The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-06 00:00:00

Moore might be proud to take with him into
private life, and into the circle around, his own
hearth; that of the accomplishment of this great
effort of munificence.

Before proceeding to remark upon the liberality
with which his Worship has, throughout, exercised
the hospitalities of the Town-hall, we may perhaps
be excused if we take upon ourselves a vicarious
task, by touching upon one feature of those hos-
pitalities. We refer to the admission, we believe,
for the first time, of the ladies of Liverpool, to a
share in those festivities, which hitherto had been
engrossed, a little selfishly, by their lords. The
soiree provided for them by Mr. Bramley-Moore
will not be readily forgotten by the fair guests on
the occasion, nor will the gallantry of any future
Chief Magistrate be very highly esteemed, who
shall omit to follow the excellent example: On all
other and more ordinary occasions, the festivities
at the Town-hall have been most liberally and im-
partially dispensed ; and have, by the urbanity
which presided over them, and the high tone which
marked their proceedings, tended to give to those
distinguished strangers who have partaken of them,
and these have included persons of Royal blood,
an increased estimation of the wealth, the intellec-
tual character, and the social refinement of this
great commercial community. His Worship has
also, during his mayoralty, been an invited and
honoured guest at many entertainments given in
other localities, in which he has equally done credit
to the high reputation of the good old town.

THE city correspondent of the London Times
may be supposed, as mixing more extensively with
men of business, to be a little more conversant
with commercial and monetary affairs than the
smart essayists, who do the leading business of
that journal. Men may write excellent philipics,
pungent satire, and caustic wit ; anatomatize pomp-
ous pretenders, or extinguish inflated ' impostors;
Pend yet have devoted very little of their attention
to the actual events and facts of the world out of
doors. Hence, on commercial subjects, we turn for
valuable expositions of opinion from the brilliancy
of the latter to the more sober and deliberate writ-
ings of the former.
This writer's article of Friday last contains an
abstract of some news from the gold regions of Cali-
fornia, contained in the Pacific Weekly News,
published at San Francisco, and dated Ist Septem-
ber. Our San Francisco contemporary represents
the workings on the Sacramento and Feather rivers
as still yielding ample returns. Business is still
brisk on the Ayuba river, and a large number of
men are employed also on the three Forks of the
Rio de los Americanos. We quote from the Times
article the calculation made of the results of the
present year's working :

" Upon the Sacramento and its tributaries the number
of persons engaged is about 15.000. It is estimated that
their gains for the year ending next January will be
$20.000,000.

_
" Upon the San Joaquin and its tributaries. the number
is 20,000, and their gains are also estimated ar likely to be
.8'20,000,000.
" The Tuolumne and the Mercedes rivers have been
merely skimmed over, yet with brilliant success, and
many have turned their steps towards the ravines of ihe
Calaveres, where a fortunate miner earned 820,000 in
two weeks. It is reported that new and valuable gold
mines have been discovered upon the Turkee river, just
the other side of the Sierra Nevada, and that several
parties from the northern forks were on their way thither.
It is stated that from 5500 to $l,OOO have been dug per
day. If this report is true, the real diggings are just
being discovered.

These are startling facts, if even we take them
as a little exaggerated. Forty millions of dollars—
upwards of eight millions sterling—from the already
known sources, with a prospect of the opening of
further sources of even greater richness F Can
there be any doubt as to the effect of such a vast
addition to the stock of precious metals in the
world ?

Another writer in the same paper, evidently well
informed, urges upon our government, in order to
develope the effectiveness of the West Indian-Mail
Packet Service against the competition with which
it is threatened by the American steamers, and
expressly to accommodate the trade in bullion from
Panama and Chagres to Great Britain, an alteration
in the general arrangement of the service. This
writer says :

" The West Tndia steamers leave Chagres with an ave-
rage freight of 1,000,000 of dollars (frequently more) for
England. This amount may be expected shortly to be
very much augmented by the supplies of gold from the
Californian mines, and no doubt each monthly steamer
will c non bo onalalad to onobork from 1,000,00 t) to 4,000,000
of dollars in specie and bullion for delivery at the • Bank
of England."

