The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-17 00:00:00

English market. Two of the patterns have been
designed and manufactured for the state apartments,
Dublin Castle and Viceregal Lodge. The colours are
rich and full in tone. Opposite is a similar case
containing poplins of rich make and harmonious
colour, the most remarkable being the Princess of
Wales's monogram, woven in gold on a blue ground,
made expressly for Lady Wodehouse, and worn by
her at the last Drawing-room ; a sheeny poplin, the
first ever made ; and various other patterns, includ-
ing one suggested by snow crystals, all worthy of
notice. The double watered and clan tartan poplins
are rich in colour and material.
There is another kindred manufacture carried on
by Messrs. Cordner and Grattan, who also find most
of their customers in Great Britain and in foreign
countries—namely, fringes for carriages and drawing
room furniture in silk and gold, some of them new
designs, very rich and graceful. The lace with
which they decorated the two state carriages, built
by Mr. Burney, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, cost 560
guineas. Their balance fringes are of a new cha-
racter, in magenta, with rich chintz drapery wreaths,
and ornaments.

The cases of jewellery are special attrations in this
department. Messrs. Schriber and Sons have a
collection of enormous value ; and on the opposite
side is the case of Mr. Brunker, of Grafton-street,
who, amid a great variety of exquisitely beautiful
articles, exhibits a 'diamond bouquet, value
£4,000, designed by Mr. Brunker himself. When
taken asunder it is found to consist of a complete
suite of bracelets, brooch, &c. There is also a
headdress of native pearls worth over £5OO. The
Fingal pin is also a curiosity. It is an exact copy
of an antique found in a ruin at Swords, in fine
gold, manufactured specially for the Exhibition,
with a view of the building enamelled on the cover.
A pretty contrivance in this case is a little alarm
clock, which, while rousing the sleeper at the moment
he marked, lights a match for his accommodation.
Aubert and Linton, watchmakers and goldsmiths,
of Regent-street, London, occupy a position near the
end of the Eastern Court. They exhibit a suite of
coral ornaments for a lady, which, taking into ac-
count both the material of which they are composed
and their workmanship, are quite unequalled by
anything else of the sort in the Exhibition. The
material is pink coral, of the rarest kind and of the
greatest beauty, which are extracted in small por-
tions from masses of ordinary coral derived from the
coral beds at Naples.
British manufactures make a brilliant display of
silks. Hardy and Co., of Nottingham, exhibit their
celebrated trimmings, their imitations of blonde,
and a variety of silk, fancy, and patent nets. Jacoby
and Co., of the same town, send cotton laces, patent
Valenciennes, and black silk Maltese; and Notting-
ham has another representative in Messrs. Dunni-
cliff and Smith, whose fancy nets and imitations of
Valenciennes could not be surpassed. Manchester
is represented by Mr. J. Standring with an assort-
ment of braid, fringes, and crinoline; and Glasgow
by Mr. Green, of Buchanan - street, who has a
curious specimen of embroidery upon velvet with
fish scales, several different kinds of braiding upon
merino, and a great number of handsome smoking
caps in the brighest colours. There are 12 exhi-
bitors of tapestry and carpets in this section. The
Messrs. Brunton and Lewis, of Kidderminster, who
won the prize medal in 1851, and the jurors' medal
in 1862, occupy the foremost place. Next appears
Mr. J. A. Barton, of the same place. Templeton
and Co., Lapworth Brothers, Dagn all and Til-
bury and Taylor, all of London, and several other
English houses exhibit a great variety of carpeting.
Of articles of clothing the exhibitors are numerous,
vying with one another in the taste and brilliancy of
their displays. Conspicuous among these are Messrs.
Switzer and Ferguson, Richard Allen, merchant
tailors ; Messrs. Wright and Stanly, of Dublin, and
Messrs. Hunter and Barr, of Glasgow, hatters ; Mr.
Peter Tait, of Limerick, military uniforms, &c.
There are 19 cases illustrating the flax and hemp
manufacture, displaying all the processes by which
the flax plant is converted into the finest fabrics,
from the coarse canvas to the silk-like lawn. Among
the exhibitors in this department are Messrs. Dunbar,
Dickson, and Co., Charley and Co., Richardson and
0 wden, Jaffe Brothers, Johnston and Carlyle, all of
Belfast ; Messrs. Finlayson and Bousfield, of

