The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-12 00:00:00

Won in a canter.

TAO QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELA.ND.—At the in-
stance a f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, the six first articles in
the Dui lin Gazette, of Tuesday, August 7th, 1849, have been
printed by order of the House of Commons. The return
principa Ily consists of a copy of the formula of presentation
then printed in thW Eirizette, for the accommodation of those
Who we' re to attend the Levee and Drawing-room, but a re-
turn is i riven of the persons to whom the entrée to the Castle
Was girl in by hilt Majesty, in addition to those who had the
entree al ; St. Janes's. They were as follows :—The Primate,
the Chn odellor, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Roman Ca-
tholic V rimate, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin,
the Dal ce of Leinster, the Cabinet Ministers, her Majesty's
House t old, the Lord-Lieutenant's Household, the Lord Chief
Justic a of Queen's Bench, Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief
Justic e of Common. Pleas, the Chief Secretary to the Lord-
-I.lekrt• anent, the Chief Baron, the Attorney-General, the Com-
mand per. of the Forces, the Paymaster of Civil Services, the
Uncle r-Secretary to.the Lord-Lieutenant, the Solicitor-Ge-
neral, the Commandant of the Garrison, the Adjutant-Gene-
ral, tl to Quartermaster-General.
Ar titIVALS AT MIYART's HOTEL.--His Excellency
Mars hal Narvaez Duke de Valencia, from Paris ; his Excel-
lency the Count Coucheleff Bezborodko, from St. Peters-
burgh -le Chevalier Andrea. Count and Countess Gerar-
diska, !Baron and Baroness Vonverscheur, from the Hague;
Count ; Louvenconrt,the Earl and Countess of Fingal!, Mr.
and Lady Emma Anderton, Marquis and Marchioness of
Nate rford, Lord and Lady Farnham, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Gale' Townley, the Earl and Countess of Charlemont, Colonel,
Mrs. • and Miss Scudamore, the Marquis Pallavicino,
Marq ails Francois Balbi Senarega, Comte (,ome-Degli Ales-
sandr i, Mr. Legh, Mr. O'Shea, M. Battaelle, &c.
M .4)RESTER MILITARY BAND.—The bands of the
two n-g,iments of Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards (Blue),
the t renadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fusilier Guards, with
that ; of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich, attended at the
Ro: Oa Hospital, Chelsea, on Tuesday afternoon last, for the
pu ri ,ose of rehearsing. as one band, the several pieces of
mt Est c selected for performance at the Grand Military Mu-
sic ;al Festival which is to take place in the grounds of that
este) lishment on the 17th and 18th of June. It was in-
t er,di id that the bands should have played in the garden, but
ov in g to the inclemency of the weather, the rehearsal took
p/ ace. in the pensioners' large dinner hall. The bands will
a gain attend for practice on Friday and Monday next.
THE LATE FAILURE IN LIVERPOOL.—We perceive
' that some of the London papers state the liabilities of Mr.
Richard Hyde, cotton merchant, of Liverpool, at something
like 200,0001. or :300,000/. ; a statement which, we have rea-
son to believe, is very greatly exaggerated. The precise
amount, we believe, is not at present ascertained, as there
have been some purchases of cotton at New Orleans, on
joint account with another party. It is believed that Mr.
.Hyde's oc n liabilities will be paid in full ; and that the divi-
dend on the joint debts will be large.—Manchester Guardian.
ImpROVEMENTS AT BILLINGSGATE MARKET.—The
first portion of the new market, namely, the architectural
river front and shell-fish market, constructed on the site of
the old wet dock, is nearly finished, and will in the course of
a few days be opened. The river frontage extends from the
Custom-house-stairs to Dark-house-lane; it is in the Tudor
style of architecture, built of Dutch brick, with dressings of
Portland stone and granite, and consists of a central or
clock tower, two wing turrets with an intersecting colonnade,
having fifteen distinct river entrances. The bed of the old
dock is reached by a double flight of stone steps; here shell
fish will be exclusively sold, and its surface will be covered
'with stalls for the sale of other kinds of fish. On the open-
ing of this portion of the market the removal of the houses
in Dark-house-lane will commence, in order to complete the
new market. The amount which the Corporation are ex-
pentling in tbis important invnyomentiti 22,0904

THE SUN,

FINE ARTS.
