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painted vellum color, very slightly relieved by 

 gilding; the trusses are gold color; the facia 

 between them is red, with a vellum patera; 

 the soffit is green. The broad facia below is 

 painted blue, and on it is inscribed in gold let- 

 ters, three feet high, the exordium of David in 

 the 29th chapter of the first Book of Chronicles, 

 ' Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the glory, 

 and the victory, and the majesty : for all that 

 is in the heaven and the earth is thine;' and, 

 4 O Lord, both riches and honor come of thee, 

 and thou reignest over all ; and in thine hand 

 is jiower and might, and in thine hand it is to 

 make great.' 



" The large iron columns, which rise nearly 

 one hundred feet high, are painted dark ma- 

 roon color, their capitals being richly gilt. 

 The panelling between the arches and the 

 frieze is painted in shades of red, relieved by 

 colored lines ; in the four broad compartments 

 are inscribed, on dark green panels, Europe, 

 Asia, Africa, and America ; below, on a circle, 

 are the initials of those so beloved by us all, 

 Victoria and Albert. On the eight spandrils 

 to the four main arches, are medallions, eight 

 feet diameter, by Mr. Burchett, of the Kensing- 

 ton school of art, emblematic of manufactures, 

 commerce, and the various arts and sciences 

 which lend their aid. Around the red panel- 

 ling is a broad margin of sage green, on which 

 are stencilled pateras. The moulding of the 

 arches is painted vellum color, the top fillet 

 being gilt; and the face of them ornamented 

 with Vitruvian scroll in dark color. 



li The walls at the gable end of the nave and 

 transept are treated so as to recall the arched 

 form of the principals. Under these a scMii- 

 circular panel is formed of warm brown color, 

 bordered by a broad blue margin, on which are 

 gold stars. Inside the panels are written the 

 following sentences: 



" On the east end of nave 



"'The -wise and their works are in the hands of God.' 



ECCLESIASTES, JX, 1. 



" On the east end of transept 



"'Alternately the Nations learn and teach.' Coicper. 



" On the southeast end of transept 



"'Each climate needs what other climes produce.' Cowper. 



" On the west end of the building the sen- 

 tences are in Latin, being the part occupied by 

 foreign exhibitors. At the end of nave is 

 written : 



" ' Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax.' 



" At the northwest end of the transept 



'"Domini est terra, et plenitude ejus.' 



" At the southwest end of transept 



"'Deus in ten-am respexit, et implevit illam bonis snis.' 



" Inside these semicircular panels are a series 

 of radiating panels, painted maroon, and bear- 

 ing the names of the various sciences and arts 

 which have affinity with the objects exhib- 

 ited." 



The Exhibition Opened. By a wonderful 

 effort of labor, the executive staff of the Inter- 

 national Exhibition were enabled to keep their 



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promise to the public, and open the grand dis- 

 play, with all befitting ceremony, and even 

 with more than hoped-for success, on Monday, 

 May 1, 1862. The day, indeed, had one dark 

 shadow. Of the hundreds of thousands who 

 lined the streets and thronged the building, 

 few forgot the Prince by whom the great work 

 of the day was encouraged and helped on. 

 The absence of the Queen, and the cause of 

 that absence, marred the state pageant, and 

 produced a partial gloom which an impressive 

 and imposing ceremonial could not wholly 

 dispel. 



The Duke of Cambridge represented her 

 Majesty and received the address of the Com- 

 missioners, to which he made a reply. 



Earl Granville then, on the part of the Com- 

 missioners of the Exhibition, presented to his 

 Royal Highness the " key," technically so call- 

 ed, of the Exhibition. This is, in fact, a mas- 

 ter key (manufactured by Messrs. Chubb), and 

 which opens the entire number of the different 

 suites of locks on all the doors of the buildings. 

 It is beautifully wrought entirely by hand out 

 of a solid piece of steel, and was inclosed in a 

 crimson velvet bag. 



This concluded that part of the ceremonial 

 which took place under the western dome, and 

 before the throne ; and the procession, being 

 re-formed, proceeded in the same order along 

 the north side of the nave to a large platform 

 under the eastern dome, immediately in front 

 of the gigantic orchestra, consisting of two 

 thousand voices and four hundred instrument- 

 alists. It commenced with a grand overture 

 by Meyerbeer, comprising a triumphal march, 

 a sacred march, and a quick march, and an em- 

 bodiment of " Rule Britannia ; " then Dr. 

 Sterndale Bennett's chorale, which had been 

 composed for the words of the ode written by 

 the Poet Laureate Tennyson, as follows : 



Uplift a thousand voices full and sweet. 

 In this wide hall with Earth's invention 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. 



O silent father of our Kings to be, 



Mourn'd in this golden hour of jubilee. 

 For this, for all, we weep our thanks to thee I 



The world-compelling plan was thine, 



Audio! the long laborious miles 



Of Palace ; lo ! the giant aisles, 



Eich in model and design ; 



Harvest-tool and husbandry, 



Loom and wheel and engin'ry, 



Secrets of the sullen mine, 



Steel and gold, corn and wine, 



Fabric rough, or fairy fine, 



Sunny tokens of the Line, 



Polar marvel?, and a feast 



Of Wonder, out of West and East, 



And shapes and hues of Art divine! 



All of beauty, or of use. 



That our planet can produce. 



Brought from under every star, 



Blown from over every main. 



And mixed, as life is mixed with pain, 



The works of peace with works of war; 



"War himself must make alliance, 



"With rough labor and fine science, 



Else he would but strike in vain. 



Ah, the goal is far away, 



How far is it? who can say, 



Let us have our dream to-ilay. 



