted, and
mixed fabrics (Class twenty) is arranged along the
remainder of the gallery next tbe nave, and con-
tinued to the eastern dome, and thence along the
cross gallery next the south-eastern transept The
manufactur,s of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the
West of Er gland, and the Metropolis, occupy spire
to the staircase at the side of the dome ; Norwich
fabrics being placed across the angle of the gallery,
and at the back the poplins of Dublin and the
shawls of Paisley. Glasgow manufactures in this
class are plased next the transept, and the coarser
woollens and mixtures of Scotland, together with
the blankets and flannels of Rochdale and Witney,
and a collection of yarns from various quarters,
complete the arrangements of this department.
Class nineteen—linen, flax, and hemp manufao-
tnres—follows woollens ; the coarser fabrics, with
cordage, mats, Ace., being placed in the remaining
portion of the cross gallery, and a portion of the
gallery against the north wall of the picture saloons.
'Lire, and nu the western aide just named, the fine
fabrics of linen, damasks, Ac., are to be found,
finishing with a very extensive display from the
north of Ireland.
The silk manufactures of Great Britain have

rangement.
War in all its branches may be studied in an
inspection of Colonel Shafto Adair's model of Lon-
don with its projected lines of defence for the great
city, and also in the model of Fort Torr by Colonel
Harness, with Captain Ducane's details of the same
fortification. There are other fine models, all
deserving minute inspection ; not the least interest-
ing is one of the Crimean Monument, by Captain
Brine, Royal Engineers.
In Class twelve there is a beautiful series of
models, lent by the Lords of the Admiralty, illus-
trative of the progress in the construction of naval
architecture from the time of the Great Harry,
1514, to the iron-clad frigate the Warrior. There
is another large model of the Warrior, placed in
the nave. Next to the Queen line-of-battle ship
is to be seen a fine model of the Northumberland,
illustrating prospective progress—a splendid iron-
cased frigate of that name being now under con-
struction on a larger scale than even the present
wonder of the day, the Warrior. In this class are
to be found many new inventions contrived to meet
the apparent difficulty of keeping these leviathan
ships' heads in the desired direction in rough
weather.
The National Lifeboat Institution exhibits some I
interesting models of boats for improving this
humane branch of the naval service.
The commissioners of the Trinity House, of the '
Northern Lights, Edinburgh, and of the Ballast
Board, Dublin, are exhibiting some very interest-
ing, handsome models of the danger bosoms of
our isles, many of them originating in the
scientific zeal of his late Royal Highness the Prince
Consort.
There is also exhibited a splendid model of the
American system of boat building by machinery.
This is a process by which we can obtain a boat
ready for use, of any dimensions, turned out com-
plete from the log of timber at a few hours' notice.
There are modelis of ships for steam under as
well as over the water ; gun-boats and floating
batteries, penetrable and impenetrable ; ships for
commerce, and ships for war—in fact, naval archi-
tecture with all its appliances may be here studied
by the most critical and scientific.
Classes thirteen, twenty-five, and twenty-six are'
under the superintendence of Mr. C. R. Weld.
The first class (philosophical instruments, and the
processes depending on their use) comprises all de-
scriptions of philosophical and optical instruments.
electric telegraph apparatus, including M. Caaelli's
pantagraph, which transmits autographic messages,
thereby avoiding all risk of error, models of en-
gines, &c. Amongst the exhibitors are all I
the celebrated makers of instruments, and many I
private gentlemen. The great improvements and
numerous inventions in electric telegraphy during
the past ten years are strikingly shown by the
various new instruments exhibited by the Universal '
Private Telegraph, the British and Irish, the Sub-
marine, and other telegraph companies. Mr.
Wheatstone's ingenious and beautiful domestic
telegraphs are shown iu working order, and many
inventions and contrivances to utilise this valuable
discovery are to be seen in this class.
