The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-21 00:00:00

FOR 1851

OF THE
INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.

(THIS DAY•)

A most numerous and highly influential meeting et
the inhabitants of Westminster in furtherence of the
great work for the Exhibition of the Industry of all
Nations in 1851, took place to-day at Willis's BOW.
Francis Smedley, Esq., the High Bailiff of Westminster,.
took the chair shortly after 11 o'clock.
On the platform we noticed the Bishop of London,
the Earl of Carlisle, Mr. J. Loyd, Mr. Leslie, J. W3°'
Esq., M.P. There were also present several foreigners'
of distinction. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lads
Mary Howard were present, and appeared to take great
interest in the proceedings.
FRANCIS SMEDLEY, Esq., the High Bailiff of West-
minster, was called to the chair; and having brieflystated the objects of the meeting,
the
first
Mr. JOSEPH BROWN stood forward to move
resolution. He said the resolution, with which he WO
entrusted, differed strangely from the character of these;
which in bygone years had occupied the Presidency of
High Bailiff of Westminster. They would not have r_
allay the ebullitions of political turmoil, nor listen to the
orators of grievances or misrule; but the chairman. 7
the happiness to see around him, men in every posit
'°
society, who constituted the glory of Britain,
a,
who who testified by their presence this day, that this twee j",
strife iu which they might all meet as on common grohnc..
a strife which should serve the great interests of civilisL
tion, and promote the comforts and happiness of ri"t
whole world. The resolution vsleich he had to OW
to the meeting, was—
That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Prc.,
posal of his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, to bold
io
on exhibition of the works cf industry of all nations
1851, is entitled to the cordial co-operation of all clesse„s.'
as tending to the advancement of art, agriculture, WO;
factures, and trade, and to the development of the r„
sources of the British nation, its colonies and dePe--
dencies."
ens reinons
°
(Cheers.) As a manufacturer and an exporting
he was free to confess that that was a bold resoluti
but it was worthy the Prince Consort of a wise and ,„511:
undaunted Queen.—(Cheers.) It was worthy the al"
bition of a great nation.—(Cheers.) When fereigS:
lands had been devastated by war, and by intestine f°tii
Gret Britain had been the land of refuge for the ftifri
tive.—(Cheers.) When the sable slave first set his 111°0
on British ground it was then that he could raise his 6r
shout of freedom; and it was for the year 1850 to "
to the four quarters of the globe the invitation of
land to the ingenious and industrious in the four alls.
tors of the world without fear and without any oPPr
hension.—(Cheers.) On yonder naval column there vire
an inscription which was as applicable to times of Peesut
as to times of war, and it would reverberate througn°o
the land that " England this day expects every vo'n„...
his duty."—(Cheers.) But the timid might exclaim
" What, contead against the arts and manufactures:l6l
France, in its statuary, it; sculpture, its ornvenetad
bronzes and articles of vertu!" But let the distingut,'n
Minister of the Crown who would second the resolution
but encourage schools of design where they now aisle:
and their establishment where they did not exist, and t„
but the Lord Bishop of London, who was present "01.
day, throw wider the portals of public schools and,,t;
leges, and England need never fear any cotnnet'''„"re
come from what quarter it might. After a few rn-soe
observations, Mr. Brown concluded by moving the re" n
lution given above, which was received with lend f 4..
plause.
The Earl of CARLISLE, in seconding the resolution:
said—Mr. high Bailiff, ladies, and gentlemen, I eft°
forward to perform a task which has been assigned
me of seconding the resolution which you have just Tao
sopooty myself a ; ttohelanbbojnerntunndfetr
read. In discharging this duty I must say that re,
haenuyndgerre
now brought before your notice is too generally 101,"„in
to you to need explanation. It has been. I may b° 'Cola
enough to say, too generally approved of over the v' "„e•
extent of the country to stand in need of any.defenho;
and us I am not a member of the Royal Commie3l be
tantkeinxgten,tbiee...l:::ll.o
which the office has been confided of Royal
superintending tv
„es ins
management and execution of the object, lam
self qualified to enlighten you respecting its sPeciy,
arrangements and details.—(Hear, hear.) I ce°,43,l3sne
then, make the most general remarks, and auto- jag
most general grounds which I conceive this undertakhs
puts forward for your approval and support. r'•
ground I will first mention is indeed one 040..
