New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-26
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.


TIE BUILDING, hyde Park April 10, 1851.
At a banquet given last evening by the Lord
Mayor to Her Msjestys Minister Hon. Abbott
Lawrence said, in abiding to the Great Exhibi-
ton that he believed it was conceived in wis
dom, that it had been carried out with energy and
Judgment, and that those men who have had the
management Of it will have done great honor 10
themselves, and when il shall have been finished'
brought great glory to England. He might have
added and great prott also, for with all due &C
acknowledgement TO the courtesy OF the Royal Com
missioners and the Executive Committee, aud
granting that they have yielded many points at
The sollcitstiop of the Foreign Commissioners
still the fact ia most glazing that the whole TX
hibition has been projected aao, generally speaA-
ing, carried out in mean seinsn, contracted spur
IT, Part Of the Objectionable rules brought before
the notice OF the meeting Of Americans on the
2Gth of March have been rescinded No alteration
has however, been MADE Ia regard 10 charging
Exhibitors three gUinees each for their season
tickets and il is very doubtful whether any will be.
The Act to extend the Provisions Of the De-
signs Act, $780, ard TO give protectlontrom piracy
to persons exhibiting new inventions 10 toe TX
hibiton of the works OF industry OF all nations 10
1851" has passed and become a law This GOV.
era fully many of the American and Continental
inventions, but not all OF them. BY the present
laws person securing patent IS allowed ak
months ia which 10 make his specification, so that
a simple statement Of the Objects OF an Invention
patented ia December last 10 all that lis owner
needs TO give until June next, and here IS wnere
the shoe pinches. For instance, Nr. A oil Dir
mineham has obtained the great seal tor improve
meDts in kteam boilers MIR. b OF New YORK has
secured a similar right but il he should now ez
pose his model 10 the Exhibition, MIR. A, provided
it is superior 10 his own, or In his opinion may be
made valuable is at perfect liberty to enrol toll
description Of 1t in his specification. and Mr.
would fad that he has paid out 1900 to give
bis invention 70 another The Lord ChRnce-
lor has promised, and we are daily in expecta
ton of the (uiflment Of the pledge, to issue an
edict compelling an lmmed ate speclh;atlOn In all
cases. Should this be done, some packages now
10 the building will be opened, that would other
wise be removed under Custom House seal. In
connection with this point, ! would state that the
Manchester Patent Law Reform Association are
holding frequent meetings, aud urging ior an lm
mediate reduction In the present exoroltant
charges for patents. They advocate that the first
cost of patent for the three kingdoms should 10
DO case exceed So and what is better STILL
they are determined not to give up the point
until many Of the useless and expensive tormah'
ties are done away with, and poJr inventor has
a chance Of realizing something from his lngenul
ty. May they be successful
Yesterday aud the day before, trial OF Agri-
cultural Implements has been had on the land OF
Philip Pussy, ESQ. for prizes from the Royal
Agricultural Society. The Foreign Commission
ers were invited to test the implements from
their several countries in competition with the
English and with each other. The offer was not
generally accepted. The United States Com
missioner, with the approval of most of the Amer
leans interested in the exhibition, decided not 10
allow our articles 10 be tested in this way until
the object for which they were sent out had been
attained Many of them are beautifully finished
for display and would not be improved in appear
ance by use after the exhibition is over, we may
feel safe that, if in nothing else in this branch OF
manufacture the Americans will bear the palm in
any fair competition with the world. Among
those tried yesterday were some Belgian pows
which the Society allow were used under great
Disadvantages from being in the hands OF English
aborers who were unaccustomed to them, and
the same would doubtless have been the case
with the American ones, if Mr.. Riddle had con.
scented to their trial.
The counters being up in our department
with all possible speed, and as IL is now positive
ly announced that ready or not, the Exhibition is
TO be opened 10 the public on tbs st OF May great
activity pervades the entire building IL would
seem, from the amount of work still TO be done,
almost an impossibility to meet the views OF the
Commits toner's on this point, bat many hands
make light work, and the Crystal Palace IS hive
Of the industry of all nations. Yours, Z