Undoubtealy, the bulk of this Californian supply
will come to the Bank of England. What,how-
ever, can the Bank do with it all ? Will she buy
it at her own price, and' sell it at its deteriorated
price in the markets of the world ? Of course,
under our existing system she will have to do
this, and we wish her joy of the very profitable
operation.
The London correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian on Saturday last confirmed our impres-
sion as to the growing feeling in leading commer-
cial circles in the city, that the Californian yield of
gold is likely to produce a depreciation of the stan-
dard. The writer adds, however, his opinion—
which is that put forth some time ago. by the
Guardian himself—that the increased supply will
be absorbed by the increased wants and activity of
our commerce to result from our recent free trade
measures. This, however, is an admission that our
free traders overlooked in their legislation the im-
portant fact of the existence of a deficient supply
of money. There was no prospect, up t 0.1846, of
their being assisted out of their dilemma by this
fortunate leaf in the chapter of accidents.

THE LIVE POOL STANDARD.

THB SEE OF LLANDAFF & WELSH BISHOPS.

TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD JOHN RUSSELL, FIRST
LORD OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY.

MY LORD,—We, the undersigned clergy, natives of the
Principality of Wales, residing in the West Riding of the
county of York, beg most respectfully to lay before your
lordship the following statements respecting the Esta-
blished Church in Wales, and the system of setting over
it prelates who know not the language of the people.
Your lordship is aware that it has been the practice, for
upwards of a century, to appoint to the Welsh dioceses,
as bishops, persons unacquainted with the language, cus-
toms, and habits of the Welsh nation, whereby great in-
jury has been done to the cause of religion in the Princi-
pality, and just occasion for reproach and censure given
to those who dissent from the national church.

The Principality of Wales contains a population of zone
million and one hundred thousand : out of this number
there are eight hundred thousand who speak the Welsh
tongue. We consider it, therefore, my lord, not so much
a matter of favour as of justice, that the Welsh people
should have, in common with their English neighbours,
the rites and ordinances of the Established Church ad-
ministered in the language which they understand and
love.

We beg to assure your lordship that this practice of
appointing bishops, ignorant of the ancient British tongue,
to preside over the Church in Wales, has operated most
disastrously on its interests and character, as may be seen
from its present depressed state. It has given rise to
interested and inefficient appointments—to occurrences
in the performance of divine service of a painful and
repulsive nature—and to other lamentable abuses, which
have tended to alienate the affections of the people from
the church, and to foster the spirit of dissent throughout
the Principality.
If we speak strongly, my lord, on this subject, it is
because we feel strongly. We are not actuated by in-
terested motives. It is the spiritual welfare and efficiency
of the church to which we belong that prompt us to
address your lordship on the present occasion. We
express not only our own feelings on this question, but
likewise those of the majority of the clergy in Wales, who
dare not make known their sentiments publicly for fear
of offending their diocesans, and thereby prejudicing their
own prospects of advancement in the church.
We, therefore, humbly pray that your Lordship, as
First Lord of Her Majesty's Treasury, will so advise as to
secure to the See of Llandaff, at present vacant by the
lamented death of Dr. Copleston, the appointment of a
Bishop fully conversant with the Welch language, that he
may be able to decide for himself as to the necessary qua-
lifications of Candidates for Holy Orders, and of Appli-
eauts for Church Preferments—that at the Consecration
of Churches, and the laying on of hands in the solemn
rite of Confirmation, he may perform the sacred services
of the Church in that language, and on all fitting occasions
preach in the same to the edification of the people.
We have the honor to remain, my Lord, your Lordship's
most obedient and very faithful Servants,
Lewis Jones, Vicar of Almondbury.
Richard Jones, Vicar of Gisburne.
Joseph Hughes, Incumbent of Meltham.
D. Meredith, Incumbent of Meltham Mills.
WM. Morgan, 8.D., Incuinbent of Christ Church,.
Bradford.
David Jenkins, Incumbent of Pudsey.
John Jones, Incumbent of Milnsbridge.
Thomas James, Incumbent oficetherthong.
Yorkshire, Oct., 1849.

