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office Directory" is an exception. Although if is impossiMe to give
a conscientious opinion of the details of a work conta ning upwar,,s
of two thousand pages from a hasty examination of them, yet we
have no reason to suppose that errors such as those we pointed out
hi' a former volume exists in Ills. As a cursory test we took up the
names of some individuals who hays bee's affected by very recent
changes, and find that these changes are duly notif.cd. As regards
price, this book is perhaps the cheapest thirty shillings' worth ever
issued from the press.

GLOBE, NovEmnna 23, 1349.
Tha fifty-first edition, that for 1850, of this long-established and
useful publication, has just been pahl,hed, and falls in no way
behind its predecessors either. In its typography, accuracy. or ar-
rangements. The volume before us contains no less than 2,088
pages, being an increase, since 1841, of 233 pales; and, notwith-
standing the increased size, the price remains the same, viz.,
30s. The present volume brings down to the ]::test date all 'Min-
=Wit respecting the residences, &c., of the Members of the Legis-
lature and the Government, of the nobility and gentry, and of the
members of the various professions and trades carried on in the me-
tropolis. A work of such accuracy and general utility is an in-
dispensable requisite in the taunting-hou.ie and shop of every
trader, and in the .ofiti:e of every professional man. As in the
previous volumes, the contents are carefully arranged under the
•ollowing heads .—" The Official," " the Street," "the Commercial,"
" the Trades," " the Law," " the Court," " the Parliamentary,"
" the Postal," " the City," " the Conveyance," " the Banking,"
and " the Aisuranee Directories ;" and by the aid of a copious Index
which is prefixed, any information which may be required can be
got without trouble or loss of time.

SHIPPING GAZETTE, DECEMBER 14, 1849.
The persevcrance amJ enterprise a Messrs. Kelly and Co. have
agsin been manifested in tkc publication of the " Post-office

tory," which comes forth at the appointed time with, if possible,
iacreased claims 'upon the patronage of thom whom it concerns.
The energy which has beat shown, for half a century past, spon
the production of tilts gigantic volume, has e,tablishe.l such a cons-
Vete system of machinery as to ensure a degree of accuracy in the
periodical correction of the several branches of information which
it is its province to supply, that a few years ago would have been
thought impossible. But there is no mistake in the matter. The
Directory of Messrs. Kelly is a masterpiece of unwearied industry,
and the only book of a professedly useful and practical character
that the merchants and traders of the city of London can NOT do
without. It presents at one view an immense compendium of facts,
arranged with such admirable precision and method as to be surely
and immediately available. The book is divided into a circle' of
Directories, each having a 'specific headnamely, of Government
Officials, Btreets, Merchants and Tradespeople, Trades, Lawyers;
Placemen, Peers and Members of Parliament, Post-office and Civic
Functionaries, Conveyances, Fanking-houses, and Assn-ranee-0 ;ms.
The plan thus adopted is replete with advantages, for, if you Intve
forgotten the name of any individual whose residence you desire to
know, you find him under his occupation; the latter branch of
analysis giving also a comprehensive tableau 'of the number of
parsons engaged in each of the multitudinous avocations carried on
within the boundaries of the metropolis. The reputation which the
" Post-office Directory" enjoys has not beat gained without
warrant. It has proved itself to be immeasurably superior to all
other attempts which have from time to trine been made to super-
sede it ; and it may now be fairly viewed as a book of reference
beyond the',-remotest possibility •f rivalry. That it will maintain
this position there can be no doubt, for every, year corroborates the
public faith in its truth, and witnesses the continuance of that close
and critical supervision, without which its credit and its value
would greatly diminish.

WEEKLY DI3PATCIL NOVEMBER 25, 1849.

he fifty-first annual publicatioU of this most useful commercial

work is now before us

The praise we accorded to former edition.

may be imported into this notice without the slightest fear of being
charged with exaggeraton. Everything connected with the volume
is marked with unflagging energy, and a desire to send it forth to

the public in the most Perfect--and useful form. The principal
matter is comprised under eleven heads, namely :—An " Official DI-
; ectory ;" a " Street Directory ; " a " Trades Directory ;" a "Law
Directory ;" a " Commercial .DirecLary ;" a " Court Directory ;" a
" Parliamentary. Directory;" a " Postal Directory ;" a " City Di-
rectory ;" a " Conveyance Directory ;" and a Banking Directory ;"
The " Official Directory" contains an alphabetical list of persons
h Iding situations in the East India House, Bank of England, the
various Law, City, and all other public offices ; list of her Ma-
e Sty's Privy Council, the chief officers of State, and of her Majesty's
Household, tee. The " Street Directory" contains the names and
residences of private individuals and persons as;ociated with trade
and the professions. The " Commercial Directory and Professional
Directory" contains • an alphabetical list of all persons engaged in
business, with an elaborate index, which enables any one, at a
glance, to refer to any description of persons, whether brokers, bul-
lion merchants, artists, agents, or manufacturers. " The Law 1)i-
-rectory" points to the naa.es of all persons who hold offices in the
Court of Chancery, the Court of Queen's Bench, the Common Plea',
the Court of Exchequer, the Courts of Bankruptcy, the Court for
the Belief of Insolvent Debtors, and the nature of those offices ;
there is, besides, a complete list of attorneys, and their residences.

