The International Exhibition at Dublin was opened by the Prince
of Wales on the 10th inst., amidst an imposing cere- monial. The Exhibition promises to be a success, the building being really magnificent, half stone, half glass and iron, and the collections, particularly of Art, rivalling those of the Exhi- bition of 1851. Rome and France have in particular exerted themselves, and English painters have forwarded a splendid array of paintings. Nothing of special interest marked the opening except an omission of all specially Irish music, which has greatly annoyed the newspapers, and a perpetual reference in the ad- dresses to the absence of the Princess, whom the good people wanted to see at least as much as the Prince. The Prince was exceeding well received by the citizens of Dublin, and was to leave the city to-day. No description of the contents of the palace has as yet been published, but Mr. Story's "Judith," it seems clear, will carry off the palm in sculpture, as his " Sybil " did in the collection of 1861.
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