The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-19 00:00:00

FOR THE WEEK ENDLNO

SATURDAY, JULY 19.

The events of the week at the Great Exhibition
have been sufficiently remarkable. Although the
number of visitors had previously been so large that
In increase seemed not only unlikely but almost im-
possible, the greatest crowd of the mast crowded
d previous days was outdone on Tuesday,
when the enormous number of 74,122 per-
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sea visited the Crystal Palace. 'So great
a number of people certainly never congregated
ender one roof before, and it is likely that—unless it
to on the same spot—so large a company may not
be seen together again. This huge assemblage in-
cluded men from all the civilised nations of the
earth; but it is remarkable that the number of
breigners in proportion to English visitors has of
Me shown a perceptible increase. And not only de
kelp people crowd the Great Show, but day by
day new foreign goods are being added to those pre-
viously displayed. The season-ticket holder has, day
by day, something fresh presented fur his inspection,
and it appears probable that up to the very latest
days of the Exhibition those who secured to them-
selves the privilege of constant admission will find
new attractions ready to keep alive their interest in
the place.
Yesterday the exhibitors and the public ireeszade
acquainted with the fiat decision of a 'or/ a Ilse
relative merits of a portion of the goods
th
e building. This decision affects only a et
the agricultural implements, and it appears Ika
earliest prizes have been allotted as follows :

GREAT MEDALS.

W. Busby, Newton.le-Willows, for two or four hone
plough, horse hoc on the ridge, ribbing corn drill, and cart.
No. in Catalogue, 15.
W. Cniskill, Beverley, for Norwegian harrow, meal mill,
cart, and ekal crusher. No. 13. r.
Garrett and Sons, Suffolk. hone lee for general pupae
drill, four-row turnip drill on MOM, impaired head Mimi
drill for gram seed, and steam-engine thrashing iniorlskor.
No. 142.
Hornsby and Son, Grantham, for corn and seed drill, drop
drill, twu-row turnip drill on the ridge, oil-cake bruiser,
end steam-engine. No. 2.33.
l'unt MEDALS.
W. Ball, Kothwell, fir two-hone plough. No. 132.
B. 11. Dental', lleybridge, for cultivator. No. 217.
Bargees and Key, Newgate-street, for improved American
Mara and turnip cutter. No. 237.
C. Burrell, Thetford, for gorse bruiser. No. 37.
Clayton and ShuttlewurUi, Lincoln, for steam-engine.
No. 242.
H. Clayton, near Durset-square, for tile =chine.
47.
R. Coleman, Chelmsford, fur cultivator and expanding
harrow. No. 218.
Cornea, Barbridge, fur chaff cutter. Nu. 20.3.
Crowley and Sons, Newport Pogue', for cart. No. 98.
J. Cousins, South Melton, fur horse hoc. No. 143.
De Claes, Belgium, fur corn drill and roller.
J. J. Duchene, Assche en Udall, Belgium, for churn.
N. 166.
Iff. Gibson, Newcastle, for clod crusher. No. 129.
Grey and Sons, Vildinitstone, fur cart. No. 150.
Harwood, fur meal mill.
Headsman and Son,Wuburn, for thrashing machine, four-
lone plough, and corn-drill. No. 149.
Holmes and Son, Norwich, for thrashing machine.
No. 241_.

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J. and F. Howard, Bedford, for two-horse az plough,
ISr.borse plough, horse rake. No. 240.
A. I). Lavoisy, Paris, for churn. No. 1,290.
D. Newington (ss inventor), for top•drewing machine.

10. 1124 n.
W N Nicholson, Newark-on• Trent, for oil .cake bruiser.

Odours, Mahone, Belgium, for plough. No. 169.
Ransome and May, Ipswich, for drop drill. No. 124.
Beeves and Bretton, Westbury, for water drill, liquid.
maim distributor. No. 108.
B. Siunutlion. Banbury, toe turnip cutter. No. 185.
T. Scragg, Tarporley, tor tile machine. No. 228.
Smith, Stamford, fur haymaker, chaffcutter, and horse
eke.
W. P. Stanley, l'eterborough, for linseed and barley
rusher. No. 1.
Teaford and Son, Boston, Lincolnshire, for steam-engine.

