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THURSDAY

EVENING,

JUNE 12, 1851.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION

GRAND BANQUET BY THE MERCHANT

TAIL 0 C 0 P AIVY.
Yestrrday being St. Barnahae'-day, the annual exa-
mination of the Merchant Tailors' School was held, ac-
cording to the time-honoured custom, in the presence of
l)r. 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 diem rto the examiners and their friends. The
opportunity was at the same time taken of inviting a
number of the distinguished foreigners who are at pre-
sent in this country to partake of the magnificent hos-
pitality of this ancient and distinguished civic company.
The banquet took 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 munificent hospitality of the great trading
companies in the metropolis. Win. Robinson White, E.g.,
master, was in the chair, and there were also present—His
Royal Hiehness the Duke of Cambridge, President and
Senior Fellows of St. John's College, Oxford, the Marquis
of Douro, the Earl of Sheffield, leerl Howe, Lord Vis-
count Strangford, Lord Viscount Hardings,Lord William
l'auter, Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord Saltouse Lord
Redesdale, Lord Colchester, Lord Feversham, Lord
Stanley, Lord Leigh, the Hon. Charles flardiege, Cap-
tain the Hors. Arthur Duncombe, R.N., M P.; the Right.
Hon. Sir George 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 Cress well, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr.
Baron Martin, the Hon. Arthur Hardinge, Sir J. Duke,
Bart., M.P., and Alderman; Msjor-General Sir G. Pol-
lock, Major-Gen. Sir John Rolt, Sir Frederick Thesiger,
M.P.; Sir Charles Mansfield Clark, the Dean of Jersey,
Major Beresford, M.P.; Thomas Baring, Esq, M.P.;
Richard Maxwell Fox, E,q., 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 Depute -Chairman of the East
India Company; Major-Gen. Kenah, Col. Gascoigne,
Col. Challoner, Mr. Alderman Firmis, 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 de Burg, Dr. Schafhault,Captain Abdul flamed,
M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, Professor Corridi, M.
Von Viebahn, M. Walwoski, E. Zohrab, Esq., M. Cuy-
litz, M. P. Ralli, M. G. de KamenskY. Chevalier de
Leucisa, Dr. Seyffarth, Don M. de Ysasi, Dr. Bolley,
Signor Hamda Elmkadden, M. Santillana, Dr. Steinbeis,
M. Roessler, M. Stahlschmidt, M. Noback, Signor
Carlo Trebbie, Charles Tottie, Esq., Peer Ibraheem
Kban Babadoor, Syod Abdoolhah, an Indian chief and
his secretary, from the Punjaub.
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, ho 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.) His 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 an humble individual, felt strongly
that these ancient institutions were of the greatest ad-
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.) He felt that the friendly intercourse which
was thus produced would tend to promote the general
advancement and civilization of the world. Ile 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 MASTER then proposed " The Army and Navy."
Lord HARDINGE begged, in the absence of the Cons-
wander-in-Chief, to return his cordial thanks for the
army, who, 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 one without broadly hoping that they
would unite the other.—(Cheers.) With respect to the
British army, he must say—and ho appealed on this
point to his Royal Highness, who was an excellentjudge
—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 bad 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 protect the
commerce of the world. They had done this duty
hitherto, and ho 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 Tailors' 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 Tailors' School had
been opened, and since Sir Thomas White, the origina-
tor and founder of St. John's College, Oxford, had con-
ferred upon the company the privilege of nominating
three-fourths of the tellows 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 de-
voted loyalty. In the examination of this year he was
happy to say that the boys had highly distinguished
themselves, 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 he 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 llonorary Mem-
bers," among whom, he was happY tc'.BBY, they reckoned
one name that was the glory of the world—the Duke of
Wellington.—(Cheers.) There were other names that
were not far behind him—such as Lord Hardinge, Sir
George Pollock, and other illustrious Men.—(Cheers.)
He begged to propose " The Honorary Members of the
Company."
Lord HARDINGE returned thanks. •
gratified it
The MASTER then said they .were
having the honour of ' entertaining
number of diwstinh -.
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
distinguished statesmen who were Present were also
connected, as Royal Commissioners, with that Exhibi-
tion; and he begged to propose as a toast, " Her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners and the Foreign Commissioners
for conducting the Great Exhibition," and he would
couple with the toast the nettles of ' Lord Stanley and
Baron C;Dupin.a-(Cheers.)
Lord STANI.ET was received with loud cheering. He
said—l little expected when I entered your hospitable
I room this evening that I should be called upon to return
thanks for a body of men to whom,- .on every account,
I feel it a pride and a gratification to belong., But
to you,_ master, find to this comPaaYs 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 'fora moment to hesitate, however inade-
quate, to undertake the task which you have sot 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 upon this sub-
jest in the City at a time when the balance of public opi-
nion was suspended bete een the chances and hopes of
Success and the fears and apprehensions of signal failure.
I remember in this city, though not in this room, a
great impulse was given to the popular excitement in
favour of the Exhibition by an entertainment, which
was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
under whose auspices the idea originated, and was, -I
may say, 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—there was talk
even of an interference with the national amusements
and recreations of the people—there were fears
and apprehensions that, from tie gathering of
all nations, this country would become the
cus of internal eedition 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 magnificence and the splen-
dour of the ceremony; for I well remember, when ob-
jections were raised on a point of feeling in which I
myself participated, that it was hardly right to desecrate
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 grandest and most magnificent

