The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-01 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1. 1851.

COMMI LIMES.

Great diffioalties still stand in the way of the
easwat sowaittee of London. No day having yet been fixed
V:7 of appeal., sitpliesaki eolainai 171.toriat later•
Bioko' to besiege the committos room in Cheepside with
all kinds of explaaatione sad rouwastranoes. 8o confitsiag

and vexatious ha this system beams, that the central
committee have decided to moat the *iterative to state a
day after which no appeas will be received. The variety Si
remonstraaoes and appeals hes almost doubled the work of
the secretaries. The Committee for Agricultural Im-
plements still delays the completion of its Monte; and it
is impossible GYM now to Mate as precise number of Loudon
exhibitors. This delay, it may be remarked, cannot be
attributed to the cigars of the Central Committee, who have
worked earnestly end uceessingly, bat is regarded as the
result of the inch ficite period allowed for entering appeals.

A meeting of the Fite Arts Committee assembled at
the Allies*, Office, on Monday afternoon, by which the
basis's' of this important section was brought nearly to a
conclusion. Num.rous claims were brought under the
unsiderationof the committee, and disposed of as the air-

enenstances of the cues demanded. Sir Moms Montane,
Bart, prodded es chairmen of the seirion. There were also
present:—Mr. John Bell, Mtn. H. Burnell, Mr. C. 8..
Cockartll, B. A. (deputy chairman), Sir W. Clay, Bart.
M.P., Rev. S. R. Cattley and Mr. D. W. Wire (hon. seen-
testes), Meson. D. Colnegki, T. Creswiek, LA., J. Davies,
David Roberts, & A. Hart, ft A., G. Gadwie,
Q. &Alm. 3..11. Gowen, W. P. Woodlncton, Heart
Weeks's, Witham The, F.R.S., William Wyss, R.A., James
Wyatt, W. G. Rosen, and T. H. Wyatt.
A cab committee, elisposed of Sir Moses Montefiore,
Bert., Mr. Crane, Mr. Morley, Mr. Maadesley, sod Mr. Tits,
met oleos% the eomenitte•room of the City of London, 62,
Cresplide, on special badness connected with the royal
commission. The meeting was attecded by Mr. Cattleys
one of the hon. secretaries.

Oa Tuesday the Council of Appeal held a session at
the Great Ryna of the Society of Arts, at which Lord
Ashhisitm occupied the chair, and most of the chairmen of

sections were present.

Reid and Dr.

Playfair attended on behalf of the executive committee. The
council eat nearly three hours, sad Jiep nett of • veer ...mount
of :mportant Dulness. Mr. Cattle, attended u honorary
uneaten.

PAPIE 'LAMMING/ tollon ing resolution has been
come to by tea committee of class 27: " Itesolv.d. In allot.
twig space to paper Ganging raanufsetaren ar.d deer raton, it
be an instruction to then that no direct copies of foreign
paper banging; or decoration, will be admitted for ezli-
bitioa."

?SOU
A pasted oll4lotb. it be. teen ilia kisses autossra•at
for alma years past of Mr. James Pitt, dancing master,
Chay•troet; who, having at lenrh comple.ed itches pre.
tamed it to the iweienic ledge '7:rer whkb be pres;,:si. The
peesis.:::.."ll6l, the result Of ooneeatric geometrical forms,
squaresicebes, oMallelograits, tka,icookbleed with • iftWeial
ottornatioa of 'glow, liitht, and shade, make the work as
atraordiaary, even to the artistic as to the ordinary eye.
Toe Mori:4loth is 16 foot by 10 test; its centre is covered by
the repreeentation of the sun, rays; ia the metre, diverging
iato lemon and orange coloured
centres or stars, est% of 16 points, sad, by Its bright hue, gives
great effect to the cheqcered squares and circles round it.
Owe ate id large squares, set diamondwise, forming the
outer border, and as many triangles to complete the border;
and within these, 168 smaller squares, ailed by circles, each
circle havieg its peculiar pattern, and being adorned by 18
smaller can. The eatraordinary effects are chiefly visible in
ihe ester border, where chequered or tesselated pavements
have gaits new forme gine, to them, being made spiral and
concentric is various wept not easy to describe. In one of
these larger 'quires, only 16 inches square, there are no line
then 7,640 diamonds, diminishing as they approach the
legatee till any become miners points. The work has been
valued at 600 guineas

PROM TUNBRIDGE WALL/.
Speennens of Tunbridge Well. ware from three manufw
tort re.

710 K OXFORD.

Mime. Martin and Yullar, tear arirkot-bats, ono inlaid
with c,rk; &coiner with a handle worked in " with India
rubDtr.

THINGS FROM ABROAD.

The jeliewleg Waken/ are songseed meet the sped.
sum essorshisdbie owtprodwestans Inderdry to be
animated beet theseay :—Feals,esaskting of steamed seal,
will be sent from Westphalia and the Rhenish provinces;
antkractlM and coke from Easels, Warden, and Mulheim ;
and peat from 6d:batmen in limes. Sods, chloride of
'odium, ensnaring and °that salts are annoanced from the
Saxon ask works of Schonebeek, Dorrenberg, and Artern,
from Roema,,in Wes phalli, and from Saliaasuien in He.
Tag Royal Alum Works of bsbwernosal, in B.zony, will
an 4 specimens of that product. Several Bavarian and
lierian noun will send ultramarine ; a great number of
chemicals, dyes, and pigments are announced. Mulattos',
of Cologne, will seed @pedaling of fireproof stoves and clays
In as. snick slaw, East and West Prussia, Btvatia. and
Bracswitk, will mop 4t the reputation of Gram soy; Wag
aer of Sulabach, and Bilgal of Bi. Wendel, are named u
exhibinrs from the Rh, nuh provinces. P..irealaie will be
swat by the famous royal manufactory at Meissen, the royal
mar.uiactory at Berlin, and Irem animal Basilan sod Tan•
ringian eimblishasitts. Minutoli, of Liaoning, will mud
marbitil tablet god mosaic tl•ior ul.a. Pond and Mary
rash, of Cologne, will send a marble chiganty.piet.e, in the
renaissance style ; sods stci.na will hs forwarded '.ry Helen
I if the gime city Masbropprea and Kohbe, of Coblents, send
a highly ornamented marble table.

Specimens of the manrttac lurlZif silk, gold, silver lace,
and embroidery, native jewellery, Lebanon hero.; petrefec-
lions, oils, different sorts of woods, seeds, the apples of
Sodom. &a. The Psche of Jerusalem sends a few specimens
of the Bethlehem work in mother of-pearl, which is brought
by the Hadj from Mecca, such as the ancifixion, and other
Lay subjects. Mr. Consul : Palestine flowers or-,
ranged in a box of olive wood, and some specimens of J,-
runless marbles, rientained in a box made of ens of the stones
of Jerusalem Colonel Rase, her Maiesty's consu!..enerat
in Syria, sends with the Syrtan specimens a few m.ld anti-
quities. Ogle of them is • gold mask toned in • Greek sar-
cophagus near Gebel, which was placed on the face cf •
female corpse, and stall ursine her features. Thu gawk is a
great curiosity, as there is no record of the use or existence
of it is archaeological history.