The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

Care and solicitude very grocionsly manifested by our holoved,
4,..ven in favour of's'alikte,eer is calculated to seehre end pro•
the itnprovemece spekheppipees of Her Maiesty's.eubje.cte,..
That your Royal ffiihti`ets may be long, spared to secure and:
increase the liappinessefirmi tnost gracious flacon, arid to be a'
bletsing rto yeller ,eebildrerf, And: to the, nation,- is , our m.st
fervent pr yet-, Given under the common seal of the corpora-
don this tiirifff-tiihth • day' of April, one thousand eight
hUnarecralid fifreasr'ven. ittetre, Jrlo})
Prince Albert sa'd:—
Mr: Mayor, Aldermen, and'Gentleitiß'' j'9%mcf(
'7. I have. re iced, with feelings of no otcl:narygratification
the address which you have presented to me, expressing such
kindly feeliiiie tirwards myself, and professing to roPreSent the
good wishes, of the vast community which is collected in and
around this city, It cili, I ant sure, he most pleasing to the.
Queen, to 'receive, from the exeresstene contained in the ad-
dress, a fresh assurance of the loyal interest taken by her people
in all that concerns her happiness. I noest,Tillingly attend
here thisalayr to at' a ceremony Whieli-iliejli'lhabitants of
Manchester may well ;witness with wide, as:its Ohject is to in-
aueurate an elehibiliore collected- byabe.exertionof their en-
terprise and public spitit, and intended; het for'the amusement'
and gratification of the neighbourhood, alone, but for the in-
steuction ar.d iMprovement of the nation at, large., ,You jastly,
ethnic, in terms of- wail Akio, to that'compreliensiveend libr-
ral has adduct the Walls of/this building with the
ehateco specitnt ns of art front, so many, pfizate galiterjes of the,
kinktclOrie. It added much 'to the pleasure With Which the
Queen walimyself had,comPliawith the apiateatien for works
Ifeart_beloneing te
.us iwirei we found this'cxawplo so genr-
rally'followed by the peUiCsiors of treasures which are, in gene-
ral, so relithtittitlyealtrusted :by their owners to. the. late of
ethers. The Queer I ;n1 em,fiA,r.N.)ll9Alitill agAhopi
Maecliester, not' 'only to mark, by her presence, rherap--
prevat.of thepatipetl3and successful exeCutUitt.taiilthhliukt,
adqta ,king whiclkeee .have this !day
,to yeljraleg-almt from a
e'ethusimzie ioylltY,ethlinted Wlion :she had
AfinWily Iktt tiefiorialittr of? AtlA t leg 1 lair* gtegjeen tro of in -
atleeetPYiez-Ofe dliw I
Lief Prince then proceeded up the cantrallatt to the
dais. prepared for his reception in the transept, accom
partied by the I Right, -Hoot, the Lord • OVerktf me, tho
Chairman and members of the Executive Committee, and
those Who attended his &lel Highness from the Mayor's;
residenee, AA the preeesiion moved up the iniddleitvenot
the instmitantal,, orchmtv_, aonduct,ed. f gr, - Charles
scal performed the Katlona7 Anthem „: At this
niclittentothsk: hall looked foe beat` ad*Eitage.• The
cqt 644ik as soon from the' e114.4.11ei; magpiii4
cent: Rang .d on either side the whole assembly stood,
their line;6tilyElitikleid gitte fel statiieS.isilildi Aire as
it were naturally froth among theni,, atid-ithisknig4.B4,aucl
I,iKikcitAriliii who, (BO) set elb sleeds, Nykth Fiz 40 up
andlin-c-On-reat, see tiisd te-keep"ilie way: wailers and
Itoundhsitids; -court dames,iiti the brc affinft and Tatti,id
mistime of." good Queen l4ess," rind beauties of the,court
tititharleS. It., all seemed to smile upon the scene,-
mill to be actoratittita: The. volonis orittiell*tinhow Wore'
not varie-4 than„,;wera,ollose7M-hicli were dis-
plays. in tice ; and, as the
stfuinetibne down ' with lbrilliant rays, heightening,
poi 'Mending, every, olcoltmr into one har onini
whole, and the swelling notes of the anthem; which was
belq lung the (19oir',411ii cletW
cif„9,4ara -I`fovOlo /I,Pitil'isingliprickdly,vii.oxilll,-
eamf rolling down the long aisle, the; spectator might well,
fencyhifn4olf present, at one 'of' iliose seenesitilifetiqatik
Al;aetera tale in ht -y oanget,tleyk had caused his thew rid
imagination to picture to iteele, the shrill„whietie of the
railway itai of (is NifisYj disehitigea h eir e'clientleht
at:the adjc4n,ing station, -being the Only bircumatincertaf
all calculated to dispel the illusion.
When Ilia; Royal'aighfiess hileifiCe up M the
dais, atlas. Aational.„ Ant hem was stTgiby 31`tfadarne Clara
lovello,,Mr. Sims Reaves, Mr. Weiss, anek the chorus.'' 1.16 ed Oierstone thiMistePped 'foitiva-rd'aild read the fol.
