The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

IHIS NAVAL MUSEUM AT THE CRYSTAL

PALACE.

Among the vast and ismer* messablage of
beautiful end instructive Afoot. to be men in the
Crystal Palace, the eefies of ship models now
formate/ as a Naval Unseen is not the best interest..
log. no esti oldest of this exhibidon may be
beet impish= the Wearing extract from a circular
which was based by the directors when its formation
was first contT i
The Direeterer Crystal Palen Compeay having re-
wand the salinities a mosiderable amaler of models of
ship, bath, *s. with premium of mon, base resolved to
, the formation of a Nam= of Naval
Athere, la a pop, situation I. the Paha. They
are satins that a seisms with whisk the power sad great-
ness of this essatry is as intimately sameisted should
be regimented cm a male sad plea worthy of
its lasportean, sad of the indeed thanther of
the lassitatios leader their direetkm. They *en-
ters propose, by a sense of models, to ahibi m pro-
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shown; is matresa the ell ankh of sash vessel% sad the
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C,ousideriag eat a very taw months have elapsed
'dace this rifest yea set is foot, the collection has
attained snot a mageitris an to leave little doubt of
the whokebiest proposed by the directors being in a
short time fully realised.
The noble already in the Museum number nearly
300, and ham a tolerably comprehensive illustration
of the pampas nob Is tho construction of merchant
vsensis, bleb Nailing and steam. But the visitor will
no doubt feel some surprise to fled a blank so regards
the royal navy, with the exception of the few mo-
tional models the property of Lord Yarborough,
above alluded to. The Admiralty it appears were sp-
plied to by the directors of the Crystal Palace to aid in
this really national objeot,bat although their lordships
have a back room full of mode* which eons bat a
very few privileged individuals can see, they declined
to let any of them be seen hi the Crystal Palace.
Now, John Bull has always been proud of his navy ;
be looks upon it still as his best arm of defence ; it
has met him an enormou rani of money; the
blunders of its administration in the sonetramise and

equipment of its ships, but a few years ago were so
gnat as Übe a subject of loud complaint and even of
ridicule. More recently this branch of our naval
administration is well known to have been greatly
improved t and surely it would be expedient to afford
the public the means of seeing whether the improve-
ment in the war navy hu been keeping pace with
that which has been effected by private enterprise in
the mercantile marine.

MUSIC.