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'''- ^ JX BDKflbH . ' * " f ? ' ^ f ™^ siuH .-Goreions " * ai the " pounds , attached to it ; now in tbe possession of M . Sover , of gaBtsonomuj celebrity , hare undergone a perfect metamorphosis / and the arrangements are now completed for the reception of the hosts who ara eipected to visit the Exhibition of the Crystal Palace . The rooms have been decorated in the Btyles of all nations , and in styles , which are referrible to no particular nation . The gardens have fcaenlaxd out in a stylo of noveltyand present a _ ~ - ¦ - wsJ ^^ - M . Botttfi' BiiimiW - r . " V " - i"i ' - to , DUIStt B DIMPOSIDiL—GOrA-nntlun « nrl tha
, moat original appearance . There are statues , vases fountains , grottoes innumerable , illuminated flower teds , tariegated lamps , gravel walks , grass plots and all manner of attractions ; a covered gallery 130 yards long , in which ia a table reaching from one end to the other , and a tablecloth of commensurate dimensions . The place swarms with attendants , pages , ' . &c-t « md preparations oeem to have been made to furnish refreshments to all the nations of tFEfV- ™* * certai ^ y » tooth worthy the World ' s . Fair , and w calculated as well to astonish vrtth its appearance as to gratify with its accommodation . -
^^ ^^^^ -The example offered by 21 . Soyer in the establishment of his "Symposium " ™^ flW ? l - * "i beea foUowed ty a Frenchman named MouSet , who opened , oa Tuesday , through the wuM ctome \ of a public dinner , a new tavern » t Knightebnd ge-green , under the above denomina-5 . i -i . t- ge pi ^ £ round has ueen chosen for tne building , and very extensive premises hava Been erected with a view to afford accommodation to as many visitors to the Great Exhibition a 8 may reel duposed to take their refreshment in the immediate neighbourhood . This new hotel does not present the same " pictorial" attractions as that of M . Soyer , but . the arrangements which have been made for the benefit of " diners-out" at this memorable season appear to have been determined with & due regard to the pnblic convenience , and the general accommodation is sufficiently extensive to command a very fair share of patronage from all nations .
• Thb ExainmoK is Sfais . —The Exhibition is producing effects even in Spain , the papers of which ate filled with English advertisements addressed to Exhibition visitors . .. . . - ; SpA 3 asHYisrroB 3 . —A Spanish steamer haa beeu pat sn to ran from Santander to Southampton , for the Exhibition . She is called the M . A . Heredia , and makes her first trip ( this day ) Satnrday . The fares are £ 0103 . and £ 510 s . She is to return from Southampton ± y Havre to Santander , and as passenger * ' can join at Havre , they can , If they like , make a stay of a fortnight in London , and return fcy the same steamer . . MlLITARI PflEPASATIOXB FOB THE GRAND
ExHIsinos . —For some time past the Duke of Wellington and Sir George Grey have been making the necessary military-and police arrangements ,, for the ensuing Grand Exhibition . At the Catalry Barracks , Knightsbridge , ' they have allotted a certain portion of the building for the reception of the 2 nd battalion of the Grenadier . Guards . A portion of the 1 st battalion of theRifle Brigade ( now quartered at Dover ) will march to . Woolwich ' , and the other to the Tower of London , . where the necessary preparations have been made for them . . The 1 st Royal Dragoons from Nottingham , and the 8 th Hussars from Brighton , will be" stationed in half billets at Hampstesd and Highgate . The 4 th Light Dragoons , from Dublin , will be quartered in the barracks at Uxbridge . The
following will be the stations of the cavalry : —1 st Life Guards , Regent ' s Park , and a portion of the Boyal Horse , Gaards ( Blue ) , from Windsor , 2 nd Life Guards , Knightsbridge Barracks , Hyde Park ; 16 th Lancers , Hounslow , and a portion at Kensington Barracks ; the l ? th Lancers , from Newbridge , to Woolwich . Infantry : —1 st Battaiion Grenadier Guards , Windsor ; 2 nd ditto , Knightsbridge ; 3 rd ditto , St . George ' s Barracks , Trafalgar-square ; CoWstream Guards , 1 st Battalion , Tower ; 2 ndditto , Wellington Barracks , St . James ' s Park ; Scot * Foalier Guards , 1 st Battalion , Portman-Btreet , Barracks , Oxford-street ; and 2 nd Battalion , St . John ' s Wood Barracks . A strong reinforcement of artillery lias already arrived at the Tower from Woolwich . Several other regiments will , ia all probability , be quartered in the vicinity of the metropolis . * The Chelsea Oat-Pensioners have been inspected , and
those who volunteered their services on last pension day hare received their equipments , muskets , bayonets , swords , &c , and will be quartered at Paddington , Kensington , Hammersmith , ' and other districts during the Exhibition . The number will exceed 3 , 000 men . " With respect to the police regulations , liey could not have been better carried out than for the occasion . The metropolitan police ha 3 beeu increased by 900 men ,-making an effective force of 6 , 700 constables , besides superintendents , inspectors , and sergeants ; and of these , a certain number of the moat experienced offieershave been selected from the different divisions and formed into a regular corps of reserve , who will do the special duty during the Exhibition , as they are well acquainted with all characters . The city police has also been increased by 150 men , making a force of 650 officers , besides inspectors , sergeants , &c There will also be a selected number as a ' reserve and detective f > rce . —2 hn « .
Fecal Arraxgeueki fob Ofeskg the Exhtbisiox . —Tfle greatest excitement prevailed in and . about the Crystal Palace ; the offices for the granting of season tickets and other passports being incessantly besieged . The foreigners were still unpacking and arranging ; while in the British department the steam was laid on in the engine-room , Sir If . Bishop and other musicians tested the organ pipes , and her Majesty and the Prince spent some time in looking about . It was amiounced that exhibitors and their assistants must beat their places before nine , that seats would be kept for ladies till half-past eleven , and that all except those in personal attendance on the Queen would be expected to appear in morning dress . The violent hail-storm did not the least damage , o&ly a few stones finding their way through one or two broken parts . Mr ! I " ox , the contractor , it will Be known with pica-Sure , is sufficiently recovered to attend the ceremonial .
