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must do justice to their quality and the moderate scale of their prices. Those cloths, made from Saxony wool, leave little to be desired as to face or appearance, and absolutely nothing as to quality, in respect ofstrength of texture and fastness of colour.
Segovia has sent some samples of its common cloths ; and the manufactory of Eenedo, at Santander, a fewspecimens of the beautiful series it furnished to the Exposition at Madrid .
A few beautiful silk fabrics from the celebrated silk-works at Talavera do not suffice to convey an adequateidea of its products. A more complete series has been forwarded from Valencia, consisting of silk stuffsfor curtains and furniture, at 36 reals the vara ; “ gros ” for robes, at the same price ; velvets, at 60 ; otherkinds, for cushions, waistcoats, &c. Of ribbons the contributions are very scanty. (Silk ) blondes are wellrepresented by the lace of this kind exhibited by M. Margaret and M. Fites, of Barcelona. The first of theselace manufacturers employs 1550 workmen. Robes, mantles, veils, scarfs :—the delicate tissues of thisdescription in the collection leave nothing to be desired. The reputation of these fabrics is established; theyare in general demand, both in France and England.
The contributions of Spain in carving, and other works in wood, are but few, yet they are of indisputableinterest. The escrutoire, of inlaid woods, the tables of a like description, from eminent cabinet-makers ofMadrid , and the table in mosaic from Barcelona, and into the composition of which enter 3,000,000 of separateminute pieces, supply a faithful evidence of the ability and skill of her artists in this kind; but they shouldhave sent, also, the samples of beautiful furniture they produce with all that elegance of form which the tasteof the present day demands.
The contents of the Spanish Exposition do not correspond with the condition of the various branches ofSpanish industry. In this respect the collection must be considered as deficient in specimens of papers of allkinds, although it possesses a few fine samples. But it will be seen how much more extensive and completethat series should have been, when it is considered that Catalonia alone employs 16,000 persons in the papermanufacture, and produces 700,000 reams annually. Fans and soaps are better represented. The stearicproducts come from Madrid . One of these last specimens is a white soap, “cold-made,” invented byM. Leon et Rica, of Madrid . He affirms that he can prepare, in four-and-twenty hours, a sufficient quantityof this new manufacture to meet any extent of demand that could be made for it. The establishment ofM. Canales, at Malaga , contributes specimens of his essence of citron and citric acid.
Among the various productions transmitted from the Spanish colonies must be noted some Havannah cigarsof very superior quality. The excellent tobaccos which the island of Cuba contributes to commerce are grownon a belt of territory of no very great extent, adjacent to the western coast of Cuba , and named “ Vaeltade Abajo.”The soils adapted to the culture of this product, and which are generally the margins of rivers, are so numerousin that part of the island we have just alluded to, and in many other of its localities, that they could furnishexcellent tobacco for the supply of the whole world. But some economic obstacles have been opposed,hitherto, to the development of this culture.
The Patriotic Society of Manilla likewise has sent to the collection tobacco leaves of the varieties that arereared in the Bisayan Islands,—the cigars manufactured from which are beginning to he introduced into Spanish consumpition.—R. de S.
1 Ceeain (D. Juan Bautista), Maestu , Alava —Manufacturer.
Ore from the Somo-rostro mine.
Calcined ore.
Slag and iron, in different states.
2 The Inspector of Mines of the Disteicts ofTarragona and G-erona.
1 Samples of galena, from the Government mines ofFalset, province of Tarragona.
2 Auriferous quartz, from the Carolina mine, Culera,province of G-erona.
3 X). A. O., Guadalajara.
Silver ore from mines discovered six years ago at Hien-delaencina, Guadalajara,
4 The Inspectoe of Mines of the District ofGuipuzcoa.
1 Iron of first smelting, worked at Orulantequieta, andis found in beds of from 1 to 5 yards in thickness. It isused mixed with three parts of Somorrostro smelting.
2 Iron of first smelting worked at Aldaes Iturry, andfound in beds of from 1 to 4 yards in thickness.
3 Galena , from Lordiz, where it is found more or lessmixed with sulphuret of zinc in a layer of 2 feet thick-ness.
4 Blende and Galena , from Yizcoch. These two speciesof ore are found in great abundance, in a vein of iron-spar,about 1J yards in width.
5 Lignite, from Iquelzo-putzuco-on-doa. The thicknessof the bed is.from 2J to 4 feet.
great abundance near the surface, in a layer of spar-ironof 3 yards wide.
7 Galena , worked at Mocorrotz, and found in a ver-tical vein, of variable thickness ; fluor-spar accompaniesthis ore.
8 Galena , from the two mines situated in Olaquineta..Found more or less associated with blende; iron andcopper pyrites are also met with, but in small quantity.
9 Ore of Artzorrotz ; consisting of galena, with more orless blende, and iron and copper pyrites.
10 Galena , from Lastaolaburo, containing blende indivers proportions, and also copper and iron pyrites, ac-companied with fluor-spar and quartz.
11 Calamine, from Astovide.
5 The Director of the Mines of Linares.
1 Sulphuret of lead, from the Arrayanes mine, knownby the commercial name of alquifou.
2 Lead after the first smelting, from the above ore,and employed for founding, not being so pure as thealquifou or potter’s ore.
6 The Inspectoe of Mines of the Distkict ofDa Mancha.
1 ^ Micaceous clay slate, from the lower Silurian for-mation. 2 & 3 Calymene tristani, from this formation.4 Sandstone ( Acenisca ) with Spirifer trigonalis and otherbivalves from the Devonian formation.
5 Compact Eufotite, in contact with the vein of theConcepcion mine.
6 Virgin quicksilver from the Valdeazogues mine; 7,from the Concepcion mine ; and 8, from the inter-vein.