Litchfield enquirer., 1862-05-15
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

4AA8 AGN GRGN A 4OxN AL L<A0xO444S4Ns The English papers received by the Austa.a lzsiaa contain the official programme of tht eeefemonies to be observed at the opening of tht International Exhibition on the lst of May The Queen being unable to be present, has ap pointed the following persons to represent he -en the occasion The Duke of Cambridge, Arch tish0p of Canterbury, Earl of Derby. Lord Pal msrst0n, and the Speaker of the House of Com mons. The arrival of.these distinguished per sonages are to be announced by flourish O trumpets, and followed by a procession composed of high military and civic officers, and detach neuts from the army and navy. When the com pany arrives at the western dome the nationa anthem will be sung, after which Earl Granville chairman of the commissioners for the exhibition will deliver an address, and an answer will be made by the Duke of Cambridge on behalf oi , She Queens commissioners for opening the ex hibition. The procession will them move down to the eastern dome, where the special musical performances will take place-the orchestra consisting of 1000 vocalists and 400 musicians The music. composed for the occasion, will con. s;st of grand overture by Meyerbeer, grand march by Auber, and choral by Dr. Sterndale Bennett to the following words by Alfred Ten nysOn, poet laureate:
 uplift thousand voices full and sweet,
 In this wide hall with earth s inventions stored And praise th' invisible universal Lord, Who lets once more in peace the nations meet, Where Science, Art, and Labor have outpour' d Their myriad horns of plenty at our feet. 0. silent father of our kings to be, Nourn'd in this golden hour of jubilee, Fer this, for ali, we weep our thanks to thesl
 The world-compelling plan was thine,
 md hi 1ouo loh r;o ,oilna
 Of Palace; To the giant aislss,
 Rich in model and design; Harvest-tool and husbandry,
 Loom and wheel and engin'ry,
 Secrets of the sullen mine,
 Steel and gold, and corn and wine.
 Fabric rough, or fairy fine,
 Sunny tokens of the Line,
 Polar marvels, and feast
 Of wonder, out of West and East,
 And shapes and hues of Part divine!
 All of beauty, all of use,
 That one fair planet can produce,
 Brought from under every star,
 Blown from over every main,
 And mkt, as life is mkt with pain, The works of peacewith works of war. O ye. the wise who think, the wise who reign, From growing commerce loose her latest chain . And let the fair white-winged peacemaker fly To happy heavens under all the sky, And mix the seasons and the golden hours, Till each man find his own in all mems good, And all men work in noble brotherhood, Breaking their mailed fleets and armed towers And gathering all the fruits of peace and crown'd with all her flowers.
 At the conclusion of the special music the procession will proceed to the throne in the cen ter of the nave. prayer will be offered by the Bishop of London, and the halleuah chorus, and the national anthem will be sung. His roy .; highness the Duke of Cambridge will declare the exhibition open." The declaration hay ing been made. it will be announced to the pub hc by flourish of trumpets, and by the firing ot salute on the north side of the Serpentine The procession will then proceed to the picture galleries, and the barriers will be removed.