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tie* e tie el, who will shortly put forth an appeal to
Ike '"Ectt ef lerigl,nd at large to aid, according to their
iseien:,
,ihe. requisite preparations for an exhibition in
el , !tie industry and it:e.nutty of their sex is likely
ih h'ecuPe to distinguished a place. The Noble Lord
re;l"e'it on to say, that having dealt with what ho
b el tee filleted and prm tical grounds that could i e
tortit'ght f nes are in aid of those contributions, he would
tine, h uPen one tnore b. fae he concluded his observe-
tele': wltich he would terra the moral grounds. It was
tee Ifil;(licious to exaggerate the (-fleets of mot al causes,.
hew, '''Y must never expect to put an end to the evil
the el,"(1 inclinations of mankind, or finally to lead to
I.44easolution of the war and bloodshed which bad.
flue I" the world, by any other motives and in-
te,:be,es except the highest ; but in the complex
le eirrY ( f this world so much seemed to
lith i
e uenced by secondary causes and subsidiary n-
ei-ticee that, they should always do well to enlist them
that ti}: "ide• The olive-branch is of so precious a growth
or to-eeY should lose no opportunity to drop its seeds,
die te".l:ain its suckers and tendrils.— (Cheers.) Now he
TO take
this uaderiaking was mainly calculated to
peace and harmony of nations.—(Cheers.)
4 thee the very lowest estimate, our good offices would
titrutu'lle exchanged, valuable acquisitions would be
itgce' 4111 triendly intercourse, which might again and
tesitie he re ewd, woe! I be accomplished. Then,
te ',Le, felt that we should bo disposed •
to have
Re 8 increasing dislike to cut off supplies which
tight rid
our own experience, and by our . own
to 04 eee handling, were necessary to contribute
lieth reciprocal comfort, benefit, and enfightenne nt.
tee h°4h.t see hould have a repugnance to engage. in
ocilt, ostilitie hich might prevent us enjoying those
etueiti relations with other races and nations from which.
ditee the hat) application of industry, the glorious
keeietseries , f PeYeience,and the bright emanations of
key_ ,Te(Cheers.) They thought sincerely and hope-
eel ' ifuat if we threw open our doors to the competi-
ell of the world, we should have the spirit to contend,
lea % e °,grace to submit, in this benignant and blood-
obt4aFY.—(Cheers.) He could not better sum up the
wore at'°ne which he had mace than by quoting some
8114 8 which had been written near a century
ospt„ 4 half ago by a poet, who always
Plete?d himself with more point and com-
itex'ande's than any other he knew—he referred to
,11,er 13P ~„..._
(Cheere.)
P. tie the balm shall bleed, and amber flow,
goh6 "el redden, and the ruby glow;
d Pearly shell its lucid orb unfold,
Tee Plicebus warm the ripening ore to gold."
p ' titne
or, ~,, Ivollid come when they would listen to see if
I r; 'ICI as good a prophet as he was a poet :
l'eiir time shall come, when free as seas or wind,
: We-elutided Thames shall flow for all mankind;
eet'reee nations enter with each swelling tide,
Earth,
but join the regions they divide;
41,1 ' distant ends our glories shall behold, _
[Oreat.-4, the new world launch forth to seek the old."
ii"'re tleenheering.) Now (continued the Noble Lord) we
ee'liPie ,„ aPPiness of seeing—l hope we shall have the
keitetrie,,hearing—many representatives of foreign
,7 theijes". Weibicl through them an anticipatory welcome
;Se,ee°lltltryneen and productions; and I must allow
;"Pee" "d with reference to that new world to which
'eke " referred in the passage quoted, that I uniformly
olittle there the utmost kindness and goodwill among all
ibliehtettsr inhabitants; and I rejoice sincerely at the
nation Ste Matter by which my countrymen may contri-
cement the link which unites the two great
. The (Loud cheers.)
't's,otie e'ueernetart then read a list of subscriptions,
-1
-h
"'dell were 2001. b the Duke of Sutherland,
AtTirlto.:eYeyt.hoeeahla4qttu, Marquis of Westminster, and 1001. by the
The Ipt was received with applause.
ke „. aerse A
el t- tee -11 ..MRASSADOR then came forsTardento-
wNaa i second resolution, and was received with
Oh tht: cheering. He could assure them that it was
,wit), greatest pleasure that he proposed the fol-
Fse‘teselution it is the opinion of this
fol-
io theltthst the opportunity given by this exhibition
mote "ill ercourse and peaceful rivalry of various na-
tlhettthe the most effectual step towards the accom-
Wide, --",.0 universal peace throughout the civilized
b.,..ultion li,le remembered with pride, that the first Ex-
Vecieje°'• Industry, though on a less extensive
bii4Rlsstid"' „took place 9 in France—(Loud cheers)—
hS e-','°llowing the example on a much larger scale,
ler_fes tea r°ll the nations of the world to compete with
'ete eel Prize that was offered to all.—(Hear, hear.)
