The New York Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1850, Page 2

THE WORLD'S FAIR OF 1851. The Building for the Great Exhibition. ARRANGEMENTS FOR ARTICLES OF INDUSTRY. ‘THE BUILDING. (From the London Chronicle, Nov. 4, 1550} a The graceful outlines of the magnificent an unique structure in Hyde Park, intended for the reception of the varied products of the world’s ia~ dustry, now begin to display themselves. Some columns, which were a few days since raised to the height of 66teet, show the extreme height to which, with the exception of the. transept roof, which will be 108 feet high, the building will rise. Ata uniform height of 06 feet, and breadth of 72 feet, the central avenue will stretch from west to east for 1,845 feet, or very nearly one third of a mile. before such an extended avenue as this, the longest of our cathedral aisles dwindles into mere significance. In point of width this beau- ‘ul avenue, With its crystal roof, will be 16 feet rthan London, and 30 feet wider than either w Westminster, Waterloo, Blackfriars, or South- wark bridges. it will be more than twice the jength of London Bridge, and, compared with Waterloo, which is the longest of our bridges, it will be longer in the proportion of 7 to 5, and more than fourfifths longer than either Blackfnars or Westmins'er. Each side of this extended avenue wil be bounded by columus, placed 24 feet apart, supporting the roof. The visiter entering at the east or west entrance of the building, will proceed down this spacious street, a distance equal to the entire length of London Bridge, whea he will find himself just entering the noble transept, with its circular glass roof, the center of which willbe 44 feet higher than the flat portion of the roof. This transept, which will extend to the width of the building from north to south, will be rather longer then Barlington and of the same width as the central avenu On the south side, nearly op- posite the Prince of Wales’s Gate, willbe a very 18 € column whi sed to the heigh’ neept, and the mussive circular ribs, sixteea juniber, Which are now all completed, are intend- ed to spring from these columns. The underside of these ribs is formed efter the same design asthe colvams upon which they will rest; and,whencom- plete, it will appear as though the root were sup- ported by iron columne, which, after rising perpen- jicularly to the height of 66 feet, gracefully form themselves into semicircular arches, in order to support the erystal roof. The building, as our readers are aware, will consist of three stories, the upper ones receding behind the lower. On some parts of the lower and second stories, on the south side of the build- ins aud near the centre, a considerable quantity of the glazed roof has been already laid on, and in a few days so much of the building will be covered have already been in as to render the workmen totally independent of | the weather. The root of each story will be supported by | are then thrown into the well and covered with the girders and trusses resting upon four rows of columns, which divide the space longitudinal), into three avenues, the centre one of which will be forty-eight feet, and that upon each side twenty- four feet in width. Wrought iron trusses or girders, fiited together on the ground, span transversely the forty-eight feet space, and cast iron girders | those of twenty-four feet. The wrought girders, which are of the same depth as the cast ones, viz , two feet, are slightly arched; and upon the outer side, and fitted to the curve of the girder, are fixed the gutters, which, running Stanevenels connect themselves with others of the same dim running in the same direction, and fixed upon the twenty-four feet girders. Channels for the con- veyance of water, ninety-six feet ia length, will thus be provided transversely, at distances of twenty-four feet. Both ends of these gutters will | rest upon the columns down which the water they cerry will be conveyed, so that every fourth row of columns will, by this arrangement, be made to serve as Water pipes. The water from the roof will be conveyed directly to the transverse gutter by a number of longitudinal or ** Paxton gutters,” as they are called by the workmen. ‘These tribu- tary channels are formed in lengths of twenty-four feet, with a cireular groove on the upper surface, of tbree inches in depth, anda smaller one on each side. They are * trussed” by wrought iron rods, placed on the inner surface, and are curved to the same radius as the transverse gutters, upon which they rest, at distanc width of the building is four hundred and eight feet, and as these.‘ Paxton gutters” will ran in parallel lines for the whole length of the building, &t (distances of eight feet from each other, the quenvty required will be fifty-one times greater than the enare length of the building, or about thirty four miles The whole roof will consist of » series of ridges and valleys running transversely. The sash bars— the quantity reqaued of which would form a line reaching nearly from London to York, the exact jusntity bein, miles~ are of wood, with grooves for the reception of the glass. They spring from the upper eurfece of the * Paxton gutters,” into which the water from the glass will ron. The » tilled with putty pre- ists of asiagle sheet Jia them. A puttying k in the course of a few sash bars @ giess, which c m size, being gr06 vio of unif machine will be at w deys, in filling the grooves, and also a painting machine ‘ A portion of, the external facing of wood in the lower tier has been fixed. Oa the top and bottom of the wood facing of the lower story, it is intended to place a series of corrugated sheet iron lufler plates, fixed in wooden frames, for the purpose of Ventila jon. Similar means of ventilation will be rovided for the second and third stories of the building. The wv of laying the sleepers and frame work of the flooring is proceeding rapidly in some portions of the building. The contractors intend to erect temporary workshops under that portion of the root which is covered in, so that in unfavorable weather the progrese of the works may not be impeded. Almost every process connected with the erection of the buiding is now going on in different parts simultaneously. Foundations are being ¢ in one part, columns and girders raised in onother ; here the framework of the flooring is being laid, and there the roof is being glazed; carpenters are “guttering” and sash making; smiths, fitters, end rivetters are employed ia patting trusses end girders ; painters are paint- i framework of the buildi drains and branch se we workmen of host ever nd in num’ h with nd regularity vg his n of this breklayers fermi ina word, respect to