New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-17
CHANCES AT EUROPE.....NO. ii.


cording to the point OF view rom "nCn We "
gard il The observer will be imPelled TO iiush
or 70 weep over il as Re sball fx his attention on
meas follies or their s1fFerings- go OF the ereat
Fair, ard more especially its Royal lni1sars'
ron which have just returned from witnessing
There can be 30 serious doubt that the Fair has
good points think il is good thing for Loadon
6r,t for England next and will ultimately oene'
tx mankind. And yet il would not be difficult 50
to depict it and truly that its cons'iyers and
nansgers would never think Of deening shs pic
ture complimentary.
But let Us have the better side 6rst by ell
mesps. The show is certainly great one
greater in extent, in variety, and IN the excel
lence Of q large share Of Is contents than the
world has hitherto seen. The Crystal Palace
which covers and protects ali 10 better than any
one thing il contains lit is really fairy wonder
ard isA work Of inestinAble value sss suggestion
for future architecture. 1t is not merely better
adapted 10 its purpose than any other ediice ever
vet built could be, bat it combines remarkable
cheapnem with vast and varied utility. Depend
on il stone and timber will have TO stand back
for iron and glass hereafter to an extent not yet
conceivable. The triumph Of Paxton is perfect
and heralds q revolution.
The day has been very fsyorAble-fsir. bland
and dry. It is now P NJ. and there b" been
no rain since dsyighs-the longest exemption
from falling weather have known since leit
Nev.York. and believe the daily showers or
,oBsus in this city reach still further back. True
even this day would be deemed dull one In
New York, bat there was very fair Imitation Of
supshine tits morning and We enjoy rather me's
than American moonlight still ihogga ne sky "a
part .lly clouded.-iHox can they hsVs As ga
science to tax such lis4. az ,hsT -. ~ ~ -
country y OF cogrse tie tgnost IA been 2
nense; / estimate the lumber iasHs II ne
building At thirty tbO1nnd, snf gfsssT.s zen
times a. many went out Of their way - gszs a;
the Procession, though that wsI NJ. ma. oar
New-York Fire Department could bsl: IL 20
could our Odd Fellows.-Then the mos. perfect
order was preserved throughout everything vas
done in season and without botching no accident
occurred to mar the feItivity, and the genera
feeling wasone of hearty ssiiIfsotion fit were
2 new thing to see a Queen, Court and Arlito
racy engaged in doing marked honor to lndusiry'
they certainly perfor ned gracefully the parts al
lotted them, and with none Of the awkwardnen
or laundering which novel situations are expect
ed 10 excuse. Bat WA the play well cast
The Sovereign in a monarchy is of course always
in order 70 be honored Tor doing bis whole duty
to be honored more signally il be does more than
bis duty Prince Alber.s sphere as the sover
eign's consors is very limited, and be shows rare
sense and prudence in never evincns desire TO
overstep it, think few men live who could hold
bis neutral and hampered position and retain so
entirely the sincere respect and esteem OF the
British Nation. His labors in promoting this ex-
hibition began early and have been srduous, per
istent aud effective Any Inauguration OF the
Fair in which he did not prominently figure would
have done him injustice. The Queen appears to
be personally popular in more direct aud posi-
tive sense. l cannot remember that any one act
Of her public life has been condemned by
the public sentiment Of the Country. Almost
every body here appears to esteem it conde
scension Tor her to open the Exhibition as
though t were Parliament, and with far more Of
personal exerton aud hsGrtireu on her part.
And while | must regard her vocation as one
rather behind the Intelligence Of this age aud
hSelv to 20 cat OF fashion =. no distant day. yet
am sure that change will not come through her
fault. l was glad to see her in the pageant to.
day, and hope she enjoyed 1t while miniI.eriDg to
tie enjoyment of others.
But le. US reverse the glass for moment
The ludicrous, the dissonsnt the homogeneous, are
not excluded from the Exhibition they cannot
DO excluded from any complete picture Of its
Opening. The Queen, We will say, was here by
ufokk fvfr bxy rfoht If he I'M,
versal eufftage-any how you please The cere-
nonial could not have spared her. But in inau
gura.iDg the frat grand cosmopolitan Olympiad
Of Industry, ought not Industry 10 have had some
representation, come vital recognition, ia her
share Of the pageant If the Queen had come
In state to the Horse.Gusrds 10 review the elite
Of her military forces, no ore would doub. that
the Duke should figure in the foreground, with
brilliant staff Of Generals and Colonels sur.
rounding him. SO, if she were proceeding 10 open
Parliament her fitting attendants would be Min
sters and Councillors Of State. Bat VIA. have
her Gentleman UGher Of Sword and State,
Lords in Waiting, Master Of the Horse Ear
Marshal Groom Of the etole,' Mater Of the
Buckhounds, and such uncou.h Fossils, to do with
n grand Exhibition Of the fruits OF Industry =
What, in their official capacity have these and
theirs ever had to do With Industry unless to bar.
den il, or With its Products bat to consume or de-
Htroy them The Mistress of the Robes would
be in place if she ever fashioned any robes, even
for the Queen 80 would the Ladies Of the Bed.
chamber II they did anything with beds excep.
to sleep in them. AS the fact is, their pre-.
sence only served to strengthen the pre-
sumption that not merely their Offices bat that
of Roy atty i,selfis snschrOnsm, and all should
have deceased with the era TO which they prop
erly belonged. IL was well indeed that Paxton
should have a proud place in the procession; bat
he held it in no representative capacity; he was
ihara not 10 behalf Of Architecture bot Of the CrYs