The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-03 00:00:00

(PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURPENCE.

Clerk Marshal.
Equerry Equerry
to R. R. ii. l'rure Albert to the Queen
in Waitinr. in Waiting.
Gent!tman L'vher. amtlentan Usher. Gentleman L'bher.

to the
Sword of State.
Silver Stick Field Officer
in Waiting. in Brigade Waiting.
The Gentlemen in attendance upon their Royal Highnesses
the Dueltehi of Kent, the Duke of Ciuithridge, and
the l'riuce and Princes of Prussia.

Heralds.
Nothing could exceed the striking character of the
scene during this progress. As her Majesty pro-
ceeded slowly along, leaning on the man of Prime
Albert, and followed by her brilliant eorClie, the
rustle of ten thousand silk gowns proved the iotcrest
taken in her Majesty's movements by the fairer por-
tion of her subjects. The whole of the vast interior
down to its remotest extremity, glittered like a gay
parterre., while a running tire of wives sera carried on
us her Majesty passed along, only suppressed now
and then by are anxiety of all present to catch a
glimpse of their beloved sovereign. Curiosity was of
course excited as each more noted actor in the ceremo-
nial was pointed out, but about none were there so
many inquiries as Mr. Paxton, whom all seemed
anxious to reengage us the originator of the great
and admirable building. The distance, which is
altogether about two-thirds of a mile, took upwards
• of half-an-hour to accomplish, her Majesty's progress
being retarded by her frequent gracious trek
ledgments of the greetings of her subjects. On her
Majesty's return to her dads, the Marquis of Bread-
' albaue. by her Majesty's command, declared " The
Exhibition opened," and the National Anthem
having been again performed, her Majesty and suite
retired in order as they had entered. The ceremonial
occupied exactly an hour. Immediately on her Ma-
jesty a retirement, the barriers were removed, and
the vast company scattered themselves among the
magasins, and gratified their curiosity with an in-
spection of their varied and valuable contents. It
was estimated that, taking into account the military
and police force, the exhibitors (whom we were glad
to find were all present), and the general company,
there could not have been less than :WMO persona
within the Crystal Palace yesterday, but so perfect
were the regulations, that not a single accident
occurred.

r Amid the sculptural prodigies in the nave and not
far distant fisint the pealing organ, an improvised little
chapel contains the stained glass window executidby
G. Bertini. of Milan—a sort of apotheosis or
Dante, surrounded by the imagery. which his
poems have immortalised. Its scientific com-
position, its mellow colouring, and even the
Romanesque ornamentation of the comport-
stitlhee
iemlosesndierat reft,,lallutilonnshil;Hlicztu-ce.,en,
tmheentsa,rtitrtnoeultlidet
in aiming at the breadth and perfection of a
modern nil painting, all the nicer gradations of tune
in which Albert Durer and his scholars were such
adepts, have been sacrificed along with their tradi-
tional methods of glass staining. rhe shadows have
grown denser, and threaten completely too inveigle
the light. In spite of these blemishes, there is much
to command ndmiration in this lancet window.
I tante is represented after the likeness lespicathed to
us by his friend Giotto, which has been so lately
discovered in Florence. The reflected light in the
figure of Beatrice is very beautiful : a t•lutraning and
permissibleanachronism is the introduction of Giuttefs
catnpanile in the background.
Amid the numberless and conflicting claims to our
admiration in the vast array of artistic talent and
industry at present assembled in close completion-
ship, either throughout the immense length of tho
nave, or the compartments of the two aisles and
transept branching therefrom, it is no easy mutter
what to select fur preference, or whether to yield
the palm to the successful embodiment of coruseal
conception's. or to point out the noire unobtrusive,
but no less admirable perfornumees in minor groups.
But just as such monster gems as the Koh-i-noor
will attract notice by their extreme rarity or inesti-
mable intrinsic value, so we feel bound to pay just
deference to the larger and more important works.
German sculpture, especially, towers above the
rest. and imp oites respet no less by its sterling
merits thou its superior dimensions. In the front
rank may fairly be placed the amazon group by Pro-
feseor Kiss of Berlin. Though a pupil of itouch,
a title of which both master and pupil seem justly
proud, there is nothing in the linseed group
which enables one to fancy the subservience to any
dominating power of prolessorehip. Indeed, MO strik-
ingly original are the forms of the Amazon. and
so spirited is her action in hurling her javelin at tho
tiger clinging with deadly grasp at the flanks of the
horse she strides, that we do not recollect anything to
be cougsnrd to it in the whole range of moarn sculp-
ture. The le-autiful forms of the are amply
developtsl, and are almost unencumbered wit drupt•ry.
The Phrygian cap which surmounts her Medusa-like
head, the slender tunic, scarce held by a narrow
girdle, end the spurs fixed to her anklets, impart
gratw to the figure without impairing the air of phy-
sical superiority. The terrible spring of the tiger,
and consequent shock to the horse are depicted with
such life-like energy, that one utmost expects the
blow which is to terminate the struggle. Anti-
quarians tell us that of old there existed a bronze
group of this very subject, ascribed to the luutd of
nude's, and which was familiarly known us the
" Euenentos," front the extreme beauty of the limbs.
Mr. Kiss may claim the same title for his Amazon,
which is a n•production of the original bronze in
front of the Berlin Museum, and executed by the
ehrtrotyping process. The amount of zinc which
enters this composition scents to vary with the whim
or limey of each electrotypist, and there are as many
shades almost as there are statues. To the dusky
hue of the Amazon is opposed the lighter coppery
tone of Mr. Schwan tha ler s minister lion, which is sup-
posed to be one of four drawing a qundriga. Its
purpose of mere traction and sign of subjectiou is at
one visible ; not merely by the development of tho
muscles of the chest, by which ancient teams aro
tetegnisable, but by the addition of a piece of the
decorated harness stuck to its mane. The head with
its gaping jaws and shaggy mane might pair
oft with that noble one, a lock or whose
hair Gordon Cumming secreted on his penion,
us a lasting token of admiration. A noble herd of
wild quadrupeds stalk majestically round their ••so-
vereign," and seem to tiireshadow the ultimate
downfall of those which have hitherto held such
undivided sway over the regions of the New-road.
Commanding these and facing one another are two
groups of horses, held back by horsemen. They aro
casts of the groups executed by liver Hoofer for the
Royal Gardens at St uttgardt, and are executed much
in the style of Coustou's groups in the Champs Ely-
sees, in Paris, though the impetuous and
restrained energy of the original composi-
tion have been subdued by a nearer op-
'broach to the severer outlines of Lymippus. Tito
great question which agitated the minds of sculptors
of equestrian statues, during the last century, as to
what was the proper manner of placing the horse's
legs beneath him, has been virtually set at rest, by
every man being allowed to follow the bent of Ins
inspiration. In truth, it seems to mattt•r little, if
the gesture is made to suit the action given to the
human master, who controls him with thin bridle.
So evidently thinks M. Eugene Sit ttttt tin who,
like his hero, Godfrey of Bouillon, wears a dis-
tinguishing pendant ; far or near one dis-
tinguishes the standrd held up by the nuts-
sire broad-chested and bearded crusader, who
admirably answers to all prevent:rived standards of
chivalry, and it is difficult to conceive how the infl-
th•ls, be their scymiturs ever so brad, could resist
the onslaught of such Initagotasts as these. The fre-
quent recurrence of festivals in Ik•lgium, in which
sculpture plays no mean part, seems to give the
Flemish sculptors that great freedom of execution
and general grasp of their subject, which can be but
dirtily acquired within the limits ()flour walls to which
others were subjected.

