The Crystal Palace Jubilee.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE JUBILEE .

THE forthcoming Naval and Military Exhibition which is to be opened at the Crystal Palace by Earl Roberts on Thursday , 23 rd inst , is designed to commemorate the Jubilee of the Great Exhibition of 1851 . The opening ceremony will have additional interest attaching to it , from the fact that on the same occasion Lady Roberts

will unveil the late Mr . Harry Bates ' s great equestrian statue of her distinguished husband . The figures at the base of the statue representing War and Victory are of heroic proportions , and the work as a whole has the distinction of being the only equestrian statue to Earl Roberts in this country .

The Exhibition will be found to be of very wide scope , embracing every kind of exhibit which illustrates the history and present development of Naval and Military science . The Historical Loan Collection of Pictures and Relics and Autographs will be of especial interest .

His Majesty King Edward VII . has shown his interest by graciously extending has practical help to the work of the Council in their task of securing a good collection of suitable exhibits for the Historical and Loan sections . His Majesty has lent some exceptionally interesting exhibits , including the Jubilee offerings to Queen Victoria from the Royal Navy and Marines . The Lords

Commissioners of the Admiralty , the Secretary of State for War , the Secretary of State for India- , the Board'of Education , South Kensington , the United Service Institution , and many other important Corporate bodies and Institutions have readily come forward with help and assistance , and the result has been that the

efforts of the Crystal Palace authorities and the Council of the Exhibition have met with so much support that the forthcoming Exhibition will be well worthy its Jubilee chai-acter , and must prove a popular and interesting method of utilising the great space of the famous building at Sydenham during the summer months .

The completeness of the Military section will be shown by the following indication of its nature and scope . A Balloon Section has been arranged which will have the advantage of having been formed under the sanction of Sir Redvers Buller . Mr . Eric Bruce , the Secretary of the Aeronautical Society , and M . de Fonvielle , the venerable French Aeronaut , are giving

active assistance . The use of the balloon in military operations will be demonstrated , and a special interest attaches to this section , as Sir Redvers is lending the very baloon employed by him during the siege of Ladysmith . In connection with this section , and naturally forming- part of it , will be an exhibition of war kites , the uses of which will be demonstrated .

In the- Ambulance section the various hospital arrangements adapted to the requirements of a . campaign will be one of the principal features . There will be a model of the Princess of Wales Hospital Ship , showing the inner working of such relief transports . There will also be one of the carriages of the Princess . Christian Hospital Train , fitted up in every way similar to the Hdspitail

Train as used in South Africa . Model' Field and Base Hospitals with a model Receiving Station and Field Kitchen are also included as well as a Field Post Office and Field Telegraphs , in which it is hoped arrangements can be made for carrying on souvenir Post Office work , as was done at South Kensington and the Guildhall on the occasion of the jubilee of the Penny Post . It is proposed to institute Volunteer competitions and displays

m connection with the Exhibition during the Summer , and , for the convenience of detachments , there will be a standing camp , where rations , & c , will be provided on the ground on liberal terms . The camp will be available for ordinary drill purposes , tent pitching , and for practice with the Morris Tube , & c . Officers and others interested in the scheme- are invited to communicate with Captain Berkeley , , at 87 Victoria Street , S . W ., who has been entrusted with the preliminary arrangements .

The Handicraft Exhibits section will be devoted to Soldiers' and Sailors' handicraft work , including carpentry , leather-work , sailmaking , tailoring , needlework , and fancy work of every description , made by men of His Majesty ' s services . Where the exhibits in any class are sufficiently numerous prizes will be awarded . The educational and scientific side of war will receive special attentionthe well-known Entertainment Court of the Crystal Palace

, being transformed for the time being into what will be- known during the Exhibition as the Electric Theatre , in which demonstrations of wireless telegraphy , the Rontgen Rays , Tesla's inventions , & c , will be given . In fact it will , during that period , be the home of scientific experiments applied to the uses of war in

the Armv and Navy . Entertainments which have special reference to the Army and Navy have also been arranged for , among them being Mr . West's " Our Navy , " Mr . Esdaile's " Recrultograph , " and Mr . Edwyn's "Our Army , " all of which will be illustrated by cinematograph views and lantern slides .

A very interesting section will be the "Arctic . " In this will be found not only a large collection of arctic relics and pictures , but w A % , l ^ leaY iIlustrating Nansen ' s Great Expedition to the Worth Pole . The latest equipments for Polar travel as regards means of transit and commissariat arrangements will also be shown 1 his- section has been arranged b y Mr . Shrubsole , curator , Mr . R Eagle , and Mr . John England , scenic artist .