very general character, because it rests upon the cerl°ol-
tion of our common nature.—(Hear.) Ladies andsNg
tlemen, I like the occasional recurrence of celebrat
pomps, festivities, commemorations—call it by fhb
name you please. They seem to be in accordance "so,
the feelings and interests implanted in the human broeun-
-(Hear, hear.) Ido not think I can remember In the
try or an era which has dispensed with them. "'Len
primitive East, both in ancient and our 0" of
they have indulged mournful celebration° sea
worship, and too often practised Ode d sod
horrid rites.---(Hear, hear.) lii more e dis..
cultivated Greece they had their public gate: enlightened,
Lel
plays of physical strength, ennobled, it i 5 n'ietft by
susceptibility of that people to al theforhas°' taste
are.?
beauty, and recorded in immortal story.—(Dear' ensiet'
Among the sterner Romans they generally accoints
of
the long train and martial triumph up the steep siutiefs
the Capitol, or the more degrading spectacles w"det
summoned the men and women of Rome to witness lee
dying throes of the gladiator, or the bloody streggod
of wild beasts.—(Cheers.) In our own age in
country, they naturally were of a softer aspects °tine
my judgment they have been too much confined t°
to,
easier and wealthier classes, or connected with th,e, till
suits of • •
frivolity and dissipation.—(Cheers.) Well f
°
to be national,
and to be but becoming to the perio
ttot
the world at which we are arrived, that industry! °wo
skill, that enterprise should have in its turn the,en.;„ner'
ovations, their own triumphs, their own high lict","„n
(Cheers) when the workmen and workwu-eir
of the world may escape for a time from their
unceasing toils for the purpose of seeing what their
fellow-workmen are doing and cae do the bar'
world over—(Cheers)—that they may see nob e of
are rites, but useful inventions, not exhibitione,sos
physical prowess in the prize-ring or the foot-races
results which interest the mind and elevate theritret
(Cheers)—not the crowded saloon or the heated tilde
but the arena where all ranks may mingle' e
y
all may learn, and all may profit by what theleeeiol‘
ground (Hear, hear.) Now, this is one which thin
(dear,
this meeting puts forward for your support•-(-ether
hear.) It may be reckoned, perhaps, as one of tS to
sentimental and fanciful character,' and therefor racy
another which teems to me to be more thorougq Piet
tical.—(Hear, hear.) The exhibition, if carried hien
affect upon the' scale which has been proposed, aild wsion°
is hoped for, will give to all pursuits and PFOfeS
twa
all classes and callings the oppoitunity of exarutolhieh
ascertaining the expedients by which the work
clued,
forms the daily business of their lives may be "Pe Of
facilitated, assisted, and improved.—(Cheere.)of
pre..
course I can't presume to classify all these kinds s full
decions; I am happy, however, to learn that ~,0 of
classification, which has been under the consideratht the
the Commissioners, will shortly be submitted tw°}3ich
world.—(Hear.) There may be the fabric° .0 inal
would suit the climates in which they live ; the` or to
be tools and impliments calculated to lightenheehr
shorten labour; there may be the discoveries of 700 of
nits or chemistry, which mould to the PurPtieneen"
man the attributes of matter, space,
and e rosy
(Cheers.) The highest resources of which W ireadY
have been almost unconscious, but which have aof the
been discovered and adopted in other quertersef,_.ooo
globe, will be brought before them. And with nrii; the
to this head I would observe, that, although 10 Nn
mover of this resolution, I cannot but look for"oue 01/13
pleasure and with hope to the evidences which 1r.,0 theft
countrymen may afford of the distinguised prege
have made in the pursuits and acquirements olhioentlY
life, and especiallyinthose which,relate most pr the
to the general use and enjoyment, and concernh,:f.dhlon
being of the masses—the millions, as it is now re this 0°I;
to term them; and although I cannot forget o`hein oW.
