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

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1851.

ARRIVALS FROM ABROAD.

The steam-ship City of l'aris, arrived from Bou-
logne, has brought 12 CANC4 of silks and 62 ctw of maim-
factures of different kinds for the Exhibition. 89 pie
of goods have also lava brought by the ship Rio Grande,
front Boston, l'uited States. _ . .

The Sardinian war-steam frigate Govern°lo, Capt.
Count di Persano, arrived at Spithcacl on Saturday fast
from Genoa. She is completely tilled with articles, many of
which are of the greatest interest, intended to represent
the skill anal industry of the Sardinians at the forth-
coming Great Exhibition. The conveyance of articles to
England by the Governolo being free of charge, some
trouble was experienced in selecting from the very large
stock what was offered. The Goyeruolo proceeded on her
voyage to London next day..
By the Comet, Nlatterm packet, arrived off Kings-
bridge, we learn that his Excellency Jose Silve,tre Itibewo,
Civil Governor of Madeira and Portosanto, has forwarded
to Messrs. Itayilen and Reid, the consignees of that vessel,
several packages containing the following specimens of the
productions and manufactures of 31:ideira, for the industrial
Exhibition. 'rhe list will atforil a remarkable proof of the
multifarious products of that beautiful island. Vegetable
kingdom : Wheat, rye, barley, maize, beans, peas, castor
oil seed, dry currant grapes, mills., Is, bastard saffron,
sugar, and sugar-cane, hunches of dates, arrow-root, dates-
root, flux, cotton, thread of aloes, thread and rope of mel-
lows, woods. Animal Kingdom: Wax, honey, butter,
raw silk, silkworm cocoons, tallow and tallow candles, wool,
cochineal. Manufactures: Linen cloth, linen napkins,
linen lace, net shawl, shawl, and other crotchet works,
broom wicker work. straw plait, artificial feather flowers,
works in hair.—Cahiuet Ware, viz.: Table, work-bozos,
book-trays, chessboard, bookstand, paper knives, fruits, ar-
tificial flowers and baskets, all of wax.

A correspondent, writing front Hamburg, under
date February 21, says: "The local exhibition of
articles which arc to go to London to the world's fair,
was opened to-day, and will close the day after to-
morrow. These objects, however, only form a small
part of the whole, many of the exhibitors not having
their products ready, or, being ready, for various reasons not
choosing to expo them to view before they have reached
London. Thong!' the time for shipping these goods has
been extended to the Ix:ginning of next month, a good
many must remain behind, betaiuse the manufacturers or
artists had not sufficient time given them to finish their
articles, not having begun early enough for such capacious
designs, or being detained by illness, and other casualties.
There are a few articles whieh were ;leis= years before the
idea of the Loudon exhibition WAS started. Some articles

were returned by the local committee as unfit to be sent.
Some exhibitors withdrew when they found the products
of their industry not suiting the Engliib market, others
because they got so many orders that they had neithe
hands nor leisure to attend to what they had intended to
work for the exhibition. For all thew reasons the original
number of exhibitors is much diminished. I shall not enter
on a description of those few articles ; the catalogue will at
the time of the arrival mention Ow whole of what is sent
from here."

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The Ottoman government ham sent instructions to va-
rious chambers of commerce repectiug the Rending of goods to
the Exhibition, and the Sultan has decided that the speci-
mens of products shall he bought and paid for on his own
private account. That part of the regulation which indi-
cates the articles which may be sent is nearly a complete
enumeration of the mineralogical and manufactured
product.; of the Ottoman empire. The following objects
arc set down for collection : One or two specimens of ore
from each of the mines known as Yeny-Toprag ; together
with manufactured metal in various stages of completeness;
various earths 11..11 in the plastic eats, essential oils, mos
Tore° leather of all colours, Russia leather and parchments.
skins of panther and other wild beast-, furs of the fort,
wolf, martin, skins of the los, jackal, wolf, hyena, wild
cat, badger, and beaver; -11.wls, stuffs. carpets, velvets.
plaited ornaments, girdle., lianas, bridles, and specimen
of each kind; taffetas, silk and cotton goods, handkerchiefs,
coverlets, embroidered work, linens peculiar to the service
of the Turkish bath; work. in palm leaf and reed, and in
straw, such as fans, fly-chasers ; woods precious for odour,
colour, or other qualities, as sandal, cypress, &c. ; stones
valuable for their uses, as 'marble, alabaster, and limestone;
gold and silver personal ornaments ; articles of bone, ivory,
and pearl; tobacco, snuff. opium, &c.
Speaking of the Trinidad contributions, the Port of
Seam Gazette of Jan. 21 say:: " The con ributions of Tri-
nidad to the ' World's Fair of 1f451,' go home by the packet
now expected. Considering the very short time that has
elapsed since the tardy resolve was made that this island
should not be among the few non-contributors to this inte-
resting exhibition, it is really surprising to see the variety
of articles that have lien collected together. The speci-
mens of the woods of the colony are particalarly fine—the
ois d'orange or fustic, tho sapodilla, the g,:een porn, and the

