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lit
tl ittiteao
Ntoti; who will shortly put forth an appeal to
:tithe gland at large to aid, according to their
trohe !requisite preparations for an exhibition in
terete. ictleary
arid ingenuity of their sex is likely
• ;ere); to eistiegniehed A place. The Noble Lord
cl;1 lo say, that having dealt with what he
0114 itleiful and practical grounds that could he
ti -V • -
apes
ard in aid of taoee contributions, he would
vt, Neil, more hi fore he concluded his observe-
attittjedaiu,r would term the moral grounds. It was
h 14y to exaggerate the e&cts of moral causes,
thael°,,koeits_tencr.er expect to put an end to ttle evilto
ra aqq,lcunations of mankind, or finally to tend
nuNd. ti,q(lll of the war and bloodshed which bad
In NI except"world, by any other motives and in-
n. the highest ; but in the complex
o
this world so much seemed
.0,0111,4,tat
the secondary Sne,colld,ary causes subsidiary in-
'smote. J a 110144,1 always do to enlist them
ti,eY tho a °live-breech is of so precious a growth
did ea• cid lose no opportunity to drop its seeds,
gt,, es aunt . , e Now he
Drot't that ~eeers and ten•i nc e itaittih .eis utdertaking was mainly calculated to
re4'ttli'vpaace and hat-mono of nations.—(Cheers.)
441 I; 'al' lowest ieoimate, our good offices would
3n ed, valeahle acquisitions would be
sett 4 rl-11,iiy interceurse which might again and
Re att fr;'.ewel, would i;e accompliehed. Thee,
te,as, that we should be disposed to have
hi bilr b lug dislike to cut off supplies which
tyt y our
re h own experience, and by our . own
4nalire, were necessary to contribute
4srithie,,,°eal comfort, ben, fir, and enlightenment.
1,4414; "e ShOlibi have a repugnance to engage in
ioott;'es which might prevent us enjoying those
debTtlit has with other races and natiens from which
fatiN af,PPY a
pplication of industry, the glorious
feuillZ(ell'eeseiet'eQ, and the bright emanations of
etej'etittra--) They thought sincerely and hope-
tof, w"e threw open our doors to the compet'-
iVgar arid, we should have the spirit to contend,
0b01iy.,...a to submit, in this benignant and blood-
wePttioa, (Cheers.) He could not better sum up the
whiollvilieh he had made than by quoting some
;16)itte44 half as been written near a century
by a poet, who alvi ays
41414 thhittlsalf "With more point and core-
"itit4P4oll an other he knew—he referred to
ill'as
thPeie--(Cheers.)
Tt4stital aultn shall bleed, and amber flow,
retie!
rail en, and the ruby glow;
Yat,44hotY shell its lucid orb unfold,
e ~0711 a wdc arm the ripening ore to gold.'
when they would listen to see if
ha ti good a prophet as he was a poet:—.
loterlic shall
\th etl Come, when free as seas or. wind,
aq Thames shall flow for all mankind;
atita4slell' enter with each swelling tide,
„ Lii'sdislitioin the regions they divide;
\Nth Ant ends ourglories shall behold,
bgt4lster•tiew world forth to seek the old."
:41eittt,1„11;gi) Now (continued the Noble Lord) we
.;44'14U14 tee
of seeing—I hope we shall have the
'0 a tee he
eel e—inany representr.etives of foreign
throueh them an anticipatory welcome
tiis to ttYrne 61
f 4-41,o• rt and productions; end I must allow
ajiltittrfa,"Ph reference to that new world to which
itit't:,4.tl).,-e'llitirl the passage quoted, that. I uniformly
ha^,!st' eth e.clost kindness and goodwill among all
4%. leett.,!uitants; and I rejoice sincerely at the
'erN etoo-,,,t by which my countrymen may contri-
INqi(N4". the link which unites the two great
4,4414,4 cheers.)
41:',4, ;42t then read a list of subscriptions,
tif;4lsetu're 200/ by the Duke of Sutherland,
tcPlia a Westminster, and 1001. by the
t0ye4411,1 R.
c.
4\likietl4,aetred with applause.
