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

EVENING,

JUNE 12, 1851.

spectacle of the Exhibition, whilst we guarded and
spar, d those venerable relics of a past age.—(Cheers.)
And now we see with pride end satislactiou the
realization of this grand conception. N'y'e see
brought together treasures that surpass the utmost
imagination of the ancient fabulists—we see a
building, magnificent in its extent—magnificent in its
proportion—magnificent, I venture to say, in its ue
adorned simplicity—we see it springing from the earth
with a rapidity equalling the fabled powers of magic—
we see it containing treasures of untold magnificence and
wealth, the produce of all the nations of the earth
brought into this country by the rivalry of peaceful and
honourable competition, and ungrudgingly entrusted to
the honour and the keeping of the British public.—
(Cheers.) I doubt not that that honour will be main-
tained, as it has hitherto been, untarnished. I don't
doubt that while this Great Exhibition will show to
foreign countries the marvels of our own industry, as it
will show to us the marvels of the industry of foreigners,
there will be no dishonourable rivalry, no hostile feeling,
no angry competition, excited; but that there will be
mutual admiration of each other's peaceful powers, mu-
tual desire to promote harmonious intercourse and those
friendly communications which are kept up by commerce
and by the interchange of the miracles of art; and that
the result of this Great Exhibition will be to bring
the ends of the world together in peaceful and
harmonious competition.—(Cheers.) If there is one
thing in the inane Is of art, iu the triumphs of
industry, in the magnificence of the various produc-
tions of various countries, which to my mind is
more striking than another—if there is one thing of
which, as an Englishman, lam proud—it is to see that
all cluesei in this great country partake in the admira-
tion and the interest which is felt in this great . congre-
gation of the products of universal industry. It not
alone the high—it is nut alone the wealthy—it is not
alone the great merchant—it is not alone the powerful
in this realm—but it is the hard-toiled mechanic—it is
the hard-worked labourer—the honest sons of toil and
industry who have come to view these marvellous ac
cumulations of skill; and as each man returns from
viewing these mighty works of art, he feels in his mind,
and probably says to himself, " And I too am one of that
class who have contributed these marvels."—(Loud
cheers.) Forgive me if I add also, on behalf of my
fellow Commissioners, and of those foreign gentlemen
who are associated with us—and I hope I may say in
the language not of dishonourable pride, that I wit-
nessed, and I am sure they witnessed, with admiration
and respect, the self-imposed order, discipline, and regu-
larity with which this free people, confident in their
free institutions, guard and protect the treasures en-
trusted to their charge, and, without the need of
military force, without the need of coercion, they them-
selves maintain that order which is the greatest and
highest proof of a free and enlightened people.—(Loud
cheers.) While I return thanks to you on behalf of
those Commissioners who are my own countrymen—for
I am aware that my foreign friends will return better
thanks fur themselves—(Hear)—while I return thanks
to you, master, and to this company, for the kindness
with which you have proposed and drank the healths of
the Commissioners—l must add that they are a body
who, speaking at least for myself, have had little to do
except to give the matter a little of our attention. But
I am aware that others have laboured earnestly and well,
and I know that no praise can be too great for our Royal
President, who originated and supported this great
movement.—(Cheers.) Neither can too high praise be
given to the Executive Committee, who have ably ma-
naged the details. But while I now return you my thanks
for your acknowledgments of the services of the Royal
Commissioners, whilel feel pride as an Englishman in the
gratifying spectacle exhibited to the world in this
Great Exhibition, I must say that that Exhibition would
have been incomplete if it had not been for the oppor-
tunity which you have given the foreign visitors this
day of witnessing your magnificent, but not more than
ordinary hospitality. And I hope that our foreign
friends will observe and appreciate the feeling that,
amidst these festive occasions, there mingles with the
festivity a due regard to the interests of religion, of edu•
cation, and of commerce, and that it is by a combina-
tion of all these great objects, which it is the interest of
a great country to uphold, and by the admixture of all
ranks and protessions in one common end and one com-
mon object—it is by such means as these that this coun-
try has risen—that every country may rise—and that, I
trust, every country will rise to as great advancement
and civilization as that to which, as an Englishman, I
am proud to believe our country has attained.—(Cheers.)
I only venture to hope, speaking in the words which I
see in this book before me idle selection of songs and
glees for the evening], that when these "gorgeous pa-
laces," these " solemn temples," for so they may almost
be called, shall dissolve, as they will almost as rapidly
as they have risen—
" And, like the baseless fabric of a vision,
Leave not a wreck behind"—
at least, not a material wreck—they will leave upon the
mind of those who have witnessed the great marvels of
this year a feeling of satisfaction at having passed a pe-
riod of intellectual amusement, not unmingled with im-
provement—(Hear, hear)—that there will be left behind
the memory of friendly feelings kindled and engendered
among various nations, and I trn-it not soon to be severed
or destroyed.—(flear, hear.) And among the grateful
recollections of the future I trust not the least grateful
will be the memory of the evening we shall have passed
in the presence of the Master and Wardens and Com-
pany of Merchant Tailors.—(Cheers.)
Baron CHARLES DUPIN was also received with loud
cheers. Ile addressed the company in English, and
said—You have rendered it quite impossible for me to
acknowledge the obligation I feel on behalf of myself
and my fellow-Commissioners properly, by leaving me
to suceeed one of your most eloquent statesmen, and
fur this reason I pray your indulgence during the few
words which I have to utter. I must express my grati-
tude to those eminent, energetic, and meritorious gen-
tlemen who, as commita ea of various nations, have
made all the preparations necessary for this universal
exposition. Afterwards I have to speak in the name
of a large body of gentlemen selected by yourselves
and by all other nations to sit as jurymen, in order
that they may pronounce upon the degrees of merit of
those masterpieces of art and industry which are now
inclosed within the Crystal Palace. The gentlemen
who have been thus selected are among the must cele-
brated in science, industry, and the fine arts ; and it
is one of the finest and noblest spectacles to see the
harmony that prevails amongst us, divided as we are into
thirty juries, end all conducting their labours with the
greatest harmony and equity in spite of the diversity of
interests and nations. Now, turning my attention to
yourselves—to this company—l have heard to-day that
for five centuries you, as a corporation, have been faith-
fully cultivating those virtues which make a country
prosperous—the activity, the property, and the genius
which has produced the great British trade. Allow me
to present to you one fact which may enable you to un-
derstand the magnificent point at which it has arrived
in the present day. If you were to take all your textile
fabrics which you produce for the clothing of mankind,
and the value of the annual quantity which you send
abroad to other nations, and then if you take the
largest circumference of the globe and divide it by
yards, you might not only put down 1/. sterling from the
value of your textile fabrics upon each yard so circling
the earth, but, atter the process was finished, there
would still remain an enormous surplus over from the
value of your fabrics. When I say this, Ido not mean,
that your trade is too large, but that the dimensions of
the earth are too small.—(Great laughter and cheering.)
Now if thote 43 millions sterling—fur that is the amount
I refer to—were placed in the Bank of England, in a
few years probably the Bank would be much embarrassed
by the management of such a mass of riches. But your
trade does otherwise and better. In exchanging this
enormous mass of British produce for an equal value
of foreign produce, the products of every nation on the
face of the earth are brought into Great Britain, and as
no trade has over been so large and so active, so there
never was a trade which produced so many and such
powerful assurances of everlasting peace. I conclude
by again returning thanks.—(Cheers.)
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in a few words, proposed
" the Health of the Master."—(Loud cheers).
The MASTER shortly returned thanks, and then pro-
posed the " Health of Dr. Ilessey, and the other mas-
ters of the Merchant Tailors' School."—(Cheers.) As
a proof of the excellence of the training there adminis-
tered, he stated that at the recent examination fir ma-
thematical honours in Oxford, the first, second, and
third prizes were carried off by Merchant Tailors'
boys.—(Cheers).
Dr. HESSEY retuned thanks.