The Naval section will probabl y be one of the most complete casnlavs of the kind ever attempted in this country . In the collection of models of ships in the Royal Navy and the Mercantile Marine , the most generous assistance has been received from the great shipowning and shipbuilding companies . Among these will K »

round a model of the " Ophir" and also a magnificent track chart with a moving model , prepared specially for this Exhibition by the unent Company , so that the tour of the Duke and Duchess of ^ ormvall and York may be traced from day to day when the Royal * acht is travelling . ' The immense sheet of water in the North Tower garden will be

The Crystal Palace Jubilee.

utilised for a great Naval display and spectacle entitled " Trafalgar , " in which Nelson ' s famous victory will be refought , the old " Wooden Walls ¦ ' being modelled with absolute truth in every particular , the reduced size of the vessels being perfect according to scale , but so arranged with regard to spectacular effect , that the battle will appear to be fought by full-sized vessels . The conclusion of the

Trafalgar spectacle will be the " Home-coming of the ' Ophir , '" which may be regarded as symbolically suggesting the inauguration of peace , the friendliness of the Colonies , and the advance of Naval science as compared with Nelson's day , for the Royal yacht will be ushered in by a flotilla of the most up-to-date vessels in use in the

Royal Navy to-day . In addition to " Trafalgar" there will be demonstrations of Naval drill , manning the yards , & c . Submarine exhibits . and appliances will also form no inconsiderable part of this section , and diving , the firing of explosives and indeed every method and device in connection with' submarine work will be either exhibited or practically demonstrated .

The Inventions Section has been entrusted to Mr . Henry C . Braun , C . E ., Technical Adviser to the Corporation of London , and he has been very successful in collecting a series of the latest and most wonderful applications of mechanical science to the need of the Army and Navy .

A special feature of the Exhibition is its Charitable side . The Directors of the Crystal Palace have placed at the disposal of the various Naval and Military Charitable Institutions 50 , 000 guinea tickets to be sold exclusively for the benefit of the various funds . The sale of these has been undertaken by committees of ladies whose efforts have been so far successful that it is probable that

very early in the season the entire number will be disposed of . In addition to this several important concerts will take place during the holding of the Exhibition for the benefit of the same charities . The first of these , a Naval and Military Concert on the Great Handel Orchestra , is fixed for 6 th July , and will be under the direction of the Commandant of the Military Academy , Kneller Hall

—Colonel Barrington Foote , Captain Mahoney , Secretary , and Lieutenant Stretton assisting . At this and at other concerts of a similar character the trumpet which sounded the famous charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava will be used in the concert , having been lent for this purpose and also for general exhibition , by its owner , T . G . Middlebrook , Esq .

It is of course desired and contemplated to have many Naval and Military fixtures in the form of tournaments , but it has been decided to postpone all arrangements of this sort until after the Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall , so that this annual display , which has been the means of contributing substantial sums of

money to the various Naval and Military funds , may not in any degree suffer by the possible effect of Crystal Palace competition with its well-known programme . This step has been taken in deference to the wishes of Major-General Sir H . Trotter , K . C . V . O ., commanding the Home District , who takes a warm interest in the success of the Exhibition . ** ******** **** *

Holiday Arrangements.

HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS .

Great Western Railway . THIS Company issue ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their City and West End offices , where tickets can be obtained during the whole week preceding Whitsuntide . Tickets can also be obtained at Clapham Junction , Battersea , Chelsea , Kensington , ( Addison Road ) , and at the stations on the Hammersmith and City Line .

The booking offices at Paddington Station will be open all day on 22 nd , 23 rd , 24 th and 25 th May , so that passengers wishing to obtain tickets for any destination on the Great Western Railway can do so at their convenience . Ordinary tickets will be dated to suit the convenience of passengers .

Excursions will be run on Thursday , 23 rd , to Cork , Killarney , Belfast , Armagh , Giant ' s Causeway , & c . ; on Friday , 24 th , to Gloucester , Cheltenham , Worcester , Hereford , Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Abeystwyth , Bala , Dolgelley , Barmouth , Manchester , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , Rhyl , Llandudno , Bangor , Carnarvon , Waterford , Tipperary , Limerick , Killarney , Weston-super-Mare , Taunton , Minehead , & c . ; on Friday night , to Bath , Bristol , Exeter .

Plymouth , l-almouth , Penzance , Chepstow , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , Milford , and other stations in South Wales , Chester , Liverpool , Douglas ( Isle of Man ) , & c . ; on Saturday , 25 th , to Newbury , Savernake , Marlborough , Devizes , Frome , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , Minehead , Lynton , Lynmouth , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , Penzance , Oxford , Birmingham , & c . j and on Saturday night , to Bath , Bristol , Gloucester , Chepstow , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , & c .

On Friday , 24 th May , excursion tickets , at a return fare of 22 s , will be issued to Guernsey and Jersey , by train leaving Paddington at 9 . 15 p . m ., and on Saturday , 25 th , from Waterloo at 9 . 50 p . m . The service to and from the Islands being now worked jointly by the Great Western and London- and South Western Railway Companies , passengers travelling on the forward journey via Paddington and Weymouth may , if they so desire ,

return via Southampton and Waterloo , and those proceeding via Waterloo and Southampton may return via Weymouth and Paddington . On Whit Sunday a cheap train will run to Cirencester , Stroud , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , and at midnight an excursion will leave Paddington for Oxford , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c .

On the Bank Holiday cheap trains will be run to Reading , Newbury , Savernake , Marlborough , Devizes , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingford , Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , & c , and on Whit Tuesday an express half-day excursion will be run to Banbury . Leamington , and Stratford-on-Avon ,