RAA ateo„),-.3II3ABBADOIL then came forward
nto.
lt,Vtho 4 resolution, and was received with e
ifing• lie could assure them that it was
f;ty"sieu-taist Pleasure that he proposed the fel-
tkprittittet b°llll :°--" That it is the opinion of. .t.his
Nit I, Nur,
a opportunity given by this exhibitiosu.
eotott, eth 'e and peaceful rivalry of various n.
et the
eeectuel step towards the ac.cned
;;°ltili :11:11tergsl peace throughout the
etia4t at'llterabered with pride, that the first 14x-
NNI tomict.tilliitl, though on a less extensiveh)—
ilibiltolftillool place in France—(Loud c ecrs
I`l;ka,eth`ng the example on a much larger scale,
totttOrl tations of the world to compete with
t„"ttei'lt!ild ilze that was eff,red all.—Hear, hear.)
tletp.ilittithtthis opinion, be no better arena for the
1.4;4,14'1'114 toeesl744°.Pelis'of England—(Hear)—andno
ttelt to rte d'ach t a building, in which the wonders. of
of 4,11, ue exhibited.' A magnanimous nation
aßOst their '3r es all nations to give them the re-
Vtut ttts -1;1' skill.--((Isar, (ueee, hear.) Suck a
ti4i ,"Y°lild all prake. Half a century
e,,ot't the house- of Coburg led a
u Prince of the same house was
sole`oe:- T. to cultivate peace with the whole
eel% Pr.) In moving this resolution he
.'l'L'ltt4.l4:l Carehldent of the French Republic, who
‘tell4 and' plashes like the present was a meet-
th lihho Peace
Ktvit,Pef to, (Hear,'s
r "bider seconded the resolution. As
Nteieiniteetleath he unhesitatingly declared that
letke ue meeting had in view would ro-
-141-VII011(1 good feeling over the whole
ekbtltetNe 'elety, in his opinion, was in the strictest
44tiet'fits4e()•eietY—(1.1ear, hear)—and would . have
N.tlt-rsso„-:111g men of different eations to cultivate
titletY.—(Hear, hear.) In the olden times:
tet'Nittell (right of the sacred games that enemies
Nett,,,9tieg their continuance, how much more
'll fit.e`iaa Meet as friends when the object was
i„lllC,c'llta-;Ileh other in the arts of peace, and when
Witt to bring all the nations of the earth
NettiosN➢ °ec,ther.—(liele, hear.) He admired the
V~tel Earl in seconding the first resolud-
Stlitti Bli„The time he must confess that ho had
s*Jh.'tf tie 41' his ground of arument from under
I I WOUld liberty of quoting the
„Itot reu take the
I\ll4 etasoet, which he (the Bishop of
.London)
'4'11;:4t5,,.._,.g1Y upon the enterprise in which they
ktilksktlieui Speaking of the games of G. ree.ce,
ttl'Allke; 4ubstauce that they tended to extinguish
tti,,to4eco rues to renew ancient friendships
7itriiiisv °nes, and to bring into generous rivalry
pees em, the skill and qualities cf those who
ar.q to tended to remove. national.en
t'lltkrfttlit thto lessen national animosities, ana to
itel;:eotul'"tae People cf different. countries in the
°ri object, would bind them insensibly,
SediSser3 \efectually, in the bonds el amity and
the The Right Rev. Prelate concluded
ee
Yit Itte f k'II4IIABI moved the next resolution,
It (Illows:
I'tit°ll.tte_!ing tenders its loyal gratitude to her
It:4\Yo-'Nety for the support liven to
the Prince.
•Itti actuee
1N5t44 head,'
a royal Commission with the Eel
01_ 15.4 cou,_and for her Majesty's gracious cote-
,Lr,lte. tiding to the funds fur defraying tne
'bition: '
01j.t°Posed exhibition would give a great
'tld employment,and tend to improve
1101.11.144434-1,',„ visited the French exposition in
”1!1/ve'se",", he felt deeply mortified at the cona-
lYseltee `4e exhibition and too state of industrial
tikttttLe 'h
i 4l'llYseconded the resolution, which
ht„ cerrie, _
t hti late
unanimously.
ONeit:reste,4lßlllasse.mort moved the next resells-
le tikeitt th
a,'lO,lto4acs It,lllearnest hope of this 'meeting thataolfl
ttq °!thr ,; cordially promote ohe endeavour
ttiOtteitlet;'„_ out au undertaking in which all na-
, /1. est."
t!,lq felt a confident hope that this would be
o;4Ate aught they could not have expected atf
14, tic to to haee
,4,r an expression of the feeling \eqtt' `l--, "-its subject. He believed that a frank
tiek„ the hest interests of mankind would
ib•l4.s.ttla4°,4l,.(l4`ere,nding response froin the humen
wo,b, -) It was his conviction that this
title conduce to our own benefit stud that
fhGtt~oYeaf itasc,ll.e approved of the liberality and
Welsh aeciple, though the preparations for
" it 4 was offered to the whole world, butH
ts(tlll,l4el''ivitil borne b England.—(Cheers.) f
Nltte7"l:itieeturrisr, symbol zeds the inauguration o
41001, 'ltteo, amity and peace.—(Cheers.)