Class twenty-five (skins, far, feathers, and hair)
is very full and complete, every branch of those
special trades being well represented. The eentral
object of attraction in this section will, oubtless be
the great oetrioh-feather trophy, d another
smaller trophy of hair work.
Class twenty-six comprises all kinds of unarmed

been located spinet the north wall of the picture mented couch or divan, for public use. Thc aides
gallery • and a complete collective display of nearly are protected by l
centre division
iona of cast iron, the size of life,
every clam of silk goods manufactured in Londoe, placed on pedestals of granite. Ita
Macclesfield, and Manchester, together with the is surmounted by the imperial arms, and is deco-
ribbods of Coventry and the spun silks and thrown rated with flags. The entrances on either side
silks of Leek and Derby, forms one of the great have chandeliers in bronze and gilt, inlaid with
features of the textile division. crystals. The diameter of these chandeliers is six
The class for clothing (Class twenty-seven)— feet. The four main columns of the portico entrancefrom
divided into four sub-classes, viz., hate, millinery are hung with carpets of various exhibitors
and artificial flowers, general clothing, and boots Aubusson and Pans.
and shoes—has been arranged in the extreme angle Along the entire length of the corridors, on either
of the south-eastern transept gallery. aide, is space for exhibitors' goods, divided off by a
Passing from the flax and hemp manufactures, light fencing of cast iron. Here are exhibited
boots and shoes are placed along the south end of carpets of various kinds, and furniture in ebony and
the transept ; next to these, gloves and hosiery, other woods—eome of particularly light and fan-
and the variety of articles coming under the head testae design. The corridors are m some parts en-
of general clothing. Millinery and artificial tidied with paintings, and at intervals are menu-
flowers, and finally, bats and caps, complete mental mantelpieces in carved wood, bronze, and
the arrangements to the end of the gallery next to ; marble, which occupy the central space of the oor-
the eastern dome• riders, like trophies in the nave.
It may be, perhaps, well to remark here that the The French exhibition generally will show a great
most defective parts of the textile division are those advance upon 1851, and a considerable advance
of calico printing and cotton manufactures. Neither upon 1855. It is probable that the Treaty of Com-
of the displays conveys a fair ides of the extent and mere° will not have been without influence on this
importance of these industries ; and although every display. Many manufacturers who make no sign
exertion was made consistent with the functions are those who, right or wrong, believe the treaty to
imposed upon her Majesty's Commissioners, to be against their interests, while those to whom the
insure a properrepresentation in these two branches treaty is undoubtedly beneficial have made the
of our national industry, printers and manufac- greatest exertions to be worthily represented.
turers did . not move sufficiently in the matter About four thousand exhibitors have come for-
until it was too late, as, according to the early ward from the empire and its colonies (the colo-
demands in each class, the spaces had to be mien claiming nearly a thousand), of whom nearly
allotted in the mans at a comparatively early date. one-half show under the head of raw produce.
This practically excluded many producers who at a The machinery section is well filled by at least
later period made proposals to exhibit, seven hundred exhibitors, and manufactures are
The Educational section—Class twenty-nine—has in the hands of more than fourteen hundred exhi-
been planed under the superintendence of Mr. biters. The whole display is remarkable for
the
the
J. G. Fitch, M.A. number of collective exhibitions, especially in
The collection, though somewhat heterogeneous, wine and food class, more than forty of these
contains some noteworthy objects. One recess on being sent from various departments of the conn-
the north side of the room is devoted to the ex- try. Amongst the special exhibitions are the
hibition of a collection of the most recent text- forest products of the Landes ; a collection of
books and manuals employed in teaching. Another essays on the food of birds ; a collection of French
contains—besides many miscellaneous articles of mammalia and birds both useful and mischievous; •
school furniture—an interesting collection of models an exhibition of oak wood for ships ; a geological
illustrative of the system pursued in reformatory and botanical collection ; the results of the labours
achnol% and a beautiful model of one of the school- of the Society of Acclimatization ,• and a number
houses on the Philanthropic Society's farm kt Red- of paintings of animals and plants for forage.
