The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-10 00:00:00

ORNAMENTAL ART.

The French exhibitors have almost altogether
withdrawn the veils which concealed their works,
and successively their wonders of ornamental art are
being revealed to the sight. And as they were on
Thursday inspected by the Duchess ol'Orleans,
and the Duke and Duchess of Netnours, who were
accompanied by the younger branches of the
(Meaux family, this may not be an unfit-
ting occasion to tike u rapid survey of the
works of Continental exhibitors.

Ensconced between the velvety texture of the
&vres carpet on the une hand, and the bore stitch of
the Savonneric tapestry on the other, are placed the
large painted vases, and porcelain copies for which
Sevres is renowned. Almost without exception the
figure pieces will be recognised as reproductions of
well-known eliler-dmurres in the Louvre, such as the
portrait of Tintoret, of Vandyke, the President lie-
naudot's head by Itubens, and, lastly, the " Holy
Family," from Itafuelle. The old Limoges enamel
looks singular dressed with the more perfect, though
possibly for that very reason less suitable designs of
modern art. A few oval enamel portraits also attract
notice from their unusual opacity. They are the
result of a novel experiment which has par-
tially succeeded for the last year or two, of
engrafting enamel on iron. The advantage of the
process consists in its rendering feasible the covering
of large surfaces, which was previously rendered im-
possible by the brittle nature of the material ;
whereby it was confined to ewers and salvers. Those
who are initiated in the different mysteries of tapestry
tititellCS, will like to compare the pnxhicts of Beauvais
with those of the Gobehns; the former the triumphs
of mingled mechanical and human labour and
ingenuity ,• whereas the latter is so compa-
ratively slow and intricate in its operations,
that every thread must be workee by hand.
Sculpture also finds its place here. Clesingers' Bac-
chante perhaps goes beyond the legitimate bounda-
ries of art, in tortuous outline, still one admires the
genius of the artist who could steer clear of the coarse-
ness inherent in the subject. The entrance is tastefully
arranged with works of sculpture, chiefly executed
by the reducing machine of A. Coll as, who still re- I
tains the exclusive secret of reducing the largest
sized sculpture to any given size. These Mr. Bar-
bedienne
has converted to Lronze, with pleasing
effect. In the middle of the entrance door-way arc
thus executed the celebrated Gates of Ghilx•rti,
which Michael Angelo said were worthy of being
those of Paradise. In Florence the bronzes have a
greenish east, which is on the whole pleasanter than
the russet hue of the present gates. A carved buffet
massively modelled here also attracts notice. Cross-
ing to the other side of the nave, the section of
French ornamental art there established shows that
those branches, less immediately connected with state
support, are in no way inferior. Quite the contrary :
one fancies that more spirited workmanship and
greater activity is here visible. The silversmith's
work of M. (idiot seemed ready to emerge on the
stand which has been prepared for it. But by fir the
most attractive feature,and eagerlvgazed at through-
! out the day, were the contents of M. Froment Men-
rice's env:compartment, the principal object of interest
being an enriched toilet-table, which was presented
to the Duchess of Parma by the legitimists. Its style
is transitional from the gothic to the renaissance, and
of course,is sprinkled withjleur-de-lis and other his-
torical allusions t 2 the sway of thq Bourbon
branch. The my is executed both in niello, on

silver, and engraved on steel. The armorial bearings
of the old provinces arc substituted for those of the pro-
sentdeparttnents. Two coffers, or shrines, arc placed=
each side of this table which are wonders of chisel-
ling. As a specimen of the relative merits of punch-
ing and embussing as practised formerly by
versus the prevailing method of casting, tho
allegorical llesiodie group of figures which ori-
ginated in the fancy of the Due de 'alines, may bo
pointed nut. Amongst other objects of interest col-
lected here arc to be found the "Pope's Chalice," the
swords lately presented to Changaruier and Cavatig-
nee, the monstiance, or host-receiver, of the Made-
leine in Paris, and race cups, Se. Emerging ugain
into the open space of the nave: yet mute eager
groups are collected round the jewellery of iho
Queen of Spain, in which a crown, containing,
we are afraid to state how ninny thousind pearls
and emeralds, is particularly dazzling to tho
sight, and which the expieted nadition of the "sap-
phire diadem " can scarcely surpa.s. Yet oven hero
we find some of those startling associations of the
ludicrous with the sublime. In one of the side pa-
nels, and in close connexion with Spanish tEammula
of the first water, have been gathered paste dupli-
cates of the sword, sceptre, and other emblems of
Ilititian sovereignty. fhe crown of the Queen is
conspicuous on a velvet cushion, but that of the
K ing having. proved a comparative fidlure, has been
ignominiously placed into a drawer bonsath.

Those who have sufficiently taxed the powers of
their eyesight seek relief in indulging other senses,
' and are especially attracted by the Inignint retain°
emitted by the jet of eau de cologne, which plays by
intermittent tits in the MOM% fitted up with the
costly and splendid furniture from Vienna. The
names those great Viennese upholstemrs.C. Leistler
and Son, and that of their architect, Mr. —Bernardo
de Bernardis, are not more generally unknown to
most people than the style adopted in their
decoration of the furniture, or the wood employed in
its manutheture. This wood is that of the locust
tree, a species of acacia, which is imported from
Brazil, which has been for the first time turned to its
present account ; and as far as outward app eannwes
go, the result seems mast ffivourable. In its solid
yet slightly ponderous character one is unconsciously
reminded of the contents of old English mansions,
though the rich stuffs which used ffirmerly
to aid in the embellishment of large rooms,
have been almost entirely dispensed with, so as
not to distract the eye in any way front the lavish
expenditure of carving throughout ; and by that
means,that which might have seenusl oppressive with
ni i iii tie:Rasa., is rendered remarkalolv aber. Di,. tester of
the large bedstead is even covered with a dark brown
velvet, made almost to match the colour of the wood.
Its general arrankwment, as we have said, is a plea-
sant departure from any given style; and we may
fancy thu puzzled air of un antiquarian compelled to
give au opinion on the subject a century or two hewer.
Small pillars clustered round a spiral column of
equally diminutive proportions, form the fro-posts,
in the spaces between which are curved Adam and
Ev,., the ffinr ages of man, &c. In another apart-
ment is a Gothic oak bookcase, sent as a present to
the Omen lay the Emperor of Austria; and which
contained some books carved and embosstsl. which
would make even " Luke Limner" stand aghast.
They arc full of original designs in water-colours by
German artists. Amid this wondrous work there is ono
ornamental contrivantv which has puzz led most people
by its novelty, being more like a coat and umbrella
stand than anything hitherto known or/Wen. Its four
panels, jutting out from their central shaft, which
turns on a pivot. however, proclaim its destination
as a receptacle for family portraits. There is some-
thing out of the common ill this fanciful idea, of thus
collecting family portraits round a common centre.
The artist seems to have selected lighter toned woods,
according to the humour or destination of his per-
formance. In this respect the Hungarian ash seems
admirably suited tat the sportive diameter of the
cupids dancing together perched on their brawket-
stands. As for the chairs and sofas, the keeper will
have to expend a vast amount of logic before ho
can persuade people that they have no right to sit
down in them, so inviting are their airs of repose.

PARIS, Frtin.ty.

By a decree in the Miniteur the following mem-
ber% have been added to the French jars' of the Ex-
hihition:--sth Category. hub-jury A. dor carriage*,
M. Arnoux, director of the otelicrs of the .Nlessagertes-
. generates. loth Category, sub-jury A, for Instru-
ments of musk, M. lterioix. lath Category, huh-
jury for surgical instruments. M. Roux, M. Ltd-
lemand. Jul 2 Category, MM. tiallandrouze de La,
mornaix and Albert de Lavncs. Palt Category,
MM. Pcrsoz and Chevreul. NI. Folder :s attached
to the ltith category, in replacement of M. Persou.
MM. Louis-Lnclen Bonaparte and Rouse Carbounel
are appointed supplement:tny members of the com-
mission, in the place of MM. Eerily Berlioz, and
Fattier.

BERLIN, MAY 4.

