The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-05-03
TIE NEW YORK SJN.
SATURDAY MuENlNc. N\Y at.!


The Great International Exhibition.
Thursday was the lay fixed for opcnin. the
Great International Exhibition, at London. The
official programme for the opening day has been
published. Her Msicsty has delegated lr for.
nal ceremony oi opening toa Rovl tormi--
sion, consisting Of tho Duke of Cambridge.
Archhishop of Canterbury, Lorl Chancellor,
Lord ralmcr,ton AMI Ettl porlv Tie t,m.
mission have authority to invite and rccci, e.
royal AMI d'iin .u.hcI persons foreign .m'a.-
So lirs AMI 9th. e, In the Quccus name. Th,y
aIr also t' m, cooperation rr the s'i,o
anl mum ipal oti or- oi England members
OF Parliament and OF the professions. uni lo.ll
committees, ~ ~ to invest the ccrcmouic, with a
national character. The gentlemen will appear
in official or Court dr,ss.
TIE Emperor of France has .i,ntci his in
tention to visit the Exhibition, aud siN mru-of
war have been detailed to escort him from =
French to an English port. 1t l. uncertain,
however, whether he Will bc present on the
opening day or not. OF course the English
public is most eager for his appearance, as il
would lend additional eciH 20 tho Inauguration
ceremonies.
The process Of removing the lofty scafloiing
from the interior OF the odiicc first revealed the
design OF tho architect. Critics say that thc
building Is gigantic failure ns u work Of art
However this may bc, there can hc no doubt
hat it will impress the multitude with due
sense of its magnihccncc. The removal Of the
dome sciilulling showed that the decorations
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navcs and tranScpts bear Eu.li,h ani Latin
Inscriptions from the Bible and the English anl
Latin poets. which are often very pithy and zig
niiicant. Round the western dome is nm inscrp-
,ion IN Latin, If the verse IN the First Book Of
Chronicles, bc,;inninsi Tua est Domino mag
niiiccn,.a."
Round the east dome the inscription isi
% Lord, 10th riches and honor come or tl,c. and
tIuu uI tiic4t over all nud m thine hand d. power
aisd m.t Hud "a thine hand II Is g. mako great.
At the west end Of the nave isi
G'oua IN cNcclpis Dcp ct in terra paxt
and at the east end OF the nave is
TIE earth IL the forlB anil the nd,ucss thereof
AZ the rorth-cus, cnl ui the eastern trinscpt Is
| tho following line from Cowpcr:
Alternately the nations learn aud teach.
Anl at the southeast cul j. another line from
the same poet
Eich climate needs what other cllmes produce.
The 3lst OF March was the limit for the period
during which good- would be received aud uu
that nnd several preceding days, the building
aud all the approaches to 1t were tlrunscd from,
daylight til long after midnight with exhibitors
Anns, package AMI rarccla, and the official had
a busy time receiving and checking the gools.
On one day 5000 pieces of fittings aud 500 cases
were re, civcd at the British side alone and the
proportions un the t,r,ign sides were equally
great.
Next to the British, the French and Indian
Departments will probably he the most mal,i-
cent. IN the latter department all the richest
dreams oi eastern magnidccncc will more than
realized in the jewels, arir"r, silks and mu-lmr
,obc exhibited, whilc the raw produce will show
the capabilities Of the country, and the general
mtnuiIc,urc- the industry Of the natives. Here
the ladies' will lock with longing eyes upon mus
In from the runjtuh, which isto tine that when
laid un a piece Of au.s and wItrrcd it almost
disappears, ~ mclt- into misty lluum.
The Machiucr, Department viii bee plrticu-
hrly valuable, and il is probably in this alone
,hal tlc uniteI State. will hc Adequately repre-
,.u'cI Tie pi.urc galleries on the Biti.h sid,
irc llrraly moro than two-thrl, hung with
works in oil arl Wnt,r-cnlurs, ami their appear
pnce on the whole Is very fine. With the oN-
c,p,ion q. one room devoted 10 the works ol
deceased art-.s, the whole of the sculpture will
l.. a. o. 10 a. A..