The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-18

he proposed industrial Exh o. with
hem IN London, aud with soeiees, local nnitises
end indis iduais in this y and 20 sar,ciIi tine
orwardng OF articles applieabie 60 the exhibition
need hardly say TO you, SIR, that the procet dncs
II the National Institute, set forth in tins ctrrrsp,1-
ienee, meet the apProbaiie OF the DePai teu ~ hieh
has full confidence in the committee named b that
| Institute
avail myself OF this opportunity to renew TO YOU
The assurance OF my high ard distinguished con
4 LIBERATION. s.sgl I'd JOHN M, CLAYTON. ~
Right Honorable Sir II. l.. buLwER, Sc.
Erf'Gei from the Circular Of the Royal Commits
/ soHeTs. y
"The Commissioners have felttbat II wopId I.3
desirable, as far as possible, 70 prevent any ner
sons from sending hlther articles which CANNOT lie
admitted, rather than 10 reject the articles afier
their arrival in London. They feel also that the
| delicate and responsible task of deciding on lie
admission or rejection of articles destined for ~
hIbltion by foreign contributors oaglI not 10 h ~,
| posed upon any English tribunal, bur sboi,iT lie
referred TO one living the condolences Of he o,,l,i
bitors hen'S, yes, and standing entirely free f,n,
posslb' ..putauons of national partia NJ They
accc .ngly propose to admit 10 EXIT non spcI
foreign ARTICLES only mny he forwarded to theo
by the Central Authority (whaterer nay be ms
| nature) in each country. They viii communicate
TO such Central Authority the amount Of SPACE
which can lie allowed To the productions Of the
county for which IL acts, and will also state Tho
conditions and limitations which may from, time
10 time be decided with respect 10 the a,js nm D.
of articles. All articles forwarded by such { en-
trail Authority will then be admitted provided ttev
do not require greater aggregate amount Of
spdceth that assigned to the productions of the
country from &hich they come ; and. uroviJeJ
also, that they do not violate the conditions and
limitations OF which due notice shall have been
given. Ii will rest with the Central Authority m
each country to decide upon the merits OF the
several articles presented for exhIbilinn and 10
take that those which are sent.are sI,.b 90
fairly represent the industry Of their feliow-eo,n
trymen.
" Her Majesty's Commissioners viii copsidar
that to be the Central Authority in each case 1rbicL
Is stated 10 be so BY the Government Of its conn,,
Having once been put in communication with
Central Authority in any country, thew nr,st d.
cline, absolutely and entirely, any cominuDication
with private and unauthorized individuals : and
should any such be addressed to them. tbev cnn
only refer to a central body. This decision is
essentially necessary, III order to prevent con-
fusion.
:" No articles of foreign manufacture, 10 whom
soeyer they may belong, or wheresoeyer thev nv
be, can be admitted for exhibition unless ticy
come with the sanction of the Central Authori1y
of the country of which they are the nr,,,,rs.
The Commissioners do not insist upon such ar,i.
cles being IN all cases actually forwarded bv the
Central Authority, though they consider tli,i nc
would generally be the most satisfactory arrnnge.
ment but 1t is indispensable that the sanctoI, Of
ouSH autilolity SHOulu III all cases
given, and that it be held responsible for the fi-
ness of such articles for exhibition, and for No,
authorizing the exhibition OF greater ouautiiv
than can he accommodated in the space assions1
to the productions of the country in question. -
A full discussion was then had of the subject
thus laid before the committee, and, on motion of
the Hon, w. w. Seaton, it was
Resolved, That the Committee of Eve first charood
with this subject by the Institute (substilutinS
Mr.. Kennedy for Mr.. Greenough, who is absenf7
be an Executive Committee to take all necess'rv
steps to carry out the views Of the general com
mittee. VIII
The following gentlemen constitute the Execu
i've Committee Col. Peter Force, Prof. Walter
X. johnson, Prof. Joseph Henry, J. c. G. Ken
nedy, Esq, Capt. Charles Wilkes.
On notion
Resotrsd, That the Secretary be requested 10
prepare the proceedings OF this meeting for pub
ilcation N f"'
And the Committee adjourned
CHARLES F. STANSBURY.
Secretary of the Meeting.
IN. B.-Associations, committees, or indiyidunls
deslrous I" make propositions or TO receive u,inr
mation are requested to address their conmunir,,-
tons to J. G. u. Kennedy, Esq.