The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-07 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Yesterday a very important meeting of the Royal
Commissioners was held at the Crystal Palace, at
which the following report to her ;.stiajesty was
agrecd to
" TO THE QUEEN'S 310:,T EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" May it please your Majesty,—We, the Commis-
on( rs appointed by your Majesty's Royal warrant of the,
3d of January, 1850, for the promotion of the Exhibition of
mthe Works of Industry of all Nations, and subsequently
incorporated by your Maj
of August, 1850, humbly bag to submit to your Majesty
the following report:— esty's Royal charter of the
j
."The Exhibition-tor the promotion of which we were
appointed by your Majesty was finally closed on the
15th of October of this year, and we humbly beg to re-
port to your Majesty that the medals and prizes have
juries
appointed awarded to the successful exhibitors by the
appointed to judge of the merits of their productions,
and are in course of distribution. The full reports of
the juries will be laid before your Majesty when com-
pleted, together with the list of the successful com-
petitors. We are now engaged in bringing to a close
all the business conneeted with the Exhibition, and in
defraying the various expenses incurred during its pro-
gress. Most of the claims on the funds at our disposal,
however, are already discharged, and after all shall have
been satisfied, a considerable surplus will remain, the
precise amount of which cannot be ascertained until the
accounts are finally wound up, when they will be duly
laid before your Majesty, but which surplus we have
reason to believe will not be less than 150,0001.
" This surplus wilt-consist of the balance that may re-
main in our hands, after deducting all expenditure from
the sum of (in round numbers) 505,0001., which has been
derived from the following sources:—
" Subscriptions „, £67,400
Entrance fees 424,400
Casual receipts ,,, 13,200

Total ... £505,000
"Of the entrance fees, a portion has been paid by
foreign visitors, and it was owing to the fact that the
contributions of all potions were there displayed, that the
number of visits made by persons attracted to the Exhi-
bition amounted to upwards of 6,000,000.
" The subscriptions were derived, with few excep-
tions, solely from. your Majesty's subjects, and were
made after is public announcement that they must be
abselute and definite,' but that should any surplus re-
main it was the intention of your Majesty's Commis-
sioners to apply the same to purposes strictly in con-
nexion with the ends of the Exhibition, or for the esta-
blishment of similar Exhibitions for the future?

" Wo humbly beg to represent to your Majesty that
we are of opinion that it is not advisible to apply the
surplus to the last named purpose. Considering that
the Exhibition which has just closed has afforded ample
proof that an undertaking of this kind can be made
self-supporting4and that it may safely be left to the pub-
lic again to provide, when required, the means of meet-
ing the preliminary expenses—considering also the
impossibility of fixing long beforehand any definite
period for the repetition of such an Exhibition, which
requires for its success so many concurrent circum-
stances—we are of opinion that greater benefit may be
derived by the public from a judicious application in the
interval of the means at our disposal to the furtherance
of the general objects for which the Exhibition was de-
signed, and in such a manner that the advantages which
may be obtained should not be confined solely to your
Majesty's subjects, but should be shared, as far as it
may be possible, by other countries.
" These objects your Majesty's Commissioners con-
ceive to have been the furtherance of every branch of
human industry, by the comparison of the processes
employed and of the results obtained by all the nations
of the earth, and the promotion of kindly international
feelings by the practical illustration of the advantages
which may be derived by each country from what has
been done by others. Your Majesty's Commissioners
have the satisfaction to be able to express to your Ma-
jesty their conviction that the Exhibition has to a great
extent attained these objects, and that in its consequences
the most beneficial results may yet be expected.
" Already many requirements on the part of the public
have become apparent during the course of the Exhibi-
tion, and have found expression in various suggestions
made to us for the application of the surplus; many of
them, however, were for objects quite inconsistent with
the pledges above alluded to, while others, though for
purposes in accordance with them, were of a limited,
partial, or local character.
" Your Majesty's Commissioners are of opinion that
no measures could be so strictly in accordance with the
ends of the Exhibition as those which may increase the
means of industrial education, and extend the influence
of science and art updn productive industry. We are
fully aware of the difficulty of devising a comprehensive
plan to meet"these objects; should the view, however,
which we have taken as to the manner of fulfilling our
pledges, meet with your Majesty's approbation, we beg
to assure your Majesty that we shall give our fullest and
most careful consideration to this important subject, and
we would suggest that full time should be afforded to us
to consider and mature such a plan as we should feel
warranted in laying before your Majesty, the more so
as from the disproportion between the end proposed and
the means at present applicable to it much will depend
on the extent of co-operation we may receive from the
public.
" We are advised, however, that our powers under
your Majesty's Royal charter; will cease when all the
expenies incidental to the Exhibition shall have been
discharged, and notice thereof given to your Majesty's
Secretary of State, and that we have not the power of
deciding upon the disposal of the surplus.
" If, therefore, it be your Majesty's pleasure that we
should act further ha this matter, it will be necessary,
before we can take even any preliminary step, that your
Majesty should grant to us by
Royal charter, such fur-
ther powers as your Majesty may deem necessary, to
enable us to lay before your Majesty a scheme for the
application of the surplus in accordance with the expec-
tations held out to the public, and with the sanction and
approval cf your Majesty, to adopt such measures as
may be necessary for such purpose.
" All which wo humbly take leave to report to your
Majesty.