the reg the subject of the eal rticles of the exbibition at the building in Hyde Vark. It cannot te too generally known,that i carry out (his great project in its integ been ¢ beolutely necessary the eale of articles Whatever, with the excep tion of the and light and modeiate refre ct to the latter of articles, the reg @ will be invited to ter eupplying them, will shortly be made public conditions with reepeet t e printing and py ing of the catalogues we have already published ; and it is unnecestary to do more than to state that the commissioners intend to secure to the public a correct catalogue, consisting of 320 pages of double foolseap, printed in double colamns, at the low price of one ebilling It would of course be completely inconsistent With the character of the undertaking to allow any of the goods exhibited to be sold in the building; and in order to as possible, any in- ducemente to ¥ , the commis. sioners have hatever shall be off ted It will c hibitors to bear in mind thet, ee the cost at which articles can be produced my in some en pr iat question of the distribution of J and as the commissioners, of perecus extrasted with their adjudication, may have to make yuiries, and possibly to take evidence on the subject, it will be advisable, in those cases in which the exhibitor considers the merit of the article to conset in its cheapnees, to state its price in the invoice & to the exhibition. Bot the price, although it may en- ter into the considefation of the meriis of the arti- cle, will not be allowed to be affixed to it during the exhibition. In cases where exhibitors are al- lowed to have servants of their own to preserve and keep in order the articles exhibited, or to ¢x- plain them to visiters, such persons will be strictly forbidden to invite viriters to purchase the goods of their employers; and any violation of thi rale will be followed by the exclusion of the oifender from the building SPACE— PROGRESS OF THE BUILDING, RTC. [From the London Chronicle, Nov. 4 | We have already stated that the demands for space considerably exceed the amount which the building in liyde Park can afford, end that it would be necessary for the local committees to ex- ercise strictly the powers vested in them for the purpose of reducing the demands to the limits of the space. The execovtive committee have just is sued the following cireviar to the local commit enied entrance, with seven pairs of 66 feet, are on each side of | ensions, | of eight feet apart. The | t ount that yore paleing, exhibitors must be pre to submit tos strict exercise of ) ittees, so as to reduce the fo'the amount that the building will turuish, I am, sir, your most obedient servant, M. DIGBY WYATT, Seeretary. The works in Hyde Park, connected with the erection of the building, continue to be actively carried on. More than one-half of the value of the contract is now upon the ground, and notwith- standing the querulous complaints of some of our weekly contemporaries, who plume themselves on their extensive professional knowledge of buildin: matters, we are confidently assured that the build- ing will be completed within the specified ume. One of the publications to which we have referred. states the number of men employed on the gronad asnine hundred, the fact being that upwards of 1,500 were employed upon each day during the last week. Its statement of the numberof men, as well as of the state of the works, and the de- scription of the machine for making the gutters, are preciacly those which were given by us three weeks since. Nearly the whole of the columns ia the transept have now been fixed, and considera- ble progress has been made in the glazing of the root of the first and second stories of the building, upwards of seh thousand square feet having been completed. Be gee, which is of the weight of sixteen ounces to the square foot, is four feet in length, ten inches in width, and one-eighth of an inch in thickness, The glass is brought to the ground in boxes, each one containing fifty sheets. On Saturday a machine was brought into use for the purpose of cut.ing the sash bars and their ends of the exact length and angle required. The sash bare—of which it may be rememberd 202 miles ia length are required—are four feet one inch in length, and as they are intended to be placed in what is termed ** ridge and valley ’’ style, it is necessary that their enas should be cut to exactly the same angle The enormous amount of ume which would be occupied in thus eutting by hand 266,000 dustinet sash bars—for such is the number required —hnas led the contractors to the construction of this machine, with which, by a very simple process, the object is completely attained. A large number of the sash bars are placed securely upoa a frame set in motion by a steam-engine, and the euds of the sash bars, Which project over either side of this frame, are brought into contact with circular saws, also worked by steam, and placed on either side of the stage upon which the frame traverses. Upon one side the saw is placed obliquely, and, in revol- ving, cuts the ends of the sash bars at precisely the angle required ; while upon the other side two circular sews, one being of less dimensions than the other, eut the bars to the exact length, and their ends to the form required. About fifty sash bars can thus be sawed accurately and completely within the minute. ‘The paling 1 such a vast quantity of sash bare has also been provided for by means of a ** paint- ing machine.” This machine contains a well, rather longer than the sash bars, about one foot in depth and the same in width, into which the paint is poured. Some thirty or forty of the “sash bars” paint. One of the bars is then taken from the | well, and passed through a small frame, the inte- rior of which is fitted, on each side and at the top and bottom, with brushes, upon a plan similar to that adopted in the “ knife-cleaning machines.” The superfluous paint is taken off tae bar in its passege through the machine, by coming in con- tact with the brushes, which are made coarser to- ds the point of entrance, and gradually increase neness to the point from which the is re- moved ; the paint which is brushed off drains into the well. Lvery part of the bar is we!l covered by this process, and it presents none of that irregular appearance which is to be seen in cases where the material is painted by hand. Each of the sashes are to receive three coats of paint, the last of which will be white. ‘There is ulso a machine on the ground for filling with putty the grooves into which the glass will slide. A number of “ glazing carriages,” con- structed to run along the ‘* Paxton gutters,” and under the roof, afford the glaziers an