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" The Couft Directory' enumerates the names of ladies and gentle-
men 'unconnected with any trade or profession. "The Parlia-
mentary Directory" contains a list of the House of Peers, arranged
according to their orders of precedence, with their names and
residences ; and an alphabetical list of the Members of the House
of Commons, with the counties and boroutlu they represent,
end Their London residences and country seats. " The
Postal Directory" conveys every information relative to the rates of
postage, the limitation of weight of letters, and their size, Szz.;
the names of all post-towns, and also of the resident post-masters.
The " City Directory" contains the names of the Aldermen and
Common-Councilmen, the harbour-masters, market-collectors, a
list of sworn brokers, a complete list of London and provincial
newspapers, town and country newspaper agents, &c. The " Con-
veyance Directory" affords every information connected with the
departure and arrival of railway trains ; a list of Inns, wharfs, and
quays, and the places whence waggons, vans, carts, vesse.s, barges,
and boats leave for inland towns and villages. The "Banking Di-
rectory" contains a list of banking establishments throughout the
country, the limit of the circulation of each, their branches, &c.
We have now partially enumerated the counents of this enormous
volume, and are bound to pronounce it an honour to this great
commercial cation, and to the enterprising publishers. There is no
other work in which so much useful information is imparted, not
to the man of bnsiness only, but to the Peer and the peasent, seeing
that whilelevery counting-house desk groans und6i the weight of the
Directory, the latter will find no difficulty In seeking access_to its
pages.

EXAKINF.R, DECEUtER 1, 1849.

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This most useful and admirable book has entered on Its second

half-century. This is its fitly-first publication. But age adds to its
strength and resources, and it was never so elaborate or so accurate
AS now. It comprises, as we have often said, many Directories, and
contains ample information for inquirers of every class. There is no

information wanting in it which such a hook ought to give, or which
dwellers In this great city are likely to require. Its " Official Di-
rectory" gives the name of every pubic cinployis, and all needful
detail as to the public offices. Its " Street Directory" comprises
every class and kind of London resident—an attempt never before

in.ide in such a compilation. Under its " Commercial and Trades'
Directories" are arranged, in all classes, all who pursue the two
thousand various business-occupations with which London is so
grievously overstocked. The "Cunt and Law Directories," and
those of "Banking and Assurance," have the like merit in their
several departments. In the " Postal Directory" we have the some-
what complex machinery of St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the countless
offices and duties therewith connected, made clear and easy of com-
prehension. Nor is the "Conveyance Directory" less useful. It is
obvious that without a strict arrangement and classification such
ample and various information as this would be cumbrous and un-
serviceable. But in its order, divisions, and condensation, we have
perhaps the most characteristic features of this extraordinary com-
pilation. The " Street Directsry" is worth consulting with a view

to this. It not only tells you the number of the house you want,
but it indicates its position and whereabouts. Let us add that Mr.
Kelly's information is brought down to the very latest date, corn-
prising even the present Lords Albemarle and Alvanley, and the
last election for Colic.

BRITANNIA, DECEMBER 1, 1849,

Of all the wonders of industry and skill produced by England in

the course of the year it would be difficult to single out any one so
remarkable as this. We should pronounce the effort impossible,
were not its successful accomp'ishment before us. Let any one con-
sider the extent of our metropolis from east to west and from north
to south —let him traverse some of its more crowded districts, and,
passing from broad open lines of thoroughfare, dive down into
winding lams and cross courts, imperfectly known to even the most
diligent seeker of " short cuts"—let him then stretch out into the
sueurbs, and mark the innutnerab e lines of roads branching out in
all direction—let him glance as he goes at the various trades and
occupations which everywhere meet his eye—and then ask himself
what must be the amount of labour required to collect into one book
and range alphabetically the name, the abode, and the occupation of
every holder of every house in this mighty city. And not only so,
but to give, as it were, a chart of every square, street, a'ed alley,
indicating every turning, and describing the character of every
house, and the name and calling of its inhabitant. Further :set,
to collect together every member of every craft in this huge
hive of indostry, and to exhibit them, scattered as they are and
unknown to each other, in a compact form together, so that
any one tradesman, be he a butcher, baker, or candlestick-
maker, may be picked out, without an instant's loss of time,
from the crowd of his fellows. The production of such a work,
so perlect in all its parts, and so minutely accurate, is a
striking proof of our social progress, and, by showing l:ow far the
science of human classification may may be carried when men are
most thickly packed together, seems to indicate a more advanced
stage of social fellowship then we have yet reached. The most ad-
mireble feature in this marvellous work is, that its size on'ty adds to
its clearness and precision, Exhibiting so readily the humbleA
name, whd'e embracing the metropolis, it puts one in mind of the
trunk of on elephant, which can pick up a needle or root up a tree.
One of its peculiarities is. that the whole book seems to have been
compiled only the day befo e it is is sued, so lately is every change
recorded. Even the typographical execution is a wonder of accu-
racy ; and the appearance of the whole work, throughout its two
thousand pages and upwards, is :fair and uniform, reflecting great
credit on the press of the Messrs. Kelly. Success so complete as to
drive every competitor from the field has in no way relaxed the ex-
ertions of the Proprietors to =suit, the puteic co.wertirnce. The
volume expands with the metropolis itself, and notes every change
with the fidelity of truth itself. Every person who has had occation
to consult it must bear testimony to its judicious arrangement and
its inestimable usefulness for Eel the varied aims of London busi-
ness ; and to the great savingerfti me it effects for all purposes of re-
ference. In s word, it is the largest collection of facts in the world,
and the most compete exposition of the life and industry of the me-
tropolis that could possibly be desired.