casion, as I cannot forget on any occasionse73od
connexion with a district which ha& atrode°tiol
marked eminence in all those departments of Peeion°
—I mean the West Riding of Yorkshire—the 7,,0011er,
the earth where the cutlery of Sheffield and thie,..(flee*d.:
manufactures of our country are produce • ate
tielP oleo
hear)—yet, I own to you, I do not only an a 0.
vintages to my country from our victorterlbeee "0.
from our defeats.—(Hear, hear.) It is ono others Prio
nan compare—put side by side what 00011 Wass
dace and what we produce—that we deficiencen
the true measure both of our superiorities or
.„dispo
—Wear, hear.) We are too apt to be stlis', ;f Dr!,
without positive experience to think ourselveew; walno,
use a homely expression, " the cock of oar
—(A laugh.) It is with nations as with In
and we ought to say, like Brutus in the play n:'
'I should be glad to learn of better me excel
excel;
—(Cheers.) I believe in this world consul: 11t.na of are
lento cannot bo attained, save only by th. this nen'.
development of merit, which exhibitions which I°_.‘
bring forth, and by the force of the reactlh"....fcheen;ei
lows upon the occasions of disappointment.
f the inter we
But, in order to secure the universality nefit which
_b.
that we hope will be inspired, and the h it ie. fed,
hope will be derived from this and !°n pro old
viously necessary that the acconane tiv ovenience,
in point of dimensions and on
ci:reat cheortnei‘ue
be upon an adequate scale—( in order t° *OO
and in order to secure that adequacy, „shed Prin°e„,, to
this unc'ertaking worthy of the tteirtn_Pl;ineiet
loci
made the suggestion—worthy of tee.! .s most eSceooub-
• n-- 1
whom its development is confided It
amount a, ,f we,
that it should be met by a corresponai 6
country ,;ch
beers.) ...,eat
lie spirit and liberality.—
(0
het the experlL" inpiete,
it to him, owes it to itself, t full and n° Aves
he has resolved to make should
h I consider the men
and I am of opinion that w en
en
_is_ivings
appealed to, I have no permah 61 just lof
reference to this tocan, source ._
head; but with
t the ordinarY au
remark that in addition o _rem
which
ens
so.
there is one source t do °Oof
competition,
another from which we on
not expect, and his country invitee aine le thane
sistasnce, Although t
et it does not nib
the earth to be competitors,2rtinoes
to be contributors to the preit ItTrr the preP.,1....--
•to be internationals but nation_l
competition is ht to be wn°' come"
and arrangements g
ouh entere the bet° n' t tnat iG alasr
(Cheers.) This countryt)ut it does not forge
eaid the e
with the whole world,
hospitelity. havetsibutionn
to discharge the office of
iee do expect 07 440 IW
is another class from whom _woe o
h Ow
and I tun happy to learn t a

bten 0
thew r;lanizq, who will shortly put forth an appeal to
istk„,°°.en of England at large to aid, according to their
hiel,',t° requisite preparations fur an exhibitiiokonin
ee industry and ingonuityof their x is
41,e:PY 80 distinguished a place. The Noble Lord
Nisi sot ori to sa, that br.vin dealt with what he
14. 'fa fanciful stud practicalgrounds that could to
""
he would
tonehu Ansard in aid of those contributions,
a_
hots, 13°? one more btfore he concluded his obsery
444 :"'hich he would term the moral grounds. It was
sea
till4dicious to exaggerate the effects of moral causes.,
obits eY must never expect to pat an end to the evil
1115 d• "std inclinations of mankind, or finally to lead to
,kltt issolution of the war and bloodshed which had.
Qceege'fl the world, by any other motives and in-
'",lsehit "cent the highest ; but in the complex
" ioirrY of this world so much seemed . to
like, °need by secondary causes and subsidiary m-
ot thie'. that they should always do well to enlist them h
tlistqs'ide• The Olive-branch is of so precious a growets
°Pt° t'Y should lose no opportunity to drop its seeds,
did plain its suckers and tends ils.—(Cheers.) Now he
ItDkuol'llt that this undertaking was mainly calculated to
!otakt" thG peace and harmony of nations.—(Cheers.)