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le. 271. _
T. Wilkinson, 309, Oxford-street, for churn.
W. Williams, Bedford, fur light and heavy harrows.
fo. 151.
J. Whitehead, Prelton, fur till machine. No. 239.

It will be MINI that one French and two Belgian
candidates have been successful in this contest for
distinction; and we may yet look for more foreign
peiseholders in this section, since it is officially noti-
fied that the awards for foreign implements are not
yet complete.
The question whether the Glass Palace shall or
doll not be retained is still warmly debated. The
tan of " the destructives "—that ui, of those who
desire its demolition—is led by Lord Campbell, who
bids fair to rival the fame of Sibthorp in this affair.
That noble lord enjoys a stately house m the Lensing-
ton-road, and as he :afros to believe the crowd to
the proposed winter garden would be as incessant
and as great as the crowd to the Great Exhibition
has been, he therefore declares loudly for pull-
ing the building down. Some few of his Kensing-
ton neighbours join in his cry—(a lord can always
get followers in England, as elsewhere)—and their
combined voices am now noisily raised to demand
the demolition of a novelty they do not wish to have
in their neighbourhood. London, seeking a holiday,
must not come between the wind and their nobility
—no winter garden must be had under their view—
so collection of choice plants must bloom under
their windows—no assemblage of the triumphs of
art and nature be enjoyed within reach of
their aristocratic dwellings. If a city of two-and-a
tooter millions of people wish to keep for public use
noble creation of mechanical skill—they are not to
de it because the tenants of some twenty houses ob-
ject. The very many shall not be gratified, shall
let enjoy a luxurious and beautiful conservatory
mad promenade for summer and winter, because a
eery few think tit to protest. John Bull shall take
down his marvellous glass house, became John
thempbell dislikes it. Surely this obvious and pal-
pable absurdity will not be permitted really to peril
Ike esattinsance of the Crystal Palace! If Lord
Oainpbell,
pr sr any other person, should find that the
emed conversion of- the Exhibition building
ultimately injures them, or reduces the value
of their property, they might then come forward
to explain their wrongs and ask for remedy or
recompense. But for that noble lord, and those who
lii and abet his outcry, to demand a great
public Ws to be inflicted bemuse they prematurely
mad weakly fear damage to themselves, is to display
ableddag private selfishness and a most impertinent
hula public stupidity. Lest he should hereafter
hi imaged, he demands that the public should at
wee esseent to a great sacrifice—lest he should be
Ibesolorted he requires the people to beat down one
tithe mat curious structures ever raised. Though
lard Cespbell is a shrewd man, and has thereby
se gnat successes in life, in the present case
his seatowes has failed him. His interests have
hoodwinked his better judgment. In place of dis-
posionated examination he offers wordy advocacy of
ids own cause ; but the public are the jury, and will
sorely remember the animus of both witness and
counsel before they decide upon a verdict.
Meanwhile time rolls on, and the session of par-
liament is drawing to a clue. Lord Seymour, the
mkt of the Woods and Forests, has shown a great
liking for evictions, as the case of the poor woman
Hicks sufficiently shows. He is not a man on whom
any reliance should be placed, and this strengthens
the necessity for obtaining the requisite powers from
the legislature. Such powers will not be given without
the wholesome influence of a gentle pressure from
without. Meetings and petitions are both desirable,
and these should be arranged at once. Why has
not an association for securing the retention of the
Crystal Palace been formed? Organisation is re-

quired for carrying out any great object, and this is
certainly enlarged enough to demand such means.
The Executive Committee might also do their share of
the task by establishing near each entrance of the
building two tables, one bearing a petition for the
retention of the Glass Palace, and the other a peti-
tion for its demolition. Above each table an inscrip-
tion might tell the object of each paper. Visitors
would then sign which they pleased, and thus thou-
sands of opinions be easily, properly, and promptly
declared upon this interesting question.