Jc)IIN BULL, NOVEUBER 21, 1349,

As often as this gigantic volume meets the eye ht its annually
renewed form, the question rises in the mbni, how it is possible to
trace, in the ever-shiftnag stream of London life, each unit of the
ceunticss multitude, and to identify on each individual spot the
beings that house and nestle there. And another question follows
naturally in the train of the former—how is it possible that such an
undertaking can repay the enormous outlay which of necessity it
must occasion, at a price. for the size of the volume, sa exceedingly
mothirate. On the latter point, however, the mural re-appearance
of the volume, in an ever improved and enlarged form, is a sufficient

answer. Patriotic as his laborion,oundertaking proves Mr.-Belly to
be, we apprehend he is too who a man to push his patriotism to the
extreme of making the public a present of ,the volume ; and on the
other hand the pubic is hardly to be supposed so insensible to its
own interest and inconvenience, as not to give the abundant encou-
ragement it deserves to a work so eminently usetul. As for the
accuracy of the information, down to the latest practicable moment,
It se happens that the present year affords several remarkable tests.
Two Noble Lords, the Earl of Albemarle and Lord Alvanley, have
died within the last month, the Cork election has only just been
gazetted, and two Bishops have been created, though neither of
them is as yet consecrated. Nevertheless we find, on turning to the
Peerage, the two noblemen who have recently succeeded, in their
proper places ; Dr. Hind and Dr. 011ivant settled in their sees; and
in the " Parllamentary Directory," Colonel Chatterton, the new
Member for Cork, duly registered.

CIIITRCII OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY REVIEW,
JAVUARY, 1850.

We well remember a gentleman of a somewhat unimaginative
turn, on being appealed to for his opinion of Mr. Dickens's works,
replied that they did not appear to him to contain much general in-
formation. This would hare been the very book for him, for it is

full of general information. We recollect " Kent's Directory," the
first of the family to which this work belongs ; and we also remem-
ber the " Post-office Directory" in its cradle, and a somewhat
weakly and rickety bantling it was. We never thought it would
have attained to the fair proportions of the volume before us, or have
displayed the in teidgence whi :11 we find in its pages. Exclusively of a
" Street," " Commercial," and " Court Directory," it contains all
sorts of information desirable to the merchant and the tradesman;
while the Post-ofilce regulations, in addition to their fulness, have
the crowning recommendation of authenticity. Among the number-
less competitors for public favour at this time, we know none more
valuable to a mercantile man as a " Christmas or New Year's UM.'

CBURCIT AND STATE GAZETTE, DECEMBER 28, 1849.
Here is an annual which has completed its first half century, and
which is almost load enough for a moderately strong man to carry.
From the excellent map of London, at the beginning, to the last
Page—(and there are upwards of two thousand of thein)—thero is
not a word in this gigantic viaanc which a critic can cavil at : his
occimation is gone. In the pages before ns there is no flattery—as
little of foolish argument—and nothing but truth. Nothing but
truth I—and yet it ia.a guide to our national offices—a Directory for
our streets and all who therein dwell—as well as for Trade, Law,
the Court, the Parliament, and the City. In short it is a book th • t
everyLody, at some time or other, stands in need of; and, as we have
said before, it not only tells nothing but truth, hot is the only unin-
spired book of which such a character can be given.

SPECTATOR, AoyEatnAa 24, 1849.
This has no new features of any importance, but its utility and
completeness arc enforced afresh at ea, 11 examination. We say
nothing of direct and obvious uses for reference, because we have
often spoken of them ; but whether far the purpose o
: discovering
the domicile or busines o a r,erson of whom the inquirer has but
slender trace, or for to kill the apparentrespectability of a man by
tracing his whereabo lei several years, or for going direct to your
point in a neighboar d or street to which you are a stranger, this
91, And 114 !Act rguracs. are puriTglecl• For example, Black-

friars-road is some three-quarters of a mile long ; you have to get to
a particular liuuee, but you know not whcroabeuts the number Is—
whether at the Bridge or the Obelisk end, or any intermediate po'nt.
You turn to • he "Street Directory," and rind that No. 137 is next door
to Surrey Chapel, celebrated of yore" as Rowland Bill's. Even if you
have no local knowledge, a simple divlsion of the numbers will tell
you whether the house you seek is towards the EMIS or middle of
the street. Art this is only ona incidental use of the remark ibis
volume.