mai, will be notch admired, es elan a superb slab of cedar
easuient.i by Mr. Thome. Y. C. Burnett. The tigrieul-
sand pruelnet. of the colony eompri.e a vanity of
articles. Thi .iapiriur wimple. of rice cannot fail
to attract attention, a • a 1... the fine white Muscovado •ligar
prepared by of muskrat charcoal, unit hoard in an
open Fin, be Mr. H. Warner. The Sea I.lxt.d cotton,
grown at bus ll+tanic,ltiarlen, St. Ann'., from seed .M-
--tain..l from Jantaiivi, w ill equal anything of the kind at
the I.:violet i..a. Of the prolluet. of that wonderful natural
Curiosity of the ialand, the Pitch Lake, there is, AA there
should I. , ey v..eit ty of specimen. 'lke Namhsrlisti!led
by Mr. SR 111 is a very pure and •tiperior article; and the
super,' charcoal pulsated by Mr. If. Warner, from the
pitch, for the puns.wc of ileculoniaine Cunt liquor, and by
which 1114,111, he obtain. tinn• perhetly white Mus-
flovarlo sux.cir no utioni d aboxe, will, no doubt, be
Closely lookidthe Engli•li refiner.. Sep*. I
fie eicor., t, re. a by PIM —eurs to the last
Mavannaa., and -amples of the tobaeco from which
they are inanufaithrid, ia also be found swung the col-
lection— w ion li comprise.. .a variety of ankh x equally curious
and int, re.tina.:out laianut fail to create a very favourable
opinion to tic, ..1.4 natural resourecs of this colony. We
believe that as awn se the .Isipnimit h:is been completed
and rent on, a list will be published he authority of the
ankles fora anli.l and the names of the etintributor.. If
pn, we hope a, lir Air to 811.11r0d a kw mates connected with
the, growth, manufacture. or locality, 6:c., of the articles
sent, to eatt, it in on the thy, foe the inhirmation of throw
accident. Hsi. colony, and re-iding in Eng-
had, who may vi-it the Exhibition, and who ra t fail to
take a for At. r intere.t in the •peviincli. from 'I Floated than
the mere tinted nu of .peetator.. We understand the
spate allotted to Trinidad i. I,Mlfl square feet.

PREPARATIONS IN THE LEEDS DISTRICT•

The irreporutiou of inuehineew. goods. &c., front
the Ils distrirt for tlw Groat Exhildti,di is going us most
fuvourablz. We undcritand from Mr. Cawood that up-
wards of 400 ends of cloth are alrenly applied for to he
admitted. These of eours•:, will hare to nailer -to the
ordeal ••1 the local jury, before they run by received tutu the
Exhibition.
The w ar• 1i0n..., No. 12, Ilishopgate-street, where the
fronds are at present &vaned, is carefully wawlied day
and night by the the property is insured by the
I:sccutivc l'oininittee, and every arrangement made, us far
as ran hr forcsetn, for the proper char, of the articles
entrusted to their ran, A jury, for general purpose', eon-
listing of C. G. Nluelea, Gas,rrgee lAntlier, It. S. Church, and
Osburn, jolt., Esqrs., has been appointed,
whose duty it wdl la• aloug 'with the secretary, to pass the
articles not inciu•lell ;ander machinery, woollens, stuffs, and
blankets; fur which separate jurieslutte been already ap-
pointed.
The • stimate for tic' lilting up of the counters has been
given to Messrs. Fos. Ilen•lerson, & Cu., and we believe tiny
will Ire Mull in the mousier misted by the executive iu
London, viz., ~t' rough dial boo and covered with suit-
able paper, calico, or clth. In our varied branches of
numulacture we believe that our town and district, the
most important and popii:ous in the large county .of York,
will he amply represented. The amount of spore granted
to us (althotegh tar (plow our wants', exceeds that of any
other town in the county to u large extent. The woollen
jury will inert next week, and we doubt nut will escreiso a
sound di-entity', in *diving such goods as will do credit to
the distriet.

