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

FRIDAY

majestically to her subjects and the others who sup
rounded her.

ANECDOTAL INCIDEN ES.

That many a true word is written as well as spoken
in jest received a complete verification this morning;
Air. 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 unuaual 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 I
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 bat 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
rave been mere pantomine to those who were for-
tunate or unfortunate enough to obtain 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

permitted without eating, and in our hearing a gen-
tleman was somewhat peremptorily told that " by
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
~he 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
be 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 nonyman,
the Field Officer in Waiting; Colonel M.Dongll, Silver
Stick in Waiting; and Counts Puckler and Goltz, in at-
tendance on the Prince and Princess of Prussia.

The second carriage, conveying Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting to the Queen; Lieut.-
Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to
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 Hill,
Treasurer of the Household; Lord Waterpark, Lord in
Waiting to the Queen; Lord George Lennox, Lord in
Waiting to the Prince; and Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk
Marshal.

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nesses the Prince and Princess e,f Prussia, his Royal
Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and the
Duchess of Sutherland, Mistresi.of the Robes.
The ninth carriage, drawn by cream-coloured horses,
conveying her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal.
Her Majesty's escort was, cempeeed of the Life
Guards.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent wont to the
state opening of the Exhibitit accompanied by her
Princess Royal Highness the ary of Cambridge, and
attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper,
and Lord James Plantagenet Murray. The Princess
Mary was attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst and
Baron Kneebeck.
The Queen wore a dress of pink watered silk, brocaded
with silver. trimmed with pick ribaeds and blonde, and
ornamented with diamonds. Diamonds 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 Erincess 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, trig:tined with blonde, arid white
riband, and ornamented with diamonds. Her Royal
Highness's head-dress was composed of feathers and
diamonds, with lace lappet&
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia wore a
white silk dress, brocaded with silver, and looped up at
the bottom with bouquets of leathers, flowers, and dia-
monds. The head-dress was formed of flowers and dia-
monds, with feathers. E4r Royal Highness wore the
decoration of the Loiusen Order.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was habited in a
i'leid-Marshals uniform, and wore the ensigns of the
Orders of the Garter ancLGolden Fleece.
His Royal Highness thci Prince of Wales wore a High-
land dress—the Rothesay,tart„.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia appeared in
the unitorm 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 PitiSiig•
The Dachas 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 G uelphic.
The Duke of Norfolk carried his baton as Earl Mar-
shal of England.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal party
returned to Buckingham Palace at twenty-five minutes
past one o'clock.
A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards, with
the hand of the 2d Life Guards, were on duty in the
quadi -angle of the Palace.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
by lewd William Pauli% and his Serene Highness Priree
Victor of Hohenlohe Lang,enburg, attended by the Mas-
ter of the Queen's Household, were present at the state
openirsg of the gxhibition yesterday.