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G ItE ST EX HI"; ITI ON OF THE
INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS IN ISSI.
A lerge public meeting ef merchants, bankere, and
treders of the City of London was held yester-
day, at two o'clock, in the Egyptian hall, at the
Mansion-lieuse, to receive a communication from the
Royal Comm:ssionets, and to adopt resolutions
thereon.
The elegant and se,,cletni. hell—the scene of so
miny we:nor:tide festival-, in.•etines. end eHebeeiens,
both civic and other.vise—wes el, at.h fil:ed within
a few minutes of the doors to-hi:4 opt it, (I, hot as the
hour of two ate ived it beeeree rather c;oe (led.
The Lord Mayor took the alit' a few minutes after
two o'clock.
Among those present we olserv; d Lerd John tr.-
sel', the Right lion. 11. Laboucher: , S r E. N. Beet: n,
Bart , IV. Cotton, Re' , Jahn If atephery, E
Aldvrmart and Retires Carrie, E q., 4. P.,
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.,: Sheriffs Lew repo and
Nicoll, the Governor cf the Bank, the Deputy-Go-
vernor, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P, Alderman
Thompson, M.P., Mr. Forster, M.P., Alderman
Hooper; W. Tite, .Eiq., W. C. M.. Kent, Esq., A.
Caldecott, Esq., S. J. Loyd, Esq., Rev. Thotriai 13inney,
Ueder-Sheriffs Millard and Wire, Alderman Finnie,
Major Finnis, J. T. Travers, Esq., Baron L. Roths-
child, M.P., Rev. S. R. Cattley, J. Bates, EN. Win.
Cubitt, 111. P, Thomas Cubitt, Esq., R. liarvey,
Esq., J. H. Palmer, Eq., Charles Francis, Esq.,
•Thomas Baz!ey, Esq., chairman of the Mencheeter
Chamber of Commerce ; R. IV. Kennard, Esq.,
Charles Hill, late Sheriff, the Rev. C. Marshall,
Henry Cole, Esq, W. C. Dilke, Esq., J. H. Pilcher,
Esq Juhn Masterman, jun., E. q., Captain Ibbottson,
Thoirres Webster, Esq., W. Jerdan, Esq., Baron
N. M. Rothschild, and Sir James Duke, M
The LORD MATO; in opening the proceedings of
day,. skid—l have called this meeting at the re. 7
quest of the Royal C )mmissioners, 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 gi ntlemen 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. llis Lerdship .concluded by
calling upon Mr. Cotton to move the first resolution.
Al 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 •
meats 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)—fur it was to collect in this great
metropolis the efforts and evidences of the industry
and talent which existed throughout the civiiiz d
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 meat together on those friendly
terms on which parsons interested in the welfare of
mankind ought to meet, and to collect in London the
result of the industry and talent of the world in one
great and comprehensive exposition. Tee resolution
which he held in his hand was as follows
" That the proposal (.f his Royal Highness the
Prince Albert to open an exhibition of the works of in-
dustry f f all nations, in tho year 1851, in this nAtropc-
iiy, is a measure in harmony with public teling, and
ertt tied to the general support of the community, and is
eminently calculated to improve manufacturer, and to
aid in diffusing the p:inciples of universal peace."
Whatever originated with the illustrious individual,
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was entitled, he
was- sure, to the most favourable consideretion 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. lie spoke, he thought
the feeling 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
Rea welfare cf the country, hut see nic•d to give a
charm and a vigour to every etE.rt which he made
for the bccomplislimont of an olject, whether it was
to promote the arts or to improve the condition of the
labouriog classes.-- (Cheers.) That illustrious indivi-
dual had proposed that there should be an exposition
if 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 (1 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 be supported by a few opulent in-
dividuals, but that the country generally should
come forward, every one according to his means and
ability, towards the accomplishinent of the object
which they had in view.—(Cheers.) He knew that
several persons subscribed 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 nut 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 of 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 on the
platform, and was received with 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—(Loud cheers)—and
he felt quite satiefird 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 ',remote those great
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 not for the
destruction of life, but in order to promote the com-
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 he had read.

Mr. J. DiLeosr second, d it, agreeing heartily with
the sentiments expressed by the Hon. Gentleman who
preceded him. He might remark in speaking of this
exposition, that all the world referred, mechanically,°fis
it were, to one view of it. They did not speak 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 e xposition of the in-
dustry of all nations.—(Hear.) Philosophers, he be-
lieved, would call that the science of the sulject. lie
believed the proposition could 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 wels
most extraordinary, and this was evidence of the
great progress of public feeling and cf the rapid
circulation of enlightened views, enlightened senti-
ments, and liberal principles.—(llcar, and cheers.)
The resolution stated that such an c xposition
would improve and extend trade. Never was
there an assertion more true. It was said
by some, " Whata will you actually give re—
wards to encourage foreign manufacturers 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 s .urce of excellence, whether in trade or arte—
indeed in all the pursuits of human life—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 war, bloodshed, and ambition.
Let them now have a peaceful struggle of competition in
arts, sciences, trades, and manufactures, and the
trader, the manufacturer, the banker, the enerchnet,
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
unanimity.