11.0TAI. SOCIETY OF ARTS.---Ott Wednesday, at the
111U:11 meeting of the stwiety, Capt. r.l took the chair,
and otter the routine 1/1t4111,41 lout been di.pired of called
upon the secretary, Mr, Grove, to read a paper descriptive
of an electro-ntaattette clock, lately rouds+ d on a large
male by the patentee of the invention, Mr. Charles Shep-
herd, told intended to be &catalyst at the Great Exhibi-
tion. 'the clerk itself, with it. work* and magnets,
was arranged in the centre of the room for the
inspeet• of the menders of the society and their
visitor,. The w 131 fury read the paper, which was of con-
siderable length. The object of Mr. Shepherd had been to
construct a perfect machine to keep time without winding
up, and to strike the hour.; and this the patentee says has
been amomplislool in this instancy by the 111,111.1 of electro-
magnetism. It is attained by causing the 1111111 tie influence
to act upon a spring, whirl, lwemues bent to a certain tiled
extent. .1111, .ping and the vibration of the pen-
dulum towards it gibs the necessary 41111111 W to
the pendulum, and the impuh.e to the pendulum
is always the same, and use. as in ordinary clucks, with
every fault in the train of s hid. carried down to the ix n-
&dom. In this nose the pendulum is the first motive
power, and the ite.astiror of time for the train of wheels,
they being moved ity electric currents touted simultaneously
with the eibration...f the pendulum. One leading principle
is this: from the mtion of • pendulum any number of
elmke tan be 'natl., to chow exactly the sum time at any
distance, provide d the electrical communication be properly
maintained" so that, for example, a (-lock at Newcastle could
be regulated by a 'N1111144111 at Loudon that should also syu-
chronically regulate the lands of a dial in the latter town
to exactly the sante /1110111 of time. Another important
fanproveno kit is that the striking of the enure—a difficulty
which until now had never been overcome in electric sleek,
—has leen at Litt aosonplished. The mode by which this
rem& has bon anoints' may mirhape he molt: stood by
some if we say that the bar uusgnets which owillote with
the pellets that drier oho 11,11 F• wheels corme in contact
with .primes t teem two ...owl. during the firm of striking
the minds, of Wows stye ...try to indicate the hour. The
patentee anticipates a gnat .saving of expense by the
adoption of the printiple of this clock in large establish-
ments, such a. Ea tont. and railways, on account of the
number or chalks that can be worked from the nue mistral
pendulum. All the station docks, for raample, on a rail-
way,
Call he regulated at exactly 'form time by the pen-'
datum at the terminus. It is antienoted, also, that elp.1111•
will be 'cool in winding up and in repairs, ms this clock
will regains much repair than ordinary time pieces.
The patentee contract, -d 0111. in which, during the period
of two years, the variation of actual 111,111 time was only
25 mood, The ecaOnitioo of the machinery illustrated
by diagrams hung omit the walls' and pointed nut
by Mr. Sh. 'theca, junior, during the prornas of the
kenos., was li.t.ned to • ith marked attention by the
auditors. alt0011:4 wbanm 'At re many a ell knows, mechani-
cians and i.ract it al satthmakert. At the conclusion of the
reading Mr. Silly said that the intimrtaue.. of the iuvention
was S. 011,i1.11\ that there w'
.1. 110 11Iva to expatiate upon it
in proposing a sot.' 1/1.1114111:, to Mr. Shepherd tor his very
valuably- sicoition and esplanation of in. intention.—Mr.
)lureltimii cordially -"settled the melon, and expressed the
npt: that thus intention which they had just seen would
h.q.• ..:be, mind, ith id as which would extend the prod-
tied oa•rat ion of the 44.1111 Ce of electro moan. limo. Tile tote
was carried utianiniousl.. A posed balloting matbine
1113 s nest by Mt. l'hamherlin, and a descriptive
paper of the same was read by the territory. In a short
