New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-04-03


throne IN the tasept; see her look round upon the
vast assembly vI,l clear eye, and face us yet UNI
touched by caro- Glad u a rose brOcade. her jeweed
heat gllteriug ln il- streaming sunbeams like an
answering suu; hear her fun round tones of English
welcome to the world hear the blarc Of trumpet and
burst Of bugla and tDi of drum that drown the ap
plaudiuC shouts OF tho crowd, with queenly salu-
tatiou 60 I'll bcbn'deis size declares the Exhibition
opened. Next Tho throne stands the old Yelling
ton, who closes his sd year. mark for all English
eyes and near TIE thOne also stands the Minister
from China serene unctiOus with careful ana pro
lOnged pg-all and embroidered robes d your true
peacock-splchd0r tbnniy man OF consequence,
and, as such, saluted with respect by all the other
mighty ministers andmen Of state until one OF them
sharper eyed than the rest, bethInks him that thet
ia no Chinese EmbassadOr, and, first diInly, then
paialy remembers this face as that OF the greasy,
Opiun-slcek cOunionance Of the Snowman of the
Chimes Junk moored in the Thames, just then,
famous penny-ShOw in London 1hackeray' 700,
writes Characteristic "Ode" for this festal day
whether he was one of the assembled thousands or
not we do not learn, but II was regretted by many
that Literature, Art LabOrthese three great lhil'-
tive of either of these is TO be seen officiating IN the
ceremony unless Mr.. Paxton and the contractors
McssIs Fox and Henderson, to be considered such
EXHIBITION DUBLIN--lS53.
The impetus given TO the industry OF the world,
especially to that of Western europe, by the Great
Exhibition OF 1851 was 50 marked that other COM
tries determined to follow the lead speudidly
taken by Engand and two years later in 1853, three
enterprises were started with view to repeat the
successful experiment. France issued an Imperial
decree March s, 1853 authorizing the opening OF
great Exposition in 1855 in Now-iork, the Leglsla-
ton of building and the establishing an eXlmntlOn
in the same year; while in Ireland Mr.. William
Dargan. without waiting for the assistance or au-
thority of the State determined to erect Dmlqng
at his charge. aud pay the cost OF WORLDS far
TO be held in Dublin, out OF ms. own pocket ME-
Dargan was an lrlsh engineer VINO, hau
made an immense fortune by his skill and industry;
and like a true-he9rtcd lriSiman; made 9old
stroke for his cOntrys prosperity by setting on 1907
this Fair which he hoped would both stimulate
the Tagging industry of Ireland and open a new
market for the productions of the world. This man.
larECQpgS Y,
10000 for the expenses OF the undertaking
beside giving his time and thought to the carrying
out OF il in the cOmpetCSt way. The cost, however
was double what Mir. DaTgan had anticipated, beng
reokoned at EAT $50; yet he WAS in wise daunted
but stood to his guns maniuly, and as we belNe, or
will believe finding no record to the contrary came
ont with flying cOlOrs and pocket not altogeIher
empty. Tho Exhibition Building consisted or
central hail 45 feet long and 100 feet high covered
by semi-circulaT roof in single span OF 100 feet
Parallel with the main hail. and communicating win
1T by arched openings were two sde mans OF aSles
each 100 feet in width and % feet high. Each OF
these side halls divided into three by nave 90
feet Nide and aises Of - feet thus the outside a.
mensOns Of the building were t425 feet by 700 IL
was opened May y 1853, and was closed IN october
by the Queen and Prince Albert, on which occasion
Mr. Cusack Patrick Rooney the Secretary of the Tx,
hibitOn, made a Knight and as " Sir Cusack,"
&c. retired gracefully into private life; Dir DaIgan
having been offered the same dignity, respectfully
declined the responsibility of so much additional
honor, and remained plain Mr.. Dargan until hls
death which took place early in last February 1t
his experiment accomplished little for Ireland, 1t was
not for lack of wisdom in the conception Of IT. nor Tor
thOrOughueSS
trouble lay deeper.in the lnpoyerlshment 21 the
beautiful island by the unjust and marrow policy OF
England, a policy which will always keep Ireland 5
poor by either driving her people into exile or dis
hesrtenng and discOuIagng them at home. Until
Ireland gets just laws and legitimate encouragement
from what is annsngiy called the mother" country,
Worlds Fairs are Illogical and frutless They are
collars without shirts, carriages without horses Mt
bargains unselfish generosity merely made patent
to the whole world that Ireland had nothing to SELL
aud money with which to buy.
