The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-29 00:00:00

[PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURPENCI

MR. WYLD'S MONSTER GLOBE

eociety, this attempt to till up agreeably the gaps which
the attraations of the world's fair may still leave utbnp-
plied cannot be too highly praised. By such aids as the
, The dingy statue, which could be rartly Seen
tartarmances of glee and madrigal clubs ran supply, and by
the cotectiou of thew specimens of British art in painting through the straggling trees of Leiceater-squale ineloaure,
and ether departments which are now in private bawls, is now entirely enclosed from public gaze, by the building
ti.ose who come to see our industrial wealth may also be en- which is to contain Mr. Wylita monster aloha. Tho
&bled to appreciate the genius of our country upon points Afhenirion has given a graphic and intereatina aecount of
wherein the collection of products in Hyde-park will nieces- this curiosity, which we extract :
eerily Lave then uninformed. The society, too, will have " The sphere on which the earth is modelled—and which
the satisfaction of contributing in a material degree to the is now in proems of erection, as our readers know, in the
contort of those strangers whom we have Malted to a centre of L. icester-aquare—is 65 feet in ditunctiT. Visitors
peaceful rivalry, and who have come to us, we trust, in the will pax, into the interior of this huga ball ; and by mesas
same liberal and confiding temper as that which induced us of a winding staircase or gallery will proceed rutted it,
to throw open to them our Exhibition. . viewing every part of the mold at a distance of Pair feet
from the iv: ; and these arrangements are so outlived that
they will not interfere with the general view ,if On. entire
PREPARATIONS AT GREENWICH nosrITAL. surfate. The scale is ten miles to one inch ben iamital, and
lone mile to an inch vertical. This enablea the constructor
Portiolls of the hospital are being embellished preparatory
to exhibit all the details of hill and valley, lake mid river,
to the tat of Mar. The paintings in the chapel are in course of
men at km, under the superinte ode Of Mr. Clarkinat a- with fatality, and to produce an tfictise retires. motion of
the earth—eke], could not be dune if the nail, r height
field, The Painted-hall, since the workmen haave
and for itstance weer alike.
been engaged in the chapel, has been appmpriated for the
celebnitient of Divine Worship on Sundays; them hviug "In looking at this vast modal, the olvers, ris at once
struck with the distribution of land and wet r. Ile sees
room in that spacious apartment for the acisnumodation of .itsthe whole of the penahmers, amouuting to about l,h11t), All the j the ls great "'an'
andnewm ate 1and2,40(0,014)h • sle milames,
cabins are being thoroughly cleansed and repaired, and whde the old ain, all t ivo
estimated at hut 60,000,00 square miles. 1.10 inim aso
many of the wants. A tine portrait of the naval hero, Ail-
miral Lord Duncan, has just been preacnted to the hospital expanse of waiters in the southern hemisphere is brought
by the present Viscount. It is temporarily deposited in the out in strong contt"st with the wideol•read lands of tho
Nelson-mom, from which it will be shortly trausferreil to northern ; and the great chains of mountains which are re-
the tainted-hall. markable features of the earth's surface are shown to be
ranged in a circle around the ocean and the Indian sea.
The water-shed, sir river (vanes of every comitn is laid
down, and the great areas drained are exhibited. 'lbis is,
of course connected with the elevations and depressions of
the land—all which are displayed in relative truthfulness,
and with remarkable exactitude. By no other means thew
this, we repeat, could we at one view obtain a 1,11 I et and
lively knowlidge on these points. A model in r, lief -peaks
to the eye in a way which it is inn osaible for :my map or
globe with a flat surface to do.
" Beyond the points of physical geography which we have
mentioned as being necessarily involved in this idea, there
are others of no less importance :mil interest to be elabrieed.
The limits of perpetual snow will be shown. Moat Blanc,
' the monarch of mountains,' with his diadaut of snow
—the hoary peaks of the Andean 111111 Dim:damn range—
with the lower hills, which as they approavii the Pole pre-
sent their vonstantly snow-la :wing tops—will alike lie faith-
fully represeuted. 'I he great ',mat ranges wilt be indi-
CateAl -Mill the deserts, with their wastes of sam I, exhibited.
Many of the geological aspects of the globe will he diaplayed,
not merely in the form of the surface, but in the colours el
the metes. In fact, as perfect a picture at* the sur-
face of our earth as is possible will he Er wated
at one view in this gigantic mixlel. This will
be no mere holiday show. Men may take their children
to it to instruct them on the subject of that world oil which
they live ; and the women of our day may h. re, if they
choose, leain something more than they know of that sur-
face of wbith Mrs. Somerville, in her • Chyaicui Geography •
has written so well, lied that lady, however, posse-ed lha
advantages of a model like alio, she would let -voided
some c:roni which are the natural consequence of Sat being
able to embrace at one view • the great globe bself.'
" NUMOTOU.IIIIII:thitIS will occur to the students of wAyral
philosophy by which Mr. Wyld's globe might be mane stal
more iostructive. The naturalist will insist on the Ulnae.-
trace of showing the geographical distribution sf pi ft's and
animals ; and the geologist will contend that it ...tad be
easy to express in colour many of the great tarp of his
Seitliee, and to tell the talc of those vast mot:divas with
which he deals. We believe these may eventually he shown
without in any way interfering with the gam rul plan, and
we would advise Mr. Wylil to bear then: and taller additions
in mind. It is not improbable that he isontemplatea them
or some of them, as future chapters in this grout a, ogre-
phical work. But in any case there arc certain grand phy-
sical facts which we desire to see exprisweil in Inv grit
instance. We stature to suggest them as import:tat, and
we believe them to he COMP:AIt& with the main 6 atoms
of the design. We would wish to we the kteest eur-
rents laid down. Most interesting would it he to .how how
the water, of the ocean warmed in the gulph of th.picat
Mexico, How in obedience to a physical law toa:11111 our
own ahorta• -and even pass to the north of our i•jandlt--
giving a temperate climate and fertility to a northern
region of Norway which the southern districts do not pow-
FA.M. As a few dots an the flue of ocean would Judie:de all
this, we see no reason why this information ahoniit not bo
afforded. The greatest southern limit in the nortiern
hemisphere of the ieehergs might Is' very inatrietively
shown. 'the glacier system will of comic find a place.
•• In addition to this, a few crintson silk card* i arried
round the 1110det would express isothernal line s -or hoes of
equal temperature—mond the globe; end the few blue
ones would tell the awry of the earth's magma ism, aithaut
in any way interfering with the geography or .be modeL
At least we hope Mr. Wyl,l will mark the two lewd, and
the two south magnetic puha, which we may woe it ;::rd as
being fairly determined. The movemetit of to are magnetics
poles might he ilescribad in any treatise are eat se Inch
may be cold at the doors of the exhibit' . 'I is le aro
some other points of interest which we Ishinal, desire to
ire embraced, end which will prohubly le so Iv r. aft -r.
"V. have-already intimatad that we regal, this model
as the commencement of a new era in geographi. al instruc-
tion. 't has grit globe is made up of some thansands of
castings in plaster from the original models in Jay. The
first piast, r east, which is of course in reverse, wfl In• ro-
taincal, and front it any number of correct aisle!- may be
had. Nothing could be morn instructive thall 0,1401 nee-
Guns of the earth. Those raised map., the tale of
distanee and elevat would impart on umouilt of ielinf•
auttion in schools which could not be given by any other
method. In a few weeks the desert of Leitaat, ',quart)
will, in fact, be converted into a great geographical reload."