The MASTER then proposed " Earl Howe and the
House of Lords."
Earl HowE returned thanks.
The MASTER then proposed the " Bishop of Oxford
and the Bench of Bishops."
The Bishop of OXFORD returned thanks. Something
had been said in the course of the speeches of the anti-
quity and loyalty of this ancient company. He rejoiced
that this company was also marked by another feature—
by attachment to the Reformed Church of England,
which taught the youth of this country to honour the
Queen, as well as to fear God.—(Cheers.) He consi-
dered it a high honour to be permitted to meet around
their hospitable board the representatives of the whole
civilized world; and to him it was matter of no small gra-
tification that they met with no narrow or sectaria❑ pre-
judices; but that there were points o❑ which they all
could meet on common ground, in an anxiety to advance
the best interests of man.—(Cheers.)
The other toasts were " Alderman Thompson and the
House of Commons," " Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce,"
" The Judges." " The Governor and Deputy-Governor
of the Bank of England," " The Governor and Deputy-
Governor of the East India Company," a❑d "The Dean
of Jersey and the Visitors ;" after which the company
broke up.
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THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.--The Rev.
Dr. Samuel Wilson ISrarneford has presented to his trustees,
the Rev. Chancellor James T. Law, the Rev. Vaughan
Thomas, ill)., and William Sands Cox, F.R.S., the sum of
5001. towards the completion of the east wing of the quad-
rangle. lie has also augmented to 4,400/. his endowment for
the professorship of pastoral theology, in addition to his
former endowment of 4,0001. for the wardenship, the chap-
laincy of the college and the chaplaincy of the Queen's Hos-
pital, and 3,0001. for the endowment of medical scholarships,
medical prizes, and a resident medical tutor. The Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, M.P., has contributed the liberal donation
of 201. towards the same object,

