Lamberti & Blynn, Market street, near Tenth; Mr. Lamberti has been long and well known in this community as a maker of caps, and his goods have always been characterized by a neatness, and prettiness of style. Those exhibited are beautiful specimens in this respect. The hats are of different qualities, and appear to your committee very commendable for their finish, and, in fact, for all the good qualities of good hats.

No. 1062, from Preston Bishop, a case containing several hats; this case was locked up, and thereby a feeling examination could not be made; as far as the eye is of use in determining the nature of the goods, they appeared very well finished, neatly trimmed, and of good color.

No. 1069, one cassimere and one moleskin hat, from Mr. Bird, ́under the Franklin House; these hats present a very good appearance, well made, good color, &c., &c., in fact, they are what is now looked for in these days of improvement and competition.

No. 1070, one cassimere hat, made by Mr. Nickerson; a well made article, and neatly got up.

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No. 1072, a case containing four hats, from the establishment of E. Kimber, jr., North Fourth street; these are of excellent color, well made, and neatly trimmed and finished. Your committee think Mr. K. deserving of great credit in the improvement apparent in all these respects.

On the top of this case are two fur bonnets, and one child's fancy hat, which are very pretty specimens of his handiwork in that line; an honorary mention, we think, is his due.

No. 1088, four hats, made and deposited by Mr. Charles Bulkley, whose establishment is under the Philadelphia Banking House; these hats were sent in and recorded a short time after 12 o'clock on. Tuesday-the case coming in before. Your committee are of opinion that these hats are deserving of notice; the senior judge declaring he never saw better, and that it is impossible to surpass them in the brilliancy of their color, lightness, and general style of finish. From the relationship existing between the chairman of your committee and the exhibitor, he feels some delicacy in recording the views of the other members, but feels compelled by a sense of duty.

No. 1095, a case of velvet caps, from Mr. Brown, New York, in the same circumstances, in regard to time of deposit, as the hats named above; they are the prettiest article of the kind in the exhibition, in the judgment of your committee, and should be noticed.

No. 1120, two hats, two caps, and one child's fancy hat, from Charles F. Raymond; these are good specimens of Mr. Raymond's manufacture.

James Walker has two hats on stands, which are good specimens of workmanship, and creditable to him as a maker of hats.

Your committee believe they have carried out the views expressed. at the commencement of this report, of bestowing pretty general commendation upon the Hats and Caps exhibited. Where there is such a uniformity of goodness, they do not think it just to pro

pose a medal for any individual: it would seem as if the neatest and best of operatives had outdone themselves, in producing these superior articles. The improvements are owing, in part, to competition in trade, and more particularly to the impetus given by the Institute, which puts forth such inducements to artisans of all kinds to exhibit their handiwork. That the Institute may still progress in the laudable designs of its foundation, is the heartfelt wish of your

committee.

Report on Chemicals.

The display of articles in this department is exceedingly beautiful, and reflects great credit on the depositors.

No. 309, a display of admirably prepared chemicals, from Messrs. Wetherell & Brother, among which the oxide of mercury may be designated as particularly good.

The oil of black pepper, and the salarine are also of very superior excellence. The specimens of crystals are also remarkably beautiful. The exhibition is also indebted to Mr. S. Wetherill, for a highly interesting display of the various Peruvian barks, in their natural

state.

No. 335, Smith & Hodgson also deposit a collection of very superior chemical preparations, among which the tannic and gallic acids, and narcotine are remarkable for excellence, and the cyanide of potassium and citrate of iron very good.

No. 327, Frederick Brown also deposits a beautiful case of chemicals prepared by Mr. Trumbull, among which the citrates of iron may be particularly designated.

No. 405, a lot of articles manufactured by Harrison & Brothers. The well earned reputation of these gentlemen is a sufficient voucher for the excellence of these preparations.

The committee were particularly pleased to see the acetate of alumine, the pyroligneous acid, and pyroliquate of iron.

No. 323, a specimen of beautifully crystalized acetate of lead, from the manufactory of Mordecai Lewis & Co., a very excellent specimen from these well known gentlemen.