hill. In the adjacent bay, which is wholly occu- The agricultural implements of France are shown
pied by materials and models employed in teaching in a collective exhibition, and also the wines of
drawing, the Department of Science and Art ex- Champagne and Burgundy, the wines and brandies
hibits a complete series of the copies employed in of Montauban, and cereals and farinaceous grain.
the instruction of pupils in the Government Schools A collective display of ornamental and general
of Design• leather work is very interesting ; the textile fabrics
The small court in the north-east corner of the edu- are rich and numerous ; art-furniture, china, and
rational department is entirely devoted to the illus- glass fill prominent places •, and the Goliath) and
tration of methods employed in teaching the blind. Beauvais tapestries have not been forgotten.
Here will be found specimens of all kinds of em- Germany generally will be well represented both
bossed or raised type, of writing and ciphering by Austria and the Zollverein (or German Free
frames, of musical notation, and of maps in relief. Trade Union), through nearly 5,000 exhibitors. Morten yeah ego, day for day, the brightest
A very beautiful embossed globe, used in the School Austria will make a great display of raw produce, and kindliest of May mornings shone on the busiest
of the Indigent Blind, adorns the centre of this exhibiting rock and table salts (of which it pro- and mightiest of cities. Some half a million of
recess ; while specimens of the work done in various duces 400,000 tons annually), saltpetre, mercury, happy human beings were moving betimes with
blind asylums are displayed on the walls and on and coal, with some valuable geological maps. Its one accord to make festival, and to do homage to
the screens. In the arrangement of the articles in grain display will form an important part of the the geniis of Peace, enshrined in a temple that
this division, the superintendent has had the ad- show along with a variety of vegetable prod= °-
might have risen like an exhalation--• fantuy of
vantage of the assistance of Viscount Cranborne, beetroot sugar, wine, flax, wool raw silk,
Mr. Edmund C. Johnson, and the Rev. B. G. Johns, woods. Hungary will hold the 'first position in light and air. In sunlight and soft airs, and all
chaplain of the Blind Asylum, who have taken great the food and vegetable produce classes. the blooming promise of the spring, it was said to
interest in the selection of the articles, and to The machinery display from Austria is small— be a May day of the old time, when the Seasons
whom all the credit of the arrangement is due. distance having imposed obstacles in the way of its had a character to lose, and no Weather Office to
The walls of the apartment are covered with transport, but a novelty is expected in the shape
The heavens
take note of their aberrations
maps and diagrams, of which the most conspicuous of a mountain locomotive, with a very high rate .
is a gigantic map of the British Isles. of speed, and a power of overcoming any difficulties joyou y,
smiled, the earth beaked • al and all the
Classes thirty, thirty-three, thirty-four, and of ascent short of an actual defiance of gravitation. influences conspired in a benediction on the
thirty-five, under the management of Mr. J. B. In manufactures we may expect a tine show of good and gracious work. Nature looked
Waring, consist of furniture, paper-hanging, and woollen cloths ; a good collection of cutlery from radiant with happy auguries, and the voice
other wall decorations ; works in the precious Upper Austria ; some rare and valuable musical of a
metals and jewellery ; pottery and glass of every instruments, and some interesting works in leather people whose loyalty is affection Pte'
metals
In class thirty, the well-known and turnery, which are already popular in this flounced it a "Queen's day." For it was not
d occasion, but unique, without pre-
names of all the leading manufacturers guarantee country. The glass manufactories of Bohemia will merely • gr"
a first-rate exhibition. About two thousand five be particularly well represented, and it is expected oedent, and destined to be without a parallel For
hundred square feet are set apart for contributors that this part of the display will show a decided ad- it was the first of grand international festivals of