Mr. RA:liLt; CURLIE sa:d he had the greatest satis-
faction in propos:rig a resolution which expressed the
confiderce of this meeting in the Commissioners
appointed by her Msjesty. Those Commissioners had
:s 'oust complicated and arduous task before them.
But whet of that ? Labour and difficulty are
the conditions of every great work, and this would
not be what I, called it, a great work, except it
wee to be achieved by labrarr rend But by
such men as he fewai in that C nirini,sion the labour
would he confronter!, and the difficulty would he
eveeceinee He was :! ore that this wee tiug would
agree with him in thinking that those
Commission, rs had been selected with the
greatest impartiality and the greeteet judgment.—
( AppLuse ) They feund among them men of every
stale of political opinion—((fear, hear)—men cf ve-
r:oth 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, end
men ennobled by their patronage or their cultivation
of art and science. They found there patriots and
men of science, who had embellished and done honour
to their country. They fund 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
Prince 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 wire, and sound, and
useful—by him who, since his auspicious connexion
with this country, had won his way by a quie, unob-
trusive, end most consistent course, till at last the
very mention Of his narefe -called upein the minds of
Englishmen the 'deepest feelings of affectionate re-
spect.--(Cheers.) Ile should say no more, but he well
knew that his fellowscitizsns and his fellow-country-
men, over and above the in!erett which they must
feel, and they did feel, 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-operating 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 termisate
the contract with the Messrs. Munday, and to rest the
success of the proposed exhibition entirely upon public
liberality."
Mr. Trios. BARING, M.P., said he had the honour
to second this resolution, and he must conlese in
doing so he was actuated much more by the selfish
wish to associate himself with the proceedings of
hs
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,
lie 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 illus-
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, bat
it was likewise supported by other conside-
rations. It was an invitation to the werld—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
termination of a war it would be almost impossible.
It was the growth of kindly feelings between nations
arising from a long continuance of peace, 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 oelieve at
pres,.:nt 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 c, ntinued ; because it was evident, if any
possibility of a rupture of the peace were enter-
tained, an exhibition of the works al all na-
tions could not he planned for 1851. It
was there f ire a declaration of the people of E .gland
that their wish was for peace; and it was an invita-
tion to them—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-
ment of those branches of industry which
already existed. The resolution which he
had the honour to second, stated that
the contract with the Messrs Munday had been
terminated. It had been thought that such a con-
tract seemed rather to exclude an appeal to public li-
berality.—(Hear, hear.) 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 lock with
regret at having lent a helping hand to promote it.
The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mously.

Lord Jonis 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. Ile 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 observations in support of the re-
solution w hich I have to move. The former part of
the resolution which I shall have to move states it to
be the opinion 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 of 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 interest, 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. hly Lord, it occurs to me,
and must frequently occur to me, to have brought be-
fore me 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
musket, has enabled a soldier to fire six times, when
previously l:e would only have been able to discharge.
his musket once. I find we have inznother place
.disco-
veries by which it is said a ship can in a few.mhin.unteas
be so injured that the whole crew. must. inventions
seroisf
which
very short time. Such are the inventrtiieo
we coatinually hear from. cliff. erentcoduennce
iss,
any country careful of oabnldigwedhictho
inventions reap their rewards..tro_.
and must follow. But whitisleituhdoespemewnho have. made those
the different go-
oftbrit'secta,ndl
tshwisheixcliiibthitelynnser.tvne,s:ihtnlwl
will
how tthhee
benefits of peace can be improved ; how, while some
tvheirielkme(n,lt
men are carrying to greater perfection those arts of
destruction, there are others who teach how
mankind can have better, and cheaper articles
of clothing, how their houses may be better
furnished, how they may be able to com-
municate with one another from the most
distant parts of the globe, and to communi-
cate to each other all th,;se things which improve
and civilize and elevate the character of man.
Well, then, if that be the object of the exhibition, aid
if I have succeeded in showing that it is no partial,
incomplete, or narrow object, which is sought to be

Sir JOHN LUBBIICK moved the fifth resolution, and
having at a farmer meeting expressed his views in fa-
vour cf the undertaking, he contented himself with
simply expressing an opinion that the year 1851
would be an epoch of productive industry.
The Right Hon. 11. LABOUCHERE, 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 de ell upon the importanee
of the proposed exhibition. There were, howeser,
certain figures of arithmetic worth all the figures of
speech in the wort'', 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 uzdertaking, 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 recommended it to
the liberality of the people. The prosperity of a
country like ours depended upon the
continuance of peace, and as nothing was snore
calculated to promote amity all over the world than
this plan, he gave it his most hearty support. He
had, therefore, much pleasure in seconding the reso-
lution.—(Cheers.)
The Earl of GRANYLLLE briefly spoke in support of_
the resolution. Similar exhibitions, he said, bad
taken place in Paris, Berlin, and Moscow, where they
had proved highly successful, and served to increase
the demand for the products and manufactures
of the countries of which the places he had
named were the capitals. The proposed exhibition
he had no doubt would be attended with many
ditli-
eulties, but with the support of the city of London
and other large towns he felt confident it would be
carried to a successful issue.
The resolution was then put and carried maul
mously.
•
Mr. SAMUEL JONES LOID moved a vote of
declaring a
the
eg
objecthis
thanks to the Lord Mayor, and took the oppor-
tunity cordialhich
haadhdcalleeodmtphieemte
f
together. This meeting was consequent upon another
concurrence
held in this hall some three months ago, when the
citizens of London resolved that the exhibition ought
to be carried out upon a great national plan, and the
subscriptions they had heard to-day 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 of 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 faith of the country stood
pledged to see this great undertaking carried ow.—
(Cheers.) He looked upon the proposed exhibition'as
a great Olympic festival of modern industry ; and ho
felt confident that its style, character, and magnitude
would. be commensurate with its object. The great Cap-
tain tzf the age, in his:place in Parliament, declared that
Eng;.and could have no Little War, and he for one
hop( d England would have no Little Exhibition.
S4r JAMES Duast M.P., seconded the motion, and