opportunity of proceeding with their work in wet weather. Two or three hundred carpenters are employed under those portions of the roof which are glazed, in the preparation of the wood for the external fa- cing of the ground story, of which abou 300 feet has been completed. Several members of the executive committee Were present on the ground on Saturday, for the purpose of deciding upon the best mode to be adopted for the adrussion of visiters. Experiments were made as to the capabilities of the registering turn-tables or “ tell-tales,” similar to those used at Waterloo and other bridges. No decision was, how- ever, come to upon the subject. The commission- ers have under their consideration the charges to be made for admission, and we expect to be able : announce their decision in the course of a few eye. [Prem the London Atheneum, Nov. 2.) THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GRE HIBITION The day being now past on w emands for space in the Palace of Industry could be received by the executive committee, according to their formal announcements, we see more clearly the general nature of the collection of products. Al- though an amount of requisitions have come in whieh it would require three such palaces to meet, it is matter of regret to observe that the catalogue of English articles is very tar from — complete. We find foreigners, more acecustomed to exhibi- tions of the kind than ourselves, much more alive to the importance of the present. Every mail from the continent and from America brings intel- ligence of an ever increasing activity in the work- thopsabroad. There is now no doubt that our friendly rivals are putting forth their best eflorts. In the end, the prize of victory must rest with the strong. But it ie clear, as we have again and egein said, that unless our best manufactu: enter the lists—-tax their energies to the v most—and come into the arena fally armed, they cannot successfully muintain the battle of industry ogainst all comers. To name only two particulars in illustration of these re- merke. 1. Of the natural wealth of England, per- haps the least developed item is its marble. Among the hills of Derbyshire this beautiful and valauble material abounds in great quantity and rarity. It has not become an article of commerce because it n--and it is not in fashion because Yet we are surprised to fiad hy of the persons most inte- are unrepresented in the ea . iea, will each n that through the rested, these qua hibition. Greece and Am contribute their choice: ecimens: and if all the world goes away from Ilyde Park with the id cngiand hae nothing to show in this depar' a serious wrong will be done to Derbysh ad ite population wili lose the chance of seei new branch of industry established We see it stated that ornamental iron-work is very poorly represented. Now, this great branch of Eaglish art is one peculiarly liable There seems a tendency Frence for this important little controversy has ari tion of relative merit Englieh produce, in conseq erection of the iron rails in front of Mr. Hope's mension in Pi The irou- workers e contend that, in ¢ y ond price taj can beat ell the world wis the tir their assertions. But if they abandon their foreign competitors, who will be to blame if the buildere of fature houses shall carty their or- ders to the successful exhibitors? if English artists pereevere in these neglects, it will be con- red, rightly or wrongly, that they feared to pa B open arbitration. As surely as 6 Will be reared by the exhi- great rey o'd ones thus neglecting themselves, will ed to make toom for them. A new era commerce opens with 1951. The catalogue of the exlubition will be to the ma turers What the roll of Battle Ab to the Not- mm chivalry--for a prod » out of tha catalogue, will be somethir e being struck ou of the history of his department of industry dustry, of which the signe and ag on every erde, increasing, in y r draws nigh, will no doubt be made to subserve numerous ancillary projects Morally, ae well se materially it will be @ great ; and the moralists are beginaing to peculate on the educaticnal end other advantages to grow out of this gathering of men from every quarter of the earth. We hear that one enthusiast roposes to give a prize of one hundred guineas for he beet essay on this part of the subject—the theme being more especially proposed thus:—“ In what manner may the union of all nations at the Grand Exhibition in 1861 be made most conducive » the glory of God in promoting the moral welfare of meokind.” The approbation of the prince consort, it is said, hes been gained for this project; but its author by d his own scheme of details, and the opinions of the press are formally invoked before any final arrangements shall be mede ‘This Festival of 1 ARRANGEMENTS IN REGARD TO SPACR, RTC. (From the London Chronicle, November 2, 1860.) ‘The executive committee have been most active- ly employed during the lost few days in ar ng of returne which have been sent in to them from the numerous local committees. Such, however, is the yoluminous nature of the returns, that they do not hope, with the assistance of their present numerous and active staff of assistants, to complete their task before the end of next week. | Until the returns have been finally compiled, it suld be impossible to form anything like an accu- jue oplaton of the number of, exhibitors in the king Who, up te the Slat of Qosbet Mel ine ® in the i phowever, ia stata oes the mee none Fe immeuse It is, no doubt, that the exhibitors may, in many instances, de. | building. A plan has deen | the overage amount of feel jus. | dividual exhibitors each section, calculated not only to reduce the demande for space to the capacity of the building, but will also, at the same time, be perfectly equitable to all, an give to every intending exhibitor his fair proportion of space. this allotment of space shall have been made by the commissioners, each local committee, with assistance of the local com- missioners, will proceed to the discharge of one of their most important functions, to which we have on former occasions alluded, viz , that of the seleciion of suitable objects for the exhibition. The state of things which has now arisen, viz., the demands exceeding the space, was one to which the commissioners appeared fully alive at the commencement of their labors, and among the earliest of their published decisions were the follow- ing, having direct reference thereto :-— * However large the building may be, the ‘quantity of articles intended to be sent for exhibition may ex- ceed any amount of space that can be provided; her Majesty's commissioners consequently reserve te them- relve a powers of rejection and selection, But