COURT JOURNAL, DECEMBER, 22, 1549.
Amongst the many Instances of metropolitan industry and skill,
we can point to none more remarkable and useful in its w...y than
the " Post-office London Directory." We have but to draw atten-
tion to the vast extent of this metropolis, with its great mass of
population. embracing all ranks, professions, an 1 trades, and we
may form some notion of the immense labour and energy which
must have been expendel before suck materials could have been got
into such a systematic form as that at one glance we can be made
acquainted with every street, every house, and every individual,
whether amongst the nobility, gentry, merchants, professional men,
traders, and tradesmen, with the private residences and places Of
business of each, within the metropolis and its immediate environs.
This publication is not simply one Directory, hot comprehends an
" Official Directory," a " Street Directory,". " Commercial Direc-
tory," " Trades' Directory," " Law Directory," ." Court Directory,"
" Parliamentary Directory," " Postal Directory," " City Directory,"
"Conveyance. Directory," "Banking Directory," &c. The "Street
Directory" furnishes the names of the residents in each street or
place. The " Commercial Directory" has :all these latter in com-
plete alphabetical order, while the nobility and gentry will be found
in similar arrangements in the "Court Directory." The "Trades'
Directory" exhibits all the members of eack of the two thousnad
trades, classified distinctly—the sub-divisions of etch being suitably
distinguished. The "Law Directory" is devoted to the classifica-
tion of the members of the profession, together with the general
legal matters appropriate to a work of this character; while the
" Parliamentary Directory" furnishes all requisite information
as to Peters and and Members of Parliament, and as to
tl:oir town residences and country seats. The " l'ostal Directory"
gives full instruction on the subject of Money Orders, and of the
transmission Cf letters and newspapers to all parts of the world.
The "Conveyance Directory" is devoted to .the important subject
which its title indica' es, as are the "Banking" and "Assurance
Directories." Such a mass of similar information was never exhi-
bited, until the appearance of this work; and when we look at its
stupendous appearance we are proud to encourage the undertaking
upon national grounds.

BELL'S WEEKLY MESSENGER, DECEMBER 22, 1849.
No book in existence conveys such a vivid and iMpressive idea of
the magnitude, wealth, and almost Infinite occup Aims of the dwellers
in the metropolis of the world, as the volume now before us. and
which has establishe for its compiler a reputation which will last as
long as England shall continue to hold her position among the
nations of-the earth. Without a careful examination of the contents
of this immense volume, it would be impossible to form an thing
like a correet Idea of its value, or of the labour which musT have
been spent in its compi ation. Certainly no merchant er tradesman.
no puilic or private company, ought to be without a copy. Under
its twelve separate Director:es, London and its professions and
trades are so fully and accurately classified, that nothing legitimately
belonging to either of these heads will be looked for in vain. .

ERA, NOVEMBER 25, 1849.
This publication, which is a kind of national annual, has now bsen
more than half-a-century before the public. It contains now no
fewer than 2,091 pages of most weft and appropriate information,
under -the heads of the "Official," the " Street," the " Commer-
cial," the ". Trades," the "Law," the "Court," the "Parliamen-
tary," the "Postal," the "City," the "Conveyance," the " Banking,"
and the " Assurance Directories," &c., &c , in reference to all of
which it gives what thousands, particularly those in business, will
desire to know. '1 he numerous facts here collected ferns an extra-
ordinary mass of valuable Intelligence, and the only wonder is how
so many authentic particulars can be gathered together In one book.
It is only the experience and consequent improvemeuts cf years that
could do so much. Many are the people who must be engaged in
gettng up this printed world of information, notwithstanding the
.system of accumulation which is deubtless observed in preparing
every new volume. What book can tell you so much in reference
to the occupations and domestic relations of people? The mere ad-
dresses ate sufficieut to excite special wonder —look at the-Smiths,
for. instance, or the Browns, and you will marvel that there are so
many of each in the world. It must be borne in mind, however,
that tills extraordinary Directory does not confine itself to people's
whereabouts, nor what companies dor or profess to do. We have all
that is official set forth, and a book of reference for all occasions cm-
tinted with the business of life. The publie now find this Loak in-
dispensable to the various commercial and social purposes to which
it is devoted.

MINING JOURNAL, Nor teas 24, 1849.
This useful and, to a commercial man, necessary publication, has
again Made its annual appearance, with Still greater accuracy and
eclat, if possible, than its more immediate predecessors. As a gene-
ral Directory, it is immeasurably superior to those pseudo-cheap
and ephameral publications which, under various phases, and dif-
ferent denominations, have struggled into existence by plagiarism
from this work, and which, by the preface, we see are now totally
defunct. The price at which the book is published, places it within
the reach of that class (the trading community) for whom it is espe-
cially designed, while to the courtier and Parliamentary man it has
the recommendation of affording him tha most useful and accurate
summary to be obtained of the "modern Babylon."

