The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

PRLNERVA fION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

Yesterday the nominee appointed to dept sea-
ewes to prexive the Crystal Palace had a panel neither
et the Building. Sir .1 us Er it l' %%Too was in dm distr.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the Shot
It sight be ri membered that at the a the
general committee, this day bad bees aggidated the ',-
orison of • report stating what should hi the dilute form
which the agitation for the promenades ed the Crystal
Palace should take. Before, lassower, Nat report was read,
be begged to be all .wed to eat as the semettry to nod a
01111111111iCati011 which be had received hem Noon Fox
ehil Henderson relative to the cloned of the balling.
Mother promenade had bees advertised ter Retain aut.
bat it bid been stivped by a kietrd Mira bon the
Cmeraissuner of W orks, which wed& saw senseig the
eteretsey to read.
The SE, OTTE KT then read • letter best lifeern. Ton
ad Henderson, stating that they bad received • letter from
the Otkce of the Comaneloan of Works, which they for-
warded, and which left time so alternative but to close the
" 011 es of Wake, AMY Ipe 1012.
ftentleatea,—l am dinned by the Chief Hamerdiehmer
of Works to acgonint you that leis knead, his received a
letter from the Calumnious,* flee Om And Bellibitioa of
informing him that they beer amp bees axiom to
Isle to the utmost their esegegenigies to the awe, ad
that for that purpose they have gives sidle tart the mew '
ail et the building in Hyde-pork by dee let of Jew l thee
hey Iwo given no approval or senctios to aay progielbe
libely to cause ele:sy, ft the slake bald*
•spumes not contemagieleil tharreadmirterj Mile=
W aLo communicated to yea the gamemesineat
Y ay letter of the 20th thee the Chief Onembeina
of Work. could set is any way andeasame the
Mt of the baling to may other peeps= taltaFil=
On sp. ciAed la the soyal maggot of IMO.'
The Caul Cessmiedmor regrets to lad that, sot-
%Samantha; the leekeeillime Nan annenal Mam
Se budding hag hem mat kr the pagan of p
pour 04d.. and easeeeta, that yes lenebeetesis=
he aihnission thereto, sad V I by maw of m
lad chi twee, you have mama • geaseasse of praise to
in the building, is the gad the
hg th rtoughfares, and that gra esmmtiieU loseint:
*low to the park, darliegagi to the pagan Is the
sitighbourbood, and peeludield to the pees gad talit of
the rriarty. Under those deemeelemiii. IV berala tab
himumbent upon him. mein reader the advise of the
hew edc, re of the crews, SO ISM lieslisares for
My farther egeappeophilea of the building. M.=
6We `O, he Masks it dolt to make you' asianireil with
he tau ',tine, is the Ina that apes tb• residie=
mof comma. ation, you win No WA paggisa
ahstaioine from the awweof peening. la the
however par pailan la the garlisigisa
ti the. beadiai Is is penal apeasageth gigs, or
t ae.T purpon ether dna thus rpoillegidy mallead in
mial warramt,theemideseeef a madof empoemed jade.
4,,t,,e will be sought to restreis pea sad all ether poem
trAB • perseverance in that comma, sad time illoyernsit-
ax• otherwise than ' bees for the
doeit sod removing the building, with MirsemeseordlabiliZ
ototeuts, in accordance with the term deem& est 15th.
Ho lordship begs that you will send him a admits newer
ft this communieatios in the coons of trainee at the
Ina Sc., T. W. PntLatre.—Menem. Fos sad
Bede mu
To this Mears. Foe and Henderson returned en bun
dots answer, and intimated that the building would be
timed on and after Thursday, the 16th inst.
The CHAIRMAN thought that the fewer observation
he made on that letter the better. As to the staircase that
len rts hail been given in the building, there had been
nothing of the sort, hot only pesesades inch as were held
itssangton.gardese. How far they were a nuisance to
sad int. Tics d with the of the neighbourhood, he
.°ll4 .epu al to the Deaahem of Butheriand and the miner-
ems boliility sad gentry who attended them to answer. He
the seht that letter should be printed and published.
