New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-13

= ,,.,s,v end had IL net been Eberaiy 81 VII
liam Dsrgsn Esq sell msSe , mas n.s
the ways and held 10th June ne stepped
forward and offered 10 place SUN Vt t2oeoo sterling IN
az hsnd. of Commffe Of Twenty five for the purp ,ses
~ ,bs exhibition With this fund at command the undsr
ttne a. may be supposed, went ali ad rapidly aod GAS
ueh assisted by the election manager Of G. r. R1ney.
tbs gentleman has since been appointed 0verseer OF
G,est Trunk Railroad Of Canada Mr. Deans Dund-non,
FORMER orefary Of the Cork Fair also attached to the
,sf with r. d. Jones literary man Of some ability as
assistant The regular Committee then constituted
and As the may interest HberniAn readers the
hist IL % follows
F,aonoe-H6n Geo Handbook President; Sir Edward
Mcdonnell Lundy +. Foot, Waiter Sweetmsn.
Fin. hyts-Lord Talbot de Malahide, President; Hen.
John P vereker DR. Robert Harrison DR.. William Tker
John Lentsgne.
dtion Of William DMgsn, w. H. Porter, James Sterling
George Roe
SUB Committees-On Building, Music, Catalogue Arch
Geology Machinery, Textiles, &c
Ofo@s-R. A. Thompson, General superintendent T.
G. AdIey Deane, Assistants; Hsrman Foreign; Warour
ton Carr Fine Arts; Bingham, Manufacturer Corrg tn
Agriculture Robert Heron, Jones, &c. Henry bfo"ne
Accountant ,,
Hon Sidney Herbert gave his house, No. Upper Mer
rion.st to the commit offices, and the Leinse
lawn close adjoining, selected as the SITE oi 'n'
building lit. -
This site had to recommend its central position and
ready access from all parts Of the city Prizes OF t'O
Gao and f2O-tring sums but they ans Eered me pur
pose-yere then offered for the best agricultural designs
Twenty nine plans were re eved and exs nined oy
Fsirbairn whe selected that Of John Benson native OF
Sligo and ded the second prize TO Thomas Detne OF
Cork the third TO Richard Turner, OF Hsmmersmtn
Works Dublin the fourth in merit being the plan OF Mr.
Caldbeck Dublin Dispensing with the services OF Con-
tractor the works were forthwith commenced under tue
supentendence oNr Dargen himself and proceeded rap
idly until the 100000 were exhausted with a munin
cencs rarely equaed the noble minded Dgan increased
his advance to co., aerwad to $4,000 and as the
Exhibition stands it has his guarantee LOT nearly
$4,000 Whatever falls short Of this 10 the receipts
he gives "a free will Offering toward the prosperity OF
Ireland the probability being that there will be cons'd
cradle deficit story heard on the spot may De true or
not that not many years since man. now employed on tne
works held rather doubtful debt Of some 5000 against
Dsrpan who unable meet it, bat promised as soon
as his reached that sum- to pay up which IN une
be dd-and more. And now 'the Dargan statue 10 mar
bic holds conspicuous position in the splendid structure
be has raised and paid for and he employs the man VINO
was formerly his creditor AprOpos OF this statue by
Jones il represents broadshOuliered honest visaged
Irbman in home made costume and with his hands IN his
breeches pocket rather peculiar attitude for stauAry
but appropriate enough il meant TO represent his i0rkng
out the seventy five thousand
need not further trace the progress OF the enterprise
In due time Vctoriss vceroy with his troops and trum
peters sll so fine opened the Exhibition declared II all
very good esps ciily il created out OF nothing
knebtd the architect in the usual way by knocking dewn
John Benson with sword and advising hun to get mp Sir
John and further rendered like honor to Mr. DargAn
which that gentleman respectfully declined
Having said much proceed to the Exhibition it
self Lee favOrably located than the Hyde Park Palace
il sands as Albany once did with its any houses and
1000 inhabitants with their gables the street showing
only end TO the spectators Perhaps rough sort OF
section Of the edfce may be imagined from the ollos wing
literary diagram: ..............