LITERARY GAZETTE, DECEMBER 1, 1849.
Talking of Annuals, this is the real and veritable Triton of the
Minnows—the genuine useful Repository, 'he unquestionable Pro-
phetic A Imanack, that will guide to thousands of unknown events.
01 its bulky and mo;t intelligent predecessor we observed, that it
could only. belong to, and be produced in England; we ought,
perhaps, to have said, in London. We need not repeat our praise
of the industry employed (it must be constantly, from year's end to
year's end), nor our wonder at the mass of minute information thus
collected into one grand volume—a very. mountain of distinct par-
ticles ! But we must point attention to the lateness of the date to
which this information is brought up. Incidents- and changes not
yet a. fottnight old are enumerated here with the same precision as
if they had taken place at midsummer. Fifty years' practice has
indeed lea to perfection.

ATLAS, NOVEMBER 24, 1849.
A stranger would take a week to trace the increase of London
within the last few years. In this most unique of publications he
may see it at a glance Year after year the volume continues en-
larging, till the once modest tome bids fair to become the most
portly octavo ever sent out from the press. After the reader has
done admiring the astounding immensity of the metropolis, and the
enormous multiplicity of its trades, companies, and buildings, he may
begin to admire the stupendous labour and enterprise with which a
private undertaking like this is begun and carried on. The present
volume is on the plan of former years—a plan combining so much
utility to every ono as scarcely to need improvement. The publica-
tion Is carried down to the latest -moment; several iMportant
changes being registered which occurred as late as the 13th of this
present month. This digest of the,immensity of London is much
snore than a mere mercantile convenience. As a stallitical account,
it has the highest value, forming, In many respects, one of the most
extraordinary books in the world.

lIERAPATII'S RAILWAY JOURNAL, 'NOVEMBER 24, 1849.
The " Post-office London Directory" for 1850 is out. It occupies
a space on one's book-shelf as large as two or three other good-
sized volumes put together, and, in point of utility, especially to
the commercial classes, it must occupy a first place in public esti-
mation. In it is contained a mass of most useful information ;
information that is not to be found elsewhere. Additions and
corrections are observable in the present edition of the " Post-office
Directory ;" so that the Messrs. Kelly appear determined to distance
all attempts at competitien and undermining, whether from a host •
of little competitors to p.,rts of the work—constantly appearing
and as periodically dying off—or from Members of Parliament;
for be it remembered that some time ago, certain gentlemen
of the Lower House, seeing so great and important a work
successfully conducted by private enterprise, thought it time
for the Government to stop and take possession. A little delibera-
tion, however, soon taught them that though the position of head
of the " London Directory" was a desirable post to occupy, it was one
which they could not manage without encountering too much
labour and risk of failure. The " Post-office Directory" has now
reached Its 51st year, a good age, but it seems to be all the better
for it, and likely to improve in appearance every year that it