PYNE'S LAKE SCENERY.

[ln consequence of the number of applications
which have reached us for copies of the subjoined'
criticism, we are induced to reprint it for the satisfac-
tion of our subscribers.]
Almost every week enables us to announce some
new pictorial exhibition to the lovers of art, as having
been opened somewhere or other in the metropolis.
In this manner we have successively notified the ex-
cellencies or defects perceptible in ,the galleries
throughout London from that of the Royal Academy
downwards. Nevertheless, while we have repeatedly
found reason to eulogize the originators of these col-
lections, we have seldom had more peculiar ,cause than
in the present instance for felicitating them very cor-
dially on their union of judgment and enterprise.
To the Messrs. Agnew and Sons, of Manchester, the
public are indebted not only for the display of this
noble collection of paintings at the establishment
of the Messrs. Graves, near the Opera Colonnade,
but for, what is of yet greater interest to the
mass or the community, the promise' of their
ultimate re-production in the form of engravings. It
must surely be counted as among the curiosities of
the picturesque that, notwithstanding the matchless
beauty and celebrity of the lake scenery of England,
there has been no attempt until the one here noticed
at any consecutive series of pictures by way of their
illustration. Fortunately, the task has fallen to one
of the most gifted artists of our time, one of the most
brilliant among the many noble landscape painters of
our country and generation--a worthy contemporary
of Stansfield, and the most successful among the dis-
ciples of Turner. At any period a visit to the apart-
ment adorned by these five-and-twenty exquisite
productions would have proved to ourselves pecu-
liarly agreeable, revealing as each picture does the
genius of art and the splendour of nature as they are
in England, but our satisfaction upon both these
heads is, of course, especially enhanced by the pre-
sence of so many intelligent foreigners in the me-
tropolis, men who may here be enabled
to form something like an adequate idea of the
powers of English artists, and of the loveliness of
English landscapes. What adds, moreover, very con-
siderably to the pleasure with which the collection
will be viewed, is the fact that so many will be enabled
to appreciate the truthfulness with which Mr. J. B.
Pyne has delineated the magnificent scenery of Cum-
berland, as well as the poetic genius he has revealed
in the process of that same delineation. Remem-
brance will tell the majority of spectators the close
adherence to reality maintained by the artist, even at
moments when to the ignorauthe would seem most to
have idealized his subject in regard to colour, to per-
spective, or to elevation. Literary as well as physical
recollections will force themselves likewise upon the
minds of most people while surveying these re-1
markable drawings, representing as they do spots
of our beloved fatherland hallow ed by the resi-1
dence of genius, green nooks familiar to the foot-
steps of Coleridge, sunny orchards haunted by
Hemans, woods and umbrageous coppices where
Wordsworth has so often strolled, where Southey has
meditated over dreams of oriental romance, where
Wilson has mused over the marvels of creation, De
Quincey over the wonders of intellectual speculation,
and Arnold over the miraculous truths of philosophy.
Such is the classic region whose charms have been
here portrayed by the luminous pencil of Pyne,
with not less faithful adroitness if regarded under
their most homely, or under their most sublime
aspects. The names merely of some of the paintings
referred to will be sufficient to remind the generality
of the beauty with which, under the hand of Pyne,
they are instinct. There is "Buttermore," fur in-
stance (No. 1), and this too, under the influence
of a 'tempest. Then there are " Bassenthwaite"
(No. 2), with a portion of Skiddaw ; and
" Derwent" (No. 3), with a perspective peeping
into Barrowdale ; and " Windermere' (No. 4) as it
appears when approached from Ambleside; and "Ry-
der (No. 5), with a sombre darkness over it as if
mourning for its great departed ; and " Grasmere "
(No. 6), with that wondrous gleam of lightstreaming
round the corner of the boulder stones in the fore-
ground, with the sheep thrown out into bright light,
while overhead in the next picture (No. 7), near " Kes-
wick," the moon floats a pale and ghostly crescent
in the watery distance of the sky. Thirlemere, Wy-
therburn, West. Water, Lowes Water, Langdale
Pikes. Dungeon Gill Force, Ennerdale, Brothers'
Water, Crummock Water, are none of them forgotten,
each being represented with a marvellous verisimili-
tude. " Skidelaw" (No. 10) is depicted with astonish-
ing power under the appearance it assumes when
covered with autumnal snow. " Ulleswater" (No.
