The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-15 00:00:00

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Ill'ell of Chairmen to refuse theirs—
nction to the award
?' the council medal ; without, howew, necessarily
I.9eZnine,
VP li the eileled su eeliority cf rho article for
'lave ch it was demanded. On the other hand, some. instances
occurred in weich they have kit themselves called
11)012 to confirm the claim to the council medal where
the object for which it was cleimed showed, in itself, less
merit of execution or manufacture than others of its
nilits• It follows, therefore, that the award of a council
modal does nut necessarily stamp its recipient as a better
thManufacturer or producer
than others who have received
, prize medal. It is rather a mark of such invention,
ligetntitY, or originality as may be expected to exercise
,ftt influence upon industry more extended, and more im-
D\ rtant, than could be
produced by mere excellence of 1111hufacture.
"This is to be borne in mini in considering the list
of iviards which
u y
y
Ind have the onor to la before our
hlal highness; a I trust h
that it will be found that
t,ee juries have succeeded in doing justice to the exhoi.:
Z,%tors ()revery nation and clasF, and that they have. not
.amTh2d in
snny important degree from the purpose „ —eiesty-s CettCa4LiiOrters.
hp --10,10 of the first instrucdons addressed to the juries
p.,rizteese Council of Chairmen was to the effect that the
should be awarded without reference to the cann-
ily
J thp
thig " •
exhibitors, the Exhibition being considered in
' , teethe
as recognising no distinction of nations.
t'ta.)s;: tlrc;eiotridsifirilyitifieg
7 ,
tvtahi
ptol at
itsittethcad irntfoant [Tett' iBt,ci°t- ad 6 di
in idt ilatrfLaetirectlp: cer eijnsunroioPt r.
lose p, oi
nfaineodyne,f.ruhyrait:ntueenrt ----
Y prevaaileed amongst them throughout the
ho,,_
that i() ef their labours. It is not too msuccmhat; emend
the happy influence of this intercour
ti;i'dud and endure far beyond the pi esent occasion. _
It is not necessary that I should detain your Royal
• abtlesa and her AI-1 ty' Commissioners with a re-
-01;1 oat?
en
other instructions“eed framed by the Council of
tiled 11 for the guidance of the juries, cr witha de:
heir account of their proceedings in the discharge of
o __ovin functions.
The n.licnacubetircir
mperdizaelsmisedta7los.awarded is 2,918. The
.
aaraher of
t
,•
trile.tia:ilb. is important to observe that no more than one
of either denomination has- been allotted to one
trib„,,,,,4 ton the same class,although he may have on-
rewtt-R that class morec
than one article deserving of
" Tee .0 •
their re-
Ports t i ries have found it just, in
framingexhibitors
' e Make honourable -
whose ee mention of certain
teeeive
antributions were not such as to entitle them to
tater- Ftnedal. Some have supplied specimens of hot ila s, Which, although curious and instructive,t doo
. - the e.2141,17:1thY great merit of production on the par
of
totter;ltAtu- and others have furnished articles
off
tze re Wil; L
'''''eU, without reaching a high degree
eilette
or ~,, e, are interesting as examples of the. processes,
Irtleefeollrt eon interesting
of the- trades whichhetahlelyowielldusttroaated.d
thet it a eencluding, I trust I may
itthoey Weald he difficult duly to estimate the timet dein:-
eh ". exPended by the jurors in their endeavour to
ii.,g_e faithfully the important duty confided them.to
woitt'bh:tishterribf exhibitors was about seventeen thousand..
lOgnee,B:o:3llPY, who were reckoned but once. in the cata
Wed a large variety of objects,
ether' the province of more than one jury; awnhdilesatel:l'rinee
toautersee ovvns, and even whole countries,
far exam as single exhibitors, although they presented
ro-
duee
.ination every kind of manufacture and raw p
fitortienilswoh.:Bllcd,hertahteiiorningennity and natural resourees could
the , upon the whol the task of the juries involved
• - es. ~ .
her,. '..a MO dl
'‘V" ii .'"e" b y thee,
t,,,, "1
'''`'''' on
the
subi Melt' ties jei
I 'adt gt
en an
ed
ni
nt gnif t abteilnega s Lilt million
e
IT
sooftx!e uniform ift ohremf
foreign
.• , . e T!'"ohlableCiloaoSsS: tioenad•
iliperfections in the catatgelnomgduiovef.i
n.
51 .
.tlihr these circumstances the juries can scarcely vec.
