onderful a display of the wealth,
enterprise, and versatility in productive industry, of the subjects of
the British Crown. There was at Manchester an unrivalled collection of
art-treasures, and at other places there have been special features of
distinction. But, on the whole, the Exhibition at Glasgow has been one
of most varied excellence, worthy of the Queen's Jubilee year, when the
preparations were made for it, and worthy of the silver-wedding year of
the Prince and Princess, whose presence was welcomed on the opening
day. The experience of other Exhibitions has not been lost, and one of
the most interesting portions of the show has been the antiquarian and
historical collection displayed in the Old "Bishop's Palace," after the
manner of the artificial constructions first made familiar in the
streets of "Old London" at South Kensington.

Before opening the Exhibition, the Prince and Princess were received in
the Corporation Chambers by the Lord Provost, magistrates, and a
distinguished assembly. An address of welcome was read by Dr. Marwick,
the Town Clerk, some of the points of which may be gathered from the
reply of the Prince, which was as follows:--

"My Lord Provost and Gentlemen,--I have received your address
with feelings of sincere satisfaction, and I thank you on behalf
of the Princess of Wales and myself for your cordial words of
welcome and your kind reference to our Silver Wedding. We have
come here to-day to celebrate, in one of the most prosperous
cities of the United Kingdom, the inauguration of a great
national work of the highest and most varied interest, and one
altogether worthy of your important city. I can assure you I
thoroughly understand and appreciate the anxious desire which
has prevailed among you that an Industrial Exhibition should be
held this year in Glasgow, and I consider that with the
commercial, manufacturing, and mercantile eminence which she
enjoys, such a desire is not only right and proper in the
highest degree, but natural and commendable. We warmly
sympathise with you in this feeling, and I would that my
lamented father were alive now to witness the development of the
general idea of which he was the originator. The relations of
this city with all the markets of the civilised world have long
been well known, but they have been immensely extended during
the present century by the energy and ent