The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-06 00:00:00

acres, measuring 1851 feet in length, and 45_
breadth, capable of containing 40,000 visitors
frontage for the exhibition of goods to ti

10 miles

With regard to the distribution of rewards to deserving
exhibitors, we have decided that they should be given in the
form of medals,not with reference to merely individual compe-
tition. but as rewards for excellence in whatm r shape it may
present itself. The selection of the persons to be so rewarded
has been entrusted to juries equally composed of British sub-
jects and of foreigners.

•• It is our heartfelt prayer that this undertaking, which has
for its end the promotion of all branches of human industry
and the strengthening of the bonds of peace and friendship
among all nations of the earth, may, by the blessing of Divine
Providence, conduce to the welfare of you. Majesty's people,
and be long remembered among the brightest circumstances
of your Majesty's peaceful and happy reign."
His Royal Highness handed to her Majesty a copy of
the report, accompanied by a catalogue of the articles ex-
hibited.

Her Majesty returned the following gracious answer:—
" I receive with the greatest satisfaction the address which
you have presented to me on the opening of this Exhibition.
" I have observed with a warm and increasing interest the
progress of your proceedings ih the execution of the duties in-
trusted to you by the Royal Commission, and it affords me
sincere gratification to witness the successful result of your
judicious and unremitting exertions in the splendid spectacle
by which I am this day surrounded.

" I cordially concur with you in the prayer, that by God's
blessing this undertaking may conduce to the welfare of my
people and to the common interests of the human race, by en-
couraging the arts of peace and industry, strengthening the
bonds of union among the nations of the earth, and promoting
a friendly and honourable rivalry in the useful exercise of
those faculties which have been conferred by a beneficent Pro-
vidence for the good and the happiness of mankind."
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury then ap-
proached the throne, and with great fervency of manner
offered up the following prayer, invoking God's blessing
on the undertaking :
" Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things
both in Heaven'and in earth-. without whom nothing is strong,
nothing is holy, accept, we beseech thee, the sacrifice of praise
and thanksgiving, and receive these our prayers which we offer
up unto Thee this day on behalf of the kingdom and people of
this land. We acknowledge, 0 Lord, that Thou hest multi-
plied on us blessings which Thou mightest most justly have
withheld. We acknowledge that it is not because of works of
righteousness which we have done, but of Thy great mercy,
that we are permitted to come before thee with the voice of
thanksgiving, and that instead of humbling us for our offences
Thou hast given us cause to thank Thee for Thine abundant
goodness. And now, 0 Lord, we beseech Thee to bless the
work which Thou halt enabled us to hevin_ nnd to rpo.nrd with

Thy favour our purpose of knitting together in the"bonds of
peace and concord the different nations on the earth; for with
Thee, 0 Lord, is the preparation in the heart of man. Of

Thee it cometh that violence is not heard in our land, wasting
nor destruction within its borders. It is of Thee, 0 Lord, that
nations do not lift up the sword against each other nor
learn war any more; it is of Thee that peace is within our
walls and plenteousness within our palaces ; it is of Thee that

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tne inspiration of the Almighty- giveth
Therefore, 0 Lord, net unto us, not unto

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works of art and industry around us, let not our hearts be
lifted up to forget the Lord our Goo, as if our own power and
the might of our hands hail gotten in this weaith. Teach us
ever to remember that all this store which we have prepared
cometh of Thire hand and is all Thine own. Roth nehrs and

mint,. come or ince, ana •inou reignest over all. In thine
hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all. Now,
therefore, 0 God, we thank Thee; we praise Thee and intreat
Thee so to overrule this assembly of many nations that it may
tend to the ste---- - glo"

..vancement of T, Jry, to the diffusion of Thy
holy word, to the increase of gk .eral prosperity, by promoting
goodwill among the different races of mankind. Let the many
mercies which we receive from Thee dispose our hearts t•
serve •hfull

inee more fan. _..y, who art the author and giver of
them all. And, finally. 0 Lord, teach us so to use those
earthly blessings which Thou givest us richly to enjoy, that

things which Thou bast prepared for those that love and serve
Thee, through the ments and mediation of Thy son Jesus
Christ our Lord, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be

At the close of this prayer the choir joined in singing
the Hallelujah Chorus, and the effect of this performance
may he estimated from the fact that the Chapel Royal,
St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and St.
George's Chapel, Windsor, contributed their entire vocal
strength, while there were also present pupils of the
Royal Academy of Music, part of the band of the Sacred
Harmonic Society, and many other performers, both fo-
reign and English. The vast area of the building left
free scope for the volume of sound poured forth, and the
assembled multitudes, their feelings already elevated by
the grandeur of the spectacle before them, listened with
becoming reverence to the triumphant music of the great
German composer. It was at this stage of the proceed-
ings that the Chinaman, already referred to, and whom
we discover to be no less a person than the Mandarin
Hesing of the Chinese junk, unable any longer to control
his feelings, made his way through foreign diplomatists,
ministers of state, and the distinguished circle with which
Court etiquette had surrounded the throne, and, advan-
cing close to her Majesty, saluted her by a grand salaam,
which she most graciously acknowledged. The proces-
sion then formed in the following order :

Heralds
Architect,
Joseph Paxton, Esq
Superintendents of the IA orks,
C. H. Wild, Esq. Owen Jones, Esq_
And other officers connected with the raising of th
building.
Secretary of the Executive Committee.
Executive Committee
Foreign Acting Commissioners.
Secretaries to the Royal Commission.
special Commissioners.
Her Majesty's Commissioners.
Mr. Alderman Thompson. John Shepherd, Esq.
R. Stephenson, Esq. Philip Pusey, Esq.
William Hopkins, Esq. John Gott, Esq.
T. F. Gibson, Esq. William C'ibitt, Esq.
Richard Cobden, Esq. Thomas Bazley, Esq.
Charles Barry, Esq. Thomas Baring, Esq.

Contractor,
Mr. Henderson

Contractor,
Mr. Fox.

Sir Charles Lyell. .„ .
Sir C. L. Eastlake.
Sir R. Westmacott. Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone
Rt. Hon. Henry Labouchere. Lord John Russell.
Lord Overstone. fiord Stanley.
Earl Granville. Earl of Ellesmere.
Earl of Rosse. Duke of Buccleuch.
Her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers.

F. M. the Duke of Welling-
ton. K.G., Commander-
in-Chief.

F. M. the Marquis of Anglesey,
K.G., Master-General of the
Ordnance.
Her Majesty's Ministers.
Bishop of London.
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
White Wands ; viz.,
Controller of the Household. Treasurer of the Household.

Vice-Chamberlain.
Garter. Lord-Chamberlain.
Principal King of Arms.
His Royal Highness The
PRINCE ALBERT, QUEEN,
leading her Royal Highness leading his Royal Highness
The Princess Royal. The Prince of Wales.
His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness
The Prince of Prussia. The Duchess of Kent.
Prince Henry of the Nether- Her Royal Highness
lands.
The Princess of Prussia.
His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness
Prince Frederick William Princess Mary of
of Prussia. Cambridge.
His Serene Highness His Royal Highness
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimais. The Duke of Cambridge.
Mistress of the Robes.
The great Officers of the Household and the Court.

Lord Steward,