New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-05
CHANCES AT EUROPE No. VIII.
The Exhibition, Sc.

| rd,,oriaI Correspoudence of rheTrIbune.
LONDON, Wednesday May d. 1851.
ALL the world that Is to say, some scores
Of thousands who would otherwise be IN London
are off to-day to the EPSON Races, this being
the Derby Day. 4 great holiday here. Our
Jures at the Fair generally respect It, and |
suppose ought to have gone, since the opporu-
nifty afforded for seeing life in England out-of-
| doors may not occur to ne again. As, however,
have very much to DO at he le, and do not care
one button which Of twenty or thirty colts can
/ run fastest, stay awsy and the murky, leaden
English skies conspire to justify my choice. |
understand the regulations at these Races are
superior and ensure perfect order but Gam
/ bling, IntoxicatioR and LcentiousnesS-to say
nothing Of Swindling and Robbery-always did
regard horse-race with signal favor and delight,
and probably always will. Other things being
equal, | prefer that their delight and mine
should not exactly coincide.
i am away from the Exhibition to-day for
the second time since it opened yet under
stand that, in spite OF the immense number gone
TO Epson, perhaps in consequence Of the gen.
eral presumption that few would be left to at
| tend) the throng is as great as ever. Yesterday
| there were so many in the edifce that the Juries
! which kept together often found themselves I'M
peded by the eddying tide of Humanity and yet
! there have been no admissions paid for with so
little as one dollar each Next Monday the
charge comes down to one shilling ga cents,)
and it is already evident that extraordinary
measures must be taken to preserve the Exhibit
ton from choking up. presume 1t will be de-
creed that no more than Forty, Fifty or at most
! Sixty thousand single admissions shall be sold
in one day. and that each apartment lane or ave-
nue. III the building shall be entered from one
! prescribed end only and vacated from the other
| The necessity for some such regulation Is OBJ
yiously imperative.
The immense pecuniary success of the EX-
! hibiton is of course assured. presume the
/ Commissioners will be able to pay all fair
charges upon them, and very nearly, if not quite,
clear the Crystal Palace from the proceeds, over
| $4,000 having been taken yesterday and an
average of more than $4,000 per day since the
! commencement If we estimate the receipts Of
/ May inclusive at 100000 only, including season
| tickets and those of June and July, at g Sc, 900
/
! August, have reached 500, 600 larger sum
! than was ever before realized in 4 like period
! by any Exhibition whatever But then no other
was ever comparable to this in extent, variety or
magnfcence. For example: a single London
! house has One Million Dollars worth Of the
| most superb Plate and Jewelry in the Exhi-
! bition, in a by no means unfavorable position ;
| had no of az A
! there, roaming and gazing at will, before | saw
! this lot There are three Diamonds exhibited
which are worth, according to the standard
method of computing the value of Diamonds,
| at least Thirty Millions of Dollars, and prob
! ably could be sold in q week for Twenty Mil
| lions; | have seen but one OF them as yet,
and that stands so conspicuOusly in the center
! of the Exhibition that few who enter can help
seeing it, And there are several miles of cases
and lots of costly wares and fabrics exposed
here, good share Of which are quite as at
tractive the great Diamonds, and ntrinscally
far more valuable Is there cause for wonder
then, that the Exhibition Is daily thronged
! by tens Of thousands even at the present high
prices
Yet very much OF this immediate and indis-
putable success is due to the personal influence
and example Of the Queen Had she not seen
fit to open the display in person, and with unu-
sual and imposing formalities there would have
teen no considerable attendance Oh that occa-
sion; and nothing less than her repeated and al
most daily visits since, reaching the building
little past nine in the morning sometimes after
being engroSsed with one of her State Balls or
other festivities till long after milnight) could
have secured so general and constant an attend
ance of the Arlstocratic and Fashionable classes
No American who has not been in Europe can
conceive the extent of Royal influence in this dl-
rectlon. What the Queen does every one who
asplres to Social consideration makes haste to
initiate if possible. This personal Difference is
often carried to extent quite inconsistent with
her comfort and freedom as have observed in
the Crystal Palace where, though have never
crowded near enough to recognize her, have
often seen throng blockading the approaches
to the apartment or avenue in which she and her
cOrtege were examining the articles exhibited,
and there (beIng kept back from nearer ap-
proach by the Police they have stood gaping
and staring till she left, often for half an hour
This may be profound loyalty, but it is doubtful
civilty Even on the Saturday mornings when
none but the Royal visitors are admitted till
noon, and only Jurors, Police and those Exhibit
Ors whose wares or fabrics she purposes that
day to inspect are allowed to be present, have
noted similar though smaller crowds facing the
Police at the points of nearest approach to her.
At such times, her desire to be left to herself is
clearly proclaimed and this gazing by the half
hour amounts to positive rudenesS.
remarked the other evening to Charles Lane
that, while did not doubt the sincerity of the