The uplifted head of Godfrey of Bouillon is ex-
pressive of religious ardour, and that Of his war-
horse acoming havoc; ns P. specimen of sculptural de-
tail, admissible in the grandiose• style, the clals.ration
of the knights suit of rup,i-pi. mail deserves no-
tice, no less from the fact that to selecting a mildest
from the period of the 11th century, the sculp-
tor steins, perhaps unconsciously, to have adopted
that mid-style in which classical is ready to yield to
gothic forms. Of the daring inroads which the
latter, or romantic schools oft he continent, have made
on the pseudo-classical of the lust century, the largo
group of " Satan overthrowing the Archangel
Michael," by M. Du Seigneur, is a fair and striking
proof. Their source of inspiration is not to be found
in the Greek pediment, but rather in the sculptured
niches of gothic cathedrals ; there alone are
to be found the combats of angels and
denim's, the lwautiful and the grotesque Mended,
and good and evil spirits contending in never-ceasing
strife. Mr. Du Seigneur has developed the poetic side
of the subject in a manner worthy of its majesty.
plc has merged the habitual mode of representing
the devilish encounter, us a mere feat of physical
strength in the ass'. rtiun of divine superiority. The
sculptor has made the demon crouch beneath the
outstretched left arm of the angel, rather than suc-
cumbing under the slender but &Lining sword otgold
grasped in her right. The head-long form of Satan,
with the serpent, not, as Usual, substituted for
nether limbs, but disentangling its coils from
between them, is executed with such strokes
as are worthy of mediteval carvers of mon-
sters; the accentuation of the anatomical forms
also alfords a striking contrast with the placid tha-
tures and demeanour of the celestial messenger,
whose einque-cento style of armour would well
become the Maid of Orleans. Mr. Etex, well knows
as the sculptor of the Parisian Are de Triomphe,
exhibits two groups, both having excited consider.
able attention in Franco many years since. They
were, if we mistake nut, executed in Italy; and the
last of the Reimer() is traceable in its effects on tho
forms he has delineated. " Cain and his Children"
especially is a fine conception and embodiment of
remorse. The principal figure represents the sturdy
frame a the" tiller of the ground,"but rather that
of the Campagna, than the Fugitive from Eden.
A companion group, represcntins a mother sur-
rounded by her sickly infiults, is equally remark-
able for the admirable modelling adult which

veils the painful nature of the subject. But that the
French sculptors are 'wore proficient in handling
clay. and greater adepts in all that concerns the
manipulation of marble, than in the science of. metal-
casting, is clear. There is much that is meritorious
in the " Chamois Hunter," by Mr. I)e Bay, but it
does not evince that great mastery over the bronze
material which ever calls forth the praises of those
who witness the works from lie-Ikea foundry.
and which adorn the gardens both of the
Tuileries and Versailles. That, on the other
hand, the chiselling of marble has been carried
to perk:Aim' is equally evident in the " Bacchante"
by Mr. A. J. Cie :singer, which is fittingly imbedded
amid the luxuries coming from Sevres and the Golfe-
lins. The rounded contours of the figure show hAw
far the talented sculptor may trench on the ground
which, in pointing, Iliehens has made his own. This
work could scarcely he surpassed in the descary of
the chiselling of lulu's, hands, and feet, or in the
listless grace of the attitude; the addition of the
bunch of grapes, of the ivy crown and upset tazza,
were almost needless accessories.
Turning from the contemplation of French and
German sculpture to the votive offerings of Italy,
one cannot hut be struck by those contrasts which
from time• inimeinocaul have Is en the distingui-Iting
ellararteristics between northern and southern
school,; the first are still as remarkable fior feverish
activity mad energetic action as the latter for poetic
contemplatio' and repose—whilst the one is conti-
nually uusheathing the warrior's sword, the other is,
on the contrary, thawing fresh arrows from Cupid's
quiver.
That, however, another school has of late sprung
up among the I.ombards is clearly perceptible in
num. rous works of the present Exhibition, which
is fleet the highest eit tit on the descendants
of the Italian arcistie to public. Among these
are particularly conspicuous the works of two
young and evatently rising men the tilsoll/111
istrazza and G. Plevotti, both natives of Milan.
!Shrum St no/za has chonen for his subject " Ishmael."
stet .cle d liclichss and dying on the desert plain. If
there he a hlemish, it is not in the execution of the
figure. whose merit is of the highest narks, hut in
the imparting too mach of that hopeless rigidity of
the fse ;duns, w bleb might he that which caused
lbsgar to torn away in despair, but is scarce
Willa-14e in works of art, of which one
of the first conditions has ever Is en held to be
the haa, the moth rn Ration si tolptor mar
find how this principle. is 'lever once forsak-n, even on
the trmiles, where pnistmte ei6gics have all the look
of soft slumber.

Signor I'lerotti'm group of 6. :Nfazeppa bound to
the hors; is perfectly Ityronie in the dow of the
lint t. the Polish 'ere of countennnee the rAinek
sat( !tins art piquaia sled novel in this their first
appearance in senlpture ; there is, perhaps, a
trifle it,, much (011.4,1011%1K,4 in their aVitudes, end
the l.x.,tatimi is doubtless slip-slool slid hurried
in eert:tin istrts. hut there is n life and energy
which might rt deem graver sins, and which
augur well Prr the future fume of this tirtist.
Later we skill dive into the beauties eolketed
in the Nlilanese department ; meantime, a statue of
Eye, by V. Nlenti, of Ravenna, demands mere than
a pen glanee. Whibit reminding ascot the charms
ofthe C, new of the eapit .1. it ryveals the curious
eiretmetanee that none of these lAinitsull sculptors
Intro math any of their lifiysi>td models stand:
they sw. all either sitting nr reclining; this is
unreel% folios Mg in the tunes of I'unova, who was
grand in the puising of single or eromplicuttilgnrup4.
'The niettOrm of retals to mind the large
bust or the pet. which is marked by no turnout.
men anemia inspinition in its chi-sic:ll lima-
swabs Uttainhi th•surro• honourable mention for
his r' Illy gw,uppi 71111 lee oratire marble pi, rue.
This n.:ist has th•pithil Italy, not snmpttu oohs
attic el. nu cuti..sa h done, but in simple Karr).
e it wen.„ awakening out of lur lean thened
slumber. llte eagle has also an allegorical

At Ilw• farther end of the nave, where the Anwri-
MCI n iqu supreme. a inerinnloUS Nark n•nn-voting
the death or an Indian w•urrinr, by P. Steplwnyem,
etrinet " a healthy awl masenlinc spirit. not un-
wue.by the fume • r Iliram Powers. The head, and
particularly the profile. is rt murk ably line.