grows older. We th:nk the public are much indebted to Messrs.
Kelly for the great exerticns they evidently bestow in the pro-
duction of a work of so much national utility. It is a work of
evvery•day reference which no person in the active walks of life
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GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE.
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Bart., W. Cotton, , John Hurnphery, E,qe,
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Esq., J. 11. Palmer, E,q., Charles Francis, Esq.,
Thomas Baziey, Esq., chairman of the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce ; R. W. Kennard, Esq.,
Charles Hill, late Sheriff, the Rev. C. Marshall,
Henry Cole, Esq., W. C. Dilke, Esq., J. H. nicker,
Esq , John Masterman, jun., Esq., Captain Ihbottson,
Townes Webster, Esq., W. Jordan, Esq., Baron
N. M. Rothschild, and Sir James Duke, M.P.
The LORD MAYOR, in opening the proceedings of
the day, said—l have called this meeting at the re-
quest of the Royal Commissioners, for the purpose of
commencing a subscription towards carrying out the
magnificent project cf his Royal Highness Prince
Albert for an exhibition of the works of art and in-
dustry of all nations. The gentlemen who will
speak will fully inform you of the object, and I shall
therefore simply call upon them to move and second
the several resolutions. His Lordship concluded by
calling upon Mr. Cotton to move the first resolution.
Mr. COTTON was received with cheers. He said
he had unexpectedly been called upon to propose the
first resolution, but he thought it right that at such a
meeting as the present no private feeling or disin-
clination of his own should interfere with the arrange.
relents which had been made. He was sensible that
he would express himself very indifferently upon
the subject before them, for it was only within
the last few minutes that he knew he should have to
speak. The object for which they had assembled was
one in which they ought all to take a very lively in-
terest— (Hear)—for it was to collect in this great
metropolis the efforts and evidences of the industry
and talent which existed throughout the civilizcd
world. They did not intend to confine the proposed
exhibition to articles which had been produced by
the industry and skill of their own countrymen, but
they all wished to meet together on those friendly
terms on which persons interested in the welfare of
mankind bught to meet, and to collect in London the
result of the industry and talent of the world in one
great and comprehensive exposition-. The resolution
which he held in his hand was as follows :
" That the proposal cf his Royal Highness the
Prince Ailoz.rt to open an exhibition of the works of in-
dustry cf all nations, in the year 1851, in this nictropc-
lie, is a measure in harmony with public f,:eling, and
entitled to the general support of the community, and is
eminently calculated to improve manufacturer, and to
aid in diffusing the principles of universal peace."
Whatever originated with the illustrious individual,
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was entitled, he
was sure, to the most favourable consideration of
every inhabitant of this land.—(Cheers.) There was
nothing to which his Royal Highness had directed
his attention which did not deserve the support of
every individual in the country. He spoke, he thought
the theling of every inhabitant of Great Britain when
he said they esteemed themselves very fortunate and
thought it a source of great gratitude to the Almighty,
in having Prince Albert placed in the eminent posi-
tion 'which he now held —(Cheers)— and he pre-
sumed there was no necessity for him to press upon
their notice the fact that his Royal Highness
had on all occasions not merely devoted his best at-
tention to everything which conduced to the happiness
and welfare of the country, but seemed to give a
charm and a vigour to every effJrt which he made
for the accomplishment of an object, whether it was
to promote the arts or to improve the condition of the
labouring classes.— (Cheers.) That illustrious indivi-
dual had proposed that there should be an exposition
of the industry of all nations in 1851, and it was stated
in the resolution which he had read, that the measure
was in harmony with the public feeling, and
entitled to the general support of the community ;
and he thought no argument was wanted to show
that it was in accordance and in harmony with the
public feeling ; and if so it followed as a matter of
course that it was entitled to general support.—
((Cheers) He was anxious, not that this great
effort should he supported by a few opulent in-
dividuals, but that the country generally should
come forward, every one according to his means and
ebility, towards the accomplishment of the object
which they had in view.—(Cheers.) He knew that
several persons subscrit..ed princely sums on
occasions like that. Others were deterred from
contributing any, being unable to spare similarly
large subscriptions, and he was desirous, therefore,
that they should not confine the present movement to
those blessed with princely fortunes, but that all
should be allowed to contribute in proportion to
their means. It was the number cf. subscribers, and
not the amount of each sum contributed, that would
mark most accurately the general feeling and spirit
of the country on the subject of the exposition.
[Lord John Russell here made his appearance 021 the
platform, and was received wish loud cheers, which
were continued until he had taken his seat.] The
subscriptions had nobly been commenced by
her upon whom they must ever look with rever-
ence—our Sovereign—and who is entitled to our
sincerest affection and loyalty—(Load cheers)—and
he felt quite satisfied that the example which her
Majesty and her illustrious Consort had set would be
generally followed. Nothing would tend so much, he
thought, to the promotion of art and science and the
encouragement of industry than seeing what others
were doing by the exertions of their talents in dif-
ferent and distant parts of the world. The effect of
such an exhibition would be to promote those greet
principles upon which the happiness and prosperity of
the world greatly depended. Anotherobject which they
had in view was one which must be dear to every
man who had any regard for the welfare of his fel-
low-creatures, for it was the greatest of all objects
—the preservation of peace and friendly inter-
course.—(Cheers.) Whatever glories attached to
conquests and victories, nothing could compensate
for the misery and distress which fighting and quar-
relling brought upon the world—(Cheers)—but when
they met to compete with each other net for the I
destruction of life, but in order to promote the come
forts and enjoyments of life, they would engage in a
peaceful and rational contest from which they must
derive the greatest possible advantages.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the
resolution which lie had read.

Mr. J. DILLCN second, d it, agreeing heartily with
the sentiments expressed by the lion. Gentleman who
preceded him. lie might remark in speaking of this
exposition, that all the world referred, mechanically-,!as
it were, to one view of it. They did not epeak of it as
an exposition cf arts or manufactures, as a national or
other exposition, but every mind naturally looked upon
it in a different light, for it was an exposition of the in-
dustry of all nations.—(liear.) Philosophers, he be-
lieved, would call that the science of the subject. lie
believed the proposition c )uld not but be in harmony
with the sentiments and feelings of the philosopher as
the wishes of the statesman, but that it should be in
harmony with the public feeling of this country was
most extraordinary, and this was evidence of the
great progress of public feeling and of the rapid
circulation of enlightened views, enlightened senti-
ments, and liberal principles.—(hear, and cheers.)
The resolution stated that such an exposition
would improve and extend trade. Never was
there an assertion more true. it was seid
by some, " What, will yeu actually give re-
wards to_ encourage foreign mantif%eturers to excel
us ?" He would answer " Yes, I would : but I
would also give rewards to our own countrymen to
excel the foreigner." The only real and solid principle
of all trades and manufactures, and perhaps the only
real siurce of excellence, whether in trade or arts—
indeed in all the pursuits of human lire—was compe-
tition openly conducted on enlightened principles and
administered by fair and honourable men.—(Cheers.)
This exposition would also tend to universal peace ;
they had had enough of w .rr, bloodshed, and ambition.
Let them now have a peaceful struggle of competition in
arts, sciences, trades, and manufactures, and the
trader, the menufacturer, the banker, the merchant,
the gentleman of fortune, the philosopher, and the
statesman would equally and severally recognise it
as the greatest blessing which could be conferred upon '
them.— (Cheers.)
The resolution was then put, and carried with great
wriAnircity.

