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Reports by the juries on the subjects in the thirty classes into which the exhibition was divided : Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851
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Class VIII.] AWARDS.UNITED KINGDOM , AMERICA , AUSTRIA , BELGIUM , Ac.

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William Greener, of Birmingham (59, pp. 33(5, 337).Guns very well made, harpoon guns, for w hale fishery, Ac.

Col. P. IIawker (2U5, p. 352), for improvements andperfection in punt-guns.

Lang, J., London (226, p. 354). The same merit inthe fabrication of their arms.

Mr. T. E. Mortimer, Edinburgh (267, p. 35S). Thesame kind of arms, equally well executed.

Mr. Henry Needham, London (260, p. 358). Guns,rilles, and pistols, carefully executed.

Mr. \V. Parson, of Swaffhum (270, p. 35$). The samemerits as the two preceding gentlemen.

Reeves, Greaves, and Reeves, Birmingham (244,p. 355). Beautiful collection of swords and other fieldarms, admirably embellished.

Richards, IVkstley, & Sox, Birmingham (240, p. 355.)Best guns and sporting guns, of excellent quality.

W. and J. Rigby, Dublin (230, p. 354). The samemerits as Trulock.

E. Trulock and Sox, Dublin (222, p. 353). Best gunsand pistols, of good workmanship, highly ornamentedand finished.

"Wilkinson and Sox, London (200, pp. 350-352, andillustration). Best guns and rifle pistols, of good work-manship, and swords highly ornamented and finished.

Honourable Mention has been accorded to

Thomas Fletcher (255, p. 357). Guns, rifles, andpistols.

William Grainger (278, p. 358). Locks for guns.

Mantgn and Sox (217, p. 353). Guns, rifles, andpistols.

Robert Mole (248, p. 356). Swords, side-arms of allkinds, and sword-blades.

T. H. Potts (207, p. 352). Guns, pistols, and rifles.

Powell and Sox (249, p. 356.) Guns, rifles, andpistols.

Tipping and Lawdex (247, p. 356). Guns, pistols,and rifles, and collection of trade arms.

Witton and Daw (203, p. 352). Guns and rifles.

United States .

Honourable Mention is awarded to

Rifles and pistols, of very good quality, by Mr. Sa­ muel Colt , Hartford (321, pp. 1454, 1455, and illustra-tion); Messrs. Robbins and Lawrence (328, p. 1456);and Mr. W. R. Palmer (347, p. 1457).

Austria .

Honourable Mention is awarded to

Peutschkr (114, p. 1013), for a Tyrolean target rifle;and A. C. Keiilners Nephew (116, p. 1013), for pistolsmounted in carved ivory stocks, with accessories.

Belgium .

The undermentioned are deemed worthy of the PrizeMedal:

AIM. Anciox and Co., Liege (143, p. 1156\ A com-plete and varied collection of arms, very meritorious ina manufacturing and commercial point of view.

MM. N. Bkrnimolin and Brother, Liege (150, p.1156). The same exhibition as the two former gentlemen.

M. A. Jansen, of Brussels (139, p. 1156). Collectionof sporting and ornamental guns.

M. N. C. Lardinois, Liege (151, p. 1156). A targetrifle, of first-rate workmanship, with accessories of everykind, unusually well fitted and adjusted.

M. Lepage, Liege (145, p. 115G). The same exhi-bition.

M. N. Plomdeur, Liege (146, p. 1156). Best guns,rifles, and pistols, of faultless manufacture.

M. Renkin, Brothers, Liege (141, p. 1156). Nume-rous collection of sporting and ornamental guns.

M. II. Tourky, Liege (155, p. 1156). An ornamentaldouble gun, the master-piece of a gun-maker; guns andanus of excellent workmanship.

Honourable Mention is accorded to the following:

Falisse and Trapmann (154, p. 1156), for specimensof military fire-arms; collection of nipples.

L. Malherbe (147, p. 1156), for collection of orna-mental and sporting guns.

J. Thonet (144, p. 1156), for a double gun.

J. M. Tixlot (152, p. 1156), for a double gun.

France .

The Prize Medal has been awarded to the followingExhibitors:

M. Beutonnet, Paris (58, p. 1174). Sporting gunsand arms, carefully executed.

M. F. Claudin, Paris (1057). Best guns, rifles, andpistols, of faultless execution.

M. Dkvisme (ICC, p. 1181). Sporting guns and arms,executed remarkably for taste and goodness of workman-ship.

M. Gastixnk-Renette (1611, p. 125'.. Guns, cara-bines, and pistols, of very good workmanship.

M. Gauyain, Paris (1612, p. 1254). Pistols, admirablein form and execution; sporting guns of excellentquality.

M. II. IIoullier Blanchard, Paris (1628, p. 1255).Pair of pistols, with accessories, chased and encrustedwith gold, with a case richly sculptured, in boxwood,showing an extraordinary degree of perfection in work-manship.

M. Leopold Bernard, Paris (1547, p. 1250). Doubleand single-barrelled guns of beautiful damask, and ofexcellent workmanship throughout.

M. Lepagk-Moutiee, Paris (1364, p. 1241). Sport-ing guns, of excellent quality, ornamental guns of ex-quisite workmanship, swords and side-arms of the I)ucde Luynes damask, of remarkable novelty ; bucklersand objects of art.

The under-mentioned have received Honourable Men-tion :

M. F. Berger, St. Etienne (418, p. 1198). Fancy fowl-ing pieces, of various kinds, of excellent workmanship.

M. B. Beringeu, Paris (1546, p. 1250), for goed fowl-ing-pieces.

M. Albert Bernard (1075, p. 1229). Excellent Da-mascus gun and pistol barrels.

M. Dklacouu (1582, p. 1252). Swords and sabres,imitated from various countries, See.

M. Pkklat, Paris (1681, p. 1257). For collection ofpistols, ornameuted.

Zollverein .

Prize Medals arc bestowed on the following:

Messrs. A. and E. Holler*, of Solingen (637, p. 1085).Large and varied collection of swords, blades, and side-arms, of great excellence.

M. Carl August Fischer, Liibeck(5, p. 1141). Double-barrelled rifles and fowling-pieces.

The under-noted exhibitors arc Honourably Men-tioned :

SciixiTZLER and Ivirscubaum, Solingen (4S0, p. 107S).Infantry and cavalry swords, Sec.

Scfimolz, Wm., and Co.*, Solingen and Berlin (673,p. 1087). Collection of swords.

W. and G. Pistor (481, p. 107S), for a rifle for carry-ing pointed balls.

M. C. V. IIeinletn, Bamberg , Bavaria (20, p. 1099).A rifle, carved and ornamented in the old German style.

J. A. Kuchenrhuter (21, p. 1099), for pistols.

MM. Weber and Sciiultheis, Frankfort-on-the-Maine(fi, ]). 1121). Single and double-barrelled rifles.

M. I. Schmidt, Mecklenburg-Schwerin (2, p. 1134).Guns of good workmanship.

Spain .

Don E. Zuloac.a, of Madrid . (204a, p. 134G\ is re-warded with the Prize Medal for his fire-arms and pistols,most magnificently chased, engraved, and incrusted withgold ornaments of very graceful designs.

Royal Manufactory of Toledo (266, p. 1346) is ho-nourably noticed for sword cutlery, richly ornamented.

Switzerland ,

M. V. Sauerbrey, of Bayle (68, pp. 1270, 1271), ob-

* These exhibitors have been awarded Prize Medals bythe Jury of Class XXI., in whose list their names appear.