The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-01 00:00:00

THE SUN,

la Catch the first sound of the trumpet which would
herald the Royal approach.

SOUTHERN NAVE.
(FROM ANOTHER REPORTER.)
By a quarter- past nine every front seat in the
nave was occupied by the fair sex, backed by their
champions in close array. The scene opened beauti-
hillY as each and every arrival caught a hurried
glance of the coming glory. There was an
eager expectancy in every eye, save and ex-
cept those who found that time to be
valuable must be caught before he roosts in the
chamber of disappointment ! There was no remedy
turn %hich way you will—you must now
"'lake the best of it r' as Eliza Cook
beautifully expresses it in her lively Journal.
Ten o'clock came, and still the buzz of crowding vi-
'itcrs added lustre and density to the swelling scene.
It was now "looking up" magnificently, with here
,tind there " a cheer," as some distinguished, " un-
'now!) to himself," met the hearty welcome
cf mistaken zeal, for in moments of excitement people
are net over particular as to the object, so it be " a
der of
!” Coming and crowding was now the
dOr.der of th morning more than ever, and eyes seemed
directed to the northern, or special entrance, that
being the passage by which the Queen was to come,
some by the royal train. Every now and then
grandee strutted in with a mock flourish,
ttrvhile others quietly slid along as modestly as their in-
necting on
_ividual merit was remarkable. it was indeed a school
1,.14 Patient ambition to look on and bide his time, re-
the various hues and shapes which
,werldlY vanity assumes in the presence of un-
:hunted native modesty. By eleven o'clock
e floe seemed to be overcrowded, so thickly
Wthere " the people" stowed—we say the people, for
now comprehended men and women of all nations
etatl
.11 brotherhood array," and truly happy was the
e of contentment diffused over the blended coun-
"'lnce of
seven all. Every one seemed happy
teir " they th
stolee "outsiders," for now and then
their
or borrowed a glimpse from
nate en first class" sitters, and then retired to rumi-

Amid the The various turns of fate below."
_it continual and oft-increasing buzz of hu-
s n voices some laughable incidents took place in
aehry
c°,opartrnent of the Exhibition. But one of a
w,u_ singular character occurred before our eyes.
.
,re .° is that," exclaimed a lady, " going across the
4,eee;...he in re:.:sentals? " Where ?" " There—there!
a Highland plaid, and looks so—bless
holv brown-black he stares !" Every eye was
lasected to the questionable
fie. visitor, and every mind
w"devment. " He's a Highlander I" exclaims
a.,
-LI he's a Hottentot," cries another. " Non-
e Inse!' says a third, " he's a Highland
chieftain.
itothhcrw mally he moves !" " Ye" whipers
„he moves like a man conscious of hiss own
414 " And well he may," rejoins a friend,
ten e's, a Highland Hottentot—a wild beast chief-
-4112
that
%la; 8 CUMMING !—the lion killer." "Dear me !"
pt. lady, half fainting, "is that the
4;11 who killed the tigers--I wonder its alive !"
Dili n°tlmadam? Cumming has a royal licence for
13 everything wild, but himself," tittered out
gentleman who was looking on with four
pa to have a closer inspection of the swarthy
stitlee hereatdhe;ll,: lighligandlandCheirefotauignh to sport ;t
but what
feathers,atisthet
INiiatthere's a helmet on his crown, which is
111(re e,
--aetlY in keeping, for Highlanders never
.
1/4l a
lhelmets." " Oh, then," exclaimed the lady,
n
at.
e1)1)(38e that's the Cap of Good Hope !" at
A,
h._"a,tl. 'lie laugh was turned against the champion of
'dy.
thrllle procession was received by the immense
re," congregated in that magic scene with oft-
prted cheers and welcome as her Majesty, the
Rated
the Prince of Wales, and the Princess
1411 preceded and followed by a splendid cortige,
P
httlise- along, each wondering and delighted with
MN-gazing eyes. The Queen was at-
nobetlrecl is plain pink, having Prince Albert
left arm, dressed in Field-Marshal's uniform,
:ding the Princess Royal, attired in simple'white,
if
his left hand, while her Majesty held the
-card of the Isles,
the garb of old Gaul, and the fire of old Rome,"
46r right hand. The Royal party walked four-
V°alid) and looked eminently interesting to the
Ilsand eyes that blessed their happy progress
pti:"R the congregated conclave of all nations
ajing homage to one so truly worthy ! The sun
jeso forth most resplendently over all, and
,111141 the scene with his resplendent
8. The Duke of Wellington, arm in-arm
41,41, the Marquis of Anglesea, walked in the pro-
-1)1", and attracted marked attention. It is the
use's birth-day ;heis 82 years of age.

