A short history of England . eforebeen taxed. England thus gave up entirely her old policy ofprotection and established free trade in all articles of import andexport. Only a few small import duties have since been collected 642 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND for purposes of revenue. In 1852 a formal vote was taken inthe House of Commons by which four hundred and sixty-eightmembers, including Conservatives as well as Liberals, expressedtheir approval of the principles of free trade, against fifty-threewho still opposed those principles. Since that time England hasbeen distinctly a free-trade count
A short history of England . eforebeen taxed. England thus gave up entirely her old policy ofprotection and established free trade in all articles of import andexport. Only a few small import duties have since been collected 642 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND for purposes of revenue. In 1852 a formal vote was taken inthe House of Commons by which four hundred and sixty-eightmembers, including Conservatives as well as Liberals, expressedtheir approval of the principles of free trade, against fifty-threewho still opposed those principles. Since that time England hasbeen distinctly a free-trade country. No measure which is basedin any degree on the principle of protection to any branch ofindustry has had up to the close of the nineteenth century anychance of being adopted. 583. The Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851. — England wasable to take this position because she was in advance of all otherEuropean countries in commerce, manufactures, and display to her own people and to those of other nations the M. **0»ALtJl Crystal Palace fruits of this progress, and to induce foreigners to bring theirproductions to England for purposes of comparison and obser-vation, the International Exhibition of 1851 was organized. Itwas first suggested by Prince Albert, and his constant efforts andgreat influence were needed to keep up the interest in the proj-ect and carry it into execution. He well explained its object ina public speech as being intended to give the world a true test,a living picture, of the point of industrial development at whichthe whole of mankind has arrived, and a new starting pointfrom which all nations will be able to direct their further exer-tions. It was the first of the series of worlds expositions invarious countries which have been so numerous in the last halfcentury. It was held in a large building of iron and glass knownas the Crystal Palace, erected in Hyde Park, in the center THE PERIOD OF REFORM 643 Hi the city of London, and it brought to
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