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

EASTERN NAVE.

.‘„ (PROM ANOTHER REPORTER.)
e were admitted into the foreign department soon
meter eight o'clock. There were but few persons present
men' and we had full liberty to roam about the floor
wnerever we pleased to go, but there was no admission
/141) stairs. The eastern doors were opened to the public
'l4
nine o'clock, when the rush was terrific, and
e scampering about to obtain seats alarming.
Ladies
, and gentlemen rushed to and fro in a frantic
'stabut the majority of them found their way as
s°oll as possible to the transept, where they pounced
-,4l3uatbe most available vacant places that came in their
Rowthey fared there we had neither time nor in-
41oation to ascertain, but before the ceremonies corn-
Ilitbeneed many of them were driven back to
eastern end of the building. Prior to the
arrival
of her Majesty but little incident
`occurred to relieve the tedium of waiting,
'americans,
in the early part of the morning a couple of
t 0 the
who had stands in the space appropriated
United States, discovered some of their pro-
perty to be missing, and a very pretty altercation en-
laed between them and the police. No amount of
money, they declared, could compensate them
for the loss, and loud and bitter were their regrets at
having been tempted across the Atlantic to assist in
'the Britishers' show. "Ah, I guess I know'd how it
:;:muld be," said .one ; " it's no tarnal use a stoppin' ;
1141 are the shabbiest critturs lever saw, and the sooner
return to New York the better, I calculate."
-61 couple of police inspectors, however, said and did
their utmost to calm their anguish, promising that if
their property were in existence it should be traced
'lnd restored ; and we are glad to say that their
blandishments of speech s.o far succeeded that
'our Transatlantic friends consented to display
'their handiwork, which,
by the way, consisted
fire-arms, and eventually
they joined most heartily
xn .lof
the applause which greeted her
Majesty as she
2.lnoved along in the procession.
Above the gallery
al' the eastern extremity, a gigantic eagle, sur-
of the Cold-
let)unted by the star-spangled banner, was suspended,
Ana' beneath it were placed the bands
Atrem and Scotch Fusilier Guards, who played one
'solitary air, and only one, previous to the arrival of
:her Majesty. It would be a waste of space and time
;,° give any detailed account of this branch of the
t:lbibition, because as yet the Austrian, French, and
the portions are wretchedly incomplete, while
American end was in a great measure covered
The figure of the Greek slave facing the eastern
gaate, it is however right to remark, attracted a vast
deal of attention, aad deservedly so, for a more ex-
quisite piece of chiselling was never sent from the
atlidia of sculpture. It is unquestionably the gem of
the
United States' part of the show.
~The proceedings went off moat satisfactorily. Her
tajesty arrived exactly at twelve o'clock, and a few
'nutes after one she was on her way back to the
4;l4'a!e. Her return was signalized by the same en-
but lasra that greeted her reception ; and though the
streets and parks were, if possible, more densely
mobbed on the return of the pageant, the whole ter-
illluated without accident or confusion.

GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THE
METROPOLIS.

(FROM ANOTHER REPORTER.)
From an early hour this morning, indeed we may
' sal 7 from daybreak, this great town in all quarters
bell:an to show symptoms of unusual bustle and
activity, and by five o'clock in: the morning the streets
Ilevally presented the appe
t appearance they usually wear
the middle of the day—the pedestrif course, 1 being attired in the " Sunday best.lnsop' At seven
o'4 :lock the outskirts of the metropolis wore a barren
itsa )ect, all persons by that time intending to be pre-

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sent to view the proeess7on and eubsequent cere-
many having either taken up their stand cn the
route of the pageant, or hurried to come 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 squezze. Tne 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
fare towards that quarter of the compass, whereas all
travelling to the west were crowded beyond imagina-
tion, some persons even hanging by the rails, their
sole support being on the little iron steps which assist
one in mounting the box. At eight o'clock the bells
of the metropolitan churches sent forth "a right
merrie peal," the Union-jack flag being at the
same 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, whilst 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, quarrelling, 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 alsobrought 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 pull them down and demolish
the windows, unless the " flag 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
imeute 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 flucks
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 cortige 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 bad
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 sides,
and, beyond a doubt, the words came from the hearts
of all who Wive 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 REPORTER.)
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 ber metropolis, since the
hour when a joyful nation bailed 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 snowy, 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 Bs'
the Freemasons' Hall, in Great Queen-street
and we heard the observation made repeatedly that
never before were so many equipages brought to-
gether in
one spot, as were collected in and
around the park,
minutes before ceased to fall, and
when the Royal cortege halted at
the north transept of the Crystal Palace.
At that time the drizzling shaver which had been
descending fora few
the sun shone forth most cheeringly. Well worthy,
too, of the celebration
were the extraordinary ordere
quiet, and good humouri
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
their pe rs
f forb
ran
ther c-
of the park, or the adjacent thoroughfares, and the'
eeaoefl
epaosliiceenn:ehna,dmv.heroypluitttloenmthaettierr to besttein
put
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.

THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE —At an early hour
Mr. Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire.
Brigade, with Mr. Coif, senior foreman, and twenty o'
the London pcmpiers, took up their several stations iu
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