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EXHIBITION OF 1851.

CHARTER OF INCORPORATION.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of' God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,Queen, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting :Whereas We were graciously pleased to issue Our Commission under Our RoyalSign Manual, bearing date the third day of January, in the year of our Lord Onethousand eight hundred and fifty, for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Worksof Industry of all Nations to be liolden in the year One thousand eight hundred andfifty-one, and thereby for that purpose to appoint Our most dearly beloved Consort,His Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Emanuel Duke of Saxony, Prince ofSaxc-Coburg and Gotha, Knight of Our most noble Order of the Garter and FieldMarshal in Our Army ; Our right trusty and right entirely-belovcd Cousin andCouncillor Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch and Quecnsberry, Knight of Our mostnoble Order of the Garter ; Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin WilliamEarl of Rosse, Knight of Our most illustrious Order of St. Patrick ; Our right trustyand right well-beloved Cousins and Councillors Granville George Earl Granville,and Francis Earl of Ellesmere; Our right trusty and well-beloved Councillor EdwardGeoffrey Lord Stanley; Our right trusty and well-beloved Councillors John Russell (commonly called Lord John Russell), Sir Robert Peel , Baronet (since deceased),Henry Labouchere and William Ewart Gladstone ; Our trusty and well-belovedSir Archibald Galloway, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of theBath and Major-General in Our Army in the East Indies, Chairman of the Court ofDirectors of the East India Company (since deceased), or the Chairman of the Courtof Directors of the East India Company for the time being; Sir Richard Wcstmacott,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; RichardCobden,Esquire; William Cubitt, Esquire, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers ,or the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers lor the time being; CharlesLock Eastlake, Esquire ; Thomas Field Gibson, Esquire; John Gott, Esquire; SamuelJones Loyd, Esquire (now Lord Overstonc) ; Philip Pusey , Esquire; and WilliamThompson, Esquire, to make full and diligent inquiry into the best mode by whichthe Productions of Our Colonies and Foreign Countries might bo introduced m t0Our Kingdom, as respects the most suitable Site for the said Exhibition, the generalconduct of the said Exhibition, and also into the best mode of determining the natureof the Prizes, and of securing the most impartial distribution of them; And didthereby give to the said Commissioners, or any three or more of them, certain powers