The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-26 00:00:00

the political excitement of the day ho hsh
himself backward in supporting every is
schemenever furow then benefit of the agricultural, manufacturing, and indus-
trial interests of the country.—(Cheers.) I beg to re-
turn his Royal Highness my best thanks for his attend-
ance here this day.—(Loud cheers.)
Prince ALBEET rose and said—My Lord Mayor, I
am very sensible of your kindness in proposing my
health, and I beg you, gentlemen, to believe that I fee I
very deeply your demonstrations of goodwill and cor-
diality towards myself. I assure you that I fully reci-
procate these sentiments, and that it has given me sin-
cere pleasure to meet you, the representatives of all the
important towns of the kingdom, again assembled at a
festive board, in token of the unity and harmony of
feeling which prevails amongst those whom you repre-
sent, and on which, I am persuaded, the happiness
and well-being of the country so materially depends._
(Loud cheers.) It was an idea honourable at once to
the liberality and the discernment of the Lord Mayor
of London to invite you to assemble under his hos-
pitable roof, before you started in the important un-
dertaking upon which you were going to enterr-
(Cheers)—when, according to ancient custom, the
loving cup west round, it was a pledge you gave each
other, that, whatever the rivalries of your different
localities might be, you would in the approaching con-
test all act and appear as one, representing your
country at the gathering of the products of the nations
of the earth.—(Loud cheers.) I see, by your anxiety to
return, before your terms of office shall have expired,
the compliment which London has paid you, that you
personally appreciate to its full extent the intention of
its chief magistrate, and you could not have selected a
better place fur your meeting than this venerable city,
which is so much connected with the recollections and
the history of the empire, and is now prominent in the
centre of a district in which a high state of agriculture
is blended with the most extensive production of menu-
factures.—(Loud and continued cheering.) But 1 see
likewise, in your anxiety to meet us, her Majesty's
Commissioners, again, a proof of your earnest and con-
tinued zeal in the cause of the approaching exhibition :
it could not be by the impetus of a momentary
enthusiasm, but only by a steady perseverance and sus-
tained efforts, that you could hope to carry
out your great undertaking, and insure for your-
selves and the nation an honourable position in
the comparison which you have invited.—(Cheers.) If
to cheer you on in your labours, by no means termi-
nated, you should require an assurance that that spirit
of activity and perseverance is abroad in the country, I
-can give you that assurance, on the ground of the infor-
mation which reaches us frcm all quarters, and I can
add to it oar personal conviction, that the works in pre-
paration will be such as to dispel any apprehension for
the position which British industry will maintain.—
(Loud applause.) From abroad also all accounts
which we receive lead us to expect that the works to be
sent will be numerous and of a superior character.
Although we perceive in some countries an apprehen-
sion that the advantages to be derived from the exhibi-
tion will be mainly reaped by England, and a consequent
distrust in the effects of our scheme upon their own inte-
rests, we must, at the same time, freely and grataully
acknowledge that our invitation has been received by all
nations with whom communication was possible in that
spirit of liberality and friendship in wbich it was ten-
dered, and that they are making great exertions and in-
curring great expenses in order to meet our plans.—
(Cheers.) Of our own doings at the Commission I should
have prefered to remain silent; but I cannot let this op-
portunity pass without telling you how much benefit we
have derived in our difficult labours from your uninter-
rupted confidence in the intentions, at least, which guided
our decisions; and that there has been no difference of
opinion, on any one subject, between us and the local
committees, which has not, upon personal consultation,
and after open explanation and discussion, vanished and
given way to agreement and identity of purpose.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) (His Royal Highness, after a short
pause, proceeded with evident emotion.) There is but
one alloy to my feelings of satisfaction and pleasure in
seeing you here assembled again; and that is the painful
remembrance that one is missint from amongst us who
felt so warm an interest in our scheme, and took so
active a part in promoting its success; the last act of
whose public life was attending at theßoyal Commis-
sion; the admiration for whose talents and character,
and the gratitude for whose devotion to the Queen,
and private friendship towards myself, I feel a con-
solation in having this public opportunity to express.—
(Sensation and low murmurs of approbation.) Only at
our last meeting we were still admiring his eloquence,
and the earnestness with which he appealed to you to
uphold, by your exertions and personal sacrifices, what
was to him the highest object—the honour of his coun-
try.—(Hear, hear.) He met you the following day, to.
gether with other commissioners, to confer with you
upon the details of our undertaking, and you must have
been struck, as everybody has been who has had the be-
nefit of his advice upon practical points, with the atten-
tion, care, and sagacity with which he treated the mi-
nutest details (Cheers) proving that, to a great
mind nothing is little—(cheers)—from the knowledge
that, in :the moral and Tntellectual, as in the physical
world, the smallest point is only a link in that great
chain, and holds its appointed place in that great whole
which is governed by the Divine wisdom.—(Loud cheers
and applause.) The constitution of Sir Robert Peel's
mind was peculiarly that of a statesman, and of an
English statesman.—(Cheers.) He was liberal from
feeling, but conservative upon principle.—(Continued
cheers.) Whilst his impulse drove him to foster pro-
gress, his sagacious mind and great experience showed
him how easily the whole machinery of a state and of
society is del anged, and how important, but how difficult,
al.°, it is to direct its farther development in accordance
with its fundamental principles, like organic growth in
nature.—(Lured cheers.) It was also peculiar to him
that, in great things, as in small, all the difficulties and
objections occurred to him first. He would anxiously
consider them, pause, and warn against rash resolutions;
but having convinced himself, after long and careful
investigation, that a step was not only right to he taken,
but of the practical mode also of safely taking it, it be-
came to him a necessity and a duty to take it.—(Cheers.)
