The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-18 00:00:00

NEWS FROM THE PROVINCES.

BIBMINCHIAW—A correepondeuee sae bren going on
between the Executive and the committee in this town re-
specting an extension of the time when perishable article*
(each as eleetro-plate article) may be sent in ; sad, at many
of these articles will be shown in glass cases, it is anticipated
that the e,mmitteli will make a coaerriion so far that the

curs only shall be in teak places by the day already tiled
upon.

bnousounre.—William Laugher, a nail-maker, of this
town, has received orders to make a thousand gold, a thou-
sand diver, and a thousand iron " tacks," for exhibition in
the Crystal P.lacte, the whole three taou,and cot to weigh
more than three grains! They will be the seediest nails ever
produced by the hands of man.— Worcester Claron,cle.
Devote.—A magnificent table top, coma:sing epechness
of nearly eighty sweeties of marble found in this county, has
just been completed by Mr. Bradley, of Fore-etre et lila, in
this city. to he lent to the exhibition in Hyde Park.—Exeter
Fi4ing Post.
Ilneteroao —A correspondent says :--It is a singular fact
that although a project was set on toot, under the sanction
of the "local committee," to found a subscription club for
workmen of this city, not one individual could be tuund to
enrol his Mame. ! The attempt has been abandoned so im-
practicable. The preliminary expenses were borne by pri-
vate subscriptions of the promoters. It can be hardly said
that the city were insensible to the advantages of the exhi.
Olen, as upwards of 801. was sent up to the general fund.
Mr. Sidney, one of the London committee, attended here
last week to ascertain the state of the public feeling. It is
thought by some that if a public meeting of the workmen
had been held, the result would have been very different
from the present state of apathy and indifference.
LllllllB.—We ►ave already eated in the Express that
Mr. C►wood, the secretary of the executive committee for
the Leeds chatriet, and gentlemen from other towns In the
West Riding, have been in London to make arrangements
' for the exhibition of the textile fabrics of the West Riding
of Yorkshire. The deputation of cows' visited toe Crystal
Paine, and in a report made on the subject they say;—
" We inspected the around plan of the building and of the
allotment of spice already made to foreign countries. The
ectire eastern part of the building from the central trabsept
will be devoted to the producdons of foreign countries, and
we noticed the various amounts of allotments made. France
appeared to take a large portion. The western part of the
budding was unallotted— excepting that it was determined
that the north-western portion is to be occupied by
machinery in motion. This, we believe, has been selected
for that portion of artistic skill, chi, fly because the boilers
end ■team power will be supplied from the northwestern
pert of the buildine. The entire western portion of the
building will include the produca, machinery, manufacturer,
and plastic art of Great Britain and her colonies. All the
machinery in motion will be hexed off from the rest of the
manufactures, &e. We went into the gslleries for the pur-
pose of judging whether the light in them w, uld be favour•
able for the exhibition of woollen fabrics, and were unani-
mously of opinion that the ground flier was preferable.
Having selected what we consi 'cud the best situation for the
textile fabrics of the West Riding of Yorkshire, we proceeded
to examine the building. An incident took place whilst we
we re inspecting it which ■mused us. The bell rang for
dinner, and the hammering and noise of about 2,000 work-
people were hushed in en instant. From the giddy heights
of the building the men came sliding down the pillars and
ladders, and in a moment the previous noise and bustle bad
entirely et seed, and all ...wilfl' as the grave. We inspected
the various modes of laying out the count. r fur the exhibi-
tion of goods, and also Mr. Owen Jonee's elan of painting
the interior. The plans far laying out the counters are
varied. Every bay or square, trim pillar to pillar, is 24 ft.,
and this may be fitted up as the respective committees desire,
presided there are certain spaces left for the inspection of the
goods. Iu answer to a question as to whether the district
committees would be allowed to fit up in their own localities
the space allotted to them, we wire Wormed that they
might do so, and send a competent person along with it to
the building to give directions there, but that the commis-
sioners would not allow any number of strange woremen to
go with them, but only one head man. The average height
of hanging or vertical space, we understood, would be from
8 to 10 feet.

WAILEH•K AND PURBECIL.—In addition to various
models and specimens, both of mineral productions and
manufactures as well OA naval architecture, which have from
time to time been mentioned in these columns, there will
also be exhibited, through the local cot:collate, a model of
Kingston Cowell, Corte Castle, which contains the family
mace deum of the Earl of Eldon, wherein lie the remains of
toe lint Earl (the late Chancellor.) This model will be
made by a Swanage workman, of the different veins of stone
found iu the We of Purbeck, rho mausoleum being repro-
tented by a slab of Purbeck marble, and will be tahlbited in
the names of the merchant, of that place. The present Earl
of Eldon, of Encombe Rouse, Corfu Cutlet, it is understood,
at a considerable expense to himself, exhibits a work of
art called The,Eldon and Stowell Group," bring a colossal
group in marble, which has been spoken of in the highest
terms by the best judges as a first rate production of genius.