11)- again is an exquisite composition. The
incident of the overloaded timber waggon pausing as
it descends from Gowbarrow-park, is charmingly in-
troduced. In (No. 14) a view embracing the Vale of
Keswick, Basenthwaite Lake, and the River Greta,
may be recognised one of those peculiarities of colour
which we have already alluded to as observable in the
Lake District, the pink clay and pebbles lying in
the left.;hand corner of the foreground. Another
splendid painting is (No. 17), that of the Lake of
Windermere, the hand of the artist being every-
where traceable from the fleecy sinus or mackerel
sky to the men who have clambered up into the
tree tops in the frolics of the regatta. " Hawes
Water and Wallergill Force" (No. 19) are rendered
with surprising ability, the foaming cascade reminding
us in its descent of the impetuous and inspiriting
verses of Southey on the cataract. It were frivolous,
however, to attempt a mere matter-of-fact enumeration
of the merits of this series of pictures, requiring as
they do, more than one visit ihr their full and
perfect appreciation Every one familiar with the
great and rare powers of Mr. Pyne as an artist—
and not only as an artist, but also as a poet and a
geologist, a poet in sentiment and a geologist in the
minuteness of his observation—will conjecture what
must be accomplished by him when, as in the instance
before us, he has undertaken to depict the lake scenery
of England. To such as these, and to the rest of the
public indiscriminately, we commend these five-and-
twenty most remarkable paintings, which, for their
representation, not only of earth, of water, of foliage,
and of cloudland, but of airy distances and atmos-
pheric phenomena likewise, must be eulogised as no-
thing less than artistic masterpieces.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HAMPTON RACES.
The commencement of the Manchester races on the
same day, by drawing away several parties—either
owners of horses or members of the ring—to some ex-
tent prejudiced the gathering yesterday on Moulsey
Hurst; it happened fortunately, however, that after two
wretchedly cold wet days, the weather proved extremely
favourable; this, and an unusually good list—the result
of an improved and more liberal management—attracted
a large company, the attendance, although it evidently
lacked something' in fashion, being in number fully up
to what we have usually seen on the first day. Ia the
absence of Mr. Hibbard, from continued indisposition,
the duties of clerk of the course, starter, &c., were en-
trusted to Mr. E. Hibbard and Mr. Walton, Mr. Clark,
of Newmarket, filling the more responsible office of
judge; each` acquitted himself satisfactorily; in fact,
there was nothing to cavil at in the management, except
the order in which the races were arranged, a match
which came to nothing being first on the card, and the
heats between the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes and
Claremont, instead of being last; this error of judgment
would have been avoided had the order ot running been
left to the stewards. The sport was ample, and was got
through with a commendable attention to time, and with
no other drawbacks than the contretemps in the race for
the Claremont Stakes, and three or four rows in the in-
closure amongst the " outside" betting fraternity, who,
we take for granted, would not have been admitted had
it been possible to identity them; one or two narrowly
escaped ducking.
Our list of the titled and fashionable will be-short.
It embraces only the Marquis of Drogheda, Lord Clif-
den, Lord Strathmore, Lord Lurgan, Lord Robert
Clinton, Lord Stanhope, Sir W. W. Wynn, the Hon.
Major Needham, Hon. Major Pitt, Hon. Capt. Rom,
Hon. Fred. Villiers, Captains Foster, Dixon, Dorsey,
Little, Oakes, Blair, Bastard, Higgins, and Pettat.
Messrs. Payne, Standish, fn. Graham, G. Start, Ma-
gennis, Archdall, Gregory, Newton, Marty's, Crommelia,
Seymour, Ramabottom, Berkeley, &0., &o.
The racing does not call for a very lengthy report.
March 50. Catch weight. Two miles. •
Mr. Waller's Little Queen Received.
Mr. Morgan's Lady Ann Paid.
The Stand Plate of 50/. added to a Sweepstakes of 3
Bove, each, for three yrs old and upwards; the winner
to be sold for 2001. Once round and a dis. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Goodman's b c Checldington, 7st 71b...(5. Mann) 1
Mr. J. S. Douglas's Irene, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Abrahams) 2
Mr. Taunton's o by Bre
y, Tat 7lb (Donald) 3
Baron Rothschild's fby Kremlin, 7st 71b (Lenghare) 4
Mr. J. Stinton's Odessa g, Tat 41b . (Basham) 5
Betting-2 to 1 agst Irene, 2to 1 agst Kremlin filiy,
and 3 to 1 each agst the others.