tetk,,nt3. -rit, the American Minister, seconded the
tet4-`4titi 11:1;aalcg so he said he performed an agree-
i,iiYal'it ae4,l", watched this great enterprise from '
tabll,i_treu-74 tie would say that the mind that con 7
OPD:ti;'tte4"o,lsl.oject, and the individuals who had
'to Preliminary arrangements, deserve
4"tst 'tlitiouis profound admiration.—(Cheers.)
titt,lll.4t liatio-„' us the representative of a youthful but
‘l,tge tlol--(Cheers.) He came there to
to to of for to Prince Albert and the
ah tlst the the magnanimous proposal;sbe and
t•tt(ltitNipil 04,PIt'ople of me United State cameyet it °.
If the hand of good-fellowship to the
`e °ot lei to h looked upon this exhibition not as
y;4,4 hetitionellefit industry and art, but as a great
'th, ;4e Ctileeti All that now was wanted was
'Apt;, err to between nations. Let nations
t‘tqltedwhezi ''.ace in a great country liket
ttit:ls%,kitiell 1° arms and famous iu
/i'or`rtePos "Ipd wouli come of it. It was
d
flct, (atthe iteui,. indeed its generosity was as broad
~tol,ll' 11 and ho could promise them the
‘tl4. :tit•\ --tteed States would readily respond to it.
cl); thd„ete did not apprehend that in the arts
t;`4l teoPle of the United States could teach
vete-tad etteh,
eitut. too othuut they would come hero to learn,
h ita 'Y would bring with them inventions.
I'o CIA, e would command universal admie %AN thee eot Over • of the results of
it„ sanguine
toNtil lab ac ett thinkmeetingbt the world would recognise the
~11t.; Of IP --"4 the advantages of commerce, that
4+1." trorlllojitld•—(Cheers.) lt was for the
)t,t4'tr tcll,e, w 'el secure peace, and the s.ecurity. of
w!lo by l'etP orld now depended on their meeting
kt,4ii4tite thrtkerileti tipe4Llll44tehii:._
((.hoer:.) He closed his
thank. on the part of the
.States, for the proposal cf this
tan Zalhition industry.—(Cheers.)
i'tthe vilt
ti ated, that for the convenience of
I,eapitt
‘)e te, was never his cia n, but always
t.thititt_ttier, , the next resolution would be taken
P.14.t the,%44._
titt,ltalitls ei,lll Moving the following resolution :
obtteillY thut ung views with great satisfaction the
ea ,Y Will ie coma be • gdvenfur the promotion of
lae, is hulled
will
the merits of those luven-
,, hc, toted to
_K be found in the exhibition of
t uu sQare:s% few words to the meeting upon
'te`,Sts4 oecaeion. not t In the first place, he
them so mudii us to those
under the painful necessity
V 38, ela ha-ire,, made an exception to
!,,,.v tor himself, for the last
1r)
.11;‘,`"nleing to attend a public meeting.—
rem On. of this exception ing this,

THE

not merely the importance of the occasion which
called them together, but he had happened re-
peatedly to express an apprehension amounting to a
claim ou the part of his worthy fellow-countrymen thet
this exhibition of industry of all 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 l e
forearmed, and the ground of it might be removed. It
arose not from any harrow-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 apprehension, that we
might appear to be defeated in the contest, in the honest
contest and rivalry with our neighbours, when in
reality we had not sustained any defeat at all.—(Lfear.)
He thought that the public exhibition, addressing itt elf
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 reason to appre-
hend that we should appear to be worsted by those who
judged only from outward show.—(Chcere.) Now that
was his only ground for being apprehensive of is bad
result from the present great movement, to use an or-
dinary expression of the day.— (He ar, hear.) Ile
wished he could approve of all movements es
well as he did of this ; and since he had
been led to believe that his apprehension was
founded—whether it was he would not decide now, but
would wait till thu year 1851—he gave it his most
hearty support.—(Hear, hear.) He could not suf-
ficiently express his delight at being 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 nat ions of the world. (Cheers.) As
had been observed by his Honourable Friend the re-
presentative of of tr kinsmen of the United States, and
who never could have been our enemies but fur the im-
policy of our rulers of one period of our history, and
perhaps he might add, the impolicy of their rulers
at another tesriod, the people of America
would come heee 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,
he hoped, a leaf out, of theirs.—(Cheers and laughter.)
