The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-08 00:00:00

WORKING MEN AND BELGIAN

EXHIBITIONS.

At the last Belgian Exhibition of native industry,
which took place at Emmet" in the autumn of 1817, the !
Minister of the Interior added a new and interesting feature I
to the competition, by rewarding workmen as well as manu-
facturing exhibitors. Ile declared that the workman who
realised the conceptions of his employer was entitled to re-
ward; and he therefore originated decorations, consisting
el gold and silver medals, inscribed with the words " Re-
nompense Nationale," to be worn at the button-hole. The
•umber to be issued was limited to one thousand; and as
Belgian exhibitions take place only once in six years, it sets
calculated that at any exhibition about 200 of these decora-
tions would have relapsed to the crown, so that this number
of working men, occupying indirectly space in the exhibe
Lion, could receive decoration. These decorations are the
reword of skill and morality, and the man to whom one is
awarded must have fulfilled his social duties honourably.
Women are also decorated—the inscription for their medals
• " Ilabilite—Moraliti." At the Exhibition of 1847.

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being . ~ ... _.,.r object - ...., :me one, mum. ne .... —, ..._ __
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g._., royal
...._ upholsterer .
nine teen women, and two hundred and one mcn, were des ration of their persons, when they can safely do so ; the I ood deal of skill and taste, and being himself an ea,- .s,
curated. In the official report on the exhibition, the jury other, the intrinsic investment of the hard Wrings of their
;has volunteered his services for that purpose. Ile is going
have given the social histories of the men and women so de-
husbands or fathers as a provision against adversity. The to crow over to London as soon as they are required. Those
addles of the country, of which specimens are sent, arc
made' few articles pent bywere the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg
seested. Not a few of these are interesting; and, as
theyof re materials ppared here. The gorgeous appearance ! likewise exhibited here. Ten small boxes arriving from
indicate the spirit in which these honours were conferred of one of them led me to imagine that it was very i Hanover on Monday last to be shipped to London, is all
upon obscure object., some illustrations will be read with costly ; but I was speedily undeceived on being told of its that kingdom has got to send. In the Grand Duchy of
excessive cheapness. The work bestowed upon. it must Oldenburg there lives but one exhibitor. Lubeck sends but
Interest.
~ not, however, be too closely scrutinised, nor either the : a trilling quantity, and Bremen nothing at all. Cense-
Hacie Heasecl, YectasYs'acsaaa, aged 28, unmarried, and bridles and appurtenances, or else the illusion will vanish . -
1 q entlywe shall iiCeu y most part of the space that was
living at Liege, has been seventeen years in the establish- like the morning vapours of our plain. A few skins . allotted to such statesp-
of North Germany as do not be-
meld of the Societe I.iniko de St. Leonard, where the has tanned and dyed in the town, several pairs of boots and i
. long to the Zollverein. Our articles exhibited here in the
distinguished herself by her skill and her exemplary eon- slippers for the wear of the gentlefolk of both sexes, and great hall of the Hanso, belonging to the Patriotic
• for mi4leteers' lel4 poriants' shoes, of ' lean
' 9--Society, the same in which the sittings of the Constituent
ameduct. She lives with her relations, is of unimpeachable
varnished buffalo hide, were added to the leather de-1 Aeeembly were held—what a change of scene !
, character, and is the support of her mother. partment, and will, I suppose, be allowed their share of are less than half the quantity we are going to send. Some
Isabella Rormmont-Trigo, aged .T 2, lacemaker, and living space amongst the boots and shoes of the rest of the ; items, carriages, for instance, could not be placed in the
in Brussels. She ia married, and has two children. She is world. I was also shown specimens of the stone and . hall. Some manufacturers had not their productiens finished;
a skilful workwoman—perhaps one of the most skilful in
wood
bitumen Ijar:l,u mud bunieldiarnathe teriab
Luke,
ofti well
ie es pieces
ee other; had them ready to be packed up, but for various
the country; and has realised, with ingenuity, those din- of
▪ made in the Desert by the Bedouin Arabs. 'There teenfesonsttlen;itt feel inclitnee,cid to
in expneenthengo publi
ostlitotitwe
Scutt labours which have been exhibited by her employers. were also various subetauces used in tanning and dyeing, : objecmts of art having
the Fries, designed, drawn, a ape-
Justine Griffon, lacemaker, aged 45, spinster, living at dried and preserved fruits, scented waters, olive, sesame, cilium of it sculptured by Engelhardt, a disciple' of the fate.