Irene and the Odessa gelding made play alternately
to the turn, where the running was taken up by the
latter, folios' ed by Chaddingto-n; this pair held the
Trent to the distance, where Cheddington took the lead,
end ran home a clever winner by a length, Irene, who
came at the last, obtaining the second place. Run in 3
min. 10 secs.
The Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 25
'added, for three yrs old and upwards, gentlemen
riders, the winner to be sold for 200/., &c. Once
round and a dis. (5 Subs.)
Mr.Carew's Remunerator, 4 yrs,lostlolb(Capt.Little) 1
Mr. Berkeley na Presto, 3 yrs, 9st 81b (Mr. Berkeley) 2
Mr. Eiwes's Stockbridge Buck, 4 yre, lOst 71b(Owner) 3
2 to 1 on Remunerator, who made nearly ail the run-
ning, and won by a length. Run in 3 rain. 12 secs.
The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes (handicap) of 20
sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50
added by the Proprietors of the Course, the second
to save his stake. Two miles. (45 Subs., 31 of
whom declared.)
Mr. R. Barrow's Abdallah, 4 yrs, Est 81b (G. E.Sharp) 1
Major Pitt's Vampyre, aged, Bst 71b (Sly) 2
Mr. Douglas na Don Pedro, 3 yrs, sstl7lb(Fordham) 3
Mr.C.Foreaby'e Ballet Girl, 4 yrs,6st 911(1I.Sherw out) 4
Mr. Carew's Eva, 5 yrs 7st 71b ......... (Dockeray) 5
Mr. A. S. Graham na Tilsit, 5 yre, Est 91D...(A. lad) 6

LONDON, THURSDAY

GRAND BANQUET BY THE MERCHANT
TAILORS' COMPANY.

Yesterday being St. Barnabas'-day, the annual exa-
mination of the Merchant Tailors' School was held, no-
oOrcling to the time-honoured custom, in the pre ssneo of
Dr. Winter, the master, and the senior fellows of St.
John's College, Oxford, and other distinguished visitors;
and in the evening the master and warders gave their
annual dintEr to the examiners anti their friends. The
opportunity was at the same time taken of inviting a
number of the distinguished foreigners who ale at pre-
sent in this country to partake of the magnificent hos-
pitality of this ancient and distinguished civic company.
The banquet to,)k place in the hall, and all the resources
Of the company were expended in an entertainment which
should do honour to the company, and enable our foreign
guests, who have come over to attend the Exhibition, to
appreciate the Euunificent hospitality of the great trading
companies in the metropolis. Wm. RehinsonWhite, EN.,
master, was in the chair, and there were also present—His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, President and
Senior Fellows of St. JObn's College, Oxford, the Marquis
of Douro, the Earl of Sheffield, Earl Howe, Lord Vis-
count Strangford, Lord Viscount Hardings,Lord William
l'aule% Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord Saltoun, Lord
Redesdale, Lord Colchester, Lord Feversham, Lord
Stanley, Lord Leigh, the Hon. Charles Hardinge, Cap-
tain the Hon. Arthur Duneombe, R.N., M.P.; the Right
Hon. Sir Gorge Clerk, Bart.; the Right Hon. Henry
Goulburn, the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone,
the Right Hon. Vice-Chancellor K. Bruce, Mr. Justice
Patteson, Mr. Justice.Vresswell, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr.
Baron Martin, the Hon. Arthur Hardinge, Sir J. Doke,
Bart., M.P., and Alderman; Major-General Sir G. Pol-
lock, Major-Gen. Sir John Molt, Sir Frederick Tlaesiger,
M.P.; Sir Charles Mansfield Clark, the Dean of Jersey,
Major Beresford, M.P.; Thomas Baring, Esq, M.P.;
Richard Maxwell Fox, Esq., M.P.; John Masterman,
Esq, M.P.; Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.; Dr.
Maine; the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the
Bank of England; the Deputy-Chairman of the East
India Company; Major-Gen. Kenah, Col. Gascoigne,
Col. Challoner, Mr. Alderman Finals, Jas. Bentley, Esq.,
Treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Richard Bag-
galley, Esq., Treasurer of St. Thomas's Hospital; H.
