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for this purpose, it was determined to present a joint address 
to the Throne, commemorative of the event, and conveying 
the sentiments of all upon the success of the exhibition. 
The address was couched in the following words : 
“ To his Imperial Majesty , Napoleon III \ Emperor of the French . 
“ May it please your Majesty : 
“We, the members of the deputations, appointed by the 
three Royal Agricultural Societies of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to represent the respective so- 
cieties at the recent Exhibition of Animals in the city of 
Paris, beg leave humbly to approach your Majesty with sen 7 
timents of the most profound respect, and to assure your 
Majesty that we have assisted with the deepest gratification 
at the inauguration of this first international meeting held 
under the Imperial auspices. 
Cf The liberal prizes offered, the urbanity displayed by his 
Excellency the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and 
Public Works in their distribution, and the excellent address 
delivered on that occasion, have given universal satisfaction, 
and cannot but have the best effect in stimulating the dif- 
ferent individuals who have been recipients of the Imperial 
bounty to greater exertions, and must lead eventually to the 
due acknowledgment and appreciation of the peculiar excel- 
lences appertaining to the agricultural products of each indi- 
vidual nation. 
“ We have humbly to thank your Majesty for the gracious 
reception accorded to us, and to assure your Majesty that 
the alliance now subsisting between the Empire of France 
and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, is to 
us a source of the liveliest satisfaction, as affording to the 
world the best guarantee for the furtherance of liberty and 
good government, and the advancement of civilization. 
“ In humbly taking our leave of your Majesty, we sincerely 
pray the Almighty that your Majesty may be long spared to 
reign over a happy and contented people. 
“ WILLIAM MILES, 
“ President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 
and Chairman of the United Deputation.” 
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