Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-08-04

falace was opened 10 celebrate. AT the
opening of the Crystal Palace of London
although it was purely Norman exhibition
clergy, soldiers and politicians occupying
the seats of honor and the workingmen who
built and stocked the wonderful edifce be-
ing kept like Roman slave-artists and la
borers in the servile background cf srinsh
caste, yet there even amid the shams Of
State, Mr.. Paxton, the Genius who walked
il to life, was on the platform. But we
would ask, where were the architects OF
our Palace, Messrs. Christensen and Glide
meister? Why were they not on the plat
form?
THE EXHIBITION AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
The Crystal Palace was not crowded yes
terday, but there were quite as many people
within it as convenient for the workman en-
gagged in opening boxes and arranging their
contents on the counters and shelves OF the
still vacant courts. Most of the visitors we
judged 10 be strangers in the city-persons
who had oofne here to witness the show, and
could not stay for its more perfect days that
are to come hereafter. Among them were
very many ladies', but comparatively few
children, who will bye and bye form large
proportion Of the crowd that will daily
throng the Palace, and who will derive the
highest pleasure and utility from its gorge
Gus and instructive displays. The whole
number of visitors during the day, as we
ascertained last evening at the Company's
Office, was over 1000, besides exhibitors
and holders of season tickets, producing ST.
639 so. Ina few weeks, when the scene
has expanded into its full beauty, we may
expect TO see this attendance more than
quadrupled.
Not too much can be said in praise of the
excellent order maintained within the build
ing and around its entrances without. We
saw there yesterday nothing to indicate
either disturbance Oh the part of the people,
or officious interference On the part Of the
police. All was civiliy, safety, quiet, and
kindness. The neat Uniforms of the police
no doubt contribute somewhat to this restilt.
1t seemed TO demonstrate one policeman in
uniform to be worth half dozen in plain
elothes' But very much of this admirable
good order is 10 be attributed to the native
Influence Of beauty on the mind. In that
scene anything like disorder would be in
stineti7ely repelled as if it were the proia-
iatidh of sacred pace, and even those who
might be turbulent elsewhere, must here be
hushed into peace and good manners.
The Exhibition yisibly advances towards
completion, and yesterday it was better
worth seeing than at the Inauguration. The
Departments wearing the air of most com.
plete arrangements are the Italian and the
Dutch, and that of American cloths, prints
tools, fancy articles, and farmers imple
ments. The French, English, and German
departments still show great extent o
space altogether unoccupied, though Of The
three the English seems TO be most ad
vanced. The show of machinery and me
tails is still exceedingly imperfect, and W,
suppose must remain so till the additiona
building between the palace and the Reser
vior is completed. The collection of agri
cultural implements is, however, alread,
considerable, beautiful and most interesting
But even this is too incomplete to allow O
valuable description and comparative criti
cism, and indeed the same be said of almoS
every portion of the entire show. There i
scarcely branch of industrial or natura
production which is here represented il
sufficient detail to be proftably or even fair
ly discussed.
But this cannot be said of Fine Arts, ant
especially of the department of Sculpture
of which the Palace has many specimens
The gallery of paintings will, we believe
be very full, though that, too, waits for tn
additional building; and meanwhile thos
pictures which are exhibited are hung dill
, lusely in the courts appropriated to the ma
tons from which they come, and for thi
reason we do not propose to speak to thel
until all are together, and may be seen b
the public in one continuous survey.
l. The BANeUEr.-The great dinner wa
given last evening by the Directors of th
Crystal Palace to the President of the Unite
y States and the Commissioners 10 the Exhib
ton. Messrs. Leland prepared it In spler
did style, and it was spread in Nblo's 81
loon, adjoining the Metropolitan Hotel.
The President, his Cabinet and suite, an
i the other invited GUESTS, entered the roo
J between six and seven o'clock, DodwCrth
Band playing the National Hymn. NJ
Theodore sedgwick, head Of the comriitte
IS presided ON tie occasion. There were f
S teen regular toats. If all the speeches h