"tsai,' %It,: ho circumstances that accidental omissions may not have
that
Or ..th --1 sue they
1,. , else, if
or
have the satisfaction of feeling
A , -ailitee_ alsY, are not attributable to a want of care
i• eitve oh their part.
ila,pl,borreerlaelsy remains for me, in laying the result of
„ r Majesty , PQetfully before your Royal highness Ilheighhalnfeossf andmy
ileilleegiel edeoromissioners, to offer,
• aleiel,c'hOurabi
have placed in us;
e-.. to e confidence which you
my self, our grateful flaercknoowledgment of
to have
4111411 express the hope that we shall be found
- de ecl °lir tr •
ttskie . hat In a manner worthy of the noble un-
to
tpoe bgett which we are proud to have been called
13iiiyasttpoorner
e 2
p:asiiisst:rgiocilsrit:
the
Imio. be -401 individuals who roundls.tloeod
.. barns Z_
,t,t,,clhding the Earl of Car
foreign
. 112 .°)
allti Mr;
of Clarendon, several Lord Coctkhe-
t. e. Ilia it, Paxton, the arcbitectoftheAbraubialcr-
i: 'AA rei.,_,`lal aighness made the folaloawdindgiarteipalayt
tone ; bur) which he read in a clear.
.sekreele .„ as the Sound of his Royal
te .7 . -11, el
in the cen-
Highness's voice
eof the led beyond the table placed — _
ietolliiotleiaPialatform for the convenience of the uorn
t te without the
ipt fear c attendance, we
'l/4,5
Itin theottvieneeartireaadLction, thatmiatywsaas totally, inaudi-
' lad , Lord
, Reeethited to
Jrhe Royal Commissionedrsistaircegumtsuhcchd
„_ at% your Lordship and to the ,
'4 in.i 0 thi a
' meat Eot s anu other nations, whtiolanpa timat txtitit.nated with the award of prizes es actedin theon
1 ' Allelrtaltet,
441tiOn, for the zeal with which they have
Cum -1 the tm.i. d the ability with which they
The
1 ' elis • -"tivhich has been allotted to them. :Rentlai.. the
,•

been rendered at
n many ins
*,,,4ittleee 4,aere aensible.thatatntehees services of these
tit see,e4aarelf I•,'' le wi,,- , Valitabruen to themselves
listg:T.Prideehetial, n' and of im"
have noticed in theataveethaetiesnacsr.ificlet
li '-'t they pleasure, that thPee'yratnadn.t
teieity Vf 0 have performed this
144 t e 'lll the names of men of every
itll, atatlatelt2teank, And of the most eminent reputations
service to the
-res. 4;8 --eisetp, ins ienee, in literature,
tter),4 eqatnerce. eand in the fine nation
maonfuftahee.
Icleh -eBIIN Well calculated not only
tiie
to
form
sub-
taitte aliadgree
e, d to
~ .nt upon the artsin;
Veil eh tater tof
correct men
in
9rtel arecter *h. h' Commissioners
inspection, but also to
4. 3' striven •le the
1 Ie emaintain
have n theni..
to impart to the Exhibition.
. which
alittsi-c) clePartnie t of the vast undertaking,
tlite i• been brought a a
happy
vile:III ties to
Your
, beente
tile% eYwer Lordshi and
yourap p r e
eminentt I n dee dl e se,colleaguesthan
Ivhiei,J;l' assistancPe. On this, the first haveoccasion on
" linbe tithe PrOductions of the different nations of theose
efeeolte ever been brought together for theepuerppre.
1, . ittdieesParing their several merits, not only r
t• 'litli than.,l Jealousies to have been expected towinterpferree.
, letited e necisions, but the nature ,of the case
1* fetaat'44nY difficultie of formidable character, to the
when
04ftteet:IiiTil, °J,. il judgment
he
gins en t a
ewfh
theich jurors,should indeed,appear s att
bare 414,4de, hnown,ntilvtrea of themselves a sufficient
to
the Nll7° 'Or gat impartiality which was essential
te the &cent their task; and from all that has come
), the i;re Howled their
of the Royal Commissioners during
Ulm eerra" of their labours, they are fully satisfiedcareful
1‘ ' e4)neider-Yaw"d has been made with the most
es-
~, tißetion.atteri, after the most ample and laborious inv
')
118 t) 41:14 enttinPoa grounds most strictly honourable,
N." tut -",l4e`u
-oeld 11---Lough the high character of the jurors
Qatruati a" fUlly justified the Commissioners
ti.