Prince Albert, by Mr. Engel, a gentleman of Hun-
garian extraction. The general style of this work
shows that the artist has in vain dwelt on the!
Grecian relievoes collected in the Roman Capita!
Incomplete in some respects, chiefly from the
lack of verisimilitude in the grouping, a • very
slight increase of energy of execution would
make this sculptural composition worthy of the an-
tique. The adoption of the old Greek texture of
drapery, said to have arisen from the slightness of
the web, is pleasing, both as a reminiscence of past
art, and as a contrast to more ample folds of
drapery. A little further on are conjured up the
forms of the Shakspearian inhabitants of fairyland, at
the bidding of Mr. L C. Lough, who successfully
asserts that if painting has hitherto failed in the de-
lineation of Anel, Titania, and Puck, sculpture pro-
mises with the aid of its alabaster 'surfaces, to
succeed better. The sprite, the fairy, and the elf
alike Iwspeak Mr. Lough's acquaintance with that
popular tribe which revel In the pages of the Eng-
lish poet and eastern romance. To those who
might too fondly dwell on dreams, are presented
stoking images of warriors, such as Hampden and
Falkland. by Foley and Calder Marshall, and of the
more wacelld chieftain of our day, in the colossal
bronz.l figure of the Duke of Rutland by E. Davis, a
work of sterling merit.
The immense progress of decorative art which has!
of late developed itself in England is satisfactorily'
perceptible., though in many respects flailing far
short of continental experience in it: application to
the useful and every-day purposes of existence. Its
retrograde moment is exempliiied in the wonderful
meditecalisms which have sprung from the fertile
but crotchety brain of Mr. W. l'ugin, who must
surrey with a f.,ling not untinged with compla-
cency his designs c,-..tefully developed through
the genial agency of Messes. Hardman anal Cram,
.
with a prevision, and finish, which his fird
essay, in producing an altar-lamp, through the
, medium of an old German, a maker of moulds for
pastrycooks, could hardly have rendered warrantable.
It cannot be denied that the partisans of the noble
• simplicity of etude Itonetnesine decoration have
edluwcd u ts rids breach to be made on their cause
by this invasion of their most implacable and Gothic
enemy. H , church ornaments, brims, iron and
' goldsmiths, are . Carpets of quaint device, an-
cient furniture, altars tilled with panelling and
scutcheons, marble piscine, capped with elaborately
earnsl pinnacles, delicate lamps or triple "cote=
lueis," ',digit in pleasant confusion with chandeliers
anal ehasingm of a minor sort. Further on Mr.
Jordan claims for machinery for wood earring the
superiority of solidity of material and cheapness of
cumulneturic Ilia "pireloae screen" is a nutrvellons
proof of the satisfact.ny wurkieg of his patent ma-
chine, even in tlu difficulties attending under cutting.
The ornamentation and the groaned are all of a piece
from one side to the other. Its lower compartment
is too high to be placed in a thanceL The comped-
flans of game deserve particular mention, anal
though, doubtless. !hashed by hand, the tedious first
!gages were submitted to the manufacturing pracess
In the first instance.
While Sevres maintains its superiority in embel-
lishing and colouring vases, the Gobelins its insepa-
rable companion, its usual, bears away the palm in
tapcstrv. It is quite curious to see the wide range
of sqle and subject embraced by its artists; and
perkily whinnied to find that the needlemen of
the °Adios are equally grated in representing
the classical forms and blue heavens of Ra-
phael's frescoes in Farmina, and in the
modern fruit and flowyr pietas of I Wesnaltaine : the
latter particularly are mantis of lex:arc, mimicking
not merely the MUM delicate hues of the painting,
but even the pastufturities of colouring noticeable
in the productions of the French school a century
Ace.

The fl•-ilish school of aeulpturv, though tit ressa.
rilly lacking thin freedom given to the foreign aeulp-
tor by insitsenting the national achoola of art. iv tie-
vertlit. fi oi distinanti•ilethle for the mote iiiiii'a -ini, e
genres. which aearlemits in general tend lather to
dealrov than to foster. ilie marked imanintity with
which the yountfer generation or sculpt ins hitve re-
sponded to the appeal. alone would prove how
IMION'ty are r, it the orsit ha ions hit hi rto miposed ore'
this n dile art in Englittol. .liii the narignition of
known ;Tiro and known namea (Blow each other in
poseciasion. one is struck not merely with adtuiratimi
at the isitistanry which knows nu di...our 'gement,
but th.• vast progress which has taken thee eVI.II
within the loot Give year*, and that too with the
31ACIIINEILY.
fainitst acidenikad ineetitive. Briti-li sculpture
has is en tonmpid and confined, like a plant. Machinery, we fear, will not form the most pop:-
that only mid+ a freer ventilation Nam to lavoine ler, Iwo. ver it may be the nowt extensive, depart-
healthful aml hanly. It bi pleasant to native time unlit of the exhibition. Curious anal or:ginal holm-
stronghold whiels Milton and nriakeapeam have alt tines, or tacit inklings of inventions whit 11 Stoat in
thong ds of most of oursculptona wen' of alp.. t sorely- the wird, are not to he tested or displayed at an
task their loges to supply I heir own deficit my or hod- exhibition, but must lint have beim approved of Ly
bet. .lent tairlano their is nothing width will more the practical, and than the world hears of them in a
strike eirforeignerthan the mannerinwhichlhighttufs hundred ways. They du nut wait fOr an exhibition.
great.-.t hens-, ase hot in i.nomittious regne and Then. iv little, therefore• to delight or inspire the
puoasaimi of the old chronicler.. 11.{,4144 and aim. scientific inspector, whilst even the old are beyond
mai rs sit in to have ceased the seas only to remind the eumprthettsion or appreeiatiou of the eunuatat
ns that fonnerly there existed such a persenage as visitor.
itichard Cieuri:de-Litm ; when- is Edward the 111. (in the whole, there is no wonderful slow of prime
or Iltury % ? "Itarlborinarlt is hit in the hands of mover.. Marine engines for screw pnlielkno form
Kindler. Nelson is bani dual out of sight. the timid respectable muster. There is here bat one
The -tofu*. of Slink, .;wine, by Mr. .1. Itell, is fit- small engine un the oscillating principle for
tingly placid un a lofty ;sat -tat. It is the Stratfortl puddle wlhaels; an excellent stwelown, no debt,
Una ith alised. and as it wire startled out of its sit- hut only intentled for river navigation. We
ting tanture into an eiret 011 e. There is a time aim- expected to see a large side-lever engine or
plicity in the treatment of the Elinibethan divas some large direct-action engine; in this, how-
wortfty of the expressive head of the poet. With a ever, we have been iliaaplouittd. The Belgians
little stretch of imagination, the brtmly iron-mai:lg have come out even snail:ger in the paddle-wheel
of the bower from the Coelho:Ad:de foundt-y against line duo' we have. Them is a good collection of
whirl, the tigun• standing*: if, hold relief. may lie taken loemnotiye engines ; and in this elass abhors will ha '
as Ow scene of Ili" reverie, nu, trianimilous group of able to examine minutely all the latest improvements.
Lon! 11l on and Lord Stoodl next holds a conspi and onapare the builds of different maker.. The,
ettou, position ere it retnat to final retirement. main object aimed at by the dilferent exhibittun in
This group is MOW renunkable for the ailio'rnhle this deportment WOOS to lave been to attain high
protitiency attained in modelling P 11.0.1 ::.:l unwieldy Vekli, without much regard to lightnefis of weioltt.
him k of marble, than as an alssolutily sueeesafill which ought nut to be left out of consideriiiitin.,
attempt to render in marble the keen faunas 'llia principle is gradually gaining ground in rnarine
and slit, oil glance of the elianeellor, whoa', brilliant navianition. Imitead of having huge engines driving
portrait by Lawrence is familiar to every one. It is large paildle-wluela. we MA) smell emnpuct engines
a perfectly futile task to aim ut rendertog with the working screw' propellers; but the screw has
chinl oho more subtle beautilio of the pencil. AM tilt` to work at It greater spit ail to make up fir
figure of Lord Chlon bends slightly forward. as it j thttpioar of the puddle-wheel, that is, the
were
ileArt fill thrOng fa. the legal conflicts which lof the other. There are different towns throughout
it ii.t., his duty and enih-at our to unsuage. 1 the kingdom: now setting up waterworks. and we
Some yards unn aril. the ein-anoitantv amnia to be i find engineers adopt the huge Cornish engines fat
tvpitleil be tbe mortal combo of the . Horse and the , pumping the water, engines consisting of heavy
Dragon.-
.v Mr. M. C. Waiitt. The bane sleek nu...ea of east metal, requiriag expens:ve founila-
coat of the lunne e tittneted with the mealy defensive I Hons, and every tbing conneeted is ith witieli has to lie
armour of his ehiowrieal opp.ment, are weought with , in proportion. it this requires a large outlay de-Ti-
gre:l power. Thnsughout this work is a 'rat ading 1 tal—why are nut light horizontal engines pet:Ea-red,
'oat of reatity which needed not Ow d••.yptive in- 'to work', at high eased? We believe that such a
section of littenialtial eves in the hies',. heel. which I system is not only less expentrive in the first oatlity,
rather detracts than adds to the desired ettect. but will be found cheaper in the long run.
In this ttrolltklle. well as in those by his imtnialiata I A marine engine of ;nu horn.• power, serest- pro-
relative. :Ma .1: Wyatt, it is evident that oar :evertor 1 !teller. built by Itaulton and Watt, attrectr attention.
hoods of horses are nut destined ;thaw for the ;ran-1 There are four El-tinders two ou eadi shit- of the
:dent glories of the mein: .tune. bat !nay in fitture i shaft which works the screw; these cylinders are
h....p to perixatude the fame and exetdieniv of British !set horizoatAy, opposite each other, or at right
art. Mr. I. Wyatt'', tvluestrian atatua, of the (lutaz I angles to the Shaft, NO that the two connect-
and Prince .llhivt, tlmiath Lilting so mewhat the in-ling-rola of the cylinders opposite each. other work
centive of the spar, are stately-looking chitties: the i une era:lk ou the shaft, the two rods of' the other -et
contraat of the Ilarh with Ow Arab is well cazried , of cylinders work another crank at right angles to
out : it must be confiaawil, however, that the couven. lit t between these two cranks is a third, which
tianal forms of the tail seals of the 'fudors and i works two air rumps. The whale priramta a cony-
the Stuart,, however admirable for reftaenec in , pact appearance; the action is direct, al the nalin
the iiirtiele of costume, are warmly t:t MOdt'l4 wurkiug arts lie un one frame. strongly pat tu-
tu he safely adopted as guides telen the I gather ; tin. hand gear, which works the rever"iag
scope of Ow xabjeet as er.hirgeth The ornamental , links, that is, which reverses lite engine, is ii butiati-
elalstration of detoil perntiadhlo in small eltashini is ' fat piece of simple mechanism. The beauty of liori-
nutait'estly oct of place in smelt a tale us the pre- I soutal engines is that all the parts lie, as it were• on
twat ; unit. aliin a all, the great masses lino Willa . UGC bed plate; an engine of that kind admits of more
good sculptural work is ever aubdividivl should never I simple and perfect adjustment in all its parts. They
Is., sarrilice I and overlaya_d with painful and over- have one defect, however, which Mere sea in propor-
Ullyhms elaboration. That is the trait aouree of ; tion Lithely size : this is, ;hat the piston. litatrung only superiority. Scl lima only Blaney at the marble: one side of the cylinder, will rause those parts to
trumpgroup of - Voginiu. and his Ihughter." by; wear. Of eaurse die evil incrvaaes in propartion to the
.4 "S irumsuus and his I )amithter," by wear, Of i-mast' tin' ccii increases in pl'olmartiofl to the
- l'h)owell, which is alrealle an establishtal fiarunritest she of the engine. We were a:tattle to ascertain
ita-noble Nara the nowarrimpahe of Ca pilicipal: whee:er any provision had laaatinarle to reanaly the
figure, and the general pliatity of thish and drapery, evil in this vase : if not. it is &siderite an objet: 1.1.
have already nun everystoe's hearty tvimucuclation. ' Edward Slaughter, of Bristol, exhibits a mutiuu

