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

THE INDUSTRIAL DISPLAY.

The magnitude of the Industrial Department is
shown by the fact, that of the applications made in
the British section, ten thousand in number, all but
two thousand are included in it.
The demands of the eight thousand industrial
would-be exhibitors, if they had been complied
with, would have swallowed up seven times the
contents of the building, and therefore even the
most sensitive exhibitor will admit that a little
cutting down was necessary. The result of the
winnowing has been that nearly 5,500 British in-
dustrial exhibitors have been chceen, underthe divi-
sions in the following table, to occupy about
388,700 square superficial feet of horizontal space,
including passages :

S-ECIION L-RAW MATERIALS.

♦pproalmate Approximate
No. of Exhibitors. No. of sq. ft.

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£4,400

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SUCTION H.—MACHINERY.
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comotive maims sad car-
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issals l5O 311.80

Perhaps the most generally interesting objects
in the mineral department will be the model of
the celebrated Barrow works near Ulverstone, a
working model from the Durham mines set in
motion by water power, and other models from the
midland counties, and from Lancashire, showing
every feature of this underground branch of
industry.
Class three, consisting of food products, includ-
ing beverages and tobacco, is well represented by
several well-known firms. Many, however, have
hung back, fearing that although the general public
were well contented to consume these substances in
the ordinary way, yet they might not care to see
them ranged on counters as specimens for exhibi-
tion. The collections of dried fruits, tea, coffee,
and cocoas, show that by the exercise of a little
taste and judgment these substances can be made
as gratifying to the eye and mind as they are to the
palate. Although somewhat uninteresting to look
at, the specimens of preserved meat are very nume-
rous, and indicate how much the trade in this
article has increased of late years. A pig cured
whole forms a prominent object in this department.
Series of specimens, contributed by various exhibi-
tory, illustrate the process of sugar-refining in a
very complete and interesting manner. Great
brewers strive for mastery not only in the quality
of their beers, but in the ingenious way they have
each adopted for showing this article. Handsome
eases of pickles and preserves, and cases of confeo-
tionery, form conspicuous objects, round which the
younger portion of the visitors to the building will
form longing groups. The collections of corn and
seeds will afford valuable information to the foreign
and colonial agriculturists.
Class four consists of animal and vegetable sub-
stances used in manufactures. The large tallow and
soap series of products are well represented. These
are very important branches of British manufac-
ture, and we have every reason to be proud of the
display made. The perfumery stalls, with their
tasteful decorations, will form points of attraction
for lady visitors, more especially as there are several
beautifully designed scent fountains in full play.
Further down we oome to some exquisite specimens
of ivory turning ; and the wax-flower show, which
exceeds in extent any that has hitherto taken place,
will be one of the lions of the Exhibition. Some
grateful specimens of basket-work will surprise
even our French friends, who have carried this
manufacture to such perfection.
The three first classes are under the management
of Mr. C. W. Quin, F.C.S.
Classes five, seven, eight, and ten—comprising
railway plant, looomotive engines and carriages,
manufacturing machines and tools, machinery in
general, and civil engineering architectural and
building oontrivanoes—are under the management
of Mr. D. K. Clark, C.E. The fiat three classes,
which include machinery in motion and at rest, are
exhibited in the western annexe. This department
is substantially fitted up to provide steam power,
and the means of transport for heavy materials. A
single line of railway runs from end to end on each
side ; six doable-flue boilers, thirty feet long by
six feet and a half in diameter, are built in at
the north end, communicating with a chimney
which is seventy-five feet high, and which has a
diameter of ten feet at the base. Two hundred
elegant iron columns, of the Doric enter, have been
raised at intervals ten feet apart, sad ten feet high
above the floor, supporting two thousand feet of
shafting, two inches and a half in diameter. Two
thousand feet of steam pipe, having a graduated
diameter from fifteen to eight inches, are laid down
in • bricked subway, or pipe culvert, aide by aide
with two thousand feet of exhaust pipe, eighteen
inches in diameter.
Perhaps the greatest novelties in Class five are