The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-16 00:00:00

THE WEEK AT THE GLASS PALACE.

MONDAY.

The Crystal Palace ilthisday was less numerously
attended than lately on Mondays, the total number of
visitors having been 58,634. A striking tribute to the
orderly tendencies of our countrymen has just been afforded
in an instruction issued on the subject of the police engaged
at the building. On Satunlay night it was notified to
Superintendent Pierce, of the F metropolitan division, that
after that day the whole of his men might be withdrawn
Irom the Crystal Palace, the presence of such a control
being found uo longer necessary.
The new arrivals from the United States consist chiefly
of agricultural implements and carriages. Several of the
latter are handsomely shaped, and remarkable for the light-
ness of their construction. The former class do not differ
very much in their features from the old contributions in
the same section ; their principal characteristics being cheap-
nen and lightness of draught. Since the experimental trial
at Tiptree-farm, Al•Corcuack's reaping machine has been an
object of much interest among the agriculturists who have
visited the Exhibition.
Cash account, August 11.
Season tickets
At the doors

Total receipts
TVE.DAY.

Them 'was little to call fn• particular remark
in the doings at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday, or to distiu-
guish that date from the orderly and quiet routine which, to
the credit of the humbler classes of our falow countrymen
be it said, has invariably characterised the days of admission
at one ►tilling.
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Several schools attended, among which were the children
of the Deptford Benevolent Institution, comprising 32 boys
and an equal number of girls.
The concourse was pretty equally distributed through all
parts of the building ; yet considerable difficulty was expe-
rienced by the police in preserving a passage for the free
circulation of the stream of visitors. Owing to the oppres-
sive sultriness of the temperature, which was several degrees
higher than on the previous day, great fatigue was endured
by many, and the utmost extent of sitting room afforded
both by the different refreshment courts and the other parts
of the buildin; was completely occupied.
Amon.; aeri.ale lam sits i;l6il.lli Stases are
I a raliwg pea lifter and a pesieg Joachim, which are mai-

dered to surpass everything else of the kind now extant.
The pen lifter is a simple contrivance for raising the pens
used in ruling account books and it is calculated to do the
work of six journeymen. The paging machine prints on
both shies of the sheet simultaneously, and is capable of
paging 20 reams per day; whereas the machine at present
in use can only print one side of the paper at one time, and
accomplishes hut two reams per day.
On this day another novelty was introduced into the
Glass Palace, namely, a very excellent design in plaster of
" Oliver Twist." It is placed on the south aide of the
nave, in the American department, but whether the work
of an American artist or not does not appear.
Police numbers, 58,554.

Cash account, August 12.
Scacon tickets
At the doors 2,826 19 0

Total receipts
WEDNESDAY.

OnWednesday the Crystal Palace was again visited
by crowds of indefatigable spectators. During the first three
hours as many as 36,821 persons arrived, including a num-
ber of school children. Among these were the remaining
portion of the scholars of the Kensington British Schools,
the whole having been introduced at the sole expense of J.
E. Davies, Esq., a county magistrate, and one of the trus-
tees of the school.

Colonel Reid, Mr. Dilke, Mr. Cole, Colonel Lloyd, and
Dr. Playfair on this day attended Osborne-house, on •
summons from Prince Albert, for the purpose of taking
into consideration several important matters in connection
with the Exhibition. Police numbers, 47,817.
Cash account, August 13.
Season tickets
At the doors 2,264 10 0

Total receipts

THURSDAY.

The numbers of visitors to the Crystal Palace are
riaintained with retn,ukable rigour, notwithstauding the

immen•o cmwds who have already inspected its wonders.
On 'fhurulay, according to the police returns, 42,452 persons
entered the building. _ _

