The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-13 00:00:00

EXFIIBITION OF 1851.

Colonel SIB £UORP then proceeded, pursuant to no-
tice, to call the attention of the House to a copy of a
letter from the Commissioners t f Woods, &c., to the
Lords of the Treasury, on the subject of the ground ap-
propriated for the site of the exhibition of 1851. He
said that very great excitement existed in the public
mind with regard to the of the proposed exhibition,
and there appeared to be a general feeling of dislike—he
would almost go so far as to use the term " disgust"—
with respect to the proceedings of the Government on
the subject. Many pe pie in the country concurred with
him iu thinking that there never was a greater humbug,
fraud, and injustico than the contemplated exhibition of
1851. The Commissioners scarcely knew what was to
be done to provide funds for paying the expenses of the
exhibition. When he had complained that trees were
about to be cut down in Hyde-park, preparatory to the
erection of a building, the Government and the Attor-
ney-General gave very evasive replies to the questions
put to them on the subject by himself and other - Heti.
Members. The letter to which his notice referred stated
that the Queen had given her consent that the Commis-
sioners should be allowed to take possession of the ground
in the park required for the building. Now, that letter was
dated the 15th of June, and some ten days ago they were
told by the Attorney-General that he believed her Ma-
jesty would give her consent to the occupation of that
site. It appeared, then, from this let er that when that
answer was given by the Attorney-General, the Queen
had already signified her consent. His (Colonel Sib-
thorp's) belief was, however, that her Majesty had never
been consulted on the subject. The proceeding of the
Commissioners was a gross attack upon the rights of
public property. It was said that 60,000/. would be
raised by subscriptions to meet the expense; but an
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too, would become of our mechanics? They would '
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cumb to the foreigner, fur foreign goods " cheap and
nasty " would be brought over, and, because they were
foreign, would be b )ught.—(Hear, and laughter.) God
grant that something would happen to prevent that
which be believed would be prejudicial to the best in-
terests of the country taking place; and he felt confi-
dent the people of England would rejoice at it. He
thereforete po
callede upon the people to unite either in an ad-
dress to her Majesty or in a petition, before it was too
late, to prevent such a subversion as he believed the ex.
hibition would bo of the best intereeti of the country.
The subject then dropped.