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CLOSE OP THE EXHIBITION. 301
A minute or two was allowed to elapse before the fatal
signal was given. At last it came, and a perfect storm
of bell-peals broke over the building.
On the following Monday and Tuesday (October 13-14,)
the admissions were confined exclusively to the exhibitors,
each of whom were allowed to pass in two friends, and no
money was taken at the doors. On the last day her
Majesty paid her closing visit to the Crystal Palace, and at
12 o'clock Prince Albert appeared on the platform, ac-
companied by the leading members of the royal com-
mission. Soon afterwards Viscount Canning, president of
the council of chairmen of the juries, read the report of
the several juries, in the course of which he stated that
2,918 prize medals and 170 council medals had been
awarded. Prince Albert made an able reply, closing his
speech in the following words—" I cannot refrain from
remarking, with heartfelt pleasure, the singular harmony
which has prevailed amongst the eminent men represent-
ing so many national interests—a harmony which cannot
end with the event which produced it. Let us receive it
as an auspicious omen for the future; and while we
return our humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God
for the blessing He has vouchsafed to our labours, let us
all earnestly pray that that Divine Providence which has
so benignantly watched over and shielded this illustration
of Nature's productions, conceived by human intellect and
fashioned by human skill, may still protect us, and may
grant that this interchange of knowledge, resulting from
the meeting of enlightened people in friendly rivalry,
may be dispersed far and wide over distant lands; and
thus, by showing our mutual dependence upon each other,
be a happy means of promoting unity among nations, and
peace and good-will among the various races of mankind."
The Bishop of London then delivered an appropriate
thanksgiving, which was followed by the Hallelujah
Chorus, after which Prince Albert and his friends with-
drew. Her Majesty retired before noon, taking no part,
in the closing ceremony of this grand industrial pageant.
A minute or two was allowed to elapse before the fatal
signal was given. At last it came, and a perfect storm
of bell-peals broke over the building.
On the following Monday and Tuesday (October 13-14,)
the admissions were confined exclusively to the exhibitors,
each of whom were allowed to pass in two friends, and no
money was taken at the doors. On the last day her
Majesty paid her closing visit to the Crystal Palace, and at
12 o'clock Prince Albert appeared on the platform, ac-
companied by the leading members of the royal com-
mission. Soon afterwards Viscount Canning, president of
the council of chairmen of the juries, read the report of
the several juries, in the course of which he stated that
2,918 prize medals and 170 council medals had been
awarded. Prince Albert made an able reply, closing his
speech in the following words—" I cannot refrain from
remarking, with heartfelt pleasure, the singular harmony
which has prevailed amongst the eminent men represent-
ing so many national interests—a harmony which cannot
end with the event which produced it. Let us receive it
as an auspicious omen for the future; and while we
return our humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God
for the blessing He has vouchsafed to our labours, let us
all earnestly pray that that Divine Providence which has
so benignantly watched over and shielded this illustration
of Nature's productions, conceived by human intellect and
fashioned by human skill, may still protect us, and may
grant that this interchange of knowledge, resulting from
the meeting of enlightened people in friendly rivalry,
may be dispersed far and wide over distant lands; and
thus, by showing our mutual dependence upon each other,
be a happy means of promoting unity among nations, and
peace and good-will among the various races of mankind."
The Bishop of London then delivered an appropriate
thanksgiving, which was followed by the Hallelujah
Chorus, after which Prince Albert and his friends with-
drew. Her Majesty retired before noon, taking no part,
in the closing ceremony of this grand industrial pageant.