!eilltet,t,tili,e very lowest estimate, our goyd. offices would
„,. 'Y exchanged, valuable acquisitions would be.
'444 friendly intercourse, which might again and
renewed, would be accomplished. Then,
" felt that we should be di,post d to have
Ph rile l'asiprg dislike to cut off supplies which
:lht ll,' 3' our own experience, and by our . own
,(icile.'"". handling, were necessary to contribut
thtech handling,
coadort, benefit, and enlightenin, nt.
he° We should have a repugnance to engage in
:1141 "I"Lies which might prevent us enjoying those
4tiieti' 'fictions with otlnr races and nazi ins from which.
s-;116 baPPY application of industry, the glorious
!,;',lllselßr science, and the bright emanations of
-`'ueers ) The • thought sincerely and hope-
'thlt 'f "
of 1 we threw open our doors to
.the competi-
Ni tb tee
we should have the spirit to contend,d
IN c' grace to submit, in this benignant and bloo -
),bterlti lirY's-(Cherrs ) He could not better sum up the
b'lilcaj",.lll,B which he. had made than by quoting seine
a"`"eh had been written near a century.n
e
half ago by a poet, who al way s
41tt0;,e,4 himselftL with more point and com-
rkndps 1i" any other he knew—ho referred to
41/0 "Pc•—(Che2rs.)
ll,' us the balm shall bleed, and amber flow,
The coral redden, and the ruby glow;
itaittarlY shell its lucid orb unfold,
.gold."
I;te 6 ucehus warm the ripening ore to
is;B, Would come when they would listen to see if
„7 not as good a prophet as he was a poets:-
b.:1)0 h° tune shall come, when free as seas or wind,
\VI ;laded Thames shall flow for all. mankind;.
4 ate nations enter with each swelling tide,
trllB,e: but join the regions they divide;
iflid distant ends our glories shall behold,
~
,/ott ~the new world launch forth to seek the old.
e :Tering.) Now (continued the Noble Lord) we
`pie-4."aPPiness of seeing—l hope we shall have the
kNattii hearing—many representatives of foreign
''si '6v eibid through them an anticipatory welcome
oountri
d Cons• arid I must allow
14
ft
) 37nien
and
pro
Lin
new world to which
het ale with reference to that
titittielth Tete/fed in the passage quoted, that. I uniformly
frlles eTe the utmost kindness and goodwill among all
uph %of .
"eit _lnhabitants; and I rejoice sincerely at the
matter by which my countrymen may contri- t 5
0144,..1nent the link which unites the two great
The .0 (Loud cheers.)
lltoe
'501., ashi,lxotAte then read a list of subscriptions,
itt 0, tout were 2001. by the Duke of Sutherland,
°l.l' "Marquis of Westminster, and 1001. by the
LeiY'Generat &e
The gt was received' with applause.
11::N.ekt A SADOR then came forward to
It'4l;`tt e'reoeuridafresinoliAluseti and was received with en-
coonu'ld assure them that it was
Li/g greatest6.pleasure that he proposed the foli-s
4114t1,,teeolution :—" That it is the opinion of. .t.h
itiqi that the opportunity given by this exhibition
kle`ejliitercourse and peaceful rivalry of various na-
i I be
(!irtaat most effectual step towards the accom-
'd.' tint universal peace throughout the civilized
i'lp,tl;"tiof remembered with pride, that the first E.x
Industry, though on a less extensive
Vl.4llti took place in France—(Loud cheers)—
o',-°'lowing the example on a much larger scale,
r‘ en the nations of the world to compete with
„,4tit.,e'", Prize thetwas offered to all.—(Hear, hear.)
