Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . ish. The remainderrepresented the productions of more than fortyforeign countries, comprising almost the whole ofthe civilised nations of the globe. In arrangingthe space allotted to each, the report stated thatthe Commissioners had taken into considerationboth the nature of its productions and the facilitiesof access to this country afforded by its geographicalposition. The productions of Great Britain and 36 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [The Great her dependencies were arranged in the westernportion of the building, and tho
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . ish. The remainderrepresented the productions of more than fortyforeign countries, comprising almost the whole ofthe civilised nations of the globe. In arrangingthe space allotted to each, the report stated thatthe Commissioners had taken into considerationboth the nature of its productions and the facilitiesof access to this country afforded by its geographicalposition. The productions of Great Britain and 36 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [The Great her dependencies were arranged in the westernportion of the building, and those of foreigncountries in the eastern. The Exhibition wasdivided into four great classes, viz.:—i. RawMaterials; 2. Machinery; 3. Manufactures; 4-Sculpture and the Fine Arts. With regard to the rewards would be assigned. Her Majestys replyto the address was followed by a prayer, offeredup by the Archbishop of Canterbury; and thatfinished, the majestic Hallelujah Chorus burstforth, its strains reverberating through the archedtransept and long-drawn aisles of the NAVE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 185I. distribution of rewards to deserving exhibitors, thereport went on to state that the Commissionerhad decided that they should be given in the formof medals, not with reference to merely individualcompetition, but as rewards for excellence, inwhatever shape it might present itself Theselection of the persons to be so rewarded wasentrusted to juries, composed equally of Britishsubjects and of foreigners, many of whose nameswere a guarantee of the impartiality with which the The state procession was then fornned, andpassed down the northern avenue of the westnave. The spectators were arranged on eitherside, and as Her Majesty passed along, the cheerswere taken up in succession by the whole of thelong array, and seconded with waving of hats andhandkerchiefs from the galleries. Her Majestyand the Prince acknowledged these gratulationsby continual bowing. The various objects o
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