The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-28 00:00:00

PRESERVATION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

Yesterday a lar sad Influential meeting took
place at Easter Hall, •Inmi, Sir the purpose of advandm
the movement in favour of the retention of the Crystal
Palms. The Earl of kmarmaanas occupied :the choir
and on the platform WINO* unite of Argyll, tne Earl of
Hurewby Sir Joespit Pastes„ Mr. Aglienby, M.P., Kr.
Home, M.P., Right Eon. T. q. D'Eyneourt, M.P., Mr.
W. Williams, M. The Owe. Dr. Cumming, Admiral Ns
inElorterine,_Colosol Sykes, Mr. Henry Maths ,
akies..l.juntia Heigh, M.P., Mr.
M.P., Mr. &a. In coo of the plleeteseat
the DuelasenThahmind, the Marquis of ethillard, wad
other distiageithed_ oase.______
The Dail el ILIAPTISOVIT ea Wag to askew the
, wee ressieed with lead 'thew. He ormmoseed
byve.deq a War them a workings la Dorset te himself,
:rinse wWthisi se • 406 s the right diseadon,
wanks a lealmets for 301. bait of *a amvement.
(Cheese.) Tbsp wee sew emembled is monsider whether
the wodlimat edithrodwa bad toned • peel purpose
ireald Ise desenniaed to be their% sal dwelt IWO, he
dethrwyed. There WIN few who wriduaimMien thethegai-
Loewe, ea beauty_ et the rre thet it ,
wail be beweLiel sod breereakies la
them elholo whisk • lad halpilig bees =
NI the Wide( the vest moss of the pesOs by mates-
eLrieselhezpiedire weds et ath With low col-
by selves et every lead. (Chem)
There wee kw who weld not lithe that these great bone-
Alsabiald be
,mrsinsied. (Mew.) The Vamp*
_they
bed wow te esi~ wmorbother those lomat, dosahl sot
withered. letitWelther they *odd be
ea
lee the palls ter wlecerthr him& =I!)! at
moles OW st fines hi bad great miggivisp es to the
Wter vita the betiding wee edginally turned, but
hitt Meth bees tostheed sad thwarted late ilsals
Ere esiddsme be, the ambit et the saisseesemitemtS
eommielee prolog let the belithe ahead be vested by
ea eft et pediment is whieberald have the power
ot Wallas Ilt_ ty.r wale lIIIIPSIO give a swan-
two that is doeW sat bes to spy Woe
loa
airworthy the le Mast
elteet ef the=
Esktblehm. Me lthremailadoliew et the
smolt both es to es of the Imililisi and the
mode Is~ it should berisell and gemmed, were
ilith. At say reap beery he asiesded the
.catikt,
meneamethjosiZel=e
stagoiLmetboareilet
ow, there wadi broom ethepthellieg Weil%
feet of wealth est au the eith af the pee-
* weald alloy moth est Ind la with we
418111111 who had Whew 7. e with se
= ulinC27mrpl"allitilitringeoWthesibet detest
sems.:mdaliaat emsbows am a meowed wistathery
to the wattles Owes ea Iskarisff. kr health sad twee-
Mieserkt greatly tend to the butter observesm of the
The MARL et EARROWST =zed. the
dee of adz
dm prat aw bathos the
that romie r-sso' TOW • troweet seattempis=irilehe
lades GM Wog *likeliest mod Owl mommoiste, and
MOW anathema biotery b methway csonsinehre to the in.
etreeliee, sthaseasth we Wiesal masseatest et the
=WI that Oh mestieg views with onsithaties the
thethithe Ithrly jives te the pubis te view the
agleam essesthal th the leilith Musses amd ietiosol
Oolisey erbilth the amorree eseelsot of the people Tithing
them )thisMlthe poem Ad they filly oposeeltho every
et i.wiethlie e sweeties ; sad this eeeeting,
iste withestiem the esecestful preseediego at the
et 1144 the of 'With that the Crystal
Niue amid be moms& ea Ito premed site it. the ia-
'undies mid /1111111010 of dr yeapie."
Mr. MIMI (who was mom eathweatisally received)
wooded the omeistles. B. laid the wraith no to main-
Weiss the Palen we sae et vital mod peimery import-
mace. It had bees hie pest ablest kis public
life te remove the Own
_owing on that, with
thqiiiiis
an its MOW et lINMMIII4 it was as ezdasive
counray, and that seedy all ear valuable were
aimed te the pespie. Pitheen.) la nowt* that
mhls MOS not by destroyed, they wen ,«
ore thes they wee ostitled to, tar the paths were sot
private but pubthe property. (Cheers.) They were
royal domains belt by the crown for the bows& et the
people. He thought Ma If her Majesty wee Whew' et
the wish of the meeting, sad that the lialidia,r. he
maintained witheat say vile of pulite isaway, we
not be unenceesefal is their airiest. (Chew.) the
comet of the crown was obtained, nts minister would ven-
ture to stand in the way. (Hear, hoer.) He held that it
was as much the dray of the getimmeent as of the people
to support the thoWithott. Ames whip and tortes the,.
had been a Rafted dosed et the pm*, but he considered
the more the people were Wiled the Wier they w•lga be-
, have, and It
grosix:Minew to fed that VW 'With
was no looser adolsoreds ANL
The reesitties wee thew pat sad moth& try sethemithiss.
The Date of AILOTLL thee peeped the mem& remota.
• tion : " That In the opinion of Mk tweeting the building
can be maintained ea a self-mrporthog priedpi, under a
great trust calculated teethed the highest tee for the
uses to which it may he spplW Is to the subject of
l the meeting ,
had
Wiliest mild to worm that his ;unbent
conviction bad bees embed el through the ordeal of doubt.
Ho knew there wove sway perms who were desirous to
see the Crystal Palace removed on the ground that govern-