Some of the exhibitors , persisting in their efforts to obtain a free admission , presented a petition to the Quee . i through Sir George Grey . It is stated that the decision of the Commissioners was unanimous on this subject and wa 3 made "for the following reason : — "That there are no less than 15 , 000 exhibitors ; that each exhibitor has the privilege Of admitting tme assistant to superintend his production , and that if the privilege sought were granted , 30 , 000 persons would daily enter the building free of charge ; that there are 350 local committees of thirty ? members each , and a lar » e cumber of sectional committees ; tftat the local commissioners and sectional commissioners , as well as the Koval commissioners , and executive officers ,
% ud the subscribers to the Exhibition iuud , have an equal , if not a stronger claim than the exhibitors to free admissions ; and that , as it wonld be impossible to admit all these parties gratuitously , no free admissions will begivec . It was also mentioned , in support of this decision , that when the exhibition waa first mooted , it was intended tuat all exhibitors should pay for the space allotted to them , but , aa the liberality of the public had rendered this arrangement unnecessary , 'It was unreasonable in . exhibitors now to couig forward and expect gratuitous entry to the building . " The Exceeded Exhibitors . —The exhibitors having rccittd no reply , to their petition to tbe Q ueen , reassembled in great numbers on
Wednesday afternoon , in the large room at the Trevor Arms , opposite the Crystal Palace . A deputation from their body went over the building , to seek a Teply from the commissioners . Here they were shown a note , said to have been penned hy Prince Albert , which : stated that the Qu « n wonld visit the Exhibition some Saturday , during tbe hours before the public are admitted , when atl exhibitors would be invited to be present in their places , to aaswerany iuquiries which her Majwty might de sire to make respectine the ' ar&cfc ' s * eihttntej . -ifley returned to the meeting , where tie chair / nan recounted what had passed , " under a rising tumult « disapprobation , which , by temperate words and Manner he succeeded in subduing . Hehowever
, , considered the conduct of tbe commission was very « awoj thy of them , but he hoped tho meeting would * - ' 9 content with passing a vote of eensure . - After o ? e or two other members had expressed their Opi-• Waj , 3 Ir . Minion said that the country exhibitors woul d return home with -damped , spirits .- He ironed , however , that the meeting would behave : = i loyal subject ? , and not slow fueling against her wno could do no wrong , and expressed his convic" 5 a that the -Priuee himself was" bliniied by those -round him . When the Exhibition was first projected , the travelling commissioners throuffb the
gantry were most Wand in their deportment , and "Weeded in inducing them to open their cheque-™ ° " , put on their workmen , - and get up the jveain , and all to be insulted by exclusion from the «| "lum » . Hewonldheartilyseconcia voteofcensnre . rrV !? 5 n CM . ders »*» tepreseritativcof the Jersey -r ultntOM , said they expected free admission , and £ * as represented to them that they would have it , v comtniss ioners ' who invited them . —Mr . . ' , j * er said-the commissioners stultified tbem-* -wes when they pretended it was physically imyP ^ we to findroom for the exhibitors on Thursday , ^ tnis difficnltvwaa to be < rot over if thev paid
^ entrance money . —Mr . Whitcock reminded the r ^' ttig tliat Arkwri ght - and Watt were poor and ^ uiable men ,- and might they not be excluding ?}" such men to-morrow ? How many were were present who fca < l struggled beyond their J ^ eans to fit up what they had " sent into the Exhibition , and it was bitter " irony to tell them they ^ y !> uy tickets of admission . The commissioners * ei"e men who did not know the vnlse of a week ' s ?[* £ « . —Mr . Porter , of Dublin , said he was one of ~ Srst persoiiS waited upon by the commissioner * nt to Ireland , Mr . Cole . WeproroiFed , said be , 10 do our best , - hut what we have done bill rejoited . —J . JJeal . Esq ., barristcr-at-law , " said that * o «[ document . shown to them as Prince . Albert ' s TOting ^ many pencil erasures and additions .
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^ considered the JS ^^ bad insulted an ^ hetrayed . ^^ e ^ Wl » ah . then , proposed thn followmg : resofation ; % bieaT > ftt « ' adopted : — ' * That thu 3 ttog . < m&w . yUbJ 4 eep iegr , et the decision the ¦ Boyal O ^ IPiSBioeexs liave " . coii ' o . to of excluding the exbibitio ^^ fronVtt » ? » S which their industry-and m 6 he / * avey ^ . D' 8 De ^» ao as attract theatte ' ntionand admirV ' ° ^ wn ° k W 9 rld , and they regard this decision M impolitic , unjust , ungenerous , and most disheafk ' ngt 0 tne exhibitor 3 , and as tending to tarfflsh . one of tne moB ' glorious events of tlTe reien of her Moafc Gracious Majesty . " S - . ^ r ^» jwfej »! iff ga taSS ^ R ^ WSt- l ^ f » f «!« ' . * " . : iOWUlB ' . resnVnf'inn- . to » , 5 « i , <>«~ . ' liJii «» n j . nvk . t
_ AuaiBiw Specimbki of Priniiso . — i . ne m V ^ - rial and government printing establishmeiili . at Vi " enna occupies in " the " Cryral Palace some 1 , 00 b . eet of counter . In thin space h represented the manJ branches of printing for which ' this concern , the largest in the world , is . so . jiutly celebrated . Although but ten years have elapsed ginee its first formation , thanks to the gitted energies of Councillor Auer , Europe is indebted to . it for very many discoveries In science ; and important improvements in
the art of printing . Amongst the specimens are examples in photography , falvano-plaBtio , andgal-TaHOgraphy , chronolithography , and chemityopy . The latter is a new discovery , b y which the IodJjaought-for means of printing copper-plates like wood-cut 3 have been achieved . One of the most remarkable of the many books , is that in which Auer s collection of some 400 languages appears , and this is accompanied by the actual steel punches of the individual type , as a proof of the enormous resources of the establishment in Vienna .
OPENING OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ON THUBSDAY , MAY 1 st . THE ROYAL PROCESSION . The history of this eventful May-day commences with the Royal procession from Buckingham Palace to the Great Exhibition building . , The day opened beautifully fine . It was one of the " Queen ' s days . ? ' In the morning the atmosphere was clear and crisp : the sun shone brightly ; and there was every indication that , even with Te .
gard to her climate , EBgland would on this occasion look her hest . This pleasant and promising state of things continued up to about eleven o ' clock . The sky then became slightly overcast ; light clouds floated about—the relics of April straying into May —and about half-past eleven o ' clock a sprinkling shower fell over the parks ; but it was the shortest shower of the spring , and it cea ? ed exactly and precisely as the procession was about to start . It then continued fine until the Royal cortege reached the Crystal Palace . Her Majesty rode on her way , in the midst of htt . Engtisb . subjects , favoured with the most unequivocal English sunshine .