it ie the of the commissioners to limit, as far (ved sible, the necessity for the exercise of the powers of re- jection and of objects intended for exhibition thes reserved to them, and for that purpose, to call to their assistance the local knowledge and discretion of the several local eommittees. They consider that it would be desirable that the local committees should, without delay, enter into personal communication with those persons resident within their district, who are likely to be exhibitors ; and that they should ascer- tain the character and number of the objects which it would be their wish to send to the exhibition. The: are desirous of receiving, at as early a period as possi- db general result of the inquiries instituted by the cominittees, and a general estimate of the articles likely to be supplied, which, in the opinion of the com- mittee, may be fitly exhibited, supposing there were ample space. “ Before a final determination be phonies in respect to the selection of objects to be transmitted, the eom- wisstoners hope to be enabled to depute one or two well qualified persons to visit the several districts from whieh articles of the same general character are likely to be supplied. andenter tuto personal communication with each of the local committees, for the pur of oe formation on any point on which they may be enabled to afford it; and tor the purpose, also, of enabling the commissioners to judge, {rom the eol- lective reports of the persons employed by them, what mavner the power of selection and rejection reserved to the commissioners. can be ultimately exer- cised most consistently, with justice to all parties, and with the advantageous application of the space for the | urpos bibition, which they will have at their command ‘The first object, however, of the commissioners is to receive frcm the local committees such general infor- mation as to thecharacter of the objects to be sup- plied, and such general estimate of their number, and the 100m they would ocoupy, as may enable the com- misrfoners to form some judgment as to the probable demands upon the space applicable to the purposes of the exhibition.”’ . The precautions taken by the executive com- mittee, to insure to visiters a catalogue of the exhi- bition, y such terms, and of such a character, as would render all attempts at piracy of the work impracticable, have, we understand, been “nrigte successful. A catalogue of three hundred an twenty quarto foolscap es, printed in double columns, and in four kinds of type, to be sold for a shilling, and a royalty of twopence to be paid to the commissioners upon each copy sold, the whole contents arranged and prepared at the Ng’ of the contractors, will certainly be one of the most remerkable of the many Re ped of enterprise which the great exhibidon will call forth, We understand that at the meeting of her Majesty’s commissioners on Thursday last, the tenders for epg and preparing the catalogues for the exhi- ition, were reported by the executive committee, and the tender _— sent in by Messrs. Spicer, the paper makers, and Messrs. Clowes, the prin- ters, having been declared to contribute the Sergent sum to the funds, was ordered to be accepted. We are not aware of the sum which these enterprising gentlemen have consented to give for the copy- right. The object, however, of the commis- sioners, was not to obtain a large amount from the contractors for the copyright, but rather to insure a complete and comprehensive catalogue, at such prices as would place it within the reach of all classes of visiters. We congratulate the cemmis- sioners on the result of their exertions. There appears to be every probability of an ade- quate representation of one of the most important branches of our national manufacture—that of lo- comotive engines Our manufactures in this de- partment appear fully prepared to maintain their igh charecter; and, in whatever other respects our French, neighbors may excel us, they will, at all events, fiid some rather formidable competitors in the locomotive line. Among other contributors are theGreat, Weatern Railway Company, who in- tend to exhibit the “ Mammoth,” the most power- ful broad-gauge engine ever constructed; and the London and Northwestern have given notice o! their intention to exhibit their beautiful end power- ful narrow-gauge engine the “ Liverpool. | Mr. Robert henson intends exhibiting two of his locomoti with all the mest recent improve ments ; and Mr. Fairburn, of Manchester, also in tends exhibiting three very beautiful engines. It is also intended to exhibit the actual hydraulic Rie es weed in raising the Britannia bridge over the Jenei Strait PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT PATENT PIRACY (From the London Chronicle, Nov. 6 } ‘Lhe Attorney-Geverel. with the assent and conour- rence of the Bol neral, hereby gives notice, that every perso jor a petent after the se- cond day of No will be required te de- the office of t ttorney or Solicitor-Gener- cutline deeoription in writing or drawing, to be proved by the Attorney-General or the Solicitor. General, before any report will be made on such pa- tent. The effect of this order will be to prevest a large amount of that fraud which not unfrequeatly took place under the recent system, in consequence of epplicants deseribing to the Attorney General or Solieitor-Genera), inventions differing from those which they afterwards specified. The prospect of being able to glean from the articles exhibited in the great exhibition a greet variety of novelties might have induced many persons to make appli- cautions for patents with tiles s udiously vague, and as they could not be compelled to complete their specification within six months, er even within a much longer period, they would have the opportunity of including within it any inveations or improvements which they might see, and which could by possibility be included under the title which they may have given to their invention. As a consequence of this, the ingenious and con- fiding inventor and exhibitor would have probably found, when too late, that the result of his labors, end his expenditure of time and money, had been inelnded in another person's patent, and probably the first notice which he would have received of this act of eppropriation would have been an injunc- tien to prevent him from proceeding either with the manufacture or sale of hi y com- pelling applicants, howev: eposit au outline deseription in writing or drawing, to be approved by the Attorney General or Solicitor General, this monstrous fraud will be prevented, and the rights of exhibitors, so far ae priority of invention is con- | cerned, to a certain extent secured. CAUTION