Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-30
5eeuing cerenoaies Of the sydenham Crystal

/ Pima MOTH American gives iHt iuiAaAihA.
/ cript0n Of this great exhibition
The ceremony of inaugnnting the Great TEN
PIE of Peace, the Crystal Palace. at sydeniam.
/ iook place uii Saturday last. This magnificent
structure. comparatively complete. was opened
/ hg the Queen IN person, aitsu led BY Prince Al
bert. the King of Portugal the Duke Of Oporia,
aud "A brilliant suit. From time t. time, there
have appeared IA the daily journals articles de-
failing tue progress Of this gigantic undertaking,
end giving COOL reason 70 believe thai. wundTous
~ the exhibition in ls5l, the new palace at
/ Sydenham would in most. Il not in al respects,
sufpass il. On Saturday, very large portion
Of the British public had an opportunity OF form
I ing their own opinions on tho matter. and reaz.
ing which Of the two bore the fairest claim 10 the
palm of superiority, and tie feciing which uniyer-
sally prevailed. after the opportunity bad been
afforded, ut inspecting tie gigantic building and
the contents. that the Palace Of l25I infinite
/ II exceled TINT Of lS5l. IL is impossible. in the
short limits Of a letter. 70 do more than refer 20
the extensive nave, the great transept, the Egyp-
tan, Greeian. Roman. Ahambra. Assyran, BY
zantine. German. MEDIEVAL English MEDIEVAL,
French and Italian Medaval Renaissance, Ez-
abethan, Italian, Stationery, Birmingham, Shei
field, Pompeian, Musical instruments, printed and
mixed fabrics and Industrial courts. the Indus
trial Departments, English ami foreign, the PARK
aud grounls the geological islands and their in
/ habitants, or indeed, to any other part of this
adequate of the coup deoit presented, and like its
| Prototype in Hyde Park, it can only be seen to
| be realized.
Her Majesty has proyerbially fine weather,nor
| did the present occas give any contradiction
Ia this generally received axiom. For some days
previous to Saturday the weather Ind been either
| gloomy and menacing or actually wet and much
as it was hoped that the day would be fine it was
st feared that rain would damp the opening Ger.
emony, but the apprehension was not realized,
for more beautiful day could scarcely have
been desired than that of Saturday last The
road to Weston HILL on which the palace stands,
exhibited one unbroken line Of carriages from
London to the Crystal Palace gates, greatly sur
passing the same peculiar feature which charac-
terises the Derby Day, while the railway termi-
nus was mobbed and crammed trains ran every
ten minutes To the same destinations Precisely at
| three o'clock the Queen accompanied by Prince
Albert the Royal children, the King of Portugal,
and Duke of Oporto. reached the Palace, and inn
nediatcy on her entrance, the magnificent brass
band and the chorus of sixteen hundred voices
struck up The national anthem, and n royal sa-
lutte was fired in the grounds; the whole of the
vslters rose and as her Majesty, surrounded ly
her family, her royal guests and Ministers, stood
ON the crimson dais, more imposing sight could
not g imagined.
When the anthem ceased, Mr.. Laing, NJ p,
the chairman of the company, approached L e
!
which her Majesty returned a most gracious
| ply. MIR. Lang then introduced to her Majesty
seriatim, MIR. i. Fuller Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr.
! Owen jones, Mr.. Digby Wyatt. Mr.. S. Phillips
! (of the IT, esq Mr.. Ferguson, Professor Owen
Mr.. Hawkins, DIR. Latham, and professor Forbes
each of which gentlemen presented haad-books
of the respective departments they had com
menced and brought to perfection IN the palace
Some of these gentlemen caused some muse-
ment by their wkwardness in quitting the pres
ence of the Queen, either by stumbling over their
swords, which would get between their legs, or
III their nervous excitement turning their backs
on her Majesty they retired. A procession
was then formed, in which her Majesty, Prince
Albert the King of Portugal, the royal family,
the Duke of Oporto and their respective suits,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Cabinet
Ministers, the Foreign Ambassadors and the
Foreign Minister'S the Directors, the principal
officers and heads of Departments Architects Of
Courts, Contractors, Superntcndents of works,
and the principal employees took part. On the
return Of her Majesty to the throne the chorus
sang with immense effect the l00h psalm. After
this the Archbishop of Canterbury offered
solemn prayer, and the choir in magnificent style
gayt the "llalleujah Chorus" Then the Mar
qus of BIeadalbane advanced to the front of the
das, and in loud voice exclaimed II am COM
manded by her Majesty to declare that this pal
ace is now opened"
Then burst forth from thousands of throats one
simultaneous tremendous cheer which echoed,
rang and re,erberated along the yaulted roof
with extraordinary effect. Even in the midst of
these peals. IA loud, clear female voice was heard
singing the National Anthem, and the enthusiast
tic visitors took it up, joining in with the vast
chorus already assembled 10 do it justice. Her
Majesty deeended the das, attended by her bril-
liant cortese. She bowed gracefully right and
left AS she passed out of the building and so the
pageant terminated, save that the barriers, which
had confined the visitors 20 especial places, were
now removed, and the liberated people either
rushed to reIre shment booths or wandered over
the building or parks and grounds until the de-
scending shades of evening warned them to de-
part. The attendance yesterday was not so large
rs might be wished; about 1900 perons paid
Sl,25, but that AS average will fall far short
of the sum which will be required weekly not
only to pay moderate interest for the money
embarked IN the enterprise, bat for the mainte-
nance of the employees it will be imperative to
have in attendance. The shares have already
dropped 81. and may be expected to descend
lower and with some rapidly, too, ere long.
The DuEL.-Deaho Of Mr.. Beason-The du-
ell between Messrs. Benson and Menzies has re-
suited in the death of the former. Ii would be
difficult to draw the line between downright muir
der and the killing resulting from such duel as
this. We gather the following facts from the
papers in the coroner's office: Thomas h. BEN
son and m named Menzcs were engaged in
the same busness-they were stevedores They
were both young men, and unmarried but each
had partner somewhat older than themselves
and having families. Competition between the
two firms ran high. They would underbid each
other for jobs, and sometimes would work for no
compensation at ALL merely to prevent the rival
irm from deriving any profit from the Job.
1t was finally agreed. that in order to settle all