The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-21
The Great Exhibition at London,

The Great Exhibition at London.
After several days excitement, during
which the public curiosity has been
wound up to the highest pitch, the morn
ing of Thursday, list of May, the day
fixed for the opening Of the Great Exhi-
bition of the Industry of all Nations,
opened most auspiciously. At nine, in
the morning, a line of carriages, which
reached from the Exhibition TO the east,
ern end of Long Acre, a good couple OF
miles, and the same thing existed west,
north, and south. The company kept
pouring in until the last moment and,
al half past II o'clock, | gazed upon the
wonders of the grand transept, and heard
the mighty organ from the west end, the
tones waiting their sounds through the
maze of British manufactures and pros
auctions whilst at the eastern extremity
you saw the American eagle proudly
conspicuous over the bold inscription
which marked the region of the United
States productions Song lines Of beau
tiful women, with officers and gentle>
men, filling up the background, and in
every way the eye was turned some sur
prising natural or artificial object was to
be seen the tout ensemble was altogether
most beautiful.
Punctually at twelve o'clock the
Queen arrived, her entree being marked
by long and animated cheering. She
seated herself on a chair raised on a
platform, ~surmounted by a spacious ele-
giant blue canopy adorned with feathers,
with Prince Albert on her left. They
were accompanied by the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Royal. The
court circle was now completely formed,
making a tableau never to be forgotten.
The Queen looked remarkably well.
She wore the order of the garter, q pink
brocade dress, shot with gold, and the
Prince looked calmly and proudly happy.
The Duke Of Wellington, who this day
completed his eighty-second year, had
heen there nearly two hours before, and
the commissioners and all the off cial
and ladies of the household surrounding
the throne, presented a scene of extra
ordinary splendor. The National An-
them was performed, and the music pro-
duced a most delightful effect in the
glass building. Prince Albert, with the
commissioners, presented himself before
t the Queen, and read the report as de-
scribed in the official programme.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Their
E delivered the prayer Of Inauguration
; which was followed by the Hallelujal
! Chorus Of Handel, under the direction
' of Sir Henry r. Bishop. The effect o
this was most striking, and the voices o
the chorislers were here i'll the fulles
perfection. A procession was ther
formed Of a most interesting character
> The state herald- preceding Messrs. Pax
ton, Fox, and Henderson, led the way
Then came all the officials engaged il
p constructing the building aiterward
the foreign acting commissioners anC
s most singular was it to see all the variou
!. costumes worn BY hard headed capabl
:, men from every quarter of the world.
# Then followed the Royal Commission
ers. Then followed the venerable Duk,
Of Wellington. walking side by side wit
the Marquis of Anglesea; both wer'
y loudly cheered. The foreign ambassa
c doris, among whom Mr.. Lawrence, III
y American Minister, appeared to consid
Q cradle advantage from his age and com
handing appearance, followed, and he
d Majesty's Ministers, headed by Lore
John Russell. These were loudly APP
plauded and lastly the Queen an,
a Prince Albert, the one leading the Prime
of Wales, and the other the Princes
Royal. closing the procession, with III
royal Prussian guests at the palace, an
the ladies of the household.
N The procession first marched alon.
the British or western nave, and ther
le recrossing the transept, passed on 10 III
eastern extremity, the United States enc
At every step new acclamallons arose
&c the music from the various organs sal u
ID ted the procession as il passed, and thu
every person in the building was enable
to see every person in the cOrte9e. Th
Is Queen then declared the Exhib:tio
- opened :" and the trumpets and the ar
tillery then announced the fact TO tn
countless mullitudes outside. The Who'll
auditory arose TO give a parting cheer
or series of %deafening acciamatlons c
y Joy, and the ceremony terminated by III
- retirement of the Queen, who went bacI
to Buckingham Palace in the state i
which she had come. The multitude
in the park were countless.
re The Queen having left the brildIng
+ the company began to circulate. Th
n first objects which strike the visitor upo
entrance, either at the north or out
ir end Of the transept, are two magnIhcer
n, gates stretching across, which havin.
r. passed, he finds himself in the centre {
e. the building, amidst s%ta,uary, fountain;
IA palm trees, and rare tropical shrubs, III
equestrian statues of the Queen an
Prince Albert forming the most prom
of nent features, amidst an infinite null
BY ,ude of objects, each of which is dl'
m played I O the best advantage.
a Along the nave, both towards the ca
re and the west, there is a succession of Z
gantic slaluary, in marble, iron. bronz
" and zinc, the latter of a very remarkab
N. character. Almost the first object whiC
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