New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-08-11
THE TRIBUNE
Letters from Dir. Weed ;. 10. VII.

LIVERPOOL, July :, 1915.
Having passed four hours of two successive
DAYS at the Liverpool Collegiate Institute, view
mg the wonders of mechanism painting, SOUP
,ue and science displayed by the POLYTECHNIC
Exhibition | cannot resist the inclination &c
rye you some i6ea of the magnitude OF TINS eH
;-aordinary collection. 1t will, however, be bu'
aseble outline of the most striking objects OF III.
sest. ANY thing like description OF them
Fould fill volumes.
The Liverpool Collegiate Institution is as large
,.tbe New York CITY Hall. -Four stories and
hrty.two rooms are occupied with the Polytech.
nc Exhibition, which continues during the Sum,
NOR Vacation The Exhibition, in character and
l.s;gn. is Identical with the Fair Of the Amer.
rsp Institute. The latter SHOWS what young
America is doing-1hc former what old England
has accomplished.
Room No | is devoted to Gas Apparatus, Pa
tent Stoves, SC, in which We are not far behind
Iobn Bull. No. , exhibits Cooking Apparatus
and Agricultural Implements, where we also can
boast Of our exhibitions. No 3, with decorative
Gliding. was no better than ours. In No. 4 were
numerous and beautiful Models of Ships, Steam
ers, &C., but here, too we are their equals. No.
5. with Models Of Railways, and No. 6, for Book
binding, show nothing that we cannot do as well.
No.. Paisley Shawl Room, exhibited specimens
ofingenuity and industry that ought to secure its
citizens against starvation. No. s exhibited
more Nautical Models; No. 9, Pottcr's Ware
No. 10, Mechanical Model of Hobart Town; No.
II, Refreshment Room; No. -. Fountain and
Plants, both of which were very beautiful. No.
l3i the Room where the Collegiate Board meets.
1t contains many full length Portraits OF Kings,
NOblemen and celebrated men, by the best Art
ISIS; among which you see George the Sd and
4h, George Canning, Lord Stanley, Mr.. Huskis-
sou, Napoleon, Duke of Clarence, Duke of Wei.
Engon, Duke of York, Mr.. Gladstone, &c. &c,
BY Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Godfrey kneler,
Bradley, and other eminent Painters. No. IA
exhibits 46 recent Improvements in Machinery,
all Of which were IN motion by steam. No. Is
displayed the recently invented Machine for set
ting and distributing type, which both believe
and hope will prove failure, for cannot endure
the thought Of seeing the cart prcservative of
all Arts" to which the world is indebted for a
FRANKLIN, degenerate into mere mechanism
Let US preserve what there is left of the iueec-
tualty Of Printing. No. 10 contains improve
nents in Electricity, Gavanisn, Weights and
Measures. No. Il, Hearth-Rug and Carpet
Looms. No. Is, Stocking Viewers LOOMS
No. 10, Fringe Looms.
Room No. 20, contains the Rev. Or. Rafile's
extensive and most precious collection Of Auto
grsphs and Manuscripts, and here fingered with
a devotion not unworthy of our Rev. and excel
lent Dr.. SPRAGuE, for hours, and then was forced
TO 20 away unsatisied. must give you some
idea Of the magnitude and value Of these trea-
gurao--treasures, too, that like the S7blll;ne
leaves, increase in value as they diminish i'll num-
Der. Of the Kings ard Royal Family Of Eng
land there are original signatures or letters of 81
different individuals. OF the Kings, &c. of
France, l3 original signatures or letters. OF the
miscellaneous autographs and letters amounting
innumber to l6l,j from ilIustrious Generals, Phi
loophen, Philanthropists, Statesmen, Poets, Pam
ters, Authors, &c. &c. will give you spcci-
men. "a letter from Richard Baxter addressed
to all that fear God in the parish of kiddermln-
ster, dated Tatteridge near Burnett, Feb. TO-
There are letters from Theodore Beza, Che Re
former: from the regiclde Bradshaw: the auto
graph Of John Bunyan; Notes of Mr.. Burke's
Speech on the Impeachment of Warren Hast
lngs: recsipt Of Calvin, the Retormer, for his
salary as Minister at Geneva, dated 1871 let
Ter of Canova to Sir Thomas Lawrence; letter
Of Lord Chatham; letter from William Cowper;
the signature of the martyr Cranmer, to docu-
nient dated August 9, 1871 letter of the Earl
OF Derby dated knowlesby, my home this III
Of Augusta 1856" letter of Charles James
foz; letter from BENJAMIN tRASkLINi the on
snal manuscript of Bishop Hcbers From
eFeen'and's Icy Mountains = a letter from the
allhor OF hervey's Meditators:' Iettsr OF
ID, Johnson to Miss Porter, his relative, of Ltch
held; letter OF La FAyETTE; signature of the
Earl of Leicester, Queen Ellzabeth's favoritc;
nete OF Lord Mansfield; a letter of the Duke OF
Marlborough, dated Hague, Sept. ,, l1Ol;' a
Ifeek letter from Melarcthon; letter from SIR
John Moore; letter of Lord Nelson, dated on
board the Victory, July |, 1905; autograph OF
III Isaac Newton a letter of William Penn:
letter of Pope: letter of Richard Raikcs, the
loQhder of Sunday Schools; the manuscript OF
ne LIST chapter of the Sd volume English cdl-
nom OF Sir WALTER SCcrr's KenllWorth
ltlIcr OF Mrs. SlddonS; note from Laurence
SSerne; the last letter but one written by JOHN
WESLEY; letter Of Zimmerman; an ancient
coed executed by Queen Anne; the manuscript
Monboddo,' &c. sc. &c.
Room No. II was devoted to Antiquities, Gu
nosltles, &c, which amounted in number to
More than 700, and in character were rare,
gaque and interesting. Days might be passed
'ehghtfuly IN this reom, bet was forced to limit
my examinations to an hour These treasures
were contributed, for the Exhibition only, by dis.
angushed antiquarans in different parts of the
kingdom. will designate few Of them. A
needle.work Cap worn by Queen Elizabeth !;
among the walking sticks which attracted notice
vas one cut from the Ruins of Palenquc and ano.
Tier al the Falls of Niagara; one OF Cromwell's
Oaskethted Swords two Atighanistan Swords ;
Polish Pistol of 1862, and Hungarian Pistol
Of l640; fragment of the ship plank upon which
Lad Nelson fell mortally wounded; ancient
Stone Ha,chet found ina ruin at Armagh, in Ire
land; an ancient Roman Brass Mortar, full Of
Roman COINS, dug up in Salisbury PLAN; cast
u Hannah Moore; the Cape, Gloves and Shoes
Nn-- II