New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-03


season for the opening to take place as sP-
pointed, but our latest advices from Lon
don, which are Of the 18th, show that that
fear was no longer entertained. Though
only eleven days remained for everything
TO be completed, order was already aPPa-
rent where till lately all was chaos; each
division of the vast edi6ce, which, 1t will
be remembered, covers eighteen acres
was in possession of its occupants all OF
whom were busily arranging their respect
i've portions Of the show, and even then
the effect is spoken Of as most imposing
The beauty Of the palace must be more
than magical, with its slender pillars OF
iron, and walls and roof of glass, and the
gracefully appropriate internal decoration.
The difficulties feared from dampness have
ell been obviated and nothing remains to
tndspger the success of the enterprise
The number of season tickets which will
be sold before the opening is estimated at
10000; their price is Sl5 each for gentle
men, and $40 for ladies. The holders of
season tickets are allowed to enter on the
first day for the second and third days the
price is fixed at IS after that at s. 25 till
the twenty second cay, when it is reduced
to % cents, except on Fridays, when it will
be 62I cents, and on Saturdays, 81 25.-
The variety Of articles exhibited is quite as
great as was expected. Almost all the king
doms of nature and the departments OF
ait and industry furnish contributions
Each national division may be taken as an
illustration of the social tone of the people
it represents, while the whole together will
offer a compendious and most satisfactory
view of the general progress of the race
One might travel all over the world and
learn less on many most important subjects
than might be gathered from a careful
study of the Worlds Fair.
The conception of this great panorama
Of the industry of the globe is due to Prince
Albert, and dates from the Spring of l8i9.
And we are free here to say, that we do
not know of any person in elevated sta
ton in Europs who moro commsnds our
respect for the dignity and mod 'sty of his
public character and the comprehensive ge-
niality of his mind than Prince Albert.
His course has been to avoid rather than
seek prominence, to shun rather than aim
at power, and consequently, aside from tho
usual gossip about his private life and pur-
suits, we know nothing more Of him than
may be learned from his occasional speech
es at festival gatherings, the foundation of
public edi6ces or the commencement or
completion of public works. But in these
speeches we always discover rare qualities
of heart and intellect, and broader view
and more living insight into the great
scope and end of human affairs than are
often net with in the debates Of Parlia-
ments and the dissertations Of protested
statesmen. His is an Imagination truly
cosmopolitan, end the idea of such re-
union es that now accomplished at London
is IT'S natural product. He will have the
credit of it when many things much talked
about now-a days shall be forgotten.
Undoubtedly, tho cosmopolitan charac
ter of the Exhibition is its most powerful
attraction. There is something in this
which fills and delights the mind. There
ell nations are assembled in peaceful con-
gress, not TO settle barren disputes or de-
eide on frivolous pretensions not TO over
reach each other in treaties, nor to confirm
ancient fraud and usurpation by new guar
sntees; but to bear universal and impOs
ing testimony to the worth of Labor, and to
contend for the prize Of excellence in an
arena where even defeat carries with 1t
a great and enduring benefit. In the
Crystal Palace, Itself miracle OF genius
and industry,-are collected the products
Of every cline, and to it throng the repre-
sentatives of every people. From China
and Brazil, from Siberia and the Cape OF
Good Hope, from Inner Africa and the re-
gions of the freezing North, men of all
colors, all tongues ard all faiths have come,
bearing the gifts Of Nature and the fruits
Of toll, to compare them with the creations
Of science and genius, Of the art and mechan-
ic skill of England, France, Germany, Italy
and America. Every degree Of ciyiliza-
tion and culture is there represented each
nation can there see what its competitors
have accomplished in the spheres Of taste
and productive utility and each will carry
home, not only valuable special knowledge