The chaplaincy to her Majesty's embassy at Con-
stantinople has been conferred upon the Rev. 11. L. Dais-
to, ALAI lAto cut of Melli:lawn, Wilt:.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert
resumed their inspection et the Crystal Palace and
their reception of the exhibitors. They were attended
in their survey by Mr. Dilke, Colonel Reid, Mr. Fox,
and the other leading men connected with the Exhi-
bition, and proceeded first to view the Russian colloce
tion, which was explained to them by M. Kaminsky,
the Commissioner from that country. The Royal
party admired exceedingly the very attractive and
beautiful objects with which this compartment is fur-
nished, and the malachite ornaments, the display of
plate and of jewellery, each in turn elicited from them
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the highest expressions of praise. They then directed
their steps to the section of machinery in motion, and
proceeded with the inspection of a vast number of
remarkable objects winch they bed not seen during
their last visit. Here they were again attended by
Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Hensman, who, with the exhibi-
tors themselves, explained to them the leading features
of the different machines. Commencing with the tools
exhibited by Whitworth, of Manchester, they spent
some time in examining that really wonderful collec-
tion. They then passed in review the meritorious con-
tributions of Sharpe, the wire-drawing process of John-
son, Hicks's illustrations of the power obtainable by the
hydraulic press-punch, the method of proving cast-
iron beams exhibited bar Cottam and Hallam, Ryder's
remarkable machine for forging spindles, Holzapffel's
ingenious specimens of turning in the lathe, Mauds-
lay' new coining press, by which during etheir stay
some medals were struck, the fine models of marine
engines by the same maker, and the rope-making
machine exhibited by Crawhall, of Newcastle, dis-
pensing with the long gallery hitherto required in
that manufacture. The Royal party also paid marked
attention to Lawson's extensive display of flax ma-
chinery, and to the beautiful specimens of linen which
he produced as examples of its efficiency. The hemp
machinery of Plumber was much noticed; and the
canvas loom, with its products, exhibited by Mr. B.
Browne. Passing by the lace and silk machinery in
the meantime her Majesty and the Prince proceeded
to inspect the printing presses; and here, of course,
their chief attention was directed to Applegaesh's in-
vention, which is exhibited by Mr. Ingram, of the
Illustrated London News. They also greatly admired
M'Clure's lithographic press, and the contributions of
Napier, Waterlow, and others. It was half-past
eleven o'clock before they took their departure from
the building, and, as on previous occasions, they were
most affable and condescending to the numerous body
of exhibitors with whom they conversed.
The weather was moderately fine yesterday, and
after the disappointments of the two previous days it
was anticipated that there would be an unusually
large influx of people, but, strange to say, the police
returns and the receipts at the doors both show a con-
siderable decrease as compared with Tuesday, the
money taken being only 2,1601. 195., and the number
of visitors 47,754. It is a singular fact that the only
public attraction which seems to have any power in
diminishing the tide of curiosity which has set in
towards Hyde-park is that of a flower show. Epsom
and Ascot exercised no perceptible influence in this
respect, but the Chiswick fete on Saturday did, and
again yesterday the display at the Botanical Gardens
was strongly felt. Had it not been for this, the more
genial weather, coupled with the leisure of holiday
times, would no doubt have drawn increased instead
of diminished numbers of visitors to the Exhibition.
Undoubtedly, of late the popular element has been
becoming more and more conspicuous among the
throng of spectators, and there is no longer any diffi-
culty in finding among the vast concourse humble
dresses and faces brown with exposure to the sun, and
hands hardened by toil. Tne presence of mothers with
their infants, too, and luncheons emerging from
homely-looking baskets during the intervals of rest—
these and a hundred other signs indicate that the ls.
admission does not operate as a barrier to the curiosity
of the industrial classes ; yet from some unexplained
cause the masses have not yet presented themselves at
the doors of the Crystal Palace, and the majority of
those who go there still belong to the upper and
middle ranks of life. It is almost incredible that the
Whitsun holidays should have closed without the
slightest detraction from the respectability of the
Exhibition as a place of public resort, and that the
actual number of visitors during a period when
labour is released from its toil should show a positive
decrease. Such, however, are the facts, and every-
body will explain them in his own way. Some
will think that the display in Hyde-park is not
popular. But an average of 50,000 spectators
daily is altogether inconsistent with such an idea.
In the minds of others it will be considered
that the limit of the sight-seeing powers of
the metropolis has been attained, and that
greater crowds do not travel westward daily
only because more cannot be spared from the
diurnal cares and toils of a busy population. Here
again, however, facts rise up to discredit such a
theory. On Thursday last, there being no holiday,
55,000 people visited the Exhibition, and yesterday
week there were 55,250, both larger numbers than the
returns of the last three days, when so many of the
working classes were disengaged, when excursion
trains are coming in from all parts of the country,
and when, according to immemorial custom, an irre-
sistible tendency is felt by the million to spend in
pleasure and enjoyment a portion at least of their
hard earnings. A vast acce:esion of visitors was ex-
pected, and their non-appearance would by many
have been attributed to the weather merely had it not
been for the experience of y esterday. What, then,
is the explanation of this anomaly? We believe that
a number of causes have been in operation, and among
them the weather of course ; but the self-denying
patience of the people, their habitual tendency to
postpone pleasure to business, and their little inclina-
tion to rush madly forward in quest of what can be
seen as well or better a week or a month hence—
these seem to us the most natural and the truest solu-
tions of a result which surprises even the police.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duke Ernest of
Wurtemberg, arrived at the Exhibition of the Works of
Industry of all Nations soon after nine o'clock yester-
day morning, to continuo their inspection of the Exhi-
bition. Her Majesty and the Royal circle were attended
by the Hon. Matilda Paget, Baroness de Wangenheim,
General Weruyss, Colonel Bouverie, and M. B. de Tres-
kow. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, also visited the
Exhibition yesterday. And their Royal Highnesses the
Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, attended by Miss
Ilildyard, also paid a visit to the Exhibition yesterday
forenoon.

