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

' spectacle cf the Exhibition, whilst we guarded and
spared those venerable relics of a past age.—(Cheers.)
And now we see with pride and satisfaction the
renlizition of thin 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 venture to hl.ly, in its un
adorned simplicity—we see it springing from the earth
with a rapidity ecredling the fabled leavers of magic
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we tee it containing treasures of untold magnificence and
wealth, the produce of all the nations of the earth
brought into thin country ley the rivalry of peaceful and
honourable competition, and uegrudgingly entrused 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. 1 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 interchanee 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 marvels 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 ono 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-
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 add 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 hare proposed and dratek 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, 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 coraniarce and that it is by a cembina-
tion of all these great objects, which it is the interest of
a great country to uphold, end 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 es 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
soo in this book before me [-the selection of songs and
glees for the evening], that when these "gorgeous pa-
laces," these " edema templet'," 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 these 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 CHARLES DUPIN 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, 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 ware 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, 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 thou) 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 tho 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
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. Hessey, and the other mas-
ters of the Merchant Tailors' School."—(Cheers.) As
a proof of the excellence of the training there adminis-
tered, ho stated that at the recent examination far ma-
thematical honours iu Oxford, the first, second, and
third prizes were carried off by Merchant Tailors'
boys.—(Cheers).
Or. HEssEY returned thanks.

The MASTER then proposed " Earl Etowe and the
'louse af Lords."

Earl HOWE returned thanks.
The MASTER then proposed the "Bishop of Oxford
and the Bunco. of Bishops."
The Bishop of OXFORD returned thanks. Somethirg
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 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.—(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," and " The Dean
of Jersey and the Visitors ;" after which the company
broke up.
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Oakley-square.
THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGLIAM.—The Rev.
Dr. Samuel Wilson Warneford has presented to his trustees,
the Rev. Chancellor James T. Law, the Rev. Vaughan
Thomas, 8.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. his endowment for
the -professorship of pastoral theology, in addition to his
farmer endowment of 4,0001. for the wardership, 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 Hoil.,
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. H. M. Blakis-
ton, 111. A late curate Qt Illelkehaw, Wilts.