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London, England, 1855-11-23 00:00:00

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arum nonnulli in hac Sarnia educati, vitas
patriw posthabuerint, non inopportuna datur
sio gratulandi tibi, Serenissime Princeps, pras-
um tute ipse iterum nostram urbem ad it urus sis ;
eat tibi non modo vultu tuo nos hetificare, sed
;re Festos Dies et nos celebrari, et illud recordari
portere urbis hetitive comtnuniis participes ease
mim cede doctrine magna pars civium nostro-
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qua virum liboralam doceant, quarum etiam to
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'natures of the boys follow.
'emonial over, the procession proceeded on to
the new building by the Bide of the Town Hall.
,uple of immense platforms had been erected ;

occupied by the members of the Town Coun

eil and many hundreds of ladies and gentlemen, who
save the ?Prince a hearty welcome on his arrival at the
site. 110 re the arrangements made were very good, the
place was handsomely decorated, and his Royal High-
ness immediately proceeded with the especial business
of the day. Before proceeding to lay the stone, Lord
Calthorpe advanced and read to the Prince an address
from the Council of the Institute.
His Rovaf, HIGHNESS replied as follows :—My lords
and gentlemen,--I thank. you very sincerely for your
address. It is with more than ordinary pleasure that I
have accepted your kind invitation to take part in the
ceremony which is this day to mark the first step to-
wards the establishment of an institution, from which I
join with its warmest supporters in looking for the most
advantageous results. I cannot, indeed, doubt for a
moment that the expectations of those who believe that
the "value and dignity, of,tuaman laL.,^uv i4ilf receive-It'
manifold' iii&ease' when guided by the light of scientific
knowledge," will be amply realised. And it is most grati-
fying to me to hear the expression of your opinion that
the desire for the " keener and more comprehensive
study of the principles by which the exercise

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of man's productive powers is controlled," from which
you anticipate such advantage, has been stimulated by
the Great Exhibition of 1851, to my connexion with
which you have been pleased to allude in such flattering
terms. I cannot forget that the example of such indus-
trial exhibitions had been already set by this town, and
with the best results ; or that, to the experience so ac-
quired the executive committee of the greater under-
taking of 1851 were much indebted in carrying that work
to a successful issue. As Birmingham was thus foremost
in giving a practical stimulus to the works of art and in-
dustry, so she is now one of the first to encourage a
scientific study of the principles on which those works
depend for success. I trust with you, and confidently
believe, that the "moral as well as the material welfare
of this great community" will be advanced by the union,
for scientific objects, of men of all classes, and of all
opinions, iu such institutions as that of which I am to-
day to have the honour of laying the first stone. And
most heartily do I join with you in congratulating
the country, that not even such a war as that in
which we are now engaged, calculated as it is to enlist
our warmest sympathies, and to engage our more imme-
diate interest, can divert Englishmen from the noble
work of fostering the arts of peace, and endeavouring to
give a wider scope to the blessings of freedom and civi-
lisation.

The Hon. and Bev. GRANTHAM YORKE then offered
up a suitable prayer, and under the auspices of Mes,rs.
Branson and Gayther, the eminent builders and railway
contractors, the Prince proceeded to lay the stone in the
usual form.