No. 326, two bottles of cyanide of potassium, an article rapidly introducing itself into practice, as the solvent used in the process of galvanic gilding; a very creditable specimen of chemical preparation from the laboratory of Mr. Worthington.

No. 613,a case of pharmaceutical preparations, designed for the use of students of medicine, arranged and deposited by Edw. Parrish. The articles appear to be of excellent character, are neatly and substantially put up, and seem to be in every way fitted for the purpose for which they designed.

No. 635, a lot of chemical glass ware, made by Stephen Heintz, and deposited by L. Voigt; these articles appear to be excellent, and they unite the suffrage of all those who have used them. The forms of the bottles are well adapted to facilitate pouring, emptying, and cleaning, and every part of the apparatus appears neatly designed

and well executed. The committee did not test the graduations, believing that this will be best done by each purchaser for himself. Among the articles not properly included among chemicals:

Nos. 306 to 308, loaves and jars of sugar, manufactured and refined without the use of blood, by Messrs. Lovering, of this city; this article is of a very superior character, and the committee consider it as well worthy the attention of the Institute.

No. 346, a box of excellent isinglass, from C. Delacour; this article was exhibited at the last exhibition, but was too late to come under the notice of the judges. It appears to be a very good article, and may be recommended to those who have use for it.

No. 373, some very beautiful glue, deposited by C. W. Gschwind; this has met with high approbation from all who are judges of the article. The committee strongly commend it to attention.

No. 388, adamantine candles, by Hancock & Mann, of Baltimore; this is a very beautiful article, which appears to be taking the place of the spermaceti candle.

No. 351, a lot of articles from Mr. Morfit, exhibiting the products of the various processes in the manufacture of stearine candles from lard; the specimens are highly interesting, and show, in a very clear light, the method of the manufacture. Mr. Morfit claims the discovery of a new method of purification without saponifying, about which claim the committee know nothing, but consider Mr. Morfit, (a very young man) as deserving all credit for his unremitting industry in perfecting and extending this important manufacture.

There are deposits of fancy soaps by Curtis Taylor & Son, No. 301. Perfumery, by Jules Hauel, No. 324, and N. B. Hinton, No. 347, all of them excellent of their kind; but a great superiority in this article must be accorded to Mr. Roussel, No. 333, for his very beautiful and admirable exhibition of fancy soaps and perfumery. Mr. Roussel's merits have already been decided upon by a great many of our citizens, and the committee can say nothing which would add to his well earned reputation.

The committee recommend the following awards:

To Wetheril! & Brothers, No. 309, Smith & Hodgson, No. 335, and Lawrence Trumbull, No. 327, certificates of honorable mention, for the general excellence of their chemical preparations deposited.

To Edward Parrish, No. 613, for the neatness and excellence of his pharmaceutical preparations.

To Stephen Heintz, No. 635, for the excellence of the chemical glass ware deposited by him.

To Lovering & Co., Nos. 306 to 308, for their display of steam refined sugar.

To Charles W. Gschwind, No. 373, for the excellence of his glue. To Hancock & Mann, No. 388, for the beauty of their candles. To Campbell Morfit, No. 351, for his interesting display of the various preparations of stearine.

To Eugene Roussel, No. 333, for his admirable display, and the general excellence of the articles manufactured by him."

Additional Report.-Our attention having been called to the article of Jeweler's Rouge exhibited, we have taken the pains to inquire of those who have used it, and find that they unanimously recommend it as a very superior article for jeweler's purposes. We therefore request to have added to our former report, the following recommendation.

For No.-, jeweler's rouge, to Mrs. Mary West, a certificate of honorary mention, for the excellence of the article.

Report on Straw Goods.

The Judges on Straw Goods beg leave to make the following report on the articles referred to them:

No. 214, specimens of No. 5 and 7, Amazon braid, manufactured by A. Casseli, New York; the braid is purely white, exceedingly even and regular in texture, and of proper quality for the number. This article is deserving of high praise as a domestic fabric, and when made up, presenting a light, durable, and beautiful bonnet, equal, if not superior, in these respects, to any thing of foreign production. The committee would recommend to the manufacturer a certificate of honorable mention.