Ypres, of which locality she is held to be the moat cape- and castor oil, hemp and cotton, seeds and grains, a neat' Schwanthaler at Munich. 'f he Fries represents northern
work-basket and floor-table, the work of a miserable village mythology riencssl workwoman. She perfected the Valenciennes lace There is another figure in gypsum, by the
n the Anti-Lebanon, and a carpet made by the Turcomans ' one in bronco b • him re same artist, and a small) present-
exhibited by the penmen establishment. Her conduct is
tor No de tribes in the north of the pathetic, besides many ing Richard the Lionhearted on horseback, both exceed-
is without reproach. other things which have nu name in English. ! ingly well done. Two clocks, one of them already
Charles Gourmet, cabinet maker, aged 84. Is married, The Syrian ploughshare, which differs not much from :dented in England, deserve to be noticed. Likewise a
and lives at /arum. lee exhibited some specimens of in. I that in use throughout the East, is a grim and awkward- large gime tumbler, in which one of the campaigns of Alex-
laid furniture. For many years he has supported his sister lozkintifttehmingle; itttill....,
„.,it.nevertheless, thee oilitlynaaftrtitc,sdttural irn- • ander the Great is cut, and a glass plate representing caa
1.;:opold Demanct, aged 42. Is married, and lives at 1 ter rich store ile this country, (scoured°a
a. like ei.toostyleas3 both &idea, in different colours, the battle of Marston Moor.
Leernes. Ile has worked in one establishment for 10 ' climate. Whilst in England human ingenuity and perseve- ' Our
ei r 1.
elegance,ra itur
taste,will, annoteeolitith,ttp,
cheapness
distinguish
andeoth,eziseelvuese by
ar-
years. lie may be cited as a model workman. Ile was ranee arc taxed to the utmost, in the eudeavour to lessen riages, and several other articles which are manufactured
entrusted with all the details of the works for the erection labour and increase the fertility of the :oil, by means of in- here.
tricate machines for tilting, draining, and sowing the ground, ' STUTTGART,
of the bridge over the Sambre. and fur thrashing, winnowing, and storing the produce IFin 26.—1 t has been
Jean Leheane, aged .45, ironworker. Is married, has the Syrian peasant merely scratches the surface of his field send a commissioner from the n Congress, in the
two childrea.and lives at Liege. For 17 years he has been with this rude iron, which is fastened at the end of a name of the Zollverein, to
f the LondfortihEe Exhibition, make
employed bythe soewoe. St. Leonard in the fabrication of e100.14e.1.171:11l, drawn by a yoke of gaunt oxen—the inter- , aowTl:lrdrtp:ihrtea'reo, thereon, iatoto obr:ncooninperiosed of men of lio ore
nati to
machinery. He direets the forging of all the large pieces, Sw.ttesear. batbegas of aereb I.l,:letear barmy
Pairtmlla Darrow. He
and Our government has adopted the proposition, and M.
and particularly all joints for machinery. Sober and mono- children, with strange-formed sides, reap the wife
ndi . Steinbeie has been named for the mission. Professor Dole
sisal, he has managed to purchase a house in the heart of i corn, and drive the flint-bestudded thrashing-sledge. iit't from Tubingen will also go to London to make a report on
the Exhibition.