EASTERN NAVE.
11' (nos& ANOTHER REPORTER.)
e were admitted into the foreign department soon
t
then eight o'clock. There were but few persons present
oche' and we had full liberty to roam about the floor
„ we pleased to go, but there was no admission
limtP stairs, The eastern doors were opened to the publicd
thee o'clock, when the rush was terrific,
.an
I:ail/1111*ring about to obtain seats alartninF•
kote, but the
itt4les and gentlemen rushed to and fro in a frantic
majority of them found their way asd
p: as possible to the transept, where they pounce
1; Most available vacant places that came in their
"ithey fared there we had neither time nor in-
ke
ll -"on to ascertain, but before the ceremonies corn-
theeeci ulany of them were driven back to
kw eastern end of the building. Prior to the
ot Iv of her Majesty but little incident
thoetirred to relieve the tedium of waiting,
:0 in the early part of the morning a couple of
t 4) theriey!nsi who had stands in the space appropriated
pert -e united States, discovered some of their pro-
talkt° be missing, and a very pretty altercation en;
trio- eetween
fortlfehYs they
them and the police. No amount of
for could compensate them
hen„." loss, and loud and bitter were their regrets at
the, been tempted across the Atlantic to assist in
Ivo
tieiritishers' show. " Ah, I guess I know'd how it
then bes" said one ; " it's no tarnal use a stoppin';
ore J are the shabbiest critturs I ever saw, and the sooner
ereturn to New York the better, I calculate."
li,,i(lllPle of police inspectors, however, said and did
the, utmost to calm their anguish, promising that if
ttlAr Property were in existence it should be traced
hirestored ; and we are glad to say that their
o,ll4lsl3rnents of speech so far succeeded that
/ranastlantic friends consented to display
of Ir handiwork, which, by
the Way, consisted
to 6re•arms, and eventually they joined most heartily
the applause which greeted her
-mtly Majesty as she
t ed along in the procession. Above the gallery
eagle, it along
the eastern extremity, a gigantic
it d suspended,
sPiltited by the star-spangled banner, was
played one
be
it were placed the bands of the Cold-
a:ara and Scotch Fusilier Guards, who
hetttuary
air,
and only one, previous to the arrival of
tn-:ftiestY• It would be a waste of space and time
h°i'v‘v43 any detailed account of this branch of the
:tin!), because as yet the Austrian, French, and
than Portions are wretchedly incomplete, while
American end was in a great measure covered
gsie litia figure of the Greek slave facing the eastern
deal of ' ante owever right to remark, attracted a vast
quisit~.tntion, aad deservedly so, for a more ex-
itndi from the
Piece of chiselling was never sent
the 1(' s3,f aculpture. It is unquestionably the gem of
Thnited States' part of the show.
kaje: Proceedings went off most satisfactorily. Her
tninu'il arrived exactly at twelve o'clock, and a few
Nei: after one she was on her way back to the
thusito Rer return was signalized by the same en-
-440, S /3:1 that greeted her reception ; and though the
without he re
sic
reni d
eofn
410311.,vu_,aaci n
parks were, if possible, more densely
urinated
ttloier
cp,amgfeuat.the whole ter-

GEXERAL APPEARANCE OF THE
METROPOLIS.

(740 M ANOTHER REPORTER.)
saylrola an early hour this morning, indeed we may
b from daybreak, this great town in all quarters
a. to show symptoms of unusual bustle and
4etivitY) and by five o'clock in the morning the streets
14:41.erallY presented the appearance they usually wear
i.-11 t," middle of the day "the pedestrians, of course,
71"eing attired in the S best." At seven
.."`°ck the outskirts of the metro Polis wore a barren
—Pt% 0.11 persons by that time intending to b. pre-

