New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-21
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
No. NJ
Anuoyanees OF = Crewd-Examinatjsue Of Svr =
den and Norway. Denmark ana Ar.,ria

& Pleasant place 10 Oe IN. II wONi be dlficQt Cor
mass o. human beings, Of any E4ii5a. so cOmpae, A.
that " hich nov fills the b2lldsrs, to move aSo,.
without inc0mmOling each other bat tais dItkcalty
Is greatly assd oy the want q natural tack and
rolitcnes> - conspicuous q the character aai de-
portucn, OF the English. The loS,llny, GLOWING.
squee znE. and ,ea1ins o. toes w.lcA now form the
regular accompaniment: Of Visit ~ the Ek0loinoa.
are positively severe am L 5 remarkable hat the
"a rPetTa,ors OF these aEEOy AaccS never take the
trouble Of apolog,zing Tor any pain or inconvenience
they may thus infic, An Ensl>hman Will poketae
end OF his umbrella INTO YOUR eyes, knock laty's
bonnet OF her head. set his foot on your most sen
Stve corn, without ever dreaming Of begging pardon.
orevncmg the ST shiest ciousneSS oftAe deed ex
c,ptnz only hen re happens 20 run against you With
- much violence be himself little staggered by
the recoil, m Which case he always assumes an IN
lurcc AR, gTunts OuI some angry monoSylltoe. and
casts defiant gancoS AZ hS victim. IL Is 10 Ne regret
ted MAT the English, with their many sterling GUAR
ties. should be, nation, devoid OF the inhereat
good ,elnS IN htte matters the instructive cNill.y.
and hab.lUa. good manners. which impat - lnie-
ScribaNt charm 10 the social atmosphere Of France.
Il i 10 De hoped that these unamaole Pecuhauses
may disappear IN the course ~ time that lncreas-
lug facilities of travel, b inducing more frequent
participation IA the genial influences Of sumner
chimes. aud ireer interminging With the more
artistic life which they engcnder. may melt away the
asperlueS OF manner which now deiract. and very
Cvn>OttapAy, VOn lhe btautl OF social lnteFCpuf>c
M England.
Meantime. mastering up all our powers OF passive
herolsin, We cOntrlVe 10 edge our way through the
crowd and find ourselves m the department OF Swe-
den and Norway. whose principal objects OF inter-
est are pretty far chemicals cutlery and
castings various ores and specimens OF iron. cop
per and silver A gigantic cross cut out OF a sold
mass OF fue-granet granite and portrait OF Jenny
Lind carved out OF paSte-bOari together with few
Norwegian pearls. and domestic utensils AMI mple-
mentS made by the Norwegian pcAsantp. The
into
lng only as a promise OF future development.
Denmark sends samples OF native produce, MINER
ais. chemicals. Japaned goods, shoes gloves, lace.
knitted wooien garments clocks. ARTIFICIAL legs,
musical, optical, mathematical and other inStlu-
mentS and some very crcd,t3hle figures buSts and
bas-relefS m biscuit, after Gh'rwaldsen.
Austria. thanks to the contributions OF the various
provinces subjected to her perhdlous sway makes
Nt,N brilliant appearance al the Worlds Far. Her
san r'eS ~ mineral and vegetable products arc rich
aLd varied her manufactured articles OF immense
variety and excellent quality and II may be safely
SAID thlt, Without having produced NJ dfHetres Ia
auS department she exhibits highly respect ,hle
rei fcScntauCn IN all. striking feature OF this de
partment 5 a SUIT Of rooms, nt,ed up and richly
furnished, IN Austrian style, consisting Of parior,
bedroom, dining room, and library he former con
tanning every variety OF furniture, deliberately Clryed
IA D. brawood, handsome, but heavy the latter,
ma-nfce ~ bookcase. IN Gothic style, richly carved
III csk and filled with the co>teSt productions oithc
Imperial Printing Establishment of Vienna, sent
over BY the Emperor Joseph Is present Ia Queen
collections of national songs. legends and colored
costumes, illustrative the various countries united.
