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Show j OLD NAVAL 11ELICS And OllitrlnlfrcitlogOlijMt Contained la tlio llifl.ru r.ihlbltlon, London THt FBHIOtNTIAL PARTY AT OAC. nAMCNTO. Mr John .VuDouiU It Altsrkcd Ir the Opposition Uadrr, and Itri.llc. Vf TtltKTIPtt 10 IBS NWS.t rjlULAXD' NAVAL r.XHinlTtOX. Th Arrhkl.tiup nf t'nnlsrbnrr rrjr far Ihe Slur ess r II Londo.x, May 2. Tlm Prlnco and I'lllirrn of Wale were conducted to thudal. alter which Ilia archbishop of Canterbury cam forward ami littered prayer lor tlm success of thocxhlblllon, piosirlty and peaco ol Ilia country nnd health tulbe royal family. The Frlnco of Wale then replied to su address ad-dress front tlio olUcer of tlm exhibition. exhibi-tion. . , After tlio opening the Princes of Walra turned a witch In front of a miniature of tlie F-dlstonu lighthouse, There wan a llaah from the top of the lighthouse, u cannon iliot from one of the model men-of-war on tlio grounds, the hniidi played "Uod save the U.ucen,"aud tlio exhibition waa formally for-mally declared 0wn. It cover an areaof over flfieen acres. The model or the Kd Intone HiilithoUM l lighted by electricity ti Iho extent of half a million candle-power. The model la built of a framework of Iron and covered with American expanded w Ire, over which cement l laid. The lower part la used for an exhibit of llghtliousu an signaling apparatus, while the ton, reached by elevatora, affords a good otnurvatory. One of the most Inlerntlnic fnlunii of the exhibition 1, tt full-sited model of Nel-on'a famous llsgnlilp ITcfurj, furnished throughout with guns and accoutrcmenu'a of Nelson's day. On the lake It la proponed, to give each day a mimic navaltiaUlelietweenmlnature Iron-clad men-of-war, Including lor-1, lor-1, attacks, submarine mining, fireworks, fire-works, etc. In the arena aallora will glTo exhlliltlon drills and the handling of naval machine gun will be shown. The main exhibition building la divided Into nine galleries, each named after some' celebrated Miliar. There are Interesting oollcctlona of old nav.il relic and reltci of varloua arctla expeditions. expe-ditions. The art aectlon cnntalni Hie fluent collection of naval plcturea ever brought together. Thereare hundreda of inodela of old and new wandd and Innumerable chart, ancient and modern, mod-ern, nrohungon the walla of the gal-lerlis. gal-lerlis. All vailellre of ordnance and amunltlon of all klnda are exhibited. Among the uaval mrloaltlea which may lie aceu on exhibition aro Captain Conk' walatcoat, the wanbatand uaed by Nelson at aca, the figurehead of the Shannon, carried on that ablp during her memorable, encounter with the UiCiapiale, the Duku or Kdlnburgti'i curloua collectlou of silver alili-a, u wr-tlon wr-tlon of the malumaat of the Itctory pierced In the battle of Trafalgar, anil many other relic. Ona gallery If Uovotor to trade ex. lilblta and exhibit rromdltTrrent ntval charities. Ttien there I another devoted devot-ed to model of vessels, from the ilato of the Ortal Hani) down, with lllunira-tlouaof lllunira-tlouaof lioat toweling and life-saving apparatus now In une. Another la Unvoted to ancient and modern ordnance, ord-nance, Including the very latentqulck-firing latentqulck-firing gnu. The Camperdown gallory contain chiefly dynamo and alr-rumprcailng machine for working torpedoes, an Inimeuie glaaa diving tank,and a largo collectlou of Iron and ateel armor plate. The profit of the exhibition will to given to varlou naval cluulllea. |
