The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-17 00:00:00

PARIS EXHIBITION, 1867.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presided
at two meetings of her Majesty's Commissioners
with the Associated Commissioners, at the South
Kensington Museum, last Saturday, when his royal

highness read the following memorandum on the

prospects of the Exhibition :

1. Her Majesty's Commissioners thank the Asso-
ciate Commissioners for the suggestions they have
made in recommending jurors. They also thank
the several committees of the Associate Commis-

sioners who have frequently met in order to insure
a proper representation of objects of ancient art,
modern pictures, engravings, various manufactures,
printing, navigation, munitions of war, &c.
2. Her Majesty's Commissioners thank the trus-
tees of the British Museum as well as those of other

public institutions for the readiness with which they
have consented to lend objects necessary for com-
pleting the Exhibition at Paris.
3. It has not been found necessary to ask for the
services of the Associate Commissioners in several

classes, because the demands for space in those

classes have greatly exceeded the amount that could
be granted ; and in respect of the classes for agri-
cultural stock action has been suspended by the

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Imperial Commission in consequence of the cattle

plague.
4. A statement of the representation which each
class appears likely to make in the Exhibition will
be laid before the Associate Commissioners, and her
Majesty's Commissioners will be glad to receive
their assistance in supplying some few deficiencies.
5. Her Majesty's Commissioners regret that the
staple industry of cutlery for which England is re-
markable should at present appear to be most imper-
fectly represented ; it may be hoped that by the
co-operation of the Associate Commissioners and
the Master Cutler of Sheffield an adequate represen-
tation of that important branch of industry may be
effected.
6. Notwithstanding this deficiency, her Majesty's
Commissioners have the gratification of believing
that in other respects the United Kingdom, India,
and the colonies will be far more completely repre-
sented than in any previous International Exhibi-
tion.

7. A new and very important inquiry—namely,
the effect on workmen of co-operation and bene-
volent associations throughout Europe—has been
originated by the offer of prizes by the Imperial
Commission.* To each Associate Commissioner has
been sent a copy of the series of questions which it
is desirable should be answered by persons or esta-
blishments in this country, and the Associate Com-
missioners will much promote this inquiry if they
will assist in causing these questions to be filled up
as extensively and as soon as possible.
8. It is the earnest wish of her Majesty's Com-
missioners that the example set by the French in
1862 of assisting foremen of works and artisans to
study the Exhibition should be followed, and that
the utmost facilities should be afforded to British
workmen to visit and study the Paris Exhibition.
Her Majesty's Commissioners express a hope that
the Associate Commissioners will, in concert with
the Society of Arts, municipal authorities, am"
Chambers of Commerce throughout the country, be
able to assist materially in promoting such visits.
9. The Executive Department of the British sec-
tion has provided offices for the transaction of busi-
ness at 71, Avenue des Champs Elysees, Paris,
where the Associate Commissioners will be able to
obtain information respecting the Exhibition, and
facilities for visiting it.
The following were the subjects discussed at the
meeting of her Majesty's Commissioners :
The list of proposals for jurors and the measures
necessary for nominating them, also the appoint-
ment of associate jurors and delegates, for which
purpose a committee representing the various groups
was appointed to select the jurors.
The Commissioners next considered a memoran-
dum on the prospects of the Exhibition, which his
Royal Highness the President read to them, and
adopted it after a discussion on the paragraph re-
lating to the new order of reward, in which the
Lord President of the Council, Earl Granville, the
Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord
Houghton, Mr. Bazley, M.P., Mr. Beresford Hope,
M.P., and Mr. Clark, of Merthyr Tydvill, tookpart.
A letter from the Society of Arts was read on the
steps necessary to be taken to promote the study of
the Exhibition and industrial establishments in
France by artisans.
After reading a correspondence with the India-
office on the representation of Indian architecture,
it was resolved to appoint a committee of advice on
this subject.
The Duke of Cambridge, the Secretary of State
for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and Mr.
Robert Napier, late President of the Society of
Mechanical Engineers, were elected Commissioners.
The Commissioner! then proceeded to meet the
Associate Commissioners, when his Royal Highness
the President read the announcement agreed upon
by her Majesty's Commissioners.