THE NETWORK CRYSTAL PALACE-1S53.
America, too will not be OutdOne by the effete
monarchies and bloated missionaries of the Old
World but viii show that she has arts and industries
as well as they Accordingly. New-ioIk lam announces
invites the world TO send specimens OF its handl-
work for exhibition this side the Atlantic. Tins
enterprise started by nen OF Intelligence ana
energy in their several avOcaOns, and great things
were hoped from their administration; but, except
in their choice of design for the building, they
showed very little fitness for the task they had UNI
dertaken They secured in the first place quite as
much by luck by any power of discrimination, the
services of two excellent and accomplished artists,
MeSsrs. George Christensen and Charles Glldemelser
whose design, offered in competition with Others,
architects of the building Among the other designs
offered were one by Mr.. Leopold Eidlitz one by Mr.
Jacob Wrey Mould and one by Mr. A. j. Downing
which last,w designed by Mr. Calvert Vaux. Mr.
DOwnings ingenious assistant at That time recently
arrived from England, and since :, gratefully
his connection with the Central Park. We have
never seen either Mr.. Eidlitz Mr.. Mo6ds design,
bat it is safe to say from what all of know OF the
work Of these gentlemen that the Committee could
not have erred in accepting either of them. Mr.
Nauxs design was singularly ingenious one, and,
we believe wholly original III construction. 1t con-
sisted OF large DOME of great hight and span con-
structed on an ingenious plan OF Mr.. VauXs con-
irving and it supposed that IL was 70 serve
merely a temporary purpose, this dome was TO he
covered with canvas instead of wood or glass.
1t is most likely, however that the Committee
Gszariou r.,' and Nj Vaux's plan yielded with the
rest to that of Messrs. Christensen and Gdemeister,
of which also the main feature dome. With
the choice of this useful and elegant design, how
ever, the ability Of the Directors TO carry their
scheme into successful operation seemed to be
exhausted and the Exhibition Building originally
intended TO be opened on the lst of May, 1853,
was by ready to be seen when il was
actually opened in the middle Of July. Owing to an
unwIse distribution of authority the most veXatouS
delays occurred, aud the public and the Directors
the blame. But the truth is that the Directors treated
the architects after the old and wel Known fashion.
They stnted their pay, altered their design without
taste, and without any reason but to save money;
they interfered with their authority, gave the en-
cheering to one and the decoration to another and
wound up by the cheerful assurance when asked Tor
payment, " that they regretted" &c. &C. We only
recall this disagreeable matter because il af-
lords another illustration of the difficulty
here seems to be. even with men of edu-
cation and position, especially in this
try, TO deal generously and intelligently, not TO
say hOnoTably with architects. IL is Just difficult
today as it was in 1853 The only advance that has
been made is by the architects themselves all the
foremost men in The profession having at length
after much prOvOcation taken an independent atti-
Jude, and struck for their rights.
The New York Crystal Palace having been
tairly opened, proved Immensely attractive and for
months drewcFowds of people from every part of the
country. The contents were not strikin9ly rich nor
varied: not only the competition of the Dublin Exhl
bition but the unwillmgneSs of foreigners to risk
their goods FAR away, and for 80 long, to what
proved an irresponsible Company, made the collec-
ton of foreign goods inferior to what 1t would have
been if the National Government had taken it under
its protection, and assumed the pecuniary RESPONSE