They have one practical illustration of our power to
manufacture in the I ight way—they would see the manu-
facture called Briti sh freedom, that is enjoyed in this
country—(Cheers)--they would see a constitution
working amid the s terms of faction unmoved—(Cheers)
—they would see or. constitution which defies all at-
tack from without and within.—(Loud cheers.)
They would see wh at he hoped he should not have the
trouble of showing them; and if occasion arose for it,
he would show the m the noble spectacle of the 10th
of April, 1848—(J:solid cheering)—when no doubt pre-
parations were made to prevent the possibility
ef the Queen's peace being broken, but when
they found that those preparations were absolutely
superfluous for th a Queen's peace, which was never in
better keeping t ban 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.—(Chee rs, 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 made it more despicable in itself, and
make them more proud of it, it would
have been the miserable contrast—the unhappy
contrast, he grieve d 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 :act that a foreigner, come from what
quarter of the gio' re he might, and though he might
have been a slave before, as soon as he touched the Bri-
tish soil, his feteees fell off, and he became a
free man. He was asked to move the reso-
lution which he thought embodied a most important
expectation—the exp ectation of 1851—that the interests
of science would ber•efit incalculably by au exhibition
if the inventions of various countries, which he hoped
and trusted would not be without their salutary
effect in quicken inn the inventive faculties of
our artiste. He ,spoke, from practical experience
when he said that wt • had much to learn from the inven-
tive powers and ad: nirable workmanship in scientific
matters of foreign art'zins. Ho could speak with
most grateful recollections of the practical benefits which
he had derived, in :his late scientific researches, from
the inimitable ineentions of Frenchmen. It was
therefore with peculiar satisfaction that he discharged
this debt of gratitude to them by moving the resolution
which had been enneuated to him. He ought not to
have trespassed so gong upon their time, but he could not
do otherwise when he was called upon to speak. Ile had
been called from his judicial labours in the House of
Lords, and he hc,ped his retiring immediately to re-
sume them would lee taken as a sufficient apology, and
that his withdrawing would not be reckoned inconsistent
with those warm feel cgs of interest with which he re-
garded the present movement.—(Cheers.)
The BELGIAN AMBASSADOR seconded the resolution,
and in doing so saiel he was particularly struck with the
contrast which the: position of inventors of the present
day presented to that of inventors in former periods of
the world's history. It had been 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 dell 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 Chairmen, and
declared to be carried unanimously.
the Bishop of OZFoRD moved the following resolu-
tion :—" That this meeting is of opinion that all con-
sumers, e specially the working classes, will be mate-
rially "'Audited by such an exhibition as that of
1851, from the tendency it will have to bring
, into general use the best productions." He
beldeved that manufactures increased the be-
nefits of the lower classes, and he must deprecate
any attempt at saying that to support an institution like
tb.a present was against Christianity. He considered
that in supporting such an institution they were doing
, ail 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; he there-
fore felt that he 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, hear.)
He saw other advantages connected with this object.
That long struggle between skill and capital, which was
not of a pleasant kind, would bo 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 urtizan 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.—(Cheers.) He depre-
cated the wealthy being alone asked to contribute to the
exhibition. lie looked upon this enterprise has 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 whea he sum-
moned from the chaos of nature its sun, its flowers, its
order, and its beauty.—(Cheers.)
Lord ASHLEY 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 great
benefit that would arise from it to the working-
classes, not of this country alone, but of she whole civil-
ized world, in the more easy interchange of their indus-
trial products, which it would offer up for the future.
lle 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. LEVLIZ 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 Franco in 1797 had subsequently earned a Euro•
peen 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 acienowledge that France had been be-
fore them in this movement, but it should be remem-
bered that while the French exhibitions had 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.) He need not remind them
that Queen Elizabeth was the first person who ever wore
a pair of silk stockings, and that the 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 had related the pleasure with
which he 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 must have the effect of still further improv-
ing the necessaries arid luxuries of life, could not fail to
be of the utmost advautage to every member of the
community.—(Cheers.)
On the motion of Dr. LANCASTER, seconded by Mr.
FREEMAN, a committee cf noblemen and gentlemen
were appointee to carry out the objects already stated.
On the motion of Mr. GRACE, seconded by Mr. BYNc,
it was unanimously resolved—
.' st, Virctrniii.,t-cr, K. Prunei,
y.
Esq., o.ad 31r. ie Cureegtii, be requested to act us Trea-
surers, and, after defraying the expenses sanctioned by