The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-01 00:00:00

No. 1,409.] [No. 10, EXHIBITION EXPRESS.]

THE

EXHIBITION
EXPRESS,

ADDITIONAL LIST OF BRITISH CONTRI-
BUTORS TO THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Aldred, B.—Sir,—Seeing in the Exhibition F-rpress of
Saturday a list of the contributors' names, articles, and
space allotted them, for the Great Exhibition, I beg leave
to forward the following description of my contribution,
—the Shakspere Jqtalee ; consisting of the poet's house
as it was, and as it IN surrounded by groups of figures,
representing scenes from the plays of the immortal bard,
modelled in composition by S. Aldred, a working compo-
sitor, in his leisure hours. Counter space, 36 superficial
feet.
Ainsworth, Whitchaven.—lt is made up as follows :
Iron ore (Hematite) from the mines at Cleave., a.s ex-
ported from White vin, and, being of rich quality, used
for giving strength and tenacity to weak and cold short
iron, and for mixing with leaner ones. The specimen,
we are told, is the meet beautiful Mr. Ainsworth hasever
teen. No. 1. l'ig iron from Hematite ore only, very
strong and rich, and used to strengthen others. No. 2.
Pig iron, the same. No. 3. Pig iron, the same. These
three specimens of pig iron will be under Flaw case*, to
preserve the crystals from damp and rust. to prove the
strength of the ironthechieel marks will heexposed,show-
ing that it is necessary to cut the pig nearly through be-
fore it will break.
Alderton and Shrewsbury, Hastings. an improved stove.
Aslibuniam, Lady, Hastings, a pocket of hops.
Baker, Islington.—Sir,—having read in your paper of
Saturday a lit of British exhibitors, in which my name
does not appear, and having had three letters granting
me space, 8 feet counter and 3 feet Sour, I shall feel
Wised by you noticing it. The inventions I intend en-
Whiting are, a new fire-proof safe, a new Ire neaps, six
new pattern tooth-brushes, and a new writing desk.
A "Sine Manubrium Hairbrush," (registered 21st May,
1&50,) is, as the name implies, without the useless handle;
the back is grasped, as it usually is even when there is a
handle, and the brush can be turned at pleasure; the
hairs being placed obliquely, one of these brushes answers
as a comb, and a bard searching brush one way, a soft
surface brush the other, and when used sideways it acts
as two medium penetrating brushes of different Action+
by merely turning it.
Baroasa ltange Mining Company, two remarkably fine
stones of copper ore, yielding 40 per cent. of pure copper,
from Lyndock Valley mine, the. property of the Barussa
Range Mining Company.
Beaney, Thomas, St. lwonards, lathe-rest, possessing ex-
treme simplicity of construction. Although this apparatus
is not attractive to the general observer, yet to the practical
mechanic its value will be readily apparent. A patent is
being taken out to protect this invention. The same
exhibitor also showed several arrows, very neatly inlaid
by machinery with woods of various colours; likewise
some specimens of the curious Australian implement of
war—the boomerang, remarkable for returning to the
thrower after performing a circuit in the air. Two
under-carriages for pony phaetons.
Beaufurd, Hastings, • daguerreotype accelerator, being a
new invention which he has lately registered, the object
of which a to diminish the time necessary for taking
portraits, and thereby reducing in a great degree, the
liability of spoiling the portrait by • change in the posi-
tion of the sitter. Another advantage of this invention
is, that potugraphic effects can he obtained under circum-
stance, which would preclude such results with the usual
apparatus, for instance, on a dull and cloudy day.
Boghead l'it Proprietors, specimens of parrot coal.
Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars.
Bretnall and Co., Mendel street, Tottenham-nowt-road,
patent transparent tracing cloth paper, 15 feet wall.
Bryden and Sons, Exchange-place, Glasgow; specimens of
a varietyof inventions which are to have places in the
approaching Great Exhibition. They arc connected
chiefly with hell-hanging, and comprise • number of in-
genious contrivances, which have all been wrought out
with much skill and elegance. The first is, that of an
index dial bell with eight indicators, by meant; of which
eight different apartments arc served. When the lever
in any of the rooms is pulled, a concealed bell is rung,
and one of the indicators, having on it the name of the
room, shows when the attendance is required. The mani-
fold bill pull is a contrivance of a different kind, by
means of which one pull i made to ring bells in many
different rooms. A third invention is the circular tele-
graph bell, which serves to call eight different persons,
and the utility of which in a place where many clerks or
workmen are employed will be evident. A number of
air bells, voice tubes, &c., are also on view, all of which
exhibit singular and valuable improvements. Specimens
of window blinds of a novel fashion and a safe lock, are
se also to be en.- Glasgow Daily Mail.
Camden Mine West, Linkcard, a stone of copper ore.
Its weight is I tun and 12 ewt.. and is supposed to he the
largest mass of good ore ever raised in Cornwall. It was
raised from a depth of 74 &thorns, and when first dug
out of the lode, which was five feet wide, its weight was
about 3 tuns but in consequence of the width of the