Vis_t/ot-;)huldi in his oinion, be no better arena for the
-an the of E land—(llear)—and no
e metropolis ng
k,,tro,i,eo to erect a building, in which the wonders. of
Acid` d ,_would be exhibited. A magnanimous nation
,p" net' shore all nations to give them the re-
their ekill.—(Hear, hear.) Such a
° ti„ was Is,,
i, beyond all praise. Half a century
print beyond
of the house of Coburg led a
• . of the same house was
rltat nowh,„ a MCC
°Quid to cultivate peace with the
.whole
-1.8,' bear.) In moving this resolution he
9 .7e.1E11:11,1-;',1 President of the French Republic, who
th` b.% - "'at a meeting like the present was a meet
tot lai;),/ and peace.—(Hear, hear.)
--'°P of LONDON seconded the. resolution.
that
~tehleCt ers
or
'religion he unhesitatingly declared
WhiCh the' had in view would pro-
-Igmeeting l• 0. over the whole
• on and good fee to, .
The Scciety, in his opinion, was in the strictesthae
tltteNeveinie society--(Elear. hear)—and would . v
kt! Otlitet(lf leading men of different nations to cultivate
4tt
ti
society.—(Hear, hear.) lathe olden times,
I„karo.3 thoug-ht of the sacred games that enemies
b,,,las,;Lieticis during their continuance, how much more
~Ykati„ I)!n:ties nr-ect as friends when the object was
'„ilvlt.h each other in the arts of. peace, and when
IttNltta '9eot was to bring all the nations of the earth
tub •
h of ,e tc-gether.—(Hear, hear.) He admired the
trli)4 a lioble Earl in seconding the first reaolu-
must confess that he had
111:1ftele4ttt,t etellte' asallmhaistigmreouhead of argument from under
iktliti,of,4,e would take the liberty. ofquoting the
t,-;k/ritek poet, which he (the Bishop o London)
114,114,1 re strongly upon the enterprise in which they
mtis!et ;11,i;aged. Speaking of the games of G. recce,
3ai. substance that they tended to extinguish
1-"ingh. s
Itelfe-rnuetWeen men, to renew ancient friendships
l ones, and to bring into generous rivalry
kitttiirthhtion the skill and qualities of those who. en
,till'.,Sea""e'n.- Whatever tended to remove national
nt,',,,.tos„,t,linq to lessen national animosities,. and. to
‘-'4t 47,i".en the people of different countries in the
St,litet ei'immon object, would bind them insensibly,
(eyess effectually, in the bonds of amity and
ket.tiilibmihers.) The Right Rev. Prelate concluded
p'' f: the resolution.
ik'rlikasZE,altfolGi GRAHAM moved the next resolution,
N.'tt tlii loyal gratitude to her
.ta„. B meeting tendersits
`4tio--`alltts Majesty for the support given to the above.
tiQtt issuin 'a Royal Commission, with the Prince
1p.,„11 r:'ts head, for her Majesty's gracious con-
ii7et4lso.illlthesona:t,rhibui3iittiinega
exhibition."
the funds for defraying the
t/thtl44l;klitttha prtoposed 'exhibition would give a great
tbt,"° 14,a(10 and employment, and tend to improve
''''lll,ls:A'ae/e. He visited the French exposition in
1.4(1/11), and he felt deeply mortified at. the coni-
wkipliti.A.'.;:tiedet.i the exhibition and the state of industrial
,111hP11/.1.414'„,,1111. briefl seconded the resolution, which
,c4-p 174 carried youanimously.
4 f ta4or AYBASSADOR moved the next resola-
-131i1°Tss--._
I,llgiLlt .the earnest hope of this meeting that all
\'54%."1k -",:`°ns will cordially promote A° endeavour of
hs(Ch'ket-„,,Carry out an undertaking in which all na-
-40,'Iterea-\'' inter st "
t'‘ -I_lle feelta confident hope that this would be
Veitt° ."2 thought they could not have expected. at
toe -r
•of the feeling of
kal, I nay -.a to have an expression
ilY;lblealt)r,ll4 on this subject.. He believed that a frank
tt‘/C 'Peal to the best interests of mankind would
etkis(Le a corresponding response from the human
littitb.,n'ttki Cheers.) It was his conviction that this
Pt!tileee-..w°old conduce to our own benefit and that
laloctilor -Mien He approved of the liberality and
'iltilotZtat'solonisfbi.tsap.rincipl, though the preparations for
tt.,44iftit it
waslthewas oelthered t the whole world, but
y Englandg.—(Cheers.) He►ekt
lot till enter •
r ero4t. prisreLseymbolized the inauguration o
4„ 10eal amity and peace.—(Cheers.)