Finally, turn where one win. in almost v.:cry
nook and corner of thin vied Induxtriol Adam. :nay
Le noticed the sneet..sful endeavotu-s of ornatn:ital
nit to extend its domain in all the lnuntlica which
tun safely admit its geKenal application.

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engine; there is a variety of irdvantages intended to
be derived from the plan.
Penn exhibits some most exquisitely finished
engines; one of which, we have already alluded to, is
of twenty-four horse power, acts on the oscillating
principlC, but does not appear to have any-
thing new about it. Penn has also brought
some new engines for screw propelling, of thirty
horse power each, called we believe trunk engines ;
instead of having a long thin piston rod, he has a
tube which passes through the top and bottom of the
cylinder, the piston is fixed to it, and the connecting
rod works on a joint half way down this tube. The
tube has to be of sufficient diameter to allow the con-
meting rod to vibrate : there cannot but be a good
deal of friction through the stuffing boxes. Mote-
! over, this tube will have to take the strain produced
on the connecting rod by the crank, and this
strain, we believe, from what we see at least,
is resisted at the stuffing boxes. which is bad.
For condensing engines, particularly, it is as well
to have as few and as small stuffing boxes as pos-
-1 Bible, on account of the admission of air into the
cc-Hiders. Tlw 80(4W Clekerlli of Belgium ex-
hibit a marine of Nit) horse power fur paddle-
! wheels ; the principle though good, is rather old, nod
perhaps obsolete. It consists of two oscillating cylin-
ders working the NUM mink. Some parts of it ap-
peared tons rather weak, and in point of workman-
ship, perhaps, it would not bu fair to compare
it with Penn's.
We now pass on to locomotives. We were a.sto.
nished to see an engine built by Stephenson on
Crompton's principle. We expected to see something
more original from that quarter. Crompton's
principle consists in placing the driving wheels be-
hind the tire box, so that there maybe large driving-
wheels without the axle interfering with the boiler, and
at the same time place the boiler below ; but hitherto
theeylinders lurrebeenoutside; in this ease thecylin-
ders are inside, and drive a shaft independent of any
wheels, there being at each end of the shift a crank
connected to the driving-wheels by- outside rods ;
when the 11-icing-wheels are keyed on the driving-
shaft. wiretever jolts or concussions the driving-
wheels are subjected to will be communicated, in a
certain extent, to the whole machinery in
motion, which is inju:lous, besides that it
renders the crank shaft liable to fracture. The
crank shaft, being independent of the driving-wheels,
renuslies the evil to a great extent; the plan is'
good, but not new.
R. and W. Hawthorn exhibit r. locomotive in
which n variety- of improvements are carried out.
The first is an improved plan for taking the pressure
of the steam al the slide valves: the plan is good,
hut whether it will answer or not can only be ascer-
tained by experience; we can only wry that, as fur
as tiny claw been trued, they have liven found to
answer perfectly. New links are also introduced,
intended to supersede those in get wtol use, being more
easily constructed, and more perfect in their action.
Another improvement is in the compensating springs;
it is common to see in some loonnoiives the axle-
hoiten of the leading and driving wheels connected to
the suds of one beam ; of course, this is done on each
side of the engine, each beam acts through the
medium of springs on fulcrum-, the leading and
tithing. wheels, therefor, balance each other, Curt is,
any sudtho shock or citucussion taking place, instead
of being resisted only by two wheels w:1l be rEstri-
buted over time, thus the engine will not remise so
severe a shod:. This is the principle adopted in the
present instance, only to a more perfect extent ; the
six wheels are connected to four beams, and sup-
posing the leading and trilling wheels to be sud-
denly treed up, the driving wheels would be forced
down---that is, any shock occurring to any of the
wheels will be distributed over the whole sex' thus
rendering the engine less liable to severe shocks, en-
abling her to run steadier and, therefore, safer at
high speeds. This •••

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAT ETENING, MAY 3, 1851

Throughout the length of the transept, its two sides
engine of 100-horse power, also for a screw prol'oller; . carried on. Near to this is a superior piece of me-
arc garnished witlea goodly array of bashful youths here there arc two cylinders lying at an angle., which chanism in the shape of a paper-mill, made by Mid-
andl coy-maidens, exhibiting at first sight a somewhat work the shaft of the screw lying below by direct dkton and Elwell, en English firm in Paris :at one
startling deficiency of raiment ; and one is at a losejaction ; the pinion which the connectin,g rods join extremity is an endless band of wire gauze of the re-
to assign. a reason for their abandoning those veils and work together is fixed into a round plate, quired width, which passes round rollers •on this
which might be safely resumed and restore ease and which is keyed on the shaft ; they find that this the pulp is allowed to flow ; the thickness of the
comfort both to themselves and to others. There arelworks better than a common crank. The principle paper is regulated according to the flow of the pulp,
exceptions, however; such are the graceful figures ofiof construction is by no means simple, but the beau- or according to the speed at which the wire gauze
the Hunter, resembling a Narcissus, and a female ; tiful details are well carried out ;it is wonder- is driven. As the pulp is carried along
seemingly lii...e a Naiad. The 3liftonic groups of , ful to see such a mass of machinery occupy so little by the gauze, the water percol..tcs through ;
Mr. G. D. Stephens deserve notice, though paint and space. The air-pumps are worked by spur gear. sometimes a jogging motioa is given to the
1
tuge.atinc have done their utmost to conceal the The introduction of spur gear in a steam-engine gauze more effectually to set the pulp, which having
nr.auter and fairer portions of the modelling. does not look very mechanical, hut perhaps, under ! inquired a certain degree of couskeney, just Bata-
-I...:entred round the brilliant wonders of Oiler's crystal ! the circumstances, it was unavoidable, as the steam : cient to bear being removed, its passes on to :a long
fountain, heroes and heroines seek shelter. Conspi- piston works three to one of the air-pump. , jack towel, if we may so term it, which absorbs the
ct coons amongst these is the marble Froup of an A marine engine is sent from Devonport, in-Imoisture more effe orally ; the pulp thas travels on,
" Amazon rescuing her fair companion in arms from I tended for a screw propeller ; there are two evlin- , gradually acquiring a greater degree of consistency,
the hands of Theseus!' It has been executed for der s, which work on the same principle as in the beam till it passes_. over
. three Fyiinders heated by steam,
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the

