The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-10-30
Ftotn the New York Tribune.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

On Saturday last, the Grand Exh.
hilton Of the Worlds Indu.try--lhe
\ first ever attemptcd-was clo,ed TO the
public. and ,hi. day the Premiums 4.
| warded 20 Exhibitors will he officially
proclaimed, and The Exhibition there.
with brought to an end. We presume
the reracking and removal Of the ar..
cles exhibited will commence to.mor.
row, - thc Russian Government is anx-
:ous 10 secure the return of its quota
before the Baltic shall have frozen mp,
and the Turkish and several other Gov
.rnments, il j, known, are subjected to
hcasy expepse so long rs the officers
who accompanied and the vessels which
roavey their fabrics are absent. But
for this consideration. We presume ,hs
sCrys,ai Palace would have been KEEP,
Eopen at lcas, month longer, for the
krublic interest in its contents seems to
have experienced no aba,emen, bu,
ra',er increased as tho day Of closing
Edrew oigh. Probably three weeks at
Eths fMlhcst will see tba, unprecedented,
knueQunllcd collection Of the elements Of
Production and the marvels of Nature
and Art--,hc total value Of which is
estimated by competent, Judges at Five
Hundred Millions Of Dollars dispcrs.
ed and on its way to every quarter Of
the earth. When shall we look upon
4 ito like agsinf
The Crystal Palace itself, we are
eorGderl, will no, be destroyed. l, il,
h . miracle Of capaciousness. economy,
h strength and grace. aud a greater tri.
umph Of > RI and Genius than anything
it contains. !, may he driven gu, Of
Hyde Park by local hostility and "A de-
s,rc 10 restore that magnificent drive
and promenade ground to its original
proportions but if it be, it can hardly
fail to be rc-crec,ed el'cwhere. Such
. trophy of the might Of intellect, the
world cannot willingly let die.
The Premiums awarded at this cxhi.
bilion are all Bronze Medals, of admir-
able design and workmanship, calculat-
si to perpetuate the memo,y Of the ex-
hibhion through ages. They are Of
two kinds-,he Jury Medal, awarded
ny the several Juries to articles Of de-
eided merit exhibited in their respect.
i've classes; and the Council Medals, IL
~srdcd by the Council Of Presidents Of
the several Juries. on the Recommended
'ion of those Jurirs respectively to their
HveIni sec,ions, by these 10 the Coun-
ell of Presidents, and there approved
and ratified. Il MAS intended thai this
Medal should be given only Tor Origi-
nal Inventions or Discoveries Of decid-
ID utility and merit; but the grounds
on which !, ia conferred have been prac-
,irally and considerably widened in the
course of the Investigations and awards.
One Hundred and siI,y-nine only OF
,hc.e Council Medals have been award
Cd in all--dis,ributed among The sever
al nations represented in the Expos'-
sion A. follows -
To Grea, britain 20, France 76. Ger,
may IL. United States 5, Austria I,
Hussia 5, Belgium 2, Tuscany 2, Swift
fertand 2. Holland !. Spain ], Rome i
Turkey l.--Te,al lG9. Bu, one is
given for the same article exhibited 10
both Grea. Britain and France SO
tina, the actual number issued will be
bu, lcs. The five obtained by r''ir' ~
Of ,he United States ass a%.ri-! ~
n lows
To G. II. McCormie. Chssgo III
Tor bis Virginia Reaper.
To David Dick. Meadvilie. WeaerI
Penn. for his An,i-Friaion Press.
To Charles Goodyear. New Haven
Conn, fvr hts India Rubber fabrics.
To w. bond 4 Son. Boston, Mas.
for an electric Clock.
To Gael Borden, Texss, for hi. Mea
Bisuit.
on the Jury Medals, which are o
~arded by the several Jusies, sne,se
10 the revision only " the Section o
Group Of Juriss having kindred class
~ ~ departments. asd which arc in'en