stet 'AP *died to rumen it after the exhibition was
abet Ha had smoldered this objection, and his shame
epistles wee -thog-ikvens net a valid tow (liar.) They
wadi reselhat that the Mesa Palace wee apt
the edgiest dee*, Oar the betiding, bat was :1=
theeibienteandat hem the rains of Bir Jungh Paztest.
It wee et isee leteghted that the betiding wee to be et brisk
ese=rl lhat II would be the rause of eenalleembie
aid imerile, lifyd. Park ; that. la het. IS
WWI be s Mtge
tubercle 're& erne et the lunge et 111111
netregdle. The elgesti as It
mode eipelmet but is
honer glib, wedeln( ~
elms% mad It wee during that time
that the SIM inward and gave en assurance
that tie should be reeneved ; that was to say, in
the saggaegie• it wee a bollkX arse end 11.
He aternaded that that pinky, wee van to the public as a
whole, and as It view to the by the gevernment.
se the patdie release government from it.
(Genre.) The duke to combat in very
eloquent teens the ether G di
whichbui hadlding. bests
urged en
ahre the enellwarsee el the rod
weal en te my that the reset of some of them
had been le 41111•Till011 him that it was a matter of
rithma ighestimomlemus that the Crystal Palace should be
eeetinned. (Lewd eines.) It ail ed to him that say
=saitt favour of its showed a want of due
Gad thoesbe 4 to the purpose (or which
the Orest Nabibilien wee y intended. When he
reeellseled the ineeftep whfehwere held previous to the
of the Great labnii en. sad attended by peers,
and and ethees of high induence and station, and
when he rieelleated the brow used on those occasions
he was egesideed as the wrathy whisk existed in reference
to the yreeervalien of the frallikag. (Cheers.) lie was of
opinion that the swessuith• Crystal Palace could not be
fully realied osier the building was rendered permanent,
andlethesightthat eebsfterdesign could be offered for that
purpose than that of eonverting it to a winter garden, and
displaying therein objects of art and science—thus conduc-
ing to the cement, the enlightenment, and healthful reerea-
time of the mgr. (Cheers.) The noble duke concluded
hi gtleai by an eloquent appeal to the sympathies of
the peep* end urged, that every exertion should continue
to be made in favour of the retention of the building. lie
1,1111111111,11 his seat amid reiterated cheers.