Lord Palmerston's despatch to this and other foreign go-
vernments respecting the polire to Ise sent over to England
during the Exhibit continues the subject of conversation
in many eireles. It appears saw that the nature of this de-
spatch has boas very much misappri 'tended by the tier-
man papers. In consequence of the numerous application,
which had been made to him by the foreign representatives
in England to send the Berman and French fugitive', out of
our country, :md also of the still more numerous stories of
plots and oonspiravies coneortoall by them, Lnnl Palmerston
sent a circular despatch to his representatives Amid, in
which he rope -tell that tiny would inform the govern-
ments to which they were accredited that be hail no otojee-
' lion whatever to each foreign state sending over to Eng-
land during the Exhibition one or more of their police
agents, capable of watching and detecting the much-feared
plans of the political fugitives. Ito requested at the same
time that the foreign governments would tea. great precan-
tious in the choice of their agents. aced not send such personas
as would create the dangers they were meant to prevent, or
trouble the English police and their own governments with
absurd reports of their own imagination. Reaperting the en •
prose of these missions Lord Palmerston did not &wont, word.
The assertion which has lien made that the agents sent
over were mere police, and not political agents or spies. ralM
at once to the ground. The choice of this government
would sufficiently- establish this, were it not already proved
by the nature of Lord Pahuerston's despatch. The parties
sent over from Berlin are an Assessor Stieber nod ri Hem
Goldheim, both of whose vocations are coo/meted solely
with the inquisitorial department of the Prussian
Amessor Stieber is a political character of some notoriety.
Ile it was who bore the German banner in front of the via-
looted procession through Berlin Oh the 21st of March,
ISIS, and who has since acquired an unenviable reputation
as the advocate of the democrats before the kgal
tribunals of the country. His connexion with the
I police dates, however, from a much earlier 'period
he having been employed in 1513 ur 15i1 to
watch the democratic movement in Silesia. In comsequenns
of this having come to the knualedge of his colleagues. the
Referendarian of the chamber courts—they declined having
any further connexion with hint, and he was Uompelb.,l to
quit his situation; a step which he took very willingly, since
I there was no vsy, hut plenty of work attached to the Alice.
The other police agent Herr Goldlocion, is the same per-
son who was seat into Holstein last autumn by Baring Mau-
teuffel, and who reported to the minister that General
Klapka and huge were in Hamburg, waiting fur an open
outbreak in the Schlt.swig-Ifolocias army. This statement I
denied at the time. Since thou tioldheins woo sent on a mis-
sion to Meeklehhtlfg, to watch the democrats there. His
as
all the
a very
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r appointmentp oal il eintilcu4"ta scandal
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by coction
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cent to
London. Lord Palmerston's injunction respecting the agent
to lie soot has not been attended to in Berlin.

MEETING OP Exiiiiamas .1T LEEDS.—On Tlitiesiday
a meeting of the exhibitors of woollen cloths ova; It. Id at
the Court house, Leeds, to consider what means should bo
adopted for the better preservation of woollen goo,IQ, and
whether it was advisable to ask for more *pave Ili lug
Hodson, Esq., presided. Mr. CAMOO.I, the secretary. said
half the Lteds goods had not yet been opened out, un•! that
it was felt that the space at their disposal was perfsetly In-
adequate. Several of the exhibitors also expressed a strong
opinion that more space was required, and that the goods
c.uh.r.doffrowmadpuspiticbacyonsuf,it:rabll;ore,,ov.tirizts..
and so-
thorising suitable coverings to
,pepl;pg%lothe goods.
mloutisitonbes inprofatot
were passed ; and a suborn An to defog
the expenses of the same. , !• •
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Notwithstanding the care 'which the royal corn.
miesioners have testa to ensure to the n•iblie a cheap MR-
-64 catalogue to the exhibit...sr, the 'witness f the build-
ing and the be ilderment which seizes n visit in when
errft Mid iitellaWittl for Ate tent three Kanaltyltn the cent,.
of the great transept, ',ender it necessary to lay drool WO.
mfg and easily followed rules, by following which an ift.rit.t.
ton of the enntents of the bwildinir stay be had, without
undue labour. To lay down rules of this deocriptiem is not
en easy task ; for at first sight the magnitude of the agile
• and the multitude of olip et. appear to defy all power of
concentration —all laws of order. On catering the building,
however, at the southern entrance, two or three main
pointa for future guidance may be remembers'. On the
• right are the main avenue and galleries given op to foreign
exhibitors; all that part of the edifice to the left is filled with
the prod octaidllritish ind ustry exclusively. Bemiring them two
rants in mind the visitor on entering the foreign depart-
ment will require title further guidance, since he will find
the foreign countries represented severally named and
parted; but on the British side the arrangement into
seti.ms has been adopted more closely. theretoe the pro-
ducts of lends and York•hire. Birmingham and Sheffield,
will he found together. In a small useful work, published
within the huiklinst, entitled a " Synopsis of the Contents
of the Gnat Exhibition," by Mr. Hilbert Hunt, the intrica-
cies of this half of the building arc lucidly and fairly ex-
plained.
" The materials operated on, and the results of human
industry, were found, upon careful consideration, to be
very Early isimprehenilid within elms.", and although
it has been t smedingly difficult, and in some cams imp...-
table, to draw the line-Ix:mien the beginning of one and the
ewiiag of !another. this adjustment has his non the who
fairly .1 in the It h separtrnent. The exhibi-
tor..of the United Kingdom will themfort he found to he
grouped rails r by the character of their productions than
by the distrkt in which they were produced, although
sow iveistieas will he detected. In the colonial and
foreign departnsents the grasping has been by district. ;
bat within these the same system of classilieation, whieS is
as swirly a natural one as could hi des iasl, lois been, to a
grist extent, studied. There will not therefore he much
aitliculty in tacking nut any morns of illu-trations of a simi-
lar charnel. T rte.= the home it.to the colonial and foreign
departments,
" It is important that the line adopted as the mint satins
factory one along which to direct a visitor shnulil he briefly
Mated. The trionsi•pt and the groups of articles belonging
to the Cuiteil Kingdom and the taking" in the wester*
main ~venue will first claim attention. Passing round by
the western eel we pr.vill 01.01.11 by the south wall and
examine the mineral prodoetions and mining, elm,. 1, and
then lesving the agricultural i.e'.o for a opt-rise) meta*,
procrisl in continuation of the name subject thmugh elms
22, in.'s and general hardware. From this we onscreen
moldy into Pie woven materials, soil crinsing to the
northern wall at MN, examine the machinery in motion by
which these are prialoseil, returning towards the main
artistic to inspert engines and other iii i 111 l inventions.
In tie hays altuttiag can the stave, im.sing east, we Alan
find tarriats• numulsrture, furs, and hathers, orna-
te Mal stoic- inanulacture, furniture, paper, and tine arta.
We then purpose prising into thee worth and central north
gallerii s, awl esatuilic the mirk. of our potters and our
armortelurep., nasal architwiure, engineering, niusi-
gal iiistrieuents, and philosophical apparatus, and pass U.
Ow ril callrri s, w here the preeion• metal.. tapestrv.
silk, shawls, A,•., and the vegetable produce and eheinir.al
butnufseture- are arranged, then disirentlintr by the
southern stairs we proceed through the Sculptor Room and
enter into our colonial departments."

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into' Uglily
and some other C0r‘.....a reductions,
The marbles of Derbyshire, in all their variety, from
-the eatert-e..erestitier garish. to Ow Ilse black marble of
that county, are exhibited. 'trues of Derbyshire fluor-
spar—the now wart* variety, Blue-Jobs, as it is locally
called—of a beautiful amethystine colour; and all the
Ohm varieties of this Inoride of oakum, are exhibits-J.
TM ingenuity of the Derbyshire artist is the practice of
inlisying has been long known, and the finest Florentine
work is here most fairly rivalled. The beauty of some of
thme specimens almost removing them from this into the
tae arts department, cannot but attract admiration.
Around this sec-ties will be found • great variety of
odor productions of the United Kingdom; some exquisite
servings in Caen stone, and numerous examples of similar
works in slate, limestone, the Bath oolite, Portland stone,
ibt. The series of tiles, many of them being new de.ititlut,
sad others copies from the tiles of the Alhambra, will be
admired. These productions, upon which much taste and
shill was employed by the Itomans, and during the Mediwval
period, are ibly revived. In those exhibited, some colours
sr introduced which were not known to the ancients ;
dies the moderns have a decided advantage in the colours
they are enabled to Rive to ornamental pavement. Teasel=
in great variety and colour are also shown. These are now
principally manufactured by compressing the clay in a dry
state in moulds ; the particles arc forced within the limit,
of roh,..ive force, and are thus held together by the opera-
tin of this power; being afterwards baked, they acquire
the firmness of stone, sod are excessively durable. 1 hese,
and other examples, promise a new style of floor deco-
ration. _ .

