The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-02 00:00:00

LONDON, F a DA le

mjcsticsl;y to her subjects and the whors NV ho sur-
roan(led her.

ANECDOTAL INCIDEN rs.

That many a true word is written as well as spoken
in jest received a complete verification this morning;
Mr. Punch, in the last number of his humorous pub:
lication, recommends the establishment of a registry
for beaux. Now it struck us that in the eastern part
of the Crystal Palace there was a very shocking dis-
proportion between the ladies and the gentlemen. In-
stead of the ratio being, as Punch represents it, 5 to 1,
this morning it was at least twenty to one, and the
result was an unusual amount of confusion and ex-
citement. Parties of ladies got separated, and while
some found themselves hurried up to the gal-
leries, others were carried away to the extreme
north, or lost in the wilderness of space,
lying north and south of the transept. Then, again
while the procession was in motion, there were ladies
who would insist upon standing on the benches or
trespassing beyond the line of demarcation chalked
out by the police, and angry controversies arose about
bonnets being in the way, or the owners flatly refusing
to sit down. Now had each lady been accompanied by a
beau, or, say, had there been a beau to every two, much
of this confusion and annoyance would have been
avoided, for the police were not permitted to escort
ladies to their places, and as but few messengers were
in attendance, every one had to shift for him or herself.
It was really quite distressing to see how recklessly
ladies, both young and old, scrambled over the
benches, regardless of disturbing the beauty of their
costume, upon which they had evidently bestowed
much time and taste; but perhaps they felt amply
rewarded for all this trouble and inconvenience
in securing a capital position for seeing ,the
gorgeous pageant as it moved majestically along, and
since their struggles occasionally afforded some
amusement to the ruder sex we ought to be the last
persons in the world to find fault with them. Still
a lady, when alone and unprotected by a beau, feels
herself privileged to take more latitude than is abso-
lutely necessary for her own individual comfort, and
it is, therefore, to be hoped that Mr. Punch's hint
will not be lost sight of during the period of the
Exhibition. We suspect the complaint about the
alleged loss referred to elsewhere is not without reason,
since each stall was left to take care of itself, and the
valuable property which they contain appeared to be
quite unguarded. The music could not be heard far
beyond the transept, and therefore the prayer
and ceremonies performed in the centre must
have been mere pantomine to those who were for-
tunate or unfortunate enough to ebtain seats at
either end of the erection, though the higher notes
of the organs could be just distinguished as the
sound floated through the air. The music, however,
seemed to flow from a multitude of bagpipes instead
of those of an organ, while the impression conveyed
to the mind by the cheering, as it travelled from the
western to the eastern extremity, was that of the
noise which follows the rolling of the tide on to the
sea :beach. It gushed gradually upon the ear,
rising in force step by step until its thun-
dering climax was attained, and then receding
by the same slow measure its echo was at last entirely
lost in the distance. The refreshment rooms are on
the north side of the eastern end ; they of
course ' commanded a good deal of attention
this morning, and mint juleps, and bottled
stout was the order of the day, but drinking was not
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order of the Commissioners" he could not be allowed
to drink a glass of ale without eating a
biscuit. The gentleman declined to take his malt
upon such terms, but a second waiter came to the
rescue, and the difficulty was got over by the follow-
ing interpretation of the Commissioners' order :—He
must pay for the biscuit, but it would not be incum-
bent upon him to eat it; and with this compromise
the dispute ended, and we returned to the leading
avenue just in time to witness a chase for a dog who
had indiscreetly intruded himself without a ticket. The
hunters were a body of the A division, who ultimately
succeeded in capturing the intruder, whom they
ignominiously expelled; but it was not without con-
siderable difficulty that the feat was accomplished, for
he was a knowing dog, and managed to run in and
out of all sorts of intricate places, and thus, like other
offenders before him, he eluded the vigilance of the
police. Catalogues were in abundance, and found
ready purchasers at a shilling each, but the vendors
were somewhat a little too independent, as they de-
clined to give change for even half-a-crown,
while as to giving change for a sovereign seemed
simply ridiculous in their estimation. But very
likely these are mere trifles incident upon a first
opening of so stupendous a work, and doubtless
when next we visit this glorious palace of glass
we shall look for them in vain.

