The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-28 00:00:00

gucnce of the apprehension on the previous day of a
Frenchman calling himself Charles Forn, who was observed
by Superintendent Pearce to pocket one of the mineral
specimens, obviously mistaking it for silver. A " plain
clothes" man was immediately sent after the ntincralogist
who followed him for two hours, and apprehended him,
when he had his pockets full, and was about to leave the
building. Ile made uo resistance, but said he would rather
throw himself into the Thames than give his London
address. Mr. Bingham has since given this gentleman six
weeks in the Rouse of Correction.
('ash Account, June 25.
Season tickets
At the doors

BRITISH FURNITURE.

Next to the goods exhibited by Messrs. Gillow,
stand the magnificent dining-mom furnituer, prepared
especially by Messrs. Hunter, of Moorgate, for exhibition
lin the Crystal Palace. This serks; has already been noticed
during the private view which took place at the war. house
previous to the Ist of May, and the public taste has full;
ratified the favourable opinion then expressed by the
Express, the collection forming one of the most promi-
nent features in the English furniture department. It has
this peculiar feature, that while other contributors hive

Total receipts 112,6U5 18 0
THVIUMAY.

manufaet ured their contrilmtions partly
.......—......
of English material. Front the
Her Majesty arrived for bier almost daily visit to of fore
and partly of English murals, the goods of 'the
gn
Lure, but exclusively
the Crystal Palace, at a quarter past nine on Thursday morn-
ing. The royal party consisted of the Queen, l'riuce Messrs. Hunter are not only English mina
Albert, the King of the Belgians, and the Priuceas Char-
length of time that has elapsed sine • the
tette, attended by the usual suite. Mr. Wentworth Dance,, publication of tho
former notice, it may
Col. Kehl, and Mr. Cole accompanied the illustrious be its well to remind the reader that
visitors through the building. The Austrian sculpture- they consist of a sialehoard, cellaret, and two chairs, all con-
temn was first inspected, after
which her Majesty
and shorted Of English walnut, anal manufactured with a t ieW
friends proceeded to the collection of English marbles, to useful, as well as ornamental, papaw.. In the side-
which were subjected to a lengthened examination ; Bell's board, the ornamental portions arc of course typical of the
"Males in the Wood," and Gibson'a "blunter' receiving genial objecta for which the article is intended. Cornu-
copia., dolphins' heads, and bacchanals, crowd about the
warm commendation. The party then promenaded through
the fine arts room, and alter a glance sit the alexia= base in rich profusion, and the design is filled up with the
ifth e o e vine, the hop,
figures, went on to the foreign nave, where the beautiful foliagand the oak, the whole being
Maattie, newly placed there by Lord Foley, was eagerly carved with great truth of design, and wonderful finish of
examined and much admired. This picture, which is a execution. The slab is of black Galway marble, awl from
site, p
very large specinwu of the art, representing the ruins of its gnaturity,and high polish, FIVIMA the great
Paestum, has all the variety of light and shade which one adaptability of that material to purposes of combined hue
would expect in a finished oil painting, with the brilliancy and ornament. The natant is also rich in bacchanalian
of colour which is peculiar to the material employed. It accessories; but its chief recommendation with time bon
vivant will be its admirable internal arrangements for ice
much admired. ng
was surrounded bller Majy crowdsesty's of vis
nextitorvi sit s during th
toe
th e day,
En and
(he wine, a feature which will be duly appreciated in this
was
lid) glass and thins, after which the royal party descended g-
hot and thirsty aeason. The chairs, although somewhat
d'fferent in pattern, harmonise admirably in general
to the nave, where the company were (Imam up as on her
Majesty's previous visit, in double tile, and greeted their form and proportion with the other articles. On the
verb
Sovereign with loyal respect andcourtesy us she passed out opposite side of the nave, anal holding a
et
the
building.
Alt
cheering
was
supgamed from
(cans preexistent position, is a suite of sculptured' elc
of respect, but her Majesty's gracious acknowledgments of relive furniture, repined by Mr. Arthur J
the loyalty of her reception were unit ersally and deeply of Stephen's-green, Dublin, and all being of Irish