All pedestrian London flocked into the parks . From six o ' clock in the morning the population of the Surrey side poured across the bridges ; the hordes of the far East precipitated themselve 3 into Holborn and the Str and ; and at eight and nine o ' clock Piccadilly and Oxford-street , Parliamentstreet , and the Kensington-road , presented one densely-packed mass of human beings—all intent upon one object—to see the palace , and , if pot stole , at the same time , to see the Queen ; but , at any rate , determined to see what was to be seen . Hjdeparkfilled first . . Crowds had rushed in from the
first moment at which the gate 3 had been opened ; and those who got in first found that others bad been before them . St . " Jame 3 ' s-park was comparatively free for carriage ? and equestrians up to ten o ' clock . Not until apparently the word ¦ . had'been passed that Hyde-park could hold no more did the psopls fall back into the neighbourhood of Bucking , ham Palace . Across the Green-park , on their way horn Westminster-bridge to Hyde park , some hundred thousand men women ; and children , might be
seen to pour for three consecutive Hours up to eleven o ' clock . It was as , the flight of locusts—ceaseleis and dreadful ; and , like locusts , they , must have destroyed the grass on their way . These having ascertained that Hyde-park-corner was impassible , at last sacrificed the hope of getting into proximity with the Palace , and gradually filled the Mall , . Constitution-bill , and the pound in front of Buckingham Palace , and to the right at the head of Birdcage-walk . ¦' . . - "
In time motion ceased , as if further , motion , in the densely-packed place were impossible ; and then there was a still orderly mass—densest near the front of the Palace , but everywhere dense , to a P erson standing with his back lo tbe gales of .. the Royal Palace , and facing the Mall , the spectacle was wonderful .. All that was visible was" a sea of heads , bats , and bonnets , dotted here and " there with a mounted policeman' or guards-trooper , and fringed with the light foliage . of the Mall trees . It is probable that so many human beings were never , nntil now , seen together in London . The most perfect order was maintained throughout .
From the Palace up ConstUution-hiil to Hydepark-corner , the Horse Guards and the police kept a line for the procession . The same precautions were taken all along the route , up Rotten-row to the building . We saw no instance of disturbance of any moment during the : whole morning . The arrangements of the commissioners of police were admirable ; and though necessarily defective as regards the carriages , they were perfectly successful in respect to the pedestrian pnblic . Well-dressed gentlemen and ladies were present in thousands " and
the female part of the crowd received an amount of attention honourable to bur national politeness . While the procession was awaited ; and in progress , the weaker sex were in front of 1 ' the line , " and everywhere got the beat places . The display of parasols was , of course / enormous ; mi as ibey waved over the hatted roofof the mob proper , the parti-colours gave the ¦ appearance of shofcsilfc screens . There were not so many foreigners in tbe crowd as might have been expected ; but there they undoubtedly were in great numbers .
The only bouses from the windows of which a si g ht could lie got of the- procession are those in Grosvernor-place and at Hyde-patk-coiner . Here , however , were fashionable throngs , chiefl y of ladies , to the very house-tops .- The roof of Apsley-house was crowded—a geniality in connexion with that locality hardly anticipated . The roof of the , keep , er's lodge of Hyde park was pacKed in the same manner . There was , at these ' points , ~ a . great waving of white handkerchiefs ; and here , as ihe Queen was passing from beneath the . Wellington to the Hyde-park . arch—pedestrians " everywhere , horses aud carriages on each side , and th ' e houses with their window-occopants : in si ght—the scene was the most animated of any during the procession . Here , at least , the cheering was loudest .
The Queen is always punctual , and , - precisely at the time appointed for her setting out—half-past eleven—the Horse Guards widened the path , and the brigade band of the household troops within the quadrangle svas heard to play ¦ ' , God Save the Queen . " At this moment the new front of the Palace was put to a use never contemplated b y thost ' vfab-lnne been so eager in their denunciation of the architect . The many windows gave to her Majesty ' s household the opportunity they never before enjoyed so perfectly of seeing a state procession . The balcony over the centre bronzed gateway was occupied by a most interesting party , the Royal children , attended by several ladies . . These attracted great attention . .
The royal procession consisted of seven or eight carriages . It was , in'its order , in many respects different from the state procession ' s with which v ; e are all'familiar on the occasions of opening or proroguing asession of parliament . We saw , none of ¦ he Gentlemen Uahers , none of the Exons and Yeomen of the Guard . There were trumpeters , btu we did not hear their trumpets . And , as : the : most jmportant distinction , the carriages , even her Majesty ' s , were drawn by single ' pairs of borse 3 . Her Majesty ' s carriage was not the state carriage ; bm it was sufficiently open to enable most of her subjects , to see her to advantage . The occupants of the . carriages were the Lords and Ladies in waiting , the Lords of the Household , the Maids of Honour , with some oi the ladies of the s « i 7 e of the " Princess of Pruss i a . ¦ .
The Queen and Prince Albert were greatly cheered as th-sy passed into the Park from the Palace . Her Majesty and her consort received the welcome of the people in a manner intima ting undisguised satisfaction . The carriages were driveniat a rather smart trot along the route , and , thus curiosity was not so perfectly satisfied as at other times , when royalty in state presents itself in public . The Duke of ¦ Wellington was very eagerl y looked for araor . g the Iadie 3 and gentlemen in the roya \ carriages , hut he had been before her Majesty , and was already awaiting her at his post .
The Prince and Princess of Prussia , guests at Buckingham-palace , were also sought for j but they were not observed in the procession . Several of ihe rojal carriages liad been , perceived in thepa ' a earlier in the morning , filled with officers in \ at Prussian uaiform . ¦ The royal cortege passed in an avenue xii human beings along the whola routt ' . Her Mijesty uerer heard such loud and . lejatlttntd enfltt * before .
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««S" •« UIU 1 . V .. of voices Mist have convinced her 6 f her popularity . ¦ . : - " B ^ W tt ^ ' ^ i tS ^ hJngite &a ^ and Piccadilly liBe o f road pr « ent * d an almost unbroken double line of . carriages for three miles , ibe line commenced some distance westward of nensington Church , and continued without intermission to Sloane-street—between which place and Apaley-house the road was unoccupied . At Apsley . house the line recommenced , and one unbroken stream of carriages , still double , ran to the end of the Haymarket , the adjacent streets on either aide being also filled . Oxford-street and the Park itself were in the same crowded state . Hundreds mu 3 t have started from their homes at : a > am- aMnw 1 >« popaluiiy . . ¦ : . ¦ - ¦ . - ¦¦ : ' ii . / .. . ¦•_! . « . - » -1 1 . » l ;_ . . ; ... ; ,
seven , eight , aDd nine in the morning , who could tov ot have reached the scene of the daj ' s / ete before tfs ' e afternoon . A 3 *
impeded the police and military . Piccadilly , fof either carriages or . pedestrians , was impassable , after the procession had crossed , until about halfpast twelve . The scene opposite Ap 3 ley-hpuse , for half an hour , was the scene witnessed at Epsom when the Derby is being run for . The vehicles were quite stationary ; and men stood on the roofs of omnibuses and cabs as if to see a race . Not , indeed , during the whole day wes it safe for a pedestrian to venture into the road from the Hayraarket to Albert-gate . Nevertheless / we have not heard of any accidents . The worst day 6 i the World ' s Fair -for we , shall see no such crowd again—was , therefore , so far fortunate . .
