The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-26

meetings, were admirable, and greatly surpassed
those of similar character in our national and
public schools. The exhibition of Daguerreotypes
is excellent.
Leaving the division devoted to the United
States, you enter the great department of the
Zolverein, On the north and south Sides The
collection of machinery and manufactures, of the
most varied description, presents a thousand OBJ.
J-cts of the highest interest Russia occupies a
small department the south, and this is scarcely
complete; but, 10 compensate for this, Austria,
also on the north and south sides exhibits variety
of products which place her in a very honorable
position in the Exhibition. All the Austrian ex-
hbirors dressed in simple Austrian green
uniform, with coats fastened at the breast with
long clasp, inscribed Austria" that The general
effect is admirable. Hurrying through Holland
and Belgium, You enter the extensive region of
France, which, when complete, will be very beau
tiiul, and worthy of the taste and skill Of that
great country. Switzerland and Brazil, with
Italy and Spain on the north, succeed, and are
followed by Persia, Greece, Egypt and Turkey
The unfortunate delay in the arrival OF the
Turkish steamer with their objects, render their
division incomplete; but the space abutting upon
the transept having been appropriated to the
Foreign ambassadors and ladies of rank who had
the entree, the deficiency was admirably concealed
Crossing the ,ransep,, you enter the British East
Indies, which p esen's very beautiful scene. On
he south you then arrive at square devoted to
Canada, the West Indies, and the Australian
colonies. The articles from these interesting spots
in the British Empire are all admirably illustrative
of their rich productions. The minerals, the raw
materials, afford abundant scope for study, both to
/ the merchant and philosophers.
\ beautiful little square of medieval treasures
next attract vast crowds, who pass to the scup-
ture room. Yon are now on both sides the nave,
fairly in the British domestic latitudes. While
agricultural implements occupy the whole remain
ing length of the extreme south, paper and print.
ing, and machinery in motion, fill up the extreme
north the front of the south side being devoted to
Birmingham goods, furniture, Sheffield goods,
We Oen and mixed fabrics, fax from Ireland and
printed fabrics from Manchester, London and Glas-
gow The front of the north corresponding side
presents succession of departments, with
riages, some Of them Of the elegant construc-
ton; mineral manufactures and marine engines,
fanked on the front with paper goods, furniture,
urs, leather and cotton.
We have now arrived at the west end where
crowds are seen surrounding the model of Liver
pool, which is at this spot in the nave. On the
outside OF the building are statues columns, speci-
mems of coal, obesks, and vast variety of archi-
tectnrai and building processes, with detached
| building whence the steam motive power is de-
| rived have only passed through the ground floor,
moi having said single word respecting the con-
tents OF the gallery. l may state that there is but
one gallery, which runs the whole circuit of the
building, and spacious quadrangular courts are cut
out OF the gallery, down into which the spectator
| may look, and the objects are arranged as 10
produce The most picturesque effect imaginable.
| suffered great fatigue in going through the
whole exhibition, on Monday last indeed, such a
task is almost beyond the power of any man TO ac-
cOmplsh in one day, and to observe the inconceiv-
| able variety of objects which meet you at every
turn. | say that went through the whole, but
| actually missed the extensive machinery, which
| did not see till Thursday. Upon the whole, the
exhibition is successful to the highest point of any
conception which may have been formed of it
| Everything is well chosen, so perfect in its kind
that, whether it is the most refined and fastldou'
lady in the land, or the rudest, yet most intelligent
| mechanic, the attractions are so numerous, va
rous, so surprising and useful, that visitor may
spend weeks within the building, and educate
himself in the critical examination Of all the diver
sifed objects brought thus at one view before hi
| eyes from all parts of the world.
1t is computed that $4,000 were received by tn
sale of the season tickets which added to the sum
subscribed will make about ESQ, 600. The cos
of the executive will be, it is said, about f200 00(
at least There is scarcely doubt that sufficient
funds will be raised to make it entirely self-sup
porting.
| The Queens progress from Buckingham Palace
the Crystal Palace, with her escort and cortege
was through line of almost innumerable specta
tors. Every looking place in the route was filled
The nine carriages which formed the royal process
sion were the objects of universal curiosity. Th
whole world appeared to be vending towards tn
Park. The Chronicle adds:
Some idea may be formed of the immense mum
Der of vehicles which were proceeding from al
parts of London to the Park, when is stated from
calculation which was made by persons intereste
in arriving at the facts, that if the carriages ha
been placed in direct line, they would have ex
tended over space of nearly twenty miles. {
the vehicles which arrived at the Park gates up
~ o'clock noon, there were 1850 state carriage
and carriages of noblemen, and others of the hgh
est rank, 500 broug hams, 800 posting and hac
carriages, 1900 hack carriages and cabs, 300 cli
rences, and $50 vehicles of other descriptions.
The crowd on foot was equally imposing. I
!, quick succession, the morning advanced, fres
masses poured into the surrounding area, unt
every available SPOT in the immediate vicinity W;
b occupied. The pressure still increasing, SON
> mounted the trees, occupying in the first instant
the low and sturdy branches; but new aspiran
TOR so favorable position urged the earlier tenan
i to take higher flight, until living pyramid wa
: formed in every tree, capped by juvenile sigh
! seers, who clung with desperate resolution to II
= upper branches which bent and crackled benea
. their weight. The crowds then stretched alon
towards the Serpentine, in the direction of Kensn
: ton Gardens, and some of the later corners were
: be seen congregaed the northern shore of II
I, river and grouped along the grassy slopes that Ri
- - from the waters edge In that great gathering
the nations, thousands upon thousands were close
I | wedged together, yet not word of complaint W
heard every one bore his lot patiently, and forg
all feelings Of personal inconvenience, in eager al
4 to witness. Never, in a meeting solely composed
u u Englshmen, was more good humor displayed than
, this great cosmopoita assemblage, thus atfordir
illustration of the rapid advance of kindly feelr
- among the nations of the world. On the SUNNI
III of the Crystal Palace the inhabant almost of eve
cline might behold the flag of his native land u
:. fured to the breeze, in peaceful conjunction wi
:. many banner against whose supremacy his cou
= rymen had in former days contended but now
longer is there rivalry Of arms-the rivalry Of ar
" has sueceeded-,he temple of Mars is closed al
VI VI the auspicous proceedings of yesterday may lie,
= to contest in which each nation and each ndivi
:" ual will only struggle for the well-beng of the
u kind.
rt The Chronicle says of the foreign part of t
IN Exhibition:
s. In the foreign we looked in vain for maj
e. foreign faces Our visitors had no doubt be-
attracted to that portion of the building which ga
&c them view of the ceremonial oi the day. At
IT. events, saw but few in this part of the edf
n Here and there, a piquant French face contrast
y with the gentler expression Of the Ang Sax
'1,, llneaments, and few dark eyebrowed Italia
al brought still warmer complexion into the pictu
'n 'n There were also some Germans, but they bore
le small proportion to the number which must ha
no been present. The only part of this nave wh'
, any foreign nationality was at all prominent v
ne at the extreme end, where, under the immedi
ne protection Of the stars and the stripes, there
ry' toerable muster of our American relatives. So
DO of the ladies here displayed great personal attr
ef' tions, in the younger cases enhanced by that
es' gular fragility OF appearance remarkable in
I'M, American girl-the gentlemen showing somew
ned largely the careworn expression of feature wh
er- we have learned to associate with our idea of
eek go-a-head friends. The unmstakeable =" Yes 81
stal and No, SIR" were here heard in their genu