The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-13 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

So far as the world at large is concerned the Great
Exhibition is at an end. Its doors are closed to the
general public, and it is now left for the pen of the his-
torian to convey to future generations an adequate idea
of its magnitude, its grandeur, and its success:.
Yhilo-
sophers and politicians will trace its influences upon
the civilized portion of the human race; and as
hitherto monuments have been left upon the battle-
field to commemorate the physical triumphs of man,
so, hereafter, some pillar will be set up to mark
the spot where the arts of peace were shown to be more
glorious than those of war. Long has Hyde-park dis-
played a memorial to the prowess of the sword, and
at length the period is arriving when a similar
tribute may be erected, to remind the world of
the time and place when and where the nations of the
earth struggled to show their superiority in the peaceful
arts. Hitherto the doors on Saturday have nut been
thrown open until twelve, but on this occasion the public
were admitted as early as nine o'clock. From the latter
hour until the approach of evening a continued stream
of visitors flowed into the building, almost without in-
terruption. Of course, the price of admission being
half-a-crown debarred the humbler classes of society
from taking a last farewell of the gorgeous
spectacle ; but, although generally speaking the
visitors were of the higher order, a few smock frocks
were here and there visible. The season tickets, natu-
rally enough, mustered in great force. Inside, every.
thing went on as smoothly as heretofore, and with the
exception of the notices that the Exhibition would close
that day, there was nothing to be seen or heard that would
have induced a stranger to believe that in a few
days the vast and valuable collection of arts
and manufactures before him wore to be again
distributed over the world. True, in some few
places symptoms of packing up were visible,
but the casual observer could detect nothing in the shape
of preparations for a removal. The sculpture rooms
appeared to be the chief centre of attraction, par-
ticularly the one in the Austrian Department, where
Monti's exquisite figure of the •" Veiled Vestal" as usual
came in fur a considerable share of admiration. The
sculpture, indeed, seemed to engage general attention,
kut every part of the building bad its multi-
tudes of visitors, and as each object was examined and
admired, a feeling of disappointment or rather regret was
audibly expressed that the hour had come when the en-
chanting scene must close for ever. The numbers re-
turned by the police were as follow:

Ten o'clock ... 4,790
Eleven 10,707
Twelve ... ... 19,207
One 27,311
Two ... 34,841
Three ... ... 42,870
Four ... 49,731
At five o'clock on Saturday the transept and surround-
ing galleries were densely crowded, and the heat and
pressure extremely groat, but as it was understood that
there would be some demonstration at the close, the fair
visitors endured without wincing the inconveniences of
their position. At length the National Anthem was
played by the organs, the choristers and visitors and
Herr Sommer joining in with a zeal and enthusiasm that
have seldom been equalled. Right royal and hearty
English cheers repeated three times three, and each
time with increased vehemence, followed, and this scene
was repeated at either end of the building by the persons
assembled there. A second attempt to get up the
National Anthem was put a stop to by the bells and
gongs commencing to ring out the visitors.
It was 20 minutes past five when the bells began to
ring, to warn the company it was time to depart. From
this moment a most extraordinary scene ensued. There
was continual cheering from every quarter for Prince
Albert, for Lord Granville, for Mr. Yemen, for the Royal
Commissioners, &e. At a quarter to six the bell was
again rung, but still nobody appeared to take any notice
of it. The police now began to endeavour to
induce the visitors to leave the building, which they
were only at last enabled to effect by forming themselves,
in conjunction with the Sappers and Miners, into par-
ties, and, blocking up certain portions, gradually moving
every person towards the egress doors, from which they
were not allowed to return. Thus the Exhibition was at
last closed, though it was not until long past seven that
the whole of the lingering company was got out of the
building. The private carriages continued taking up till
past eight o'clock.
According to the official returns furnished by the
police, no less than six millions two hundred thousand
persons visited the building while it remained open.
The following is the general state of receipts and ex-
penditure:—
To Messrs. Fox and Henderson for the
building .£79,800 0 0
To Messrs. Munday for rescinding of

contract ... 5,000 0 0
Extra galleries, counters, and fittings... 35,000 0 0
Management, including printing, &c.,
up to May 1 ... 20,943 0 0
Police forco 10,000 0 0
Prize fund ... 20,000 0 0
Management during the exhibition

Total ... ....£170,743 0 0
The income of the establishment is as follows up to
the close of the Exhibition:—
Public subscription £6.1,344 0 0
Privilege of printing ... 3,200 0 0
Privilege of supplying refreshments ... 5,500 0 0
Amount received for season tickets up to
Ist of May
Royalty.of 2d. per copy on catalogues...