Xr. WAXLEY, in a bumourous speech, seconded the
'isolation, observing that he had not met with one sane
perm' who woof opinion that this beautiful and splendid
structure should be destroyed.
The resolution was earned unanimously.
The Rev. Dr. CUIdMiNG proposed the third resolution,
in That the committee be requested to arrange a deputation
as influentially constituted as possible, to wait on the Earl
of Derby and press fnr the government to anent to a com-
mittee of inquiry. Dr. Cumming protested against an act
of vandalism, which would sweep away so beautiful a
structure, and he sincerely trusted that an edifice which
was calculated to produce such humanising effects might be
permanently preserved.
The WARM was seconded by Mr. PULLEY, and was
carried.

---16:—Ilaxwoon, M.P., proposed, and Colonel Synge
seconded, a resolution, to the effect that a sub committee
be requested to prepare a memorial to the Queen, on the
part of this meeting, for the preservation of the Crystal
Palace, and that the Earl of Shaftesbury be solicited to
sign the same, as chairmen, and to present it to her Ma-
July. Carried.
Sir J. PAXTON then rose, and said that his name was
so identified with that of the Crystal Palace, and he stood
to it in so paternal a relation, that he required, he was sure,
to make no apology in standing forward on the present oc-
casion to defend the life of his own child. And when ho
considered the tribunal to which he had to appeal, and the
character of the sympathies which he had to call forth, he
owned with pleasure and pride that be, a man sprung from
the people, and belonging to them, went to them with con-
fidence to k them for an expression of their will to pre-
serve a palace which, more than any other since the world
began, had been dedicated to themselves. (Cheers.) He
then brit* sketched the history of the building and
its antecedents, and enumerated the chief objections
which were started when its erection was first proposed.
The government and the Royal Commission to quiet these
promised that the building should be temporary, and this
pledge, tendered as a compromise, was received with so
much hesitation that it had to be repeated over and over
again in the most solemn and deliberate form. (Hear,
hear.) Now, he would ask them to consider for a mo.
meat why, under the particular circumstances, the public
were so exacting. Perhaps, they remembered the broken
promise about the equestrian monstrosity at Hyde-park-
corner. (Laughter.) Perhaps, the National Gallery, and
the Nelson Column, and the other architectural defor-
mities of the metropolis were painfully present to their
minds, and if they wen it was unnatural that they should
take heavy recognisances with reference to a structure over
the design of which its own coneoctors had fought until
their straggle was completely exhausted. (Loud cheers.)
It was after everything had been arranged, the plans
settled, the pledge to the public given, and even the spe-
cifications advertised, that he handed in his design of a
palate of glass and iron. It would be unbecoming in him
to say anything more upon the meritsof that design
after the ample, he might say world-wide recognition which
they have received, and his only reason for going back to
this subject at prevent was to point out that the pledge
given by the government and the Royal Commission was
given before the idea of the Crystal Palace had struck
him, and could, therefore, have no relation to it. (Cheers.)
It did seem to him strange that when the House of Com-
mons bad by a vote suspended the fate of the building, and
when the Owen had expressed her royal interest in the
matrioat, Lord Seymour should net have beaded a commission,
the other members of which were his own nominees, and
should net have carried his parommeived hostile opinions into
an invertigatioa as to facts, whit* investigation was limited
by him te the aerrourest sad meet unfair heels. Ile (Sir
J. Pante.. soi=edthat. hist tee that inquiry, he would
have to hese come *sward In so public a
manner this 'Oaths. He had felt that his
motives in so might be misconstrued, and that 'per-
sonal vanity have been attaibuted to him for taking
=active share in the pessitedisa the_palue. Bat when
he found that this etrimmimita of Lard Seymour's had per-
verted his evident* ht as* a manner as to make what he
said the appaseatjaallieedat of their own destructive will,
he could not allow Ithesdf M be placed in so false a position
before tho world. Sir Jorge eateladed by proposing a vote
of thanks to the noble •pat _

Mr OLtVEIAA esooaded the reeoulution which wu
carried amid tumultuous appinms.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY returned thanks, and the
proceedings terminated, after one of the most interesting
and enthualutio meetings ever witneesed.

