Litchfield enquirer., 1851-02-13
Tho Exhibition of 1851.


 work. wherelns the choicest industrial products of the world will shortly be most bec 'mingly erlshrined, has now been 50 far advanced towards compilation that it may almost be regarded IS dAisiled. v 1t was according Lu the terms of the orIginal contract, to have been handed over on Thursday to the Commissioners, tue last day Of tne year Ilavlns been ap> prlAlely fixed upon tJr that puepose.--- But alterations and additions on the dc sign. involving a very considerable in, cre,Ise in the labor of the contrac.o ors, have unAvoidably postponed the term within which the undertaking can be brought so close, and for one month longer Messrs. Fox and Henderson will continue Ill possession of the gigansic premises whlcn with marvellous lapidity they nave reared. It will be recoilected that at dsst open spaces, intended to form re- tres'.nel courts. were contemplated and t'a. tde eNtenL ot gallery acconiOdati,n tc4 Jl>ltc rcm .led undetermined. The Con .nssIoners have now dectled tu till i up tIose spaces like the rest Ot the build
 i'g. ani to nave anotiier gallery y--henee Lne doi0y. By the end of thls month tnc whuic sLsucture will have been com. l pictrd, and tae arduous task of arrAny- ms the details of the Exhibition will then on regularly ente.ed on. In the me 'n- tl'ne, as substantially the bulldng has Ocen 50 nea. y inlshed on the last day of the year, the contractors invited the mem. Oe,s ot tIc Royal Soc.eiy of Arts to NilnesS the progress made by tbcm, to lIear the scienLllc and mecl anlcal appll- Lnces by wnicn so Vast and novel u struc. ture has been reared eL.boralely detuted, an4 to nave the n4eans of judging how far the Crystal Palace will fulfil .he grand object for winch It was desi sned. The lde;. of the Exhibition having originated with the society it was an appropriate compliment pald to It's members that when the advanced state ot the works warranted Visit they should be invited to an inspection. and in order that every facility m,ghL be afforded them for esti. mating correctly the skIll and energy which mad been developed in the prog. ess of the great undertaking, Professor Cow, per. of Kings College. lectured to them on the subject. The learned and able Professor mad a crowded and highly in- teresled audience. Ills explanat.ons and practical illustrations were repeatedly and descrvedly applauded. the members of the soclety gathering round the ros> L1.A earge:ness quite worthy of the sight>se.
 lng enthusiasm winch Christmas lima notoriously begets. The lecture was de. lvered III d square of the building fitted up for the occasion 8 little ~est of the contractors temporary offices. It was 50 interspersed with references to dm. grams and models that anything beyond A summary of the topics touched upon would be unsuitable ln these cullmns, yet in contning ourselves to tllat We are ful- ly sensible how inadequate an idea the reader can form oi t c talent and ingel- uity which the details of constructor have called forth-of the mechanical and engineering sk,ll developed-of the i tr
 cate calculAtlon-the n,ce distribution ol iorces--the novel appliances of old facil> iLies--the invention of machinery wh,ra the work repaired i.--and. above every thing else, the untiring energy, the mir veiloas rapidlty, and the perlect organiz. ation oi labor with whcD an undertaking so vast and so new has been pns led for
 ward to a point which its success may b, | ...H 4
 il drawing attention to those parts of tht building winch were most worthy of ex
 animation sad that he had iicsitatsd t. accept the office, under the impression that Mr. Paxton would have been the most suiiable person to do SO, but that gentleman had already delivered lee, tuse on the origin of the building. and a. Messrs Fox and Henderson. the contlsc- tors, wished the details of construction to be fully explained, he had undertaken ,naL duy. He then preceded to vndi- c@e ,hc Crystal Pal.cc from the imputa- t.on ot j'bOery, whIsh so frequently at. .acnes LO Government works. When Mr. Paxton .d his plan beto M,.ssrs. t'ox anl Henderson. they went at once wuh 1t to the Commissioners, and lad Cnclr suggestions with reference to it be- ;ure ti,em. The details were worked ont, l inc cost estimated. and the required l .,senyth of the materials to be useI de- l termined. all in one week. MeSsrs. Fox and Henderson were the oriy firm that made te.,ler. and il entering into the contract they reserved large dIscfetion- arv power As 10 the mode of carrying it out Alter the lectu C. the various ob- | i. cts and mech .n,cal principles desc ib.i were pointed out.-Birnsiag4ans Eag.) Jo~rnaL. ar a. ls1 vaa- l eFs - .4e tc ?