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each cylinder increasing b temperature; paper
is then made, and is cut longitudinally and trans.
tersely into any sized sheets. All this is done by
the same machine.
In the Austrian department, there is a stationary
direct action engine by H. D. Schmid, remarkable in
appearance for the immtux Ntrength of the frame-
work; it has a gov.rnor, which nr.y be possessed of
some peculiar delicacy of action, but it appears to us
rather liable to derangement. Altogether the engine
is well fitted up and finished.

INCIDENTS OP THE DAY.
°tithe admission of the huldera of scason tickets at 10
o'clock, they found that however punctual tiny had lee 11, a
large extent of the building wan already occupied by tin
favoured of the officials, to whom warn assigneil all the pre-
ferable beats. There was fortunatcle little delay at the
doors in showing the tickets, as the &ended delay of signa-
ture was not exacted, and the visitor on enteriug mowed be-
tween an iittendaut who glanced at the ticket, and a police-
man who tendered a card. In the hurry to get the expected
early seat, very few noticed that the ohicial catalogue. were
on sale. Notwithstanditig the great delay in obtaining the
names of the threign exhibitors, and the statement made
two days ago, the visitors we re agreeably surprised to ob-
tain for their shilling a copious catalogue ; though with
many necessary and acknowleilged imperfections. The
bulky volume WCIA handed shout with satisfaction as a good
shilling's worth, though all the objects were not numbered
and the expected:bulk of advertisements was not observed,
nor were r. 11: expeetauts enlight And as to the result of the
contest L: tweet Moses and for the 900 guinea other-
t.:l the last page. It is to be presumed neither of
the combieants were dispescul to concede the additional lOU
as the place of honour is occuphst by a watchmaker. The
portion of the illustrated catalmme, published at ten shil-
ling+, win not esteemed such a gaunt bargain so the shilling
one, inasmuch as the high term. exacted seem to f are de-
tuned ethibitort front contributing emriavings. Neither
of the eat:lingoes were of touch good, however, to the pos-
sessors, as there wan no oppurtunity of making use of such
• guide.
A. there was a general expectation that the earliest
arrival. would obtain the best places, great was the anxiety
generally tidbits-1 to ensure punctuality, but the more
leisurely thindiew, who lireakrided late, anti came just be-
fore egiven, got in comfortably and could choose their
places at freely as the earliest comers. The great body of
visitors entered on foot at the east ratranec, and by half-
past nine the new of earri.l4,s, extolling to Long-acre, in-
doeid must of the occupants to get nut anti walk through
the Park, through which it comfortable passage was kept
by the police. In their over-earnestness such of the ticket.
holders as had not carriage., or had not had the
prudence to engage a cab or fly met-night, hail, it they
came frau a suburban district, to walk for MHO., w no cult
wan to 1,. found on the •tandt, and the Hamm drivers
occupl• d them... Art. hi plying between Charing-erem and
Hyde Park-corner, for which the fare demanded was three
shillings at eight o'clock, anti two shilling. at nine. Many
of the mile visitors left their carin_es and separated from
their partie a, leaving 'the latiies to follow leisurely, while
the elder dowager. deferred their visit till the afternoon in
expectation of a crush, which, however, did not take piece.
The tipivtators dunned to four hours station on their
feet were //bilged to le vile the time by watching the ar-
rival of the visitors and the few chance incidents which
line., anal themselves. A., however, eery large sections of
the were then! en noose, or largely repo-.v-need,
few were without Mint's or companions. and a himd of
morning COHCCOUIZiOtiC woo establi•lnsi. Here a speculative
squire, win, had occupied one of tie lady's seats on the,
chance of hulling it throughout the etlenration, deaf to
hints and insinuations, and the sareasuri of the fair
expectant., was to the consolation of the bye-standees
induced to give way to the eloquence of a pm,
liftman. There a cathedral choir attended by wardens
with wands, and including the whole hotly from the organist
In his doctor's robes, and tilo Yeicrall down to the
ore ,iu treble just entered on Lis noviciate, wandered shout
without knowing how to get to their places of pertonnimee.:
. he wo-t interest was however left in the. wanderings of
Lablitehe, leading a corps of professionals front the I
regions of the Haymarket, anti helpless, applying to the
pollee for arrest+ to the irini•ept. it was not till utter
half en hour's peregrination that the object of his mis.
Mon was attained.
Greys were to ho seen of peroin^.ges of every claim to
notoriety. There were Turks, Mexican. awl Parsee"
clusterea together; close by was a group of young Eng-
landers under the presidetwe of Mr. Sydney Herbert ; in
another knot were Cam sidiere, ladru Rollin and possibly
Loe'