tlat f ag them
i atth, •
-ion tiering th • • • with
3 Wh
any instruc
with the award of the prizes wi h.
eir discretion
„tie' d atever, had nothing more than an impara-
`ter, eelsioll been required, there were difficultiesemoted
to I,ll3ledanliar nature inherent to the task, which
seemed
thateki akt necessary the adoption of some regulations
ewhat
Inineettegut, at first eight, appear to have been
- Nets 3 coheir character. The differenceeesm'n the
1
;their se. °es nations having necessarily impressed
,'Vereatclerfil manufactures with different characteristics,
eiee lo maeera to be almost impossible for those who. haveown
Niatr the habit ofJudging the productions of their .
t4a On?? bye one stiludard, to enter fully into merits which
ilitee the u 8 Properly appreciated by another standard,obe
tleellee,eterY points which in the one case appear
as tlet•e•7lPs, raay in the other, not unnaturally, be
takenf the
as
~,.. This consideration, and a knowledge
telly
eruriell Were to bo apprehended from any eciden-
• leetect
withnPeous decision, in a matter so intimatelyae con-
r• , eldtteeci
the
the commercial interests of every nation,
:Illiea the Royal Commissioners to lay down, for
4t-z44-te,,eireate.e of the juries those principles to which your
91,0ip has refered:
1111441;„"uld, perhaps, have been more interesting to thee
'et, Taw. I. A
`.llO 11`.. the Commissioners instructed the juries. the
, • sr the -214 it. - phetice which has usually prevailed in h
clitt, Ons of ledividaal nations, and to grant medals of
ateeellt, degrees, to mark the gradations of excellencehve
eclopt%etoe exhibitors; but they feel that they have
Whei:4 the safer course and that which was upon t
• ierlt ; Ineost in accordance 'with the feelings of the rna-
isheeldne` he exhibitors, in directing that no distinction
tatkle „ue reside between their merits if their productionsa
Prize '1) to the standard requisite to entitle them to
ettese'r but that all should without exception take the
The and receive the same medal.
Nee Commissioners, however, considered, it right to
etelitira‘ the A
, aieposal of the Council of Chairmen a pe-
Leedeter ' Council' Medal in the cases to which your
hrea,VP has referred. Important discoveries in many
1/4,:e".e,a cf science' and of manufactures have in this
it '.'ltlon beea brought under the notice of the public ;
. 01 this seems
(4148 t.; just that those who have rendered services
- send
to the world, should receive a special mark
ile seem cue on an occasion which has rendered
rieeriVicuous the advantages which the many have de-
the discoveries of the few.
eigen, grant of the Council medal for beauty of de-
retteo`flnct for excellence in the fine arts, as applied to
Plitt •oaftures,
althoughth made upon a somewhat different
tee% ect_l-a, ia compatible with the views of the Com-
lii.,:atoiatedrse,easlecte in the cases in which it
.has been.
mark any greater comparative excel
e)}:3 t'f • Manufacture, or assign to one producer
be
1111'cr.':Prtiliellaccise than is accorded to others, but it is to b
te"tcled as Et testimony to the genius which can clothe
required for the use of daily life with
ttia_atY,that can please the eye, and instruct and elevatee
tille Mind Valuable as this Exhibition has proved
t ee41:17 raaPects, it appears to the Commissioners that
11.14,13 oo Pere' in which its effects will ee more
reeei la:ed immediately perceived than in the improve
the •th,eb it may be expected to produce in tusw, and
ePeeirtila" as given to the arts of design; and n
-.l.Lteknowledgment is
,justly duo to those who have
iejeciaeu the best examples tibiar t, whether pure or !ip-
t, 4ncl led too way in interesting career of 1133-
-.4tMw.
. --'44t.
i 1. _
i
to rata eow remains for the Commissioners once. more
dim t'l,ll to your Lordship and your colleagues their co!.
the% "aldicei and they must not omit to include %in
vati aelenowledgments those gentlemen who have
i
IlearwahwilY3 assisted you in your labours, particularlyt
tr th.° hlwe acted with you as associates or exers
eectoir-inpurPose of lissieting your judgment in mattersrti-
step J. /ell' Minute and special knowledge of p
th,„, Pete; and clic. Commission are well aware- athat
bervi jentlemen have frequently been of the greatest
alight a ireho hopo that the jurors and associates
"eto pongee a lasting memorial of the Exhl.