Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-11-14
industrial Exhibition of all Nations.

To the People and especially TO Persons diately
interested, of the State Of Indiana
WHEREAS, An exhibition ofthe Works of Industry ofa
Nations will be held in the City of London May LIST 1851
the same being under the patronage of the British gov
ernment, according to the regulations imposed by the
Royal Commissioners appointed 10y the Queen; AND
WHEREAS The Government of the United States having
been officially solicited aid in promoting the great
dertakng and action having been taken by the appoint
ment Of committee, of which MILLIARD FILLMORE,
then Vice President President s the U States, is
Chairman: AND WHEREAS, The Governor of the State
Of Indiana, having been requested to act in the
premises, has been pleased to appoint committee TO
aid the Central Authority at Washington in the per-
lormance of their duties.
Now therefore the undersigned gives notice that they
readiness execute the duties according the
appointment of the GOVERNOR and under the regulations
necessarily imposed by the British Commissioners, to
successful and satisfactory consummatlon OF the
vast undertaking in which they engaged.
The regulations to which we refer contained in
two pamphlets, published by the Central authority at
Washington the one containing 80 pages and the other
40 pages octave considered mpracticabe for this
committee repubish the whole of these regulations
but few of the primary here mentioned for the
information of all concerned.
Through the Central Committee at Washington alone,
and by their sanction any article obtain admission
the exhibition. And it is understood that the endorse
m.nt of the committee appointed by the Governor of
this State will be required y the National Committeen
favor of any article presented for exhibition by citizen
of Indiana.
The British Commissioners will be prepared to receive
all articles which may be sent to them and after the
first OF January 1851, and VIII continue so TO receive
goods until the first of March, inclusive, after which
day further goods will be received.
The articles exhibited will be divided into four Sec
tions:
SECTION l. Raw Materials and Produce-llustratve
of the natural productions which human industry is
employed.
SECTION 2. Machinery for Agriculture, Manufactur
ing, Engineering and other purposes, and Mechanical
Observation-Disclosures of the agents which human in
genuty brings to bear upon the products of nature
SECTION 3. Observation-Disclosures of the result
produced by the operations of human industry upon nat
ural produce.
Section A. Sculpture, Models, and the Plastic Art
gencrally-usratve of the and skill displayed in
such applications OF human industry.
Judcious arrangements Will be made to award prizes
for excellence, in bronze medals and in money to the
amount of twenty thousand pounds
Ii the intention of the Commissioners to reward ex
celence in whatever form it is presented, and not to
give inducements in the distinctions of merely individ
ual competition Although the Commissioners have de-
termined having three medals OF different sizes
and designs they do not propose to instruct the to
award them as rs second and third In degree, for the
same class of subjects. They do not wish to tramme
the Jures by precise limitations but they consider that
the Jures Will rather view the three kinds OF medals as
means of appreciating and distinguishing the respect
i've characters the subjects be rewarded and not
making distinctive marks in the class OF articles
exhibited They fully recognize the excellence IN pro-
ducon only to be looked for IN hghpriced goods,
in which much labor and skill has been employed, but
they encourage the exhibition of owprced fabrics, when
combining quality with lowness of price, with novel
ty of production They readily conceive that Jures
will be justified in giving the same class medal to the
cheapest calico print made for the Brazilian South
American market. as they would the finest piece of
ouseline de sole or musene de laine, if each possess
ed excellecve Of its own kind.
The whole of the goods will be admitted, in the first
instance, without payment Of any duty; and il they
not disposed of in England they will be delivered up for
transportation free of all charge for duty II, howev
err they shall be disposed of in England the duty charge
bic thereon must in that be paid before they
moved from the place of exhibition but they cannot be
removed until the Exhibition is finally closed.
We understand that the Government Of the United
States will fit vessel expressly for the purpose OF
taking London such articles for exhibition may
receive the sanction of the Central Authority.
From Circular Of the Central Authorities at Wash
ington we extract the following:
"The committee cannot but view this great exposition
Of human industry and productive skill as one in which
every nation ON the globe has direct and positive
cern Its results and history will go down future
erations marking the actual state Of arts and civza