In the Mlles arreille4 arc the molt bulky specimem—
irtistir and otherwise—rangol h. re to give full effect to
their proportions. glass fountain is the object which
occupies the ventral point of the building. This fountain
ron.i.tsisf boor tons 4.r Hint glass, and is easily eons-ea-lila',
int" a Carldt lalar iiiii . In tile northern part of the t rabscpt the
iisitor will at law.. In. 4reirk w ith the• a qui...trims start., of
Illaisen anal I*: in..- Albert and other work.- of oulpture, and in
the southern port of the tr.oisept a .monad vainest rian statue
of her Moja sty will lie bound. In the main avenue of the
British sole are many gigantic .111V1/11111, of art -many cast-
ing.. and ounce remarkable olijects. .among those are the
biome ,tatise Or the l/uke of Rutland, the Spitallielits
trophy, tlie marble slog. the limo. and Wagon. Then Coate
extroarilitt iry ti, Itarehelle Yaks,
and tartrate. of pgavh and said... Then specimens in
I h-volivliire m "tale, I'aa nst •, a carved trophy. of
huge chiet.s, Leitrim, for hi:Miaow. -, splendid rivrinten,
of varying 'machinery, the male) of the Liverpool ibiek.,
Eliyumimaaa fountains, a ••ratial- of Sliakspelare, a granite
radusian, n rolimsie of cool loan llonvor. 11..- mining se-
(jolt 11111,.. British department of Ow Exliiltitiosi, Mr. llunt
furnish,. the following ear. Ileut •11111Ulary -
Th.• lard thing rriptirisig uttoatioti an entering this
tlepartin. id, whirl, a. tastentleal to furnish illustratio n. of
the nittallib•nolv mud tactic minerals of the rniteal King-
doms, find the Its. tallurgical larnrt •••••••• ',Whist, to nj,,nufbe.
tun, in Mel-al, are manse at-ry instructive olua-ational set. of
minerals, and a Wrirtt of nimbi. illustrative of • modified
Py.telal et( eryvtallevraplay. Whether the Marnion. syrdein
advoiruted Italy est ntually meet with the approlsittion of
Melt of •eirne-e or not, the nisi, Is here t•xlidoiteal very
pleusingly illustrate nature'. geoinetrr, av shown in the
henn,.ious laws whirl' regulate the building up of crystals.
This is forth• r illustrated by the specimens of gem., mane in
the it natural rotialitiani anal others rut. (In the counters
will be found sow line ilhestrations of plumttago and the
manufarture of The largest quantity of
this sairt.-rial being raised at the Ilorrowilale Niue, in ('um-
anal the quality of thin henot inaleol superior to
alnoot any olitaistral in the uorltl, it nay nut Lr uiii ll
log 10 slat.' that it Itt vanillin-seal of nearly%) percent. of pure
Ille rem.tilialer patina primipully silica anal oxide
of lout. 'lhis niiiieral is pr.-slut-all in louto-hr. of army un-
ta•rt.sios as...urn-nee, but generally of ronsialerable value, the 111
manual onssuisajnion Is ins taluill at near LINO/. A raw, of
1i01i.11.31 agate,, its whieli will he well null of the elalnialeol
1.1.1164-••••• Strottalat Sat Heat a11.1a114 the wall, and immediately
adjoining it several bottle. emit. ' g the medicinal waters
of Il itrawitate, with Orlr composition, so shown by bans-
attaelosl. *hawing how. in the form of hydru-sul-
phatiir aeon. tin' sulphur i. held in •••111liate.
.• A ter, inter-sting w•rie of aurtilicial stone. now claim
warm. atientims. 'flo iglu-trace the ustful anal orminoutal
applieation of .I.n real kiwis of Clint at. The cheniieal con-
stitution of !ht..• erinent. is somewhat variable, but tiny
Islay lie Its general WM...tate,' to be silica tttiesti, alumina
(alum), lime, magnesia. oxide of irn. and p t ash, or sala.
'Rom in et meat i. fornw I 11.111 eurious ft-slides called
wietaria." found on the Italian clay, iii the of Wight,
an-I taut the masts of Kent and Somensetsliire, which, with'
r cement ‘tolow, ale rahilnta.l in this elepurtraelif.
'I lie, Of plaster tat l'aris. in enll4 Ca:1111111m arty he ravar,led
as the lose. I:y r•tion touslivr is exhibited
h. re. White anal Sum', catenual anal internal stator°,
hrl•na••• ertau•nt anal veaglioLs, .examples of which, executed
• tilt notch taste, ar.- ellielarall on the smith wall, an• I.ollk.
t',tants th• s., with alum, limas, &e. (lit the wenle wall,
ut -.mewled more toward. tilt' east. wi.l be found a very
telit•ll4 r•.. 1111.1.• of another potent. in which it ail
peer. Lorna t. V1800)1311 all rOlallnilArtani With an soul, the
oboe, of the. lwaig to corset an alkalinity w high ha. been
found, in • to Shr. ti'lit•art• 1,411111, employed.
Tha• •latiet.• And orot.tmcsst.il work. around, in (tweet's and
woo r ream at., ar.• ..r a similar general chararter.-
'flo ea hallow lieeime at, of rhino clay., china stone. fullers
Cattle. • 1,1111 Star 1041. Tv, building stolie., liMe-
steam,. sonal.towes.marble., porphyries. data., products from
cowl, peat. th- 11nrhain atomism-tit in vaunt 1 cuul, British
iron ores, .I.a I proltwell at tote prots-r, a aloetel of
the Ebbw Vale lout %Corks, forma.- ores, iron in.mulac-
tures. nuslel of e .al mine, the Bankart copper promell,
min-r: tango. /in: mannaischirra, castings, safety lust-, lint-
ea s. of .1-paratin.: metal., usoi/el of furnace for tin onielting,
wolfram. tuog-t, as and its salts. anotic, tin ore. cohnit,
minas_ Plans. &e. Afar examining Ole taiieties
ff
of ...ptittUrat r 11110 St 41 111 the asst. na raid of this division. the
•isitor shoubl pas. tiitlte section caned fir Moli.eval Court,
which is W 1,4 with aerlesiastieal ornaments. mot ristimpt
tat variant. kinds in the witali.rt al stj le. In this vicinity
ill Ls' found rant-,d the gnat industries of Birmingham,
laros•bauualiitz. st.tinpiiiit, casting, ormolu. countkvs but- I
tons, *lra P-11•. sw"rls, musket., alaina.caming, papier
machst, slot finder., kitchen ranges. ga.-tooking aiapara.
tea, SKaltielal g.sl. in all varieties. On reaching the we,-
tern wall., while engaged in eAaMiniiig thi. gnat allel I
portant ala-portiii• .u, anal turning to the north, we
Ire led to departments in which are in-
elwkd Colton. le 4•411 e ri, and Max :" among these •
wade spas-Miens indicating the n1011.4' Oar arrange.
ment of the panorama 100 feet bang, illustrative of the
calico milting of Nlatuliester. cam.isting "(geometric forms, •
roitventional arrangements of halm al forms, and raiftvlta-
lave*. rolutanati4ns, alsel fonts derived f nature ;" Has
inanufaietun-, table linen, sheeting, Ilrialport wamUcit
cloth, merit., alieaa,. Iniu.y plaid., tartan. Shet-
land knittinz. &e. lhn Oae warth side will be litund t'ar-
lode gingham..m.l lace. Mr. Ilunt then direct. the visitor
to pas. twnos thi- north-west end to the north wall, when
hr will find hint-al( in the miel.t of a display of machinery
which could not c.rtainly be asjualled be any other country
on the fare of the globe. Amongst thee, machinery for
rotton Wearing. Iwo!: embellishing, cutting boiler plates,
Sher-lam 1 making, warping and wearing. wand-rttnltinita
wheel rutting, for Mix dressing. silk wrat togs .tram-print-
Ina, hydraulic pier..-s, paper machines. maehtne for rettbOir-
ing .nut Irian corn mill.. striking medals, centri-
fugal •lane machines. harmaking machine, sugar-
house intiehiiiery, hydrant*. press. Bntannia-Frieda',
anti WHAM engine. Pa.aug, under the direetion
of Mr. Oust, from the court devotol to mine.
rat skanufartiori,,, the visitor will enter the carriage
departmt nt, where he will livid aaa ridded all kinds of car-
razes. from the itrra4 coach to the street cab and ennui-
hon.- Ilene.., passing east. the visitor will enter the de-
panntriit whirr are ranged the products of the tanner anal
the currier. Ilere arc Iluds.m Illy fur., beaver hat.. a hi.-
tory of bude and shoes in illustrative specimen.. skins for
himlinO, morocco,. rhinoceros anal hippopotamus hide.,
leather gloves and hantess. Passing now into Ili.. manotac.
lured mineral department, Mr. Runt introduces its wonders
in these word.:

▪ The num, mu. articles in terra-cotta, and in artificial
• of different kind., arc too numernu. to notice. They
will all well repay examination; ar will also several
cum*. of ornamental con.tructions in conntsion with
.f.e and cottace architecture."
. .