No. 215, Amazon braid bonnets, made up by S. D. Hall & Co., of New York, who are entitled to praise for the purity they have preserved in the color of the braid, in getting up a neat and tasty bonnet.

No. 1084, a glass case containing Amazon and Florence braid bonnets, manufactured by Thomas White, of Philadelphia; although received too late for competition, yet are entitled to much merit for the superior manner in which they have been made; equal praise is also due to the palm leaf hats, and hair edgings, by the same maker.

Daniel B. Legg has also deposited some hair edging, entitled to attention, but received too late for competition.

No further samples were presented to the committee worthy of mention; we would also further state, that, in our opinion, it is in bad taste to present for exhibition bonnets made up of braid, or other material, of foreign nature, and the more so when that braid gives much more than half the value to the bonnet.

The committee are sorry to add that they are much disappointed in the very poor display of the articles belonging to Straw Goods; the variety and quality is poor, and the quantity very limited. This subject is worthy of more attention by the manufacturers of our country, and we do not err in saying, that over a million of dollars have been paid in one year by the United States, to foreign countries for articles in this line, and even now many hundred thousand dollars are yearly lost to us in the same manner. We have in our land all the variety of raw material, and the specimens in other goods in this hall, certainly prove that our manufacturers have equal skill with those of other lands: we trust that at the next exhibition of this Institution, the Committee on Straw Goods may have no cause of like complaint.

Address of Dr. ROBERT M. PATTERSON, at the close of the Thirteenth Exhibition of American Manufactures, held by the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, October, 1843.

Philosophers have long embarrassed themselves in the search after some characteristic difference by which man could be distinguished from the other animals, and which might constitute, as it were, the definition of our species. The power of speech has been selected for this purpose; but the babble of the parrot and the jay shows that this power does not belong to us alone. The possession of reason has been supposed to be peculiar to man, and to be a sufficient characteristic ; but the man who, submitting to the evidence of his senses, will examine the various actions and devices of the inferior animals, many of them of such a kind and under such circumstances as to forbid a reference to blind instinct, and who yet will deny that they are capable of reasoning, must, I think, be himself greatly deficient in this boasted faculty. Another definition of man has been derived from his erect port, and his countenance raised to heaven, so that Aristotle thought he had characterized the species, when he defined man to be a featherless biped. But many of the apes, and particularly that caricature mockery of man, the ourang-outang, show that this definition is insufficient; and, you know, that to throw it into ridicule. Diogenes, the laughing philosopher, plucked the feathers from a cock, and, casting it into the school of the Stagyrite, exclaimed-behold the Man of Aristotle!

Franklin, whom we may, I hope without unpardonable irreverence, consider as the patron saint of our institution, has suggested another characteristic of man, and defines him to be the animal that uses tools. And, in fact, what is it that has constituted man the head and lord of the animal creation? We know that he is naturally weak; how then has he erected the massive temples, and the cloud-capped towers? by machinery. He is by nature defenceless; what then has given him such power, that the lion and the tiger tremble before him?-his terrible instruments of destruction. He is naturally naked and exposed; yet by tools and machinery, he forms, from the wool' and fur of animals, and the fibres of plants, clothing, so well suited to the circumstances in which he may be placed, that he inhabits, with comfort, every climate. His sight is limited; but, by the aid of instruments of his manufacture, his view is extended from the minutest atom, to the distant worlds which circle in the heavens. While other animals have the enviable faculty of traversing the air and the waters, he is naturally confined to grovel on the surface of the ground; but he has constructed the silken balloon, in which he may soar in safety above the clouds, and the majestic ship, in which the ocean is made his highway, and the winds his ministers.

Without pretending to consider this subject further, in the point of view in which I have presented it, it is impossible not to perceive, that it is to tools, implements, and machines, of various kinds, extra