The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-21 00:00:00

THE WEEK AT THE GLASS PALACE.

MONDAY.

of 60,000 visitors in a single

day at the Crystal Palace is no longer a problem, the enor-
mons number of 60,241 having passed the barriers at four
o'clock on Monday ; and at the hour of closing 0,769 per-
sons had entered the building, of whom 67,099 paid the
witallog maws he. Us
at the first opening, but :ittleuptgra il!lll7.ltitrsi angaulh"
until
midday, when the inward stream became incessant, and so
continued. All the roads leading to the buildin; were like
a fair ; indeed, one cauld hardly suppose there were so
many cabs and omnibuses in London as were continually
occupied in conveying the sight-seekers. Nor was this all.
The fineness of the day tempted whole troops of pedes-
trians, who crowded the road and the park, giving to all
the vicinity the gay and animated appearance of some
great festival. It would be a hard task to clas,ify the enor-
mous crowd which =vied slowly backward and forward
through the interior, seeing as much as they could, but
greatly :impeded in their object by their own immense

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accumulation. The contents of several excursion trains
were there, among others the weekly Eastern Counties,
and an extensive immigration from Berkshire, via Great
Western. The provincial aspect was frequently visible,
but by no means predominant, nor, judging by appear-
ances, had our own operative classes anything like a majo-
rity. The toikties were, as a rule, gay and fashionable,
and there was the same crowding round those objects which
are supposed to interest the higher classes almost exclu-
sively. The Queen of Spain's jewels were regularly be-
sieged, and the Koh-i-noor knew no repose. The Dresden
chamber was impassable, and in the Milan sculpture-room,
the " pass on, ladies" of the policeman was a never-ending
ditty. But these symptoms of congestion were only local,
and such as may be witnessed even on high-priced days.
The general circulation was tolerably free, notwith-
standing the enormous crowd, sufficiently so to prove
that the established maximum of the executive committee
may ho exceeded without any serious inconvenience. And
that it will be so frequently is a matter of high probability,
especially if the weather prove fine, as the various provin-
cial clubs which were formed during the winter for the ex-
penses of a trip to London arc now gradually coming to
maturity, and will daily add their members to the metro
politan crowd. Her Majesty arrived for her daily visit at
her usual hour, and devoted a considerable time to the in-
spection of the machinery in motion, in which she appears
to take a deep interest. The constant inquiry of all the
new-comers is, " Has the Queen arrived And the police
answer, " Her Majesty has been here," without adding any
farther information. The visitors immediately set out in
search of the royal party, but in nine cases out of ten the
vast extent and intricacies of the building save her Majesty
from the pressure of curiosity. In nny case, there is an in-
spector and a constable in attendance whose duty it is to
keep all groups at a reasonable distance. The heat was very
great towards the middle of the day, and in the nave and
more crowded quarters excessive. Several cases of fainting
occurred, among which were two or three from among the
stronger sex, but the general aspect of the throng was plea-
surable in the extreme, and they moved about as freely as
could possibly be expected in so vast an assembly.

Cash account, June 16.
Season tickets £ 11 n 0
At the doors
Total £2,866 10 0

In the cecning,a concersecione took place at Willies
Rooms, King-street, St. James's, to afford foreign paeans
and other religious foreigners an opportunity to bonne so-
quainted with the clergy of the church of Entitails fair
with those lay members of the church who take an lipoid
Interest in its affairs. Amongst the diwingotalni paeans
pa ant were : the Archbishops of Canterbury and DAUB;
tb Iliabor of London, Winchester, St. Asaph, Brew,
Dombay, Argyle and the Isles; Archdeacons Hale and
Si;aab Deans of St. Paul's and Jersey; Earls of
Hanowby, &ye and Sete, Waldegrave, Chichester;
The Chevalier Bunsen, E. Wyadhsm, Esq., B. Shaw, Esq.,
The Chisholm, J. Cocks, Esq., Sir H. Verney, R.A., Sir
W. C. Ron, J. S. Pakington, Esq., Sir Lucius O'Brien,
Hon. Mr. Duncan, Hon. Dr. Hoffman, and Professor
Waagen, &c. &c. There was afro a large attendance of
foreign ministers and consuls, and the assemblage was in
many respects of a most novel and interesting character.
Bibles and prayer books in all languages, together with
school-books, and plans of churches, were exhibited around
the room ; and the " conversations" which took place
between some of the more distinguished representatives of
various nations sufficiently testified to the earnest manner
in which this appeal on behalf of the church was re-
sponded to.

TVODAT.

Oa Tessday the grand total at 6 o'clock
the last boar at which the account is taken—was 67,681 ;
and it may be interesting to note, hour by hour,
Ow rate at which the human tide flowed in. Tha
Ant return, taken at 12 o'clock, showed 19,757 ;
die second, taken at 1, 19,038 ; the third, at 2,
11,613 ; the fourth, at 3, 6,418; the fifth, at 4, 4,900 ; the
sixth, at 5, 3,747 ; and the last, at 6 o'clock, which was not
dosed for about a quarter of an hour after, 2,508.
Total. 67,411; am mamas tar exceeding anything that
lei boa wk.* arimplated. As might Pm expected
with soh tiombesio#llmpliwo was densely crowded; indeed,
between Indio mid two o'clock, the period during which
the mated mandinm sought admission, the transept and
nave were almost bipusable. Gradually, however, the
vast crowds igiust dimmaltes through the courts and along
die galleries, Ind MIS 0111Milidl0ii, moving room was ob-
tained. The anti loommilmas that remained was • very

Net temperature, which required the services of all the
watering-pots in the establishment, the thermometer giving
765 in rather a shady corner of the nave. There
were great numbers of country visitors ; several
van loads having set down from the South Eastern
railway ; and one of our charitable institutions, the Lon-
don Orphan Asylum, treated its SOO little inmates to a
visit. The railways may now be expected to furnish en
immense daily quota, ono of them, the North Western,
being under contract to convey 1,600,000 persons to the
Exhibition, the drafts to commence from the Ist July, and
to continue throughout the month. It is therefore not im-
probable that, before many weeks, there may be as many
• MP° visitors to the Crystal Palace in a day. Should
taw oppikatioss rise to that amount, those who are best
grim* jai. think that some restrictive regulations
win be rismarry, ma it is thought that 60,000 is quite as

groat a number as can be accommodated at one time in such
a way as to fulfil the object of their visit. It is satisfac-
tory to know that the balloon which paid such an un-
expected visit to the roof of the transept on the pre-
vious day, did no damage, beyond carrying away
• flagstaff. The shower of ballast which was sent down
caused some alarm and confusion at first, but that was com-
pounding very easily for what might have been the results
had the balloon itself, with its occupants, fallen suddenly
among the crowds who, towards the latter end of the day,
congregate about the fountain. The Koh-i-noor was on Tues-
day again restored to daylight and its gilt cage. The eaperi•
meat of the crimson boarding and pa light was notconsidered
!satisfactory; in the fine place, as not increasing the brilliancy
of the gam ; and, secondly, as canning sack a pressure in
that particular quarter as greatly to Increase the reopend
bilities of the police. An Interesting feature has been
added to the attractions of the Stadia nave la the shape of
a beautiful table in yid's dere, the weak of a Masada*