The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

PROCEEDINGS IN LEEDS.

Arrengerneh.s aro now =vie to carry into rlf ct th o
oh,oratisra which will be demanded of the LicLut.ve
Committee of tbil district. Local j..rics have been ap:tomted
(or almrkt every dop.atment of raw mate/les, itrodirr,
chemMals, vertable and animal stitstsnces, mac! teary
of all et, • crip•ions, manurtrtures, and sculpturv, modes,
sad the ple.tie r rt. Oa Wed atrday Itor, the 1.4. t
January, an influential and numerous meati.qt of the
Woollen Committee and the it..tew.ingext.ibitOTS in woollt r
touk place in the Council room, Caurt,non•e, Lott's; Wdlia:s
l'awson, Esq., ehoirmen of the Wo2llrn C.annii•tee, vre:idtt!.
kir. Cswood, the sett: g secretary, stated that t.o portal
were celled tool:cher in accordant,: with rote of tht rules laid
down by the Woollen Committee' to er et a lovl jot). or
juries for arooltel goody, anti orfikh elccion it was pro-
vied should tyke place at least one month before tl.e Inc.
St.ch 'orsl jury having the absolute vow, r of
accepting or rijic•it.g any or the goads sent for their
inspection, hat, nevertheless, subject to the reviri of the
jury of apvral, Cursitterable discusaien
.was then entered
pto as to he ralvivihi'ity of electit g one •jury, to consist of
eighteen. Tomas, converse nt wish woollen goods. iihd lease
that je.y. Otri ward+ to subaliv.de i'st..l into .. or fcer
division., as miestit be deemed a s.4ahl?, or to schtt three
or more juries for b. •nkets, broad and narrow i to: h.. It
was finally resole,', et:the motion at Mr. Alan it..ta 1". it 2 •

son, arconelcd by Well Rawson, "That a I a. t jury
be sprinted for bier of ell dtreirp.;•ine (e.1,,r -1,1 end
white), end that the jury convict of live competfmt ;.arti-
three of wi.om shell be a qunum." The votincr "Olt ro,k
place by bc'lot, when it was announced by Mr. Cc w.. ^d :not
the following getelmen were • trete —Mr. 11 n Icor
C.o.cih• r, Mr. T. G. Ward, Mr. Bac.tec, Mr. ‘Vh;telev,
tine. Brois. These gentlemen wsre thrrefore tticielly
declared to be the lc:al jury for the Le!.
trot for the saltation of b,anke le. A leng.hened
ditrusaion then ehruccl with respect to the coria.,..u.
tion of the jury or jui les for all owe( kinds of woollen
gen', and it was fini.lly resolved, on tl.e motion of Mr.
Alderman Beeson,: seconded by tkorste Smith, jun., Esq..
that a locsl jury be ri w eppoiated Ter 101 birds of broad e...t
narrow clothe, such jury to cons et of 13 (weir., at peril ,
and to have power to otadivide there*elv.s Int) Cr se, for
the more convenient and u,tt, r raominotion ,4 all elaw A of
o ,Ilen fabrics, not lets than three, however, to be a quot ono
in nay chir." The balletting then to. k place. ar,i 'he
lowing gentlemen were declared te be r.uiy elected the 1,-1
fury tor woollen goods in the Leeds district: John Cooper,
merchant ; Daraton Lupton, merchant • tVilliant
mrreliant ; Ledgard, merchant;' Henry Syk• •,
merchant; Joseph Lambert, merchant; Lupti ,
manutactorer, Drawn ; Edwin Heycock, monutacturcr
merchant ; Edwin Irwin, merchant ; John Ilargreaved
manufacturer, Kiele•tall ; John \Vele, Smith, &Are ;
Henty lluchon, manufacturer ar.d merchant; Richard
Ripley, manutazturer and merchant. it we' iurther
resolved that, shouli any of the snore gerthrasa
decline '3 act upon the for jury, then, rod in such cats,
the party WOO hid received toe next highest nutlike of votes
should take hie place. It is proper too Ire ve that e.l peke
who are exhibitors or eompe•iture were deemed ineligible,
and consequently ell rot 3 given to them were nril •ad void.
A vote of thanks woo then • did t the chair mar, r..tl

melting broke up atter having sat some hour,. 1.9 r the
further inhumation of cur reader., we may rate mat ell
goods w:11 have to be ready for inspection by the In. i ju..• s
the first week in Februaty, end the vst of toe largt acd c.ra-
modious warehouse, formerly occupied by Messrs. Newm^n
Cr h And Co end rumberad 19l We lingWn-street, end