THE T2-101JSANDTH ANNIVERSARY OF KING:

ALFRED'S BIRTHDAY.

On Fri darevening a public dinner, in commemoration of this
interesting historical epoch, was held at the Adelphi Hotel. J.
Bramley- Moore, Esq. (the mayor), in the chair, and Mr.
Lowndes in the vice-chair. The attendance was numerous and
respectable, and a deputation attended from the committee in
London, and there were also present several residents of the
United States, The dinner, which was served in the great din-
ing-hall, was all that could be desired. The band of the 46th
Regiment was in attendance, and also a party of glee singers.
Amongst those present were the Mayor elect (Mr. Alderman,
John Holmes), Mr. Ald. Procter, Mr. Ald. T. Sands, W. Rath-
bone, Esq., Sir Arnold Knight, Mr. Councillor Picton, M. D.
Lowndes, Esq.,. Lawrence Peel Esq., Edward Holley, Esq.,
Robert Procter, Esq., W. Eyer, Esq., Ambrose Dixon, sq.,
James 'Mulleneur, Esq., ; the Reverends D. James, J. . How-
son, M.A., and Dr; Hume ; H. Scrivener, Esq., J. A. Pearson,
Esq., of Woolton; W. H. Moss, Esq., banker; Lieutenant
Tupper, Mr. Mayer, and nearly all the literary and professional
gentlemen in the town and neighbourhood.
After the repast; the Mayor proposed the usual loyal toasts in
felicitous terms.

Mr. M. F.TUPPaR recited some verses which he had written
on the birthday of the present Prince Alfred, and which were
very appropriate to--the occasion. They were received with
much applause.
The toast of " The Church," was next given, in connexion
with the name of Mr. Richmond, a relative of the esteemed
author of the " Dairyman's Daughter."
The Rev. D. JA MES, of Kirkdale, responded. He adverted to
that minister of the church who became the tutor of Alfred the
Great. He knew the birth-place of that great and learned man.
It was in the northern part of Pembrokeshire that Asser Mine-
vensis lived. Educated at the celebrated college of Minevia,
this clergyman outstripped his contemporaries. in ability and
learning, and his fame travelled beyond the confines of Cam-
bria, and reached the court of the Saran Monarch, who de-
spatched messengers to invite him to his court at Dean, in
Wiltshire. Asser consented, and became an inmate of the
king's palace. The king and he were occupied daily in the
prosecution of literary pursuits. Asser imparted the stores of
his great mind to his.royal pupil ; and when Alfred compiled
that celebrated code of Taws which form the great bacie hio
tame, lie received from his pupil a copy of the laws of Moel-
mutixs Dyxnwal Nleelmud, the celebrated British legislator of
a previous age, but still preserved in a neighbouring kingdom.
Hence the remarkable coincidence between the common law of
England and the observances of the ancient .Britons. Also
Asser supplied the Saxon monarch with valuable suggestions in
his work of enlarging and improving the University of Oxford;
for learning had long ere this reared her noblest temples, and
gathered round her some illustrious votaries in ancient Cam-
bria, his native land: Finally, on the death' of Alfred, Asser
wrote the Annals of bib life and reign, which were still in exist-
ence, and deservedly valued. (Cheers.)
The Rev. JAMES C. RICHMOND, of Rhode Island, also spoke •
to the toast. "The Army and Navy" was responded to by
Lieutenant TOPPER. King. Alfred, he said, was as noted for
his military skill as his learning, and it was recorded in authen•
tic history that in his military and naval capacity he gained not
less than fifty victories.
The MAYOR then proposed " Fhe Memory of Alfred the
Great," the son of Ethelfred, in a very able speech. He gave
an interesting outline of some of the greatest events of Alfred's
life. He it was who first composed a codeof laws, and he was
the first who established public schools. By some it was
thought that he founded the University of Oxford. He was a
man of learning, and translated the Book of Psalms, and other
works. His mind too was occupied (even in the 9th century)
in finding out a north west passage. He was the founder of
that great palladium of our liberties—trial by jury. Life and
property were secure during his reign, owing to his firmness
and justice. He devoted one-third of the 24 hours to the ser-
vice of God; one-third to public affairs; and one-third to
refreshment and sleep. He founded his laws on the Scriptures.
His Worship concluded by calling upon the company to receive
the toast, not in solemn silence, but with all the honours, for
this was a day of jubilee, and not a day of sorrow. (Applause.)
The toast was drunk with enthusiastic cheering.
Sir ARNOLD KNIGHT replied to the toast in an eloquent and
able speech, in which he referred, in some detail, to the prin-
cipal incidents in King Alfred's life. That monarch lived in
an age in which were found (early as it was) some of the noblest
achievements of Saxon power and intellect. The influence of
the character. of Alfred has net yet ceased; his spirit still lives
in the institutions of our country. (Cheers.) It was the spirit
of Alfred which descended from generation to generation,
through a thousand years, which had assembled them together
on that occasion. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The spirit of
Alfred hadsenabled this country to maintain its present proud
preeminence to defend the great institutions of our country,
and to make England stand erect amidst the crash of surround-
ing nations. (Cheers.) It was the spirit of Alfred that had
enabled the people of this country to possess energy and perse-
verance, to build this mighty empire, the greatest the world
ever knew—an empire of which it had been well said that the
sun never sets on the dominions of the Queen of England.
(Cheers.)
An appropriate glee was then sung, entitled "The Day of
a Thousand Years." _ .

