The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-05-24
The Grcn, in,crun,ionn, ESh,bhlou.


ON THURSDAY, May | the Great International
Exhibition at London was opened with imro.im.
ceremonies. This building is admirably nllptcl
! iur the purpose intended. Ii cover, nm area IT
- l''c., aud TIC total area rooi,. in is 90 mill
! liHu. nl cul H. feet
lhr building ia situated in the Parish oC
! lirouptun, about u milc l.nm HYDE rnrk Tor
nor. Th, PRINCIPAL irut flccs tho Cromwell
Road. AMI llis 4 -outh aspect; II extend, nearly
Loo feet. TIE height ~ the pitch IF ruuf In
nave AMI transcript - lon toet, and The width hc.
tween the columns - feet, The great doncs
have "A dEWr,'r ui ltn feet and rise to M in
/ tciiur hciis Of 2rnicct.
Parallel wi y tie .Hsc, aud on either side of
~, are ihr i,laas conrir tlus' the south side
! hc.ng 9od feet wide, those ON the north ~ feet
TN the north side of this area l. large RANCE OF
building, forming III. rirrshmcnt rooms:
through these under n uiilc urchwnV. nearly
opposite the main entrance tom the Cromwell
road, is entrance n ia" horticultural Car
d.ns, OF which mc'i casing view l. here sccn
| This Is short dcsrirti'n # the main area at
/ the hnilliug but at both rNtrcmitic. extend two
very important addition nim,l, the eastern
and western anneNrs, the latter nearly ,ouU
feet long AMI the former "a, feet. There are A.
least seven entrances for the puhlir, witiou, n-
GLIDING the annrNr entrances; the door, at each
Of the end towers. al tho east aud wosi dorncs
and a, The central entrance in the Cromwell road.
MA1-pNY.
Mav-lay dnwucd htl, hiv AMI brilliantly. Lut
AZ o'clock intending Vi ilors LOOKED out upon "a
Sucn skv aud rain ihllios IN torrents, l'rc-
scn,ly he ram ccascd and The rlou.ls' cl.ar,d
away. Ieachncnis al police began Ia make
their appearance IA the ,rccts near the l.Nlih-
ton about . O'Clock, tut before that hou--in
fact, before : o'clu,h lilies ri earrings lined
both SIDES If the building
Helwccn 4 aud - O'Clock the treat ni,.- ct
distinguished visitors began To- reach >uuth Ken
sington. 81 il,e earlier arrivals. the majrrit,
hal been persons not IN official position, and tie
ladies having 10y sonic universal instinct ,clec I'd
white drc- the cottc,c presented The vs.
poet ui a lung-'lrawn uut marriage procession
But the character III the sc,rc was changed
when bright and SNOWY uniforms, rnl li,cri,a
hardly less gaudN, came llttering down the line
The Haitian Embassy and the japanese Amlm,-
sailors were the Objects of greatest interest 10 the
spectators. At tn. western door entered Tia.
civic procession, headed hy the Lord MaNnr
shortly after hall-pa-t II o'clock their Royal
llghnesscs the Duchess oi Cambridge. the Grand
Duchess Ut Mc' klenburi;-Strrt< and the Frin-
cess MARY arrived and were received with u royal
salute. AZ O'Clock precisely tn" carriage. con-
viewing the ROYAL commissioners drputcL hy
Her Majesty to open the Exhibition ra,, he'd Tie
same entrance, having proceeded in procession
from buckingham Palace.
TiIE INSipE s,ENL.
The ceremonial within the luilling. which ",
shall nov attempt to describe, was rmphntically
III. grandest best mana .ri aud most imposing
public pageant which has been seen in England
for YEAR. The Gorgeous gold and scarlet Of the
regular, the sonlbt-st invisible gray Or green
oi the volunteers, the dark black velvet II tie
Judge, and Ia. white silk robe Of the bstur of
Mu,io, were all miNod mp together with the ten
thousand hu"s Of the ladies' spring dresses and
| formed n rich mass Of colOrlug, on which the
rays Of the sun PLAYED with a wonderfully brill
liant effect. The gay rohcs and goli chain, If
! -.
contributed very materially 10 the splcniors Of
the scene.
There wcrc Greeks. TURKS Alhariirs pirsc,,
an1 lcr,ians, all moro or less cnthroilcrel aud
enriched, liungr.ins and lii;lmdcrs Swed,s
and Oriental great men u almost every cline
AMI creed aud costume.
At "a quar,.r-pHst cNdctly, a slrill blnst from
the trumpctor, Of N, Lite Guards, which pealcd
through the Who'll, huil.ling, announced that the
prucc. ,lun had begun 10 move. On each side Of
the nave, north aud south, u wide space hai
hn'n rallied on, which served ~ path through
Tie dense croNd, aud turning 10 tho left the
pageant moved along this guarded WAY tow rls
the western dome, where the opening part Of
| the ceremonial was TO take place
When the procession was grouped around the
| raised dals on which the Queen I ,nmi ,iuncrs
were placed. th" spectacle Was imposing aud
! mtmiG rnt. Nhc thp Duke of Cambridge
! and the Uti"t commissioners had taken their
seats, Earl Granville advanced H. front Of DE
. dali, mddc short introductory speech - wet
| come to the ,'.'uWislc, Visitors, aul of ,.n lo-
! luce To- hrg Majesty ~. th' death a. Prince NJ
hcIj, and then banned ,he Duke 81 C,uITidpa
An address to Ter Majesty, Of which be- Sl'''"
! W. -ummary.
/ At his point a slight rp,fr,l.mps occurred
Just as Lord Granville commenced his 'lprt
/ speech the Orchcs, - ~ he co. h'r "u3 began O.
/ sing "Goa Say the queen, and Us l.urdSmv
finished hi. adlrc. Z. ,.'' ,.omnl ''i",''' wiz