Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-06-07
EdisOrisl CORES .pondenc~ Of the N. Y. Tribune.
Chances at FurOpe--No. III.
THE GREAT ExHIBITIoN.
LoNDos, Thursday, Nav 6, 1851.

Vtaks GREAT EXHIBITION.
LoNDoS, Thursday, May 9. 1851.
The Worlds Fair as we Americans have
been accustomed 20 call Il, has now been open
i've days. but is not ret in complete order, nor
any thing like il. The sound of the saw
and the hammer salutes the visitor from every
side. and / think not less than FIVE hundred
carpenters and other artisans are busy in
the building 10 day. The week win probably
close before the fixtures will all have been
put up and the articles duly arranged for ex-
hibition. As yet great many remain in
their transportation boxes, while others are
covered with canvas though many more have
been put in order within the last two days
Through the great centre isle very little re-
mains nnaecomplished, but on the sides, in the
galleries, and in she department of British
Machinery. there IS yet work to do which an
other week win hardly see concluded. Mean
time. the throng of visitors is immense though
The unexampled extent Of the Peoples Palace
prevents any crush or Inconvenience. think
there cannot have been less than ten thousand
visitors in the building TO day.
OF course. any attempt 70 specify. or to sci
forth the merits on defects Of particular articles
must here Be futile. Such universe of ma
terials. Inventions and fabrics defies that mode
Of treatment Bus | viii endeavor to give
some general idea ofthe Exhibition.
If you enter The building on the East, you
are inthe midstes the American contributions,
70 which great space has been allotted which
they. meageriy iilL Passing Westward down
tho aisle. our next neighbcr is Russia, who has
not an eighth Of our space allotted to her, and
has filed that little far less thoroughly and
creditably than we have. It is said that the
greater part Of the Russian articles intended
for the Fair. are jet ice-bound in the Baltic
France. Austria, Switzerland, Prussia and 9th
fher German States succeed her 1.-THE French
contributions being equal 4 think) in value, if
not in extent and variety, to those of all the
rest Of the Continent Bohemia mas sent so1ie
-.5lairable Glassware; Austria suite of 4part-
ments thoroughly and sumpluously furnished,
which wins much regard and some admiration
There IS Of course great array of tasteful de-
sign and exquisite workmanship from France,
though l do not Just now call 10 mind any ar.
licle Of iFanscendens merit.
Themain aisle is very wide, forming broad
promenade on each side, with collection Of
Sculpture. Statuary. Casts. dc, DC, between
them. Foremost among these is Powers
Greek Slave, never seen TO better advantage; /;
and should say there are from Fifty to hun
or bronze. Some Of them have great merit
Having passed down this avenue several hum
dred feet, yon reach the Transept, where the
great Diamond sCoh-iNoor' Mountain of light
with other royal contributions, have place
Here, in the exact center of the Exhibition,
IS beautiful Fountain, (nearly all glass but
the water. which has rarely been excelled in
designer effect The fluid is projected to a
height Of some thirty feet, falling thence into
succession Of regularly enlarging glass bas-
ils and finally reaching in streams. and spray
she resiVo:r below. A hundred feet or more
on either side standtwo stately. graceful trees,
entirely included in the building, whose roof
Of glass rises clear. above them. seeming a
nearer sky. These trees, (elms believe1 are
fuller and iresher in leaf than those outside,
having been shielded from the chilling air and
warmed by the genial roof. Natures contri,
button 10 the Great Exhibition is certainly
very admirable one, and fairly enti-
ties her to first class medal
The other half of the main aisle is essential
duplicate Of that already described, but it
is somewhat differently filed. This is the
British end of the Exhibition, containing far
more in quantity than all the rest put together.
The finest aud eostiiest fabrics are ranged on
either side Of this end0f the grand aisle.
The show Of colonial products is nol vast
but comprehensive. giving vivid idea of the
wide extent and various climates of Britain's
dependencies Corn, wheat, DC, from the
Canadas; sugar and coffee. from the West
indies; 6ne wool from Australia; rice, cotton,
dscs from India; with the diversified products
Of Asia. Africa and America, gil this depart
meni Manufactured textile fabrics. from
Sydney. from India and from Upper Canada,
are here very near each other; while minerals,
woods, DC, from every land and every cline
are nearly in contact Iapprehend John Bull
whatever else he may learn, will not be taught
meekness by this exhibition.
The mineral department of the British dis
play is situated on the south side. think il
can hardly be less than Eve hundred feet long
by over one hundred wide, and tits doubtless
the most complete ever thus set before the
public. Here are shown every variety and
condition Of coal and of iron, copper, lead, tin,
DC OF gold there is little, and of silver, zinc,
quicksilver DC, not a great deal But not
only arc the ores Of the frstnaned varied and
abundant. wish native copper, silver, DC, but
the metals are also shown in every stage oi
their progress, from the rude elements Just
wrenched from the earth to the most refined
ard perfect bars and ingots. This department
viii richly reward the study Of the mineraol-
gists, present and future.
Directly opposite, on the north side of the
British half Of the main avenue. is the British
exhibition Of Machinery, occupying even more
space than the minerals. never saw one
fourth as much machinery together before; ]
do not ever expect 30 see SO much again. Al
most everything that Briton has ever invent
"a. improved or patented in the way of ma
csinsTy IS here brought together The great
Cylinder Press on which The Tines is print
ed mot the Individual but the kin1 may here
be seen IN operation; the cylinders revolve
horizontally as ours do vertically and though
something Is gained in security BY the British
press. more must be lost in speed. Hoes last
has NOT yet been eqnaled on thisisland: But