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fhctures of France took place on the 3(1 October 1827, was honoured with 

 the approbation of his Majesty Charles X. 



This munificent sovereign, whose patronage of the arts and sciences iis 

 not equalled by any of the Princes of Europe, conferred the decorations 

 of the Legion of Honour on twelve of the most distinguished artizans, and 

 adjudged twenty-two gold medals, seventy-one silver medals, and sixty-nine 

 medals in bronze, for improvements connected with the manufacture of 

 silken, woollen, cotton and linen fabrics. For works performed in metals, 

 10 gold, 27 silver, and 58 bronze medals. 



For improvements in machinery, 2 gold, 8 silver, and 1 1 bronze medals. 

 For mathematical and musical instruments, 7 gold, 5 silver, and 20 bronze 

 medals. 



For discoveries in chemistry, 4 gold, 11 silver, and 24 bronze medals. 



For productions in the fine arts, 2 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze medals. 



For china and pottery- ware, 2 silver and 6 bronze medals. And - ' i 



For various arts, including printing, 2 gold and 4 silver medals. 



The total medals adjudged were — 



Gold medals, - 48 



Silver medals, - 139 



Bronze medals, - 217 », 



Total, 404 



The Editor of the Journal of Arts, from whose pages we take the pre- 

 ceding statement, asks, What would be the effect of such an exhibition in 

 London ? We extend the question by asking. What would be the effects 

 of such an exhibition in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh } and we venture 

 to answer it. 



The artists of France and of all foreign countries have, within the last 

 ten years, not only been rivalling those of Great Britain, but in many points 

 they have greatly surpassed them, and the consequence is, that Great Bri- 

 tain is rapidly sinking from the prominent position which it formerly held 

 in the practical, and even in the scientific arts. This is owing to the ne- 

 glect of the arts and sciences by every successive government by which we 

 are ruled. The concerns of faction, and the urgencies of political, finan- 

 cial, and commercial transactions, occupy all the time and all the anxieties 

 of our Ministers. No applications, however disinterested, — no remonstran- 

 ces, however eloquent, can make the slightest impression in favour of 

 science and the arts. Even those who devote their time and their mooey 

 to introduce new arts and new materials of art, without any view to 

 their own advantage, are checked and harassed by the oppressive regulations 

 of our excise laws and our custom-house regulations, and are driven in 

 utter despair from their patriotic position. 



In other countries no sudi obstructions exist. Public boards, whose ob- 

 jects are of a scientific nature, are there composed of scientific and practi- 

 cal men, whereas here scientific and practical men are entirely excluded ; 

 and the consequence of this is, that the concerns of these boards are oon- 

 ducted at a most inordinate expence, and all improvements, and all in- 

 ventions which are brought forward to promote their objects, are overlook- 

 ed or rejected. 