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November, in
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ALBERT,
• " President of the Commissioners
for the Exhibition, 1851."
Dr. Bolley, the Swiss Commissioner, has addressed
the subjoined letter of thanks to the Royal Commis-
sion. In giving it publicity, wa embrace the oppor-
tunity of expressing our unqualified admiration of
the manner in which that gentleman has discharged
the duties intrusted to him by kis countrymen. His
arrangements have been characterised throughout
by the utmost promptitude and efficiency. Of all
the foreigners the Swiss were the first to have their
compartment in order, and they have been among
the earliest in taking their departure. Their display
has proved less attractive, perhaps,
than others,
the intrinsic value of which was not so great, but
this arose chiefly from the description of goods ex-
hibited, the commercial interest of which could not
fail to be appreciated by the observant, though it may
have partially escaped the attention of the mere sight-
seers. The letter referred to is as follows :
"To the Executive Committee for carrying
out the
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all
Nations.
_ _

4,
ComAm.ilsoswlonmeerst,othaeddforellsoswtoinygoluerttbeor: whichs I beg rd, as the immediate
place before the Royal Comtnissionerl
organ of
.intercourse between the Royal and Foreign
you will
"I cannot leave London without performing the agree-
able duty, which has become more and more urgent
during every hour of my stay in this country, of ex-
pressing to the Royal Commissioners, as well as to the
Executive Committee, my best thanks, both in the name
of tho country which I had the honour of representing,
and in my own. The intelligence and order shown by
the acting officers of the Great Exhibition and their
kind indulgence, happily blended as it was with the
neecciary earnestness and severity, will be over remem-
bered by those who had the good fortune to come in
contact with• them during this memorable period.
"Among the great merits of the Royal Commissioners
whose beneficial influence on the general intercoure
among civilised nations will bo thankfully acknowledged
by mankind, the attention which they paid to the
charming arrangements, and, I: may bo allowed the ex-
pretsion, tho almost domestic comfort and order in the
building, are certainly not the least; and although they
have gained for it the undisputed admiration of their
whosethey willduties not
enabledrefuse
himthe sincere
hourly
your very
6( Commissioner for Switzerland.
eto° thanksnetscpme or poi,rananer entsdhievl ibdheuonapel fits of their happy organization.
Professor Dr. F. BOLLEY,
ob"edlienhtayseervtahnet,
honour to be, gentlemen,h

" London, Nov. 3."
of the Royal
A correspondence has passed between Lieutenant
Tyler, R.E., on behalf of the Executive Committee,
that
and the Court of Directors of the. East India Com-
pany, with reference to the collection of specimens in
process
Commission.o formationf
The
Courtund e r
otfh authoritye Directors i
intimate
at e
Dr. Royle has received instructions.. from them to
meet the wishes of the Commissioners to the utmost
practicable

terday, a court
uiaNcthae.—chYaire.B Mr. Blake gave
wasC oh
held—the
tOhre CLoormdst
AoiNayCoro
notice that he should move the reduction of the fine for re-
fusing to serve the office of sheriff, from 500/. to 1001. In
answer to a question from Mr. H. L. Taylor, Sir Peter
Laurie said that the Lord Mayor had received an order
from the Secretary of State requiring the Court to provide a
pauper lunatic asylum. The expenses would be defrayed
out of the funds which were at present devoted to the sup-
port of lunatics, but nothing as yet had been done beyond a
mere direction to look out for a site. Mr. Deputy Harrison
presented the report of the ;‘ Freedom ComMittee," ou the
proposed Bill for amending the London Election Acts; but
after a long discussion the alterations it proposed were
negatived by a
.majority of 41—the numbers being 79
against 35.
FORGERIES IN GLASGOW. On Friday, clerk in
the employment of Mr. Ross, commission-agent, St. Vincent-
street, was apprehended in Millport, on a charge of forgery.
Mr. Ross, on calling at three of the banks in the city, dis-
covered that cheques had been forged in his name, amounting
to 2861., made up by various small sums. He immediately
communicated with the police, who, as has been ap-
prehended his clerk as the culprit, and he has been fully
committed to gaol to await his trial. On Wednesday one of
the partners of a firm carrying on business as commission.
agents in the city, was apprehended on the charge of having.
forged the name of his nephew on a bill of exchange for the
sum of 551. I Is. 2d. The forgery had been committed some
time ago, but it was not discovered until last week, when the
document was uttered in the ordinary course of business in a
house in Glassford-street. The person accused was ordered
on Saturday, at the Central Police Court, to bo vat to gaol
to await trial,North British Mail.