(Hear. hear.) To come, however, to the business of the
de; The were aware that at a large meeting held in the
loading about 11 days ago, • numerous committee had
bens appointed, who had chosen • sub-committee to work
the 4 nionstration. of whom he was one. A report hail
been prepared by him which had met with the unanimous
opprovil of the sub-committee, and which would now be
astt ted to them.
The Sy names then read the following report:
'• A great gueetion met very shortly be derided, via.,
whether the Crystal Palace is to be preserved or destroyed.
The of ert of this statement is to establish the advantages
al retuning this building, sad of applying it on self-sup-
lonise principle* to pubbe purposes, combining the instruc-
tioa and recreation of the people with the promotion of the
on% "knees, and manufactures. Not only will a great
menhir or public property be thus avoided hut a lasting
low hi will be conferred upon the nation at' large. Two
Prwo ep J difficulties have emoted in the public mind on the
(poop n of preserving the building. The first is the sup-
Postoos that, if retained, it mast he at the public *apnea,
"Mints subscriptions would obviously prove inadequate
IN an ..1,?It of -toll magnitude. The sine of this building
oaf ties
twekr neeemary cost of maintaining, repairing, and
• . g permanent,greatly magnify this objection which
ell" the mine may perms sinearrely dos

Mr. William, M.P., Mr. Oliveira, and Mr. Vanderrat
having briedy addressed the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN said that before the resolution was
put be wished to say a few words. He liml Mated at a
former martin that nothing wield have rnibssed him to
some lerweril es he had, bat that he minsffitai the report
of the Comodoloners appointee to leads en tie twitHea of
dot poomeotion of the Crystal Penn as sal,
That
=son denoting " a hewer essaugion." That
to Mien, and be hod ern evert exertion to
prevent this great natisoal bellens beteg destroyed. He
Lad no istorentret motives ; mann said ever arise to
pelt hat out of that building ; mod if he obese be mold
got better toms for it if it were ramoved, instead of
LeseCeither abroad or in this renatry. (Hear, Istial
ebti Minted a deaf car to any mesh popessh, an
wend net alga to any proposition for in beire=g on
where
but winos kerma. It was • .lamb/
cassis peed, is which six millionsailli s
T prop* of
ell neliao, bad osspegatad withal the sighiset
soluteness; and %boy itould reeposte=fly.
cht....d..... then, at use on
the tura sada hod been iamb bkiiranse by the Con-
ainismen they nailing hl
.alb
bis SW adman of the
OM 1.4911111117 he she pinion mg aganden of the
building trees IfteM to 1101,0001., awns his answer in
that latter rewet solerred to its renewal to Battersea Park,
sad else making it appear that he last stated that the sum
of 12,0111. • yea would be soindent for the maintenance
of the bonding, sad than albedft is to 24,0001, whereas,
what be did soy wee, that it 111. a yew was received
for aimimtmsm, 12,0001. Mai be applied to its issainten-
sago, and 01. to adding be ile nsidens. With re-
gard to
the repeat sake led boa Jun nod le the, it
was neeen to seeder bow On Weals they hell in view
saki be fani out se se to istoribre es little es nal&
with tag laleman An Met Ilia geeposed to ask the go-
vonnuse, or rather, the pane he— (hear, bear)—was to
let that have the ground ea whisk the balding stood as
• he tar • grand national
_ate& It wag obvious that the
sun neassery for its astalikinsat meld net have been
obtained by private subudgans, admit' there
was sonegking to be thne la that way, for
• Mond of his them geinent, Mr.: Weethead,
omens
tee tha kr Zsarmliessegi. bed Wined to subscribe 6001.