appreciated. The number of visitors was not much greater design, material, and manufacture. The carving is most
than on the previous day, and consequently there was free elaborate, and crowned with types of the ancient glories of
enoulation throughout the building. Among the nuvelties, the green island. Some of the pieces have been considered
all of which, by the way, make their appearance in the of so artistic it character as to be worthy a pluce in the
foreign nave, arc some sets of china of novel pattern from flue art court, and have been already noticed under the
head of " Fine Arts," and therefore it will be only ' Dresden. They consist of tea services with elaborate pat- names-
nary here to allude to the articles which may strictly be
turns in high relief, bird', flowers, some beautiful flower-
baskets, &c., and have great originality to recommend them. called furniture. The sofa is of a handsome and comfort-
There is also Is handsome bureau in tortoiseshell, inlaid in able form, anal national even to the pillows, which are in
brass, which shows great skill anal delicacy of workmanship. the Conn of shamrock., and the ornaments consist of re-
There were u great many foreigners among the company, presentations of the Irish wolf anal deer, animals
among whom were several German peasants. The reseals- now extinct and traditional. The occasional table,
blance of these elder Saxons to our own people was very with its highly polished slab, shows the close
striking, indeed so close was it, that until they spoke one grain and susceptibility of polish of the material. The
would have guessed them for Kent or Sussex folk. A great carving represents heads of the bards and wolf hunts, and
the interaticea are filled up with scrolls and foliage iu which
number of thew homely guests collected round the apiaries
at the extreme end of the gallery, and took much interest tho ruse, shamrock, and thistle, are moat amicably blended.
In the movements of the inmates. The bees are now in full The teapoy, which is more minutely carved, has a whole
work, the young ones building the combs aral tho old ones : history in its panels, but it will be sufficient to say here that
'storing the honey, for which detachments rush out into the
park every five minutes. The whole operation may be I the execution is good, and the design, albeit highly compli-
cated, carved out with great minuteness of finish and
beauty. The whole collection is a very creditable specimen
seen through the glass case, and forms certainly not
of Irish art manufacture, and is an interesting mode of pre-
the least interesting of the innumerable wonders of ,
serving emblems and traditions of bye-gone days,
the Exhibition. There are two or three exhibitors of
who.' which now, by the common consent of all sensiblethese very curious little palaces of industry
names are very legibly painted over each hive. They I men, are left to form stock in trade for the
pen of the poet, the pencil of the artist, or
have been frequently visited by her Majesty and 1
,
Prince Albert. The various fountains were in active requis the chisel of the sculptor. Such visitors as may wish
to enter more minutely into the legislation of 011aun
sitien, and, tower& the close of the day, exhibited a pectin-
Foallah, or the deeds of atom of Brian Boroihme, as repro-
arity which would be well worthy of investigation by the •
sented In these earrings, can obtain an elaborate and irate-
cotumissioncre of water supply. Any one mingling at that .
rating guide from the attendant in waiting. This quarter
hour with the crowds by which they are surrounded, could
of the furniture section is also rich la the productions of
not fail to detect a strong odour of brandy, and seeing that
other provincial ntrnufacturers. The Kenilworth beaufet
spirits arc so strictly prohibited in the Crystal Palace, there
has already received its mead of critical approbation, and
must be some extraordinary quality in the sources of supply
the crowds by which it is daily surrounded, and who anx-
to give rise to so curious a delusion. The number of petty
Wady read the description card, as they curiously tau the
thefts in the Crystal Palace seem rather on the increase, anal
design, show that public curiosity has ill no degree abated.
demand increased vigilance on the part of the police
This article has also been deemed worthy of a place in tho
Another amateur collector was detected on Thursday pocket-,
fine arteourt. The cabinet sent in by J.Steevens, Taunton, and
ing cigars in the Zollverein section. On his apprehension
known to the hubito,'s us the Taunton cabinet, is well