it* speeds. sea ecnnnensates to a certain extent for Louis 81.1.. a I .as ears slender pniporti.ins of tbe latter nee
tleman are easily holdin under the bulky. forms of his
lwrsdiending so high.
hre;:iren lii the proviaional government and in exile.
Buryt Curtis., and Kennedy. have built abase , :. • •
1.-41ZUV an•CTLW. was each. d among the est-1..11nm audience,
lace moti re, on Crunipton's principle, fur the Lando% he the solitary Chinese mandarin hi all the panoply (Whit dig-
mitt North 11 (stern Railway. the largest narrow nay vats cap with button awl peacock's feather, and full
gauge engine ever made; she has eight-listt driving entromidered vestments. Ile is one of the tined speeimens .4
Wheels. We have already stated our pretlilection fur the
,oriiiene, teAsystillst:elainix aiszu,,n,T;,;.‘fetrit,dl.,:tri.. aith,plii::,
light engines, and this does not al• all agree with our
notions of a light ewsine ; quite toe reverse. It looks Clean, ie Exhilddrou. The Mandarin is a portly visaing age,
4411,11. the middle age, with the characteristic (intim. les-
like in. engine to go lust, but one that will tleterio- tar: ti.c oblique, or ct they are vulgolarly understood
pi Is cy. s. Sow ithht MI him the recondite embroidery of his
rate the permanent way over which it runs, and
yet,. t -.tut stilt, the lady gazers were struck. with adonshment
will detcrtoratt itst.lf fast.
at Ids chary shoes, ruder than any beldarne's clogs. On
E. 11. Wilson exhibits a tank engine with double
the commencement of the carmonial the mandarin was ail.
boiler, by which he can lower the etaxtre of gravity mired within the courtly circle, and much surprise WWI
and obtain a greater heating surface. excited on his approdhiag the Queen, sitooping down, and
There are sotue other engines which wo admire. kissing het slcie, being la iconic of the homage paid to the
sneh ns the I.ittle Englund. Ititson, Thompson, and Emperor ;iii wasChiii co
China. Cho the
theairrii :flat itinofilrothnet I,:rir 7,eise ;
si:on
I fewitson have two engines, one of which it rather o mandarinL°inn umbas,adort. Snowspeculatiogn was nianifestist
clumsy in design. among the gazers as to lii, ultimate fate, whether his ri turn
In the French department, Iltroone et Call et Co., to the "flowery laud" ma, Isla precluded by consequent Be-
have set up a locomotive, having horizontal salves, grudation for contact with the outer barbarians, or whether,
forked conneeting rods ; in fact, quite in the old like his Pr( decesors.in the
snilio_risnof llyoonlespark, he would
sink into the quiet dignity f a P.o g li.. g catechist with. stele. It is only Mir to saT, that it wus not built fur a European wile, or the still li.. obtrusive employment 01 the purpose uf being exhibited. AsSliiiut behind Dakin's counter in St. Paul's Churchyard
'l ere are some locomotives in the Belgian depart- —a bathos which many of the former visitors of the sup-1
unlit, nape or which prtwent any novel feature. The Ise. il Chinese prince contemplate with astonishment.
society Corcillet exhihit one rather like Stephenson's The presence of several of our military. heroes excited-ire
build. nu: Societe C'ockerill exhibit a bogy engine, on interest of the foreign visitors and t zhibitors no less than
a plan much adopted in America ; the bogy consists of getr,,,:";`.` ,rest c, 'n.:','n, )„.LaiZity'4,t,u,,l t'al,r, Co' hnutf I cbl,,Njil:::.l,r'.
a simp!e four-witts.led truck, which generally 5U11.-
ports the fore part of the engine, and is only tixed to aspiring
meats camparcd with the African generals who are the I
spirits of France. The ])eke of Wellington and
the engine by means of a swivel. As the engine goes tlw Martini, of Angles. a were b. tter kn .wn and snore
round a curve, the little truck, or bogy, us it is tech- marked by the crowd; and the form.r, with his usual early
ilically termed. suits itself to the curve, enabling the illtits,thwe
"ortall-sas"tic:dorauctrthoefc7llll.'itt."mu„.7t l'ls' in
1 toe engine to sweep round without so much danger of who „„ ow...ponied by his daughtertu
-iielaw, the M tr,
hying thrown off the rails. We have never seen the ehioness of Douro, and the Rake of Devonshlre was mop-
plan adopted in this country, and we believe it is ulteit.te thmagliuut the building no less frsin 'his keno., s
getting generally obsolete. than his full-dress uniform. llis appearance was hailed
One of the liv.draulic presses used in raising the with bursts of clwers; and sailer
.sitting for some time, he'
winged out upon the gallery, which was another about for
tithes or the Britannia-breige is exhibited. It is wet- partial ACCIRIMaiIIitS. On the. iormatiou of the royal pro.'
derfol to contemplate what tremendous power can cession, he joined it with the Marquis of Anglesea, and
be attained by such simple means. It is a single press, was loudly alus.red by all nations us he precAled the
and we believe the most powerful cvee made. It is; Queen.
strong trios" zilis rtitz ,
to be shown at work. This . press was placed at the it Jll4e. antt.miLanece of the
,t.iie,:ittt-li:eolde‘,rs.,i,ras very full, and
top of taw of the towers or pwrsuf tit- bridge. lti_ing i goltiou'. i'llll. {6 l'arg,r naLerheenraulluWas'i
a single press, there is one cylinder in which the; day ht fore, a still greater CUILCOUISC could have been plunger works. We may as will remark here that I assembled. some of the parties present had only got
It is the water a:Lich is putuped into the cylinder ; t;ckvis at cite 64 nos eat, seer waiting sevend hours, and'
one case was mentionotl ,
which forces the plunger up. At the top of the • L'csidess'Leniateltirob-r"'1!"-ellx"'
foreign gentleman who, auftilr,7s,aittos
plunger is fixed a cross-head. from each extremity of I td,s4anbe,,,xY'! tue, badf ha
which the chains hang ; these chains were connected , a person before hi a, aso tonual out to he a nitufber of 'the
to the tube below ; the cross-head works through two' swell tattle and disapp:ued with the money.
g,tti•lts secured to a girder above, the chains being I Thus the time was whiled away, ae best it mi3lit be,
secured to the tube below, and to the cress-head , when, at halfspast eleven, the tunin rof instruments gave
above, the plunger being fermi up raised the ,t.gael uf ;41.a:illus. On the arriial of the Queen (satiate
' tube; as soon as sine lift wan accomplished, the tube win the hithen hilts h; anti one scutiment of re-
eli'l:ill2,7l7.l)Trltii,aue.;rsoatil and,,,thuetta. catioteritla,sitkutaLifesietewd,huoithat
was packed up underneath, the chains secured above
the fastenings which connected the chains to the liartssineo distnist of the conduct or the spectators could
i
cr. ws-head were loosened, and the olun,;cr, with the hAse maintained it nter the sessile oldie morning. Persons of
usinlanitioas, of all retigion,, on lof all political laetions,
' crews-lead, was then allowed to aesceud to prepare
el in the general demondratioti of feeling, the . best
her another stroke; the chains were agoin made lust . •
.manifestation of brotherhood. The greater part of the
to lire cross-head, and the press th . • a :
was :a ready ter , spectators remained uncovered during the whole eeremu-
,
another lilt. , led, and thnunh same replaced their hats alter the royal
b.suct.
The pt.; ssused for testing the east-iron girders of the ' anthem, it was from iguorattri of the religious part uf the
Crystal pate, roof is alas, exhibited. In the c,..,, of day's pious dings—to on, ones being posted or distri-
li
tAl,l,,,,lT2etZicT,of tile metibillion L.-
the long girders supporting the roof over the nave i•R inaudible,
which ar.. ~ontposedotWrought iron ; the principle was tun'e! serer a long. pe.ayl;:ristlutin*Lmi't'lettt'' t f sat
a d'Li'
tested, sad that was deemed sufficient ; Ind rviianee ' were heird. Although protectionist members'n'Of°parlisuruntrt
could out be placed iu the cast iron girdels, they were ...re:n.loo high, widellie.4 the suspicion* characters, were therefore all tested. The pressure
, it..„ not..Catrieaa tiliit,ll4 PIMA:Ca IRO disposition to carry oat
the plan of couspirney lidil down Ity the Ni re lurk thru eat
applied at the middle of the girder, bat at two points, end radio arms sat all kinds were accessible in the Pros-
eaeh at one :hr.! of its leiii;th, acearding to the vita depaugli
nient, the representatives of the social-demo-
nature of the principle upon avh....1 the girder is critic republic* were engaged by their participltion in
constructed.
mu, ! thirsty designs attributed to them. It was marked that,
I the maims:aim of the moment instead of the Weed-
There are specimens of Wvld's turn-tables •
.forth
the sovereigns of the Continent cannot move
good cranes: there is also a ire collect:on of Models
and while the slightest
without battalions 01' Guards,
I fug amateurs to scrutinise, amongst which WO NSW ;prer of pocal
(drugfe is repr..ssed by their censors
Parsey's pneumatic locomotiee again exhibited, and police, the Queen gnd, with nut an tented man
thonglt not tit work. Caleb is perhaps us well.
ham's-breadth o: the most su,,keted men • 'a ' wd
4 2
.in sigh•, walked with her children ia hit. he .I •hi
In the French depurtment, perusal) it Cull et Cu, is Europe whose
'11“, pealing ma .-1 of tau grad u.gaa were a ilttin.; pre-
, s!,ow a huriamtgi
eugine, the rut,
et. which, ate, refuge of exile the gnat powers have sought to disturb.
Proakirtlon,d : it es connected to an air-nu:nth !hide to me National Anthefn in which the atilt .t ehfin
ned for the parpose of exhausting a bailer, in wales wen: el'setive4 heard. This was the greater l,: urn to
the process " extracting sugar frunt beetroot is those assunhhal, us leant had bets tan:mined ;feat the