Dinctlyto the east of this intrcest i ng collection will he found
the specimens representing British furniture. Among them are
all kind. of chairs, tables, chitfunniery n, cabinets, sideboard.,
slab of Galway marble, parqueteric, buhl, inlaid tables,
renaissance hedstead, • mirror eleven feet by seven, and
bedstead.. To the east of the furniture section, and on the
north side, lies that of fine arts, composing a very miscel-
laneous collection of ornamental manufacture. Amongthem
art- specimens of papier-medic, type, gotta pereha, copper
plate printing, artists' colours, ornamental paperand binding,
map., paper in great lengths, architectural models, printing
in oil, climmo-lithography, painting on ivory-, engraving by
electricity on steel, seals engraved by machinery, ears lug.
in ivory and wood, • looking-glass in Gibbons' style, trophy
in carved wood, tortoise-shell frame. coins and medals,
gum paste models, anatomical models, Mexican figures,
and enamels. Immediately adjoining this section are those
of Malta, Jersey. Guernsey, and Ceylon. Having inspected
these department., the visitor is recommended to ascs•nal I
the north stair., tarn to the right, and examine the ceramic
series, whieh ineludes all kinds of pottery, and make. tap a
brilliant display. Further on in the north gallery are pro-
ducts of a very miscellaneous character, including models,
bridges, lighthouses, shop fronts, surgical instruments,
cutlery, carving, moulding and carving by machinery,
Indian-rubber. From beater the visitor is direetial to
inspect the collection of glast in the central north
gallery ; and in the same line of gallery, pass-
ing west ward, philosophical instruments, including
all kinds of ehemieal apparatus, compasses, printing
telegraphs, tice. Passing to the west card of the gal-
lery, the visitor will inspect the grand organ, which here
forms the central object. Arranged almut this instrument
AM various specimens of nasal architecture. Passing south-
wa,s4 by the onama, splendid specimens of stained glass will
Ire seen; also barometers, thermometer., clack., astronomi-
cal clocks, chnononi..ter., compensating pendulums,
watches. the Goldsmiths' Company praxes, precious stone.,
and Sheffield plate ; while hanging above the central gal.
krie. the visitor should not fail to observe the Axminster,
Brussels, Masulipatam, anal other carpet., which are sus-
pended thence. The ladies' carpet, presented by the
quern, pill is found at the corner where the central north
gallery mat. the transept. In the central Routh gallery
will Ise f lan extrionlinary sariety of tapestries; anti
in the s oath gallery specimens of needlework of many
kinds, litre also as the eelelinded state bed. Passing
westward from this region the visitor will reach the chemi-
cal IM CliOn ; and after having inspected this division he
is nrommenaleal to puss to the section which includes
all kind. of fowl, whence lie may proceed VI the
engineering department. After this the visitor should des
tote hi. attention to the agricultural implement., which he
will rind grouped about the entire h-nuth of the 11VVIII1V,
:111.1 then passing from the eastern end of this avenue hr
will reach the ...ulpture room. Then follow the products of
Van Dirmen's Laud, anal extending from this division to.,
wants the naive are n•pree mot the interesting industries of
4111,1,101. t IS, near the a meaner from the transept will I,: I
found a rich collascion, of a most varied character, front the
Lust Indies, In the foreign or ca.tern division of the build-
lug, the visitor will find his route easy, inasmuch as each
country is complete ill itre-lf. In closing these few clime-
time. to visitor., we may fairly refer them to Mr. Hubert
Iluut's lucid synopsis.

Ti,,: Br ILDING, YESTERDAY, WAS thronged with
visitors from the hour of opening till the gongs sounded at
half-list six in the esening. Some additional attractions
were displayed to public view in the southt rn galleries, in-
eluding a splendid counter of printed fabrics of all kinds, ar-
tistically grouped. Towank the easlern end of this trallery
a huge stand, motbsttly veiled with green cloth, hiding pain-
' fully accurate anal 00000 ieal specimens iu was, excited general
curiosity. Near this the figure of a man, with a broken
leg, scientifically strapped, was remarkable, and a little fur-
ther on, a man was busily employed thy oughout the day
blowing a pair of bellows, to till the sails of sotne model
seen',, ridded with revolving masts. Late in the afternoon
Prince AlM•rt, attended by three or tour gentlemen, in-
spected 1•011)V of the [knish eauttstnintots. hi the
British machinery tlepart went, cross& surrounded
Applegarth's printing machine, which was working
vigorously. and with great noise,. It in, perhaps,
well. at tins point, to caution the authorities as to the danger
in...inset by has ing only slight ropes round working
chines. It is by no 1111,1114 a pleasant sight to see thousands
I of people crowding between revolving wheels, steam saws,
only roped istf by the frailest cordage. We arc alai to
find that the authorities hare louts' a notice iu the building
informing the public as to the place where they may deposit
any ankles they may find, or n toyer any they 111-1 y
during their visit. Visitors should also hear in mind that
there is one entrants. to the building exclusively desisted
to pedestrians, and that by entering at this end they may
avoid the unpleasant emits tarot of scrambling brtwrsa
rows of carriages, and under why noses of restive horses.
The public may also b.• reminthsl that on Saturdays the
building is not accessible to sisitors before noon.

•
THE COl-"ML 01-* (11%1831EN OF TIIE iI:RIEs of
the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met on
Thursday, at the Exhibition in II yde park. Present—Clam l, I
Sir Ili nry do la Berke, C. 8., F.R.S. ; Clan 2, Mimsieur I
A. Durun; Class 1, Professor:Owen, F.R.S.; Clam Ste,'
Earl Jersey; (1... 7, Sir. I. K. Brunel, F.Ii.S. ; Clan 8,
Baron Charles. (lupin; Class 9, Mr. I'. Paws., M.P.,
Fits. : Clan In. sir David Brewster, F. 11.5. ; ClOl4 MO,
Sir 11. Bishop; Clan 11, Sir James Anderson; Clan 12,
IDr. Sehafhaolt. tor Prolessor Herrmann ; Clam 13, Mr.,
G. T. Kemp; Clan 11, Count .on llarrack ; Clan 16,
Ilan. Colonel Anson ; EL.. 17, M. Van de Weyer; Clam
IS, Mr. Henry Tucker; Clam 19, l'rofessor Holley 7, ('la..
20. Mr. William Felkin; Clan '2l, Lord Wharnclilfe;
Clan 22, Ilon. Home (treat; ChM 24, Lord de Mauley :
Clan 2.5, the Duke of Argyll; Clam 211, Professor Itoesnor,
Air Chevalier de Iturn ; Min 27, General Manley, for signor
l'istrucei ; ('lass 28, Don Itiunon de la Sacra, for Stioir lion
Joaquim Alfonso; Chun 29, Viscount ('arming; Class 30,
Derr son Vivhahis. Dr. Mayfair, Lieut.-Colonel Lloyd,
and Lieutimant Ward attended.

Tin' FIN %NIT CommirrEE of the Royal Commis-
sion for the Exhibition met on Thur.lay at the Eahibition
Building, in Ilydelmrk. Prevent Earl Granville (chair-
man), Lord Overatone, Right Hon. 11. Labouthere, Sir A.
RIB. arman Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. T. F.
Gilson, Mr. Peto, M.P., and Colony' Reid (Chairman of
the Executive Committee). Mr. Bowring (Secretory) was
in attendance. Mr. Cole and Mr. llilke were priseut.

THE GRIL‘T EXIIIIIITION scents likel• to prove
beneficial to exhibitors. Mr. J. G. Lough ha; already re-
ceived a corninii‘ion to execute in marble his colossal group
of the Archangel Michael as soon as it leaves thc Exhibition.

.• Thy mineral manufacture presents a very striking ap-
pearance : nature has furnished in the rocks of our island,
a weies of stone., as beautiful in coheir, as varied in design.
and as capable of being wrought into Conn* of delicacy,
an any which are to be found in other parts of the
world, and we hire evidence in this exhibition of our
native industry, in giving elegant forms to our British
marbles.

'• The aerprotinee of the Lizard ilivtriet. in Cornwall
(thew rock* are combinations of silica and in:at(n.-4a), will
De seen to calubit a very iiten.eting variety; their eapav

Ft:w TIIINGs IN THE CRYsTAL PALACE arc to
our minds more intes•sting than the specimens of Colonial
produce. They tell us of the condition of distant friend.,
and of the prospects of those from whom we arc about to
separate ; they •leak unmistakeably of the relative value of
nvions concerning which few can have any personal know-
lege, and of the future• destiny of countries which may one
day become our rivals. They point, out, moreover, where
our merchants. our manufacturers, our artisans an: to hook'
for those raw materials, in the absence of which their in-'
telligence and skill would remain without application.
Looking in this way at Canada and the other British North
American eigonies. we perceive signs of • prosperity which
nothing but fatuity ran destroy; and comparing them with
the United States. we see no cause of regret at having lost
the one while we stain the other. The corn of Canada is
inferior indeed to that of Adelaide, and its minerals may
sulfur bv comparison with those of the Burrs Burro, as its
timber ;toes with the beautiful cabinet woods of British
Guiana. the Bahamas, and Van Diensen's Land; never-
theless, its nearness to our own shores tvunterbalances such
disadvantages, and its richness in all that constitutes
the real strength 01 a country is abundantly manifest.
Viewed in this manner, it is impossible not to see
that Van Diemen's Land itself, much as it has
suffered, and, low as it seems to have sunk in public estima-
tion. is. nevenheless, a mine of inexhaustible wealth. In
its timber and fancy woods alone, it yields to no region that
is represented in the Exhibition. The beauty of the !Nun
pine. for example. excels that of satin-wood or bird's-eve
maple; the black-wood equals rosewood; what is call;x1
dogwood, said to be • Bedfordia, is like the finest brown
gnarled oak ; and the common musk bush (Eur!,6ia ergo-j
pAyiloi), which in Van Dienten's Land becomes a tree. pro-
f:um, rennet, that are, we think, without a rival. There
is a small work-table. No. 12, made of this material, which
is not excelled by any similar piece of furniture in the
building.—tiardener's Chronicle.