his town, where his wife carries on the business of a pork summer's breeze bears the powdery chaff cway to its des- •
it
butcher. I thud place as is tossed aloft, and the clean grain falls'
*ii a golden shower to the well-swept has Gothemburg, in Sweden, under the direction of M. Fahl-
Joseph .loge, typographer, aged 52. Is married, has
the lest a wet day should inter pt his out-doorallofear
mann, merchant and vice-consul of Denmark in that town,
Mk child, and lives at Brieseels. The skill with which he weeks and weeks elapse ere herathinksit fit wto work,
up noda
that
e for the purpose of getting up pleasure trains to London and
perfects lithographic works, has contributed materially to part of his treasure which heavy tithes and taxes and tines.. Paris. Several of these expeditions have been already
his employer's (M. Hales) success. He has lived thirty rule leave to him. You will see samples of grain produced organised for the Exhibition of London, and not less than I
yeas with M. Hayes. Although a considerable fortune by such simple operations, and I feel confident that they ':dB persons are inscribed for the first. On their way. home ,
was left to him sonic time ago, he had the good sense to " itsnitleleetits. dul
ted ttnthotteedeeby
tthe
ecurieli: in agriculture and the
sod tilliameevteoligaarwreillwrere sriteedmefre.mmwill London
threParin ans
d
o
understand that his age was too advanced to allow him to ' extent of land, the corn
fertility to'retelst an unbounded convey them to Sweden. The delay in London and Paris
change his mode of life, and he remained therefore fora' forth this grain, which remains in a desert state, Ire- will not exceed ten days. All kinds of expense will be corn-
man of M. Ilayez's establishment. I cause there is no outlet for the disposal of all that prised in the first charge. The same company has also the
Joseph Petters, papermaker, aged 39. Is married, has which it is capable of producing. I am happy, however, intention of organising pleasure tour, at a moderate ex..
to say, that the only obstacle which exists to the exportation Pease. from France and England, to the most picturesque
two children, and lives at Turnhout. He hex worked for of grain from the inland districts of this pachalie, is about i parts of Norway and Sweden.
thirty-three years in the establishment of MM. Dri.pols and 'to be rem:veil be the construction of a road fit for the pas I THE DOCK MODEL or LIVERPOOL—A meeting of
Dierrks. His life has been exemplary. To him the super , sage of loaded vehicles which the Turkish government has the Liverpool local committee was held on Monday, at the
iriority of the articles exhibited by his employers is almost at length determined shall connect Damascus with its sea- Town hall, at which were present Messrs. L. M. Gladstone,
exclusively due. :pan Beyrout. It is sincerely to be hoped, for the sake of Filcher, Spence, Isaac Roekell, Sim, Hose, and Archer. The
lindore Si:bastien Vandoselaere, typographer, aged 31. Is ft prosperity of thes much neglected country, that this use- , secretary read • letter from the Sharcbrokers' Association,
fad undertaking will not be abandoned, and independently announcing that the sum of 1001. had been subscribed by
Married, has one child, and lives at Ghent. As a citizen of England securing a new and abundant source for supply-I the members, towards the fund for executing the model of
end a father his conduct is without reproach. For fifteen ing her markets with excellent grain, she would, in }roper- the ducks. A vote of thanks to the members of the associa
years he has worked with M. Annoot. He is the founder Uses to the increase of wealth amongst the populatiou, which *ion was then passed. A deptation was appointed to wait
of a society of typographers, for the study of French, Fl - would ices Reidy follow an extensive exportation of produce, on the chairmen of the various commercial associations, to
find more and readier buyers for her own manufactures. I request their aid in raising the funds still required. It was
fah, and singing. Shouldthose few grainsattracttheattention acorn merchants ! announced that additional space had been grantd by the
Jean-Pierre Rutter, moulder, aged 22. Is unmarried, , and the circumstances under which they are now raked, ! London committee, to admit of the model being raised on a
and lives at St. Yeast. The workuieu in the establishment' and the approaching removal of the impediments to their'. platform, 18 inches high, and 2 feet ft inches wide, for the
of which be be is • member, having been called upon to reaching Ole European markets in large quantities, be more : purpose of viewing it at different elevations. It was also
elect the man among them most worthy of being decorated, geaeral 7..knuir
flitn_,entitifstlbtoublects contemplated by the stated that the model would not be ready for ins/section for
a fortnight, and then:only to contributors. Other matters
unanimously chose Mutter. He supports his widowed rda,Cnatth* to thelight, will, as far as we lel:banging jaaadT
concerns , . of busmen having been transacted, the meeting adjourned.
mother. , have been accomplished." ' Liverpool Standari.