ROYAL COMMISSION.

VICTORIA, R.

Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandQueen, Defender of the' Faith; to Our most dearly beloved Consort, His RoyalHighness Francis Aliiert Augustus Charles Emanuel Duke of Saxony, Prince ofSaxe Coburg and Gotha, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, and FieldMarshal in Our Army; Our right trusty and right entirely-beloved Cousin andCouncillor, Walter Francis Duke of Buceleuch and Queensbcrry, Knight of OurMost Noble Order of the Garter; Our right trusty and right well-beloved CousinWilliam Earl of liosse, Knight of Our Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick;Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousins and Councillors Granville GeorgeEarl Granville, and Francis Earl of Ellesmere ; Our right trusty and well-belovedCouncillor Edward Geoffrey Lord Stanley; Our right trusty and well-belovedCouncillors Jolm Russell (commonly called Lord John Russell), Sir Robert Peel ,Baronet, Henry Labouchcrc, and William Ewart Gladstone ; Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Archibald Galloway, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Orderof the Bath, and Major-General in Our Army in the East Indies, Chairman of theCourt of Directors of the East India Company , or the Chairman of the Court ofDirectors of the East India Company for the time being; Sir Richard Westmacott ,Knight; Sir Charles Lyell, Knight, President of the Geological Society of London ,or the President of the Geological Society of London for the time being; ThomasBaring, Esquire; Charles Barry, Esquire; Thomas Bazley, Esquire; Richard Cobden ,Esquire ; William Cubitt, Esquire, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers , orthe President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the time being; CharlesLock Eastlakc, Esquire; Thomas Field Gibson, Esquire; John Gott, Esquire;Samuel Jones Loyd, Esquire; Philip Pusey , Esquire; and William Thompson,Esquire, greeting.

Whereas the Society for the Promotion of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce,incorporated by Our Royal Charter, of which Our most dearly beloved Consort, thePrince Albert , is President, have of late years instituted Annual Exhibitions of theWorks of British Art and Industry, and have proposed to establish an EnlargedExhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be holdcn in London in theyear one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, at which prizes and medals, to thevalue of at least twenty thousand pounds sterling, shall be awarded to the exhibitors°f the most meritorious works then brought forward; and have invested in theRaines of Our right trusty and entirely-beloved Cousin Spencer Joshua AlwynoMarqiass ol Northampton, Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and