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    The Great Internatiofal Rxhibitionl.  S
                  NO. IX.

      BRITISH DEPARTMENT CONTlINUED.      M
  We have at last finished our hurried inspec-Si
tion of the multitude of natural, agricultural a
and chemical products, aid of implements and r
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machinery, displayed    in the              r
and are now prepared to take a glance at what e
Great Britain has done in the department of a
Manufactures proper.  Articles of this class a
are found within the main portion of the Ex-s
hibition PALACE, which, now, for the first time t
since our examination of the American Court, f
we are supposed to enter.
  We have been ushered in from the Exhibi-
tion Road, and, passing the great Gold Pyra-
mid from A'ictoria, tO feet high, and the won-
derful Fountain wlhence issue perpetual jets of
perfume, v.e Stittl bewildered and dumb under
the lrofty pAinamale of lie grand Eastern Domee
Before us, s retchitig tar away to the Wecstern
Djotmte, a di-tauce of a quarter of a mile, is the
Grand Nave, eighty-five feet in width, one
hundred feet higch, filled with the mo-t mag-
niticent and brilliant works of the mechanic
and fine arts, and decorated with the flags and
tropitici of dll the nations.  On either side of
this na ve are the open courts and alcoves of
Great lltint!mi and her numerous colonies, of
France, Italy, Rtome, Spain, Portugal, Saxony,
Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark,
Sweden, Norway, Russia, Turkey, China and
Japan, Egypt, and the numerous nations of
Central and South America.
   Across each extremity of this nave, and ex-
 tending to the extreme sides of the Palace,
 right and left, is a transept of the same width
 and height as the nave.  They are known as
 the Eastern and the Western Transept. We
 are now in the centre of the Eastern; facing
 the extremities of which, we behold first, on
 looking southward, a magnificent display of
 English hardware-lofty screens, gates, tro-
 phies of steel, chimes of great bells, lamps,
 grates, mantels, brilliant works in brass, and
 grand cathedral organs. While to the north-
 ward are organs, trophies of coal from Nova



cotia, of wood from Tasmania and Canada,
id of wool and gold from Victoria.
The galleries, too, on every side, are filled
with showy articles of lighter weight, such as
iks, cloths, laces, philosophical instruments,
nd a thousand other articles of use and luxu-
y. The arrangement of everything in the
'alace is such as to secure the most marked
ffect from the display of forms and colors,
nd the splendid array of glass cases of gold
nd silver ware, of jewelry and of precious
tones, flashing with a matchless brilliancy in
he flood of light which pours in upon them
romt roof and domes of glass, wonderfully
adds to the richness and indescribable magnifi-
cence of the whole vast collection.
All this to the cyc. But the car is also en-
chanted. Bells are chiming, musical instru-
nents of every description are flooding the air
vith unreserved notes of sweetness, grand old
organs are pealing forth their heaven-piercing
inthents, until the mighty domes of crystal
and the whole Palace quaver ceaselessly, while
in the distance arc heard the hum of 'wonder-
working machinery and the footfalls and vary-
ing voices of a hundred thousand delighted
spectators.

  Never, on earth, was there a spectacle so
glorious, and it is almost an abuse of one's
faith to demand the hope that even the future
shall be able to surpass it!

  But we are first to complete our examination
of the British Department, which, although
volumes would be required to do it full justice,
must, nevertheless, be summarily despatched,
lest some of our numerous company weary of
so protracted an inspection.
  As we stand looking westward down the nave,
the greater part of what is shown by Great
Britain, in the Palace proper, lies on our left,
and extends westward as far as to the great
Central Avenue which divides the Palace trans-
versely into two equal parts. To the right of
the nave there is, however, a very large and
fine display of furniture of every description.
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