Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-14
.gsse london Exhibition of 1851.

Wsse london Exhibition of 1851.
The arrangements for this magnl-
lcent Exhibition are progressing with
eapidity. ii is likely TO prove gigan-
tic affair in almost every point OF view.
The idea of cheap excursions from the
Un;iaa States, as suggested through our
columns few days since, appears to
meet with very general favor. Some
pra ctical plan for carrying5it out will no
doubt soon be announced. There are
hundreds, nay thousands Of our country
men, who would avail themselves of the
opportunity to visit the Old World dur
ing the progress of the Fair, could the
trip be made for any thing like reason
able sum. They would willingly devote
a month or six weeks to the object, at
cost of $500 or $500. Surely some
of our enterprising Steamship Compan-
les and owners will give the subject due
consideration, and determine upon one
or two excursion trips of the kind re-
ferred to. We see it stated with refer
ence TO the Exhibition, that. no fewer
than 628 exhibitors have been ANNOUNCE
ed in the Metropolitan District, who are
to occupy 42,7l0 feet of the floor and
29,3l0 feet of the walls with their ar
ticles. Edinburg has thirty-two exhib-
tiers, occupying 5,7l2 feet of surface,
and Belfast thirty-three exhibitors, oc-
cupying 1888 feet. About four hun
dred and fifty men are now employed
upon the building in the park, which is
advancing very rapidly. The great
er part of the materials are alrea-
dy within the enclosure. Austria has
taken step in advance of all other
nations in this business, by the establish
ment of a House of Agency in London,
TO act as the medium of communication
between the British and Austrian Com
missioners, and to effect in London the
loading, transport, unpacking, and dis
playing the Austrian articles sent for
exhibition, to afford information respect
ing them, to carry on the necessar, cor
respondence, and to be in attendance
during the exhibition ana until the 'whole
is settled. A correspondence of the Ma
tional Intelligencer says:
"We are much afraid that some irreg-
ularity, and consequent confusion and
disappointment, will arise from its not
being thoroughly understood in the Uni
ted States that the commissioners here
cannot attend TO or recognize any other
American authorities, in the concerns
of the Exhibition, than the Central Com
mittee appointed at Washington, and a
gents regularly authorized by that COM
mittee. We observe, by the Nat ional
Intelligencer of the 23d uliimo, that the
Governor of Mississippi has appointed
Central Committee for that State to
correspond with the Central Committee
at Washington; this is the correct
course, and unless it is adopted all other
arrangement will be nugatory. We
think that, as the lime is advancing We
ny rapidly for the completion of arrange
ments, your Central Committee should
deputc one or two agents from the Uni
ted States TO come TO England, and to act
in union with some third person here in
taking the preparatory steps to give
due effect 10 your portion Of the exhibit
ton; TO correspond with and give inior-
nation to the citizens of the United
States who intend TO be exhibitors to
make arrangements, for the reception of
yisiters; and TO attend to great many
other things which your committee will
find necessary TO be attended to, and
which will require some confidential, ac-
tive, and efficient agents on the spot to
arrange satisfactorily"
In a business point of view, the Ex-
hibition will be splendid affair for Lon
don. 1t will attract hundreds of thous-
ands to the Greo. Metropolis, and this
vast multitude will OF course purchase
freely from the shopkeepers, while the
hotels and boarding houses will reap and
realize harvest. London will be
scene of gaicty and excitement during
the whole time. American skill, genius,
science and industry will no doubt be
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