the dptn,
1•
the-American Minister, seconded the
i Pei_",cloing so he saidhe
performed an agree-
" 'lad watched this great enterprise from
11,71 y this and he would say that the mind that con-
11'4 Et.e%t t and the individuals who had
4ettNlakPleated thep"project,
preliminary arrangements, deserved
Itoe laNl4a-ed his profound admiration.—(Cheers.)
ektz.t" there as the representative of a youthful but
nt'lideii aation,—(cacers.) He came there
theto
tlttltlit4 people auks to Prince Albert and
t,t B t,ll)klA tvla for the magnanimous proposal; and
itri.ll4ll i; .I.lle people of the United States he came
pe 1ep,114 out the hand of good-fellowship to the
". looked n
s 0116 e.upo this exhibition not as
!Ny'e to benefit industry and art, but as a great
4'L't °,4ll4liTiun. All that now was wanted was
4teC,eations between nations. Let nations
tlllll. t° face in a great country
.like
I.4nd wed in arms and famous in lite-
0441):ens good would come of it. It was
1.1,?Ilosl, indeed its generosity was as broad
kic of (t)-. itself d he could promise them the
ghee sit,. he I, I an
„;‘-, hea,,',ulted States would readily respondh to it.
is'ene Ile did not apprehend that in t e ar s
6,44 ss %""e teopl of the United States could teach
ltd I„hitia- ttnneh but they would come here to learn,
vq111):t; *CI° they would bring with them inventions
tits 4,-2118 that would command universal admi-
-4111/1)41.114er-t;:kai4 not over sanguine. of the results of
si,itn-ee he lig, but when this great meeting.
lai;ikt think the world would recognise the
tti'•ts -.r and the advantages of commerce, that
In44t izet, E
t h h ° mankind.—(Cheers.) It was for the
t;tetlll34;°.h.sto-;:vorld to secirepeace, and the s.ecurity. of
bNtle to 'he world now depended on their meeting
g'sl. Ole" by I.l),"l3°.tisate it.— (Cheers.) Ho closed his
tst . of the U his thanks, on the part of the
'thlntes. e. united States, for the proposal of this
It 04-Atio,at exhibic -
of d t (Cheers.)
ion industry.—(Cheers.)
Us 1.3.
ctZt)ti°,s Li;idittkhr`/(,sinti.rcated, that for
.the convenience of
of tii° Publ. e time was never his own, u b t always
4,01.,i's ord, le, the next resolution would be taken
QG
itt
is sak,et.! moving the following resolution
11)ty tliat Lwn.if views with great satisfiction the
f
s„111.Y oom 1.1 be given for the promotion o
teleh it is
111)0anrisna
.01 the merits of those.n.:iveu-
d will be found in the exhibition of
ci(l(ll'ress a few words to the meeting upon
tot
apoitaeus occasion. In the first place, be
thqu,i", which gels;•, not to them so much as to those
1,/) relung to attc „lad teen under the painful necessity
for haviz4 ne exception to
"Asir: ?ear,ro
laid down for himself, fur. the Liz
tat; aretusiLig, to attend a public meeting.—
reason 4 of this exception was this?

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 on the part (f his worthy fellow•ceuntryrucn that
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 pro verb said, was to I e
forearmed, and the ground of it might be removed. It
arose not from any narrow-minded selfishness, any
exclusive national feeling, but from a real feel-
ing, that the interest in the prefer once for
which he was bound to give to the industry of his own
countrymen, without excluding the competition of others.