in the Mediaeval style, and are filled with a series vanes upon 1851 and 1855. industry, and the next, however brilliant and
of remarkable works, illustrating the great advance The Zollverein is determined to !make its mark complete, could only be a copy. It was a day so
made in this particular branch of art since the in the mining and engineering classes ; and it has,
formation of te/diseval Court, in the first Ex- therefore, sent a remarkable steel casting from -
full of triumphs and felicities that the hero.' of it
hibition of 1851. might well feel something of Übe. sadness of all
Krupp's factory in Westphalia, a cannon of cut-
The arrangement of this court was carried out steel from the same quarter, and a locomotive mortal conquerors. So true is it that the cup of
by Mr. Barges and Mr. Slater. engine from one of the 'but workshops in Berlin. all mortal joy brims with tears. There is always
In class thirty-five the leading firms are bent on A series of models, showing the size and shape something in extreme content that strikes the
surpassing all former efforts ; some with majolica of ploughs in every century, exhibited by • learned thoughtful with a religious dread—a sense of
and Pslissy ware, encaustic tiles, and a frieze by professor of Wirtemberg, promises to be very in- the unrem,initig,
Lucca dells Robbie ; others with pariah and chins, teresting. the unreturning, the passing
away. Perhaps without this deep and clinging
from designs by Durham, Marochetti, Monti, The textile fabrics from these States will inclune . this heart
of all
pomp,
Foley, Gibson, and ManthelL One of the foun- a good display of silk, woollen, worsted,linen,and melancholy, which lies at the
tains is a triumph of ceramic art, and the china settee fabrics, and the show of hosiery is expected and festivals, the celebration of to-day would lose
trophy in the main avenue is a worthy pendant to to be very strong. Varnished leather work, works all the poignancy of emotion, all its dignity and
one by another exhibitor. One firm contributes in the precious metals, jewellery and ornaments • charm.
the main feature of the court itself, which contains porcelain from the royal manufactories at Berlin However this may be, it is difficult for those
evidence also of the energy and advancing taste and Meissen • large ornamental works in bronze who were present at that marvellous scene
of the principal firms of the Staffordshire potte- from Berlin and Hanover ; and specimens of high
ries. Every description of glen is well repre- printing, will add to the effect of this section of the in Hyde-park to welcome a second great In-
vented in Claw thirty-four, ana in the stained-glass Exhibition. Amongst the collection of chased and termitional Exhibition with unmixed rcing.
gallery, and the great northern windows of the east embossed silver works will be found the wedding This is no vulgar holiday to be hailed with
and west transepta, the old and the younger rising present given to his Royal Highness the Crown boisterous acclamations. Who has not ex-
firms bear witness to the great progress made during Prince of Prussia =dale Princess Royal by the city perienced the difficulty and the danger of
the last ten years in elaborate stained-glass of Berlin ; and amongst the photographs will lea
attempting to repeat some happy circumstance
compositions, secular as well as eocleaisetical. Two portrait, life size, of his Royal Highness Prince the
The result is almost inevitable failure. What
handsome trophies of glee are placed in the nave. of Wales, taken on hiz journey to the Holy Land.
Classes thirty-seven and ten (e), the one consisting Holland and Belgium will show through about the ancients called the "envy of the gods" was
of architectural designs and models, the other of twelve hundred exhibitors in most of the industrial not all a fable. How many have there been in that
large works remarkable for architectural merit, classes. The food display forms the backbone of Palace of Industry at South Kensington to-day,
such as church doors, altars, pulpits, &c., both the Exhibition from the first country, although fur-
under the charge of Mr. Waring, will, perhaps more niture, iron and general hardware, and paper and ship that surround them, amidst all the dazzling
than any other classes in the Exhibition sustain printing, have not been forgotten. Pipes and . .
