The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-01 00:00:00

BANK NOTES.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

It would seem as if people were now really sorry
to part with their old friend the Exhibition. In the
zenith of its fame it failed to draw the numbers
which yesterday flocked to promenade in its foggy
nave and admire the articles shown in the now dim
twilight of its side courts. Yet one day more and
the Exhibition will, as an exhibition, be closed for
ever. It is useless for those who have not yet seen
the contents of this really great display to flatter
themselves with a notion that the 14 days of sale
will afford them an opportunity. As an exhibition
it closes to-day. The entrance to the picture gal-
leries and Western annexe will be fastened up to-
night, and the work of removing their contents
commenced on Monday, on which day every exhi-
bitor will be at liberty to 'remove goods in cases
which can be carried out from the building without
the aid of carts or machinery. How many are
anxiously waiting for that day may be guessed by
the fact that on Thursday morning it was found
necessary to issue a stringent order turning all
packing-cases out of the building which had been
smuggled in to be in readiness on Monday with the
least possible delay. In spite of this, however, aby
no means small proportion of the foreign goods is
already packed, and there is no concealing the fact
that from the English side a considerable number
of the most costly and most perishable articles have
been quietly gat out this week. Messrs. Minton
remove their collection on Monday, and if the Wor-
cester Works, and those of Copeland, and Rose,
and Daniell do not at once follow the example, it is
because all the best of their magnificent works are
sold, and the purchasers will themselves come for
them during the days of sale. Mr. Emanuel also
takes out all his collection of plate and jewels on
Monday, and many smaller exhibitors in this class
will do the same. To-day, therefore, is emphati-
cally the last of the Exhibition. The days to come
during the next two weeks will merely be of inte-
rest to those who, not having seen how an Exhibi-
tion is formed, may be curious to watch the process
by which it is dismantled again.
Yesterday the visitors were me re numerous than
they have ever been on any previo us Friday. The
total up to four o'clock was 32,811, of which 10,249
were by season tickets, and 25,562 were by pay-
ment at the doors. This brings up the total of
visitors to 6,081,192, or just 51,000 more than the
total numbers of 1851. Yesterday there was a very
numerous attendance of what are termed distin-
guished visitors. Their Imperial Highnesses the
Prince and Princess Napoleon were among the
earliest arrivals, and remained until nearly dusk.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke
and Duchess of Buckingham, the Duke of Suther-
land, with the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland
and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Aylesbury, &c., were also among
the visitors.
The only approach to formality in the closing
which will be observed to-day is that at half-past
our o'clock " God Save the Queen" will be sung by
;he members of the Sacred Harmonic Society, ac-