The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-11

tons Of specimens proved In 1928 an
attempt establish exhibition Of the midas
trial products of and purpose
furnished BY George Nv. Trafalgar Square. This asttu
tion termed The Nations >, and although
its we'll stocked and It pstronzsd By the
King his Minister and the most unusntal Of the nob
lily, yet history ssys . msnasers the building
Was far attractive aud much better supported than
the National Repository +" The Dublin Roy.i Society
In 1920 established exhibition held trenniSy, OF the
works of srt science and manufactures, but until the
year 1850 Irish productions only admitted within
it, The Cornwall Polytechnic Society the drst nsa
which gave periodical displays of industry of
the kingdom Its records that it has given eighteen
exhibitors the last of which 1850. Through the
exertiou and aid OF the Mechanics Institute fAirs of
local and temporary influences various times
held in some Of the principal cities of EnglAsd Among
them may mention the exhibitions of Man chester
Leeds Newcastle upon Tyne, Brmioghau Liver pool
other manufacturing places All Of these exhibitions,
although of unprstepdng character, yet served tbs
ends for which they founded By stimulating TO
degree the inventive talent of people wholly neglected BY
the until the 1851 when established
with prncely magnfce1cs
THE LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE.
We come to treat OF that exh oitiop, which has
ecpsed every undertaking conceived before ms
for collecting together the works Of Eugand mad
tul Of tbs nattenon bestowed upon the industrial po-
ton OF her people, sought to make stonement by
establishing an exhibition worthy Of her wealth
and power The Society of Arts had been sxug-
CLING for years for national exhibition and in 1851
established in london that palace Of glass which
excited The acm alton Of the world Il unnecessary
enter into minute history Of this wonderful exhibi
ton scs IT has already been the theme of euogy and
throughout earth The building this
Inrse "a in Hxdn parb md
eleven of ground The materials Of which it
made we're wrought iron. $50 tons iron 800 tons.
glass 500 COO superficial feet weighing 400 TONS WOOD
including that used Tor flooring 600 900 cubic feet The
palace two stories high the st story being support
ed by below cast iron columns eight inches In diameter
and eighteen feet five and half inches high and tho
second by columns sixteen feet six and quarter inches
high. The columns hollow and the thickness Of
their metal varied from three sghths o.
and eighth ineh according the weight each column
supported Upon the 1s of Nay, 1851 this grand dis
play Of the products of the world opened public
examination. Tho Queen herself presided the inaugu
ration Of tho palace attended BY Prince Albert and
royal family. company Of twenty ave Thousand souls
had assembled to witness this imposing ceremony Tao
mighty organ and the tunefu choir gave the nAdsnsl
anthem the Queen entered the palace and after
majesty had taken the chair Of state Princs Albert
read to her the report OF the Exhibition proceedings
to which the Queen grsciously replied. royal
procession then forned which made .
circuit Of the building and the Queens
royal platform, she declared the Exhibition opened
which announcement received with q flourish Of
trumpet and firing Of Tns public aissei
his exhibition until Saturday Ostooer llth 1851 Ga
MoBda, and Tuesday following, only jurors exhi
bitors and their friends admitted. On Wednesday
October lsh the final closing took place in the
of twenty ave thousand human beings. The oer OF
exhibitors at this fair IT, 0O The of prize
medals AWARDED was 9lS the number Of couscti
medals, ITO Over six millions Of souls entered the
Palace at Hyde Dark, aud receipts ESQ 5l75 ID
The entire liabilities incurred BY the association
f170 TAB OF which fle 500 the construction
the building This exhibition may be regarded Of
the greatest events OF the present 1t esto had
with ceined limits but wi Thin its wells received
industry Of the I'D side by we're products Of
podean the Crine.u scymatAr and the
American ton,Ahawk lay ent ~ined together. Il
mighty design for. 70 ssise the Living scroll Of human
progress, inscribed with every successive conquest Of
nAn's intellect, filed with each discovery the
structive arts enbeished with each plastic grscs of
figured surface u moulced form aud uaro
the eyes the whole stream hstoey furnishing
its contingent placing Archtm-des Ark wright, D.vy,
jacquard Watts aud Stephenson tide sy dseavny the
lesson be learned that always lies /.
kno~eegs and example Of great thing, dons-'his is
indeed, de-iga, nfei ;itous conception"
FAIRS OF IRELAND.
The Emerald Isle ; renowned for her political suffer
ings aud The " her bards, has proven b. in
dus,i4i exhoi ions in spite OF her uItunes she
still boast of the genus enegy and industry Of nsr
To the Royal Dublin Society, established far
back 1923 is ndisputsbly due the honor OF having
frat gathered together under roo the exceeoces Of
Iish industry Before the London society Of osald
make decent show Of the Of Eoglsh scolIec
ton OF manufactures made in Dublin the
terestpg and useful char Of its
ganzation the Ro al Society Of Dublin gvea tren
DAl exhibitions the Of those disastrous
which would have parAs ed the energies % ies onthu
siastc and Industrious PEG e Uo 1880 the :ousrbu
tious ,ia FAIR exclusively Ielsh bat dur
ing thu year a call made upon foreigners
with thsmselves and ri-hnen therefore. aud not Z,
Engishmen belongs the credit Of having Hrt op+as3
their bonors and prizes for competition to the msnn.e
turers OF all countries ana the world
country In hooea bs rivalry, upoa their
own The Irish exhibited great progress in m.cass
~ mechanca contrvances aud iculturs And in the
MAJ of damssks aud cAnbrics they for
q opg time able to pete nth france, Ger many saa
many Of thses OF Europe, In ho.s
mari latter At the preseat shsre opso
In Dublin exhibition second only to the great far
Hyde Pert. On the 18th Of May last in the presence Of
tbousasd spectators the ceremonies Of it. osusura
performed by the Lord Liutsasnt ef Ieeiaad
ard what particularly honorable 10 the Irish Ia coa
DecoD With tbis enterprise Is that ~es s success
entirely indivou, Influence not hAviog receives
of peculiarly aid FROM the governnsnt ADD snas
il honorable still having asked It Ths building
of the Dublin Fair Is OF the Oriental STYLE aud
posed of parallel halls with semi circular roof
e. lar, hall neix
feet long 100 vide los feet high The cost CT thu
bu,isg is estimates EsG0t0 and w,thia les wallis
display ions all thu principal nations
Of the earth. Dublin a. pre- ent s~srms Nth vi-i
ters and the proceeds for the sale II tickets ce
fore opening of ths Easioitoo amounted 70 fie 90
gea reward due 70 the bi,s psopis Tor tbs n'e est
they maDest ia Industrial exnoit,oS and from the
sent collection wittia ine city OF Doon, may thss BE-
enoouis Wo,k by self reliance toe problem Of