The Queen and Prince Albert and their Royal visitors
left the Exhibition at halt-pas; eleven o'clock, and re-
turned Jo Buckingham Palace.

Lord Broughton had an audience of the Queen yes-
terday, at Buckingham Palace, to present some presents
from Newab Nazim, of Bengal, to her Majesty.
The articles consisted of an elephant's state trappings,
of velvet and gold, the houdah iramed of ivory, inlaid
with gold, with coverings of gold and silver embroidery.
A state palkee or palanquin, also of ivory, inlaid with
gold; the covering of similar rich materials to the
houah.

A throne or state resting couch, of crimson velvet and
gold, with a canopy richly embroidered with the pre-
cious metals, and supported by silver columns.
A pair of gold morchals, or emblems of rank, and a
palkee, or palanquin, for evening conveyance. These
presents were brought from India under charge of Dr.
Young.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cambridge,
and their Serene Highnesses the Prince of Leiningen,
and Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, visited the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha yesterday, at Buck-
ingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Prin-
cesses Helena and Louisa took an airing yesterday in an
open carriage and four.
The Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Kent. the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Duke Ernest of Wurteniherg,
and the Prince Gustavus of Wasa, his Serene Highness
the Prince of Leiuingen, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Douglas, the Marquis of Westminster, Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness de Wangenheim Baroness de sDed
the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess Granville,
the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Baron Boppert, M. B. de
Treskow, M. Emon de Fetzer.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance
during dinner, and performed the following selection:—
Overture, " A Legend of Montrose”Sir H. R. Bishop.
Waltz, " Rose de Mai" ...
Grand Selection, "Les Huguenots"... Meyerbeer.licenig•
The Great Exhibition
Prince Arthur's March .................. jEu.ilLieonder.
Marten Eingugs G I a op .. Hallendorf.
In the evening Herr F. Kaufmann, from Dresden, with
his son and daughter, attended in the Palace, and had the
honour of performing
Albert and th • before her Majesty and Prince
their illustrious circle, with novel musical
instruments, viz., Das Harmonichord Chordaulodion
Sy m phonion (Die Selbstpielenden Ku'ntswerke), mid
Orchestrion; also, Der Trompet-Antomat.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Dispatches were also received from the Governors of
Sierra Lccne and the Falkland Islands.

VISITORS TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—During the
first three days of the present holiday week upwards of
15,000 persons have visited Westminster Abbey, for the
purpose of inspecting the interior of that magnificent temple,
and the many splendid monuments with which it abounds.
The visitors have behaved in the most decorous mpaanni g the
enr, and
have wandered through the isles of the Abbey, y
bthea otrinedstrictest attention to the works of art which have been pre-
sented to their view, a circumstance which show' s
pub-
lie buildings of all classes might, with advantage,
at stated periods, and under proper regulations. The opened visi-
tors to the Abbey are allowed to roam where they please,
with the exception of Henry the Seventh's Chapel,
admis-
sion to which has been fixed at 6d. each person.
Cigars are now tipped with amber at the end next
the mouth ; by this means cigar-tubes are quite superseded.
This invention has proved itself the greatest luxury yet
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