All his caution and apparent timidity changed into
countge and power of action, and, at the same time,
adiness to mike any personal sacrifice which its exe-
cution might demand.—(Applause.) Gentlemen, if he
has had so great an influence over this country, it was from
the nation recognizing iu his qualities the true type of the
English character, winch is essentially practical. Warmly
attached to his institutions, and revering the bequest
left to him by the industry, wisdom, and piety of his
forefathers, the Englishman attaches little value to any
theoretical scheme.—(Cheers.) It will attract his at-
tention only after having been I r some time placed be-
fore him; it must have been thoroughly investigated and
discussed before he will entertain it. Should it be an
empty theory it will fall to the ground during this time
of probation. Should it survive this trial it will be on
account of the practical qualities contained in it; but its
adoption in the end will entirely depend upon its har- •
monizing with the national feeling, the historic develop-
ment of the country, and the peculiar nature of her in-
stitutions.—(Laud cheers.) It is owing to these national
qualities that this favoured land, whilst constantly pro-
gressing, has still preserved the integrity of her Consti-
tution from the earliest times, and has been protected
from wild schemes, whose chief charm lies in their no-
velty, whilst around us we have seen, unfortunately, whole
nations distracted, and the very fabric of society endan-
gered from the levity with which the result of the ex-
perience of generations, the growth of ages, has been
thrown away to give place to temporarily favourite
ideas.—(Cheers.) Taking this view of the character of
our country, I was pleased when I saw the plan of the
Exhibition of 1851 undergo its ordeal of doubt, discus-
sion, and even uppolition; and I hope that I may now
gather from the energy and earnestness with which its
execution is pursued, that the nation is convinced that
it accords with its interests and the position which Eng.
land has taken in the world.—(lll3 Royal Highness re-
sumed his seat amid a verement burst of applause,
which was repeated again and again with the greatest
fervour.)

The fjord Mayor of Yon=, in giving " The health of
the Archbishop and Clergy," said,—ln an assembly like
the present, comprising no doubt men of different poli-
tical as well as religious creeds, I do not call upon you
to join in the toast I am now about to propcse as bind-
ing your full concurrence in every particle of that sys-
tem cf religion which I firmly believe to be the best
calculated under all circum.tances to promote the
growth and permanency of religion in the country; but
I call upon you to unite in wishing the health of a
body of men who, as a pare, at least, of that gitat
social fabric which has hitherto withstood the
storms and tempests which have convulsed other man-
tries—(Hear, hear)—have on the whole fulfilled the
duties of their several stations most exemplarily and sa-
tisfactorily.—(Hear, hear.) His Grace the Archbishop,
who honours us with his presence, will forgive me saying
that his unwesrying kindness, his unceasing endeavours
to promote peace and goodwill among his pastoral
charge, and his earnest desire to spread far and wide
sound knowledge and education throughout his extended
diocese, demand our warmest acknowledgments.
The Archbishop of YoER rose to return thanks—My
Lord Mayor, my Lords, and Gentlemen, it would be un-
pardonable in me to occupy the time of this important
and brilliant meeting further than, in the name of the
clergy of the diocese of York and in my own name, to
thank you for the kind notice you have been pleased to
take of us. As to the magnificent project connected
with this day's assemblage, I—speaking as an individual
—regard it as likely to promote that peace and har-
mony among ourselves, and that good understanding
among the different nations of the earth, which
it is the bounden duty of clergymen to preach and
to encourage, and I therefore hope that it may
have the greatest success that its illustrious pro-
jector can possibly desire.—(Cheers.) As to my,
brethren in the Church, many of whom I have the hap-
piness to sk e present, I have no doubt that all of those
who occasionally visit the metropolis for purposes of
pleasure or of business year by year will on the ensuing
meeting be found wending their way to the capital, to
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The Lord Mayor of YORK gave " The Army and
Navy,"
sad said—l trust, gentlemen, that thirty years
et
those gallant
who have
men uphold the glorious standard of old
memories s t rt
abbe cifrueiri vi iitcYe shoatv.
England—(Cheers)—which has
Braved a thousand years
prta,mratiovuerpmeaecme
roaftencrt
The battle and the breeze."
—(Renewed cheers.) While we indulge tLe fervent
hope that their active services may not again be speedily
required, yet ever and anon the rumbling of the distant
thunder, and the flashing of the lightning through the
yet far distant cloud, warns us to consider that the tem-
pest, of which a few scattered drops occasionally have