the well-deserved reputation of our countrymen in tobacco, of course, have an hoceured place, in spite visions and enthralling sounds, who have not with
the art of architecture. If this art is not so at- of the strict orders of her Majesty's commissioners, a secret and sudden pang paused to look and
tractive to the public generally as the more easily forbidding anything in the shape of such indul- listen for some faces and voices gone and silent for
appreciated arts of painting, sculpture, and decora- genies. BelEtum is particularly strong in its iron evert Surely, to the thoughts and memories of
ton, it will be acknowledged by all connoisseurs, display, and the mineral products shown by the her has been one great Absence present,
foreign and English, to be that in which we exhibit Ministry of Public Works at Brussels. About the bitter sense of which, at the moment when the
works of pre-eminent excellenoe. eighty apprentice schools have sent samples of .e
In Classes six, thirty-one, thirty-two, and thirty- cotton and linen manufactures, and the Belgian go- musi was most thrilling and the "feast of the eyes"
six,—oomprising carriages, iron and general hard- vernment also exhibits silk and velvet goods, and most enchanting, rushed upon these art like an
ware, steel and cutlery, and unclassed manufac- woollen and mixed fabrics. The show of lace pro- icy wind in summer. Many were thinking then
tares,—which are Under the management of Mr. milks to be very fine. of one widowed LADY, to whom the bright May
T. A. Wright—the display has much of an art Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, each and all morning seemed doubly dark as she journeyed to her
character. The prominent features in fClasses promise to do well for the extreme north of Europe, lonely home in the North, remembering it may be
thirty-one and thirty-two--placed in the south end through between eleven and twelve hundred exhi-
how eleven years ago she stood upon the dais and
of the south-eastern transept—are the screen for biters. The collection from Denmark will be spread
Hereford Cathedral ; Bessemer's; specimens of his thinly over about thirty-two classes, food and fur_ received the Report of the Royal Commission from
patent steel (a new product since 1851) ; a new niture standing prominent ; Sweden will shine moat one who should have been the hero of to-day I
peal of bells, which are so made that they may be in a collection of woods and metals, nearly half of If comfort can be found for that gracious
chimed by a child ignorant of music ; and a large its exhibitors (between two and three hundred) LADY, it should be found in the thought that to-
eless trophy, to which two firms have contributed being in the raw material section ;and Norway day the good work his death has consecrated as
elaborate specimens of ornamental metal work ; sends a small but interesting collection, in which
the testament of a noble life is accomplished in
and two others, equally elaborate specimens of clothing holds the chief place. Perhaps the most
mediaeval metal work. Several separate courts and notable production from the latter country amongst the spirit and according to the purpose of the good
' collections in this section are worthy centres of the food classes will be some curious cereals from Parma who wen c
alledald to his reward before the
attraction. Finmarken, grown in the latitude of 70 degrees labour of the day one.
The Birmingham contribution to this collection north. His saltem. Let us now do our duty to the
contains a very complete representation of the vs.- Russia is well represented in furs
"-a
cereals, living, and join in celebrating another proud epoch
rious articles in metal for which the town and dile and in a collection of minerals sent by one of the
in
trict has so long been celebrated. public administrations of the country. Amongst the am& of our free, peaceful, and laborious
The collection in the Sheffield and Rotherham other curiosities it has sent a valuable sealskin England. Let us bid a cordial and respectful
court—under Class thirty-one—comprises stove carpet. Its largest division of exhibitors will show welcome to all our guests from beyond the narrow
grate*, fenders, fire-irons, hot-air stoves, kitchen in the wine and food class, and in the class for seas, and express the hope that they may return
ranges, ornamental iron work consisting of hat animal and vegetable substances used in menu- home with a strengthened faith in the energetic
stands, ballusters, eke, manufactured by most of factures. Under machinery it will have a good virtues of DOWD and liberty, and with no worse
the firms who exhibited in the Exhibition of 1851. display of carriages, and its strong numerical point•
opinion of "these Wanders " than they brought
A portion of this court is occupied by Britannia. in manufacture* will be found in the skins, furs,
to our shores
rectal goods, brass goods, consisting of high- feathers, leather, and articles of clothing. Its . This will depend, no doubt, in
pressure taps, cocks, hydrants, ha display of mosaics, china, and works of art will be some measure on our own behaviour, though
Passing over the objects in the Colonial depart- very fine. Its industrial exhibitors will number at we cannot with the very best intentions make
meet, but only for a time, we now come to the least 650. the sojourn ameng us as agreeable as we could
foreign half of the Exhibition, and it is impossible, Switzerland has between 400 and 500 exhibitors, wish to strangers who have not taken the
trouble
within the limits of this summary, to do more than who will show in about thirty-three classes. Its
give an outline of this important section. display of clocks and watches will be extensive, bit—uble to learn our language. Yet we can all
The French court and its approaches form a per- it promises no mechanical novelty.; in fact, not and each do our best to gain credit at least
fect exhibition of themselves undisturbed by any above four improvements on ending " move- for good manners. We can most of us in our
jarring tints or effects produced by unsympathetic marts" will be exhibited in this class throughout private and personal relations add at least
neighbours. Everything that human ingenuity, the building. one stone to that temple of international
money, and taste can produce, is exhibited in this The Song. Y
Europe is wonderfully well repre- peace and emits which it may be the
court, and it will be from no want of energy if seated by Spain and Portugal in the wine sod food happiness , of the twentieth century to him.
