The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-09 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1851,

CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION.

The day after to-morrow is the day axed for the
closing of the Exhibition, and the working people of
this country, many of whom have as yet been unable
to see the wonders of the Crystal Palace, will be for
ever deprived of the opportunity of beholding a sight
the like of which the world never saw, unless some i
superior power interfere to give to the people who
are desirous of visiting the Exhibition the fourteen
days' grace of the sailors. The visitors to
the Crystal Palace have during the whole of
this week amounted to upwards of 100,000 per diem,
and many hundreds of thousands who are anxious to
see the Exhibition have during this week remained at
home, in Lancashire and in the manufacturing dis-
tricts, in order to give vent to their feelings of
loyalty, by giving to their beloved QUEEN a
hearty welcome to her Duchy of Lancaster.
We trust that our Gracious SOVEREIGN will
not suffer these poor people to be deprived
of the opportunity of seeing the wonders of
the Great Exhibition of Industry by the premature
closing of the Crystal Palace, but that as, according
to the strict letter of the law, the Exhibition need not
be closed until the Ist of November, she will be gra-
ciously pleased to order that it shall continue open
until that day.

Within the course of the last month three mos
powerful Sovereigns have each made a tour among
their subjects ; the King of PRUSSIA made a snubbing
tour, the Emperor of AUSTRIA made a threatening
tour, and our own most Gracious SOVEREIGN is at
this moment making a pleasure tour amongst her
loyal subjects in the manufacturing districts, whose
hearty welcome of their beloved QUEEN is all the
more enthusiastic, because they bear in mind that the
great prosperity which the whole country is enjoying,
and that more especially their own more extended
command over the luxuries, the comforts, and the
necessaries of life are owing entirely to those
measures of free-trade to which, when propose d by
her Minister, her MAJESTY granted her ready, her
willing, her hearty sanction. It is most gratifying
to every Englishman, to every lover of constitutional
liberty, to every lover of truth, of honesty, of jus -
tice to observe and to contrast the reception accorded
to the oath-breaking SOVEREIGNS of Prussia and of
Austria► by their subjects with that of our own true-
hearted QUEEN by the honest and hard-working men
of Lancashire and of the North. Never has the
oft quoted declaration of Judge BAILEY, " I like
honesty in all places," been more truthfully exemplified
than in Prussia, in Austria, and in Great
Britain during the past month. Whilst the King
of PRUSSIA. feared to move out except surrounded by
guards, and was everywhere received with unmistakable
tokens of dislike, whilst the Emperor of AUSTRIA,
not feeling himself safe, even amidst his guards, had
armies concentrated so as to form a large camp for his
protection whenever he halted, thus proving that he
felt aware that he neither possessed nor deserved the
love of his subjects, amongst whose habitations he
moved in most significant silence, alone amidst his
troops, for the non-military part of his subjects took
refuge in their houses, and with closed doors and
windows awaited " with bated breath," and hearts
agitated by rage, and hate, and fear, until the
Red destroyer of their kindred should have passed
on his way—whilst the Absolutist Kings, conscious of
their own deserts and made cowards by their own
consciences, passed on in ominous silence, the constitu-
tional Queen of ENGLAND, our own beloved Sovereign,
having enjoyed the health-giving air, and the magni-
ficent scenery of the Highlands, makes a progress
from Balmoral to Liverpool which is one continued
triumph. There are no guards required for her pro-
tection, and save here and there a guard of honour
called out to add to the pomp and magnificence of the
spectacle, not a soldier is to be seen along the
whole line of route, and yet she is
safer far than is the Emperor of AUSTRIA amidst
his army of 300,000 men; for let the least attempt at
insult be offered to her, and the whole people would
rise as one man for her defence and protection. She
is safe without guards, for she reigns, and deservedly
so, in the hearts of her subjects, who will ever vindi-
cate her prerogatives, because she observes and defends
their privileges. At Edinburgh her reception was most
enthusiastic, and contrasted strongly with that of the
Emperor of Ausznia. at Milan (where, as an eye-wit-
ness informs us, the silence was terrific), and that of the
King of PRUSSIA at Cologne, whilst at Lancaster
a sight was exhibited which could be
ex-
hibited in no other country in Europe at
the present moment. On her arrival at Lancaster the
QUEEN entered the High Sheriff's carriage, and
proceeded to the Shire•hall. The route from the rail-
way station to the Town-hall was lined with specta-
tors. On the Castle Parade an immense platform
was erected, on which was placed five thousand per-
sons, who greeted their SOVEREIGN with the most
enthusiastic cheering- In the Town-hall the elite of
the county were assembled to greet her MAJESTY, and
yet not a single soldier was present, and order was
preserved by some 1,500 special constables, that is to
say, by the inhabitants of Lancaster themselves.
A spectacle such as this makes us proud of
our QUEEN, and proud of our Constitution, her
just and well judging administration of which has
produced such happy results. There is no other So-
vereign in Europe who dares thus to trust himself
amongst his subjects, and yet there is not one who
might not do so would he but follow the example set
him by our own beloved QUEEN, and, like her, pre-
serve his oaths inviolate, and study his people's good.

mdeodynienpat excellence,
The repudiatinq poor-law guardians are beginning
to discover the inutility and impolicy of their recent
l'°e"dings. They find that not only the great
majority of their brethren throughout the entire
mgrepresentatives unequivocally
of
those their
11. proceedings,,hich have
b ebuten
thattermed,
distressed unions, indig-
nantly refuse to join in the movement or attempt to
get rid of a just and bon
as regards its honour, although
resist-
ance. For the sake of the sister kingdom,by
fide debt open
not merely
rejoice -ti tabsisa rag
E. 8. (1., we sincerely
in-
volved iu the question, but eve 1
that was deeply
ceureen matterr e s o 1
uo
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truth of
tion. Iu thi,t, as in every other
the adage that " honesty is the best matter,
lth°
made apparent. It cannot, as we hia),,°:er will be
stated, be the object of the Government to ''citiorcee_
duce any part of the country to a bankruptto
dition, or to compel the striking of rates, -whinc;,
could not by any possibility be collected! Ne,
to every reasonable application the most attentive
consideration will be accorded, and if founded on
sufficient grounds every possible indulgence will also
be conceded. But those who, in place of coming as
suppliants, assume an air of bold and resolute defiance
—who having gladly accepted the money when ten-
dered, by way of loan, and undertaken its repayment,
laving also seen it applied for the benefit of the
starving inhabitan s of their respective districts—
ea think that by a bull: ing aspect, and resorting to
. threadbare threats of agitation, they can get rid of
as armed reb
their habil- •
and iummlt't:yes, must be dealt with in the most decided
tion of any manner. Tlaey can only he regarded
els, With
Whom and lom negotiation is impossible,
cannot be p,,,ral-
willing to despise dep4rtitted to remain in the administra-
anindent of that law which they are
Set at naught whenever it may
suit their convenience
forget that at any mem o to
ent, when They should not
their conduct might