sent to VIEW the procession and subsequent cere-
mony having either taken up their stand on the
route of the pageant, or hurried to some neighbour-
ing coffee-room, which were, by-the-bye, open all
night, there to refresh the inward man to prepare them
for a long fast and a tight squeeze. Toe principal
thoroughfares, and more especially the Strand and
Holborn, presented a particularly gay spectacle, for
the omnibuses, which had been ordered out two hours
before their regular time, were all decked with the
gayest flowers, the drivers and conductors also being
very gaudily attired in gold lace and other orna-
ments. It was a remarkable fact that every omnibus
which passed going east could not boast of a single
fore towards that quarter of the compass, whereas all
travelling to the vest were crowd, d beyond imagina-
tion, some persons even hanging by the rails, their
sole support being on the little iron steps which assist
one i❑ mounting the box. At eight o'clock the bells
of the metropolitan churches sent forth "a Tight
merrie peal," the Union-jock fit); being at the
some time hoisted from all their steeples. The
suburbs of London by nine o'clock gave
one an idea that the great metropolis must have gone
into the country for a short time, while. all the roads
leading to Hyde-park were rendered almost im-
passable to pedestrians going east. It may be right,
however, to remark that, the greatest good humour
prevailed, and that there was none of that unseemly
conduct, pushing, querrelling, and fighting, which
generally characterises an English crowd of persons.
Perhaps this may be accounted for from the fact that
the mob on this occasion was composed of all classes,
high and low, and certainly never did we remark so
much fraternity in any previous throng we may
have happened to have formed part. About this time the
trains and steamers also brought in their Exhibition folks,
and the scene which presented itself at all the ter•
mini and piers was, for a time, one of indescribable
confusion, owing to all persons trying to get out
from their places at the same time. After the first
batch, however, had been disposed of the second lot
were better managed, as the officials had; in the
meantime, made every accommodation to get them
away out of their jurisdiction as soon as possible. It
is scarcely necessary to mention that signs of a
general holiday were every where shown, by the
closing of shops and the hanging out of flags, of all
nations, from the windows, much to the annoyance
of several unmistakeable John Bulls, who swore
they would pall them down and demolish
the windows, unless the " flsg which had braved
a thousand years the battle and the breeze" was sa-
luted. We are informed that a "row" was very
likely to have ensued in one of these instances, where
a Frenchman had put out the tricolor flag and pe-
remptorily refused to take it in. The interference of
the police, however, happily prevented any disturb-
ance, and we are happy to add that, with the excep-
tion of this trifling affair, nothing in the shape of an
inzeute of any description has been heard of.

St. James's Park has been tenanted by some por-
tion of the canaille of London during the whole night,
but it was not until six o'clock this morning that there
were any signs of a grand procession about to pass
through its grounds. But from that time the flocks
of persons who entered the parks from all sides were
innumerable, and by half-past nine the space in front
of Buckingham Palace was completely occupied, ren-
dering it futile for any person to attempt to pass
either one way or the other. The Mall was also densely
crowded, as indeed was every other part of the Park.
The route from Buckingham Palace up Constitution-
hill to the Duke of Wellington's statue, was, up to
this time, one mass of human beings, but shortly
before ten a detachment of Horse Guards, followed
by a body of police of the N division, cleared a space
and kept it, though not without some difficulty, until
the royal cortege had passed. The young boys who
are to man the frigate now lying in the Serpentine,
and who left the Admiralty for that purpose this
morning about half-past ten, were loudly
cheered by the crowd, and the cabs
which they were in were followed by large
numbers as far as the gates, when their impetuosity
was very properly checked by the officials stationed
there. What gave rise to the hurrahs and popular feel•
ing shown on behalf of the young sailors no one could
explain. Precisely at eleven the royal carriages left
the royal stables, at the back of the Palace, and went
round in front to receive the Royal pair and their
attendants. At a quarter after eleven, and a few mi-
nutes before her Majesty the Queen and her Prince
Consort departed from the Palace, en route to Hyde-
park, the Royal children were brought out under the
care of their governesses, and placed in the balcony
facing the Mall. On it being known that the Royal
children were at the balcony, a long and loud shout
for the long-continued happiness and health of the
Queen, her husband, and her children, rang
through the air, which being caught up by
all present, it was fairly and equally
echoed at the Palace of Glass. Everything being
ready, the Royal procession started, but scarcely had
the royal carriage got beyond the gates of Bucking-
ham Palace, when a smart shower descended much to
the discomfiture of the throng congregated, but it
tended in no way to lessen the manifestation of loyal
feeling. God save the Queen was heard on all side:,
and, beyond a doubt, the words came from the hearts
of all who gave utterance to the sentence. The mass
of beings then began to disperse from the front of
Buckingham Palace, but the greater portion seemed
not yet content with what they had seen, so leaping
over the railing enclosing the Green-park, they darted
across there and distributed themselves at the end of
Piccadilly with the hope of getting into Hyde-park.
In that, however, the majority were disappointed for
a strong body of police had blocked the passage up
some time before to all persons not having tickets of
admission to the Crystal Palace.

(FROM ANOTHER RLPORTER.)