40,000 0 0

Total funds in hand on the Ist of May £113,0•14 0 0
Amount received at the doors up to
Aug. 30 252,141 9 6
Ditto up to the end of September ... 62,007 12 0
Ditto up to Saturday, Oct. 11... ... 41,922 11 6

Grand total

... £469,115 13 0

Allowing the large margin of 100,000/, for expenses of
management, and other contingencies, there will re-
main the handsome balance of about 200,000!. to the
credit of the Royal Commissioners.

Tho following is the official report of the receipts on
Saturday ...
..• ... ...£4,845 13 6
Police numbers... ... ... 53,061

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Medical Director-General, Dr. Sir William
Burnett, has been paying an official visit to Devon-
port.
The Chief Director of Engineering and Architec-
tural Works, Colonel Green, with his assistant, Mr.
Scamp, have returned to Somerset-house, from in-
specting the Admiralty works at Devonport. We
have heard nothing as to the precise alteration sug-
gested in the department at Devonport, but we be-
lieve a reconstruction of the staff will take place
before the next estimates are made up, when most
probably the services of the Director of Works there,
Lieutenant-Colonel Williams, will be dispensed with.
This gallant officer, it should be understood, is lent
from the corps of Royal Engineers, and receives pay
from both the army and navy votes ; but it is held
that an officer of his rank would be more in place in
taking his turn of duty abroad or at home in the re-
gular service of the Royal Engineers.—Herald.
Captain Charles Wise, flag captain to Sir William
Parker, who has been home on sick leave, has left
England to rejoin his ship, the Queen, 116, in the
Mediterranean.

Many of the senior Lieutenants have at length ac-
cepted the brevet rank of Commander on the retired
list of 1830. Among them are Lieutenants Spiers
(1811) and Pye (1810).
Commanders George Beadon (1841), Richard
Studdert (1849), and Thomas Cochran (1851), have
been appointed Inspecting Commanders of the Coast
Guard.

Lieutenant H. D. Blankley (1844) has been inva-
lided from the Imaum, at Port Royal, and has arrived
in England.
The Royal yachts Victoria and Albert, Captain
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and the Fairy, Master-
Commander Welch, left Liverpool on Saturday on
their return to Portsmouth.
Helena, 16, Commander De Courcy, has been de-
tained in the West Indies for a short time.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 11.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Mayflower, with Commodore-Superintendent Sey-
mour and family, arrived to-day from Sheerness.
The Avon arrived on Thursday from Portsmouth.
The foremast of the Vesuvius will be fitted on
Monday, preparatory to her being put in commission.
Eighty-five tons of ballast have been put on board
the steam-block ship Sanspareil, 80, and she will be
taken out of dock on the 27th and masted.
The frigate Spartan, 26, is under examination and
repair previous to being commissioned.
The lower yards and topmasts of the Impregnable,
104, Captain Arthur Lowe, were struck on the 7th
for the winter.
The screw steam-sloop Rattler, 6, Commander
Mellersh, will call at this port from Portsmouth, on
her passage to the East Indies.
The outward Cape mail packet sailed from Ply.
mouth on Wednesday, the 15th inst., at noon. The
homeward packet Sir Robert Peel, due about the 9th,
is not expected before the 20th inst., having damaged
her machinery and lost ten or twelve days on the
outward passage.
SUNDAY, OCT. 12.—The merchant steam-vessel
Warrior, Captain Donald, of and from Glasgow, the
Ist inst., bound to Madeira, Antigua, and St. Thomas's,
having been 160 miles to the westward, put in here
this morning with damaged cylinder and machinery.
Her Majesty's sloop Modeste, 18, saluted Port-
Admiral Sir John Ommanney outside the breakwater,
and entered the Sound at half-past ten o'clock this
morning, from the eastward.

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