New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-19
pressy for the purpose. We copy two speeches which
Prince Albert delivered on the occasion:

Prince Albert delivered on the occasion:
SPEECH TO The TOWN AUTHoRrrrrs
Mr. Mayor Aldermen ard Gentlemen:
| have received with feelings of no ordinary prstif-
cation the address which you have presented 70 me,
expressing such kindly feelings toward myself, and
protesting to represent the good wishes Of the vast
unity which is gathered in and around this city.
II will en- sure be most pleasing to the Queen to
receive from the expressions contained in the address
freeh assurance OF the loyal interest taken by her
people in all that concerns her happiness
most willingly attend here this day TO assist at q
ceremony which the Inhabitants Of Manchester may
well witness with pride, is object is to insugursIe
an exhibition collected by the eXerton Of their
Prise ard public spirit and intended, not for the
amusement and qualification Of the neighbOrho 81
alone. but for the instruction and improvement OF the
naiiCn at large.
You urtly alude in terms of gratitude 10 that COM
preheusive and liberal spirit which has adorned the
walls Of this building with the choicest specimens Of
art, from so many private galleries of the kingdom
Ii added much to the pleasure with which the Queen
ard myself had complied with the application for
works Of art belonging to Us, when found this eX-
ample 70 generally followed by the pOssessOrs Of
treasures which are, in general reluctantly in
trusted by their owners 10 the care Of others.
Tie Queen will, | am confident, be glad again 10
vsit Manchester, not lny to mark, by her presence,
her approval Of the object and successful execution
Of this great undertaking which We have this day to
loyalty exhibited when che had formerly an opportu-
nifty Of visiting this great center Of industry.
SPEECH TO The EXHIBITION NASAGERs.
Gexthmon II The ELtcutirc Commitee:
thank you most sincerely for your kind address
The expression Of loyalty and attachment TO the
Queen which it conveys will, feel certain, be most
gratifyii < to her.
have with pleasure accepted your invitation to
pre- side at the inaugural ceremony OF an undertaking
which have watched with the deepest interest from
it, frst conception; and may now be allowed to con-
graduate you upon the success which has, 80 lar,
crowned your labors.
~ II md M
nderful collection Of these treasures OF art as you
So Justly term them, which it displays, reflect the
highest credit upon you. They must strike the be-
holder with grateful admiration not only OF the wealth
and spirit Of enterprise of this country but also OF that
generous feeling Of mutual confdence aud good will
between the different classes of society within It, OF
which it afiolds so gratifying proof.
We behold feast which the rich and those who
have set before those TO whom fortune has denied tn
higher uxuIies Of fe-bringng forth from the inner
mort recesses Of their private dwellings, their choicest
ard most cherished treasures, and mi LISTING them 10
your care in order CRAFTY the nation at largeand
this too unhesitatngy-at your mere request salts
fed that your plans dlslnterested aud well ma
tured and that they had the good of the country for
their object
This is gratifying sght-and blessed is the country
il which it IL Witnessed But not less is the fact
which has shown itself in this in other instances,
that the great ard noble of the land look to their
sovereign head and lead them in such patriotic I'M
derakings-and when they that the sovereign has
come forward to give her cOuntenance and assistance
to the work that they feel il pleasure to cooperate
with her. and not 10 leave her without their support
euulating thus in works OF peace the chivarc spirit
which animated their ioreiathers in the warLke times
of old.
You have done well not to aim at a mere accumula-
ton of works of art aud objects oil general interest,"
but TO give to your collection, by scientific and bis.
tor;cal arrangement al educational character thus
not osirg the opportunity of teaching the mind, rs
well ss q atifying the senses and manifold are the
lessons when it will present to II art Is the purest
expression of the state of mental and religious culture
and of general civilization of any age or people-an
historical and chroI illogical review given at one
glarcc cannot fail to impress Us with just appreca-
op of the peculiar characteristics OF the different Pc
RODS ard countries the works of which are here
exhibited to US and of the influence which they have
exercised upon each other
In comparing these works with those OF our own
age and country while We may well be proud oil the
immense d, velopment of knowledge and power OF
production which we possess, have reason also Tor
humility IN contemplating the refinement Of feeling and
intensity of thought manifested in the works OF the
older schools. go
trust that YOU may reap, in the appreciation OF the
public at large and in the TemuneTave concourse oil
neople the immediate reward Of your labOrs; aud
that like the Exhibition of 1851 TO which You 80 Hat
teringly allude you may thus also find tn means 81
closing your operations without having recourse 10
the guarantee fund which this district has 80 gener-
ously put at your disposal. -.
Beyond this, however trust that the beneficial ef
cr upon the progress OF art and taste In our county,
which we may confidently look To, may be lasting
memorial of yOui vast enterprise.