LINOOLIt'S-lI4N, APRIL 27.—The undermentioned
gentleman were thisday called to the 4s of barrister-at-
law by the Honourable Society of Umobt'sinn vie.,
Dams Stewart, Bal., and Jose Warrin Dobbin, Faq.
ErraislTZ Moee Fllum—The long-continued
drought In and near Manchester, where a shower of rain
has scarcely been seen for upwards of two months, has
caused the heaths; and prat MOWN in the neighbourhood
to Weems exceedingly dry end combustible. Some of them
have been more or ins en Ire for nearly a fortnight pest.
Linden Costume, about 'fawn miles south of Manchester,
was ea lire last week, avid the Sams, fed chiefly by the
tune and dry peat turf, spread to a great distance. A great
deal of alarm existed lest the homesteads of the drmwa
&mild get on fire. Oa Friday the eottage of WBWew
Ilerritt, near the Wibasiew extremity of the ear
=IT destroyed bb the He samiseded in suing his
• , bat a wow to hint was destroyed. Oa
Thursday lee des WM in the mighlarerheed of
sin mike emelt we* of Namlaraewilmimin
to the Zeal et ihandini and Weeningtes, were nester Ise
• farmer who had keens mews eabbillt cleared hem his lei
seer 'Timpetley. The Imes mats med to spread the
whole of -TAW. SagaMitiy, lad geode , sad is the
winds of the tem dopiest ammall intended ever
Kos, Asittesimmeddesesy M
bar, and PaehiryMa
a
arabessin trust siesexteadiag may Mee;
wad mew of the lteur of the Amen, sad
piedadam se the herders of these lasses% won
mama villt twat On Weds/May bee the
mom ealswilig teem ix to twelve sense west of
ter she tea ire.eadwieehasalas waillyesaway.Framthe
Mmehmere sod Limp* Laillway thw gran eves b• lain
ez mor a onibla trast of saty, and on Fri-
de, ha had mashed • pintails' near the Aatley sta-
tion, aßei y BeigsWiseedtbakeging to the Earl of
Misime. ENO the M the plantation, rose to a
medierslie haighlie and le workmen bad to be sent
then M dem the ereemilwalse mto prevent it ex-
tending. Ilmesal worth of fir, alder,
birth. sand ether teas., besides iiedsswood, were destroyed.
May themmede of psepie were down in the neighbour.
bast ea Poi* lie MMus the spread of the dunes,
whisk swept ohm; aver the dry mem in some
direstims almost with the rapidity with which
diem magagraties are imailia& as mufti tim
Ameriesm prairies. TIM deep tremble whh em cut
to yews kr drainage, rid to stop the progress of
Mem ae doubt tended to Meek the of the
ea this seemies, bat damage has ben dome alto.
= Ritlou
to
thematt of erne *meads of pomade. The
of paw has bar kmanas. One puma stated
that he saw no lees than SO lams all roasted in a heap.
Numbers of hares were also ISM on Sunday hemmed in by
the, apparently in great terror awaiting its approach ; and
pheasants and partridges have been destroyed t. a great
extent, this being the season of breeding, when the hens
suffered themselves sooner to be burnt upon their nests
than desert then, .

Tns LONG Ditoconr.—This is usually a summer
word, but we must apply it to the absence of rain in any
appreciable quantity, for one of the longest periods in earl
sering that we remember. The heavy rains of January and
February gradually subsided, the last wet day being the
19th February. From that period to the present, the num-
ber of days on which any rain, snow, or sleet has fallen
may easily be enumerated. They arc only the following
seven - .

Incise%
Feb. 28 .. 0.02 A light shower of sleet.
Much 1 0.15 Showery.
2 .. 0.03
" 27 .. 0.02 Snow in the morning.
29 .. 0.06 Rain in the night.
April 4 0.01 Slight shower, forenoon.