TO EXUIMITORS AGAINST IMPOSITION. (From the London Chronicle, Nov 7 } The subject of the mode of bring mands within the limits of the spree wmeh c eflorded in the building is one which continues te cceupy the attention of the executive committee. To obtain this end, and at the same tine to admit of an adequate representation of eech particular branch of industry, and to prevent, as far as possi ble, disappointments and jeslousies on the purt of intending exhibitors, isa tisk of @ somew hat dill cnit character. The nature of the machiaery for carrying out the exhibition admits, however, of a | division of these duties. With the Commiesioners - | and Exeentive Committee must rest the develope- ment of a plen for allotting the amount of space to the local committees, and upon the local committees must devolve the duty of selecting the articles which are to. occupy their allotted space in the egeated to us which appears admirably calculated to meet the difficul- tes of the case, 60 fat at the Commissioners are concerned, end which, if adopted, would completely preclude the possibility of iy bee a charge of partiality or unfairness being brought against them. [t is the following:—From the returns now before the Commissioners, they will be enabled to judge of the proportions which each of the four sections ioto which the exhibition will be di- vided, bear to each other. The whole amount of space to be afforded in the building would be civided into the same proportions which these sec- tions bear to each other. This, if fine arts and raw materials would each occupy two parts, and mechinery and manufacturee eac’ FR and the total amount of epace were 1,200, square feet, the former sections would each reguire 200,000, and the latter 400,000 square feet. Hav- ing thus apportioned the whole amount of space in the building to the diflerent sections, it would be necessary to subdivide this into says for each committee. This could easily be done by div-ding the epace set apart by the total num- ber of exhibitors in each section. Thus, if there were two thousand exhibitors of raw materials or and machinery, the average space to ea exhibit. or in those eection®, W be two hundred feet. | Hatee tees bait 9 in, of course, assumed for the | purpose , a eny data whatever. Having thus arrived space total amount to be alloted to each local would be ep tors which it had in each section. e are net aware what course ie intended the eubjeet; but we think | connected with the commissioners, and being able to secure a space in the buildiug for exhibitors, upon payment of fees from 103. and upwards. Several exhibiters have been defrauded to a con- siderable extent by means of representations of this charaeter. We refer our readers to our police reports in another columa, in which will be found a case of this kind esterday, brought before the Lord Mayor, at the Maasion- house It is also found that certain parties have issued applications, drawn up with @ certain official ap- pearance ut them, to advertisers, soliciting advertisements and pre-payment for them in the catalogues of the fort ing exhibition, but who have no authority whatever toao so. The only persons authorized by the commissioners to pre- pete and print the catalogues are Messrs. Spicer rothers, paper makers, New Bridge street, and Messrs. Clowes, punter Stamford street; and any attempts to obtain advertisements by other parties, to be inserted in the catalogues, are frauds upon the public. Several inquiries have been made of us by in- tending exhibitors as to whether the commission- ers would take charge of the packing cases in which articles intended for exhibition might be sent. The commissioners have decided that they capnot charge themselves with this duty have ro accommodations for warehousing ticles, and exhibitors must therefore take this duty upon themselves. The decision of the commis- siopers on the subject is No. 21 in the printed de- cisions, and is as follows:—* Packing cases in which articles are brought to the building must be emoved at the cost of the agent or exhibitor, as soon as the goeds are examined and deposited in charge of the commissioners.” —_—— Dresden. A correspondent informs us that, among the ou- merous articles intended tobe sent from Saxony, is a large bell, weighing 5501bs , manufactured by Frederich Gruhi, at Kleimwelke, in Saxony. France. The register which had been for some time open at the Hotel-de-Ville, to receive the inscription of the names of such manufacturers of the depart- ment of the Seine as might intend to forward their productions to the Grand Exhibition in London, was closed on the 3st ult. The number of decla~ rations made by manufacturers who had obtained gold medals at the French exhibitions was 134, and by these who had received silver or bronze medals, 867. The first category has been at once admitted to send its productions, and the second are lo have theirs submitted to the examination of @ jury. we understand that the Society of Arts will open on the 13th, with a demoastrative r by r. Paxton, onthe building in Hyde Park. Messrs. Fox, Henderson & Co., the contractors, are et present engaged in the preparation of the aecessa- Ty models and drawings which are intended to illus- trate the subject. > & Some fears were expressed a short time since that our mercantile marine would not be ade- quately represented at the forthcoming exhibition. he returns, however, which have been made from verious parts of the country show that that impor- tant branch of our industry will be fully represent- ed. Among otherintending exhibitors, we believe ged igram, well known for his connection our marine, intends to exhibit very largely specimens illustrative of that department. American Arrangements, CIRCULAR. Rooms or Tus Nationa IxstiTuTs, Wasuinaton, Nov. 7, 1850 The executive committé?, appointed by the cen- tral authority of the United States, on the London indu lexhibition, respectfully present the fol- lowing summary of information en the most impor- tent matters requiring the attention of State com- mittees, and ef those who intend to become ex- hibitors. 1. Committees appointed by the Gevernors of the several States are recognized as the proper judges for selecting articles suitable tofbe sent to the ex! bition from the United States. 2. Articles intended for exhibition will be ex- amined by the committee of the State or territory of which they are the products. 8. The State committees will furnish duplicate ceruficates of all articles exarmned and approved by them, to the executive committee at Washing- ington, who will give the sanction required by the Bntish commissioners. 