FRANCE.

1251

and dresses. Dyed fabrics for dresses. Dyed shawls ofvarious colours.

Novelties for dresses. Printed woollens ; and printedlight fabrics.

1549 Bertaud,— , jun., 32 Hue de Bretagne, Haris —

Optician.

Experimental crystals; spatli: quartz; and crownprisms. Achromatic object-glasses.

1550 Billiet & IIuot, 43 Hue du Sentier , Haris —

Manufacturers.

Specimens of combed wool and woollen yarn.

1551 Blanquart, Evrard, Lille (NorJ).

A frame containing photographs of various objects.[The photographs here exhibited arc shown as illus-trations of a new and rapid process of obtaining proofsfrom photographic negatives. A considerable time isgenerally necessary in taking off a print from a negative,in order to give depth and definition to it. In the presentinstance, the proofs were obtained in one minute at theutmost, by a new process, the particulars of which are notgiven. By this process, the inventor states, it is possibleto obtain tliree hundred proofs in one day, even in winter.—R. E.] __

1552 Blaquiere, Jean Marie, 6 Hue Neuve St.

Augustin , Haris —Manufacturer.

Parisian playing cards ; a new kind of playing cards.

1553 Bourgogne, A., 3 Hue du Havre, Hans —Manufacturer.

Damps, with moderator and warning chime.

1554 Boyer,VictorPlacide (Successor to Feuillet),22 Hue de la Haix, Haris — Manufacturer.(Agents, Lightly & Simon, 123 HenclmrchStreet .)

Vases ! limiting subjects, stag and boar, bronze feet andthroat; cruet-shaped, green ground, four medallions offlowers mounted in bronze; two medallions of fruit, andtwo medallions of flowers; wreaths of foliage, with flowersand fruit on white; climbing flowers on white ; imitatingthe old enamels of Limoges '; and decorated with greengarlands.

Green cup, two medallions; pair of green vases withlilies, and pair of green candelabra, en suite.

Pictures : Raphael at the Vatican, after Horace Vernct;small study of a head, after Delorme, said to be of greatvalue; Landscape and Cattle, after Demonic.

Oval table basket, turquoise ground, with cupids; roundtable basket, white, with gold fillets, Bouquets.

Plates. A variety of cups and saucers.

Vases : large, purple ground, four medallions, flowersand fruit, mounted in bronze ; and single, "VVatteau sub-ject, with flowers, without bronze.

Candelabra, turquoise ground, and subjects.

Salver, old Sevres ; two female figures, with bronze foot;plates of various designs, as specimens; and cups andsaucers, with subjects.

1555 Breton, —, 28 Hue Jean Jacques Housseau ,Ha/ris —Manufacturer.

Wooden clarionet, on Boehm’s principle; crystal flute;wooden flute on Boehm’s principle ; common flute.

1556 Tahan, Alexander, 30 Hue de la Haix , Haris —Manufacturer.

Dressing-cases made of the finest wood, ornamentedwith tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, silver or gold inlaid;fitted complete with cutlery, brushes, and glass, mountedwith silver, engraved, embossed or gilt.

Ladies’ work-tables, desks, book-cases, flower-stands, &o.,

made of tortoiseshell, ebony, tulip-wood, and rosewood;mounted with gilt ornaments, carved or inlaid.

Ladies’ jewel-cases, shawls, scents, papeterie, gloves,laces, blotting-paper, ink-stands, &c,

1557 Cail & Co., 46 Quai de Hilly , Haris —

Machine-makers.

A locomotive on Crampton’s system, with tender;lathe for turning the wheels of locomotives; mortisingmachine; sugar-cane mill; wrought iron locomotivewheel of a single piece; various specimens of sheet iron.

The exhibitors employ 2,600 workmen. The principalmanufactory is at Paris , but there are branch establish-ments at Crenelle, Dcnain, Bruxelles, Amsterdam , andGuadaloupe.

1558 Chaillottx, Lepage, & Pochon, Huiseaux

{.Loiret ) —Producers.

A cask of honey, and a box of saffron.

1559 Chenneviere, Theodore, Mbeuf and Louviers

{Seine-Inferieure ) —Manufacturer.

New fancy materials for trovsers, gowns, cloaks andlinings. Plain twilled pilot, beaver cloths, and imper-meable cloths.

1561 Chretin, Maximilian Theodore, Amiens

{Somme ) —Manufactiuer.

A Mosaic representing a human head.

1562 Ciiristofle & Co., 56 Hue de Hondy , Haris —

Manulacturers.

Large silvered tea-urn and centre-pieces; gilt andsilvered candelabra; jugs and salvers; tea and coffee-pots;cups and saucers; tureens; casseroles; round and ovaldishes ; dish covers; gilt and silvered candlesticks; winecoolers; gilt and silvered spoons, forks, and knives, andother articles for the table. Daguerreotype-plates.

1563 Clicquot, —, Courbevoie , near Haris {Seine ) —

Manufacturer.

Specimens of engravers’ tools.

1564 Colin, Joseph Remi, Epinal {Vosges )—

Marble-cutter.

Specimens of polished marbles, granites, and serpentine.

1565 Commercial Chamber op Lyons (Brosset,

sen., President).

Specimens of damask, gros de tours,brocatelles,droguets,and various other silks and stuff's.

1566 Couder, Amedee, Hue Hochechouart, Haris —

Designer.

Designs for stained paper; portieres for hangings oftapestry, for printed shawls, and other industrial designs.

1567 Connerot, Michel, 37 Hue Hourbon Ville - neuve ,

Haris —Manufacturer.

Samples of umbrellas and parasols.

1568 Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers (Col.

Morin, Director), Hue St. Martin, HarisProducer. . _

Metrical measures. Flexible, liquid, troy, and longmeasures of various materials.

[The pluase “ Metrical Measures” appears to an ordi-nary reader to savour of tautology. It is really not so,however, in the present instance; for the expression simplymeans a set of measures founded on the standard, calledthe “ Metre, ” which was adopted by the government ofFrance at the epoch of the first revolution. Tiffs standardis the ten-millionth part of the quadrant of the terrestrialmeridian, and from the measurements and calculationswhich were made at that period on an arc of the meridian