.Octet. -thlud, in his opinion, be no better arena for the
peter „, sn the metropolis of England—(Hear)—and no
eis re'i'leee to erect a building, in which the wonders of
,meit4u would be exhibited. A magnanimous nation
elttl t',o'her shores all nations to give them the re-
illese ''" : their skill.—(Hear, hear.) Such a
elt:e it Zs_ beyond all praise. Half a century
kih'lke see 'Lee of the house of Coburg led a
t 7 all ii" n°ll, a Prince of the same house was
tel..-.tre_eeuld to cultivate peace with the whole
red ~,w.r, hear.) In moving this resolution he
edeel r etthee President of the French Republic, who
seefarettee,e that
a meeting like the present was a meet-
k tilille. Lis" ilio
hand,, Peace.—(Hear, hear.)
tie ulster es' °I LONDON seconded. the. resolution. As
e' ()teen ce religion, he unhesitatingly declared that
iste lit,a which th meeting bad in view would pro-
4111e,'°,1,"gion and' good feeling over the whole
Ct. . t ;h..° B°eiety, in his opinion, was in the strictest
e' et Peace sectety--(Hear, hear)—and would have
kes,e ttre,f_ leading -men-of different nations to cultivate
te:seh ...' °°e'etY.—(Sear, hear.) Ie the olden times,
0 kti"eaB thought of the sacred games that enemies
171'lk leo". Yule during their continuance, how much more
tkote„uhl part' meet as friends when the object was
Ne --Ot With parties
other in the arts of peace, and when
14114411,"41 Object a to bring all the nations of the earth
lllPtee, hol/Vjtocgtewthaesr.—(Hear, hear.)
. He admired the
-11, L the Noble Earl in seconding the first resolu-
lea, be
leilletelat the same time he must confess that he had
st,fset.''Y cut all his ground of argument from. underthe
tbtio or- _ u_e would take the liberty of quoting
cittoeet he Greek poet, which he (the Bishop of London)
lle,s %were strougly upon the enterprise in which they
h%Pett engaged. Speaking of the games of G. reece_,
ositilitielit4id in substance that they tended to extinguish
Cie to eetween men, to renew ancient friendships
''' set 'l4 new ones, and to bring into generous rivalry
tlthdille.,,tition the skill and qualities of those who en 7
, te/j4sero. Whatever k
tended to remove. nationalt
,te and to lessen national animosities, and
the
%It tither the people of different countries in.
et ita e,ernmon object, would bind them insensibly,
tele .tie`e lees effectually, in the bonds of amity and
' ttiee e'neers ) The Right Rev. Prelate concluded
Ali e. 4p ding the. resolution.
litil "'En GRAHAM moved the next resolution,
k'oti:o4,BoB follows --
q."Q:krtie"."4l meeting tenders its loyal gratitude to her
I),,itittiehe'''us Majesty for the support given to the above.
Ltee."krt iW.Y. issuing:a Royal Commission with the Prince
oCstioo its head, and for her Majesty's gracious. con-
ON . In contributing to the funds for defraying the
itil teeh
tsof the exhibition."
114k114.4 the proposed exhibition would give a great
k tiatio° trade and employment, and tend to improve
tert!tett,,teete. He visited the French exposition in
'IOR k4s:l4, and he felt deeply mortified at the corn-
IP tesPeen the exhibition and the state of industrial
II er, kivitlid.
Put let,l'en briefly seconded the resolution, which
4044 A$ e," carried unanimously.
"t% f -6814 N AMBASSADOR moved the next resolu-
op el)ti!nees......
‘.4l`).Rti -:!;is .theearnest hope of this meeting that all
isiztinio.,oons
will
cordially promote .the endeavour of
\(e estkeea„ !irrY out an undertaking in which all na-
Nt 4.4 h \'` interest.,,
kik t,e. -.) Ile felt a confident hope that this would be
'tei'dierldie thought they could not have expected. at
,44tilittt;
1,44 to have an expression of the feelieg of
eee„-gle eet'S on this subject. He believed that a frank
'NV ll a ;:e Peal to the best interests of mankind would
Leett-eteekLo.etitcorresponding response. from the human
, itl n gje„ e cheers.) It was his conviction that this
Vete ''' would c duoe to our own benefit and that
it 44 t.ie oatio uu
He approved of the liberality and
Ilei,ltetY,.?„l,titssp.rinliciple though the preparations for
Nell etk.'n. It was offered to the whole world, but
gyt this was borne by England.—(Cheers..) He
kt'uter„l- ,e,uterprise symbolized the inauguration of
'kstoth'.Leeeea"enal amity and peace.—(Cheers.)