they fail to carry off the first prize. Our great class. Out of 2,200 exhibitors from those twin
industrial rivals are determined to give us a royal countries, more than one-half make a display of Prate- We can all be civil, generous, attentive,
entrance to their kingdom within a kingdom. The creature comforts. These comforts have a very considerate, if we cannot all be dispensers of hoe-
entrance
of their court, which they have erected in wide range, both in fluids and solids ; and amongst pitility, or entertainers. e
tc n all bear in mind
the nave, is of cast-iron, and manufactured by the latter there will be almost everything from
X. Barbarat. It forms a corridor seventeen feet acorn-coffee to sausages•during the next four deaths hat ia order to pro-
Portugal promises to mote the peaceful and friendly intercourse of the
in breadth, twenty-five feet in height, and extend- show some fine modelling in wax ; and Spain one
nations, ,_,Tichini Englishmen, Frenchmen,
Mg east and west one hundred and fifty feet, exhibitor of machinery. Mai
theentire length of the French court. The per- Italy and Rome will be represented by more than mans, Italians, and the rest, should seize the op-
tico in the centre has three divisions between four 2,000 exhibitors, showing almost everything except portunity of cultivating one another's friendship and
leading columns. The east and west divisions, 10 naval architecture. The promise made at the good-will. In this regard it may be said that any
feet in width, are entrances to the Exhibition. Florence Exhibition of last year will be kept at good turn which an Englishman may do one of his
The centre division, 12 feet wide, is backed by a this, and in raw produce, machinery, manufactures, •
roreign• guests is twice blest. Many of our °en-
noble sheet of spotless plate glass perfectly trans- and the fine arts, a vigorous attempt will be made
tinental Mends travel go little, and are so little
parent, manufactured at St. Globate. The dictum- to win the nee.
learned in
rious of this glass are 10} feet broad by 16k feet Greece is well represented by about 300 exhi- any other language than their own,
high. At the foot of the glass is a richly orate biters, who show chiefly raw produce ; Turkey has that even a sojourn among a people whose per-

sent a small but interesting collection ; Tunis de-
clines to exhibit, because it was to be placed under
the management of the Turkish oommiasioners ;
and Egypt bas sent its goods, but at present
has 4iven no account of them. The South
American republics are also very backward,
although they promise to take a good position at
the last moment. America has got about 5,000
square feet of space, and that will be well filled
with useful and ingenious articles. China and
Japan together will cover about 1,400 square feet
of space. The collection from the latter country is
peculiar and extensive ; and the exhibition from
China is chiefly "loot," or spoils taken from that
country during the last war. tie exhibitors num-
ber about twenty-three, and a 000 d collection is
sent by the Hong Kong commission. Porcelain
vaaee, ivory carvings, pictures and jewelled cups,
form the most ornamental part of the display ;
and a mixed collection of Shanghai products the
most useful part.

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