Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-06-12

riefies of social Standing At the Council-board,
royalty sits down with the peer and the cottonspin-
ner: to the great horror of the of red-tape and
the masters OF courtly ceremonial but very much
to the satisfaction of men who are looking for bet
ter future. There are not wanting those who regard
this amalgamation Of ranks-this introduction of the
representatives of industry into the close arcana OF
royal commissioners likely to lead to results, TO the
dissemination of ideas, not less important than the
material advantages to be gained by the Exhibition.
1t may be So At present, the throne itself stands
somewhat nearer TO the people than it has hitherto
DONE
Whether the point of view be taken from the ex-
terror from the interior,-the Crystal Palace is
itself the grandeS feature Of the Exhibition. Not
only in lis extent and in its matchess beauty of form
and material, but likewise in the rapdiy of its con-
Struction it is the most marvellous edifice in the
world. The Alhambra and the Tuileries would not
fill I'D the eastern and western nayes,-and the Ma
tona Gallery would stand very well beneath The tram
sept. St. Paul's Cathedral does not cover half the
ground. The Palace of Versailles, the largest in
the world, would extend but little way beyond the
transept. A dozen metropolitan churches would
stand erect under its roof of glass. Yet its extent
is its least interesting feature The OF its mar
velouS beauty oyercomes every ether feeling. Since
the young ina gnation fired with tales of spreS and
genii cOnjured up visions of Eastern palaces, adOrn-
ed with the splendors of Arabian fiction, there has
been nothing TO compare with il for grace ghness,
fancy and variety of effects the sun Is crossed by
moving clouds That thls edi6ce has been raised
and completed in five months-thatin November last
not pillar had been erected, and now the whole
structure is Finished to the minuest point of decOra-
ion-is fact to impress the stranger with magnf-
cent conception of our industrial resources. How
curious IT is TO reflect that in palace which almost
seems to have arisen in single night by magic, the
sober and practical Saxon has invited the work
ers of the whole earth TO friendly trial OF strength
under the verdict of the fine old Saxon institution of
the Jury How the romantic and the practical seem
here to have met and shaken hands What i'm
pulse this may give TO thought in regions dor
manl and stationary. The Nloors OF Fee and Moroc-
co. the Sclaves of Russia the German, the Turk, the
Ialian-will all gain some little experience of the
jury-system:-som ofthem will become practically
acquainted with its forms and functions. 1t good
and fruitful idea, that of having the juries compos-
ed half of EngShmen and half of foreigners A
certain State of BaFbaTy has expressed a wish to
have its products Judged by Englishmen alone:-
there is a compliment here of very pleasant kind ;
it is among many evidences of the good feeling
that eXiSts-but The MOors yet know little of the
Spiri. of This English institution. We are glad, how
ever TO find that they have now legitimate and ma
tive Industry TO eXhibit-not many years ago, the
staple production of the African coast was an article
considered contraband in all civilized natons-the
sea oh iUaIier d'industrie.
Wandering aboutthe transep', naves, galleries and
compartments of The Crystal Palace is like wander
ing through realm Of dreams. Trees, fountains,
music, marble statues, picturesque and living beau
ty in thousand forms are en- every hand still or
mOving,-in that calm Iepcse in which Art conse-
crates the ideal which it transfers TO Stone in that
glowing life in which nature clothes her works. The
spectator seems to move through endless scenes as
they might be arranged by clever artist for the grand
Opera. The deiteSt stage manager could not arrange
his transitions and dispose his pictures with a better
effect. Every nation seems TO have stamped on its
section of the palace lis physical facts and mental
characteristics. Beginning at the transept, there is
the compartment of the Ottoman, rich gorgeous,
picturesque, but nearly all the articles unarranged,
in part unpacked :-there is the fact which through
the of Europe has stamped the character OF the
Splenllid but diatOry Turk. In the space assigned
to hd industrious Dutch the counters are crowded
with specimens, the fittings plain the workman
ship III many instances is of the best casS,the work
is cOmbete. Dip down again on Russia, and there
the costly mahogany tell the tale of halfba
rian sho and oStentation of superior wealth, max
ing the basket shame the jewel ii is intended TO hold
America marks her physical fact and political con-
dion quite curOusy on this elaborate map of ma
tons. She seems, it WERE present bodily and in
her native proportions in the segment of the eastern
nave devoted TO her illustration A huge eagle, with
wings spread out as if TO OverShadow half world,
surrounding banner with the stars and stripes,
which is gilded the motto of the Union E pluriS
bus unum''-lOOkS down over a vast allotment, in
which the widely scattered articles exhibited bear
Just relation TO the extent. She has here at home,
large spaces unoccuped. In the Crystal Palace, as
elsewhere, the American must have plenty of ell
bOw-rOom The unsettled praires of his country
are suggested in the more than half empty OF
which he diSposes. The Belgians and Dutchmen can
hardly stir in their well-Stored compartment:-the
American has wilderneSses between his scattered
stalls. He shows but little in the way of Art:--a
novelty in sculpture red Indian chief chiSSelled in
American marble being the chief novelty in this de-
partment. But he shows magnificent specimens of
ploughS, carriages, and other useful articles; and
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tempt many TO sigh for a moonlight ride after the
fairies in such vehicle, across painless tracks of
American snow, with SnOrtng steeds and accOmpa-
MED by the jingle of its silver bells. Greece is rep
appropriately by-a block of marble. Alas,
for Greece Here is block worthy of the genius of
PhidiaS perhaps cut from the self-same quarry as
the Apollo. But the skill 10 mould it into forms of
matchless beauty, where in the land to which Art
looks back and up TO the parent source is that
To the Niobe of nations in this destitute condi-
ton regards Art, suggests mournful reflections
He who runs down the main avenue OF the build
ing may read the characters of national industry in
the great objects of attraction which placed there
The eastern, foreign nave is filed with satuary
and colossal works Of Art appealing TO the taste, the
senses, and the Imagination of the spectator There,
are the PruSsan Amazon, the Austrian group of Ma
zeppa, the cast of the Bavarian lion, the rearing
horses from Stutgardt the monStrous Crusader, and
the French organ. On the British and Colonial side
Of the crystal fountain sections of mahogany trees
a lighthouse, an immense pier-glaSs, trophy OF
Spalfields silk, and a carved screen. The collec-
ton of articles from Italy less rich and varied than
may have been expected by many; but the visitor
viii not fail TO notice that of the best works of
Austria marked with the name of Milan. Even
the genius of Italy, it seems, is linked TO the of
Of the stranger and made to add TO his glory and her
own shame. But if Austrian Art needs to borrow
aurels from the talents of Lombardy, Austrian fur
nshng eclipses all rivalry The suite of apartments
fitted up by Viennese in the choicest style of the