Mr. RAIKES CURRIE said he had the greatest satis-
faction in proposing a resolution which expressed th
confidence of this meeting in the Commissioners
appointed by her Mejesty. Those Commissioners had
a most complicated and arduous task before them.
But what of that ? Labour and difficulty are
the conditions of every great work, and this would
not be what they called it, a great work, except it
was to be achieved by labour and difficulty. But by
such men as he found in that Commission the labour
would be confronter', and the difficulty would be
overcome. He was sure that this meeting would
agree with him in thinking that those
Commissioners had been selected with the
greatest impartiality and the greatest judgment.—
(Applause) They found among them men of every
shade of political opinion---(Hear' hear)—men of va-
rious ranks and occupations, all distinguished or all
remarkable in their respective spheres of action. They
found there the most eminent of their public men—
(Applause)—they found there men of high rank, and
men ennobled by their patronage or their cultivation
of art and science. They found there patriots and
men of scierce, who had embellished and done honour
to their country. They found there men who most
efficiently represented the banking, the commercial,
and the manufacturing interests ; and they
found at the head of this Commission, not
as a nominal and merely ornamental chairman,
but as the very life and soul of this undertaking, the
exince Consort of these realms.--(Cheers.) He
need not remind this meeting that this great under-
taking had been mainly originated, and would be,
they doubted not, assiduously and carefully watched
over by his Royal Highness Prince Albert—by
him who was associated and identified al-
ready by much that was wise, and sound, and
useful—by him who, sirce his auspicious connexion
with this country, had won his way by a quiet, unob-
trusive, rod most consistent course, till at last the
very mention of his name called up in the minds of
Englishmen the deepest feelings of affectionate re-
spect.—(Cheers.) He should say no more, but he well
knew that his fellow-citizris and his fellow-country-
men, over and above the interest which they must
feel, and they did le s!, in this great national experi-
ment, would rejoice in this opportunity of evidencing
the sincerity and depth of their feelings by energeti-
cally and liberally co-operatieg with Prince Albert
in this magnanimous and patriotic enterprise.—
(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving
the following resolution :
That this meeting entirely concurs in the reasons
which have induced the Royal Commission to terminate
the coati act with the Messrs. Munday, and to rest the
success of the proposed exhibition entirely upon public
gibe. ality."
Mr. Trios. BARING, M.P., said he had the honour
to second this resolution, and he must confess in
doing so be was actuated much more by the selfish
wish to associate himself with the proceedings of his
fellow-citizens in the promotion of this object than by
anything he could say, if it were wanted, to excite
the liberality of his fellow -citizens towards promoting
the object of this meeting ; but as it had been
entrusted • to him to second, he might,
he trusted, be allowed to add that at no happier time
could this project be promoted, and in no better manner
could it be offered to the support of their fellow-
countrymen. The plan emanated from one illusi-
trious personage, the nearest to the Throne, who had
already earned the esteem and affection of English-
men by his virtues and his high attainments, and who
now showed how fully he appreciated the industry,
the energy, the perseverance, and the enterprise of
Englishmen, by inviting them to compete with other
nations in the exhibition of the results of their
industry. I. came from high authority, but
it was likewise supported by other console-
rations. It was an invitation to the world—an
invitation from Englishmen to compete, not with any
feelings of hostility, which they trusted were for ever
extinguished, but with a noble sentiment of rivalry ;
and it was offering at the same time a guarantee for
the maintenance and continuance of peace.— (Cheers.)
It was the result of a long-continued peace, be-
cause in times of war such a plan would
be impracticable, and certainly after the
termina7ion of a war it would be almost impossible. '
It was the growth of kindly feelings between nations
arising from a long continuance of peacr, and it was
at the same time a guarantee that the English
people and the English Government wished
for the maintenance of that peace. It would
go forth to the world as the public declaration
of the English nation, that they did not believe at
present in the possibility of war, and that they
trusted, and hoped, and believed that the peace might
be maintained, and that the international relations
might be continued ; because it was evident, if any-
possibility of a rupture of the peace were enter-
tained, an exhibition of the works of all na-
tions could not be planned for 1851. It
was therefore a declaration of the people of England
that their wish was for peace; and it was an invita-
tion to thcm—whatever might be the difference of •
opinion between countries, although their institu-
tions might be as various as the products of
their industry or their soil—to unite in
one general exhibition to stimulate the works of
industry and promote the progress of civilization.
As regarded this country, it was presumed and he
hoped it would stimulate the inventions of English
industry, and materially assist in the further develop-
meet of those branches of industry which
already existed. The resolution which he
had the honour to second, stated that
the contract with the Messrs Monday had been
terminated. It had been thought that such a con-
tract seemed rather to exclude an appeal to public li-
beeality.—(ll an, bear.) That contract, therefore, in
compliance with the public wishes, was now termi-
nated, the Commissioners having determined
to rely on the national liberality and the
national subscriptions. ; and it was to the people of
England that this Commission appealed, and he was
proud to say that it appealed especially to the citizens
of London. There was no one who would doubt
that that appeal would be successful, and if it were
successful there was no one who would look with
regret at having lent a helping hand to promote it.
The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL then stood forward to pro-
pose the next resolution, and his rising was the
signal for an enthusiastic burst of cheering which
lasted some moments. lie spoke as follows :—My
Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,—lt is in the capacity
of a member of this great city that I propose to ad-
dress to you a few obseivations in support of the re-
solution which I have to move. The former part of
the resolution which I shall have to move states it to
be the cpinion of this meeting, that the preparation
made for this exhibition should be on a scale and
commensurate with the importance of the occasion ;
and when I speak to you of the importance of the
occasion, I should say I shall be giving a very inaccu-
rate view of the importance of the occasion if I were
to tell you that this was an object cf the Go-
vernment. I should be giving a very narrow view
of the importance of the occasion if I were even to
tell you that this was an object of the nation. I
could only be giving a true account of the occasion if
I were to tell you that it was an object bene-
ficial to all nations.---(Cheers.)
.What we have
to do is to endeavour to bring into one view those
various products of manufactures, of arts, and of
science, which shall show how much skill and in-
dustry have been able to effect, and in what manner
those productions may be improved and carried to
perfection. That, I say again, is an object in which
all nations have an interee, and which shall benefit
not ourselves merely, but the whole of the
inhabitants of the globe, if we succeed in the object
which we have in view. My Lord, it occurs to me,
and must frequently occur to me, to have brought be-
fore tae the consideration of inventions which exhibit
great skill, in which very often great science is dis-
played, for the purpose of increasing the means of de-
stroying one another. I hear continually that in one
country they have found the means by which a man
may be killed at three or four times the distance at
which it has hitherto been possible. I hear from
another country that an invention, with regard to the
musliet, has enabled a soldier to fire six times, when
previouly he would only have 'cettennmi antb,slateperishteo,
4di places
nutes
hi ana
rge
his musket once. I find we have in another
minutes
disco-
veries by which it is said a ship
be so injured th:-,t the whole
crevvinventions of which
very short tone.
Such" arei the
erentcountries, and which
we continually
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inventions reap theilrey serve, it will be rewards trom the. diffeabject,rent i
o
ye:la-nents which
think, of this exhibition to show how the arts and
benefits of peace can be improved; how, while some
men are carrying to greater perfection those arts of
destruction, there are others who teach how
mankind car have better and cheaper articles
of clothing, how their hooves may be better
furnished, how they m y be able to corn -
muuicate with one another from the 'most
distant parts of the globe, and to communi-
cate to each other all those things which improve
and civilize and elevate the character of man.
Well, then, if that be the object of the exhibition, and
if I have succeeded in showing that it is no partial,
incomplete, or uarow object, which is sought to be