We subjoin the official account of the ceremonial:—
The Queen left Buckingham Palace in State, at twenty
minutes before twelve o'clock, yesterday, to open the
Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations.
The Royal Procession was formed in the following
order:—

First carriage, conveying Colonel Sir Ord Honyman,
the Field Officer in Waiting; Colonel M'Donall, Silver
Stick in Waiting; and Counts Packler and Goltz, in at-
tendance on the Prince and Princess of Prussia.

secondpraneis carriage, conveying
Equerry in
C oTI ohnee Waiting
Hon,nlegu t.
Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting to the Queen;Lieut.-
Colonel t
o
the Prince; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in
Waiting to the Queen; and Lieut.-Colonel Francis Sey-
mour, Groom in Waiting to the Prince.
The third carriage, conveying Lord Marcus
Treasurer of the Household; Lord Water a , Lord in
Waiting to the Queen; Lord George r
Lennox,
Lord in
Waiting to the Prince; and Lord Alfred
Paget, Clerk
Marshal.
The fourth carriage,conveying '
Viscount Combermere,
Gold Stick in Waiting; Lord Foley, Captain
of the
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; the Marquis
of Donegal, Captain of the. Yeoman of the
Guard• and
the Earl of Beseborough, Master of the Buckhounds.
The fifth carriage, conveying the Renee
rable Mrs.
Trevor, Bedchamber-woman in Waiting; the Honour-
able Flora Macdonald; and the Honourable Mary F.
Seymour, Maids of Howler in Waiting; and the
quis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to the Prinee'
ar"
The sixth carriage, conveying the Countess Haelee
and Oriolla, Ladies in attendance on the Princess
of
Prussia, Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady
Superinten-
dent, and the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Cham-
berlain.
Tho seventh carriage, conveying the Countess of
Charlemont, Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting; the
Marchioness of Douro, Lady of the Bedchamber;
Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse; and the
the Mar-
quis of Westminster, Lord Steward.
The eighth carriage, conveying their Royal Hia
h
nesees the Prince and Princess of Prussia, his Royal
Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and thPrussia, and e
Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes.
The ninth carriage, drawn by cream-coloured horses,
conveying her lalejeety the Queen, hie Royal Highness
Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wale
and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal.
Her Majesty's escort was composed of the Life
Guards.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent went to the
state opening of the Exhibition, accompanied by her
Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and
attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper,
and Lord James Plantagenet Murray. The Princess
Mary was attended by Lady Georgians Bathurst and
Baron Knesebeck.
The Queen wore a dress of pink watered silk, brocaded
with silver, trimmed with pink riba and blonde, and
ornamented with diamonds. Diamonnes ds and feathers
formed the head dress. Her Majesty wore the Riband
and George of the Order of the Garter and the Garter
of the Order as an armlet.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal wore a white
satin slip with two skirts of Nottingham lace, and had
round her head a wreath of pale pink wild roses.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's dress was
of white brocaded silk, trimmed with blonde, and white
riband, and ornamented with diamonds. Her Royal
Highness's head-dress was composed of feathers and
diamonds, with lace lappets.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia wore a
white silk dress, brocaded with silver, and looped up at
the bottom with bouquets of feathers, flowers, and dia-
monds. The bead-dress was formed of flowers and dia-
monds, with feathers. Her Royal Highness wore the
decoration of the Loiusen Order.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was habited in a
Field-Marshal's uniform, and wore the ensigns of the
Orders of the Garter and Golden Fleece.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wore a High-
land dress—the Rothesay tartan.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia appeared in
the uniform of a Prussian General, and Prince Frederick
William in that of an officer of the Prussian Foot
Guards. Both Princes wore the insignia of the Black
Eagle of Prussia.
The Duchess of Sutherland, and the other Ladies in
Waiting, were in Court dresses, and all the gentlemen in
attendance wore their respective uniforms, the members
of Orders of Knighthood wearing their different insignia;
the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquis of Abercorn those
of the Garter; the Marquis of Breadalbane that of the
Thistle; Viscount Combermere those of the Bath, the
Guelphic, and the (Portuguese) Tower and Sword; and
the Marquis of Donegal that of the Guelphic.
The Duke of Norfolk carried his baton as Earl Mar-
shal of England.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal
returned to Buckingham Palace at twenty-five minutes
past one o'clock.
A Guard of Honour of the Grcnacuer Guards, with
the band of the 2d Life Guards, were on duty in the
quadrangle of the Palace.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
by Lord William Peale!, and his Serene Highness Prince
Victor of flohenlohe Langenburg, attended by the Mas-
ter of the Queen's Household, were present at the state
opening of the Exhibition yesterday.