4. Articles epproved in the manner above pre- scribed, will be forwarded to London free of charge, from the port of New York, ina national vessel placed, by the Navy Department at the dis- posal of the central committee for that purpose ; and, at the close of the exhibition, they will be returned in the seme conveyance, to the same place, unless otherwise disposed of. 5. The Treesury Department will afford, as far as practicable, ——_ the revenue cutrer service, facilities for forward —— from the different Aulantic ports to New York. . 6, Should the vessel designated to coavey the ‘oods to London not be in readiness to receive their arrival at New York, ¢ will be the navy yard, and after pat on board, free of expense to the owners. 7. All goods intended to be forwarded to the ex- hibition by the government veseel from New York, should be delivered at that place duly marked, and with suitable invoices, containing the correspond- ing marke. In addition to other marks, there should be inscribed on each package, the words “ London Exhibition.” S No article will be received at the navy yard after the tenth day of January, 1851, as the vessel will snail soon after that period. All expenses in London, for cartage, unpack- erranging for exhibition, end removing of packing cases, must be paid by the owners of the oods orjtheir agents. 10. State [committees are desired to inform the executive committee on or before the Istof Decem- her next, what amount of prouad and wall space they can creditably fill with the products of their respective States. States from which no informa- tion on this point shall at that time be forwarded, will be preeumed to require no part of the space | allotted to the United States, and it will be distri- buted to the other States, according to their seve- ral requirements i Detailed statements relative tothe exhibition, and to the seve classes of objects appropriate thereto, have been furnished to the several State committees, and will be supplied to those who may require more particular in tion, upon applica- tion to the executive co ee. 12. All communications should be addressed to the Secretary of the executive committee Perer Force Chairman Jos C. G Kexnmny, Secretary of Ex. Com. LEGULATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONERS IN LONDON. 1. The exhibition is to be opened in Hyde Park, London, on the Ist day of May, 1851. The baild- ing. constructed chic ily of cast iron and plate glass, 1,548 feet long, 408 feet wide, and 108 feet high, with a machinery room 46 feet long and 48 feet wide. will be nearly fire proof. 2. Goods will be received between the first of Januery and the firet of March, 1551. A ter the Jatter day none can be received. 3. The productions of all nations will be exhibit- ed together under one general classification. 4. Arteles exhibitea will be divided into four fecuions, Via: Raw materials and produce. 2. Machinery. 3. Manufacturee 4 Seuipture models and plastic art. 5. Exhibitors will deliver their goode at their own charge and risk at the building in Hyde Wark. 6. Articles liable to perish during the period of eight months, from the Ist of January to the let of September, are not suitable to be exhibited. This applies more particularly to certain articles derived from the animal and vegetable kingdoms. 7 Exhibitors will be at the cost of their own in- surance. Glass cases, when required, must be oo by — * Pen . Any ex itor may, by permission fi Royal Comnigsionsto, employ a servant to keep in jer and explain the articles which he exhibits, but not to invite purchasers. 9. Prices are not to be affixed to the articles ex- htbited, but may, at the option of the exhibitor, be stated in the invoice sent tothe Royal Comm! " e TS. 10, No articles of foreign manufacture can be admitted for exhibition, un they come with the express sanction of the central authority of the country of which they are i produce. 11. Goods will be admitt Myo By yada duty, and sealed with the official seal of the board of custome till their arrival at the building; but bonds will be required of the owner or its for Se pegment 6 Codes Te ones Oe, be sold in England ofter the exhibition is over. No a 9 on r ering prise el conform t ¢ rules of a’ | section or Spornent™ which the goods a a gates gee en ai agama the skill wen winapi ingenuity in the preparation, be is ship, new materials used, combinations of ma- in form or color, with re- ference to uulity chi iets - ly he plastic . In sculpture u art, re- —— pein’ Riga Lec nasane to a beauty and 0 igi- nali specimens, to improvements in processes of production, to the manoufactares, and, in the case t they represent. . Juries, to consist partly of Englishmen and ly ‘igners, will be composed of men of own abi'ity to form a judgmeat—above the sus- picion of either national or individual partiality. titor for a prize can be ular department in which he is a 19. To exhibitors from the United States there have been allotted of ground space, feet, subject to a deducti and of wall or hanging space, 40,000 sq’ not subject to deduction. ication of art to models, to the sarnjownaeyy yo aIngey | fo arig 21 sof ayrmmeg [20] 2 0} S7ADPWVeg 2) fo 740 Pag ay) fo aynmmog aMIg Ap Aq prosddyr | “s0014 *3@y0N09 30 eae | “2903 Teyoysedns By peznber wery wx] oa | 18) v ms y saxeondng uy dn perry oq 09 ‘sr011qQIAXA 103 OB¥I™I19109 JO WAO,T peaynber ‘The Boston Lancers. TUE JEALOUSY IN ENGLAND OF OUR INDEPENDENT in) [From the British A: The regulars have ever felt themselves entitled leasantry at the ex- and Yankee militia Dispatch, Nov. 1) in a little innocent pense of the “make believes, men, and Yankee militia doings are considered fair Foote, and our inimita- ped these heroes Cucumber, Ma- ame all the world over. le Charles Mathews have stereot of unhacked rapiers—and Colonel jor Sturgeon, Lieutenant Pattypan, and Ensign ‘Tripe—all of them dowghty trencher men, and dub- bed @n carpet consideration, are famili mouths, as ** household words.” “ Stout once a month, they march—a blustering band— And ever, but in time of need, at hand.” ‘The most palpable hit at the militi (we quote frem the last edition of Joe uttered in the House of Commons, during the late peninsular war, by one of the Secretaries of State. A certain colonel of yeomanry having moved in his place in parliament, that “the militia be never ordered to act out of the country,” the minister the motion by adding, ‘except But & truce to Our sense of the ridiculous was never so keenly excited article in the 2 re 5 Boston Lancers in New York—Great Military De- monstration.” Truly we pricked up our ears, and it ofno less than ‘guns, drums, and trum- lunderbusses, and thunder”—when, lo! the urned out to be @ mere excursion trip of a of the Lancers aforesaid to the city o » for the double