„ I was not wired with that utter despair 1
j which 1 hare always experienced upon finding myself alone, I
-...Dr*it) left entirely to myself in a ficeign town ; and whoever it was i
.. at Iketialothent, amid this that the French house where I found a kindly asylum or 1
"thalami,. mat °tall the auiha, that the anticipated emotion at what I wax about W see., hail
,mast toattwa„ratetiwtw that protected sad staanhal me agoinat the first assaults of this
high minded gentleman in despair, I have not lint murk fault to find with my inward
_ _ e hapPy t Amok of civilised nations when frame of mind. And when morning name -a pale and
gloomy aurora bearing yet in her unkempt hair • few stray
they a, -moo themselves freely to the spirit, to the genius,
to therfasyyration of labour. Behold, at last, u popular to- *leeks of the snow fallen on the eve -1 emerged bravely from
my den awl walked through one or troy( the long through-
molt Worthy at once of the contemplation 'nf the earth and
ay walla from on high. Hetet, „meth.,” revelations which fares of the sleeping city. Tlw l'ity slept, wearied with ant-
deserve
our sympathies and command our respect. War is bitten and with toil, drunk with its smoke and with its
waged with the most courteous weapons. Men oppose each glory ;it slept an happy nations sleep when they are certain
to find on their awakening the laws, the habits, the belief,
other behind barricades built up of masterpieces; there
the customs, and the riches of their father.. !leaven ulnae'
resounds from amid these nations in the heat of labour
nothing but the din of the hammer descending upi n the and a few policemen watched over the sleeping city, !
anvil, and the sighs of the steam engine harnessed to its fiery and meanwhile on all sides, front the farm and the
!ear. Listen to that sound as of cannon battering in the market garden, the day's proviaiona were on the road.
walls of beleaguered cities -it is the banging of looms which In another moment the whole population will lee awake
and afoot like one man ; here no one halts, and every one is beard from one end of the earth to the other ; it is the
generous struggle of great nations unwilling to be vanquished say* to himself what M. Arnault said to M. Nicoll.: whenthe latter 'deists' him to take a little rest ere death came-
in this immeaaurable strife of industry. Behold! far in the
distance, swarming on every road, encumbering eve
path, i " neat," Mid M. Atnoult, " con you think of such a thing,
rt
"
athwa seas and oceans, from the north to the snug, frost
the rising to the Netting sun, over mountain peak, , sir I Have we not all eternity for rest ?
At mid-day, in a tolerable bunt of sunshine we at last
through shadowy vale, front sunburnt plains and frozen
,found our way, through that marvellous Hyde-park, to oho
region., from the bosom of free charter,. and from the
fonnua Crystal Palace which is at this moment the general
,
steps of absolute thrones, from the twe„t of white rendezvous of the whole world. in spite of oneself, on ap-
-1 pruching this solemn meeting-pinee of the results of so
skim., and fora the sweat of black; from the plough-
share and from the light gossuner, spun by the silk many and such vitriol... labour., one is witted with that elleep
and painful emotion which overcomes the spirit of a man
worm in his last hour, there arise armies of toilers, whose
occupation is to feed, to clothe, to defend, to protect, to at the approach of :some portentous event. A poet has well
aggrandise, and render illustrious this world devoted to said that it was in itself a spectacle to contemplate, a wall
behind which was being debated some important cause on
contentions, this world delivered up a prey to chance, this
world, abandoned for so long a space to dastard theories, to which the attention of the whole human race was directed ;
firebrand gospels, to lazy evangeliate, to vagrant preachers how much more must all the strength of our vision, all the
enetration of our minds, be impelled towards those brit-
to caitiff, who would transmute these tools to poniards,
I these industrious fires to devouring torches, these Workmen hunt walls sheltering beneath their diaphanous slielow those
trees astounded at the new part they are made to play.
to rebels. Cowardly panderers to the vilest passions of be
nighted men, let them do ; they will convert these hopes, y,)u see from afar-that is, provided the sun be pnipitieus-
a kind of LOUVTC, like to the palace of the suit which the
these glories, these several coutentinents into a: man) • - poet sings of
I lurnnies, blasphemies, perjuries threats, and conspiracit's(.3
Yes, sir, when one has passed, as we have panted, through Regis rolls erat subliedbus altacolumnis!
these threats, and one lives, as we live, in the midst of these Around this fairy palace spreads the award of this en-
paradoxes, and when one witnnses the aubterraiieous work. chanted park, and already the charmed eyi•catchna glimpse
ings of falsehood, monarch of the overturned and degraded of these eoilected wonders. You enter-ou aro tareivill in
universe, it is an immense source of delight to find oneself a fairy region by an elm of many centuries, a cotemporary
transported suddenly, and as though by enchantment, into of Queen Elizabeth; and never did worthier guardian
this palace, this bazaar, this garden, this factory, this
appear at the gates of a great temple. "'min the summit
forge. In the palace rises a throne; in the garden the of this old tree, whose es ery branch has sheltered a new
ancient elms boldly lift up
them not. In this baraar are their heads toward+ those re- generation, showers the light, and at untoyou are, as it
splendant arches mid touch
were, inwanlly ailmonialied of the worth and graudeur of
what you have warmly obtained a glimpse of. At one
spread out with the profusion of the nations them.. len to
step you are in the midst of that glorioua tninsept, which
which they belong, all the richness of nature, mingled with
'the wealth of the tine arts; iu this factory and in this forge is like the vault of the Pantlieon-save that the summit
of this Pantheon is lost in the depth of the blue sky and
every sound is heard and every movement traced of liuman
industry. What masses of iron, of copper, and steel! what admits into the area which it shelters the light and heat of
circling of wheels and wheelwork ! what a maze of untiring the day. On either side of this aerial vault-to your right,
to your left, above your load, and at your feet -appear
engines and invisible horses. Itow many events -how many
miracles! What prophetic announcements of a wondrous the zones, the latitudes, the spaces, the deserts, the sands,
future are here set firth! and the oases of this chaos of machine,, of enterprises, of
miracles in which by degree.. a tert.iin order is seen to pre-
Let us endeavour, nevertheless, to instil a little order and
sequence into our narrative. '11:e confosion which the roil. Industry, also, in its turn, has fixed upon its word
if comniand and its point of departure; in the depth of
human mind embraces at a glance is certainly beautiful,
hut the French Mind MVP. order, and will not long put up these abysses she has proclaimed, with a commanding
with mere enthuakism; it loves explanation., and in the voice, " Let there be light," and there was light; and
midst of the must justifiable admiration desires to husk about ainong these caravan., hastening from every quarter of the
__ itself and find out where it in.
__civilised universe, there have established themselves. an