The Rev. Dr. GILES called attention to the resolutions lately
passed at the great meeting at Wantage, when it was decided
to found a college under the title of " King Alfred College," to
be supported by subscription. He also read some ancient
documents in reference to the history of that greet monarch.
The MAYOR read letters of apology for absence from the Earl
of Ellesmere and other distinguishea persons, and afterwards
proposed " The course of education which advances with the
Anglo-Saxon race."
The Rev. Mr. HowsoN acknowledged the toast in an eloquent
speech.
The next toast was "The commerce of nations—the pioneer
of civilization and the handmaid of peace."
The toast was acknowledged by Mr. W. Rathbone..

The CHAIRMAN proposed the -toast—" The arts, literature,
and science—may their influence be extended as widely during
the next three centuries as they had been since the days of
Alfred."

Mr. PICTON replied in a speech of great ability, in which he
traced the progress of literature, science, and the arts, their
effects on society, and their legitimate objects and application.
After some other toasts, amongst which was " the chairman,"
(to which he appropriately replied,) the meeting broke up,
highly gratified with the proceedings.

It has been discovered that Mr. Josias Booker does not
possess a qualification for a seat in Council—his name
having been accidentally omitted from the burgess roll.
This will render necessary a new election for West Derby
Ward. . -

POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—At the monthly meeting of
this society last night—Mr. Millner, president, in the
chair—• Mr. G. J. Horner read a very interesting paper on
" Cast-iron Railway Girders," and pointed out their ad-
vantages, in strength and applicability, over arches, for
railway bridges.
THE WEATHER, during the week just ended, has been
on the whole broken and unsettled, with occasionaldown-
falls of rain, interspersed with now and then a gleam of
sunshine. Yesterday forenoon and throughout the day,
the barometer had fallen towards the point indicating
"much rain," and showers of rain, with some hail, fell at
intervals, the wind being strong and squally from the
N.W. A large breadth of wheat has already been sown
in this neighbourhood, and some of it is above the ground.
The potatoes are nearly all raised, and though some are
much affected by the disease, others, as yet, appear clear
of it,—especially Cumberland kemps of large size, which
are selling at from Bd. to 10d. per score. The crops of
mange! wurzel and turnips are generally good, and many
have already been gathered in.
STOCK EXCHANGE JOKERS.—Our trade reporter had a
narrow escape this afternoon. In his anxiety to bring us
the earliest information, he ventured to inquire the price
of the two principal lines in the London market to-day.
After meeting with a most courteous refusal from the
chairman and secretary of the Stock Exchange,
who declined in their official capacity to divulge any-
thing respecting prices, he applied to one or two
gentlemen in the room, and was instantly surrounded by
apparently eager inquirers if he wanted to buy Leeds
fifths,—" Did he know Leeds fifths by sight." &c., &c.—
until the press becoming very strong, and having several
five-pound notes loose in his waistcoat pocket, which he
did not wish turned into Leeds fifths, or anything else
except bank fives, he was obliged cautiously to back him-
self to the door, which, once gained' he ;made a very pre-
cipitate retreat down stairs.

yesTODAY, FOR THE RECEPTION
MEETING:,
OF THE DEPCT_A-TION TO LIVERPOOL FROM
THE COMMITTEE "V THE EXHIBITION OF
ARTS AND MANUFACI uf_4l2B'

