The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-08

appropriation of space both for tho products o
British industry and for that Of other countries
With reference to eur o wn people, they have been
Iliut need, 10 certain extent, by the demand fol
allotments, pruning down this demand in the di-
visions where il was most exuberant, and en-
courgglng il in those where il was most feebly
displayed. AS might have been expected, in a
practical nation like ours, little difficulty was
experienced in hndiDg very large proportion
OF exhibitors In the departments of machinery
and manufactures These engrossing and para
mount branches of our industry would almost Of
themselves have flooded the Crystal Palace with
their products and il was absolutely ecessary, in
order to secure choice selection Of articles, to
limit the space available for them. In the div-
siOns of raw produce and the hne arts there has
been less competition, and to these, as struggling
branches OF our national industry, the commission
have been more indul9ent. Great difficulties have
been found, both in contning machinery end ma
nufacturts within manageable bounds, and in rails
ing the display OF fine ants and raw produce to a
scale commensurate with their importance. Even
at present, in the fine arts department, a arciy
Of contributions exists, and we believe that OK bi-
tors coming forward ut this late period with articles
calculated 10 aid the general decoration OF the build
ing, would have their applications favorably re-
ceived After all the exhibiting surface of the Crys-
tai Palace has been exhausted, ample space will still
remain for ornamental purposes, and in point
wheie, as people. we are so deficient, it is to be
hoped that the facilities now afforded for giving an
impetus to the fine arts in connection with manu-
features may not be neglected In the appropra-
ton of their allotments to foreign countries the
commission have been mainly guided by the extent
OF their commercial transactions with ourselves.
Of course there are nations, such as Holland, with
whom our intercourse, though great, being depen-
dent principally upon the extent of their mercan-
tile Marine affords little scope for illustration at the
Exhibition but, upon the whole, the areas al
oied to different States that have volunteered con-
ribuiions, tally pretty closely in relation to each
other with what might have been predicted from
the returns Of their trade with US. One-half Of
nc Ht RI fOr hAi
use, il was, of course, necessary to intimate 10
each the space at its disposal In most asses the
space so allotted fell short of what was desired.
and there is no reason to fear that when the Exhi-
biton is opened the portion CT the Crystal Palace
eastward from the transept will be found at any
point in an unfinished state. Some countries
wavered considerably about entering into the
general competition invited, and the South Ameri-
can republics are entirely unrepresented; but the
gre at Europesn communities have entered warmly
into Prince Albert's design, and from France, Ger
many, Russia, and our cousins across the Allan
tic, we shall have display of industrial pro-
ducts fully equal to the occasion. The New York
Herald announces that the fngate ST. Lawrence is
being rapidly fitted up for conveying over the Unit
ed States contribution to the worlds show, and
that in every part of the republic the best manufac
turers are at work perfecting specimens of their
handiwork. II would appear from the same authO-
rity, that the ST. Lawrence is found unequal to the
sport of all the articles intended for exhibition
as II is announced that the war steamer Susque-
hanna comes over direct to London. She is said to
be splendid vessel, and it is predicted that she
will compare favOrably with the best of her kind in
the British service. AS yet the Executive Com
mitee remain in profound ignorance as to what
they may expect from most of the foreign countries
that have intmated their intention To exhibit
Tunis, Sardinia, Hamburger, par: oil the Zollverein,
Holland, and Nepaul have sent in their lists, but
beyond these they know nothing specifically. 1t is
singular that Nepaul should have been SO prompt,
considering the distance to which it ia removed.
Its contributions will be included in the divi-
zion with those Of the East India Company, on the
west side of the transepr. Among the many re.
markable points which daily present themselves in
the progress Of the arrange not the least sin
eular is, that of all West Indian colonies not
ons has intimated an intention or desire to contri
butte 10 the worlds show. The Mauritius, too, is
excepted, Where emigration from home has taken
root there an eager desire is shown TO participate
in the industrial festival of the mother country
Even the infant settlements of New Zealand will
be represented at the great gathering in Hyde
Park.
From the London Chronicle Feb IL
England, Scotland, and Wales will, it appears,
have representatives OF their colliery wealth A
few days since we stated that huge block of coal
will be sent from Statiordshire. Referring to this
huge block, the Atlas has the following remarks:
Dark and solid In outward semblaEce, but animate
With spirt ontenee activity passive to the weakest
hand and yet possessed OF energies which, like faith
can remove mountains cheap Ia cost aud priceless in
worth exhibited where itself Ia the exhibitor nay
creator Of the exbibition-typs OF types and monu-
ent of monuments amidst the countless stores all
one Black sombre looking mass viii hold chief place
within the walls Of the Crystal Palace, In the depart
m.nt appropriatedto raw materiss'
OF cosl hewn out OF a 30 feet thick in Stat
fordshirs colliery how 1t fashioned into cylin-
der Of size just sufficient to pass up the shaft into
d. ylsht and Of weight barely within the strength
Of the lifting tackles to support without breaking.
Now it lies at the mouth OF the mine expectant OF the
time when IL may be transferred to It's destination be-
meath the transept, What other ameug the million
glitterrg articles around will have better right to
that pest OF honor 81 mopumeniua quarts, ctreum-
spice. In the mutitudinous contents OF those vast
arcRdes-in the glass and iron edfce which contains
them-in the means whereby the former were brought
and the latter built and extending range Of vi
sion, the wide country around with its inceasant
prosperous, and world dsfying industry-we sse but
the outcoms and OF the that lies latent
in that carkonized block. 1t needs inscription.
In bomely guise IL contains the OF all virtues
The fountain Of all power Everything within reach
OF eight thought pays silent homage to its beRef
cent attributes.
The important coal.ieIds Of Swansea win also
be represented by an oblopg piece OF about seven
feet by three feet, and weighing about four tons.
The CQmbrtdn states that this block is now on its
way to the exhibition, and that considering that
il is extracted from vein only four feet thick, of
the hardest coal known, will, we think, prove an
interesting and not unworthy rivsl OF The piece
which We noticed in a former number, as about 10
be sent nom the Ten-yard seam in the neighhor-
hood OF Upton, which 10 comparatively soft, This
coal was extracted Ut distance under grouad OF
about half mile from the bottom Of the pit, to
was conveyed without any addition to the ordinary
means in use for the daily working Of tn, pit,
which IL balance pit. The golfers, with that
coed spirit which we have seldom found wanting
in Welsh workmen, willingly gave up to the pur-
pose nearly three days, the only pay they asked for
being some 'ceim Ia. TO celebrate the safe landing
of the monster. This fuel, which has some most
valuable properties, is used throughout the dis
trict whence IL comes for steam boilers, and
ought TO be used for such purposes in all localities
where smoke, SCOT, and dust are injurious, as II
produces in burning neithe the one nor the other;
and we have heard that il is probable that Messrs.
James " Aubrey's offer to supply gratuitously
sufficient quantity for the use Of one boiler fire du-
ring the period that the exhibition will remain
open, will be accepted by the Commissioners.
We are TO have also from Scotland, msnufac.
lures and articles Of furniture scuptured from
coal. We have lady noticed sofa and some 9TH
er articles of furniture which were TO be Gent from
Wemyss, carved out of solid blocks Of coal; and
we understand that an elegant snuff box, made
from particular species OF carbonic coal in its
natural state, viii be sent TO the great depot of
ALI that q nd ~ he of nj the