Well, then, we started from Paris, on Sunday, the 27th
April, nt half-paat 7 in the evening, with rain and a fog of
sufficiently ill omen. We sped rqffilly, and arrived at Calais
so late that we could say we had never seen so decids4 a ease
of morning. Item, if You have any idea, however alight, of
getting into the steam boat immediately, friend traveller, I
apprise you of a twofold latter; you lust 91) minutes in ob-
taining a
.pass by the aid of your passport ; you One 211
minutes in recover your lugenge, loot in the contusion of
your arrival ; and if, after all, you an favoured by fortune,
make haste—run—at the end of the jetty —and the distance
is not small—a little boat waits to convey to the packet,
from which volumes of smoke silently arise and float away
towards England.
When I say that this inhospitable boat awaits you, I am
int-tomer—it waits for no one at this hour of cloud-veiled
skies and growling billows; from tile, threatening shores
the errand of this little boat is not to fetch away a soone or
so of traxellers, but the din, the tumult, the despair of
France from slay to slay. Whether you arrive in time, ur
whether you du not, matters little to this English veootel, as
it count, each precious minute lased in these waters of
France; it is despatched, by a poop!, greedy uf news wafted
from Paris, that it may bring bark with the lams.: sloe.'
what Paris said and what Paris thought that very morning.
And this is why, having duly obtained its despatches, this
English vessel starts off, taking scarce one or two of 1.,
and leaving the rest of the caravan behind with one leg in
the water.
Can you not see from here the impatience and rage of my
tffimpanions in misfortune ? Can you not hear their cocks
matffins—their interjectiona—their maledictions upon Eng-
land, and their appeal to the French govern neat ?—fur in
all matters we call upon the governineut lout assiatauce as a
child calls upon its nurse for help.
The wisest had already made up their mind% to endure
the results of this hasty departure of the Landon courier.
seats d upon the shore they listened, as slid the priest of
Apollo, to the sighing of the sleep sea, and bethought them
of all the events, all the thunder claps which this courier
had already borne away over the complaining wave.
It rained; we entered Cahffit by a long wood-paved path,
of a picturesque appearance. The Motel de Par., which is
accustomed to these accident% and camp: ' nut thereat,
had prepared everything for the due aecommodation of
these win traveder% who thought to have started in
despite of the Villa(' of the title, and of the London courier.
Little by little, our several anger. having abated, we nasog-
nised each other, and made up our minds that the best and
simplest plan was to wait patiently for the ocean and the
boat of the morrow. We sat down to table, and fell into
conversation. All thew travellers were attracted to London
by the universal Exposition, and the greats r number ecru
("disked Of manufatt am. and workmen bent on rejoining
the work of their lamas. Coald you known, Sir, how ad
mirable is the goad sense which at this moment possesses
these various mind% what a profound cuicseiouasitses of
their slutiee' what a desire tar order and obedience, what
contempt and indignation they expressed, both our and the
other, towards those who foster our discord, and with what
vigorous hatred they pursue the wretches who have driven
France into this abyss, you would rest persuaded, as
strongly as one can be, that France cannot perish a second
time, come what come easy; and that front the midst of
these workmen would be raised an irresistible cry of " Out
on them!" These men, wise and brave as they are, ask
of heaven but for a little of its peace and of its goodwill;
the rest they will seek for in their boil. They are content
if they can but HI, before them a few year* of peace, and
so deep, alt.! is the wound indicted upon France, that the
most ambitious stare not hope for In years' exemption front
fever and restless wakefulness. Only 10 years of peaceful
toil! to this is now reduced all the ,ambitious longing of
a great nation. Oh, misery' oh, vanity of all this troop of
ire:oakum !
As the conversation pmceeded I inwardly admired the
seal and ardour of these artiosans, inspired a ith all the lire
and with all the ambition of the artist. Them were tasted
about that table dyers, who explained to us, with the en-
thusiasm of • warrior at Marengo or Austerlitz, their re-
cent conquests user indigo, their batthw, their triumphs,
their deleate, in their conflict with the purple of the East
or the blue of Prussia. There were cotton and Mai spin-
ners, fanatics in their craft, who detailed to us, with all the
forma of an epic, the various transformations of cotton and
wool ; this one excelled in giving form and grace to the
tissue of the other; that one, with the steel of his neigh-
bour, produced inimitable neatness and delicacy ; and all
together, un the eve of the great struggle about to con.
fUellee, were seised with the trembling and emotion which
is felt by a tragic poet at the fatal moment wino the three
knacks have been given and the curtain wrinkles up with
a cold shiver.

order, a disposition, an uniform law, a benuony, anal cor-
respondence so complete that they seem like the several
parts of some great poem sprung from the bruin of our
man. Ferret opus! The work grows and advances with
giant steps. You have seen in the warm rain of the
month of Marcia the bare tree clothe itself in one slay
with budding leaves ; it seems as though we actually sass
the tertian. grow. Well, so ir. the Crystal Palace is Well to
spring up on all the walls, at the corner of every avenue, a
crop of splendid works swathes' but a few moments hack in
the holland and (maw,. paper of the hide maker. It is the
effect of a magician's wand, and the French portion is espe-
cially remarkable for the case and rapidity with which the
wand i. obeyed. The space, which hut now was empty,
hen you pass a second time you final filled by France. Sfie
waited till the lust moment--her invariable custom—anal
then went ahead. At this very moment—and I have just
left the spot—nothing is done on our side, nothing is ready,
anal vet nobody appears anxious, so certain is it that we
shall he ready to-morrow. This is our strength. Anal it is
our mote," Toojoure The most complete branch
or the Exhibition at the present moment is the American ;
it is complete ;it is largely anal solidly established. Order
reigns in the American exhibition ; but it is open to onte Ith-
jection—mun,ly, the want of obj,:ets to exhibit. The Ame-
ricans have sent, among other productions (I don't speak of
raw productions for certain reasons), a great number of
wig. and of beaver bats; among other hats were shown those
of the famous hatter Geuin, celebrated throughout the
universe for having purchased at the highest possible price
the first ticket fur the first concert of Jenny Land. Sault is
glory—the greatness of a Ilaillit To purehass• a great name
for L2oof.—such is happiness.
I say nothing of the English Exhibition; it is is truly for-
ini.lale ; firm at its post, England is represented by a swarm
'of machines formidable even when at rest. There are print-
ing presses striking off 7,0110 copies out hour, and men are
astounded beforehand at the results which must flaw iu tho
future. One tinselly worthy of interest LS, that all these
machines, ~use MOtiollirsS, will at a Olen all begin
working. TIICSC powers are placed upon a flooring. beneath
which flooring circulates the powerful spirit of these inani-
mate wheels, am' the same breath will soon have inarkedout
the work to be done. Quite a novel effect in my eyes is the
name of each nation inscribed in the untonal language of
the people who have hastened to join these great joitists.
Russia and Poland here Misr to speak the same language!
Germany anal Spain hare Irsral the Illiallaahrt prialarr to each ;
and we tuay read in a fair Greek character the inscription of
the Athenian manntacturers. Athens a place of trade;
Ye gods anal goddesses! That .ttliens should soul her
scarfs and tissues to the Came spot where the imperishable
marbles sof the Parthenon languish beneath a cloud-veiled
sky! Who had predicted this of the country of Homer and
Not far from the trade of Greece stands the art of Turkey.
Your 'lurk is indeed an artist. lie addresses himself to the
rye ; that which he is curious of :dune all is splendour and
rashness; the useful he Icuces to England, Or gineetUl to
France. He believes iu embroidery, in purph., in pearls
and diamonds ! Ile would give all the coal of Englund fur
'the famous litoh-i-noor—the Mountain of Light! I have
seen hint, this honest 'lurk, seated in inelaneholywise within
his little compartment, full of amber, musk, and carpets,:his
ryes half closed, anal in the attitude of resignation. Doubt-
les. he asks himself what on earth has brought him here
!emit! the infidels, among Christiana, protestantl. Jews.
idolaters, renegades—the new prophets and tile old prophets
of each nation. To what audit:lr he been dragged into this
strife ? Ile would measure his strength with on man ! Why
show hint your inventions and your machinery i Ile wants
them not; he will lure nothing to do with tlwin. Ile leaves
us our looms, our hummers, our anvils, together with the
necessities implied in all these various labours. What is
shunt to hint ? has he not his sun, his wine, his opium, his
new Impel., his dreams, his poetry, his tobacco!
Alas: worthy individual, he is at the present moment de-
prived of the everlasting festival of his tl ght. and of his
lift.. Etiquette and custom hire ton t from his hands his
faithful companion, his graceful dispcnst.r of the grateful
vapour, his counsellor and !unlikable frieutl—his pipe ! Ors
PIC froar pas iii"—sueli is the law of this carat itioserai of
Itu.inan industry ; and, that each nation may be advised
thereof, it is written in tst ry language, " (M its reinte pas
"No smoking allowed, "Non e poweesso afi (Oman.,"
anal so on to the end, and the poor 'lurk has keen con-
strained to obey. It is Gal's Will: It is the will of the
Englishman! If the Exposition of Industry have its mar-
tyrs, this surely is 011 C!
This Crystal Palace has been transported hen•—transported
is the word—and each pert fitted to its ncighlrour by a man
of genius—a gardener to the Duke of Devonshire, by name
l'aztou.This r.l'xtun had smut his liteight the most rp-
a :m

