The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-07 00:00:00

PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF 1855.

BOARD OF TRADE (DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART).
Marlborough-house, Pall-mall, Oct. 31, 1854.
Sir,—l have been directed by the lords of the cora-
mittee of her Majesty's Privy Council of Trade to for-
ward to you the translation of a circular which has been
addressed by the Imperial commission for the Paris
Exhibition of 1855, to the various departmental com-
mittees in France, urging upon them the necessity of
only admitting to the Exhibition such articles as will
reflect credit upon French industry.
Although my lords are not altogether prepared to say
that the considerations which are put forward by the
Imperial commission as suitablh to France, are those
which should entirely influence the selection of the local
committees acting for the manufacturers of the United
Kingdom, yet my lords consider it their duty to call the
attention of the committees to the issue of this circular.
The imperial commission recommend that only those
articles should be admitted which show one of the fol-
lowing characteristics :—First, a reduction of price
through a more intelligent application of labour ; se-
condly, some great utility ; thirdly, a novelty in the
application of some raw material or industrial process ;
fourthly, superiority in taste and execution ; fifthly, the
importance of the manufacture or production. In gene-
ral some progress of science or industry is indicated as
the condition of selection.
In making selections for the British section of the
E xhibition, it will be necessary to bear in mind that the
Exhibition is to take place in France,'a country in which
until now, British manufactures are to a great degree
unknown to the mass of the population. It is not there-
fore necessary that progress alone should be the distinc-
tive feature of the British department of the Exhibition,
but rather completeness in all its details, even the very
humblest ; and in the consideration of many branches of
industry local committees can scarcely do wrong in fol-
lowing the ♦erdict already pronounced by the public,
in the shape of a large and long-continued demand ;
while they would of course assure themselves that the
goods sent were relatively excellent and the best of
their kind.
It is not only for the information of the few distin-
guished and well-informed foreigners who will take part
in the labours of the international jury, and who are,
perhaps, as well acquainted with our industry as their
own, that the British exhibition must be prepared, but
for the French public, for whom it will be the first op-
portunity of seeing a systematic display of the produc-
tions of this country.
My lords would beg your committee to take measures
to su!jmit these considerations to the exhibitors, who
are, more than any others, interested in the general re-
sult of the exhibition being a creditable one to the
country.
My lords perfectly agree with the imperial commission
in recommending collective exhibitions of any particular
branch of industry ; the plan is one to which they have
frequently made allusion in their correspondence with
your committee, and its advantages are forcibly stated in
the circular of the imperial commission.
I am further directed to enclose for the use of your
committee a copy of the report presented by Mr. Ward,
her Majesty's Consul-General at Leipsic, to the Earl of
Clarendon, upon the Industrial Exhibition which has
taken place at Munich. Your committee will find it
well worthy of their attention, and the considerations
put forward inay afford additional reasons to committees
for insuring a complete and creditable display of the in-
dustry of their locality.—l have the honour to be, sir,
your obedient servant,
H. C. OWEN, Capt. Et.E., Secretary.
The Secretary to the Local Committee for the
Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855, at

[Translation from the Moniteur of the 19th Oct., 1854.:
The following circular has been addressed by the im
perial commission to the` presidents of the departmeuta
committees :

" Paris, October 15, 1854.
" Monsieur le President,—As the time is at hand
when the most important duty of the departmental com-
mittees will commence, namely, the examination which
must precede the admission or rejection of the articles
proposed to be exhibited, I think it useful again to call
your attention to the most •important of the arrange-
ments made on this point by the imperial commission,
and to the general' principles which should guide the
committees in the exercise of their functions.
" In the first place, it will be well not to lose sight
of the fact, that if the industry of France met with a
brilliant success in the Exhibition of All Nations of

1851, it was, first, because the most eminent manufac-
turers cameforward to illustrate their respective branches
of industry ; secondly, because the central jury of selec-
tion hud acted according to stringent rules, and had
only admitted those objects which were able to vie with
similar contributions from foreign countries; and lastly,
because the limited space which France occupied had
rendered it necessary to make a second and still more
careful selection. _ .

" England, on the contrary, having at her disposal an
almost unlimited amount of space, had left the local
committees at liberty freely to admit the products offered
for exhibition, the result of which was a general average
inferior to the actual excellence of British industry.
" At the Exhibition of 1855, these relative positions
might well be reversed, should the committees make too
lenient an examination. They will, however, be com-
pelled to be resolute, by the fact that the imperial com-
mission has only at its disposal about ens-third of the
space demanded.
" For several months the industry of England has been
grouping and organising itself, in order that it may be
effectively represented in 1855.
"Austria, whose products wore so much admired in
London, is making active preparations to respond to
the invitation of France.
"Prussia and the other States of the Zollverein, Swit-
zerland, Belgium, Holland, the United States, in a word
every country with•which France is at peace, is calling
upon and encouraging its most eminent manufacturers
to come forward and worthily represent it in this compe-
tition of all nations.
"With a knowledge of alithese efforts, the industry
of France should take heed not to weaken itself by ad-
mitting to the contest too many competitors, or those
who are bold rather than skilful.
"The departmental committees have under their care
the interests of the nation, which they must protect by
firmly exercising their right of rejection and selection.
"The space reserved for the French exhibitors will
be ample, if the committees will throw out all that is
not worthy of a place therein, that is to say, that does
not possess some distinguishing quality, such as
" Low price, not obtained by reducing the wages of

the artisan ;
"Manifest usefulness ;
"Novelty of invention, or of application of a raw ma.
terial or principle already known.
" Superiority of taste and execution.
" Importance of the manufacture, or, in a word,
some progress in a scientific or industrial point of view.
" The committees will also bear in mind that they are
only to admit the contributions of manufactures, pro-
ducers, and inventors.
" After having selected the exhibitors, the committees
will proceed to examine their productions.
"They are to refuse admission to anything bearing
the character of an assortment. Thus, in order to judge
of a textile fabric, or of a design, two or three colours

will suffice.
" The only assortments, or rather the only collections,
which may have space allotted to theta in the Universal
Exhibition, are collections of models, instruments, tools,
processes, samples of raw or manufactured produce, or
such as serve to Illustrate any branch of industry or
commerce in a complete aid instructive manner.
" The collection of specimens of the products and
merchandise received into the magnificent docks of
Liverpool from all parts of the world, may be cited as a
remarkable example of this kind. All bore witness to
the advantage obtained in London, in 1851, by the col-
lective arrangement of several branches of French and
foreign industry, such as those of Lyons and Mulhau-
sen, of the armourers of Paris, the ribbons of Basle, the
silks' of Zurich, Scc. I would urge you to recommend
this plan to those manufacturers who exercise similar
trades in your locality, as the most suitable in every
respect ; it is more attractive to visitors, more conve-
nient for the examination and awards of the jurors, pre-
vents a useless repetition of the same article, economises
space, and whiles it leaves to each exhibitor his indivi-
duality, improves the effect of the whole, and thus in-
creases the chances of success.
"At the same time, do not neglect to collect the in-
formation necessary or the report which the imperial
commission have commissioned you to prepare, in order
that they may have pointed out to them the services
rendered to agriculture and industry by managers of
works and factories, foremen, artizans, or labourers, who
are not exhibitors.
" Receive, Monsieur le President, the assurance of
thy most distinguished consideration.
(Signed) " ABLEs-DIIFOII11,"

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