addies• moth- by Mr. l'hamberlin. he Nili that his 10401111 e
might be r.ilL.l a Mom: one, a.. if it acre lordly adopted, it
would le imiewsible to bribe any man for his Tote,. ivas-
much a- he 1-0.161 tole 1123111.4 tin• twitting party. milieu
and corruption must therethre tall before it ; and then the
poetic of England would have the power they ought of
electitm their manlier• fairly and freely. Another bullot -
ing iota was eshihited and &scribed, being a model of those
used in the National Assembly in France. It wto said to
bas callable of taking a division in live minutes. Some new
metals wen' 0101140:k ti. old at the termination of the
proem-dines the l'hainnon announced that the lloyal
Society of .Irts had pertuitted the royal commission to aced
ticket. 111 t the Great Exhibition in that plan' (the moult of
the society), and that they might be obtained of Mr. Drove,
the serretary, between the hours of It/and 4.
EXIIIIsITION uF 11.tsTINtot CONTRIIII*TIONA.—
Thla week, an eshiltition of the contributions to be sent to
the Great Eshilution front Hastings has been held in that
town. The crowd was soe.:Trut, that a large body of police-
men w.h, iteces.ary to clear the Cllttlittl., 41111 reitulute the
no,, no ut. i.itsea+. About 4.000 persons visited the
Clhll.ll 001 during the two days (Wednesday and Thursday)
it 11•111.1intli open.
GRv.tt Eell 11111'10N EXPORWM. —A quest ion
having arisen a ~,,, testa the exhibitor. of Great Britain and
other countries as rodse way in which artisans, manufac-
turer., and exhibitors to the Great Exhibition of Industry
of all Nations ran turn their inventions to profit. Itas in-
duced the proprietors of premises situated at 216 and 217,
Regent-street, to open their ',remnant as an emporium fur
the exclusive ale of such article. as are intended to be Ca-
IlibittA in the great ery.tal Palace, nu the followiug toms;
—L A rent of 0111: guinea per week ; for which sum desk
ankle will be exhibited in the large show-windows; and,
also, for counter room iu the saloon of the emporium, if
tabu for one month only; but, if taken for six months, a
redaction would In' 111:111... 2. A moderate commimtiou
all gosh sold, for v. hielt the proprietors will, at their oink
expense, employ on:tat:tent us.i.dants, who can speak the
English, French, Spanish, Gentian, Italian, and other
languages, and will Leconte responsible fur the safe custody
'dell insets entrusted to their care.
AN liXllllllTOlts. INatiLtNCE StICIETY.—A mutual
Insurance Societe nos been publicly suggested, as a com-
pany which exhibitors should orgauise Mr the protection of
their gok.ls.
The ILLIVs7IIATED CATALOCI.E.—The following is
a list of the gentlemen engaged in the revision and annota-
tion of the Illustratol Official Cawhrguc l'rofooors
Lindley, F. Boyle. Owen, E. Forties, An.hd, Bell, nos-
hing, *A. de Morgan, Bans Justus Liebeg; I'. l'usey,
Req.. V.P. ; W. 'lite, Foto.; J. Ghtisher, Etats: Captain J -
L. Boseaweis Ibbetson; Ray. J. Barlow: H. T. Rope,
Kin., M.P.; Robert Minot, Esq. Keeper of Mining He-
cords: James ettleg, Esq.; J. E. Gray, Esq.; Robert
Esei. Aptly l'ellatt, Bog. ; J. Spurgin, Esti., M.D.
Usury Maudslay, fic. The stitlititit revision and
ry/arttioll of the work I. l'lltriPtl,4l to Robert Ellis. EN..
te. The historical introduction will be by Henry
Cater Ems. The amount of the con.truction of the building
by M. Diglity Watt, EN. The compilation of the
rata-
ha. been entrusted to G. W. Yapp, Esq. ,ItOFEEDS OF TIRE GREAT EsulaiTtote.—The
3laarhester Guardia), publishes several meninges, drawn
lap with gnat minuteness, of the proceeds of the Exhibition,
supposing it O kept open for sax months. The highest
Mates the probable amount at 769.6001.; the lowest at
617,000/.
THE CRYSTAL Palace was visite(' by an immense
eamcourse of persons on Sunday, probably not less than
100,000. It was ascertained by actual computation that,
from two till five o'clock, 22,461 persons entered at the
=opposite lipsley House, and 21,614 through Cumber-
Hate.