THE CEREMONIAL WITHIN THE BUILDING . The ceremonial , preparatory to the opening of the World a Great Fair , took place under ihe most brilliant circumstances . If , amoDgst any of the . in habitants of " Doubting Castle " there still lin " gerea the sli ghtest misgivings as to tbe success of the Exhibition , ¦?• the pomp , tbe pride ; and circumstances of the grand inauguration within the building must have completely dissipated them . Whenthe procession reached the Crystal Palace tae sun shone forth with peculiar lirillianw , as if the mate statue of the Apollo Belvidere . within the building had been animated with consciousness to gild with his rays the Festival of N alions , and to greet with his usual favour the Queen of the British isles . ¦ ¦ ¦ ••• ¦¦> • .
Wilton the buiWing it was quite astonishing to see the preparation that had been made . At seven o clock there was nothing unsi ghtly to be seen along the whole range of the building , and the efforts that must have been made-to place the interior in Buch a state of preparedness must have been quite unprecedented in the race of Force againstTime . . For the reception of her Majesty a platform was raised to the north of the ' eentre transept , on which a chair of state , covered with crimson velvet , with a deep gold border , was placed . ¦; Over the chair of state an octagon canojpy was extended , trimmed with blue satin and draperies of blue and white Before the chair rose the beautiful glass-fountain , glittering as a precious stone in the morning beams . Behind rose ' the stems of the Oriental plants and the stately elm , one of tbemosfc aereeableand refreshin *
parts ot the , whole view . Along the galleries of the mam western avenue , the department for British goods , a succession of the most beautiful carpetry was suspended , like bannerets , only more splendid m . a knightl y hall of old . Along the . foreign ave- ' sue everything stood revealed in . its best , and tho vista along the whole line was perhaps the most splendid and extensive , as apiece of art and human contrivance , ever presented to human view . ¦ To witness such a si ght it was to bo expected that the doors of the building would be blockaded at an early hour , and , indeed , such was the pressure , that tne orders of the commissioners had so far to be departedjrora that the doors were opened twenty minutes before the specified time , ' viz . , nine o clock - . Then the rush for seats began , and in the shortest t «» e eTery good position was occupied . The ladies were accommodnted with seats on the front , the gentlemen standing behind , or occupying the gallerie
s ., .. . • HerMajesty ' sCommissionersiassembled at halfpast eleven p ' clock . ih "the " transept , opposite tbe platform , together with their executive committee , and the forei gn acting commissioners , in full dress , or in plain evening drees . . ' His Grace the . Archbishop of Canterbury ,. ' her Majesty , a ministers , the great officers of state , and the foreign ambassadors and ministers , took their places on the platform , on the right and left of the cbair . of state in full dress . ' -. ¦¦ .. ] . Among the earliest arrivals was tlia Duke of Wellington , in military uniform , and with the Order of the Garter . The noble duke looked remarkabl y well , and seemed , to enjoy the scene . " Ho was the ot-ject of particular attention amongst the foreign portion of the spectators , and by tbe British he was received with repeateil pheers . Towards eleven o clock the apace arotina the chair of state began to
Amongst those whose earl y arrival we noticed were the Archbishop of . Canterbury , ' ., the Lord Chancellor , the Ministers of State , . all of whom we believe we recognised as being present , " with the exception of the Marquis of Lansdowne—the Duke of Buceleuch , the Duke of Devonshire ; the Speaker of the House of Commons , the Bishbp 3 of Winchester and Oxford , Lord Stanley , &c . Tho Prince of Prussia , in military attire , arrived about twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock . As the hour of twelve approached the building was exceedingly full . The
space around the throne of state at this moment presented a most lively and picturesque appearance , the various military uniforms contrasting most elegantly . against the back . ground of green formed by the trees in the transept . Then were to be seen hurrying to and fro the little Egyptian , the slim Ar . ab . the sedate Turk , the portly Chinese , the inhabitant of farther and hither Ind , . and the . European of all . shades and degrees , with the fla ^ s of the various mtms flaunting the air outside tlie transept . We may truly Bay of th " i 3 gorgeous scene of peace and industry , what bad been said of the pomp and splendour of military apparatus—'
"By heaven , it was a glorious sight to see . . Their various scarfs of mixed embroidery . " . : " But the hour of twelve is at hand , and the booming of the cannon and the direction of every eye towards the northern entranco of the transept , tell that the Queen is at hand . Aflowish . of . trnmpets announces that she has . entered tbe building , and as she moves along to her seat a Bhout of salutation rings on every side . She comes leaning on bis Royal Highness , Prince Albert ,, and accompanied by tho Pripce of Wales and . the Princess Royal , and followed by the ladies in ¦ = waiting and the various officers of the household .- Her Majesty and the Prince graciously acknowledged the manifestations of hearty welcome which met them on every side . The Prince led her Majesty . to the chair , of state , the royal children standing . on the right . Her Majesty , was dressed in pink brocade , shot with
gold ; and the Prince appeared inmilitary uniform , wiih th « Order of the Garter .. Both looked in the most excellent health , and seemed greatly . to enpy : the splendid scene before . then ) . . The Prince stooll on the left of her Majesty , and at his left stood the Prince of Prussia . When her Majesty had taken her seat in the chair of state , the national anthem , God save the Queen , " -was performed , under the direction of . Sir G . T . Smart , ( organist . to her Majesty ' s Chapel Royal ) , hy the choirs of her Majesty ' s Cbapel Ilpyal , St . Paul ' s Cathedral , Westminster Abbey , ; St . George ' s Chapel , Windsor , some of the Pupila of the Royal Academy of Music , with the chorus and part of the band of the Sacred Harmonic Society , and many other u « Cotia « : 8 , both foreign and English , accompanied on the organ ( built by Messrs . Gray and Davison ) by Mr . Goss ; ( organist of St . Paul ' s Cathedral ) , and Mr . Turlej ( organist of Westminster Abbey ) .