IN auuIahou, dISunIon, under The nno0le yoke OF
Austria and RatctzAy
The floors of these rooms are finely inlald. the
| ceilings richly painted the chimney pieces and &c
co>sorieS very handsome and shony, and The ar il
perumed by fountains OF caudc-cOlOgne, INTO which
ohhping attendants stand ready lon sa,urdayS) ID
dip the corner OF your northumberland
The specimens OF printing, printed pictures AMI
maps, displayed 10y the Imperial establishment arc
q Il f..f AH.at4r mo-
pended immense sums IN pcrtectng the ART Of print,
ing IN all us branches typography ,gal,anIc PRINT
IngD GaVanogTaphy, Chrome hthography, Photo
gTaphy Chalcography Iyphography, ltpometry,
Chemltypy. Ecctro-motaliurey, sicreotyping, let
ter fomr ding and Punch-cuttng.
pedigree at the alphabcts oi the whole globe
commences the series OF topographic cnriosilleS mere
display Cd On one hand Ne hud the Ohhtsc 'hat
actors. 20 which are added the horcanic and Japan
csc on the other. the African hlercglyphc signs
and Phonclan characters, which represent the hrat
! known signs OF Whiting All the rest OF the alpha
bets take their signs from these, branching Oul INTO
numboress ramihcations. which are traced up to the
characters used throughout the world AT the present
day. We find cole ton of The Lords Prayer one
section of which IS printed with ROmln type IN 500
languages and dialects. while the other section con-
tan> 300 languages and dialects Prnet "a PIE chir-
arf,TS yrlD,T I, p. To each cOpg Of The Prayer
appended literal translation, and key 10 the pro-
nunciaton Of Ich separate letter, by which the work
rendered accessible. not only % phliOOsists, but
also 10 amateur students. Two tab Is, containing
the characters fan the languages OF The globe, con-
cudc the SECOND section ~ TINS great collection Of
the Loid's Prayer We ind specimens OF japanese,
Chinese and Ae>ch printed @ilh movable type, an
exceedingly leaullts raised types Tor the Ounl ~
every European and AsIatic nation mutations OF
the Guttenberg Htc and chomityplc printing, after
the discovery of VI Pul, OF Copenhagen, by means
Of which, mpre are struck Ohhi,y times quick
er than by Ne ordinary method, and cheaper IN the
same proportion. The chrOmo-lthOgTaphs are eX-
cecdingly beautiful and scarcely inferior 10 the
original paintings which are hung mp beside them
q sff faaHI4 ftffH D. 10 nee al
dr,d and twt five dnllaTs and that Of the cores
ponciDg Autograph - y-Gse cents. We may judge
II the value " this process. The artistic ana seen
tfc productions Of thIs establishment printed dur
ing the last Two years include gorgeous butterflies,
fragments OF mosaic splendid copies oi m0lidadi
ant and ~ port ions Of rare Goddess Roman arms and
vessels geOmetucal drawings, petrfict0ns. ana
tOmlcal 0lSssCtoHS, &c, specimens Ol which are
here exhibited, together with Tho various blocks,
type, and apparatus used m theif preparation,
II Is not a litile singular That the Government Oi
Austria should actually be dong more than that Of
any other country toward perecung the art oil pfihl-
M 30 necessaTly fatal ~ alliyrannies thus taxing
under rs especial patron ge and protection the very
force which OF All others j. the surest and most
deadly opponent Of tho bigOed reacuOnary creed Ot
when II the most obstinate aud INSCRIPTIONS sup
porter, Bat 80 Il Is the movement Of the age, Ike
tlai Of the globe itself carries forward with 1t even
The piqm.cs who think BY running backwards, u an
ret rs course.
Some exceedingly curious clocks, RON Trieste,
next solicit our attention. Thee clocks are moved
by the cIssnRagement Of hydrogen gas, which re-
news al siated times their winding up One oil
them goes on a single winding for twenty years,
another for thirty and they may even be wouhu up
fOraceuuTy without alteration IN dimensions or iofn
third constantly winds itself up BY the pressure OF
the atmosphere on quicksilver applied TO the CLOCK
t.sf, and goes, therefore, for an indshnlte Tune
We now examine a most remarkable oDJect, De-
ing a copper embossed pictHe, representing the
Battle Of Arbea after Lebrun. Il contains several
hundreds Of figures 10 relief Of three inches, pro
duced from single sheet Of copper about an
eighth Of an inch thick, hammered and punched up
with punches oil various forms anu sizes the sheet OF
copper being passed through the FIRE hundreds Of
tines during the process, 10 soften and make Il nal
leable The artist young Hungarian, is self
taught and vas occupied on this extraordinary work
five years second picture OF King Porus, and Is
embossed IN a SOLID plate Of pure silver.
The Austrian slass md porcelain, which coDsii-
,ute an extremely interesting feature Of thus depart
ment have been noticed IN previous letter as also