The fear of being reputed superstitious must not
deter us from avowing that when, in crossing Black-
heath, yesterday, a thunder-cloud burst above us,
the echoing salutation sounded to the fancy as
an announcement that, on this, the coming
day of auspice, the elements were prepared
to favour our Gracious Queen with such a suspen-
sion of atmospheric hostilities as might become the
inauguration of terrestrial peace, and accord with the
well-omened aspect of the heavens on each day of
her previous progresses in her metropolis, since the
hour when a joyful nation hailed her
as the Queen. The morning dawned with
every mark of a change in the meteoric conditions,
and gave promise of a commencing summer. Still
masses of nimbo-stratus were stretched along the hori-
zon, and Alp-shaped cumuli, with snowf tops, gave a
character of Salvatorian landscape to the lower firma-
ment, whilst the sun persevered to struggle through the
intrusive mists, as if determined to see, and let be
seen, the happy pageant of this grand May-day.
Before seven o'clock the lines of carriages and
equestrians, and pedestrian groups wending to-
wards towards the parks from every quarter, exceeded
all that ever we witnessed in the thronging of
London streets, as one example will show :
from Hyde-park corner, through Piccadilly,
one unbroken line of carriages extended, at
nine o'clock, across Leicester-square as far as
the Freemasons' Hall, in Great Queen-street ;
and we beard the observation made repeatedly that
never Wore were so many equipages brought to--
gether in One spot, as were collected in and
around the
At that time the
of the Crystal Palace.
the north whendri the Royal
z shower
cworhteigche hhaaldtedheeant
descending for
transept
a few
min
ng sb o
too, of the celebration we
the sun shone forth urtee s
theefoextraordinary
fa
ol ,r
da
en
rd,
most cheeringly. Well worthy,
quiet, and good humour which prevailed throughout
the congregated thousands in all directions around.
There was not the slightest disorder, scarcely the
slightest obstruction to be complained of in any part
of the
park,whoor putthe on d
thoroughfares, and the
policemen,
jatahceeirt'
best tempers for the ce-
e
nvtheir
ion, bad very little matter to put forbearance
to the test. It was indeed an extraordinary scene, of
which the quietude was broken only by the enthu-
siastic cheering which greeted her Majesty all along
her route.

TEE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE —At an early hour
Mr. Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire
Brigade, with Mr. Colt, senior foreman, and twenty of
the London pompiers, toil up their several stations in
the Crystal Palace. They presented a very formidable
appearance in their new uniform; and such are the
plans in case of the slightest alarm of ire, that not

the least fear need be entertained of any serious
damage to any of the property deposited in the Ex-
hibition. The whole force of twenty would remain
throughout the entire day, to be relieved by a smaller
number at night.
THE TOWER.—At this place numerous visitors to
the metropolis arrived early in the forenoon, where
every attention was paid to them by the officials, and
its objects of interest seemed to be duly appreciated
by the visitors.
The Monument was also well supported with extra
dues in honour of the day, and, at its moderate price
of 61 some considerable sum will be realized.