music would not be well heard under a glass roof. Much
I inure would have been required to meet the demands of a
I musical critic, but considering the building, the incongruous
'materials of which the choir was composed, and the position
of the performers at the side of the transept, the execution
was very good. It was noticed by the frequenters of tho
Opera, that in the " God save the Queen," as
lin the " Hallelujah Chorus," the tones of Lablache's
voice were easily to be distinguished, as easily,
I indeed, in the vast structure of the Crystal l'alace as
in the smaller limits of the Haymarket theatre. It is
likewise worthy of remark that the tones of the great organ
were made sensible at a distance of eighteen hundred feet,
or thrice the length of the longest cathedral.
I, Om of the anuounecto...nts of the Queen's arrival was the
unveiling of her colossal representative, exhibited be th:
Vedic Montagne Zinc Cempauv. Another was the putting
in activity the crystal folintaine, which, during the royal
presence, played with Eau do Cologne, large supplies of,
which had been provided the night before. lids odour wos
the more agreeable to some of the company, as a large party
of ladies and gentlemen standing under the banner of *Tus-
cany had been suspected of indulging in spirituous liquors,
from the strong smell given forth by the vinous i reductions
of Florence in their neighbourhood.
The royal procession swept along amid admirin eyes,
and the Queen seemed to enter fully into the spirit of the
scene. The procession we. worthily closed by the ladies of
the court in full dices, whose beauty was remarked, even in
the presence of the many handsome women of all lands whom '
the events of the day luid brought together.
On the departure of the evorb:ee the barriers wire thrown
down, and the crowd soon dissipated itself in the vast cham-
bers of the Crystal Palace; the assemblage receiving
new accessions from the late vied., who had to initiate the
officials in the forms of examining tickets and exacting
signatures,
On the east side of the northern transept entrance, n space
ha, been eneloeed for the reception and robing rooms for her
Majesty, and fluted with blue and white drapery. It has
been fitted up by Messrs. Jackson and Graham. On the
top of the exterior is an enriched cornice, gilt, and over the
entrance a bold shield, with brauchee of laurel surmounted
by a crown, also gilt. The entrance to the reception room
is hung withl portieres of tapestry, portly worked with gold,
and the entrance to the robing room with richly worked
lace curtains lined with blue silk. The furniture in the
two rosins is all covered in blue silk damask of Spit:Wield,
manufacture, one portion being richly carved and gilt, and
the other of walnut wood. The carpet is of the richest
velvet, the design groups of roses and convolrulus. The
canopy over the Quern was 32 feet square with the corners
taken off; and suspended over the throne at a height of 30
feet. It is divided on the ur.der side into 12 compartments,
each 8 feet square, and 4 halves divided diagonally from
point to point. Each compartment is fluted from the centre
with blue silk, and has a star of lirunswick (gilt) where
they meet; round the outside of the canopy, is a drapery of
blue fringe, with blue and white silk ornament,* and ropes
dropping si'little at each angle. This is surmounted by a
cornice with gilt mountings, and upon the facia a bold en•
richment of laurel leaves (gilt) upon
.blue ground, and a
plume of blue and white ostrich feathers at each angle.
The interval, a full hour, that elapsed between the in-
augur:dive en route and return of the royal svelege, was
filled up b' the vast multitude in a eerie ty of ways. It
would puzzle arithmetic itself to reckon, or Babbage's cal-
culating machine to cast up, or the enumerator of the
census iteelf to ascertain, the exact number of the multi-
tude pleasantly perambulating the park and its precincts,
end passing on. like,permutatiou, from point to point, in
all the spirit of English holiday good humour. Thou-ands
were wiling away the time upon the greensward or on the
borders of the Serpentine, which—the appearance of itl
lmving a meet tentareable effect—was completely encircled
fur the nonce front hank to hank and bridge to outhouse,
with a void bracelet of human beings, while upon its surface
the model frigate and other reconnoitring craft fired forth
salutes, proelaitning iu a volleyed voice of 20 guns that
" the Pa •. of Industry wits opened," and was now a
fed alcompli. Amongst the episodical incidents that en-
gaged the attention of the multitudes without while
the grand ivauguratiou was going ou within, and
which came to the rescue to fill up the time,
were the deploying to and fro of the troops; the,
sudden apparition of a balloon a league up aloft in the
sunlight; and the eliunlwring of men and boys, with the
dexterity of squirrels, up the houghs of the stalwart trees,
thinking that without a " visitor's ticket" they would be
able from that altitude to obtain a furtive peep through
the tr.uoparent roof at what was going nu in the crystal
arcade. Men stud women, who professeil to supply advan-
tageous standing raisin, were busily engaged inviting atten-
tion to a profusion of forms, unit which, for eu much a bead,
the occupontsfalaneed themselves on their leg', at the risk of
feting overbalanced altogether. The gram that a few hours
before presented a rich gieen had now, from the trampling
of the multitude, assumed a eontplexion perfectly pots
tI suie. .Malt and alcoholics being proscribed, the
mildest thing indulged in wits a draught of new milk, and
the pow comitatus, on the return of the torpt mlpfuatnlihk
and of the civic authorities, amused themselves and those
functionaries by raising ironical "hurrahs," which in
one instance had the etfect of frightening two spirited
horses, ad:wiled to a carriage, containing some
noted visitors, and who, in consequence of the plung-
ing and kicking, and breaking the carriage pole,
had to ulit,ht end walk through the park. In two or three
other instances the same fisolielt manifestation, but which
was tartan :o,ly suppressed, threatened a like disastrous
Albert-gate, noun with all the other main
thoroughfares, was liswit gel mid blockaded by the crowd.
All the shops in lien angton were classed, flags went very
generally di:L.:eyed, and
,the " sympusimus " appeared to
fill well.

Bank to Kensington turnpike, the roadway during the
I whole (lay presented an apt illustration of the principles of
arterial drainage; and its features might have studied
owith advantage by the commissioners now, or lately, sitting
m Greck-st.ett, Soho.
I North and south of the great artery, London is a desert.
The silence in Bloomsburiana and the solitude in Belgravia
are absolutely painful. Shops are shut pretty •,:eusivele
the owners wisely following where their custom. rs him
gone before—some few evincing by a scriblif d notice
I affixed to their shutters that they intended to "re-open at
! four," a faint hope that the day would not b, overly lost
for business purposes. But passing onwards into Knotkta
bridge the thoroughfare is abbreviated
line the roadway. Itinereet :enders of edibles and pont-
, • I
mesa-lA.4s of mild name, and sometimes of innocent
properties—throng the pavement. On the north side
of the road every third house is converted into
a tavern or restaaraht, where the flags of " all
nations," depending front the first-floor Will,loWit in-
vite the traveller of all nations to enter and feast, the saga.
ficant banners being generally aided by polyglot inserip-
tions, such as the " Calce des Paris," the ' Restaurant the
Espanola," which, if not grammatically accurate, it may
be hoped will prove intelligible to the parties csp.cially de-
signed to benefit by them.
Here we find that the crowd assumes a miscellaneous and
undecided character. It has attained such proxi:oity to the
chief point of attraction us to lose the preponderating
influence which had previously impelled it steadily
westwards, and the individual atoms of which it
is composed begiu to gyrate in obedience to their
several tendencies. These for the most part led them, at
the critical periods when habit had accustomed them, to be
hurrying towards the innumerable temples opened for the
worship of the gastronomic divinities. And when the fame
dedicated to Bacchus and to Ccres are tilled sea to too
11,Norways, a circle of death's is formed outside; and well-
dressed but famished applicants are not ashamed to stead
eying the victuals through the window, and to devour them
upon the spot wheu lucky enough to get served in the
most al fresco and independent manner conceivable.
Nothing in Met 1,4 more striking upon great occasions
like that of Thursday, than the complete tor-y-turvyiag
they exhibit of all the ordinary rules of soci, and of
ceremony. Everybody does there just as he plevses, which
means that lie deviates us widely as possible friou his usual
latitude and behaviour. Society is the rule and etiquette
the exception. All things are to be done without loss of
dignity, and suffered without loss of temper. How chit
would it be possible for half a million people to cluster and
congregate for several hours without every individual of our
sex committing breaches of mood manners hanisa
them front good society, or the other getting involved in
quarrels flr which the gentlemanly " satisfaction" commonly
exacted might acriouslv diminish the totals of the mot canoe ?
The thunder of artillery announces that the et r• menial .t
over, and the Queen has proclaimed the " Lthibitiot
opened." Immediately is perceptible a reties of the tide
of population. The eastward bound omnibuses, begin to
wax heavier, and a stream of vehicles is form-
ia that direction whose first gush is checked at 11 v d.apar:
corner by the transit, on its return, of the royal i•rocessi. .
As the Queen's state coach crosses the road, bail were ,
acclaims that rung from the crowded coach-roofs stretchi
cast and west beyond the boundary of the eisibl. ,
while an amateur, perched upon one of the nearest, play,
the "National anthem" in such fashion a. an uncertaa:
stet, and still more uncertain proficiency, en :bled him
to do.

