New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-03
TIE Awards Of Medals At We Worlds ExAi-
tifiou.

nuneirles and rules observed IN the conduct OF
the Grea, Exhibition Of Industry ina, we did lot
deem !; necessary 20 poiat Out the absurd oinn-
der. involved 49, he following paragraph oil 'ne
Teleeraphic Dispatch Of he Europas news 20
the Associated Morning Press, when appeafeo
IN our columns with Others
1.-The awards OF tie Jurors did rot give gtn Era.
satsf.ct,sJn and IN one instance tbe DUN, az.
cane INTO direct collision ne jury - - - "a
an, .T.l a., Piano 6pr,es TO Broad d sons, ana
Me Couoc,l reversed The award, "hica wa P'oug2
sro,.sed against BY many OF the most eminent u -
.isns Of the d1v. declarHg the 49, VI &c
10 an ,piustice 70 Ncssrs. Broad"ooo.
W. 10, ,his pass IN silence, since It had got
INTO .ur columns wi,hou, attracting our atien-
,ss. presuming our readers 10 understand that
no such " collision as IS here spoken o. was
possible The Jury had oPower 10 award
znv but the Pri=e Medal, which was awarded 10
Me,srs Broadwood & Co. aud obtalnedby them.
Each Jury had further power OF recommending
10 the Council of Presidents such inventions and
other useful works as they should deem worthy
Of the Council Medal, and the Jury on Pianos d'd
make such recommendation III favor OF Broad
xood q Co. which the Council, as IN du'y
honnd. took INTO careful. consideration. But no
evidence was presented-at least none satisiac-
tory 10 the Councll-that Messrs. Broadwooo
A. Co had invented or achieved anything de-
serving a Council Medal That they made (or
rather Sold good Pianos, and great many OF
them. was well established, and nothing further
no valued invention or decided Improvement
was shown 10 be fairly set down to their credit
The Council therefore, declined to award them
a Great Nedal-and that was all the collision
there Was or could be IN the premlses-exactly
az much as there would be IN case LeNiel Jones
should recommend his neghbor Tom Nokes to
President Fillmore for Minister to France, and
tho President should not think proper TO adopt
the accommodation.
Hon AsnBEL SMITH OF Texas appears IN
FRIDAYS Journal If Commerce a remonstran'
against the bad taste and perverse judgment OF
the Council OF Chairmen IN not awarding to oar
sountrymen HIRAM P0wEgs Great Medal tor
his Greek Slave and one to Nd. SANUEL Corr
Tor his imposing display of Revolvers-said Dad
taste and Ierverse judgment being IN good part
attributable. he more than msinuates, TO the
absence from his post of duty Of Mr.. Horace
Greeley" the only member of the Council OF
Charmen accorded 20 the United states. lie
expressly dsclalms any imputatIOn on SAID Gree
lev. for his absence STILL IN view OF the fact Of
sncb absence. III Smith fel, constrained to adj
dress letter by way Of Protest against the
aforesaid nonawards to "Dr. Lyon Playiair
Special Commssi Toner of Iunes,' which letter
Mr. : prints IN the Journal Of Commerce., but not
the reply Of Dr. Pla, far, which does not seem
TO have been very satisfactory or iat'erlng.
We quite agree with Mr. Smith In the opinion
that the Greek Slave desorCd Council Medal
We believe the Council would have cheeriuly
concurred IN that opinion If ii Is intended to
be made oyiden, that Mr.. Ashbel Smith would
have been better choice than that actually
made for member of the Council on behalf of the
United States, we Will agree 20 that also,
though we cannot concur IN Mr.. Smiths aver
Inent that the actual Chairman left Eng and AT
all early date after the organization OF the Jurcs
OF the Great Exhibition SAID Chairman traS
absent on the Continent part of the Summer,
hut no, for a day until his July had completed ITS
own Investigations and made up It's awards, aud
he was again IN London and IN the Council some
few weeks previous to the date aug. 25th) o Nr.
Smiths letter to Dr. Playiair, and at the tine
when mos, OF the Council Medals were awarded.
The awards of the Council were dcGnltyely
made up and closed during SAID Chairman's later
taTry III London.
but had his knowledge IL the premises been
at all proportonatc to his zeal, Mr. ASh0el Smith
must have known that the Council could not
award medals TO articles regularly classified
and passed upon by the appropriate Jurics &c
s.pt upon The recommendation Of SAID JH'cs sus-
ia'ned by he appropriate Sections Of JETieS.
Surely, ihon, II became Mr.. Smith TO inquire
ghtthcr n, Council haze he'd any OPPORTUNITY TO
make such Awards in favor of MessrS Powers
and Colt as he deems unlustly withheld before
he deals out protests and ccnSureS affecting the
fidelity Of one and the perSplcaclty and justice Of
all. Ii would have been So easy for Mr.. Smith
(hiuself Juryman) to have ascer,alned what
were the facts III the premises, that We do not
th,nk lie WAS justified in first demonstrating with
Dr. PiayfMr and ai,crward .arraignlng the Coun-
oil and It's American member through the PIess,
without first enlargmg his stock OF knowledge
Oh the subject
M Smilh is probably aware tina, the whole
spun, Of the Exhibition As well as OF lis authors
and managers Was averse 10 any generosity o
Award IN behalf OF the inventors OF implements
OF carnage and destruction. Thus IN the class
Of articles coming under our cognzance as a
Juror there were a number OF cannon, and prob
ably some other dea,h-deahng instruments but
they were expressly submitted for award as
.astsHgs and judged as such. with no ackuowl-
edged reference TO their death-dealing efficiency
Ne have no touht thOuch Tho merits of CDlf's
ReVol,ers did not come IN any manner before Us
for adjudication, that their failure TO receive
higher award Is explained by tins fact. Certainly
that failure was in no manner attributable to the
Council
49, The case OF mos, decided injustice 20 AZ
American which came under oar notice was that