His Royal Highness then , ; as the head ! of the Royal Commissioners , nves ^ Rted himself , ¦ surrounded by the \ -other Commissioners , -before the Queen , and read the following report of their proceedings : — i ..... " May it please your 'Majesty , —We , th ^ tdmmis-Bioners appointed by your Majesty ' s royal warrant of the 3 rd of January , 1850 ¦; for the promotion of the ^ Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations , and subse 4 uently incorporated by your Majesty ' s Royal Charter of the 15 th of August in the same 5 © jtf , hwnbly ~ be ' g leave , on the occasion of your Majesty ' s auspicious visit at the opening of the Exhibition , to lay before you a brief statement
of ouv proceedings to the present time . ' "By virtue of the authority graciously committed to us by your Majesty / we' have made diligent inquiry into the ' -matters which -your' MsjeBjiyWai pleased to refer-to us—wimely , into the-best-tijd . df !" of introducing the productions of your ^ r » je ^ W colonies and of foreiga countries . into ! tht 8 > kiri " g dom—the selection of the most suitabjeiife ' forthe Exhibition—the general ^ eonduct ot the Undertak - ing , and the proper method of . ( tetermhtrng tbo nature ' of tho vri ? eV' « wS >' oI fieouriug the most IintpaiiuldiBtfniufitmjofthem ...- ^ [ " "T p the vcoseottBov " of those ipqairiea , and in | tnedia « S » r ^^ tli& ^ tie « a 3 « ga ^ tOU 9 by your
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i ^ S -iiii ^ K § SmLt 9 Tf > dl 8 tiQ 2 uUhed itl townwl SX - of science and the arts , who have Sfcl ° deiit f our . application for their assistance at a great sacrifice of their valuable «¦ wifffi taliSS * question 8 b L rou S ht ^ ore which artii SfiS ' f 01181 1 ' - ^ the t « rrns-upon mitted into the b ^ di ^ " e w lblil 0 n J 8 hould be ad " ns a main i A l ? ? - ^ ° n Jered that it takingKAft ! 2 ^ ' ^' llattol * ' !« depend wholi ?« , ^ !? Wt -f | W | ' * hat jt 3 bould 'he Peopt of \^ 2 ^ ™?™ ' * contributionS of therefore decidlrt ^ S ? ^ L . 8 Ucce 98 » ' a" « we charge whateverlnn ^ Ufc ; b f BUation ' that "o Qf . M 5 b wS » ^ ro *? e , on the adra » sion af ^ u " . ? " ?* We considered a so that-. vha «««„„ g ; .:. r M lS , J '' W «<* , l »?« fP » raaon . w . fc , » .- '_ . w" « Wn [ . meetlnon nf nnw _ Knl . i . _ j _ .
to be eaiLh ' l !» h ' « i " ^ "W * . local oommtttees , various dS « r evei > y fmi « country , anU in saF ^^«? S » r « : S £ swas ! Masaaf ssst receivedthe . monzealous-cooperation- i&mtSffi m all parts of the United KuTgdom iTmanf of your Majesty ' s colonies , and if S torrS § the Honourable East India Company . - wS 3
worw , inmost of which : oommissio . hs have b ' een appomted for the special purpose of ' prbm'biml ^ tK to %£ tJ d D exhM " j «!> tfy charaot 6 riaed'itt your wSS ? ' * W r ^ FWS - ; Exhiblkioa of'the Works of Industry of all Nations . ¦ ¦ '¦ - .. ' We . have also to . acknowledge the great readiness with which jmonaof all classes have come tor ward as exhibitors . And here again it becomes our . duty-to return ouphum We thanKB fo your Majesty , for the most gracidos wanner in which your Ma . jesty . has condescended ^ associate yourself with your subjects by yourself ¦ contributing- some moat valuable and interesting articles tb the Exhibition . « The numberor exhibitors . ffhbse prbductions I ? SJ !" impossible to accommodate , is about 15 , 000 , of whom nearly oha-half are Biitish . ^* ^^^ V 9 «^ M of mor
: ^ : e » h a " / W ^ . F ^ . ' » m P «" nKaImo « tty whole of the civilised nation ? of the globe . In arrang / ng the space to be ' alloUed to each , We have taken into consideration ' botfcthe nature ' of its nroductionsand the facilities of access to this country afforded by its geographical position , Your Maje 3 ty will find the -productions of your Maiestv ' s domimons arranged to the weB . iern portion of tho building , and ihow ' . of forei gn Countries in . the eastern . The Exhibition' is divided into the four Krea classesof-L Rw Materials ; " 2 .. Machine ^; 3 . Manufactures ; and 4 . Sculpture and tho Fine Arts A further division has . been made according nri ^ , g 1 OgffphlCalJ ? ° ? i !! o d ; of"th 0 countries « ,. presented ; those which He within the warmer latitudes being placed near the centroof the JSSdftS and the colder countries at tbe extremities . g > Your Majesty " havine ^ been fcfafiinn . i ^ « in .-. i
to grant a site > - in this , your' Royal-Park fur the purposes of the Exhibition ^ tbe first SlV ^ J of the structure now honoured , bv your Maiesiv ' ' ; ?/ f w- ^ ^ r ^ W- or . ' September last . Within the short period , therefore , ' of seven months , owing to the energy of the contractors , and the active industry of the workmen eraployed , by them , a building has been erected , entirely novel in its construction , covered a spaoe of more tban eighteen acres , measuring 1851 feet in length fIKl fM feet in extreme breadth , capable of contain"& 4 ? : . 00 visitors ,.-and affording a frontage"for the ExhiDition of noods to the extent of more than ten mites . I- or the original : suggestion of the principle ot this structure the commissioners are indebted to Mr ; Joseph Paston , to whom the / feel their acknowledgments to be justly due for this interesting feature of their uadectakiBg .. . ¦ . " With regard to the distribution of rewards tA
deserririg Exhibitors , we have decided that thev should be given in the form of medals , not with reference to merely . individual competition , but as rewards for excellence in whatever shape it rriav Drpsent itself .. Tho aelcction' of the- persons to be so rewarded h ! is been . entrusted to juries composed equally of Britjsh subjecis and of - foreigners , the former having been selected by the commission from the recommendation * made byitho local committee , and the latter , by the governments of the foreign nations the productions of which are exhibited The names of these jurni-g , compvisin ? as they do manv of European celebrity , afford the best guarantee of the impartiality . with which the : rewards will be assigned . : .. . ' . . - -: -: . . : ; .. . . " ** . •«?«*• MS ; much gratification that , nowithstanding the magnitude of this undertaking and *}«
, great distances from which many of the articles now exhibited have ^ had . to be collected ; the day on whlch your Majesty has been graciously pleased to be present at the inauguration . of , tho Exhibition is the same day that waa-ori ginally named for its openin ? , thus affordinga proof of what may , under God ' s blessmg , be . accompliabed by good will and oordial co-operation amongst nations , aided by the means that modern soionce has placed at our commaud . ' . , - ; _ " Having thus briefly laid before your Majesty tho results of our labours , it now only remains for to
us convey to . your Majesty our . dutiful and loyal acknowle ( l . < jraentS ; . of the support and encouragement which we have derived tlreovienoiu , tnis extensive and laborious task . from the gracious favour and countenance of ypuivMajesty . It is ouv heartfelt prayer' that this undertaking , which has-for its end the promotion of all branches . of human industry , and the strengthening *• of the : bonds of peace and ¦ friendship among all the . nations of the earth ,, may by the blessing of Divine Providence , conduce to the welfare of youv Majesty ' s people and be long remembered among the brightest eircumatances of youv Majeaty ' a peaceful and happy reijjii . . , .
When the Prince had concluded the reper I , Seoretary Sir George . Grey handed to her Majesty the reply , which she read with her usual clearness of tone . "I receive . with the greatest satisfaction the addresB which you have presented to a © on the openin » ofthisextiibiuon . . ; ' " I have observed with a warm and increasing interest the progress . of y . ouv : proceedings in the execution of the duties entrusted to you by the Royal Commission ; . and . it affords mo sincere gratification to witness the ' successful result of your judicious and unremitting exertions in the splendid Speetaole by Which I am this day surrounded .. . .