-Afterwards the stream of vehicles proceed. .1, and the
lateral currents of pedestrians strode alona the :roftosys
without intermission, or apparent diminution, until lute in
the afternoon. Aristreratic equipages, bearing ~..ray some
of the twenty thousand who had secured :idniiss.en to the
Crystal Palace, min rled with the throng, :o.d ~ssengerf
with huge catalogues in their hands, :nol lipects at
once pka.s.sl and wearied, Moted it /.1t.41y home-
wards. The multitudes who had per foie, se/mined
content with an exterior lout: ut the show, overflowed
", up all manner of streets," and stormed ull :winner e f
doorways, impatient Ilir food awl amusement. And at the
Same time a new tide funned of the unhappy mull•t fide who
had been kept close during the dav, set in rapidly west-
wards, stimulated by the de .ire of Its compowat atom to
approach the spot where the Crystal Palace woe, and ma.
jegy had been.
The greatest good humour prevailed amongst the vast
crowd throughout the entire day, awl was pre-
' !served under the most difficult circuiwtances. It
extended even to the drivers awl conductorA of the
public vehicles, who seemed to have put on gala maw
nen as they had put upon their bursa s.llious gda
decorations. We perceived courtesies exchanged even be-
tween omnibus conductors mid their passenger.; and no.
tired gentle-minded eabmen—evidently mcfnle.s of the
Animals' Iriend society—who had unlaced the lashes of
their whips by a bunch of white satin ribbon. I'•i be sew.
these purveyors of locomotion for the million had every
reason to b: good tempered, since their day's h.d rest mt.::
have been immense.

The police arranzementl—conducted throughout with
great court..y and t.i,ervtion—were under the control of
l'aptain Ilry, Captain L,ltelummidere, Mr. Comtni-sioner
Mayne, atilt Sup...inteudents l'aytte and Lund, nut the
total lame under their superiiitetidence was upwards of
2.000 oitrong, which appears to have been tuterptate to the
m .tummueut of mar.y half a milliuu of peopft--the esti-
mated number eu.:4rvgated within the park and its
precincts,

-As night drew on a number of devices in gaslight and
innegated lamps became visible in carious parts of the
West-end. The trout of lire Majesty's Theatre in the
llaytuarket was brilliantly illuminated. A large haperia
crown, with the jewel Is, sic., was most beautifully displayed
in coloured lamp,. Beneath this were the royal initials in
pure white hoops, each letter being encircled by leaves of
laurel, iu green Loup., and richly gemmed w lilt ruby-coloured
fruit, thu whole design being terminated by a Trim lsiver's
Knot in blue Loops. The ltuyal Standard also Boated from
the top of the building.

THE STREETS, THE VEHICLES, AND THE

ENTERTAINNU:NT TO FOREIGN
EXHIBITORS.

At a meeting of the council of du:in:ten ail
deputy-chairmen, held on %Vedinsday, Lord .1.11 mrton
00 chair, it Witi unatinuou-ly resolved '
to the foreign eniumoo.ionerv, ixtut th .t 10. L,..1
commitesioner4 be invitee. to a...45t at the rut, rt.i:c went,
personal tickets (on no account truntfeen‘de), at.:!l. 36. ca,!s.

PASSENGERS.

Early rises the May-play sun ; hut he had not long
shone upon Loadan streets on Thursday maniac before
they presented uu aspect which proved that the May-day
of POI was uo ordinary anniversury. At an hour when
' the thoroughfares are generally uscupied only by the pur-
veyors of new milk and hat rolls, u sprinkliug of plea-
sure seekers already occupied the pavement, with minds
and costumes made up for a day at the World's Fair,"
or, if not gone yet, evidently just " going to go." Audis
vthually they beaked into the clouds with keen glanceit, the 1
pitiless storm of so many previous hiretioons lying lousily
upon their memories; or, clustered into vivecious groups,
they exchauged meteorological pregnosties, rectified,
chronologies, and completed arrangements for the commis-
sariat. Presently the centripetal forme began to act upon
the separate amsas Curniklang these street groups, which
begun accordingly to move off in a westerly direetion, and
thus what the author of the " Vestiges" would tali
" mob-mist" became a well-developed series of currents of
humauity rapidly aggregating into a nucleus around the
Crystal Palace. Aay London sight-seer is a long-suilhring
and vigilant animal. lie gets up betimes, and 'braces his
energies to the toil of pleasure, knowing well how serious a
thing ameserneut is, and low necessary it is to set about
holiday-making in the bailie persevering, taking-tinte-by-the-
fitreluck spirit that he would set atomic a hard day's work.
Steadily, therefore, end, betimes did this great body of Len-
dorm.* eutunhntxt its pilgrinetge to Hyde-park. The pil-
grims, however, moved on leisurely, nut with the rush and
*crumble they are aunt to exhibit when crowding into souse
theatre or other place of entertainment calculated to hold a
limited quantity—they set off, early because, having de-
termined to make a day of it, tiny Nought it right to make
the day us loag as possible; but, knowing thatlin the park
whither they were bound there was ample room and veige
fur them all, they mauifested no violent hurry to get there.
13etere eight u clock the vehicles conveying the season
ticket beaters began to accumulate iu the male channel
of communication, end swell rapidly as the hour of open-
ing drew nearer; aed every branch street Auld "feeding,"
tributary added it. moving contents to the great tide.
For nearly three hours this tide never ebbed. (halyard it
rulhal iu one unbroken vehicular current, stagiuding at
various narrow gorges, or at embouchures of cross streets,
into, dark masses that resembled the deep blind( pools in a
water-course. Multifarious were the component atoms of
this vast current. Stylish carriages kept their panels
barely clear of the pules of cockney-stuffed omnibuses; and
those again were impregnably bleekaded by hacks, cabs, ,1
citizen.' gigs, and et onotuical broughams. htill with every
minute the torrent grew broader and deeper, and still the
streams of pedestrians on each side swelled over or beyond
the trottairo, until the streets became literally ;
choke-full the I
torrent elienited into a tideway when nearly at the iluod,
and the pulsalions of stoppages or progress were reflected
back like the " here" of the Severn from Hyde-park-
carrier to Somerset House.
Shortly after 11 oellek a marked change came over the
occur. The known punctuality of royal movements warned
everybody that the minute tiled in the programme ter
closing the doors would be observed as accurately as the
occultation of a Jupte r's satellite, and all who had set out
with the intention of assisting at the inauguration of the
Industrial Exhibition were either already within the build-1
ing or had given up all thoughts of succeeding in that at-
tempt and gone home in despair. These privileged classes
being subtracted, the streets were lett altogether to the
people and their vehicles, and greatly did the people seem
to enjoy themselves upon the occasion. All the omnibuses
in London tinctured to have been preeasi into their
service for this particular route, and they were all
filled to overflowing. Cubs debouched iu hundreds upon
the line, driven desperately wherever there was room, and
4,olTPing impatiently when the stream came to a dead lock.
'flux came to its climax tiering the 10 minutes requisite for
the royal cortive to cross Isom Constitution Kill into Ilyde
Pork, when Piecalilly became blocked with carriages,
massed together like it, b:rgs during an Arctic winter, and
taking, cutup:tett; vt:y, as lung to dissolve ; when the cruces-
lion had passed by, the arkek conamenceti. From the

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