he stated himself to Inc a gentleman's servant in Bedford- worthy of its celebrity. It is male of walnut wood grown
shire, and urged a curious taste in his smoking as his ex-
in the neighbourhood, the curving emblematical of the
case. Re was immediately despatched to reason the
season, gad the various stages of life, being beautifully
matter over with the magistrate, who gave him a
months' imprisonment. Besides watching the thieves executed ; and the panels of raised embroidery. although
perhaps not harmonising very well with the other embed-
the police have also a goof deal of trouble with lost snick's. lishments, do great credit to the digital skill of the lady
Upwards of a hundred articles have already aecumu- (Miss Kingsbury) by whom they were executed. Not the
lated at the station, for which no owners can be found,
parasols, brae- least interesting features in this department arc the isolated
co and people arenstantly coming in with
efforts of untaught peasants in various parts of the United
lets, and other articles (chiefly female property), which they Kingdom, who, having been roused from the torpor
have found in tlae course of their perambulations. It is of rural seclusion by the fame of the Great Exhibitions
noticed that very little is lost or found on Friday or Satur- have determined to contribute their mites to its success.
day. The following are the numbers for Thursday accord-
Considering the resources and education of these humble
ing to the police returns , 11 o'clock, 19,756 ; 12 o'clock
artists their specimens have wonderful merit, and go ear to
16,008 ; 1 o'clock, 8,682. From this hour the numbers in-
prove that the artistic faculty lies dormant in the mind of
creased in a lower ratio, until, at 6 o'clock, the visitors of
. the English peasant, and only requires proper stimulus and
the day were found to be 47,673.
: cultivation to bring it out in as great prominence as it en-
Cult account, June 26.
. joys among the people of the continent. Thera Mil lie no
Season tickets
At the doors 2,722 10 0 : doubt but that the people of this country have a natural
/ turn fur wood carving. The British furniture department
£2,727 15 0 - fully attests the skill of our trained artists, sad the srtidea
FRIDAY. : to which we are about to call attention show that this
beautiful branch of ornamental art is no forced importation
The most noticeable feature in yesterday's pro-
or modern introduction, but strictly national and r,,ey of
ceedings at the Crystal Palace was the extraordinary heat
the soil, which beautifully furnishes many of the fine grained
of the interior. At mid-day the thermometer reached 94
woods best adapted for its exercise. G. Shacklock, a self-
degrees in the more exposed portions, and was quite 8.1 deg.
taught artist, of Bolsover, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire
in the places most sheltered from the sun. But, notwith •
has sent in what he calls a royal heraldic chair.
standing this Jamaica weather, the throng of fashionables
of native oak, in which a fine antique design is profusely
showed a considerable increase on the numbers of the pre-
ornamented with minute and delicate carving, which must
ceding Friday. There was very little promenading, and
have been the patient work of half a lifetime. A little
less Inspection, the company being contented to scat them- instruction in first principle., and facilities of comparison,
selves where they could, and to enjoy such ventilation as
would evidently make this poor man a high proficient in
! was afforded them. The neighbourhood of the crystal
and the ;his: art. Another chair conies from Workington, in the
fbantain was much patronised by the fair visitors,
far north of England, and is the work of • working ship-
various doorways were also surrounded by clouds of muslin.
carpenter, named Carmichael. Six years, he tells us in his
Watts were in constant requisition, aud guide. were :
descriptive card, has been devoted to its construction, and
decidedly at a discount These functionaries have adopted
he hopes that the Great Exhibition may afford him the
a uniform something between the (ire-brigade and the :
chance of fintline some liberal purchaser. His work bears
police, but their advance in organisation does not fiCein '4
ia".""i tlwir wtt‘'wtion with the public. As a proof of ' all theimpress of a strong a illand natural genius, struggling
the ia°111" eeeeekeed by the heat, It way be seettmed I with the obstacle; that ever beset their development inhusble

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