pur; natives by the splendor 0 enjoying themselves by exercise of their gas’ mie powers, and right well the succeeded. Under the comman: says the editor, “The Boston National rived here last Monday, en invasion.” of astonishing the their uniforms, and of appear to have with their horses, equip- The latter re- v (the former of course to their stalls) while their lords and masters “the a of supper at Corporal Thompson's, took up their quarters in the tents that had been pitched for them. They were received by the National Guard troop, and there were seve- ral members present of the other com of the City Guard and Lafayette Guard.” : ‘uesday forenoon, the National Guard, Colonel Duryea, made preparations formally to receive the Lancers; and at 12 o'clock the troop of ommanded by Captain Watts, ral Thompson's, and escorte the Lancers to Bond street, where the reg Was in waiting to receive them; else the W. ton Grays, Captain Varian, who asked the privilege of joining in the reception. their mounted band, then passed in review before the New York troops, and performed some evolu- tioas, which elicited the admiration of the specta- tors, both military and civilians.” But the day was not destined to pasa without its disaster. The course of vanity, like that of trae love, never did rua smooth—Surgit amart alequrd. “On reaching the park, at 1 o’c! and @ sergeant was despatched to the the Boston Lancers, in pursaance of the ‘vious invitation addressed to His Honor aad the Common Council, were ready to be review front of the City Hall; but the Mayor was _ A few of the council were present, and the chief of police, anda posse of men ander his command, together with a large number of citi- The cause of the Mayor's absence was not to their hotels, proceeded to Gi rpot k, they halted, Mr. Francis Farewell, East Broad a member of the corps habits)!!! Then “they visited the Navy Yard, and finally % were rev at the City Hall by Mayor who has acted so differently from ee New York. handsome collation was ordered for them at the expense of Colonel Crook, of the Mth Re ent, and prepared by the gal/ant M: Towsey, at his hotel in Liberty street. Duryea, with his staff, did the honors, and tender- ed them the talities of the city,” t This done i de~ %¢ ci\izens of ane oon pty hd ea 3 aring.” Prodigious!!! The European and North American Rall~ upon the States, it is so evident that it does not require fur- ther notice; but to the British provinces, and in connection with them to Great Britain, the tages are so vast, that it may not be out of place to point out where, and in what way, they may be best employed. The follway, ae Proposed, extend to Waterville, in the State of Maine. Log thence by way of Portland to Boston, ‘New ¥. and other cities in the United States now connect= ed by railways, thus atlordiog a rapid and ierrupted transit, from the extreme point of Scotia, on the Atlantic, to the shores of the Mexi- can Gulf; this will be of mutual advant: to the commercial relations between Great Britain and the United States. But the establishment of a rail- way communication between the landing point in Nova Scotia and Canada, by way of New Bruns- wick, is of political unportance to Great Britain. and her colonies that can hardly be over-estimated. The railway onee made to the borders of Nova Scotia, or into New Bruaswick, it can be extended, if needed, direct to Uanada, without entering the limits of the United States—thus securing @ tran- sit through British territory for all political, or, necessary, commercial purposes, though this, it is to be hoped, will never be required by any disturb- ance of the peace between the two countries. On the oniearty this combination between the citi- zens of the United States aud British subjects, for the promotion of commercial enterprise, to which war has, and always will be, destructive, cannot but promise addinonel security, by the tie of com- mon mterest for its maintenance. The convention eppears to have selected Gal- way, on the west of lreland, and Whitehaven, Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, for packet stations. The distance between the two ports is about 2,000 miles, and assuming a speed of seventeen miles an hour for steam vessels, the Atlantic can be from point to point, in five days. Thus, by a rail- way from New York to Halifax, or Canso, fast steam packet from thence to Galway, cl rae Great Midland Railway from Colman (0, iblin, from thence to Holyhead, and from Holy- head to London, the wage from New York te London may be reduced to seven days time, em- ploying about 1,200 miles of railway and railes of steam navigation. The packets employed should be used for passengers and mails only, car~ tying as little weight as possible. Vessels designed for crossing the ocean with speed should aot carry merchandise. Screw vessels will carry emigrants, oceupy ing only a few days longer on the voyage, and, by using the callweys, place them at their destination in one-third the usual time occupied. The movement in favor of this railway been strengthened by the assistance given by our oWn government to the Midland Great Western Railway of ireland, from Dublin to Galway, and to the general interest now shown by them in the selection of some port im the south or west of Ireland fora packet station to America. Of the advantages Ireland would de- rive from such en establishment an estimate can hardly be formed; but to make her the highway and place of embarkation to and from the New World, for the tens of thousands who annual: cross the Atlantic, must bring advantages that materially aid in rescuing her frcm the misery and degradation under which her people are now suf- fering. This project has been taken up warmly both in the United States and in the British pro- vinces, and parties of respectubility have offered to take large amounts of stock. The members of the several Legislatures have > proaninnd to advocate the ie it of public lands and other assistance by the States through whieh the railway will Pass, and it is to be hoped that the promoters may fii apy appeal they may make in this country, either to the government for countenance, or to the public for ase ce, receive the attention it deserves. From all that is shown, it promises well as an in- vestment for capital; but that it is an undertaking of it importance, both i and commer- cially, is beyond cont may interfere: with the gaitanler interests of companies now established, and fa 4 divert some portions of trade from the present chaimels; but the British pro- vinees, and consequently the mother country, will be great gainers if this enterprise is scoompll and in this sense the public will value it. Paisley Shawls. _ {From the