Total .... 0.28
Not three•tenthe of en inch of rain in nearly the latter half
of February, the whole of March, and three weeks of April
What becomes of the ancient popular character of these
months ? February fill-dyke, wet March. and showery
April ? Sixty-two days without rain, save the droppings
recorded above ' Cisterns and other usual supplies of rain-
water have been long exhausted in many houses, and the
busy town, no leas than the "thirsty mead," sighs tor min.
—Manchester Usiardian.

DIVISION ON THE COUNTY FRANCHISE

.. . ..._.. BILL. . .......
iIIUS-149.
Adak, Rah R. Peigwei. A. D. limey, William
YAW Jt. A. Ponolie. notthew Potworany,lin. C. CIL
=inbre= A. Clinlisalsr Price, lir Robert
ABM J. Rawilon, Colonel
Arilay,, Timm C. Claaab. Climbs Ilasede. John L.
WM. Orsonley Olheatill=ll4lln. T. 11.
or
Owen
Begreutiana. K. T. Olyn. C. Plee. Mormd R.
T. Or.
Wan
0 W. y. Colonel
EVey C. L. O. Oar laria L P.SI4-1,. C. IL
=l;ilasl,o.
8. II Mr
A. i_adiair,JoiaoAlA
Bards. gokokedolg.."" In.
=rllonarimoseph Haiti% AbsomAat Ilesiliell. Nubia
=int_ ~ .. B. IL Ilayinr, Rt. La W.O. Welly. Wawa
Asadlastaturamais K. Itsymear Warr D.
names. James W. Dewy, gnaw. deign D.
Cby, Jima Heywood, Jams M. Rt. Itc. R. T.
Mg. illtWlMans Uryworth, Lawrence IWltt, John A.
Cheese& Hon. C. IL Medlar, Char!.. essmerrille Rt. Ma.
Chard. Wary M. Cobh, nee, Timer B. Wr Wilms
Cliblen,lllshwd Hodges, Thomas Law illemenin, Sr 0. T.
EgalarTifira Ili. Hutt,a WilWlTiata ."1611d: Ilson.ok.
bindle, SW T. B. Keating, Robort Simi% Admiral
Conlon William Keogh, William Ibleart, Lord D.
Cowes, Merles Legatos, Jame H. Tanned. Decry W.
Onowiler. Wsimed B. toward. Thome B. lrlindrioe, E. h.
Dads. Or limy Lewis. Ow. c . Teenent, Robert J.
Da MAlrilldi Littleton. Han. Z. R. Thkkiwase, it. A.
Damn, Rm. T. Looks. Pryso Thompson, Colonel
D'llywenrt,lLEn.C. Lusbisigton, Charles Thompson, George
Chset.lidward WOregor, John Thereby, Theme
Doeslis lie Cholas Mamie% Kan D. Towtaibead,Vaptaia
eire4Mary llariliall, James O. Tenet, Rt. Hon. H.
disse d. Martin, Juba Villiers, Hum Cassia
James lichened. Viscount Vision, John 11.
=iitir James 1111111ren, Hubert Wenley, Thomas
Viaseent Mom Richard Y. Wall, Mules B.
Denim Gauge Mitchell, Mown A. Welenaky, tdr J.
Ilusimba. Thane Montrief, James Watkins. Colonel L.
6111" Edgard Mort* David Westhead, J. P. L.
M. Mad Moron, Visor(' Willcox, Brodie WO.
NSW, Hum John Notre's, Lord Wham., Joke
Fume, Rh De Lacy Plower, lb D. J. Williams, William
Dans, Jobe &Flaherty. Anthony Wood, thr W. P.
Beans, William Parker, John Wild. Jams.
Ewan, William Peoria, Mir Coo. B. Wsvill. hlormaduk•
Verinia Jobe Perfect, Hubert TIMMINS.
Ferguson, Colonel rogott, Prawns Meg, Locke
Foley, John 11. U. Pilkington, Jones Hume, Joseph