Kemble, Esq., the Master of the Mercers' Company; A. K.
Barclay, Esq., J. Crocker, jun., Esq., Baron C. Dupin,
Chevalier do Burg, Dr. Schalhault, Captain Abdul Hamed,
M. Sallandrouzo de Lamornaix, Professor. Corridi, M.
Von Viebahn, M. Walwoski, E. Zohrab, Esq., M. Cuy-
litz, M. P. Relli, M. G. de Kamensky, Chevalier de
Loucisa, Dr. Seyffarth, Don M. de Ysasi, Dr. Holley,
Signor Hamda Elmkadden, M. Santillana, Dr. Steinbeis,
M. Roessler, M. Stahlschmidt, M. Noback, Signor
Carlo Trebbie, Charles Tottie, Esq., Peer Ibraheem
Khan Bahadoor, Syed Abdoolhah, an Indian chief and
his secretary, from the Punjanb.
The cloth having been removed,
The MASTER proposed " The Church and Queen,"
which was received with the utmost loyalty and enthu-
siasm. •

The MASTER said the next toast was " Prince Al-
bert" (citizen and Merchant Tailor).—(Cheers.) He
had entertained great hopes that his Royal Highness
would have been present on that occasion; but as he was
unavoidably absent, he proposed that they should drink
his health.—(Cheers.)
The MASTER said they had present with them an
illustrious Prince, who was also a brother Merchant
Tailor—his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.—
(Cheers.) lii Royal Highness was the last of the illus-
trious names that had been enrolled on their list of
honourable members, but they were happy to enrol his
name among the many distinguished men that had been
connected with them as honourable members. He begged
to propose " His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Prince of Wales, and the other members of
the Royal Family."
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said he felt at all times
honoured and gratified to have the advantage of meeting
in that hall the master, wardens, and members of this an-
cient and loyal company—a company to be enrolled on
whose tablets he considered a distinguished honour.—
(Cheers.) He, as au humble individual, felt strongly
that these ancient institutions were of the greatest ud-
vantage and of the greatest importance to this great
country. It was, therefore, a gratification to him that
he had the honour of being a member of one of these
ancient and distinguished civic companies. He was al-
ways happy in being permitted to meet them at their
hospitable board, particularly when, as at present, he
saw around him, not only distinguished members of this
country, but also so many foreigners of distinction.—
(Cheers.) Ile felt that the friendly intercourse which
was thus produced would tend to promote tho general
advancement and civilization of the world. He trusted
that such would be the result, and he was proud, with
the permission of the Master, as well as of the other
members of this corporation, to bid these foreign gentle-
men welcome to their hospitable board.—(Cheers.
The LIASTER then proposed " The Army and Navy."
Lard HABDINGE begged, in the absence of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, to return his cordial thanks for the
army, *he, he said, were proud on all occasions to re-
ceive the approbation of their fellow-citizens when
assembled on these festive occasions. He would remind
them that the British army maintained her Majesty's
dominions in colonies extending over one-tenth of the
whole terrestrial globe; and in one of which colonies
alone, that of India, there was assembled one-tenth of
the population of the world. That reminded him for-
cibly of the obligations they owed to the Indian as well
as to the Queen's army; and he could never accept
praises for the ono without broadly hoping that they
would unite the other.—(Cheers.) With respect to the
British army, he must say—and he appealed on this
point to his Royal Highness, who was an excellent judge
—that the British army was as remarkable for discipline
and good conduct at home as it was for energy and gal-
lantry abroad. He hoped, however, that their swords
would now be turned into ploughshares, at least for a
long time to come, and in that expectation he cordially
drank their good healths.
Lord COLCHESTER, who returned _thanks for the
navy, said, he had no doubt, if their services should
be required, that the navy would be found not to
have degenerated from the efficiency of their prede-
cessors. But it must be remembered that the navy
had different duties to fulfil. They were not only
called upon to protect the country against foreign ene-
mies, but they were called upon also to p
this dutyrotect the
commerce of the world. They had done
hitherto, and he hoped they would continue to do it for
the future.—(Cheers.)