' The night was spent in this fashion, each talking of his
art, and without a word of politics. At sunrise we went
down to the seashore and saluted there the vanished traces
of on many kings and so many monarchies that had pressed
those oblivious sands un their arrival or at their departure ;
and when at last the ocean consented to take us it fell out
• that the heavens showed themselves so kindly, and the waves
so merciful, the horizon 0.0 vast, and those coasts of France
and England so clear, that each congratulated himself that
he was present at this magnificent spectable of the waters,
f the heavens, and the earth in such perfect harmony.
Already we had arrived, when it seemed scarce a moment
since we started. Here is Dover, and here, again, I apprise
you of a gc aced confusion of passports and packages. Yes!
passports at Dover. But of late it was the triumph of Eng-
land over the foreigner landing on her shores that he was.
I not asked for his credentials (ars papist's). Thou bast official
I voucher., friend—so much the better fur thee ; but for our
part they an• no concern of ours: hie thee to or fro—arrive,
depart, as thou wilt—thou art master of thy movements.
' sow, between ourselves be it said, the Frenchman, at the
1 bottom of his heart, felt profoundly humiliated at not being
'' asked by England to exhibit ifs 'rapiers.
This time, however, the traveller landing from France
will no long; r be exposed to this humiliating exemption
from showing his passport. It i. asked for, and moreover it
' is scrutiniscd, copied into a register, which register you uro
' required to sign, and a certificate is handed to you which
roll are to present, on quitting England, to the customs j
house officer at the port of embarkation. Such are the pro-1
visions of the Alien Act, and all this would be without any
' gnat harm if the ceremony of the certificate and the etre. i
mony of the custom-house were not so tedious to undergo.
While you are signing, and opening and shutting . your I
trunk, the train, which waits for no man, sounds its nape-
stuns whistle, and you anise, after running yourself out of
breath. just in time to see it vanishnur in the distance. These'
are the laws of the custom-house and of steam; obey them
you must. Front Dover, you start at 6 in the evening, and
reach London at la, whereat you are astonished, seeing that
it has taken you one night, one day, and half another night
to perform a It) hours' journey, after expressly taking, with
very laudable if not skilful precaution, the train by which
the mail bags are despatched. Prospectuses may be classed
with revolutions—they are not always to be relied upon; the
promise is beautiful and vast, but the result mediocre ;
nevertheless, once arrived in London, and in possession of
that plaguey baggage which Julius Cassar justly calls
imjasimication, we are easily consoled at the deceptions of
the prospectus.
j I shall not describe my stupor, or more correctly my awe,'
directly I found myself in the midst of this immensity and
of this tumult, of this smoke, and of this fog. So many
objects moving backwards and forwards, and the hubbub of
so great a city, produced upon rte the effect of a dream. I
'vented to lie sleeping with my ayes open. Neverthelms,

rare
and the most delicate flowers of creation : experience had
taught him the art of placing in the finest situations these
frail master-pieces of the Creator's handiwork. Suielline and
shade were in turn employed by hint in his gardens, and ho
knew well the all-powerful iIatUCIUT of a line day on those
plants the children of a tropical clinic. When England began
to till with the rumour of the universal Exposition, when all
minds were in a ferment of anxiety respecting this admirable
idea, the great problem to besolved was this—where to find
a suitable localitv; and the locality found, what kind of
edifice should be ereeted upon the c:iciscn spot ? and further,
In constructing this edifice, how was it possible to dispense
with a whole army of workmen? of a hat materials should
it be built to be rid of plaster, timber, stone, and brick ?
' and it' we should find in our way any of those old trees, the
pride of the pork, and the witnesses of bygone ages, what
shall we do with these old trees ? All those questins pre-
sented as massy problems for solution. In vain was u coin-
, petition opened; the only results were bona file palaces,
eternal edifice., imperishable palaces, specimens of the high
sellout of srehitecture ; the ephemeral monument was yet to
be discovered, the light and transparent walls, the lucid
I roofing, the laud of which GOrthe sings " Know 4 thou the
laud where the orange trees I,IOOM 111 short, that was not I
done which was required to be done. M. lloreau, our fellow-
countryman, a eau of an inventiue and enthusiastic mind, I
was perhaps the only one of all the competitors who in any',
way cone near the intentions mad ...pint. of the programme ;
but the misfortune was that the programme appeared not to
know exactly its own intentions.
In this difficult juncture, with time pressing on the one
hand and on the other au invasion of multitudinous pro-
blem., Mr. Paxton was struck with a plan which was destined
to meet all the exigencies of the work, and overcome, or
rather elude, every obstacle. It is not a house that is wanted
here, soliloquised Paxton, but a eoueers'atory. My conser-
vatory shall be carried into Ilyde-park, in the most beau-
tiful spot, and the trees shall Ise respected and treated so
though they were flowers. All shall be of iron and glass,
and my iron shall come ready forged, and my glass ready
fitted, and my work, once uprai,,sl over this happy spot,
shall show itself brilliant, light, and decked out both
by its external beauty and the magnificence that is within
it. Forthwith (the very day and hour in which he discovered
his America is stated; it was on a Friday, June 14, 18.50,
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon), behold, our man Stto to work,
and in a vivid and hasty sketch points not his intentions I
and his hopes. And on the morrow of this famous 14th
day of June Mr. Paxton makes his appearance, bearing in
his head and on a slip of paper this entire palace, derined to
embrace in the space of one and the same day this work
with a hundred thousand intelligent heads ; and such is the
force of truth, so great is refulgence of the true splendour I
reel, that the Paxton project is at once adopted with that
calm emotion which only belongs to vreat nations capable I
alike of spprvciating and executing great things.

4...

•
It would be vain.to attempt a description of the noise,
the tumult, the cries, the eagerness, the activity, the zeal,
which are everywhere 101111ireldell. At the tower of Babel
there were es MOO, 113rient• V611;01111 spoken. but people ,
wire far from understanding caul' other an well. No paltry
riejtlries between nation and nation, bur situ 4.11 the scar
trarv, striving fo assist the other. Daring the whole day
the building is open to visitors, hut the sightseer., mingling
with the workers, are found to impede nothing and no one
The polio-men lend a helping hand to the foreigner ; the
soldirn of the engineers' owl's—the only soldiers admitted
into this pacific arena—are occupied in unpacking all the
packages which ore teeming in with pellmcll haste. There
en nailing and linnailing, unfolding rind tiling, hanging and
j stretching, painting, scrubbing, and polishing, writing of
and hot haste everywhere. In the finest place in
the transept, between the two trees, buried in a massive
group of thododendra and fresh blown roses, rises tit.
throne of her Majesty the Queen. On each side of the
throne springs up a jet of water, descending into a marble
basin ; a range of statues forms both an avenue and a cur-
; an amphitheatre of benches covered with selret
await the spectators of this festival, which is about to revs. I
der illustrious the month of May; the month of May sal
dear to merry England—a mouth, as I conceive, celebrated
titter tram a feeling of friendship than gratitude. Thu
month of May is loved here as we lore thaw beauties of tun
mind, and of our juvenile days, which we have nests' wait,
neil which smile on us front distant ages--Aglaia, the
youngest of the Graces, Lai., Isasthenet. Tyitilaris, and the
three vernal Graces whom the poet Horace saw 'haring
beneath the gentle beams of the May moon, and wh the
poet Thackeray sang this very morning in the T ssies:
"Gratis cum nymphi.. acwmwiur lOW drus 311111.4
Deere meta chone."
To-morrow comes the Queen. I,llr 1111 l 10Ird (another 'war-
rel) with all the splendours of her thrill.' :11111 all the tjesty
of a secular crown. She will MOO., nod we shall hear that
glorious hymn resound which the fortunate nation. address
to oho sons of the gods, as IA Ilrity..r.• iiwit to say. Already
yesterday the Queen Cattle lOroyoirel ; and 01.1%, witl t
enamor, came the other day to the Es position another
Queen, the Queen of that great Frei-le nation, Wien lovnil her
to adoration, and who nevertheli allowist her to depart --
the King and her, her husband and her children, inn' her
children's children. Olt august tjtoest ! She has nM. • di
to us, and to the end slii• will Is• our tineeit• All saluted
her as she passed. Every 111.1411 was 111.11 t ice the presents. of
elect beuevol-nt majesty and le•forc teat more than human
courage. It has been said, however, that in the crowd our
Or r%ll hroarne with gin, attempted to murmur the
t` lars.--illaise." Indignation silenced them and contempt
chastised them.

Yt,tvrthiy, vv., an levamilolage of thew • emigrants wlig
ever• mooning/ nb:md•on r try and seek their broad
in &Atm at the gates of the
Exposition. Thu gates were onenesl 31114 old men and
lht.,• children, this wri•tchishays. and lheM• tears, the .:• rag.
and tin., wanele•riu; youth, will hay.• had a glimpse• at least,
ene gentling their *retire moil, of thosv mr•ma*lat••el mars., Is
which one of us living in this vxlmit.tml century will
evel.seu again.
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Waaaa it Faenevolowe or was it cruelly to show these unfor-
tunate wretches a veal:win respleuila tat with such w itnesses
of greatness when they an ailollt to murmur ou the banks of
None unknown Euphrates the plaintive elegy which i..uut
with fah eating heart, anti streaming eyes th.t.ttOre we remain'.
bar Zion?

Such the first improiiiiion pniilueed upon me by the
I.ixrtaelt: of thew• great things. I write of them us lam
accustomed to u rite to the public, who read me mid trust in
me I ICI :1 Wk., if it ha. often Piunil iiie wanting in exactitude,
it has always found me trite and sincere.
To•morruw I go to the ceremony of installation, and I
',hall relate it to you on my return.