A meeting was held, yesterday, in the Cot oil
at the Town Hall, to receive Messrs. Cole, (et:: for of
Journal of Design,) Scott Russell, (engineer,) and F. Futi:.'r,
of London, who attended as a deputation, on behalf of
the committee for carrying into effect the grand exhibition
of Arts and Manufactures, to be held in London in 1851,
at the suggestion and under the immediate patronage of
his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Although the notice
was a very short one, the meeting having only been
announced at Wednesday's Council by his Worship the
Mayor, and not advertised or placarded, a numerous body
of our leading merchants and scientific gentlemen at-
tended. Amongst them we noticed his Worship the
Mayor, (in the chair,) Edward Rushton, Esq., stipen-
diary magistrate, Thomas Sands, Esq., Laurence Hey-
worth, Esq., M.P.. A. Wylie, Esq., Samuel Holme, Esq.,
T. B. Barclay, Esq., Edward Cropper, Esq„ C. S. Salt,
Esq., Alderman David Hodgson, W. Bennett, Esq., John
Grantham, Esq., C.E., James Lawrence, Esq., J. Holmes,
C. Turner, Esq., Thomas Booth, Esq., J.B. Yates, Esq.,
Sir Arnold Knight, M.D., C. S. Parker, Esq., Thomas
Spencer, Esq., Claxton, Esq., Alderman Nicol, Dun-
can Gibb, Esq., William Healing, Esq., William Rath-
bone, Esq., M. J. Whitty, Esq., Thomas Kaye, Esq., F.
Shand, Esq., C. J;Smith, Esq., W. P. Freme, Esq.,
Solomon Gibson, Esq., J. Wright, Esq., &mit,
Esq., Curtis, Esq., Platt, Esq., R. Rathbone,
Esq., W. Rathbone, Esq., W. Milner, Esq., &c., &c.
His Worship the MAYOR opened the proceedings by
reading a letter he had received from Mr. Digby Wyatt,
the secretary. The letters, which showed the important
object the promoters of the exhibition had in view, stated
how the undertaking came to be contemplated, and con-
cluded by informing his worship that a deputation of gen-
tlemen would be in Liverpool about the sth of Novem-
ber, and trusting that his worship would introduce them
to gentlemen of standing and influence in the town. His
worship said that in accordance with the object of that
letter, he had addressed Lirculars to different associated
mercantile and scientific bodies in the town. The re-
sponse which had been made to these-circulars, he thought,
would be best shown by the assemblage he saw before
him. He would not trespass on their time in explaining
the object of the meeting. That was,- he thought, noto-
rious. The magnificent design had- originated with
H. 11. 11. Prince Albert ; and he believed he might say of
Liverpool that it would not be found wanting on this oc-
casion. He was sure all would respond' to the call by
carrying out efficiently the preliminaries to the exhibition
which was to take place in the year 1851. With himself,
he was sure every gentleman present would feel indebted
to his Royal Highness for having originated such an idea,
as he (the Mayor) was certain it would confer benefit on
the town. The Mayor concluded by introducing to the
meeting
MR, Coax, one of the three members of the deputa-
tion, who addressed himself to the mayor and the meeting.
and explained the object the deputation had- in view,
which was to lay formally before the meeting the inten-
tion of his Royal Highness Prince Albert relative to the
great exhibition which is totake place in 1851 in London.
He felt confidence in the manner the object would bo
contributed to in Liverpool, if the miles of docks he had
traversed, and the millions of tons of shipping lie had
seen since he had been here were substantial realities.
They were aware that every nation in Europe, except our
own, had had exhibitions similar to that which had been
proposed by the Prince. He then went on to say, that
for several years past, the Prince had entertained the de-
sign of a grand and universal exhibition, and with that
purpose his Royal Highness had been in communication
with societies and individuals likely to assist him in car-
rying out the design. Mr. Cole then referred' to some
minutes entered by the Prince himself, at meetings that
had taken place in Buckingham Palace and Osborne, with
