New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-31
.Aeptical minds as to the security Of the building

At present the progress made IN me prepata-
tiois H. Of all the subjects connected with the
Exhibition, by far the most important. There
car be no doubt that, whether every part OF It IS
ready or not, the opening viii positively take
place on the st Of May. There Is as little qaes-
tion that an amount Of work remains 70 be &C
complished in the interval which il is quite be-
Wildering 90 think Of Still, that it can and will
be done, is not disputed and those who have all
slong watched the progress Of this gigantic under
taking are looking forward with no small interest
10 the spectacle which the last days Of prelim'
mary arrangement will present. There will be
such a race against time as never perhaps was
Witnessed in The industrial world before, and the
muscles Of thousands OF wOrkmeu will be strained
day and night to the uttermost, that our repata-
ton for punctuality may not be furnished
Since the beginning of October much has been
achieved Many difficulties have been overcome,
and vast progress has been made. An edihce has
grown up as il by enehantment, within which Ia
Dor will find a splendid home, and where British
industry may not be ashamed to encounter in
peaceful rivalry the rest Of the world. But it is
not enough to build-we must fit up the interior,
decorate, and furnish IT, before We can receive our
friends with becoming hospitality, The Crystal
Palace, with its eighteen acres Of space, its inter-
minable rows Of columns, its immense avenues, It's
miles of counters, and its enormous canopy OF
glass is no ordinary structure to finish off. The
pleted and will rot, we hear be got through by
the goth, as was expected. Many Of the stalls
are yet to be fitted up, and all have to be covered
with cloth or calico.
The exhibitors must arrange their glass cases
and stands, and clear away the piles Of packing.
cases in which their goods are brought in. Cow
ering the roof of the building has not been com.
menced. The approaches for the public are still
unfinished, and the exterior decoration has only
been begun A hundred different tasks call for
immediate attention, and admit OF no delay. 1t
the plans contemplated are carried out in their
integrity, the next few weeks will witness an ex-
penditure of energy and labor such as has rarely
been displayed on one undertaking. Already the
efforts made visibly gather in intensity along the
whole western division of the building. Com
mencing at the transept, the East India Company
have workmen busily engaged within their COM
partment. DR.. Royle and Professor Solly assist
in the arrangement of their collection, and will
no doubt advise them TO carry oct wortbily Mr..
Owen Jones's system of decoration by hanging
their stalls with red cloth.
The colonial DIVISION under the superintend.
ence Of Dr. Lindley, also makes progress, and
here is collected On immense quantity Of bar.
rels huge knees of timber, and great canoe, the
evident contributions of Canada and the Far
West Next comes the Fine Arts section, In
GLIDING Pugin's court for church ornaments,
compartment which in q marvelously short space
fittings, has already assumed distinct Gothic and
mediaval features. Beyond, and to the western
extremity Of the building, lie the allosments for
our diversified native industry, and in every cor
ner of that vast space, busy hands are ceaselessy
engaged in the work Of preparation and arrange.
ment. Stalls are erected, goods brought in, foun-
dations securely laid. On the south side, the ia
miliar forms of our agricultural implements, and
the staring cOlors in which they are painted, are
scarcely concealed by the packing which envel-
OBS demonstrations and hsrows struggle to get
free from their bandsges, and TO try conclusions
on the floor Of the Exhibition. In the internal
divisions contributors are taking up their allct-
mentg and preparing them for the reception OF
their goods.
On the north side and especially in the depart
ment of the machinery in motion, great progress
is made Two.thirds Of the underground work,
in the laying of foundations, have been completed,
and there 10 every reason to believe that the an.
ticipatons Of a splendid show in this portion Of
the Exhibition will be fully realized. The ma
cbinery for cotton, wooden, silk, and fax fabrics
will be in every respect worthy of our high man
ufacturnC reputation, and will be distinguished
more by its recognised excellence and the adop-
ton Of the latest improvements, than by any
startling novelty Of invention. From Oldham the
firm of Hilbert Plat & Co. will exhibit a COM
pete set Of the machinery used in the manufac-
ture of cotton, from the first to the last stage
There will also be large display Of machines
from Manchester. The specimens OF silk ma
chinery are in forward state of preparation, and
in that section Mr.. Davenport of Derby will be
the chief exhibitor. Lawson OF Leeds, is the
principal contributor of fax machinery.
The wool fabric machinery is more divided than
the rest, and is, in consequence, rather behind
hand. Among the more remarkable contributions
that are on the ground and in process of construc
ton in this division, are the great hydraulic press
used in raising the Britannia Tubular Bridge, APP.
pegarth's new printing machine, large carriage
wheel of Crosskills, Is feet in diameter the riSg
being all one length, some powerful cranes, OF
novel construction, and latbes and planning ma
chimes from Manchester. The permanent way
for the locomotive department of the Exhibition
is being rapidly prepared, and will include, we
bea-, engines from all the great makers, except
Mr.. Stephenson. In the section OF marine steam
engines the foundations are in progress. Outside
Of the building the boiler house, for supplying
steam to the machinery in motion, has been com
Inenced. Every part of the work In this great
and important division of the Exhibition is rapid
ly and satisfactorily carried forward and the
public will hear with pleasure that, on point
where our industrial reputation is least exposed
to rivalry and therefore most secure, we are not
likely to suffer from delays in the preparation.
Cost of tho Established Church.
A writer in the London Sun, few days since
did good service by calling attention to the prac-
teal injustice Of State Church, whether that
Church be Baptist or Protestant. Our danger,
Just now, is that in attacking the Popes Aggres-
sion we should forget that Of the Church at home.
The established Church, in reference to the rest
Of the community is situated as follows;
Cenf0rnists. NorcOr0rmsts
England contsins,...............85 $4,000 5000 900
Scotland contalns....,.,,........ $4,000 1900 900
Ireland contains 100000 100000
Io,IeO,eo0 l7lOOO0O
In the face Of the above, to legislate for the
safety of the State Church is q monstrous injus-
tice The Church has no claims on the people
1t is the dearest Of ali denominations of Christian
churches-itspractice contradicts its professions;
its revenues are misapplied. In Catholic times
some good wss done with the Church MONEYS or
a population of 100000, nearly $4,000 persons
were supported by them. Now, three millions Of