Star.
London, England, 1823-09-16 00:00:00

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Whom ey havh.iibirowed hddi the 'Plan and the 44
tails', did Dot think 'of .hriniknk the mantrfactirera andi
artisans liii neai'llis own Asia-mace,' tit under the saute
roof with his 4 m. plendid museum He approptiated itit
the display littheir .clitititindities ibeiailoon of the Ecole
Militasre ; and thus gave the Parisiani a trip O the
Champ de plat's. The-last exhibiiiisOwhieh was ordered
by authority; itictilfifirit in-theriiiiire, took 'plati kr
1819; untie! the Ministky of be Cams.' . ' • '
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The publfe prints have forgotten Cadiz 'end politic,
for some' days', to descant on cachemeres and speaking
dolls : and the Parisians flock in crowds to the Louvre
to witness an exhibition of fire-works;
.or the antics of
a new Poliekinello. • There is scarcely a man, woman;
or child, I will venture to say, within the barrieres, or
the bills of mortality, who has not walked through the
fifty-two saloons of that splendid Palace, repeating to
themselves in a fit of admiration as they survey the long
scale of French industry, from the steam-engine down
to the pair of snuffers-7from the magnificent porcelain
of Sevres down to the common pottery—from the ta-
pestry, of the Gobelins down to the hearth rug—"" See
what an industrious ingenious people we are; let the
English weaver tremble on his koin, and the smith at
his forge. Europe will no longer demand their cottons
or their cutlery. They may continue to go to India for
their shawls, but we have got the Thibet goat and the
Hindoo skill at home; and as for the domain of silks,
millinery, and costhetics, it is all our own—live Cln-
dustrie Frangoise f The English, who are thus always
considered as rivals, and sometimes appealed to as
judges, though they cannot always acknowledge the as-
sumed superiority, must view this great collection with
interest; and in all cases allow, if not a superiority or
equality, a great progress in the arts which produced it.
The exhibition is spread over 58 rooms of the Louvre,
and embraces the whole suite of apartments on the first
floor of the parallelogram of the new Palace (the most
magnificent edifice of the kind, probably, in the world),
besides the vestibules under the grand colonnade.—
Every article of French industry is arranged in conve-
nient classes, and has its proper place allotted It. The
ISeale even descends so low as children's toys, tooth-
brushes, perriwigs, and perfumery. The number of ma-
nufacturers or artisans who have sent articles of their
Making amounts to 1648: the catalogue, without a
word of desoiption, composes a pamphlet f 180 pages.
In the first room, on the ground floor, under the great
colonnade, are arranged the utensils of husbandry and
various articles ,of ingenious machinery made of iron,
'steel, copper, Zinc, and other Metals. • . The number of
'exhibitors, in this department, amounts to 154 ; and in
the list are found the names of feveral Englishmen—
such as itauson and Sons, Smith,. Waddington, Resler
and Dixon, &c. Passing by two large rooms dedica-
ted to articles of perfumery, . which have , for their
owners only 18 modest competitors for medals and
customers, and two others set apart for what are called
" alimentary products"—such as dried meat, vinegar,
beet-root, and cane sugar, chocolate, and confectionary,
we came to two miles, containing chemical prOducts, as
alum, soda, soap, sealingwai, and other such preparations.
—The number of persons who have contributed to gra-
tify public curiosity with these specimens is 64, and
among them we find the names of three or four Eng-
lishmen. . Then follow three . apartments filled with
kitchen furniture and utensils—such as stoves, furnaces,
lamps, &c. .Two rooms are devoted to various articles
of piper and pasteboard, and one to commodities ma-
nufactured of leather and. hides, such as parchment,
gloves, shoes, morocco, and others. Two large saloons
are set apart for instruments of music: the number of
contributors here is 41. Then follow four or five of the
most interesting apartments in the suite, filled with op-
tical and medical instruments, articles of •rnamental
clockwork, porcelain, and polished wooden furniture.—
A large space. is of course appropriated to silk fabrics,
battery, jewellery; and cutlery. Two saloons are occu-
pied with articles Of bronze, gold and silver ware, and
two others with plated goods. Articles made 9' flax,
and hemp, and cotton, such as cambric, damask table-
cloths; handkerchiefs, calicoes, muslins, &c. fill up two
large apartments, and have for their contributors 186
manufacturers or artisans. Six roams, are adorned with
the manufacture Of which, next to Oak, ,France has the
most reason tkboast the perfection--namely, woollen
iirticleb including shawls, broad-cloths, blankets, Han-
nels, ifc. The number f manufactiarers of this staple,
Who have .presented, to the Public specitheris of their
fabric, amounts to 200. In this list Ido not see chi
name of a single Englishman.. .
The second vestibule, filled with machinery and im:
&einem' of hnsbandry and of the arts, completts the
long, series of these products of French.: industry. It
would, be difficult to conceive anything more full in
the detailsnoore striking.in, the ensemble. No fabric
of convenience, utility, or elegance, is without a repre-
sentative in
,thiscmagnificent panorama. But is the
manufacture as perfect as the collection is complete, and
would a similar exhibition of English industry lose by
the comparison ? Without entering into the merits of
the speaking doll, or the cosmetic virtues of. the rouge
d'dthenes, in which we probably shall not be very
anxious to excel the French toymart or perfumer, I May
be permitted to state the following as the result of an
examination fly an impartial Englishman,: "In silk fur-
&titre' for the variety of its pattern and the brilliancy of
hi colour, in paper-hangings, shawls, painted porcelain,
gloves, gerinot, ornamental clockwork, figured tapes-
try, silt cliesiand black and blue broad-cloths, 'the
French,haver,iofeeided :superiority. On the contrary,
tirk art Winks to the English in steel7work, cutlery,
Casting of metals, optical and, philosophical instruments;
cut-gfiss,
.floor:carpets, Plated ware, and cottons of all
kinds, ... In bronze winks, musical instruments, and
several'Othei.things, .cosrllence is nearly ibalanctick-t
Would, then, the GovernMent of England ipnfer an
benefit On the useful arts by, granting locale; re.:114
exhibition likiN that,olthe lionere; or is sucli an exhi
ii
,bitionattended with an,y4deentabeyond mere anau
'km eat; urthe.g ratii. en-tiein a: pa jai curiosity? it :
be
said
m icb, dueled wheth.e.r it is: It.. mat iti
sa ,
,that. by 44ibitmo On emulation of the
nianufacturei is Al 4 pwiing bi.the side of his
rivaTin Abe very iiiproapes. i ik,,op keeper, the. retail
dealer; surd his etistom i....but is pot that emulation
sifficientlicocitedifY the susereit,etsbe parties ? and i
are CUstomer ignorant where ge cansfind a
till be comes once in five or ten,.yeitroAo. tre°ldfoiiirre
" It has bears sirgtiei4tDat:•by tarloguig mingactarert