The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-07

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avail nyssaf Of this oppartslity 10 ssssw 70 you
the s:.szaass Of ny kiGA snd Distinguished e<n
Right Honorable Sir n L. sulwrs, 'i xe.
Extract from As C;rssisv u as Rsysl Co,~nis-
1s~<ss. ~
"The Commissioners have felt that i would bs
desirable, a. far ~ possible, 10 prevent any per-
sons from sending hther articles which canaot be
admitted rather than 70 reject the article. AIR.
their arrival in London. Tbey fkal sl.o an H.
delicate and responsible task Of decidinr an -.
admission or rejection Of articles dAstine8 ~ ~.
hibltiOn by foreign contributors ought MOI 10 - I'M.
posed upon any Fngiish tribunal, but sno.,d b.
referred TO one living the confidence Of the exhi-.
bitors theTs. and standing eutireiv ne ffor
possible .Ipu.ations Of national partisiisy. Thsv
accc .Dgly propose to admit 10 exhibition s,,cb
foreign articles only as may be Forwarded to thrrn
by the Central Authority Whatever nav b Il.
nature) IN each country. They will oemmunicsss
70 such Central Authority the amount 81 sn.~.
which can be allowed to the productions ~ r.
country for which it acts, and will also state ths
conditions and limitations which NAV from fins
to time he decided on with respect 10 the adniwsion
OF articles All articles forwarded BY satls Gem
trail Authority will then be admitted, provided they
40 no, require greater aggregate amount Of
space than that assigned to the productions Of the
country from which they come and, provided.
also, that they do not violate the conditions ma
limitations Of which due notice shall have been
given. 1t will rest with the Central Authority in
each country to decide upon the merits Of the
several articles presented for exhibition. ma ~
tRk n N hos Vr
fairly represent the industry Of their fellow -coun
trymen. NIss, ''' IN
Her Majesty's Commissioners viii consl3~r
that TO be the Central Authority in each case 1891
is stated to be 80 by Tie Gorermmsmt Of il es.t,,
Having once been put in Communication With 4
central Cent? authority ~ any country, they must de
with private and unauthorized .individuals /; and.
should any such be addressed to them, they chr
only refer to central body. This decision il
essentially necessary, IN order to prevent con-
fusion. tas a'. - IA
mo articles of foreign manufacture, to whom
soeyer they may belong, or wheresoever thev NAV
be, can be admitted for exhibition unless thevv
come with the sanction Of the Central Authorize
Of the country Of which they are the produce.
The Commissioners do not insist upon such art,-
Giles being IN all cases actually forwarded bv the
central Authority, though they consider that this
would generally be the most satisfactory arrange
ment but it is indispensable that the sanction Of
such authority should in all cases be expressiy
given, and that it be held responsible for the a.
ness Of such articles for exhibition and for not
authorizing the exhibition Of greater ouantitv
than can be accommodated in the space assic A,,Ia
to the productions of the country in question.
A full discussion was then had Of the subieft
thus laid before the committee, and, on motion Of
the Hon, w. w. Seaton, it was 81 :
Rssolred, That the Committee of FIVE first charged
with this subject by the Institute (substitutinr
Mr.. Kennedy for Mr.. Greenough, who is absens7
be an Executive Committee to take all necessarv
steps to carry out the views of the general com
mittee. ~ -
The following gentlemen constitute the Execn
tive COMMITTEES Col. Peter Force, Prof. Walter
K. Johnson, Prof. Joseph Henry, ]. C. q. Ken
nedy, ESQ.,, Capt. Charles Wilkes. 70
On motion fef 8s
) Resolrtd, That the Secretary be requested to
prepare the proceedings Of this meeting for rub-
lication. 'S'iSSlf3
And the Committee adjourned. i-F
CHARLES r. STANSBURY.
Secretary of the Meeting.
n. B.-Associatons, committees, or individual.
deslrous to make propositions or to receive infor
nation, are requested to address their connunica
lions to j. G.. G. Kennedv Eso