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VENTILATION AND WARMING OF PUBLIC BUILDI...
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9 ^§ The Sti ^ rdaij Analyst atid \ Leader . [ Nov . 24 , I 860
Tiie Exhibition Of 1862. X^7*E Condense ...
TIIE EXHIBITION OF 1862 . X ^ 7 * E condense from the speech of Sir Thomas Phillips , VY at the opening , meeting of the present" session of the Society of Arts * held on Wednesday evening , the following information with regard to the above project . The International Exhibition of Works of Art andlndustryy to be . holden in 18 ( 52 , has largely engaged the attention of the members of the Council , and occupied much of their time during . and since the close of the last session . In order that the Council should succeed in obtaining subscriptions to the guarantee fund , it was necessary to define the general conditions on which it should be contributed , and especially to name the trustees to whom the management of
the undertaking should be entrusted . The Council recommended for the office of trustees , Earl Giia ^ viixe , KG , . Lord President of the Council ; the Marquis of Chandos ; Thomas Baking , Esq ., M .. E . ; C . Wextwokth Dilke , Esq . ; and ThojiAS Faikbaikn , Esq . ; and the selection of these gentlemen has received the entire approval of the influential noblemen and gentlemen who have signified their willingness to join in the guarantee agreement . The provisions of the guarantee agreement received careful consideration from the Council , and it was resolved that no subscriber should be liable until £ 250 , 000 at least was guaranteed ; that application for a site at South Kensington should be made to the Commissioner for the Exhibition of 1851 ; that one ^ -third
part at least of the suin expended on buildings should be employed in erections of a permanent character , to be held by the Society for decennial or . other periodical Exhibitions , and when not soused , for other purposes tending to the encourageinenfc of Artsj Manufactures , and Commerce ; and that the disposal of any surplus funds should be reserved to the guaranteers for the promoting of the same objects . Active measures were taken by the Council to make their arrjragenients known to the ; members of the Society , as well as to , other influential persons connected with .. , A \ r fs ,, ^ an . iifL < e . yares * and Cotnmeree ; and the views of , ^ Ive , . Gputicii : v > f the
importance -of . periodical Exhibitions , and the value attached to them by the public as 'a meaas thereby , thte growth of art and industry may fee stifjtfjlated , and their progress ascertained and ^^ rdiedj ^ jceired . reniarkable confirmation ^ , from the protnpt js ^ fmj ^ r 0 spirit in which , the guarantee fund was si ^ bsciabecLiby a large number of influential noblemen and gentlemen , many of whom are directly interested in the operations of art and ^ industry . Although no public appeal by advertisement has been issued , and no public meeting held , the guarantee fund amounts to £ 365 , 800 , sxxbscribed by 661 persons , On the 8 th . March , I 860 , the Council transmitted to . the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 a copy of
the guarantee agreement , inviting their collective and individual support for the undertaking , and asking for tho grant of a portion of the ground at South Kensington , for the purpose be holding Exhibitions , and on- the 8 th June * 1860 , renewed their application , and nrged on the Commissioners the ptppflety of perrnati € ) ntly apprppriating ; a portion of their estate . ' foi ? prompting Exhibitions of art and industry . On the 30 tli Junej ^ 186 O the Council were informed by the Commissioners that they are willing to appropriate a portion of their estate a . t Qouth Kensington for the International Exhibition of 1 8 * 62 lent free ; to'veat in « tlVe Society of Arts , at a
moderate rehfr ^ he ; slj ; e pf fjie permanept buildings proposed to be erected ipn & part of thQgjpounc ^' pi'oviding the sum of £ 5 , 0 , 000 , be expended , in their erection ; and to reserve the remainder of , the ground for an International Exhibition in 3 872 , provided ^ £ 10 , 000 be pai d tc ^ tho Commissioners out of the | p > ceeds of the Bsifeibition of J 862 . Various questions whica have been Raised in the ' correspondence of the Council with tltoji Tr ^ teefc ' , '' have now received a satisfactory Solution . At t | ae ^ K ^ 9 ^ i . 4 h of the Trusted , a letter was addressed by the Coujdbu , ^ p ^ ei . CJoinmissiouera for tlw ) Exhibition pf 1851 ,
to -which a favourable treply has been given , and as the Commissioners have signified their willingness to afford such support and assistance to' the undettaking"ns is consistent with tb £ itf ¦ J > 0 sitipn ad ' a Chartei'da'fbtfayj aMSvith the powers doilf ^ ffiMoti ' tiiqift Ity t / heir 'OKaiiSeS ^ f |^ d ^ p 6 r ^ tfoji , '/ tlie , 0 ouno 4 ^ o ^^ en tll ^ ; ep ) 9 Ci t tftat tV ?* ^ e § wft pntei' pn their duties witljiput delay ,.. , Prince , Ar-EEftsty whose desire it has always , ' been . . to i , ' assist ovexy wcsIUiaojaisldered ; plan . iov the advanooroiont ) of ' Avb' and' ( Science in their application tp uiclua'trial . ' pursuit , lias' irinawi- fest ^ xJ his aptoroval of the ( 1 ¦
iiitendea ! l & hMtiptt / to icft < 3 ft d | f * t mnm $ M . ' ] W ^? . ^? XT ? B * Pi W ;©^/ . rm't ^ miwmtlr ^ Sr ?; : ^^ , M ? Hr * 7 Tr J ^ kW ' nm ady ^ , a ^ d , ^ , miQ |[ l pu ; s i > fip ^^^^ fpr , the renicival of difficulties and , the successful ' prpVecuiiPB pf the undertaking .
