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and authorities therein contained : And whereas it has been represented to Us, byOur Commissioners now acting under Our said Commission, that they have proceededin the inquiries and in the execution of the other matters entrusted to them by Our saidCommission, and that it was expedient not only to continue to them the said powersand authorities, but also that they should have full powers and authorities to carryout and conduct the said Exhibition, and for that purpose to nominate and appointsuch number of persons as they may think lit, with powers and authorities adequatelor the effectually carrying out, conducting, and completing the said Exhibition, andall matters and things relating to and concerning the same, and they have thereforeprayed that We would be graciously pleased to grant them Our Royal Charter ofIncorporation for the purposes aforesaid, to which We have been pleased to conde-scend, adding nevertheless to the said Commissioners now acting under Our saidCommission, Robert Stephenson, Esquire: Now know ye, that We, being earnestlydesirous to promote the said Exhibition, do by these presents, for Us, Our heirs andsuccessors, give, grant, and ordain that Our said dearly beloved Consort, and thesaid Walter Francis Duke of Bucelcuoh and Queensberry, William Earl of Rosse,Granville George Earl Granville, Francis Earl of Ellesmere, Edward Geoffrey LordStanley, Samuel Jones Lord Overstone, John Russell (commonly called Lord JohnRussell), llenry Laboucherc, William Ewart Gladstone , and John Shepherd, Esquire,Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company , whilst he shall besuch Chairman, and when he shall cease to be such Chairman, then the Chairman ofthe Court of Directors of the East India Company for the time being, and the saidSir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lycll, the President of the Geological Society ,whilst he shall be President of the said Society, and when he shall cease to be suchPresident, then the President of the said Society for the time being, Thomas Baring ,Charles Barry, Thomas Bazley, Richard Cobdcn, William Cubitt , or the Presidentof the Institution of Civil Engineers for the time being, Charles Lock Eastlake ,Thomas Field Gibson, John Gott, Philip Pusey , William Thompson, and RobertStephenson, Esquires, and the survivors and survivor of them, and such other persons,if any, ns shall be elected by them as after mentioned, shall be one body politic andcorporate, by the name of “ The Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851,” and bythat name shall and may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and shall haveperpetual succession, subject as after provided, and a common seal, with full powerto alter, vary, break, or renew the same at their discretion. And We do declarethat the said Corporation shall be established for the purposes after mentioned, andthat the said inquiries and matters directed to be made and done by Our said Com-mission, shall be made and done by the said Commissioners hereby incorporated, andthat no further proceedings shall be had under Our said Commission, and that thecapital or joint stock of the said Commissioners hereby incorporated shall be suchsums of money as have been already subscribed towards the establishment of the saidExhibition and paid, and which are now in the custody or control of the saidCommissioners hereby incorporated, or which shall come to their hands, or whichshall or may hereafter be subscribed and paid for, or towards the purpose aforesaid,