spectacle of the Exhibition, whilst we guarded and
spar rd those venerable relics of a past age.—(Cheers.)
And now we see with pride and satisfaction the
realization of this grand conception. We 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 ven'ure to say, in its un
adorned simplicity—we 3Ge it springing from the earth
with a rapidity equllling 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 tiiis 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-

iuined, as it has hitherto beun, untarnished. I don't
doubt that while this Great Exhibition will show to

'oreign countries the marvels of our own industry, as it

will show to us the marvels of the induAry of foreigners,
there will be no dishonourable rivalry, ❑o 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 arid 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.) It there is one
thing in the marvds of art, in 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 classes 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 is not
alone the high—it is not 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
cumulaions of skill; and as each man returns from
viewing these mighty works of art, he ftels 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 em 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 for 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 area 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, while I 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 commarce, 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 professions 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, speakitig in the words which I
see in this book before me [the selection of songs and
glees far 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 trust not soon to be severed
or destroyed.—(Hear, 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 CKARLES Dural was also received with loud
cheers. He 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 succeed one of your most eloquent statesmen, and
for 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 committees 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 most 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, and 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 oountry
prosperous—the activity, the properly, 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 11. sterling from the
value of your textile fabrics upon each yard so circling
the earth, but, after 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 those 43 millions sterling—for 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 ever been so large and so active, so there
never was a trade which produced so many and such
poweiful assurances of everlasting peace. I conclude
by again returning tbanks.—(Cheers.)
The, Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in a few words, proposed
" the. Health of the Master."—(Loud cheers).
The MASTER shortly returns d thanks, and then pro-
posed the " Health of Dr. Hessey, 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 far ma-
thematical honours in Oxford, the first, second, and
third prizes were carried off by Merchant Tailors'
boys.—(Cbeers).
Dr. HEssEY returned thanks.
Tho 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 ;his ancient company. Ho 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 lionourthe'
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 stint gra-
tification that they met with 119 narrow or sectarian pre-
judices; but that there were points on which they all
could meet on common ground, in an anxiety to advance
the best interests of man.—(Cheat's.)'
The other toasts were " Alderman Thompson and tbi"
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,"
anda " The.Desn
of Jersey and the Visitors ;" after ih company
broke up.
Several glees, &c., were sung
the .course
evening by Mr. Turle and an efficient choir. urs r.
ably officiated as toast-master.
Harkorof the

We understand that two ne thoroughbred English
horses have arrived on board of the sultan, along with the
Hungarians, from Turkey. They are 16 hands high, and are
the property of Major lialasz, and were a parting present
from General Percel, being the chargers on which Percel
fought hie battles. They are to be seen at _, Crawley-
street, Oakley-square.
THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGUAM.—The Rev.
Dr. Samuel Wilson Warneford has presented to his trustees,
the Rev. Chancellor James Law, the Rev. Vaughan
Thomas, 13. D., 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 4,4001. bis endowment for
the professorship of pastoral theology, in addition to his
former endowment of 4,0001. for the wardenship, the
tutor. medicalrru e s cßhiogl
chap-
laincy of the college and the chaplaincy
acinalu cty of the Queen's Hos-
idenendt"
teadli,eaanl and
prizes,3 ,0001a.ufor a theres
ht Hun.
Sidney Herbert, M.P., has contributed the liberal donation
of 201. towards the same object,
The chaplaincy to her M33...sty's embassy at Con-
stantinople has been conferred upon the Rev. LI. 111.
tone ALA., late curate of Alelk§liaw, }gilts.

Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert
resumed their inspection of the Crystal Palace and
their reception of the exhibitors. They were attended
in their survey by Mr. Mike, Colonel Reid, Mr. Fox,
and the other leading men connected with the Exhi-
bition, and proceeded first to view the Russian colloc-
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
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 which they had 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 examihing 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 by Cottam and Hallam, Ryder s
remarkable machine for forging spindles, Holzapflers
ingenious specimens of turning in the lathe, Mauds-
lay's new coining press, by which during their 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 Applegarth's
in-
vention, which is exhibited by Mr. Ingram, of the
Illustrated Loudon News. They also greatly admired
M'Clure's lithographic press, and the contributions of
Napier, 'SYaterlow, 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. 19'., 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
or 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. The 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
tbeory. 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 accession 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 yesterday. 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.

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COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Majesty and bis 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 continue their inspection of the Exhi-
bition. Her Majesty and the Royal circle were attended
by the Hon. Matilda Paget, Baroness de Wangenheim,
General Wenayss, 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
Hildyard, also paid a .visit to the Exhibition yesterday
forenoon.
The Queen and Prince Albert and their Royal visitors
left the Exhibition at halt-past eleven o'clock, and re-
tureed to Buckingham Palace.
Lord Broughton hcd an audience of the Queen yes-
terday, at Buckingham Palace, to present some presents
frqm Nereab Nazini, of Bengal, to her Majesty.
The articles consisted of an elephant's state trappings,
of velvet and gold, the houdah trained 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
houdah.
A throne or_ state resting couch, of crimson velvet and
:gold, with a canopy richly 'embroidered with the pre-
cious metals, and supported by !nivel. columns.
A pair of gold morcbals, or emblems of rank, and a
Lpalkee, 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,,,andi the Duke of Cambridge,
.and theirtSerene. Highnesses -the Prince of Leiningen,
and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimer, visited the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe Coburg'o•Othi'yeiiieiday, at Thick-
' ingham Palace. .
1.- Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Pri-
ncesses Helena and Louisa took an airing, Ye4erdaY in an ,
open carriage and four. 2- • • •
The Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotlia: visited the,
Duchess of. Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Queen had a dinner, party yesterday at.Rucking-,
ham Palace. The- tompanyinoWded their Royal High-
nesset the Duchess of e
the and• Duchess
'Saxet °burg Gethn;; the Dtilcirnese of Wurtemberg,-
and thes.Prinoe Gustavus Wears, Serene Highness
the Prince of Leiningen, the Marquis and MirchioPeas
of Douglas; tbe-:Marguis ,‘Of :Webttuinster,=Ledy'Fa437
}toward, 130011e88 WeAg+449ie.i/,.Bakoness de §petl4
~the Earl of Aberdeen, the: EaiLand Countess
,Granyme_'
the Dowager Lady; Lyttleton, Baron. •Rpppert, At. B. d
TreskewiM. Enron de Pe,taer.,
The band of the ColdstreamGuardkwas in attendance
I,kluring dinner, and performed the following seleeti
.overture " A Legend of Montrose"— Sir 11,
Welts, "Rose de Mai".......... I'.Kee3neneer..
if. . .
Grand Selection, ".Les Hu ~, m.y
-The. Great Exhibition Quadrille .
,Prince Arthur's Mitrch i E. Loden
. Marien Einguss Galop • Hallendorfi
in the evening Herr F. Minimal:n, from Dresden, with
'his son and daughter, attended hill the Palace,
'honour of perldrming before and had the
her • Majesty and Prince
-Alberet: and their illustrio_us turtle, `with novel' muSical
instruments, viz., Das Harmoisichord,: ChorAsilicKifon.
Symphonion (Die belbstptelenden linntswerke)s-ival
'Orchelitrion; also, Der'Trompet. -Amtornat
Dispatches were receivediesterday..at;:fhe- Colonial,

office, :from the Governor of 010.01Po:10 GQOOl°Pe. "
Dispatches were also received from the Governors of .
SierretLenn_e:anande.,
VISITORS L tb
RS TO VESTMINVEIi ABBEY.- unng e
first three days of the present -holiday week. upwards of
15,000 persons have visited IVestininster Abbey, upward the
purpose of inspecting the interior of that magcent temple,
and the many splendid monuments with which it abounds.
The visitors have behaved in the most decorous manner, and
have wandered through the isles of the Abbey, paying the
strictest attention to the works of art which have been pre-
sented to their view, a circumstance which shows that pub-
lic building of all classes might, with advantage, be opened
at stated periods, and under proper regulations. The visi-
tors to the Abbey are allowed to roam where they please,
with the exception of Henry the Seventh le, admis-
sion Chapel, dm • is-
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 ?rend itegf the groteet igacßry yel
veered by =Ow*