—(llear, bear.) He did feel this apprehension, that we
might appear to be defeated in the contest, in the honest
contest and rivalry with our aeighhbours, when in
reality we had nut sustained any deteat at all.—(Hear.)
He thought that the public exhibition, addressing itself
only to the sense of sight, would tend natut ally to prevent
our great fundamental substantial merits from
being seen as well as felt, and if these
merits consisted as they did, not in cutward, 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.—(Cheers.) Now that
%las his only ground for being apprehensive of a bad
result Irons the present great movement, to use an or-
dinary expression of the day.— (Ile ar, hear.) He
wished he could approve of all movements as
well as he did of this ; and since he bad
been led to believe that his apprehension was ill-
faunded—whether it was he would not decide now, but
would wait till the year 1851—he gave it his most
hearty support.—(Hear, hear.) He could not suf-
ficiently express his delight at being sur:ounde I 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 prineary importance in itself, whica
%sus to increase that material good understanding and
enlightened friendly feeling between this country nod
all the other nations of the world. (Cheers.) As
had been observed by his Honourable Friend the re-
' presentative cf our kinsmen of the United States, and
who Lever could have been our eremies but for the im-
policy of our rulers of one period of our history, and
perhaps he might add, the impolicy of their rulers
at another period, the people of America
would come here to take a leaf out of our
book, which we could not consent to give them saving
upon the true spirit of trade, without taking in return,
he hoped, a leaf out of theirs.—(Cheers and laughter.)
They have one practical illustration of our power to
manufacture in the right way—they would seethe manu-
facture called British freedom, that is enjoyed in this
couotry--(Cheera)—they would see a constitution
working amid the storms of faction unmoved—(Cheers)
—they would see a constitution which defies all at-
tack from without and within.—(Loud cheers.)
They would see what he hoped he should not have the
trouble of showing them; and if occasion arose for it,
he would show them the noble spectacle of the 10th
of April, 1848—(Loud cheering)—when no doubt pre-
parations were made to prevent the possibility
of the Queen's peace being broken, but when
they found that those preparations were absolutely
superfluous for the Queen's peace, which was never in
better keeping than in the hands of the Queen's
people—(Cheers)—and when that most miserable and
despicable attempt was made to commit an infraction of
the peace.—(Cheers, and cries of " No," and "Ques-
tion.") It was to be laughed at from one end a 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 grieved to say, which the proceedings of a
neighbouring nation a few weeks before bad offered, and
of which that cation now most heartily repenteel.—
(Loud cheers and hisses.) And if there was
one thing to which he attached mere importance than
another it was the fact that a foreigner, come from what
quarter of the glote he might, and though he might
have been a slave before, as soon as he touched the Bri-
tish soil, his fetters fell off, and he became a
free man. Ho was asked to move the reso-
lution which he thought embodied a most important
expectation—the expectation of 1851—that the interests
of science would benefit incalculably by an exhibition
of the inventions of various countries, which he hoped
and trusted would not be without their salutary
effect in quickening the inventive faculties of
our artists. He spoke, from practical experience
when he said that we had much to learn from the inven-

tive powers and admirable workmanship in scientific
matters of foreign art 7 'Luis. Ho could speak with
most grateful recollections of the practical benefits which
he had derived, in his late tcienti6c researches, from
the inimitable inventions of Frenchmen. It was
therefore with peculiar satisfaction that he discharged
this debt of gratitude to them by moving the resolution
which had been entrusted to him. Ha ought not to
have trespassed so long 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 hoped his retiring immediately to re-
sume them would be taken as a sufficient apology, and
that his withdrawing would not be reckoned inconsistent
with those warm feelings of interest with which he re•
garded the present movement.—(Cheers.)
The BELGIAN AMBASSADOR seconded the resolution,
and in doing so said he was particularly struck with the
contrast which the position of inventors of the present
day presented to that of inventors in former periods of
the world's history. It bad Even the custom formerly
to conceal under the veil of mystery the most
useful and meritorious discoveries, but now neither thr
gaze of the multitude nor the calm and impartial eye of
the scientific man was dreaded, and the consequence was
that mankind throughout the world had been greatly
benefited. In seconding this resolution he considered
he was only paying that debt of gratitude to the illus-
trious Prince the Consort of the Queen of England
which was his due, and whose conduct had endeared him
to every one.