"I cordially concur ., with you in the . praver . that by God's blessing this , undertaking , may conduce to the welfare of my people , and to thecommon interests of the human race , by encourag in" the-arts of peace and industry , strengthening th ? bonds of union among the nation of tho earth , and promoting a friendly and honourablo rivalry in the useful-exercise of tbosq faculties which have been conferred by a boneficerit Providence for the good and the happiness of mankind . " During tho time . that her Majesty was . readinc tho most intense silence prevailed throughout the building .. ... : .. . „ ..., ; . . : His - Grace the Archbishop , of Canterbury then read the following prayer of inauguration' . — . " . , 7 PRAYER .: . fv , in '"" ft " ^^ '' ^ ting God , governor of all things , without w . hom nothing . is strong iiothin ? holy , accept , we beseech Thee , thesacrince of our praise and thanksgiving , receive our prayers which TnnSnH ^ i TI «*»» *»* . » - *» h » lf Of this kingdom and land . Wo acknowledge , O Lord , trtat Thou hast multi ped then blessings : wWch £ KnttHH * J « » y havo withheld ; we acknow " ledgo that it is no ^ bebause ; of the works' of- rigl . teousneS 8 whichwe .. haye don 8 , butofThykreat mircr Sfh ZT 2 Z * f $ ** i - co . <*> re Thee this day with the vp . iceof thankse v ntr . Tn « tM ^ Af t ,,, « i , ) i ^
^ pasaasarja * ^^¦ ss sa ^^ ?« Vki h » If Prosenfc'P « rpose of uniting together ^ WJ ^^ Wfiiafesthe preparation of m » i ,, it com ^ ih tot vKce i « Wit > finnf , 1 irr l 8 nd ' , llorcontenti 01 ' »•»• violence S'KS ^ aSiS Tr ^ U ni J i The e that peace is within S « feftp 33 SSL fiS ! 3 Kg SS ^ A ^ Jtrttea ! ffi ' . ! '"' . iryv the works of art and industry 1 henrts be
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parei ! iWrthem thstloveThefl throuttKTT ^~ ~ » ii IMAMS 5 f thy sen Jesus Chrfslt ThoS with Thee and the ' ildjMri ; - * all Jjowu ? and glory , world without end . Amen . After the prayer , tho " Hallelujah Gborua" of Handel , was performed , under the direction of Sir Henry R . Bishop ( the professor of music at Oxford } accompjjnted on the organ by Dr . Elvey , ( organist of S ) . George ' s ChapeT , Windsor ) , and Dr . Wylde ( profeflsor at the Roval Academy of Musio . ) The Royal procession ' was thea formed in the following order . — - ^^ p ^ J Ll .. fT \ ¦ ¦ ..: _ - * .. » » mrougn tho mnnii .
Heralds , Contractor , Atchitect . Contractor , Mr ; Henderson , J . Paxton , Esq . Mr Fox n ^ Superintendents of the Works , . '' 0 . H . Wild , Esq . Oweh Jones , Esq . Financial Officer , F . H . Carpenter , Esq . I . K . Brunei , Esq Chs . Cockerell , Esq . Prof . Donaldson . H Samuel Peto , Esq Sir Alex . S pearman , Bt . ^ i ^ iM ^^ Mathew Digby Wyatt , ESn . ' Georcm n ™ 5 xecutive Committee . Sllssp *•••• . M . C . Buschek .
Bavaria ; Chevalier de Burg . ^ ' ' P ^ or Dr . Sclmfhault : ; :: ¦¦ • M . Theobald Boehm ! Beloiiim ¦ - M . H < nnd ) . W » n » . . ... . M Charles Caylits . Denmark . . p ' de B ttcb 6 n - Vrinoe ' ' ' ' £ egSM Westenholz . iranoe . . . , . . M < SaUendroUZQ do ^ Grand Duch y of Hesse . M S £ ureece . .... m i > , ii : Saar ! ::: . l&-: Northern Germany . . £ & ££ *** " ^ Portugal , . . . ... M . P . J . Vanzellor .
Prussia M . Antonio Valdez . FU 9 Sia ' Baron Hebeler , Ka ' Si gner Carlo Tribbi . fSi ' ¦ ' -5 i -Gabriel Kamonsky . Sardinia .. . . _ . Chevalier Lencisa . ¦ ¦ S « xony . . . , , Dr . Sayffarth , L . L . D Snain « ' ? r U 8 taVuS Docrstling « P ... ; ... M . Manuel de Ysasi . . -.. .. ¦• . M . Ramon de la Sagra . fe ^ :: |||»* sr m .: . , . M . Eichoker . luni 3 - •¦ ..,. Sig . Hamda Elkaddem . ¦ . M . Santillana ( Interpre-T ,,,, ! ,., ' ter and Secretary . ) l ^ fl M . Edward Zohrab '
United States .... Mr . Edward Riddle W ^ emburg . ... .: &S £ S **> Zollverem . ... . JJ . Banrath Stein va . JTv * * ™ t ° the Royal Commission , " Edgar A . Bowrmg E « q . Sir S . 11 . Northcote , Bt , J . Scott Russell , Esq . ¦ n t S P ^ Commissioners , Vi \ Lyon Playfiur . Lieut .-Colonol Lloyd . ,,, gf Mmm ' s Commissioss . Alderman Thompson . John Shepherd ; Esq R . Stephen on , ES q . , Philip ¦ Pusey ,- Bbq 7 Wm Hopkins , Esq . , . John Gott , Eq / . I' - w I n ° ?' . q > ^ - CuW « , Esq . Richard Cobdcn . Esq . . . Thomas BaZley , isq . Charles Barry , Esq . Thomas Baring , Esq . § ' Kf >»• - ; . Sir C . L . Eastlake . Sir ^ Westmacptt . Rt . Hon . W . Gladstone Rt . IIon , H . labouohere . . Lord John Rusaell . LordOverstone . Lord Stanley . -
Jbarl Granville . . .. j .. umi .. . * ar wanvme . ; ,.- , . , Earl . of Ellesmere . = i-arlof Rosse . . Duke of Buceleuch . Her Majesty ' s Master . of the ceremonies . -. t ? , nr xii £ ? Aml ) a ssadors and Ministers . ^ 'Lnn K r ° n Wel" P - ^ Marquisof An lmgton , KG Cora- . glesey , K . G ., Master mander-m-Chief , Gen . of theOrdnaS . Her Majesty ' s Ministers . % Bishop of London . His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury . White Wanda ; v « ., . Comptroller . of the : ,. : .- Treasurer of the Household . — ¦ Household ; ' , t ^ . n vice-Chamberlain . . Lord Steward ? ¦ ¦¦ Garter , " Lord Chamberlain 1 ¦
- Principal King of Arms . ¦ His Royal Highness : ¦ ' T ' T iin : ; PRINCE ALBERT ¦>; QUEEN ' leading her R . Highness leading his R . Higbriess The Princess ; Royal . Tbe Prince of Wales . His Royal Highness -Her Royal Highness The Prince of Prussia , Th ' e Ducheas oF Kent . " _ His , Royal Highness Her Royal Higlinesa Pnnee Henry of tho ' Ife- ' The _ ¦ tlierlands ; : ¦ Princess of Prussia . - ; His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness Prince Frederick .. Princess ' Mary of Cam-Wilham of Prussia . brid ge His Serene Highness His Royal " Highness Prince Edward of Saxe ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ The . ¦ ^ ^^ J ., i ^ ¥ of C ^ ridgo . ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ =: ¦ ¦ Mistress : ;