A very pleasing alteration has been made within the last
few days in Keith's silk trophy, in the nave. The British
Plate Olassi Company have introduced a long slip of look-
ing-glass at the end of each of the four projecting arms or
wings on which the silks are displayed. Th•e extreme
brilliancy gives a lightness of appearance to the trophy, by
which it is greatly improved; and owing to these glasses
being fixed at the corners of the trophy, they reflect
diagonally objects in the nave or transept, and the visitor
is not a little perplexed to discover where the articles so
reflected arc to be found. It may not he uninteresting to
state, that the English were the first who introduced
machinery into plate-glass works. The French had a
manufactory for casting the glass, but tae various pro.
ceases of grinding and polishing were all done by hand
labour. In 1773 the British Plate-glass Company first
commenced the manufacture of plate-glass in this country.
They afterwards introduced the machinery both fur grind-
ing and polishing, and the French and all other companies
since established use the same kind without any alteration
in its princples. We believe that the second steam-engine
in this country was put up by Messrs. Boulton and Watt
at the British Plate-glass Company's works, and it is still
working there.
The total amount received by the
this day—including subscriptions, catalogue and refresh-
ment contracts, season tickets, admissions, retiring rooms,
umbrellas, &c.—was 389,5821. 3s. 10d.
Cash account, Aug. 14.
Season tickets
At the doors 2,386 0 0

Total receipts

FRIDAY.

The usual characteristics of Friday, when compared
with the antecedent days of the week iu relation to the
number and personnel of the eight seers, were observable
yesterday at the Crystal Palace, and no predominant fea-
ture came before our notice during a three hours' sojourn as
calling for particular remark. It may, however, be men-
tioned that there was au increase of nearly '2,400 visitors
beyond the sum total of the preceding Friday, the Bth inst..
which was reported at t 8,466 ; while the visitors of yester-
day attained the number of 20,839.
Among the visitors yesterday came a party of four Ire.
quois Indians, who, besides inspecting the interior of the
building, had an interview with the Eat native Committee,
and were less reserved and more sensible than might have
been expected. They expressed great astonishment, not at
the Koh-i-noor itself, but at its value ; and the whoop which
they raised when Mr. Catlin, their guide, told them this,
for a moment suggested misgiving for the safety of the po-
liceman who guards the treasure. The machinery in motion
also produced a strong impression upon them, and when
one of the self-acting " mules " was suddenly arrested in its
course, tho " Manama " or " Great Spirit" was the cause.
Their " palaver " with the Executive related to some things
which they had brought over with them from the other
side of the " Salt Lake," and which they wished admitted
into the Exhibition. Within the last few days an unoccu-

pied space at tho west end of the building, close to where
the agricultural implement display terminates, Ass been
filled with specimens of those descriptions of gliM which
form the staple manufactures of Manchester, which Owe
had no well selected representation of its products in the
Crystal Palace possessing a distinctive local character. Now
that omission has been supplied, and visitors will examine
with interest a collection of stuffs so characteristic not only
of the town but of the genius of the country in which they
are made. In strong contrast to these Manchester goods are
contributions from China, by Major Edy, among which is
included a set of remarkable bronzes, said by the Chinese to
be 5,000 years

Cash account, August 15,
Season tickets
At the doors 2,151 7 0

Total receipts

PRINCE ALBERT AND THE FRENCH
COMMISSIONERS.

Subjoined is the letter addressed by Prince
Albert to M. Charles Dupin, President of the French
Commission of the - Exhibition of 1651, in reply to
one received from that gentleman by his Royal
Highness, both of which arc alluded to elsewhere :
" Osborne, Jule 31.
t. Monsieur le President,—l have received with
much satisfaction the letter of the 27th of this month,
which you have addressed to me, in my quality. of
President of the Royal Commission for the Exhibi-
tion of IWSI, in the name of the French commission,
on the occasion of your return to France, after
I having terminated your labours relative to the
juries. I fully appreciate, together with all the
commissioners of her Majesty, the great devotedness
displayed by you and by the commission over which
you preside. I appreciate the inces,ant zeal and
scrupulous attention with which, dining three
months, you have accomplished, together with a
great number of the most eminent men of all coun-
tries, the extremely laborious and responsible duty
of jurymen. The best recompense that you can
receive will be given to you by the general approba-
tion of the public, when the results of your labours
shall be known. The royal commissioners are not
insensible to the readiness with which the members
of the French commission have conformed to the
regulations imposed on the subject of the conditions
on which the first medals were to be accorded,
though your experience of French Exhibitions
caused yon to consider these conditions as not neces-
sary. It is scarcely necessary to say that the regu-
lations in question were only laid down by her Ma-
jesty's commissioners after the most complete con-
sideration of the peculiar circumstances of the Uni-
versal Exhibition—all their desires were to act in
the best way calculated to obtain the success of
the enterprise. I cannot let this occasion pass with
out expressing our sentiment of the great advantage
vie have dini*ed from Femme having formed by her
peductions such en interesting and precious portion