The resolution was then put by the Chairman, and
declared to be carried unanimously.
The Bishop of OXFORD moved the following resolu-
tion :—" That this meeting is of opinion that all con-
sumers, especially the working classes, will be mate-
rially benefited by such an exhibition as that of
1851, from the tendency it will have to bring
into general use the best productions." He
believed that manufactures increased the be-
nefits of the lower classes, and ha must deprecate
any attempt at saying that to support an institution like
the present was against Christianity. He considered
that in supporting such an institution they were doing
all they could to uphold Christianity. Nothing could
be more noble than industry and work
it was better to work than to talk. In
supporting the industry of all, they were performing
one of the greatest attributes of Christianity; be 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, bear.)
He saw other advantages connected with this object.
That long struggle between skill and capital, which was
not of a pleasant kind, would be softened in its asperities
by the proposed exhibition. It would bring together
the great capitalist and the small, and the skilled pro-
ducer, who worked together in producing great fabrics,
works of art, and the necessaries of life. He wanted the
poor artizan to give his shilling to this exhibition, in
order that he might feel that he was one of the inviters
to this great international feast.—(Cheers.) He depre-
cated the wealthy being alone asked to contribute to the
exhibition. He lookod upon this enterprise as tendering
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 when he sum-
moned from the chaos of nature its sun, its flowers, its
order, and its beauty.—(CEeers.)
Lord AS LEY seconded the resolution. If the ten-
dency of this exhibition would be to establish a principle
of reciprocity he could have no doubt of the great
benefit that would arise from it to the working-

classes, not of this country alone, but of the whole civil-
ized world, in the more easy interchange of their indus-
trial products, which it would offer up for the future.
He hoped this exhibition would be the commencement of
a new order of things, and a general combination of all
mankind to magnify the Almighty in the exposition of
his works.—(Cheers.)
Mr. LESLIE moved the next resolution as follows:
" That this meeting is of opinion that the funds re-
quisite for carrying out ithe exhibition should bo pro•
vided by the voluntary liberality of all classes of the
community, and not from the public revenue ; and that
this meeting engages Ve 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 iu the 'collection of subscriptions, and to
afford any other assistance the Commissioners appointed
by her Majesty may require."
As au instance of the benefit that might result from the
proposed exhibition to the British working men, he
mentioned that almost all the men who exhibited their
productions at the Exposition of Works of Industry and
Art in France in 1797 had subsequently earned a Euro.
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 acknowledge that France had been be-
fore them in this movement, but it should be remem-
bered that while the French exhibitions bad been sup-
ported by Government funds, and confined to produc-
tions of French industry, the exhibition of
1851 would be open to all the world, and
supported by the voluntary contributions of the
people. (Cheers.) He need not remind them
that Queen Elizabeth was the first person who ever wore
a pair of silk stockings, and that she wore the first
manufactured pair till they could be worn no
longer ; and yet, at the present day, scarcely
a lady was without many pairs manufactured at
Nottingham—or that Pepys, a secretary of the Admi-
ralty, in his time bad related the pleasure with
which 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 and luxuries of life, could not fail to
he of the utmost advantage to every member of the
community. —(Cheers.)
On the motion of 1)r. LANCASTER, seconded by Mr.
FREEMAN, a committee cf noblemen and gentlemen
were appointed to carry out the objects already stated.
On the motion of Mr. GRACE, seconded by Mr. BYNO,
it was unanimously resolved—
' " That the High Bailiff cf Westminster, I. K. Brunel,
Esq., and Mr. D. Coluegin, be requested to act as Tree,-
' I suers, and, after defraying the expenses sanctioned by

the committee, to pay the balance of the money re-
ceived to the treasurers appointed by the Royal Com-
mission."
Thanks were then voted to the High Bailiff, who
briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting
broke up.