: •• of the Robes . - Lady of the Bedchamber , Lady of thB Bedchamber Marchioness of Douro . ' in Waiting . % ° f Honour ¦ Maid of Honour _ . in . Waiting . ' ¦ : 'in Waiting . Bedchamber Woman Lad y Superintendent , m Waiting .- ¦ r Lad yCaroliheBarringt OD Toreign Ladies , and Lady in attendance ¦ ¦ on H . R . H . the Duchess of Kent . ; Gold stick in waiting . Master of the Horse ' . : Groom of the Stole . to H . R . H . Prince Albert Captain of tho Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard , r Gentlemen at Arms , r ^ ' , - ' i ?? , st , of the B « ckhound 8 , Lord of the Bedchamber Lordin Waitin ? to n . R . H . Prince Albert to the Queen in waiting . .. ^ . ' . Groom of the Bedchamber Groom in Waiting to H . ft . H . Prince Albert s . to the Queen in Waiting . . Clerk Marahal
-• E q « erry .. ..- ¦ Eaucrrv toH . R . B . PvinceAlbert , . ^ oSquL M Waiting .. . . in Waiting Gentleman ¦ U Sher . Gent . . TJSher Gentlemin U 3 her ; : ¦• . ... to the ... .. . „ ,.. . Sword . of State ; - , .. , SiWer . Stick . Pjeld Officer ¦ - '¦ TK ¦ „ 1 " Waiting . . : . in Brigade Waiting . . Tho Gentlemen m attendance - . upon , their Royal ¦ Highnesses the Duchess of Kent ; thtfDuke ¦ - ¦ . of Cambridge , and the Prince ai \ d Princess of Prussia .
_;• ""' . " Heralds .-. J 2 ^ Jl °° l ° " turn u ed t 0 thp ri « . ^ d to the west end of the nave by its norfch . iide , returned to £ Z h " f f * S T * byita soutU Vide . SSSi S itrir fi f theti u ? J ePt ' ° ° ame b ^ k to tho S » ull g tbe nOrth flide ^ f the nave i « Jns - enabling a \ l those present , to see her Moiesty and the procession . " . '' - . As the procession moved down the avanttro ' her progress was one continued ovation ,. the cheering and congratulations being taken up , and repeated 'SSSSS&l !** ' * herMajest y •*» *
j ; On her Majest y ' s return to the platform , - the Queen declared " The Exhibition . opened ! " which was announced to the . publicby a flourish of trum-TOtoAnd the firing of a royal salute on the norlh of the Serpentine ; whereupon the barriers ' which had Kept the nave clear , were thrown opeu . and thewbiicallovjed to ci rculate . j H « Majesty then returned to Buckingham Palace by the route b y ; which she , came All the doors , . whioh ' hM been closed at half-past eleveno . clock , were upon her Majesty ' s departure , opened again . . ¦ . . ' v '
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The Edinburgh Town Cobmcil have appointed a deputation to proceed to London , with tho view of obtaining that the committee to be appointed by parliament to inquire into the subject of Church rates m England , and their operation , should also be instructed to make a-similar" inquiry with" regard to the Annuity Tax in" Edinburgh , Mbntrbse . and Canoneate . ¦ ¦ . - ¦¦• • : ¦ , . - ¦¦ ' Oveijcrowdino LoDoiNO-HotSES . —At the Liverpool Police Court , last week , a numberof lodging , house keepers , of the class -with whom emigrants usually lodge , were fined for keeping overcrowded houses . One , whose house is licensed to receive twenty-five lod gers , was fined * for taking in sixtyeight ; another , whose house is : Ucensed to take in five , was fined for taking in fourteen ; and a third , whose house is liceusod to receive eighteen , was fined for taking in fifty-four .. A fine of ten shillings and costs was inflicted in each case .
Mn . Pkto , Mr , Brassey , and Mr . J .. L . Rioardo , have got tbe contract for the first railway undertaking in Norway ... It i « to run from Lake Meuson to Christiana . It is expected to be opened in Mar , 1853 . . - ¦ : , ' . . Political ' Beq . uk 3 T . —The Briitol iftrcury : contains the following announcement in respect to the Member for Bristol : — " By the recent decease of G . E . Sanders , Esq ., Mr . H . Berkeley is entitled to Vlegacyof £ 1000 , bequeathed by : Misb Sanders and payable on the death of her brother as atri ' ^ . of approbatien of our member ' s ' political Two Mbh perished at Dotkitg . on FridaT » kIi . > ainking a well , by the earth : lMlm'SiMm « L ! * depth of more thin . fifty- W ? ° n tbeni *
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LATEST FOJEignT ^ ~ . Parjs , Thursday The revelation . , i t _ £ 3 * 4 r « £ meat of LIT threaton t ! l ° ™ P ° ^ - avoweS The Sm 1 Uuless tll 0 > - ™ dismost attention Cff S * , haTo f attnMrt 8 * Parliamentary Minify of I w- ° extra i atl 0 » ___ i ii
a proclamation to L"SJJ ! f 5 . «••* a proclamation to the people h « f T pared by Louis xXapoleori n \^ cts rX conreraaUon could only bave \ JZ * $£ ** by Genoral Changaniier , if atrue ^ ffi oi the interview has reached the public , it i 8 dif . tioult to coacoive how the ex-commander-incluef could have taken a meaner revongo for « V Meanwbil ° 'e Patrie continues to arhrm that the details given are completely
VioawM condemned to death on Wednesaay , without attenuating circumstances , for the murder of M . Deafbntaines . '
: ., SPAIN . J ™ ' April 26 , -The democratic ? arty , dade ) ht T % ! the Teatro d 0 V *™ - feato \ & f u hshed it 8 elector ^ ««» l-T ¦ ' v ^ r ^ v ^^ - # C"S ? jr = M ;? K two ch amber . 4 . An elective council of ftlte ¦
. tl PORTUGAL . Paris Stt fT ^ fr 0 M Liabon ** BBi ^^^^ - ^^ ^ Xr ^ ° P 8 and ^ abisays . _« The insurgents have gained Oporto howa' ? aDgumr 5 8 treet co »^ t of two-
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bbW w Hail a ^ TaraDEB Stor « at Emis ^ sss gss&rssl beans and covering the earth in a L S ? ^^ p ^^^ fB aimulS ° rag 8 "nd ( Arth « r « Seat , reSemblh , S &M if l ° US and 1 stUD " 1 "g discharge of a US £ h m * heavy ordnance . Immediately after 8 o hg hailstones came rattling to the earth ™ h * citv xrTl ^ ' . momentil "ly illuminating the Sh I ? , " " ° accident having re-, f ' , * y ° » . . " >? Injury done to the Assail
