We have been favoured with a copy of the official awards made by the juries at Vienna, to Exhibitorsin the Chinese department of the Great Exhibition, From this lint it appears that two of the highest distinctions accorded, (Diplome d' honneur,) are given to China, one to the Chinese Customs' Service as a body, and one to Mr. Hart, the head of the Service, by whom the Chinese Government was induced tomake steps in the matter, and to whose careful organization the successful representation of China at Vienna is groatly due.
OF the next distinction, the Medal for Progross—awarded to Exhibitors who have jidernblo advance layed at previous are awarded to Government of China, Ast for a collection of products useful to industry; 2nd for a collection of products of the animal and vegetable kingdom, and 3rd for a collection of woven and spun fabrics illustrating textile industry, A fourth medal for Progress is awarded to the Chinese Bahker and Taotai Hoo Kuang-yung, for his collection of silks and name Of the medals for Merit (awarded to Exhibitors who manifest superiority of workmanship, cheapness of production, or point to new openings for trade), 28 are awarded to Exhibitors from China, Of these 5, (i.e., for agriculture, substances of food as products of industry (pith paper flowers, tea, and metal ware;) are awarded to the Chinese Government, others to the Shanghai and Chefoo Customs' offices for silk, to the Swatow Customs for woodware, to the Chinkeang office for bronzes ete, ete.; a9 well as to Hoo, Taotai, (the Hangchow and Shanghai Banker) for silk piece goods, to Sung Sing-oung the Ningpo wood-carver, for his well-known productions, to the Ven. Archdeacon Gray of Canton for old porcelain, to H. Kopsch Enq. of Kiukiang for modern Chinaware toR.H. Boyce Esq., of the Oifice of Works Shanghai, for bronzes and enamels; to Foochow for its well-known Inequer ware, to Leeching and Ho-a-ching of Canton for embroidery and lacquer, and again tothe Archdeacon of Canton, for his collection of articles illustrating national domestic industry.
OF the Diplomas of merit, one is awarded to the Ven. Archdeacon Gray, for ivory carvings, one to Colonel Cooke of Ningpo for wood carvings, and one each to ching and Acum of Canton, for excellence in furniture and silk piece goods respectively.
Medals of ce-operation are awarded to all the Commissioners of Customs at the Treaty Ports, and also to Hoo, Taotai, and to Messrs, Ammhold Karberg and Ca. of Canton, We understand further that Mr. Bart, for his exertions in securing a representation of China at the Exhibition, is to receive the grand cross of the order of Francis Joseph; and Messrs, Bowra and Detring, the two Commissioners who have arranged the collection at Vienna, are to be decorated with lower insignia of the same order. Mr.
Aart is already, we believe, in possession of the order of Francis Joseph, which was bestowed upon him some three years since, vices in regard to the Austro-n Treaty with Peking.
The Chinese collection is very highly spoken of by the Vienna Press, and is regarded as one of the most successful and characteristic features of the Exhibition, The collection of silks and enamels exhibited by Hoo Taotai, our well known Banker, is much admired; and with the Customs? collection of products of the Province, illustrates in a very satisfactory and complete manner the resources of the country —industrial, agricultural and commercial— which lies immediately round us The Austrian authorities have obviously considered themselves bound to recognize and reward the liberal efforts made to assist them in China, and from the fact of the very rarely and charily bestowed Diploma of Honour being given to Mr.
Hart, we may infer that the Vienna Government is fully aware how much they influence and how little to the liberality, enterprise, or cordiality of the Chinese Government. Yet we suppose we must be thankful for small mercies, and we will not therefore' criticise too d the action of the Tsung li Yamun, which deserves perhaps the diploma of honour awarded to the Chinese Government, for its boldness in breaking through the autiquated theories and arrogant assumptions of Chinese statecraft, and for the authority, grudgingly accorded no doubt, to Mr. Hart to take the necessary steps for the representation of Chinese Commerce and Chi-
Commercial Products at the Great International Show at Vienna,
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