The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-21 00:00:00

SOCIETY" OF ARTS.

Oa Wednesday, at the rooms of the Society of Arts,
John•street, Adelphi, Professor Ansted delivered a
lecture upon the manufactures, not
trated
Lecturer by the
Great Exhibition
commenced
by of l 8 5 1 .
The dividing
h
into three classes—the manufactures in marble bjaenedt
stone; those in cementno danedfhro
eartificiall°. stone ; and those
in brick, terracotta,
yveeoso.rlfaniot
contained
de firstn
o
the Great Exhibition of last year
countriesmate rials
speci-
mens illustrative of new processes.
few
the moat
exist in which so many different kinds off
for these manufactures (many of them of
excellent quality) are met with in such great abun-
dance, within a comparatively small area, as in Eng-
land. We had not, however, attained the excellence
in these manufactures that might be expected; for all
our large towns afforded numerous examples of ma-
terials,ill-selected and ill-worked. The Exhibition,
however, indicated an increasing demand for good
materials. Great novelty was shown in the manufac•
ture of slate ; and there were several new applications
of it, specimens of which were shown and received
much notice. After expressing his surprise at the com-
paratively small use we made of our large fields of mar-
ble, the lecturer stated that the taste displayed by the
exhibitors of marble used for the purposes of furniture
was of the most indifferent description, especially
where there was any pretence to elegance of style.
The manufactures of marble, without reference to the
purposes of furniture, contained some good specimens,
although they were not distinguished by any great
originality. The most interesting of our manufac-
tures in marble was that in imitation of the Floren-
tine mosaic, which was introduced into Derbyshire
Borne few years since, and now furnished an increas-
ing amount of employment to a considerable number
of intelligent workmen. There had, however,
been asyet but little
in_
6 designs fitted to the present state of the
manufacture; still there had been unquestion-
ably an
on provement since the Great Exhibition.
Passingto the marble and stone manufactures of
1 other
countries, the professor said that Italy sent
hardly any
; while, specimens of stone to the Great Exhibi-
tion
of specimens of contributed a most interesting series
manufactures in marble and all kinds
aobfsaollaubtaestnoraenltdjeB,par' although there were very few
the manufactures 0, After noticing with approbation
nortipfelta, the lecturer stated that
neither Franco
importance ; but that e ;Ottui exhibited anything of
Sweden and Norway contri-
eaeniunlfeaf:ctsufoirfres of Russia were next
hated some fine specimens
manufacture in granite.
The malachite
noticed, the lecturer
that the cost of
malachite at St. Petersburgring
waswaet e
wnf r
as
smt two
used and
;d toon threedlsass.
while
, tjueired for the great
I bet
per lb. avoirdupois
one that
pounds were wasted for
doors3,ooo ishhso.
ss,o,fntahte
tmheatEerxiahlibition
re •
of :Iy must have cost
day
forawchloallethyoueagrh.
t2h,OeiOrOpt.r
bodefuocrteiotnheocacpuPpliieeadtiaosn many
menlabour,
as could
work upon them night and
From India the manufactures
in this
distinguished by great delicacy of
Profelsor Ansted statedofth
execution.ass were
Referring again to the English manufactures
in
modelsey
in this class,
engaged in their production.
were nearly confined to the imitation
adopted from other countries, and strikingly illus-
trated the necessity for a diffusion of artistic educa-
tion amongst those
After entering into a number of details with respect
to the artificial cements and stones exhibited, the
lecturer stated that England and Italy were pre-
eminently distinguished iu this class ; nor, con-
sidering that Italy waa the country in Which
the raanufactuo of sugliula took its rise,