'tetre .11NcE the American Minister, seconded the
tio-tItYll: IP doing so he said he porformed an. agree-
iltsall'ePtie``,„ e had watched this great enterprise from
'NI; thii-", and he would say that the mind that con-
ki, feeeth,,,geeat project, and the individuals who had
i ith'lttitove'eled the preliminary arrangements, deserved
' 1'1444 -.1e(1 his profound admiration.—(Cheers.)
'itf,t " there as the representative of a youthful but
eetl/41014 114tien--(Cheers.) He came there to
-.4 eekPeopleteleee 8 to Prince Albert and the
V'''t for the magnanimous proposal; and
. tie !teecif the
le sh TN
re No d out
people of tne' United States he came
_Nici Ple the hand of good-fellowship to the
1 I,' no- 04 • lie looked upon this exhibition not as
Or' 60,12 to benefit industry and art, but as a great
set` Illil4°ll- All that now was wanted was
heel ace between latlens between nations. Let nations
04114tioseel°, face in a great country like '
i.teeettkee -"ea in arms and famous in lite-
ilth. ou% Pro'ele good would come of it. It was
7te it; l'eseetP°sel, indeed its generosity was as broad
eket(es,°f th-leteelf, and he could promise them the.
ik_ltZr, 11,,,,uoited States would readily respond to it.
ateetee2.,e) Ile did not apprehend that in the arts
ilqlti`Zeorie'e feeple of the United States could teach
ease ."uPert u'ueln but they would come here to learn,
Nes'enteeli toe they would bring with them inventions
te'et '' lee 43
get o that would command universal admi-
71thtleleetla!' nover sanguine of the results of
Oiruee hetue Inn when this great meeting
OW N*l%botd think the world would recognise the
etie core lir am
tvelt trezee of the advantages of commerce, that
n tier°, the mankind.—(Cheers.) It was for the
tleth'tetia of thew
to secure peace, and the securit of
t!tetee.er to "le world now depended on their meeting.
nil he PerPetstate 't (Cheers) He closed his
vt-ei Or the United
hist .—thanks, on the part of the
'e ntee . nited States, for the proposal of this
t seee n natio
eteeenee eat exhibeion of industry.—(Cheers.) kit .10 le ItitAN int •
uk to ere ,i,, 'mated, that for the convenience of
te of , teo ae time was never his own, but always
h tortittl er‘uulles the next resolution would be taken
eelhet"4°l4l
gertotithis i1,1:(4e,31,,,i1l moving the following
.resolution. :
Ik. lty shat; tg views with great satisfaction the
hil elkt.e'el?Y c will be given for the promotion of
„et,' 4%1014 °ellearison of the merits of those inven-
°le :.'bt ee,„2B hoped will be found in the exhibition of
'rev ereeeeteet toad,
pki . lit an..„.e. uressa few words to the meeting upon
.shone le eeeiel°,lous occasion. In the first place, he
il,:u4 bleb he not to them so much as to those
d been under the painful necessity
(fie ttlle R t°
sti he based,, for having made e,n exception to
14t., .YeEirp. ..,! laid down for himself, for the last
144., ?r._ refusing to attend a public meeting.—
i Ate resettle of this exception was this,
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not merely the importance of the occasion which
called them together, but he had happened ri-
peatedly to express an apprehension amounting to a
claim on the Fart of his worthy fellow•countrynn n that
this exhibition of industry of sill nations might. perad-
venture, prove less beneficial to them than he would
have hoped it would prove. The ground of his appre-
hension was this—it was not material now to state it
because to be forewarned, as the proverb said, was to I e
forearmed, and the ground of it might be removed. It
arose not from any narrow-minded selfishness, any
exclusive national feeling, but from a real feel-
ing. that the interest in the preference for
which he was bound to give to the industry of his own
countrymen, without excluding the competition of others.
—(Hear, hear.) He did feel this apprehensior, that we
might appear to be defeated in the contest, in the honest
contest and rivalry with our r eighbours, when in
reality we had not sustained any defeat at all.—(Hear.)
