elations
between employers and their workmen. In imparting to this
Exhibition an international character, you have sought to extend
the range of good which may result from it, and by inviting
competition between our workmen and those of foreign nations,
not only to afford a wholesome stimulus to both in the exercise
of their various callings, but to contribute, as far as you can,
to that kindly intercourse between countries which must in the
end prove the principal security for the peace of the world. The
allusion which you have made to my beloved father, who would
doubtless have regarded this Exhibition with the liveliest
interest, as the natural supplement of that first one with which
his name is especially connected, will be as affecting as it
must be gratifying to the Queen. It will be my agreeable duty to
report to her the proceedings of to-day, and I have only now, in
her name, to wish success to the undertaking."

A catalogue of the collection, and a newspaper printed in the building,
were then presented to the Prince. The catalogue showed that
contributions had been sent from all the chief industrial centres in
England,--Sheffield, Birmingham, Coventry, Worcester,--and from Ireland,
in bog-oak carvings, and articles of the linen and flax industry. The
foreign contributions were from France, Austria, Italy, Holland, and
other parts of the continent. A musical piece composed for the occasion
was given, and the Old Hundredth psalm sung by the choir, after which
the Prince declared the Exhibition open.

THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL.

_March 29th, 1871._

The "Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences" was opened by Her Majesty
the Queen with imposing ceremony on the 29th of March, 1871. The
procession from Buckingham Palace consisted of nine State carriages, in
the last of which were the Queen, the Princess of Wales, and the Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In the other carriages were the Royal Family,
with the great officers of State and the Household in waiting. The Hall
was filled with nearly 8000 spectators, and the orchestra consisted of
nearly 1200 musicians and singers, Sir Michael Costa being leader.

When the Queen had taken her place on the dais, the Prince of Wales, who
wore the uniform of Colonel of the 10th Hussars, advanced to Her
Majesty, and, as President of the Provisional Committee, read the
following address:--

"May it please you