loWing address :114-11 f-.l3l,limmor) aiii ti
TO, o'6 ROYAL HiGItNESt THE
May it please :your Royal 11'01108a— ,-yeurealin talai
In the name of the General Council of„ the Exceutive
Cetnhiittee'i;elid of all the effi6ers cenriebte'd with 'iliPiftePara•
tory, artemge meat of thie
..graaefein4eepekiarg, ..I.approAele ,yean
Royal Highness with the expression of our deep sense of
obligation fdr the .eoris•ant interest which your Royal filikAil;
has taken in the success ofithe exhibition now aboutiquii
opened for the gratification and instruction of the. pu,blice
Refere, hdwever, werent4-tipon the mote for Mal prOeedlings
of this day, we beg,' to,tender to yoaty „Royal Highness :our
sincere condolence on the event which has brought sorrow_ to
erlifdst'Grabions Majesty your Royal High-
ness, and-to the members of the Royel,Family, and which has
at the same time calved deep regret to her Majesty's subjects,
who have long admired the virtues'and 'htspece d the ditirae or
of her late Royal, flighnoss the Duchess .of G:oucester... In
the presence of your Royal Higlinees amongst us,under these
painful circumstances, and the •decision of your Royal WO,-
ness not to suspend the ceremonial of this day, we gratefully
recognise a delicate consideration of the importance of the
occasion, and a gracious desire not to disappoint the vast num-
bers who must have mash, arrangements, which. it. ould have
hoe. impnacihtn In plgtp,oo A r the same time, we ...I){i.• -
.fully.appreciate and sympathise with those feelings which cense
your Royal Highness to desire to remain, in ell oiler respects;
in the sulutest privacy. OVERSTON s,
President of the General Council.
His Royal Highness having received the address, said—
My Lord and Gentlemen—
You are very kind in thinking at this motuont of the
bereavement which has befallen to the Queen and her family.
In the Duchess of Gloucester we have all lost, not only the
last of the children of that good King who occupied the throne
during sixty years, and cartied this country fearlessly and
successfully through the most momentous struggles of its
history—and thus the last personal link with thcse.times— but
also a lady whose virtues and qualities of the heart had com-
manded the 'respeCt and love of all who knew her. If I
have thought it, my duly- to attend here to' day,. although
her mortal remains have not yet been carried to thdr last place
of rest, my decision has been rendered easy by the conviction
that, could her own
,opinions and w:shes have been' known; she
would, with that sense of duty and patriotic feeling which so
much distinguished—tier and the' generation to which she
belonged, have been anxious that I should not on her account,
or from private feelings, disturb an arrangement intended for
the publiC good:
Mr. Thomas Fairbairn then read and presented the
following address,from the -Esecutiva Committee:—
TO His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE pallscs ALBBBTj X.G.
May it please your Royal Highness—
We, the executivecommittee for conducting tile exhibition
of art treasures of the United Kit.g,dom, appointed Maine
present offices at a meeting of the general council of the exhi
bition, held on the 20th day of May, 1856, humbly approach
your Royal'Highnese on the auspicioui. occasion of your presi-
ding . at this inaugural cerenimen, -lo hay: before,yeur 'R tyal
Highness a short
,account of the history and progress of the
undertaking to the 'present 'time. 'before alluding to our
actual proceedings, we would ask permission to remark, that
this great gathering of the most precious and; remerable works
of art in the United Kingdom may be considered the legiti-
mate offspring of that happy suggestion for the instruction and
enjoymeiii of vast masses ,of our fellotv creatures of aff classes
and countries, and ..,foe the good of all mankind, which, °rig,-
nating with your Royal highness, had so glorious a triumph
in the success Hof the great exhibition of the works of industry
of all nations, in 1851. The interchange of knowledge which:
that magnificent undertaking,. and its equally magnificent suei,e
cessor, the French exhibition of 1855, effected, has• alread}7
proved of the greatest value in advancing the art of design,
and promoting all branches of human industry.. Both those
arenas of peaceful rivalry—so vivid in thefecontrasts to the
more exciting international contests ,whicle,we,, have since
witnessed—were remarkable, as regards the English element,
for.tavo broadly defined features—they showed to the worhE at
lartie, our best customers, the peculiar excellencies of many of
those gr, a' staple manufactures which employ and feed the induSe
tiialpopulationsof these islands ; and they showed to oared tees our
own deficiencies in matters of taste and design. Whilst
therefore there was a mutual gaits, and there sprung up a
kindlier international feeling, there originated also a desire
fur the acquirement on; the one hand of. a knowledge of the
useful, and on the other- an appreciation of the beautiful. The
promoters of the present exhibition.conceived it possible to
carry the benefieent intentions of their predecessors in such
undertakings one step further. The pri..ject of a
.purely fine
art exhibition on a great scale appeared at first sight,' to say
the least of it, somewhat proelem...ical as rega,d, i s financial
success. But when the 6nhjt.ct was sited, when it was found
how :comprehensive were its details and r application, how
wonderfully rich- our happy conivry (untrodden for many a
century by any foreign invader,) unquestionably to, .0 ati that
unequalled wealth and civilisation: could accumulate, and beer,
much positive and immediate good was likely to result
of ouritf,ntn
the bringmg together of the eager and 'enquiring m
time, with the realizations of the genius of past eve and other
countries—tho project assumed a proportion of importance
which at once commanded attention, and cried aloud for fulfil-
ment. The first suggestion of the art treasures exhibition
was submitted by -Vv. Demo the general commissioner o'
the exhibition, to an influential meeting of Manchester
gentlemen, on the 26th day of March, 1856. The scheme
%Na 3 favourably received, and, dependent upon the success of
the application for public support in the way of subscrip-
tion, was voted into existence. And here we would request
your Royal Highness's special attention to a remarkable
feature in. the history of this undertaking. Without any
public appeal, without even a general loCal canvass, contri-
butions to_ a guarantee fund amounting to not less titan
£74,000 were raised in this city within a.period of thtee
weeks. From this fact we would draw the
,inference that the
promoters of all schemes professing to commend themselves
by their intrinsic merits to public approval, need not and
ought not to be deterred from promulgating their patriotic
efforts by the lack of positive money gifts, but would rather do