The MASTER said one of the most pleasant duties was
the examination of the boys at the school of the com-
pany, and the election of the senior scholars to St. John's
College, Oxford. The task of examination had been
kindly discharged by Dr. Winter, who was himself a
Merchant Tailor, and that day forty years had been
elected into the Merchant Teflon' school—.now he was
the distinguished president of his college,
•
Ile begged to
propose "Dr. Winter, the president, and the senior fel-
lows of St. John's College, Oxford."—(Cheers.)
Dr. WINTER returned thanks. It was now, he said,
several centuries since the Merchant' Tailor.' School had
been opened, and since Sir Thomas White, the origina-
tor and founder of St. John's Cellege, Oxford, had con-
ferred upon the company the privilege of e
nominating
three-fourths of the fellows of his college. Since that
time the Merchant Tailors' School had been industri-
ously and faithfully engaged in training up children in
the principles of sound learning, pure religion,
and do-
voted loyalty. In the examination of this year he was
distinguished
them to say that the boys had highly
thems9lves, because they had been able to nominate three
fellows; and though it did not becOme a prudent and
sober person to deal in prophecies, Yet lee might ven-
ture to predict that these boys would do credit to them-
selves and to their college, and that they would establish
for the school additional claims to the respect and grati-
tude of the nation at large..—(Cheers.)
The MASTER then proposed " The lelonorary Mem-
bers," among whom, he was happy to saY, they reckoned
one name that was the glory of the world:—the Duke of
Wellington.—(Cheers.) There were ether names that
were not far behind him—such as Lord Herdinee, Sir
George Pollock, and other illustrious Jae,. e
—(Cheers.)
He begged, to propose " The Honorary Members of the
Company.),
Lord Minnie= returned thanks. • •
The MASTER then said they were gratified with
having the honour of entertaining a number of distin-
guished foreigners, who had come to this country in
connexion with the Exhibition of the Arts and Industry
of All Nations. He was proud to see, also, that several
as 'Royal Commissioners, with that Exhibi•
distinguished stateemen who were present were also
concocted,
Lion; and he begged to propose as a toast, " Her Ma-
jesty's Commiseionere and the Foreign, Commissioners
tors conducting the Great Exlarbiti. Lord Stanley and
and he would
couple with the toast the names of
Baron C. Dupin.—(Cheers.) _
Lord STANLEY was received with loud cheering. He
said—l little expected when I entered your hospitable
room this evening that I should be called upon to return
thanks for a body of men to whom, _ -ohavery account,
I feel it a pride and a gratification 'to belong. But
to 'you, master, and to this company, I personally
owe a deep obligation, and I should feel myself un-
worthy of the kindness which I have received at your
hands if I were for a moment to hesitate,
bo'.vever inade-
quate, to undertake the task which Yee have set me.
This is not the first time I have had the honour of
speaking on behalf of the Royal Commissioners of the
Great Exhibition, as I think I may now call it, of the
Industry of All Nations. I have spoken's-
upon this sub-
ject in the City at a time when the balauce of public opi-
nion was suspended between the chances and hopes of
,
success and the fears and apprehensions of signal failure.
I remember in this city, though not
.n this room, a
great impulse was given to the popular 'excitement in
favour of the Exhibition by an entertattment, which
was attended by his Royal Highness. 'Prince Albert,
under whose auspices the idea originated; and was, I
may etty, perfected. At that time great 'doubts existed
whether the Exhibition would in any respect answer the
ideas of its originator and proposer. There were I know
not what apprehensions; there were fears of a pecuniary
failure—perhaps that was a failure of the least kind—
there were fears of constant discomfort—teere was talk
even of an interference with the national amusements
and recreations of the people—there were fears
and apprehensions that, from the
_ gatheriog of
all nations, this country would become the
focus of internal sedition and of external anar-
chy. I thank God first—l thank the genius and spirit
of my countrymen next—that these apprehensions have
vanished and melted into thin air.—(Loud cheers.) Nay,
even the difficulties and obstacles which were interposed
served only to heighten the mageeficence and the splen-
dour of the cerehiony; for I well remember, when üb-
jections were raised on a point of feeling in which I
myself participated, that it was hardly right to deseci ate
those splendid parks which are the beauty and glory of
this city, by destroying those venerable trees under
whose shade succeeding generations have sported and
been amused; and when the preservation of these trees
was forced upon the Commissioners by the controlling
power of public opinion, that objection actually con-
tributed to produce the grt:udokt utd most ratignificout