The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-30 00:00:00

PRESERVATION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

Yesterday a meetiug of gentlemen, desirous of the
permanent maintenance of tae Crystal Palace, convened
by Benjamin Oliviers, Esq., was held at the residence of
that academe, for the purpose of considering and adopting
the beet ammo for carrying out that object. There were
present Camel Sykes, Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Col.
Asstrathcr, Lieux-Oeneral Delamotte, Mr. Mackinnon,
P M.., Mr. Williams, M.P., Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr.
Neamyth, Mr. Curry, Dr. Daniel, Mr. J. M. Caulfield,
the Hon. Tennyson D'Eynceart, M.P., Mr. M. tisielli, Mr.
J. S. Forrester, Mr. T. A. Jere, Mr. George. Wither,
Mr. J. Evans, M.P., Mr. P. L'Neuve Foster, Mr. J. U.
Deere, and others. The minutes of a preliminary meeting
Laving been read,
Mr. OLIVIERA (the oboirman), in introducing the first
emolution, appointing a ammitter, stated that the object
of the ommantoo was le teat the public opinion as to whe-
ther meguilleml Must re was to be maintained
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tie tax laislt a tbsamlo of this country, or whe-
ther 0 ass
to be to some foreign country,
Ike pelves bake kill le apse its lees. The public mind
wens folly made up he the imintenanse et the structure as
Nelms:: where it is, as being the ben monument of the
Exhibition of last year, sad the boa temple in
which to illustrate its beamtim • . _ end be thought that it
ought to be called the angle dr ilsksd Os the park if
Great Benin. ate milks of the *Mk alms of this
country was, by their own le aliell
elevated, that it was now tbaelleill2ribistl:sambas tams of
reasonable amusement sad Ismoodies, and of vmatig their
leisure hour,, s this mall* thaws had the dabs, their
gardens, and other plasm of asset. The able pass phht of
Sr Joseph Paxton had folly thews how the Crymn Palace
might be devoted to each a far,. and he thouggn it
aboard to say that the a this country mai not
mygert such a structure. It had bar enhmsted that the
woof 21,0001. would complete, sad 2Spat swim
wail support, the building; he and the better
pis would be to open a public subetelplien the purpose
of ninny the necessary hada, is mothemes to a public
grant, and such a subemiptism, he we someinced, would
have universal support thriaMths elliatrf.
The Hon. TENNYSON COHSE, la sementling
the resolution, said he was esevinced that it the public
mind was properly routed upon this subjoin Goy would be
able to get up a subscription so large as to remise it quite
unnecessary to apply to putainsin at all; them& even if
it were neceemiry to irk he apelike grant, ha bed little fear
of the opposition of event die milliallilla stemblimi of the
House of Commons. Be was guile seedy Si glee to this
movement all the support in kis pewee, both in and out of
parliament.
Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., observed that with regard to
the ememaical disposition of the Sow of Canons, he
eameld' mod this was a totally different eattlect teem the vast
variety of those wakes that wars lawright before the
I =re, when ismassly we miry gregmb sad eG
be the palls amiss urged. Mania* asanats
i ,
ius.= . =mare Vasa upon the Bride Mosass,
Garda= at Kew, sad k the
salgromat if gait la thejtietropolis sal sehmi.
MO k oho dal k was right it shed& be so,
bemuse thsy public health, and pub& improve-
meat, kg M the great mamas a the working
classes thee mem it intellectual and healthful enjoy-
ments whisk they elimewies would not 'Math. Be was
quite coeviated from the atimmeeste urged by Ilk J. Pas-
tea that the labibilfaa Bailable, if asialsked, would
;21 Calesi4 but
it
"ont Is" ahilitailatals Isfirtobuld tie
iambi
Oskar rlrKlirild that the pas* of this country
bed a right to call ups tat pewsearat to 'snort the
Nailing kr public purposes. Ile bad ebetved in the
Blida Mama tho
besatifol zwimitipassfel pueblo, Li nod to
anti-
=anvelAmiek were II buried park the
whale of whisk night be phased in the Coral Pekes,
with evergasses, ea ansagswast whisk Mr
rWrztaa knew omen how to mks stlarthaa—and
. of they would teal to the ipaddsativa sad bs-
spsewassat of the osamsaf the pis*.
She nosielka was tbsa pat sad eanki.
Mr. MACKINNON, M.P., moved a vole el drab to
Mr. Oliviers let the interest be had show* be the last the
Cryalal Palma, sad *dohs the ass*. le =
TM Wm ha tie eleatif Ask kgrity. If be
the math* ef asehniss sad *has who an dead, kaa-
imps bad as wens atossepilisa as soaasmal—a• soot
mama bat
eassefilamta ths &haw sad spend that
pea d their Ali amid be deka* le the
mods at their sad at the sow tar is.
sassalhal Ibmselvesr be was kaviassli that the greatest
Mihisaise=Rweald seen them and the *may at
ikth tbaa ea appestuallysiele:plag their
limbers Mass la • pin ae tar Osyllel , because
ths ashy they MOW beanie baker , intellectually
owl madly, moos baggy, sew empootable, and, cons*.
gamey, max elsollent to the laws, and more elevated in
the scene animas attars.
Coked Ammar:ass secoaded the Iteilleitios.
Sir JOGIPX PAXTON awywasad his skasse
tiou stlis saarslis of the eiriansa, who en the MT:
sea who amerwasdiso wafsawar, is asabsaathil sissimar
tos=uebssrath•OrystalPakes. KrAlivialabad
salesstoadst !but hsillilasttlith
he amid esssatiaTaid !ha by oissag dieweaklall• uPla
mature masilissalisa, and aseisig the saps* IMO the is..
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hilt lie MS aiiiiii—hs kali at bacgszisla bat
thought it Ms dialy at sees ts arm sad
Estsaaksdly to mass wag am Maw this gnat
W. Ma blastif was asaasstad with raga asmiles•
bake the sans NON as that lamsdi by Othisafa mt-.
si the *a essmillass was hewed fat
sod bi saw NM mmety te sok 1W they afghtse4tratiantal:
.11111141 d. HO baked thus with two tan marodtiase,
bat wbrisfai lay aid sal bo sataigamsdad kr ths um
greet sips rlbis vas • muff whisk weld be essikhosi
at its&s sassldwia_
_Tuesday (this day).
Ilk 0. MITORIUS was of aphides that tbs
buddies nada te bs pesainad ia kip/ass* milk&
Bir I. PAXTON rid thst el they amid de MOW was te
*kit salaam Ma bad apshassabasas, a vary airrias
as, will be believed would ultimately answer the gm.
peue dun perils bat about that he would say weft et
cowl, eves at Tassday. The Mel 44.4" "noir
public with • gni awass, saa they visiil as
piss bat if he propelled* ray 'posies plead pisasat
remarks were oomeurred fa by several other path-
son pima&
Ms India was then carried unanimously, and the meet-
ing asparatat