The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-12 00:00:00

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.

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The Irish International Exhibition,

DUBLIN, MAY 11.

A few faint notes of discord have mingled with
the jubilant strains in which the Dublin press has
celebrated the opening of the International Exhibi-
tion. Some of the journals
.complain that the Prince
of Wales drove to the Exhibition Palace in a close
carriage, thus disappointing the multitudes who
waited to see him and to cheer him as he passed.
They describe the eager crowds that thronged the
leading thoroughfares, the large flags that waved
from windows and housetops, the number of private
carriages, cabs, and jaunting cars filled with sight-
seers along the principal streets, the windows and
balconies crowded with ladies and gentlemen, the
long line of vehicles of all sorts in the park, stretch-
ing from the Viceregal Lodge almost down to the
Dublin gate, all waiting for the Prince, who was ex-
pected to come forth in an open carriage, to be looked
at and applauded while passing slowly on his way to
the Exhibition. But the patient multitude were bit-
terly disappointed. The Prince, hoping for better
weather, did not start till an hour beyond the time
he was expected. At length the military outriders
announced the approach of the royal party. It occu-
pied four carriages, the first two of which were
occupied by the attendants of the Prince of Wales
and the Lord-Lieutenant, and the two latter by the
Prince of Wales, the Lord-Lieutenant, the Duke of
Cambridge, the Prince of Leiningen, Major-General
Sir G. Brown, Commander of the Forces, and
Major-General Ridley. A numerous escort of the
10th Hussars (the late Prince Consort's regiment),
under the command of Colonel Elrington, preceded
andfollowed the Royal carriages, which were driven
with such rapidity that almost before the Prince
was recognised he was gone, and the cheers that
were bursting forth enthusiastically died away before
they had gathered strength. But heads were unco-
vered, hats and handkerchiefs were waved, and loud
huzzas followed the cortege as it passed rapidly
along from the dense multitude lining the streets
and crowding the balconies and windows. The
arrangements that led to the disappointment have
been severely censured. The Prince, however, came
to perform a special duty on behalf of the Queen,
not to enjoy an ovation which would be felt to be
unseasonable when a telegram might reach him at
any moment announcing the death of the King of
the Belgians. Happily, nothing has occurred to
mar the effect of the royal visit. There was in the
city yesterday but one feeling about the inaugural
ceremony and about the Prince's language andbear-
ing. That feeling was one of intense gratification.
All classes alike exult in the magnificent display of
May 9, which will be long marked in our calendar
as one of the proudest and most auspicious in the
history of the country.
The best face was put upon everything when the
Exhibition made its first public appearance, but
yesterday it was again in deshabille, like a lady the
morning after a ball. Some of the decorations were
removed ; men were engaged in hanging pictures ;
the exhibitors were completing
their arrangements
and dressing their cases artistically—thefew of them
who were able to resist :the temptation of going to
the review in the park. It will require some weeks
to adjust everything, so that the committees and
exhibitors may repose and admire the work of their
hands, or enjoy what they have all done so much
to deserve—the admiration of the public.
The Exhibition was open yesterday for the first
time to ordinary visitors, the charge being ss. The
weather was wet and gloomy, and the sculpture
and pictures were seen under unfavourable circum-
stances. The committee have arranged with the
railway companies to organise excursions, and
parties with excursion tickets, living 20 miles
from Dublin, will be admitted at half-price. A
large number availed themselves of these oppor-
tunities yesterday, and, among others, about 200
persons from the Isle of Man, who were admitted at
2s. 6d. each. The organ is still unfinished, and in '
the various departments the resources of the Exhi-
bition are but partially developed.
Visitors coming into the building for the first
time hasten through the courts, and rest satisfied
with a bird's-eye 'view of their contents, postponing
a more leisurely and critical study of the art trea-
sures collected for their instruction. The sculpture
placed in the pillared hall, opposite the principal
entrance from Earlfort-terrace, is the first to arrest
attention. The general arrangement of the statues
andpictures has been intrusted to Mr. Henry Doyle,
who performed a similar duty so creditably in the
Exhibition of 1863. Lord Southwell, Mr. Kirk, and
Mr. Mulvany render valuable assistance in this
work, and are indefatigable in their exertions. In
the group of statues are many works of exquisite
beauty, but there are two which at once arrest at-
tention and extort adoration—" The Sleeping
Faun and Satyr," by Miss H. Hosmer, and Mr.
Storey's " Judith." It is a curious fact that amid