MonEL OF MER MAJESTY'S THEATKE.—An ad-
mirably executed model of Iler Majesty's Theatre, intend.'
for display in the Great Exhibit. ,is now ,m sieW at the
residence of the modeller,Mr. I fightona,GnutCollegesstreet,
Westminster. The idea is somewhat nnv..l, and has been
carried out by Mr. Dighton alai a completentwn which is
likely to render the model au object of considerable attrac-
tion when it takes its place in the Mann Palace. The work
is on the seat of three-quarters of an inch to the font, the
whole hying modelled with the most exact reference, on
this Mule, to the beautifully balanced proportionn of the
original. The view in from the intaginary hack of BE, stage
and, *ma audience', the " picture iu little •' of the
great theatre is perfect in every part. There are
`all the 1107(0i—the five tiers, with fitly-three
boxes to the tier; every bench of the pit and gallery, with
every curtain, almost every fold of the curtains of the
boxes, and each and all of the exquisite decoration, (done
in encaustic) presented in the most elaborate manner. The
model in fact in the theatre itself " reduced," as if
looked at from the stage through the wrong end of the'
Nava glaas. To stranger. it will supply it precise and
pleasing idea or what the celebrated theatre is. The walel
ha; been einseuted for Mr. Lumley himself; and on it re-
moval tram the Exhibition will he placed as an ornament
of the crush-neon in the Ilaymarket.
NEW MEXst'IONE 3I ncIIIXE Eon THE EKIIIIII-
TION.—At the meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineer.,
on l'u,slav evening, Mr. Joseph Whitworth, of Man-
ck liter, exhibited a new measuring machine, for &term'''.
1 ing minute difference., of I. ngth. The accuracy of the ma-
chine was demonstrated by placing in it a ',Madan' yard
measure made of a bar of steel, about three quarters of an
inch square, having both the ends rendered perfectly true.
One end of the bar wan then placed in contact with the face 1
of the machine, and at the other end, between it and the
other face of the machine, wan interposed a *mall ti it piece
of steel, termed by the experimenter " the contact piece,"
whose silk% were al., rendered perfectly true awl parallel. I
Each division on the micrometer reprmented the .-mils
lionth part of an inch, and each time the micrometer was
moved only inc division fidward, the experimenter raised
the contact Mace, allowing it to descend across the end of
the bar by its own gravity only. Thi,, ...repeated until the
closer atprOltilllatiOU of the surfaces presented the contact
piece from descending, when the measure was completed,
and the number on the micrometer represented the dead
length of the standard bar to one-millionth part of an inch.
Eight repetitions of the experiment in re quarter of an
hour prmluccd identical result., there not being in any ease
a variation of one-millionth of an inch. It in intended to
place the instrument in the Crystal Palace.
lim-rior el ,M NI 1." '.% IC ITION WITH TILE CRYSTAL ,
PA LAI•I:.—On Thursday 3 communication hy the electric tele-
graph was oomph:tett between the Exhibition Building and
Buckingham PaLice, the Admiralty, and the Chief Police
Station a' Scotland-yard.

Soc ET T OFAIIisCUNt-Eft3.tZlONE.—OnWedncstlay-
em g the first of a series of four (4111VersaZi011i, projected
by the council of the Sticiety of Arto, for the purlmoe of giv-
ing the foreigner. whom the Exhibition has attracted to the
metropolio a point of re-union, . •e* hat ao*imilating to
zontinental custom., took place at the tokicietv-house, John-
stmet, Adelphi. The lecture-room was denuded of its
seats, and with the entire range of apartments was Lige*
fully decorated for the oecaoion. The walls were hung with
painting. and oione tine engraving., lent for the oecuobin by
er,,wiek and WiP., and the table, CilVered With
portfolio. of magnificent prints, around which crowds of the
fair vieitoro gathered daring the evening. A number ofchoice
exotic, completed the deeorat ve arrangement*, and the music
was supplied by the band of the Royal Artillery, who, at in-
tervals, played choice operatic morel:aux. The 1.001114 were
very full, but the foreigners were not no numerous a, might
hare beim expected, from the congeniality of the occasion
with their tastes and habits. of the eontinental

1 eoutraisp,ioners were there; among others, the Austrian nod
French. M. C. Lupin was also present. It is possible that
future meetings may be more fully attended by the parties
fur whose convenience the series hat been projected : but it
! could not esenpe observation yesterday evening that the
strangers present wandered about in a state of almost com-
plete isolation, and needed a friendly cicerone to enable
them to enjoy the scene to which they had beat bidden.
Toe KOll-1-NOOlt .t REAL " NfOUNTAIN OF LIWIT!'
—A fatality has hitherto attended the possession of the
Kuh-i-Nonr diamond; on which account, now that it has
fallen into her Maj,ty's hands, superstition might counsel
the Queen to get rid of it as seen as possible. A considera-
bly better reason, however, why our Sovereign might be
recommended to dispose of this piece of crystallised carbon,
is, that by selling it for what it would fetch, she might be
enabled to spurt a much more splendid jewel in that crown,
which may she wear long before changing it for a better!
The Koh-i-Nuor would fetch a sum which might be in-
vested in a munificent royal foundation for educational pur-
poses. This proposal is more especially seasonable just now
that we are all—that is, all rational and honest men—con-
sidering how best to eoun.eract papal machinations. We
cannot oppose the Pope and his servile emissaries more
effectually than by disseminating knowledge. Ignorance
is said to be the Mother of Devotion: which is quite
true—though only true as regards that devotion
1 that venerates nail-parings, images, anatomical pre-
I parations, and other things of a similar nature
to the objects worshipped by aboriginal negres.
But how is it, then, that so many " clever men," as Father
Newman and his confederates boast, have gone over be
Rome? In consequence of their stupidity, and not of
their cleverness. Most of those who have turned papist.
have hem persons whose acquirements are eontined
to the ancient languages, and whose philosophy extends no
further than the wordy speculations of the praters of old. '
A considerable number of these erudite converts may be
very well informed on the subject of Greek or Hebrew
roots, but it is questionable if many of them know the'
stamens from the pistils of a buttercup. No Faradays, 1111
Brander, no Whewells, no Sedgwicka, have prostrated
themselves at the feet of the Pope and Dr. Wiseman. An
acquaintance with the sublime laws, and the masterly
handiwork which govern and characterise the universe, will'
prevent any one who has the least idea of style, from
mistaking for other than human the imbecile ordi-
nances and clumsy fabrications of priesteraft. Oxford.
learned only iu the learning of pedagogues: asinine
in regard to natural science; has been the chief
nursery fur Rome. The "clever men" who have joined
the church of the inquisition have only done, lute in the
day, what the slightest I initial perception would, with their
principles, have made them do years ago. The royal com-
mission, it is to be hoped, will correct lise monkery of Ox-
ford, by forcing the study of creatioft's realities on that
great grammar school. Still there is a large proportion of
the working clauses, and a vast macs of pauperism, almost,
if not quite, as ignorant as 0:fordo( those truths, the know-
ledge of which is the surest safeguard of the understanding
against the delusions of Roman or any other imposture or
insanity. Could the Koh-i-Noor be converted into the means ,
of dispelling this darkness, it would be indeed what its name
implies—a true "mountain of light."—Pouleis

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THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY ETEXING, MAY 10, 1851.
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f- timaroetital gargalell will b• ettanii upon i 'peat appll. yAzinkODld: TlO:'EgaiysiTiox, ;,,
.2 ' N. ,toy, I was not seized with that utter despair
it the obelisks, Twos, font, ca !! imne I s kWh hats alwaga experienced upon finding myself alone,
i w.. I -, :
other specimens; a caw of , . ' ',... , ' ([coal twr sr..' ass ,s,vez,"•
with impregnations ofigppey; Will fount, cre Thiiiiiitie to Laidon at Ws
int?
~ left en 'rely to mysalf in a fortir town ; and whothitt it was
the French house where found a kindly asylum( or
The grooms or Coro on ligar seed noisy, boy "4. ambitiew teat pratil amid this
that t the anti•Apated emotion lit what I was about to see, had
..
ThhiThitPi no well 6ld the traverse, is certainly the most glorious enterprise that protected and planted me against the first assaults id this
very remarkable fcatur
s high durability, it also now proved to be susceptible can be adventured upon by any high minded gentleman in despair, I hare not had murk fault to find wills my inward
-resting elegant workmanship, and of being wrought love with the din and happy tumult of civilised nations when
R. frame of mind. And when morning came —a jade and
hhly toteral *raw. iw the lawle F"'"P rePhriech they *bulldogs themselves freely to the spirit, to the genial.. I y aurora bearing yet in her unkempt hair • few stray
note other Cornish reductions, will be found. *leeks of the snow filen on the eve—l emerged bravely front
to theisuadration of labour. Behold. at tsar. . nnrmia• to. . .. . .

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