PATENT POCK ET PROTECTOR:

Mrs. Allison, of Nottingham-place, Stepney, has an in-
vention for the protection of pockets from the depredations
of thieves. The contrivance by which this desirable object is
proposed to be attained is very simple, ronsistingmcrily of
an elastic ring, placed just within the entrance to the
pocket, which will not admit the hand without such pres-
sure us will attract the attention of the wearer ; and which,
if the hand should be inserted, will render its withdrawal a
matter of still greater difficulty. This protector may be
inserted in the pockets of either ladies or gentlemen ; and
if genendly used would no doubt prevent the conunissiun of
many telonks.

THE EXHIBITION ANIL TILE LESIONS ACT.

TO I.OItD MOO-MAN,

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hiv Imun,-1 should not have ventured Li obtrude
my elf upon your hirdship's notice, had I not t ci•ittiilent
the subject id my contmunieation was at pee. ti, t eigaging
your lordship's attention ; I allude to the Mesh ms Annie&
ment Art, ref.:mill to a select committee at the see;;;, 'ekes
of your lordship. There are few subjects of :no rest im-
portance to the advancement of science and art, :mil hi tic.
Ito the
prognossion of mankind, than a just distribution of
encourigement to original talent ; I need not detail to your
1101,1 ship that insurmountable difficulty to poor inventors,
the existing patent law' and I hail hoped the pi...motel-a of
the Exhibition of all Nations would, before the insisted
1111011 English skill competing with foreign skill, likve placed
our own inventors upon the some footing an the inventirro
of other nations. I fear, howi•ver, that, unless the sniffed
is urged itt' some powerful editor:de, the patent tax a ilintal
remain a disgraceful prohibition on ndnd.
My lord, we are indebted to your lordship for many moat
valuable acquisitions in philosophy, puldislicel under the
auspices of a society who have ecrtainly done the stile vitae
serviee in the diffusion of useful knowledge; and this know-
' ledge, distributed among the skilled mechanics of our
I country, has not failed to call into active cultivation the
ingenuity they naturally posse&s. To you, my lord, I ap.
peal, let it not be said you gave us cheap knowledge, hut
forbade the ',nerds,: of our ingenuity. Is not the visors's.
intellect of practical men of the first order Let there be
no longer this check upon them, amt you, my lord, who
have done so much for the advancement of science.
may yet confer another blessing. The hill refecrill to
committer, may, I humbly siumest, be so altered as
to accomplish the object. May nut sorb et Wolters
be called from among the dais intended to bs
benefited as would render the necessity of an latera-
-1 don apparent? Surely, in thie age of competition and
cheapliess (and which the Exhibition will boon 11 great
I tendency to promote), the skill of our mei:banjo, ought of
!all things to he cultivated with the utmost rare. Hate not
the promoters of the Exhibition upon every occasion urged
as un argument, that this skill is smelt as to fear no tienopeti-
tion If so, surely it is not tout much to ask fur the sums
I enCOUnWelltellt atthe mechanics of other countries, and
instead of (laurelling n poor Mall to pay :Pa for a patent,
let it lie attain-able at the same rate as in America ur Fromm.
May 1 again hope your lordship will take such inter at fa
! this subject as to suggest a remedy fur the removal of this
prohibitory anti unjust tax upon invention.
1 have the honour to be, my lord, your lordshinht wry
humble tervant, J. M. IlifDE.
Bristol, March 21, 1851.