ADDRESS 



Delivered at the close of the Tweniy-Third Annual Fair of the American 

 Institiile on awarding the Premiums, by James Tallmadge, LL. D., 

 President of the Institute, at Castle Garden, October 23, 1850. 



Reported by Augustus Mavekick. 



The closing address at the Tweuty-third Annual Fair of the 

 American Institute in the city of New- York, was delivered by 

 Hon. James Tallmadge, President of the Institute, at Castle Gar- 

 den, on Wednesday evening, Oct. 23, 1850, before a large and at- 

 tentive audience. 



Gen. Tallmadge spoke extemporaneously, and in substance 

 as follows : 



Fellow Citizens : — We rejoice to meet you again on this 

 Twenty-third Anniversary of the American Institute, and on oc- 

 casion of awarding the Premiums ol the present Fair, for success 

 in competition, for excellence in improvementj and for domestic 

 productions. We appreciate that from our infancy to this day of 

 manhood of twenty-three years, the people of the city of New- 

 York, of this state, and of the United States have been our friends, 

 our patrons, our champions and our contributors whenever oc- 

 casion required. We feel the obligation, and avail ourselves of 

 this occasion to return our thanks for the support and patronage 

 which you have so liberally bestowed. 



To you our patrons, therefore, it becomes a high duty that we 

 should begin our proceedings this evening with rendering a re- 

 port of our finances for your consideration. It affords me plea- 

 sure to tell you that these Fairs were first held twenty-three years 

 ago in a small and common room ; now they require the use of 