He thought that the public exhibition, addressing Welt'
only to the sense of sight, would tend naturally to prevent
our great fundamental substantial merits from
being seen as well as felt, and if these
merits consisted as they did, not in outward, gaudy
show, but in the wearable, durable nature of the pro-
duce of our home industry, he had season to appre-
hend that we should appear to be worsted by those who
judged only from outward show.—(Cheers.) Now that
was his only ground for being apprehensive of a bad
result from the present great movement, to use an or-
dinary expression of the day.—(ll( ar, hear.) He
wished ho could approve of sill movements as
well as he did of this ; and since he had
been led to believe that his apprehension was ill-
founded—whether it was ho would not decide now, but
would wait till the year 1851—he gave it his most
hearty support.—(Hear, hear.) He could not suf-
ficiently express his delight at eteing surrounded by the
representatives of Foreign Powers, because though it
was the primary object of this movement, so to
speak, to promote industry and increasing skill
by competition, there was yet a secondary
object, of primary importance in itself, which
was to increase that material good understanding and
enlightened friendly feeling between this country and
all the other nations of the world. (Cheers.) As
had been observed by his Honourable Friend the re-
presentative of our kinsmen of the United States, and
who never could have been our enemies but for the im-
policy of our rulers of one period of our history, and
perhaps he might add, the impolicy of their rulers
at another period, the people of America
would come here to take a leaf out of our
book, which we could not consent to give them saving
upon the true spirit of trade, without taking in return,
lie hoped, a leaf out of theirs.—(Cheers and laughter.)
They have one practical illustration of our power to
manufacture in the right way—they would see the manu-
facture called British freedom, that is enjoyed in this
country—(Cheers)—they would see a constitution
working amid the storms of faction unmoved—(Cheers)
—they would see a constitution which defies all at-
tack from without and within.—(Loud cheers.)
They would see what he hoped he should not have the
trouble of showing them; and if occasion arose for it,
he would show them the noble spectacle of the 10th
of April, 1848—(Loud cheering)—when no doubt pre-
parations were made to prevent the possibility
of the Queen's peace being broken, but when
they found that those preparations were absolutely
superfluous fur the Queen's peace, which was never in
better keeping than in the hands of the Queen's
people—(Cheers)--and when that most miserable and
despicable attempt was made to commit an infraction of
the peace.—(Cheers, and cries of "No," and "Ques-
tion.") It was to be laughed at from one end of the
island to the other—(Hisses and cheers)—and if any-
thing could have matte it more despicable in itself, and
make them more proud of it, it would
have been the miserable contrast—the unhappy
contrast, he grieved to say, which the proceedings of a
neighbouring nation a few weeks before had offered, and
of which that nation now most heartily repented.—
(Loud cheers and hisses.) And if there was
one thing to which he attached more importance than
another it was the fact that a foreigner, come from what
quarter of the globe he might, and though he might
have been a slave before, as soon as he touched the Bri-
tish soil, his fetters fell off, and he became a
free man. He was asked to more the reso-
lution which he thought embodied a most important
expectation—the expectation of 1851—that the interests
of science would benefit incalculably by an exhibition
of the inventions of various countries, which he hoped
and trusted would not be without their salutary
effect in quickening the inventive faculties of
our artists. He spoke' from practical experience
when he said that we had much to learn from the inven-
tive powers and admirable workmanship in scientific
matters of foreign art zaps. He could speak with
most grateful recollections of the practical benefits'which
he had derived, in his late scientific researches, from
the inimitable inventions of Frenchmen. It was
therefore with peculiar satisfaction that he discharged
this debt of gratitude to them by moving the resolution
which had been entrusted to him. He ought not to
have trespassed so long upon their time, but he could not
do otherwise when he was called upon to speak. He had
been called froth his judicial• labours in the House of
Lords, and he hoped his retiring immediately to re-
sume them would be taken as a sufficient apology, and
that his withdrawing would not be reckoned inconsistent
with those warm feelings of interest with which he re-
garded the present movement.—(Cheers.)
The BELGIAN AMBASSADOR seconded the resolution,
and in doing so said he was particularly struck with the
contrast which the position of inventors of the present
(lay presented to that of inventors in former periods of
the world's history. It had teen the custom formerly
to conceal under the veil of mystery the most
useful and meritorious discoveries, but now neither the
gaze of the multitude nor the calm and impartial eye of
the scientific man was dreaded, and the consequence was
that mankind throughout the world had been greatly
benefited. In seconding this resolution he considered
he was only paying that debt of gratitude to the illus-
trious Prince the Consort of the Queen of England
which was his due, and whose conduct had endeared him
to every one.
The resolution was then put by the Chairman, and
declared to be carried unanimously.