(Lend desees. ) Is ease to out
ibe peolt wapiens nbilenansil Metthen should be ca
norr y share
mgaeilatfea es mean bet that Maas should be
=wider an set of t, awl he how severe]
sod gestleusen n nay to root such
ones., wine unsold be we
inseisi to Lae the beadle&
and angn they had ranagarany easugn it was Wain
to paean ai the menus the beildlyi
✓ad be believed that gibedni -bear inesolimen
=CirgM give the _arseseenente three yaw to
baSkyr key wenn Ike to morn or rot; sad
be had no doubt that they woad bei to remains our so
bundle! • pion as it would he. War, bar.) The bee.
gindenen then at seen lona sea va had deeds with w-
oad to the agaballiq of the baling Ore bens auk the
✓eeeperle a Ingderas,,reateary,gesiegion spanses,
insongsg, nob se team reasonings% Le. In
coolinion. be woad soy that Sae still immesh le be ism,
and in earn to
eat ask elan poet exertion 11111114
be nesseery, and who seansuled la thin min
tang woad her their names ressaleil ao as eggensate
of aa ea amok gross " Yodeling " me ne intnielion of
this builling.
Sate dismiss easued relative to the apninion of
whish were about to be hid in Weanimeter,
Inaba* Greenwich, nealil, lin
A was made by • - Oda he said
bad with ea 'mist of , that •
muting of the Mists and sedans a should be '
ailed
en the
The cam= said the hiss was on excellent one,
ad be imenght the meeting dwell .snot of all persons
annested with the arts awl easson ea he would ask
PT•tester Owen to take the chain Plese. helm)
Sir G. SARTORIVS propound eat • deputation should
be appointed to wait on Lord Daby en the subject.
The CHAIRMAN thought the ouggestion a geld ea,
but added that it would be baler V the depsallos
noted net met of members a do. esnafetas, lbst a NM
nembess of a large public resetien which would take plays
'slab* nat.
Alba ammo further esennalsia the adios for the adop-
tion aof non was seeded essainsmoly, sag with ••
vete of thane to the agionea the beano escaladed.

AN INTERESTING FAMIII2 Orranixo.—On Sun-
day last, April 11, was presented to William Kaye, Esq., of
Broughton, Manchester, by his lady, the extraordinary
number of three daughters, who, with Mrs. Ksye, we are
happy to state, are doing well.
THE SHIP BIRKENUEAD.—It appears from a re-
cent return to the House of Commons that the Birkenhead
was only pat in commission last year.
TOE AMERICA/4 MAIL PACKET FRANKLIN, which
was to leave Southampton yesterday with the mail for the
United States, will not leave until to-day. She was ;usable
to leave Havre on account of the tide. Intelligence was
received in England yesterday by submarine telegraph of
the delay that would take piece ia this departure of the
Franklin from Havre.
FIRE IN PATERNOSTER-ROM.—Last night about
half-past nine o'clock a Sr. broke out on the premises of
Mr. Weldon, bookseller, of Pet/neater-row. By the aid
of the engines which soon arrived, the Runes west extin-
guished in a short time ; the damage done was however
considerable. Mr. Weldon's stock was insured La the Sea
Ere-uflice. The origin of the Ire is unknown, the premien
having Won lucked up and left in an apparently soh meth-
Lion at 8 o'clock in the even*.
SPANISH BANDITTI.—Letter from Vich, in Cata-
tonia, state that the saagainary bandit, El lion, who has
for many years been the terror of the mountainous dis-
tricts, has been wined, with sae of his aesempliesa, sad
the hostess of the tavern who bad ~NM him. Bea had
already made himself wealthy b 7 his kidnapping and ran-
soming wealthy farmers ; and might if he had liked, ham
retired on hie gain', but hie thirst of gold and love of ad-
venture kept hint in his old haunts till he was taken.
LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.—
Trafßc for the week ending April 10 (241 miles open):
Paamagers. 168 E Ss. 11d. ; goods and mails, 160 s. 7s. An. ;
total, 32U. 16s. ltd. Corimpoading week, 11161 (16 miles
open), 18111. 13m 9d.