Sir JOIIN Lunnisere moved the fifth resolution, and
having at a farmer meeting expressed his views in fa-
vour of the undertaking, he contented himself with
simply expressing an opinion that the year 1851
would be an epoch of productive industry.
The Right Hon. IL LABOUCHBRE, in seconding
the resolution, said he felt a deep interest in the
cause they had met to promote, but he felt it alto-
gether unnecessary to dwell upon the importance
of the proposed exhibition. There were, however,
certain figures of arithmetic worth all the figures of
speech in the world, and after the list they
had just heard read by their secretary,
he was quite sure the City would support
the Prince Albert in carrying out this great
scheme. He agreed with those who thought it
ought to be a national undertaking, and he was re-
joiced that the Royal Commission had abandoned the
original contracts, and thrown themselves entirely
upon the country. Still it was nothing but an act
of justice to say that the Society of Arts had
done all it could to bring the matter to its
present prosperous position ; and, believing that
it would redound to the credit and improve the com-
merce of
,the country, he again rccommended it to
the liberality of the people. The prosperity of a
country like ours depended upon the
continuance of peace, and as nothing was more
calculated to promote amity all over the world than
this plan, he gave it his most hearty support. lie
had, therefore, much pleasure in seconding the reso-
lution.—(Cheers.)
The Earl of GRANVILLE briefly spoke in support of
the resolution. Similar exhibitions, he said,
theyhad
taken place in Paris,
and served to incri•use
the demand for the product
had proved highly successful,
products and manta, duns
Berlin, and Moscow, where
of the countries of which the places he bad
would be
aTttheendpedrowpoisteh manyde exhibition
he itiion.
culties, but with the support of the city of London
namedhad
no were
and other large towns he felt confident it weu:d be
carried to a successful issue.
dreoutbhte
The resolution was then put and carried unani
mously.
Mr. SAMUEL JONES LOYD moved a vote of
thanks to the Lord Mayor, and took the oppor-
tunity of declaring his cordial and complete
concurrence in the object which had called them
together. This meeting
was consequentupon another
held in this hall sonic three months ago, when the
citizens of London resolved that the exhibition ought
to be carried-out upon a great national plan, and the
eubscriptions they had heard today proved be-
yond all question that they were determined
to carry out that resolution. The scheme
was sanctioned with the Crown—the Government—
and the resolutions cf the people of England assem •
bled in every great city of this great empire , and
under these circumstances the honour of the
Crowr, and the good frith of the country , stood
pledged to see this great undertaking carried oat.—
(Cheers.) He looked upon the proposed exhibition as
a great Olympic festival of modern industry; and he
felt confident that its style, character, and magnitude
would be commensurate with its object. The great Cap-
tain of the age, in his place in Parliament, declared tha t
England could have no Little War, and he for one
hoped England would have no Little Exhibition.
fair jANA§ seconded the motion, and