Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-19
THE LONDON EXHIBITION.

THE LONDON EXHIBITION
The following Letter from Mr.. RIDDLE, an agent
Of the Executive Committee on the London Indhs-
trial Exhibition, to the Committee in Washington,
viii explain the necessity Of such appointment sn
behalf Of the United States Exhibiters and give
them assurance that their interests are in harris
competent to the efficient management Of thdr
affairs:
LosDos, MARCH 2s, 1851.
SIR have the honor to report my arrival in Liverpool
on the 25th Instant and my immediate procedure forward
this city the following day Through the csreessness
parties in Liverpool failed to receive dispatches which M
Dodge my secretary, had Forwarded and II was not until
first visit to the building Of the Industrial Exhibition on th
27h that able to learn the condition Of our affairs
Immediately called upon Charles f. Stansbury, Esq.
who preceded me in London ten days. In compa
with Mr. Dodge found that he had seen ali the goods shpp
by the st. Lawrence deposited within the exhibition and hs
progress had been made in the custom house examine
ton. BY comparing different commissions from you
Executive Committee there appeared ground upon whi
there could possibly be misunderstanding in regard to th
respective duties enjoned upon rs. Lieut. Col Reid, th
Chairman of the Executive Committee Of the Royal Commits
one received me with many offers Of aid In the
msnt Of my duties, and there appears to be disposition
the part Of every officer Of the Board whom have seen
render the abots Of the foreign agents as little ksoms
possible They all unite in urging department forward
Of the United States being very considerably behind every
other nation represented in the arrival Of contributions
Mr. LAWRENCE, American Minister, also offers bis aid
to help us forward with great alacrity.
My duties very distinctly marked out shall
Monday the examination Of all the goods in order,
under the supervision Of officer Of the customs. This
attended with expense entirely unexpected by con
buto Of some shlngs sterling per PACKAGE which
paid custom-house broker Twas exceedingly desrous
to avoid this if possible and have spent much Of this day
in informing myself in regard to it. There to be
way, however, BY which, consistently with going through the
routine Of breaking the seals and making the entries correctly
the expense be avoided and hare therefore made the
best bargain could with respectable broker, including in
his services the disposal Of the goods in that section of the
building allotted to them in the classification.
find small expense must be incurred in fitting up the
portion of the building assigned to the United Stes that
proper justice shall be done to contributors Under the
impression that the Royal Commissioners had fully prepared
each division Of the industrial badns which had been ae.
ted to foreign countries for the immediate reception Of the
articles be exhibited and that expense whatever at all
events that Of any magnitude would be required in
der to exhibit and display the goods to the best possible ad
vantage was altogether unprepared for what have found
to be the true condition Of things While shelter is afford
ed us, and liberal Of space allotted to share
while fixtures Of the toughest kind have been put ups and
meager supply Of unpaned counters extended complete
ness Of preparation whatever has been made for the exhb
ton of foreign goods The details Of that preparation
been left entirely the and the Of every nation
entering for competition the exhibition and in the of
France Germany Span Russia and others upon the ground
If hash
properly their Not only the rough fixtures be
by hangngs the counters and tables to be covered
the galleries be properly decorated the of each
try to be embazoned and displayed, and the national flags
be dsped but additional counters to be provided dd
ona and appropriate fixtures erected Office for bus-
prepared and many other things done before single
article Of goods be displayed single step taken to-
wards carrying out the purposes Of the American contri
butors
am also most urgently pressed furnish catalogue
Of contributions by Tuesday, the lst Of April, for ps5Aca-
on This catalogue not only requires that every article Of
contribution should be numbered classified the owners nane
country, and town given. and The capacity in which be ap-
pearswheher grower inventor, producer manufacturer
importer, consignee-staed, but it be complete
without full description Of the article itself being written
out carefully for permanent and published record You will
that the labor Of doing this culng out what is
requisite from hundreds Of letters received from contr
buo and casting aside what IL worthless vaunt con-
densing, arranging, simplifying, comprising in the ewest
words just description Of the article, give neither
offence to the contributor the hand verbiage
to the reader the other and writing the whole upon
than eight hundred blanks each Of which be pre-
sented in duplicate to the Royal Commission, immense.
have committed this branch of immediate duties to Mr.
Dodge, and in conne1ion with two clerks, he is buy
at work upon II night and day.
shall be able to give you full report by the next
steamer Till when with the that shall spare
pains to do full justice to the contributions from the Unit
ed States have the honor to be, very respectfully your
obedient servant, E. RIDDLE.
Hon. ]. G. G. KENHBDY,
Sec. Ex Com. to Industrial Exhibition. -
MORE OF THE BosToN SLAVE Casa Tele-
graph despatch dated at Boston on Sunday night
says:
The brig Acorn, having board the fugitive slave Sims
remained at anchor in Nantaske Roads, in the outer harbo
during Saturday Another attempt made during the day