The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-03 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Yesterday by the police returns 49,399 people entered
the building, and the receipts amounted to 2,3631. 18s.
Every day the assemblage wears a more countryfied
aspect, and is more popular in its character, so that the
tatting off in the attendance is less easy to account for.
Until now the weather might have been pointed to as
the cause, but the decline is so steady that even this tx-
plantion ceases to be satisfactory. Perhaps, after all,
the Multitude have found out that there are limits to
the numbers which the Cr) stel Palace can accommodate
with comfort, so as to see properly its varied wonders.
The presence of charity children still continues to form
an agreeable feature ot each day's incidents. Yester-
day the girls of St. Olave's school were enabled to go
there by the liberelity of Mr. ex-Sheriff Pilcher, and the
trustees of the Broad-street Ward School also treated
their scholars to an inspection of the interior.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, the King of the Belgians, and
their respective suites, visited the Exhibition yesterday
morning, at. their usual early hour. They first inspected
the Zoliverein compartment, the most attractive fea-
tures of which were pointed out to them by M. von
Viebahn. Thence they passed into the division of
Northern Germany, and thence again into that ot
Russia, where they were received by M. Kamensky and
M. Nottbeck. The illustrious party were attended
during their stay by Mr. Cole. Not the slightest incon-
venience or crowding arose from the admission of the
public before their departure.

WEDNESDAT.—Msjor-General his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge inspected the 12th
Lancers at Winchester, prior to their embarcation at this
port in hired freight-ships for the C'pe. His Royal High-
ness afterwards honoured the Major-General commanding
the South-Western District (Lord F. Fitzearence) by ac-
companying him to Portsmouth, and inspecting the 71,11 Fusi-
lee's, 48-h, and 95th Regiments, separately in drill order on
Southsea-counun, which troops his Royal Highness will re-
view on the same ground to-morrow morning. This evening
the Duke dined at the Government-house, where the tollow-
i g guess s were invited to meet him :—Admiral the Hon. Sir
Mattel' Cape!, K.C. 8., Commander-in-Chiet ot Port,mout h ;
Rear-Admiral Prescott, C.B. Superintendent of the Dock-
yard ; Colonel Menzies, K. H , Commandant of Royal Ma-
rines;
Colonel Gibsone, Commandant of Royal Marine
' Artillery i • Lord Dufferin ; Colonel Sir John Mark Frederick
Smith, K. 11.. Commandant of Royal Engineers; Sir George
Wombwell, Bart. ; Colonel Campbell, 95th Regiment; Lieu-
tenant-Colonels Yea, of the 7th Fasiliers ; H ultain, of the
Royal Artillery ; the lion. A. Dalz.:ll, of the 48th Regiment;
Captain H. D. Chads; C. 8., of her Majes y's ship Excellent;
Captain Lord E. Russell, of her alajesty's ship Vengeance;
the staff ot the Lieutenant-Governor' the Hon. IV. Mouck,
Acting Brigade-Major; Paymaster Gilley, of the 7th; the
Hon. Mr. Lassen, and other guests.
EAST INDIA. liouss.—The warrants for the divi-
dends on East India Stock will be payable on Monday next,
the 7th inst. (under the 11th section of the Act 3d and 4th of
William IV., cap. 85), and the transfer-books fo; the guild
eto4.will be opened on Tuesday, the 15th hot. •