gallery through which it had to ascend not being suffi-
cient to admit it, it wise rendered necessary to be :minced
to its present sire. The component parts of this block
are native copper and red ail grey oxide— the copper
being about 40 Is cent., and when it is taken into ac-
count that ore producing 10 per cent. of copper is con-
sidered very good, an idea can easily be' &most as to the
richness of this specimen—in fact, at is a metallic piece.
Its value is about 50/.
Chamberlin, Jun., St. Leonards, a ballotting machine, in-
tended ti obviate :ell the object' hitherto made to the
question of the ballot, so far ae relates to mechanical con-
trivance. By means of this instrument a voter can give
his vote for unyone, all, or lime, as he pleases, without
any person being able to detect the course he has adopted.
The votes are registered by means of dials. The inter
will he in a room by himself; and he records his votes by
pulling one or more levers. When he has voted to the
extent of his privilege, the machine becomes out of gear,
and is not again in condition to be used till the door of
the ludlutting room ha.. been opened for the exit of the
voter, a connection being established between the door
and the machine teethe purpose of effecting this object.
Clark, Benjamin, Lowther-street, Whitehaven, a specimen
pair of ladies t'untherland clogs, made on an improved
principle. The Cumberland clog in rarely seen in Lon-
don streets, but an an article ;of general winter wear it
vowelises capabilities that might well recommend it to
metropolitan or even world-wide patronage. The pair
made by Mr. Clark for the exhibition are light, elastic,
and waterproof, of the very best material, and made to
tit the royal foot itself. They are showily ornamented
with bras and silver nails atter the following design:—
At the ten the crown of England. supported by the rose,
and !tanked by the royal iteitials " V. It.; " twining up
the side's the thistle and shamrock ; and on the heel an
author, with " Veil," the year of the Exhibititra.—
White/toren Herald.
Clark, Charles, Hastings, an engineering model, in plaster,
un the scale of u quarter of an inch to a mile, of his pro-
mad ° Grand Ship Canal through the Isthmus ofSues,"
the line being from Sue: on the Red Sea, to 'finch on
the Mediterranean. By this course the route of ships to
India would be: diminished by 4,000 miles ; and the dis-
comfort of the present so-called " Overland route" would
be entirely avoided.
Cook and Williams, Princes-street, Hanover-square.—Sir,
—l'resuming you desire that the list of exhibitors pub-
lished in your journal should he perfectly correct, we beg
to inform you that our names were omitted as exhibitors
of the newly-invented Respiratory Organ and Chest
Protectors.
Copeland and Co., china and earthenware.
Croall, Leith-walk, Edinburgh, a safety carriage, upon an
entirely new construction, which can be stopped from the
inside, in ease of danger.
Daniel, Wigrare-strect, china and earthenware.
Dufour and Co., Meetings, collection of agricultural implies-
meats, constructed under the patents of Dr. Newington.
Elliott, John, Division-street, Sheffield, • quadrant '
tag machine.
Falkirk Iron Works, the Royal Arms. The size of the
east, in atto-tetiero, is eight feet in length by six feet
high. Two other casts of the Royal Arms, smaller in
size, are also to be sent
Ferguson, Brothers, type founders. Edinburgh.
Flinn, Worcester, flexible baits. They consist of a
of artificial fish of various sire's, saruletof four, eig7ialt3
twelve months; golden trout from Lake Ocean, earner-
yearns%) ; the Severn trout, dace, minnow. gudgeon;
the lampern, that peculiar delicacy of the. Severn waters,
dc. Amongst the excellencies of these baits may be
noticed the peculiar construction of the fins and tails;
these are arranged so as to have, when in the water, an
action precisely similar to that of the real fish, every
motion of the rod or stream causing a corresponding
vibration; the transpurent material, too, of which these
parts are made, and the imitation of the spinal rays, all
tend to give the bait • life-like ap
Freeman, Falmouth.—A large blocrilec
granite of about 30
tons' weight, from the quarry of Mr. Freem•n, was
drawn from its place on Friday by 2.5 hors's and from 200
to 300 labourers to Penryn. to be shipped forthwith, to be
exhibited at the Great Exhibition in the metropolis. It
measures 121 feet by 111 feet, and is 21 feet thick, and is
worked over.
Grangemouth Pottery. Falkirk, specimens of earthen-
ware, both of a useful and ornamental description, such
as ',MCC pedestals, glazed pipes. Ac.
llolland and Sons, upholstenart Marylebone-strect, Picca-
dilly.
Ilult, White Rock-place. Hastiness, a collection of Suave
mosses, fancifully arranged. Also some minor specimens
of sea-weeds and wild flowers. in lieu of a larger and very
handsome collection of sea-weeds, which he had not

completed. _ _
!lope, G. C., Hastings, two church hapocks. of character-
istic design, bearing appropriate inscriptions, in the old
Salon letter, the whole presenting a very tasteful ap-
pearance, although founded on the basis of a mere com-
mon rush hassock—the elaborate covering of Berlin wool
and silk producing a result both useful and ornamental.
Johnson, Ashley. farmer, several pieces of sculpture, very
elaborately and beaunfully carved, in enrich and free-
stone, conststing of bosses, brackets, and scroll-work.