The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-17 00:00:00

EXHIBITION OF 1851.

STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, PRESENT POSITION, AND
PROSPECTS OF THE COLLECTION, NOW IN COURSE,

OF FORMATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
As many inquiries are being constantly made of the
Executive Committee as to the object of the collection in
course of formation, and as to the position in which it
now stands, they bare deemed it advisable to preparOthe
following statement.
On the stl<t of July, 1851, her Majesty's Commis-
sioneriauthorised an official application to be made to
exhibitors for specimens of the raw produce and.:manu-
factures exhibited by them, with a view to the future
establishment of a commercial museum.
It was at that time considered that such a collection
would form an, interesting record of the Exhibition of
1851, and, conelluently of the state of industrial science
in that 3 ear; silo that it would nut at first be so exten-
sive hut That it could he contahed in n good sized room.
But the numerous lull liberal contributions of the exhi-
bitors, both of Great Britain and foreign countries, have
graeu3lly extended the scope of the collection, and, in
tact, made it the germ of what may become, not merely
interesting to the statisticians of future agaS, but of,thst
which may satisfy a great public scant in this metropolis,
viz., a trade collection of the imports and exports of the
world, where men of husißess may txaroine and precti-
call,y teat samples of thosu articles in which they aro
trading.

Thit.i. direction has been already given to the colleetion
by the important contributienz if exhibitors of all coun-
tries, many of whores have tiepesited valuable articles in
the huudi of the Executive Committee, with the cer-
tainty that it will, be a means of bringing the produce
of their mines, cultivation, or workshops before the
notice of the mercantile and general public with even a
more permanent advantage to themselves than has been
derived from the Exhibition which has just closed.
The destination of such a collection, as well as:the
further development of the undertaking, are, necessarily,
subjects for future consideration; but, in the meantime,
the Executive Committee consider it their duty to aid,
dO far as their authority extends, in satisfying the desire
so universally expressed to them; and it must be obvious
that the fate of such a collection must entirely depend
upon the interest which the public of this and other
countries take in it, and individuals will be able to judge
for themselves whether, after this explanation of the
present state of the matter, they do or do not wishjo
be represented in the collection.

In order to guard themselves on the one hand against
overstepping the limits within which their action is con-
fined by her Majesty's Commissioners, and, on the other
hand, against disappointing the expectation of the public
in forming this collection, the Executive, Committee have
la,d down for themselves and their cfficers the following
principles:—
l. That the collection should comprise samples of all
articles of trade.
2. That, for the present, exhibitors only in the late
Exhibitiue will be permitted to contribute to the col-
lection.
3. That antiquities, curiosities, and articles relating
only to pure science are inadmissible, there being already
places far better suited to the reception of such things
than what it is now contemplated to establish.
4. That as it is to the interest of the public that
those articles only shall be received which it would be
of advantage to the producer to supply, no exhibitor
should be pressed to contribute to the collection.
5. That the question of presentation should be resolved
only with reference to the point whether it is of any
value, in a commercial point of view, for the public to
know that A. B. produces such an article in vetch
country.

6. "lhat it shall be quite at the option of the depositor
to affix to his article all necessary information in regard
to price, process, amount of production,
7. That the presentation of objects fs to be absolute,
it being clearly understood that her Majesty's Com-
missioners are invested with the power of disposing of
the articles in the way which, in their opinion, may be
most advantageous to the public.

Secretary to theDIGBY
ExecuWtive Committee.

Nov. 1851.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.-0a Sunday last the
Brecon police apprehended a man of the name of David
Jones on suspicion of murder. The following is an outline of
such particu'ars as we have been enabled to collect. One
Sunday in May last, David Jones and John Phillips went
coursing in Llandefalle Common, when the dogs killed a
sheep belonging to Mrs. Smith, of that place, who having
heard of this, sent to the boy John Phillips to know how):
happened and promised him if he would tell the troth she
would not punish him. This the boy did, and as shae.:_! intended
to punish Jones, the boy was to be a witness against
On the following day (Monday). both Jones
an and
Phillips
p y there. Jones
came to Brecon together, and were
since. His relations have searched the returned in two days after, but thembtrymlias
unbetrey°,Bbeeunt
obtained no clue of his whereabouts.
.hejewnt nleeinvceorhis defence
Brecon and Merthyr road, but at
the boy five miles on the
he took the boy to Merthyr. The
before the magistrates on Monday said he had accompanied
another time stated that
him
on his own recognizant* to
answer when cal
I n Lampion is the name given to a
magistrates dislcohdarg. washmoo.
Femme. haeords.copLigvhattinyge.t warns—snug,
yet
efee
andat the resources of the material,
ypaetteneltegfoanr
delicate,
ch
irations of the artiste en mode. Here we
throept:naot
lotion,
nfw,
f
the happiest
bolonnsnpets composed of the quaint speckled feather
have the n
se
iwzlsys
of the Guinea fowl. There the unsullied purity of the plu-
mage is rendered more remarkable by the aid of blonde, cut
jets, or
fabrire of the richest character. Feathers a mate-
rial so inartificial—are suggestive of the comprehensive
phases of beauty, and the surprise is, that at a period so ac•
tively alive to novelty, the advent of its capabilities should
not have occurred before. It has, however, been reserved
for the Messrs. Jay, of Regent-street, to introduce the dis-
covery, through whom it has at once obtained the highest
empressement and extensive patronage.
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