Shortly after the departure of her Majesty the inspiriting
air of "See the Conquering Hero comes," told that his Grace
the Duke of Wellington was about to leave the Palace. In
a few minutes he was seen stepping into his modest carriage.
A long and hearty cheer was given to the iron Duke.
At ten minutes to one o'clock the distant booming of can-
non was heard at the top of Constitution-hill, and the firing
of a royal salute gave intimation of her Majesty's departure
from the Crystal Palace; and at a little after one o'clock the
cavalcade proceeded at a rapid pace down Constitution-hill
to the Palace, where it arrived at a quarter past one o'clock.
The crowd had by this time to a certain extent dispersed in
various directions, leaving however an immense multitude
before the Palace. The various carriages had set down in
the interior quadrangle, and the empty vehicles drove out
from the Palace. The last had scarcely cleared the
gate when the windows in the centre of the front
quadrangle, on the first floor, over the beautiful bronzed gate,
were thrown open, and, to the delight and surprise of her
Majesty's loyal subjects there assembled, her Majesty, leasing
on the arm of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, came to
the very front of the stone balcony, followed and attended by
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, her Royal High-
ness the Princess Royal, her Royal Highness the Princess
Alice, bis Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, and the
Duchess of Sutherland. Her Majesty's appearance was
bailed with cheers that rent the air. On no occasion do we
remember to have heard such long-continued, unanimous,
and spontaneous bursts of applause as those which greeted
her Majesty, who graciously evinced her appreciation of the
welcome given her by a loyal and loving people. Her Ma-
jetty having withdrawn, the " hosts" separated in various
directions, and the most perfect order and quiet were main-
tained. And thus ended the proceedings of this eventful day.
REPORTED Accinima.—During the whole of the after-
noon reports were freely and generally circulated throughout
the metropolis that, shortly before the Queen's arrival at the
Crystal Palace, a foreigner attempted to effect an admission
into the Exhibition-building without the necessary authority
of a season ticket, and that his entrance was of course pre..
vented by the police, whereupon an altercation had arisen,
when one of the policemen struck the intruder with his
baton, which exasperated the foreigner so much that he in-
stantaneously drew from his pocket a sharp-pointed instru-
ment and stabbed the policeman in the breast, upon which
he immediately dropped dead upon the ground. Another
report was that one of the police force had been shot with
a pistol, though not mortally; and that several others had
been severely maltreated by the mob. As no authentic
accounts of these reported transactions had reached oar
office, we personally made inquries upon the subject at the
head police office in Scotland-yard, and we are glad to be
enabled to state that Mr. Inspector Hamacks informed
us that he had been in active communication with all the
superintendents on duty in the neighbourhood of the Crystal
Palace during the whole of the day, and that, up to the mo-
ment of our inquiry (eight o'clock), no information had
reached him of any untoward circumstance having occurred
of any description whatever, and that consequently the
above-named reports must have been without the least foun-
dation.
ILLUMINATION AT luta MAJESTY'S THEATEE.—.The front
of her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket was
last night
'most brilliantly illuminated, in honour of the
opening of the
Great Exhibition. It consisted of a large imperial crown,
with the jewels, &c., most beautifully disphiy_esd_in_coloured
lamps. Beneath this were the. Roainitiat Y n fine
white lamps, each letter being encircledl) y wreaths of
laurel, in green lamps, and richly egemmed with ruby-
coloured fruit, the whole design being terminated by a true
lover's knot in blue lamps. The Royal standard also floated
from the top of the building.
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On Saturday, April 19, one of the greatest actors
of his time quitted this mortal stage of life—alas, poor Dow-
ton is no morel—aged 88 years. He died at his residence at
Brixton-hill, and gave up life's latest sigh without a struggle.
STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE.—A calf was yester-
day shown in London, brought from Devonshire which had
seven legs, three of them fore legs and four hincnegs. One
of the fore legs has two feet. It has also two tails springing
from the back of the strange creature, which only __
lived two
days.