Glasgow.
Ireland excels in the linen trade, but she also
makes a respectable figure in the woollen manufac-
ture. The progress of this manufacture in Ireland
has latterly attracted much attention, and become
an object of great public interest. Accordingly, the
process willibe illustrated in the Exhibition. The
hitherto comparatively unsatisfactory state of this
branch of industry has been mainly owing to the
absence of the improved machinery which has
worked so great a revolution in the trade of England
and Scotland. The woollen machinery in the Exhi-
bition has been made by Mr. John Tatham, of
Rochdale, and the enterprising firm of Messrs. F.
and R. Scott and Co., of Island-bridge Mills,
Dublin, will exhibit on it the entire process of
manufacture, from taking up the wool until it is
converted into cloth—the carding, spinning,
and weaving going forward continuously and
simultaneously. Hitherto there has been great
difficulty in introducing self-acting " mules
and billys" for the woollen manufacture,
owing to the heavy, complicated gearing rendering
them unfit for the class of yarn required to be spun
at the present day. But this difficulty has been
overcome by Mr. Tatham's recent improvements,
which are simple and effective, being easily regu-
lated and adapted to any class of work. Mr. Tatham
is the inventor as well as the patentee of the most
important improvements in these useful machines.
There is a large and rich display of woollen fabrics
in the Exhibition, many of them productions of the
best looms in the West of England and Scotland,
presenting in perfection the texture, colour, pat-
tern, and finish which only can be produced by
thoroughly cultivated artistic taste, and the best
machinery. These models the Irish manufacttiters
will study to advantage.
Not the least interesting portion of the British
department is the display of mineral products by
the different mining companies of Ireland, repre-
senting the various processes through which, the ore
passes in preparation for the market. The General
Mining Company of Ireland and the Commerce
Mining Company show a variety -of specimens of
gold, silver, lead, copper, sulphur, coal, &c. The
Mining Company of Ireland show a case of fine
silver weighing upwards of 4 cwt. 2 qrs.
Among the most attractive things in the Exhi-
bition are the pottery from Stamford and those ex-
hibited by the Hill Pottery Company. There is
only one pottery in Ireland. It was established
about three years ago at Belleek, county Fer-
managh, where a variety of small fancy articles are
made by boys and girls, who show great aptitude
for that sort of work. There are extremely beau-
tiful articles in glass from the Copeland Glassworks,
the Worcester Glassworks, and those of Powell and
Sons, whose jewelled glass in all sorts of graceful
forms makes charming ornaments. Mr. Young's
stand of chemical works from Bathgate, Scotland,
exhibiting paraffin lamps, is greatly admired.
Colman's coloured starch is a curious invention, and
is:likely to be as useful as it is curious ; for a lady
who does not like to be noticed wearing the same
dress more than once or twice has only to get it
washed, and she can starch it into any colour she
pleases, so as to produce all the effect of a new
article. The chimney-pieces, stove-fronts, and
other articles made of Magnus's enamelled slate have
been greatly admired, some of them representing
the finest ornamental stones. Though so very much
cheaper than marble some of them are made to look
nearly as fine, and may be used for baths, baptis-
tries, altar tablets, pedestals, and ornamental slabs
for 100 tables. This manufacture commends itself
to the public by the fact that ituses materials found
in our own country, and gives a large amount of
employment to our own people. No Irish Exhibi-
tion would be complete without a representation of
what is unfortunately still. Ireland's chief manufac-
ture. Hence we have a case full of choice specimens
of Kinahan's LL., and in close competition another
case equally tempting of Bagot's U.B. Two or three
other " rectifiers" also exhibit. Each sums up the
merits of his whisky with the assurance that " there
I is not a headache in a hogshead of it."
The people of Dublin have not yet ceased talking
of the grand scene at the opening of the Exhibition.