The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-05-10
The World'sFair


matter in hand, and the Queen has, in
Court parlance, condescaded to counte-
haneesit. At the head the Commission
s--in other words, the Ommittee of Ar
rangem is Prince ALERT, backed by
the nobility, wealth and influence of the
Kingdom. The idea is aliberal and catho-
she.ohe, worthy of the great nation that
1originated it. The object is to elucidate
the progress of improvement, to encourage
inventive genius, and in is results to fras
teFnize the members Of the human family.
SO far as the preliminries of the undera-
king are concerned, they will be national;
lferthearrangements, expenses, ETC., will
ibenahaged and betrayed by Great Britain;
s4-ontside, or beyond this, the affair will
be universal, the competition will be open,
and ID hearty welcome extended to the
REPRESENTATIVES Of everynation on earth.
b The following details swe take from the
London correspondent { the eNational IN
teliigeacer:
The great industrial exhibition of 1851
is geing, on exceedingly well as respects
its, preliminary arrangements. Manches-
ter will raise at least tel thousand pounds,
and Liverpool and all ther of our princi-
pie places in proportion, We believe it is
intended that the fund b be raised.for car
ryi1g out the work is tc be subscribed by
British subjects, or by oreign merchants
doniciled in England. The exhibition is
ete.be opened on the firstof May, 1851, but
clessintended for exhibition cannot be
received after the first O March, inclusive.
The site of the buildingto be erected is to
be, fixed by her Majestyon the south side Of
Hyde Park, where it will cover a space Of
IS togo acres, or about 100000 Of square
feet, The productions Of all nations will
be exhibited together under one general
classification. The articles exhibited are
TO be divided into the following four sec
tions. 20
ati1st. RGs0 maferiaLt and produce, IL
Illustrative Of the natulal productions on
which human industry is employed.
tls IDLY. Machinery fol agricultural, manu-
featuring, engineering and other purpos-
esnand mechanical inrentions, Illustrative
Of the agents which human ingenuity
brings to bear upon the products of nature.
3dly., Mdnyfaeturs, illustrative Of the
results produced by tie operation Of hui
man industry upon natural products.
bs 4thly. Sculpture models and the plastic
art generally, Illustrative of the taste and
skill displayed in such applications of hu-
man industry.
. The building is to BE- provided to the
exhibitors free of rent, and will be fire.
proof. The. objects fol exhibition TO be
delivered at the bqiI1;ngs in the Park. al
tl4~ SIe4SG : -hu risk OF the eXmUtors; bur
no charge Of any kind viii be made whilst
they remain there. Colonial and foreign
Hoods milf be admitted free Of duty for ex.
ihihitionebnt not for sale o, internal con.
sumption. 4oAll articles received vii be
kconsideredlas bonded goods The Roya
Commissioners are in communication with
the Foreign Office concerning the means
of informing foreign governments Of the
arrap gements making for the exhibition
The French government has, however
taken the Initiative, without waiting fol
official information upon the subject. 1
has appointed a committee of scientific men
Manufacturers, ETC., to take the necessary
measures for causing the various produc,
ti5nS Of France to be transmitled 10 Eng
fandgan for establishing Official commu
nications with the Royal Commissioners
in.EnglaRdyo1M. Charles Dupn, so ad
yantageously known for his va'ions pub
locations on The commerce, manufactures
etc., Of England, is at the head of the
French committee. Similar committees
are about being formed at Berlin, Vienna
Brussels, Madrid, etc. By the last over
land mail from India, we learn that the
contributions from thence will be Of the mos
ingenious and costly description. We hope
to hear very soon of the formation Of ;
committee on behalf of the United States
to arrange for the transmission of the vari
GUS articles of taste, manufacturing, an(
mechanical skill, the cultivated products
Of the soil, and the beautiful production.
of nature, which you so abundantly posses:
and which need onl y to be seen to place
the character of your people, and the capa
bilities of your country, in very higl
and enviable position. The English la
dies are entering heartily into the bust
ness, and committee has been formed
at the head of which is the duchess o
Southerland, to cooperate in carrying ou
the design of the exhibition. Better thai
all. the worlmen and artisans themselve
are stirring in the matte, and are subscri
bing their mites, and dong all they cal
to help the design along. "Such cause,
says morning paper, '',annot fail of sue
cess. Its promotion, in he present shape
is certainly novelty, or a smaller scale
and with partial effect, t1e experiment q
industrial conventions las been alread
triumphantly tried; but it was an idea a
new as it was felictous to consider a
mankind as one people, and to transforr
the metropolis of Britain into the hospits
bic rendezvous of the world" In a speec
replete with imaginative eloquence. Lor
Carlisle announced some Of the distinctly
features Of the exhibition. Its two stare
are to be different in their respective cha
acters. Up to certain point, the unde
taking is to be exclusively British: bevon
this, is to be universal. The comneiitio
is to be International; the preliminarif
national. We are to provide accommod;
tion for the works exhibited, and an ho