12 in Biabor.gat.•street, hrs been in the lost handsome
manner granted by the managing directors of the Midlrnd
Railway Compeny for the purposrs of 'be local es, ;halo- ,
and that ill woollen*, stuffs, ic., must be sent there -1 it
stated in the advertisement, not later t! an the first we_k in
February, addressed to Mr. Martin Cawo id, acting secretary
for the Leeds district, accompanied by the following absolute
conditions:
CONDITIONS or BILNIBITION.—AnsoLrri CONDITIONS.
—The exhibitor shall fill up a cred, ,arnished by the L.cal
jury, with the following particulars relative to the fabric ex-
hibited. The—True cr common colour. Totrl weight r f
the piece or fabric in lbs. and re., and weight psi' yard in
lbs. oat., and decim•ls of ox. Width—ln inches. Long th
In yards and quatter of yards Pries-1. If *he exhibitor
be *he manufacturer, the price stated shall be 'bet at which
he would, at the time of exhibition, contract to supoly such
good', in bu'k, in the finished state. 2. If the exhibitor be
the merchant, dyer, or finisher, the price named abril be the
so•t of the banned article to such party respectively ; and he
shall state whether, at that price, he can poreir ee belk. at
the time of exhibition, in the ordinary course of trade. The
exhibitor shall state the specific que';tica or merits of the
fabric exhibited, on which he challenges compai!son with
other exhibitors, may, in one or more of the following :-
1. Superior Beauty or Fixedness of Colour.—The exhibitor
to state, if he cheer; whether at•rined at a greater or lees
cog than by the ordinary methods, end the price at which he
would dye such colon*. 2. Supa.:or menufactoes, includ-
ing, es amen', of manufacture, ovary process, 'tom the
selection of the raw material end its combinat'ons, to the
completion in the milled or balk state. N.B. Specific nointe
of superiority to he. named if the exhibitor aloe' cr. 4. Su-
perior Finiali.—The exhibitor, if he choc:e to state whether
attained at a greater or less t than by the ordins,/
methods, and ',r per centsge he would chorge for such
finish.
l'otxre or CONYETITION.-4. Generel excellence of tho
inlets. 6. Chen as relatively to excellence of productiee
If the exhibitor shows the cloth as • epc:imen of the restote
of new combinations of known raw materials, or the app .-
ien of new raw materiels, in the manufacturing of
the article, or in the process of dyeing; or of the
use of new mac*:nes in the processes of minute.-
luring end finishing respectively, he ahr'l specifically
state the same, and shall further indicate In what respect
such new methods rod appliergions exert the -e in ordinary
use, end whether the cost is greater or less per yard of the
finished cloth. The name of the exhibitor,* getter with
the n•ntes of the dyer, manufacturer, and finisher recptc•
tirly (as each or a'l may be requirri in corfory.ty with the
preceding stipulations), be given in a se-'cd envelops,
bearing a work end number, corresponding with a Er,le
and nembsr on the card sosomptnying the cloth.
William West, Esq., F.E.S., W. S. Weed, Eeq., and Wm.
Watson, jun., Req., have been norrioated for the 1. -
for miners's, chemicals, &a. ; end WillemWe it, E‘q.,
EW F. .S., William Sykes ard, Eq., and W. Roggen, Esq.,
for philosophic,' instruments.

PREPARATIONS AT CARLISLE.
The standard products of ods city and neighbourhood 11 i t
be fairly rept, -cot d in the Great Exhibition, 1,035 ,uper-
tidal feet hating been taken up kr 'he purpose—namely,
236 feet of fbor or counter epees, for the exhibition of raw
wite,•.lg, michin,,r, rod menufac... me, sad 800 supeta-
ell feet of 'wilting sr). The pi.ucipal p 3. 'on of 'Fe
grace will be occupi,4 by the staple auanue.otct of the
city, oor,isrfug of febrPi 'non, hie :k e! "Mx ^nel
fuiot-
ture mints, woollen end waited cheek Mime sad
PI whitugu, L

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