r »? we wasuctaH , which had a narrow escane The lightning descended in tho form of a ball I ! hLir s u ? roofof tllis sptenditl building break ng the-satcs in pieces , W was carried into the interior-of the church by a leaden pipe about three inches in diameter , which TnS downthewall betTfeen the plaster and the 2 work , and carries off the wat ? r fiom the roof ° S course was arrested by the molting of the pin " part , of which was also torn into shreds % R spread on both sides , sotting fire to the lath work and to the floor . The flameS . JeSdHy Z ™\ ™ £ ZA -u' "le church was filE ? w momenta wjth smoke , which had a stJl ! f phureous smell . _ For tWely the vomn ^ l S l
Z Jl \ Ot l f Wh lmd on « w opposite side of the street , and observed what had taken dIico IT « SXrftti *"" 1 the ahm > aild ^* ff&n £ S one of the fire-ongines was on the spot , and by a £ ? , t . ed . About half-a-dozen of the large wooden seats , with their cushions were destroyed and from twenty to thirty feet of the stono wall wa scoS by the Dleetric _ fluid The glass in the large window yn the south side : of the buildine whero the ZhT mng struck ha . been greatly liscSred . ^ d a number of , tho pains , have been broken ' We are happy to sute thatno injury was done fo-twEE
uu » H » i » vorK st the building . The damase dorm or So W ? 1 ft 8 Chur , ch wil 1 o ^ y amount t 6 So or £ 50 ; but had tho smoke and flames not been observed immediatel y after tho church was svS the consequences might have beea more Ss-Edinburgh Witness . ¦ ¦ . rROSPERin op Bibmikoham .-As a proof of tha improved value of property at BirmiKn the remarkable fact may be stated , that on MonSj last the guardians of the poor sold by auction a portion of aomo land belonging to the Xririi VhU * orlgina « y cost , in the year l ^ onlySoo , *^ less a sum than £ 5 , 000 / thereby realisin . r a ««««*? « pwartB of JE 4 . 000 . ' Much othJJSJ " ? ffi ^ the infant Poor Asylum and tlfe old ^ w ' ovk Z 5 remains to be disposed of , and such StK demnd for property , that it is sunnosed tho «« i «^ Wi »
flr tra ,: the costof tho new ^ orkhouse now incowse of erection at ^ Birmingham-heath , intended to af coramodate 1 , 500 mmates . But if pauperism eon tmues to decrease . in the town . in tlie XemE the toyn of Bimto / rbam in tlietownof Birm-iS it has done during the last two years , the Jffl tt fc w ? w workhou 8 e ,- " . will never contain above half that number of paupers . The dim nutiootf pupensm and the contemporaneous incveasc in the value of property at Birmingham are both , very remarkable facts . —Tim es Tub Cbi hxbh ExinBiTioN .-Tbis very curious collectiou was opened on Thursday to Use pifite and was crowded for- many hours with the masS of people returning from the Great Bxhihiti ^
im urystai l ' ace . The collection , howler * ¦ Mu ™? y ? I ? ? 9 ?? , Mediately to tha west of Albert-irato , Knightsbr dee , is of itself « nffi cienUy , ttvactive to ° , iraw . afl ' who SrtKSft what relates to China , . without any other aid to visitits contents . In addition totho many specimens , both natural and artificial , of tho Celestial Empire , thereis a Chinese family—a young lady , whose eet are oi the . iniost aristocratic proportions of her native country , and who is considered by those most capable ot judging , a perfect vocalist , according to the Chinese notion of rooalism ¦ a mnaical professor of the first rank , and two children " X arftpmomus in talent , and very amusin « - an interpreteivand . a lady ' s . maid .. This fa&lfi
group gave specimens of their powers to a crowded audience , and v ? ero very favourably received . The rooms m which tho contents of the collection aredistributed ar ? well arranged . The arrangements for creature comforts of the visitors , under the management of Mr ; Ellis , are equally good , and the place generally affords suoh accommodation as the public require . . Tub Srw Customs DuiiEs—Tbe government bill to alter certain duties of Customs was printed on Thursday . . The new duties on coffee and timber have already commeiieed-they came into force on he 15 th of April , and goods in , warehouse on tho 10 th . ult . are to be subjected to the new duties . On coffee tho new duty is 3 d ., anuonkim () ried , roasted , or ground Oil . per lb . Tho new duties on Umber and wood goods not othorwise charged with duty are set forth in the table in the act .
: Oono » raoM-lHl ) U . r-On Monday Mr . II . Flommg , ; BCoretary . tO' the Commercial Association , received advices from the Hon . East Imlia Goml pauytU « tU > c 5 , had directed 103 bales of cotton , tho produce of the Tinnivelly and Coimliatoiv- districts of India , ; received per Juliana , and Trafalgar , to be forwarded to him for sale in Manchester , and requesting from him the usual reports as to its quality . Of ; this parcel seventy bales . are indige- ' nous cotton , and tbe remainder is tho produce oE New . Orleans seed . DkW « OF MtlS . ALBXiNDBR LEE , FoBMBMT MRS . Wavlktt , the . Vocalist . —This lady expired on S&Uwday , tne % ih of April , after a painful illness of ( seyen years' duration , which obli ged her
suddenly . to relinquish the prolessmn to which she waa so great an-ornament ; She suffered with Christian , patience , and to the last with pious resignation She was one-of the . sweetest and best of EneS ballad singers . ' » &"su ¦\ Ybit 8 op Error;—On Saturdav wan ^ ir , * a p aper , hy order tf the « 0 use of SvSCwhtch it appears that from the year lBWt « ¦ tirao there were 220 writs of 2 , r ' ^ ? isssiss ^ ffiy ^ aai » . ™; f , a ° a > ss i Koit 8 tr wm ¥ 0 ^ rnJlv Sol " tb 0 ? hri 8 tening ceremony . For-S ? oin mCn were squired , to ring it , hut Sol ? ln > provement in tho hangmg , ? our now Father Gmziir , it is said , will publish his life at tuedoso of his orations .
A Magis tratk recently cautioned a defendant not to take the law int 0 hia own hands . " Inthe present impure state of it , aurely nobody would think of doing io!—Punch . ,, Thbrb are 21 , 979 lawrera id . t he VoIUd atatoi ,
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