The Bishop of OXFORD moved the following resolu-
tion :—" That this meeting is of opinion that all con-
sumers, especially the working classes, will be mate-
rially benefited by such an exhibition as that of
1851, from the tendency it will have to bring
into general use the best productions." He
believed that manufactures increased the be-
nefits of the lower classes, and he must deprecate
any attempt at saying that to support an institution like
the present was against Christianity. He considered
that in supporting such an institution they were doing
all they could to uphold Christianity. Nothing could
be more noble than industry and work
it was better to work than to talk. In
supporting the industry of all, they were performing
one of the greatest attributes of Christianity; ho there-
fore felt that be was pursuing his proper vocation in
advocating the great work, by which the attention of all
would be called to the dignity of labour.—(Hear, bear.)
He saw other advantages connected with this object.
That long struggle between skill and capital, which was
not of a pleasant kind, would be softened in its asperities
by the proposed exhibition. It would bring together
the great capitalist and the small, and the skilled pro-
ducer, who worked together in producing great fabrics,
works of art, and the necessaries of life. He wanted the
poor artizan to give his shilling to this exhibition, in
order that he might feel that he was one of the inviters
to this great international feast.—(Cheery.) He depre-
cated the wealthy being alone asked to contribute to the
exhibition. Ile looked upon this enterprise las tending
to regain for a man his hereditary dominion
over nature.—(Cheers.) What was the whole
work they were engaged in, but to do in their sphere
of hard labour what the Almighty did whets he sum-
moned from the chaos of nature its sun, its flowers, its
order, and its beauty.—(Cheers.)
Lord AS LEY seconded the resolution. If the ten-
dency of this exhibition would be to establish a principle
of reciprocity he could have no doubt of the groat
benefit that would arise from it to the working-
classes, not of this country alone, but of the whole civil-
ised world, in the more easy interchange of their indus-
trial products, which it would offer up for the future.
H. hoped this exhibition would be the commencement of
a new order of things, and a general combination of all
mankind to magnify the Almighty in the exposition of
his works.—(Cheers.)
Mr. LESLIE moved the next resolution as follows:
" That this meeting is of opinion that the funds re-
quisite for carrying out the exhibition should be pro•
vided by the voluntary liberality of all classes of the
community, and not from the public revenue ; and that
this meeting engages to use its strenuous exertions to
promote the success of the exhibition by every means in
its power, and that for this purpose a committee be now
formed to aid in the collection of subscriptions, and to
afford any other assistance the Commissioners appointed
by her Majesty may require."
As an instance of the benefit that might result from the
proposed exhibition to the British working men, he
mentioned that almost all the men who exhibited their
productions at the Exposition of Works of Industry and
Art in France in 1797 had subsequently earned a Euro-
pean fame. The exhibition of 1851, rightly understood and
appreciated, might be attended with similar advantages
and renown to the English working men.
Lord CANNING seconded the, resolution, They were
obliged to acknowledge that France bad been be-
fore them in this movement, but it should be remem-
bered that while the French exhibitions bad been sup-
ported by Government funds, and confined to produc-
tions of French industry, the exhibition of
1851 would be open to all the world, and
supported by the voluntary contributions of the
people.. (Cheers.) Ile need not remind them
that Queen Elizabeth was the first person who ever wore
a pair of silk stockings, and that she wore the first
manufactured pair till they could be worn no
longer ; and yet, at the present day, scarcely
a lady was without many pairs manufactured at
Nottingham—or that Pepys, a secretary of the Admi-
ralty, in his time bad related the pleasure with

which ho received his first cloth coat, while no
man in the present day was without a uselul
garment of that sort ; or that that useful ar-
ticle, the umbrella, which has saved many a man a
hat, or a bad cold—to convince them, that an exhibi-
tion, which most have the effect of still further improv-
ing the necessaries and luxuries of life, could not fail to
be of the utmost advantage to every member of the
community.—(Cheers.)
On the motion of Dr. LANCASTER, seconded by Mr.
FREEMAN, a committee of noblemen and gentlemen
were appointed to carry out the objects already stated.
On the motion of Mr. GRACE, seconded by Mr. BYNG,
it was unanimously resolved—
" That the High Bailiff of Westminster, I. K. Brunel,
Esq., and Mr. D. Colnaghi, be requested to act as Trea-
surers, and, ahem defraying the expense"! 'sanctioned by

the committee, to ply the balaneo of th, money re-
ceived to the ireksurers appointed by the Royal Com-
mission."
Thanks were then voted to the High Bailiff, who
briefly acknowle:lged the compliment, and the meeting
broke up.