An International Exhibition in 1862 Would elicit even more valuable results than Avere achieved in 1851 if managed with the same spirit and intelligence as its great predecessor . The great expansion of our commerce , as evidenced by the increase in our exports and im 2 x > rt 8 ; the former from 71 millions iu 1850 , to 130 millions in 1859 , and 101 millions in the first nine months of 1860-r—the numerous inventions and improvements in oui- manufactures — -the large iacrease in population and wealtk-r—the extension of the means of locomotion by the multiplication of railways at home and abroad , and the desire for travel thus
engendered—the more intimate knowledge of this country by foreigners—the spread of education—the growth of liberal commercial principles ^ -an increased knowledge of and love for Art , will each and all contribute to swell tho numbers who will seek admission to the Exhibition : whilst the manifestation of the marvellous' progress of the last ten years in the staple productions of this and other countries will afford the most powerful stimulus to future improvement . The Society of Arts may be congratulated on the eminent success whifh . has attended the efforts of the Council to
provide an adequate Guarantee Fund . . . When their intention to promote the holding an International Exhibition in 18 G 2 was first made known to the public , their resolution was regarded by raanv with apprehension ^ and distrust , but the favourable opiuiou of the undertaking / which wjw ; early manifested .. by men eminent in various walks of active life , afforded satisfactory proof that the Council had interpreted aright the . feelings of their countryinen . The same motives which animated manufacturers and inventors in 1851 will exist in full force in 18 62 . Men hitherto but little known will provoke rivalry and challenge competition , whilst men better kuown and established will not be left bohind in the !> tru » - £ le for
distinction . W ~ ~ . V - i , liereibres confidently expect to witD . esi a suuceKrffui Exhibition in . 1862 , and the success of that undertaking ; will ensure the establishment of Periodical International Exhibitions of Works of Art and Industry . The foundation of such Exhibitions as a permanent institution will form an appropriate distinction of the couutry in which an international Exhibition was first conducted with entire success , We conclude , therefore , that the vexed question , whether there shall be an Exhibition in 1 S 62 or not , is now satisfactorily answered iu the ' affirmative . A short general report of the proceedings on Wednesday will be found in another article .
Ventilation And Warming Of Public Buildi...
VENTILATION AND WARMING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS . NOTWITHSTANDING tho gmit " necessity and general dc-sirc for a perfect system of ventilation for our public edifices , churches , barracks , hospitals , Jfcc . « . tp ., avo believe wo uro jiistilied in asserting that , to the present time , no recognised pluu has been adopted in this country for procuring tins groat desideratum . oi iwuuuibw
We have been told . by Members ot botu jiiquscs ' -j that , after repeated attempts and failures , the 1 ' alaco of \ N ostminster is still iu a very ine f ficient atato , botlL as regards ventilation , and warming- , though largo sums are annually expended for those purposes . And wo loam , that though tho thousands ot tubes planted at great cost for previous failures havo boon removed , the system now employed is nearly equally unsalislacijory . „ ,, 4 .: i « . * .. ¦ .-. aF 1 of tho stato of tho ventilation ot
„ Constant complaints aro made tho Courts of Law , although a holo hero and a corroapou . clmg ; ono there have boon pioi-ood for tho purposo ot supplying tno judgos of the ltvnd with an atmosulu-ro somowhat less . pcrniwoiw than they had been aooustoracd to inhalo . A rovxng Sanitary Commission has viaited Luglund , So < munc ( , and Iroland , endeavouring to supply tho inmates of lh « mma } . l oSablishmoAts , healthy or invalided , with that great nooowity for the preservation of health or tho recovery irora diBOUbO , n o air ; but , by high authority wo havo been told that their u » on » havoresulted in very . HmttllsugooHS . boon tho of
. Those attempts and failures have soureo ononuous oxponso to tho country , which it would bo advisable lor tho ture to Lpid ; and from the following extracts from a lotter ot tioliaul Peyton , E «< i in tho Bh-mi ^ ham ^ vrmlo ^ August 11 , kw ^ ( a paper of ifflr estimation in the Midland Counties ) , tto loarn that tho Government of Franco have avoided them , by adoption of a Bystom discovered by UJ . Van Woqko , wup l * wg « io want we hayo beon aiid still aro aufl ' onng from . Ihw Ifttt i w extremely intoi-Qsting , as nhowmg tho pronipt , ul ™' MS business-like naannor in which tho French Oovommen afloia inforination , whoh proporly applied to , and of » r ^ v ^' x ^ b ? wo consider tho advantages wliioh may aoonio to this ooiiuU ) JJ ^ fSS & X &^ t ^ m— ** *
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1860, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24111860/page/6/
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