The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

Lords Maya' of London and Dublin, the High
Sheriffs, Under-Sheriff Croaky, 6:c., were presented.
After a few moments spent in marshalling the
various dignitaries, the Prince proceeded to a small
dais arranged dome to the entrance and the Mayor
of Manchester (lee. Waffle, Fag.) reed an address, to
which his royal women cillea,llowing reply :
Mr. Mayor, Aldimmond
I brie riedied Ida *iv ef we mammy swilMestion
the address wide& yea havepersaled le me, carfaambag such
Mealy haw towards wed& sad eigissies te spreeent
the geed willies at the vest emewriesily width L abated In
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eilwreace:thi leisisleaseeit has by bar people ia ell that
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mony which the of Mimehellw may wall *tows I
with pride, ea Me dime is le imenimeie ea eshibillia, col-
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sad intended, wet hr the imisemset and or the
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baillse with the moms swellerwe i em, from so =my
privelewslistkeetthe Idealiser It widelmedi to the elewere
with vide h tie Qum amilihgegbed oesepied with the
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no Claes will, I im erweirmi, be sled was to Omit
llimeheitir set sway le meek, ley bar yemmes, bar sword
of the ti sad seseemfal awaulies ad this pest wader-
isidng we law Me dleraseakbrel•—bet teat a re-
collection of the eibmileds ishalled wimp ied
formerly sa awyertaalty of this gnat of
isideary.
The preassign wen then formed according to the
=rand proceeded slowly up the nave,
t 'this moment presented a moat bril-
liant appearasee. The sun, which we had
mimed stiffly
_an the morning, now broke out
in great ,isiess, and gaily lighted up the
gay deems of the long rows d- ladies who,
standing as his royal highness pawed, gave him
such an ovation as must have been exceedingly
gratifying. The gallery, side aisles, and every nook
and corner of the building was by this time densely
crowded, and as the cortege passed the cheering was
kept up, and with great effect, echoed by the crowd
outside, which from the commencement of the pro-
ceedings had been most vociferous in its demonstra-
tions of welcome. It would be hard to overrate the
imposing spectacle which now presented itself. The
Prince standing in full uniform in front of the chair
of state, a crepe on has left arm indicating the recent
domestic affliction in the royal family;. the noble-
men and gentlemen of high rank standng round—
amongst others the Duke of Newcastle, Duke of
Argyll, Earl Granville, Lord Ward, Earl of Carlisle,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Alfred Paget,
Earl of Burlington, Lord IYrottesley, Earl Grey,
and Colonel Ponsonby, &c. ; the splendidly-dressed
company all standing, the various civic autho-
rities! the music and the banners, all taken
together produced an impression each as is
only to be awakened by ceremonial events of
the first magnitude. At the termination of the
National Anthem Lord Overdone proceeded to read
his address, in which an allusion to the Duchess of
Gloucester was marked by an emphatic gesture on