English Ladies’ Companion | Not so much followin, in the wake of the French manufacturers, es advancing in a parallel path, the Paisley weavers are equally indebted to the genuine Indiana cashmere asa model, and have pms oy equal perseverance ~ a ing their work hear to its prototype, so far as the first ge~ neral effect is considered. As we remarked in Sax former chepter, it is the close inspection of an In- dian shawl which most distinctly shows the dif- ference of its fabric from any other, though there are two modes of working the pattera of an Indian shawl—the one by See Saag it upon the mate- rial, and the other by working it into the web dur- ing the process of weaving. The first mode is ob- viously needlework, and Torsta the less valuable kind of Jadian sh: he latter is not so simple, ond bears at a glance a nearer resemblance to the French and Paisley manufactures. In the pro- duc ion of thie, the more eccstly Indian fabric, number of skewers, made of ivory, and sometimes of wood, about the size of a common packing- needle, are used. They are sharpened at both ends, and each skewer is covered with a different colored wool ; and wich them the pattern is worked etiteh by stitch into the web. ‘The backs of these shawls, of course, show the eflect of this minute jous hendiecraft, and preseat a totally dif- pearance from the Europe the patterns of which are woven entirely on the loom. Only, however, the very inferior Paisley shawle are mede by the power loom ; the finer ones re- quiring the more delicate work of manual labor, end the numerous shades of color which are used, exch demanding a separate shuttle, render hand- loom weaving indispensable. ‘There is one disadvantage which the Paisley manufacturers labor under, which would, perhaps, never be guessed, or thought of, by the uninitiated: and though touching on 4 political question, we inust mention it in elucidation of our subject. The heavy duty oa paper, from which the French are wholly free, is severely felt in the use of the Jac- ' z * ined, though it seems so like an jasult that it requires a full It has given rise to much comment.” We are with the Mayor of New York moot de- cidedly, and think that it requires no ghost to ex- plain the absence of that functionary. the whole affair a bore, and wisely kept out of the grumbling was of no use; and, their stomachs began to give note of preparatic for the real business of the day. “At two o'clock, the whole of the troops proce ed to the Apollo Saloon, 410 Broadway, to d (leaving their horses in a few men), where plates were laid for upwards of 1Guard numbered 316 men the Boston Lancers, al street, in charge of Weshington Greys, 6 the Suflolk Band, 18; and the Washington Band, 21,” (each men bein, his own trumpeter.) in all, 525, besides other quests from New York. The entertainment was given by the National ( Doubtless, excetlin he banquets of Lueulius, served in the gorgeous Apollo, h pany having done justice to the excel- lent via he Be ate Genera! ford proposing ‘the health of Pierce, of the National Lance Lied ceived with every honor.’ The gallant Captain's reply was at onee pithy and characteristic iment in the following responded to the terme:—“ You naturally expect a I do ali my t ter and cheers ) say, I thank you from the bottom of my I give you the foll Regiment of the N: | Guard of New York, we are receiving—the precision perfection of their discipline stand for an ex- le ta the Union. (Great cheering on the part w thee,” then became the order of Colenel gave the who, Meg bor am la mote said waite = : e_ woul ve somet! to do in rela- is office, but he found he was nothing to do.” d the health of a Genergl; id everybody else's superseded, and had and then eve rybody health, till it was time i retire, when the Lancers were carried off to their quarters in a state of high delight at their entertainment, and the super-excel- le cobblers th Wedneeday was quard loom, how severely may be imagined when. we mention the followiag single circumstance :—[t is computed that fora certain Paisley shawl io contemplation for the great exmbition of aes, ear. the cost of preparing the Jacquard will be & out of which sum the daty on the card-board will be no jess than £92 15s. _ Of course, the preparation for commoner fabrics is much less costly, but still the tax is ia due pro- portion; and though it is true that the Jaequard, nee set, Will meke an infinite number of shawls, it walso true that fashion is poovertiagy fickle, and necesserily limits that advantage. fe must, also, bear in mind, that numerous desigas do not, in commercial phrase, ‘‘take;” and that, in these cases, nearly a dead Jos ia the result. Neverthe- less, our clear- headed and enterprisiag Scotchmen are not faint-heerted either at the preeent or for the future; and whet they are doing, wide windows of our moet showy London shops will tell, and the howate of fashion in this autumn season yet more advantageously display. We are certain that Paisley shawls are frequently taken for French Cashmeres, nor do we believe that any one bat an experienced desler can perceive the diflerence be- tween a chef d’-cuvre fromthe North and a Paris. shawl. Of course we are not speaking of those common fabrics which, from the exigence of cly ness, are made partly of cotton, but of the finely woven wool shawls, the imitation Cashmeres. Some of the most beautiful we have seen are made of wool imported from Austral the genuine Cashmere woo! is also freely used, as well as a fine woo! from Germany, where shawls, too, are made; but the manufacture, though of long standing, does not ficient individuality to merit any particular not For their patierns Paisley manufacturers are’ indebted both to [ndia and France, but more for the general idea of what will work well thao for any precise pattern; and so curiously successful are their own designers, that some three or four years ago a Paivley shawl was detained at the custom, house as being French. The owner of the shawl, the wife of a member of parliament, insisted upow the contrary ; but 0 positive were the authorities, that the shaw! Was only given upon Mesars. Kerr and Scott sending to them went who produced: the original pattern. _ The duty on Paisley shawls is 80 heavy in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, that it almost amounts to a prohibition, ‘a8 it does be~ tween thirty and seventy-five ceat. The loag shawls being more esteemed t the equare ones,. and considered articles of luxury, it is by no means unnsnal for denlersto ent the former in two. in order to evade the higher duty, and he two halves fine drawn together afterwards. shawls are admired on the continent, @ new shawi lately adopted called the “ Paisley.”