PRESIDENTS OF THE JURIES APPOINTED
BY HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSION.
Class 1. Sir H. De La Beche, C. 8., F.R.S.. 28.
Jermyn•street-Director-Geni ral of the Geological
Surv, y of the United Kingdom.
Class 2. Dumas, Paris-Furceerly Minister of Agri-
culture. and Cemmerce, Member of the Irma ute, &c.
Class 3. Russian-Nomination not yet made.
Clial 4. Professor R. Given, F. H S , College of Sur-
geons, Lendon-Carator to the College of Surgeons.
Gass 5. Rev. E Moseley, M.A., F.R.S., Education
Office, Privy Council-lespector of Schools, and formerly
Pri,fessor of Mechanics at King's Colleee.
Class 6. General Poncelot, Paris-Member of the In-
stitute, formerly Director of the Polytechnic School, &c.
Class 7. I. K. Brunel, Duke-street, Westminster-
Civil Engineer.
Class 8. B iron Charles Dupir, Paris-President of
the French Commission, Member of the Institute, Pre-
sident or the Central Jury.
Class 9. P. Pusey, M.P., F.R.S., Pusey, near Far-
ringdon.
Class 10. Sir David Brewster. 1, Dorset-street, Man-
chester-square-Principal of the University of St.
Andrew's.
Class 11. Sir James Anderson (Lord Provost of Glas-
gow), Glasgow-Cotton manufacturer.
Class 12. Professor Hermann, Munich-Ministerial
Councillor, &c.
Class 13. George Tawke Kemp, 34, Spital-square.-
Silk- manufacturer.
Class 14. John Wilkinson, J. T., Leeds-Flax-
spinner.
Class 15. Van Hoegaerden, Brussels-Manufacturer
and Member of the Chamber of Commerce.
Class 16. Hon. Colonel Anson, 25, Hill-street,
Berkeley-square.
Class 17. Van de Weyer, London-Envoy Extraor-
dirary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
Class 18. John Heargraves, Accrington, Lancashire
-Calico-printer.
Class 19. Professor Bolley, of Switzerland-Head of
Commission of Switzerland, London.
Class 20. William Felkin, Mayor of Nottingham
The Park, Nottingham-Hosiery manufacturer.
Class 21. Lord Wharncliffe, 28, Lower Brook-street,
Class 22. American-Nomination not yet appointed.
Class 23. Due de Suynes, Paris-Member of the In-
stitute.
Class 24. Count Van Harrack, Prague-Chamberlain
of the Emperor of Austria, President of the Society of
Arts and Manufactures at Prague.
Class 25. Duke of Argyll, Stafford House, St. James's.
Class 26. Adam Chevalier de Brorg, Vienna-Director
of the Imperial Polytechnic Institute, Vice-President of
the Society of Arts and Manufactures, and Member'of
the Imperial Academy of Sciences at Vienna.
Class 27. Pietro Pistruccia, Rome-Artist.
Class 28. Senor Don Joacquim Alfonso, Madrid-Di-
rector of the Conservatory of Arts at Madrid.
Class 29. Lord Canning, 16, Grosvenor-square.
Class 30. Herr Von Viebahn, Berlin-President of
the Zollverein Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.

We learn from the official catalogue that the number
of British exhibitors, as far as it can be at present ascer-
tained, is 6,146, the amount of contributions reported by
the local committees is 76,6791., and the amount actually
paid to the Commissi, tiers 64,5411. The following out-
line of contents of the building may be interesting to
intending visitors:—
The Building lies East and West, and is intersected by
the Transept running North and South.
The Transept being taken as a point of departure the
building is divisible into two portions.
1. The western half is appropriated to the produc-
tions of the United Kingdom, India, and the
Colonies.
2. The eastern half to Foreign Countries.
CONTENTS OF TRANSEPT.
Ornamental iron gates, various objects of sculpture,
large glass fountain, other fountains, and ornamental
gates. The refreshment court is at the north extremity.
The offices of the R iyal Commissioners and the Execu-
tive are at the southern entrance.
WESTERN HALM-GROUND FLOOR.
Proceeding towards the west along the nave, or cen-
tral avenue, are placed a statue of the Duke of Rutland,
the Spitalfields trophy, the horse and dragon, Canadian
timber, marble dog, specimens of stone carving, console
table and glass, specimens of crystallisation, cross in
Caen stone. &c., altar screen, Eldon and Stowell group,
Honduras timber, church clock, Elizabethan fountains,
models, patent light-house, filtering apparatus, sculpture,
Coalbroult Dale glass-house, equatorial telescope, Liver-
pool model, fountain, and lighthouse.
SOUTHERN HALF.

The Avenues M, N, 0, and part of P, proceeding
from the west, contain successively printed fabrics of
Manchester, London, and Glasgow; flax manufactures
of Ircho d; woollen and mixed labrics, the pruduetiocs
(if Sht tileld; furniture; the hardwares of Birmingham;
the Menifeval court; Australian, Canadian, end East In-
din production?.
The Avenue; Q and R, from West to East, contain in
succession, agricultural implemt nts, court tor sculpture,
part of south Australia, Canada, and the East Indies.
Avenue S is principally occupied by Class I.
NORTHERN HALL

The Avenue I, and part of the Central Avenue, pro-
ce, ding east to west, contains cotton, leather, furs, part
of mineral manufactures, furniture, paper, fine arts.
Ceylon, and part of the East ladiau articles.
The avenues G and H contain carriages, mineral ma-
nufactures, marine and other engires, Guernsey and
Jersey, fine arts, Maltese and East Indian contributions.
Avenue F is appropriated to locomotive engines and
railway mechanism.
Avenues C, 11, and E contain, in a separate enclosure,
cotton and other machinery in motion; beyond this the
Western Refreshment Court, machines in motion, lathes
and tools, mills, steam-engines, and a part of the East
Indian articles.

Avenues A, B, contain cotton machines, woollen ma-
chines, flux machinery, silk and lace machinery, paper
and printing machines in motion, models and naval ar-
chitecture.