reference to the object in question. It had been a ques-
tion with the Prince, whether the anticipated exhibition
should be limited to the productions of British industry
or unrestricted, admitting the productions of all countries
and the result had been that, his Royal Highness consi-
dered there would be an advantage to this country
by being placed in competition with other nations :
this view had been confirmed by personal interviews
with persons of high standing in the scientific and
commercial world. In every place in Ireland and Scot-
land where the deputation had been, the same opinion
was expressed, that they should endeavour to induce
othernations to co-operate with them. On this point he
(Mr, Cole) would give the meeting one or two of the
many expressions of opinion that had been made to them.
In Edinburgh the Lord Provost stated that he considered
that the proposition to hold such a meeting as the one
contemplated, would direct the. mind of the whole world
to it. To show that the manufacturers held the same
views, he would adduce the opinion of Mr. Kershaw, of
Manchester, which coincided with that expressed by the
chief-magistrate of Edinburgh. In Glasgow, too, similar
views were held. The exhibition would serve the cause
of morals too, by teaching the English that they fre-
quently bought English goods when they supposed they
were purchasing French. There would be the advantage
of the comparison that would be instituted between the
foreign article and that of home production. He thought
all the gentlemen present would' be of the opinion they
(the deputation) were, that the object would only be ef-
fectually accomplished by making it one of universal inte-
rest. With respect to the character of the exhibition, it
would comprise raw materials, machinery, locomotive
ongitloo, manufactuical , &C. With respect
to raw materials, he might say, perhaps, that everything
which was the subject of human.ingenuity might lip ex-
hibited. It was the intention of the East India Company
to exhibit specimens of all the raw nicterial produced in
India, as well as specimens of all the manufactured goods,
the details of which are indigenous to India. Dr. Royle,
who was the correspondent in that department, had
expressed an opinion that this would tend to stimulate a
reciprocal inquiry, in India and England, into the resour-
ces of the two countries. He explained his meaning by
instancing the case of the East India Company having
produced tea in the Himalaya, and thought an opportu-
nity•wculd be afforded to our merchants of ascertaining
what India was capable of producing. With respect to
machinery, we knew that the Americans conceived them-
selves to be in advance of us ; they were known to be
clever in the construction of machinery for agricultural
purposes : but they were possessed of other kinds of
machinery,—for example, the steam printing-press, so
that that country might be expected to contribute largely.
With respect to the magnitude of the exhibition, he might
say, that if each maker should contribute one locomotive
machine, they might expect to see a table with 7000 of the
various designs of locomotive machinery upon it. With
respect to other departments ; a paper maker in Kent
proposed to bring up to London a machine, into one end
of which the prepared rags- could be placed, and 40 feet
apart at the other, paper would be drawn out. With re-
spect to the manufactures, it was hardly necessary to
make particular allusion; na doubt the British people
would shine in many branches of manufactures, and that
the superiority of the foreigner would be confined to iron
casts, bronzes, furniture, and the like. With respect to
sculpture, the prince had considered that we did not suffi-
ciently develope sculpture in connection with useful pro-.
ductions. With reference to the mode in which the ex-
hibition should be carried out, they were aware that, on
the continent, these undertakings were accomplished by
the government, but they all knew that we were in the
habit of effecting objects similar to this better