the part of the Prince.
The Prince read the following short reply, mark-
ing again with special emphasis the allusion to her
late royal highness
My lord and-gentlentem,—You ere very kiad in thinking
at this moment of the bereaverwat which has befallen the
Queen and her family.
In the Duclnos of Glow/eta we have ell lost not only the
last tithe children of that good Yin who ootinpkd the throw
during misty years, and tarried this country karleady sad
sococeafully throwk the moot mousentous struggles of its
socary, and thee the bet pawns' Oak with these awes,
but also a lady whose virtues aad qtrlitles el the heart had
commanded the respect sad love of an who knew be,.
If I have thth it my deny to salad here to-day,
although her mortal renseine have set yet lima ceded to their
lest place of rest, my dothisa lise bees sawed eery lby the
conviction, that weld her owe spinier sad wishes have
been kocona, she would, with that saes of dusty sad patriotic
feeling which no muck &Woodshed her, sad the
to which she belonged, ham bean anelews that I should not
on her account, or from paints feelings, disturb ea image-
went intended for the public good.
Immediately afterwar6 came the address of the
=relative committee. which it may be observed
contains • brief oatline of the history of the under-
taking, and notice, all them who du.* led to its
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The Prince iswaei as fallow s
Geatkensn of the Haseedise Camlawn
I thank you met sionnedy for year bbil aribeex
The expend* of loyalty sad eltheinesst to the ewes
which it conveys. wall, I Semi ewthkr..be met glorifying
to bath with phones assertedme Width to Freida at
the inaugural essamemy et an .whisk I bath
watched with * deepest iteseest. don lie fleet exemption ;
end I may now be allowed to canpahmiebpsia epee the em-
cee which has, so far, crowned yet lam&
The building in which we ere meemided, Nod the wonder-
ful collection of thew tie** of eI t,as yw sopody Una
them, which it deploys, ruled the hMeet ink( yen.
They must strike 1410 beholder with grail not
only of the wealth and spirit of inimpelse of this thentry,
but also of that newtons of tsar gandiethe wad
good-will between the diluent el sad* within it,
of which it affords so gralifylnuta
We behold a feast which the nod these this have ad
before those to whom forams hes the them head=
of life—bringing forth hone* lemesamt lame* either
private dwellings, their *keit sad nest abeelehed treasures
mad entrusting them le yew airs, In enter to gratify the
awl* at Large ;—end this leer wehesibetiagle.—et Your
awe 14114101% 4.141/11 diet year piths were disinterested and
wdletelnied, and dig As, lad the pad el the country for
their ob+ed,
This to • biseeth is the country in
which it I. wiFttlieeet edll2l nini-ladot lama le* fact which has
shown itself in this es hi ether 4004.101% that the gnat sad
noble of the land look to their. levemsles ter bawl led hod them
in each patriotic undertakimp—sel whoa they 400 that the
Sovereign has come *weed to give Her coonterienee and
assistance to the work that they Seel it a pleastoe to co-
operate with her, and not to have her without their support,
emulating then, in works of pa*, the chivelric spirit which
animated their forefathers in the warlike times of old.
You have done well not to elm at • mere accumulation et
works of art and objects of general interest, bat te give to
your collodion, ley a scientific and historical arrangverient,
an educational character, thus not losing the opportunity of
teaching the mind, as well as gratifying the anises ; and
manifold ere the lessons which it will present to us. If Art
is the purest expression of the state of mental and religious
culture, and of general civilisation of any age or people—an
historical and chronological review given at one glance, can-
not fail to impress us with a just appreciation of the peculiar
characteristics of the different periods and countros, the
works of which are here exhibited to us, and of the Wine*
which they have exercised upon each other.
In comparing than works with there of our own age and
country, while we may well be proud of the immense de-
velopment of knowledge and power of production which
we pease, we have lemon also for humility in contemplat-
ing the refinement of feeling end intensity of thought mani-
fested in the works of the older schools.
I tract that pommy reap, in the approbatioe of the public
at large, and in the remunerative commove of the people,
the immediate reward of your labours—and that, like the
Exhibition of to which you so flatteringly allude, you
may thus also find the means of closing your operetions
without having recourse to the guarantee fund, which this
district has /10 genereualy put at your depoord.
Beyond this, however I trust that the beneficial effects
upon the progress of art Ind taste in our country,
.whieh we
may confidently look to, may be a lasting memorial of your
vast enterprise. •
It is hardly necessary to on that not a single
word of either addresses or replies was heard a few
yards from the dais. In so large a building it was
impossible that all could hear; but the addressee
were read in so low a tone that even throe nearest
the dais could with difficulty catch two consecutive
sentences. The consequence was that everybody
was glad when this part of the ceremony wan over,
and all felt sen,ibly relieved when the orchestra per-
formed "The Heavens are telling," by Haydn.
That done, the in of Manchester offered up the
following prayer invoking a blessing upon the under-

taking:
Almighty Oud, in whose works wo see combined all
that is moot read in coaceptioa. is adaptation, end
beautiful In eserutioa, who haat era to as, thy creatures,
tphztoter in wee degree to lecomuse and &dere thy infinite
win, ',kw, we breech Thee, this work* which ws
eswerr this our undertakiag wedema.
zseitiv,yod : god the iatelleetuel, metal, spirituel
good of thy agnate. Grant that this undertaking may be
gmdlable to dm molting our Noticed airsreter, We