without the aid of the- government. (Hear.) It bad,
then, been determined to come to the public to subscribe
whatever might be required for the purpose. In London,
gentlemen of all shades of politics agreed in this view.
Mr. flume—who was a great authority in questions of
economy—said, in reference to the subject, this exhibition
had better be paid for by those who have hitherto con-
ducted the commerce of this country. A few days after
this a meeting was held in Surrey, when a gentleman
quite opposed to Mr. Hume in politics, gave expression
to an opinion identical with his in this respect. The next
point was the distribution of the funds ; and the- Society
of Arts had been thought of, but the subject was one of
considerable delicacy, when they considered that foreign-
ers were the competitors for the prizes with our own
countrymen. It had therefore been proposed, and he
believed the Prince was initiating the necessary prelimi-
naries, to ask government to nominate arbitrators, persons
of eminent station and talents, who should have the distri-
bution of the prizes. He believed the time would come
when they should have to ask the gentlemen be saw be-
fore him to contribute the necessary funds; with respect
to the prizes, he might say, they had already £20,000
towards furnishing them, and that they would consist of
medals, in some instances both medals and money prizes.
It had been thought well that the first prize should be in
amount £5,000, and that the principal one in each of the
four sections should be £l,OOO. It had been suggested
that the medals would be considered to be increased in
value if coming from her majesty's own hand, which,
although we could not distinctly say would be the case,
but might be so. Mr. Cole concluded by observing that
the gentlemen around him were aware of the old proverb,
that " there is nothing new under the sun." About
3,000 years ago—they need not be particular to the pre-
cise date—a little state in Greece established a set of
games, which became so notorious in the old world and
history, that for very many centuries people dated their
transactions from their institution. He then went on to
contrast the object they had in view with the games of
Peloponesus, which were to reward feats of strength ; they
purposed to meet every five years, too, but with the
nobler object of exhibiting the powers of mental vigour,
and he doubted not, amongst the victors who were going
to be crowned with laurel, there would be found some of
the gentlemen of Liverpool. Mr. Cole sat down amidst
loud applause.
Mr. Scorr RUSSELL rose to explain to the meeting
how far their exhibition was likely to be received by fo-
reign countries. It was an important question, whether
they would receive its announcement as an honest and
manly challenge to other nations, or with a less liberal
spirit. He bad recently been driven to mingle with the
leading manufacturers, &c., throughout Germany, in the
course of which he sounded their views upon this exhibi-
tion; and he found them delighted with its liberality,
magnitude and spirit. They received it as a fair, honest
and noble challenge to the industry of all the world,
which no nation except England would have given, or
could have carried out ; and they were certain that from
the vast number of persons who would flock from every
part of the Continent on the occasion, it would be most
advantageous to her, and in every respect successful. To
foreigners themselves it would also be most advantageous.
It would be a grand re-union of all the skill and science
of the world ; and whilst foreign manufacturers would
attend to produce those articles in which they peculiarly
excelled, and also to perfect themselves in those which
they did not, hey conceived that in the year 1851 the
great mart of the world would be England ; and that the
same would occur at the future periodical meetings,
which would be made eras from which to date accelerated
progress in every branch of science and art. It would not
only bring together men of science ; but the German