The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-24 00:00:00

Till CAYSTAL I.ALAIOZ

The Crystal Palace is throwing off the lethargic
teat:races which seem always to Meet it at the close of each
year, sad preparing for the Chriamm memo with a round a
popular stersetiona. Thews are to be „masques" end
• revels," "terpsichorean sporta" and "Amide wonder-
mew," with " u uninterrupted chain of aiding variety,"
which we have no doubt whatever will be infinitely MOM
varied than the ides of an uninterrupted chid
would at lira suggest to the general reader. Than
I. to be a colossal cartoon of Dried& on the
stress which skim off the tropical plants 60111
the Ism genial portions of the building, end the
whole at the moire traosept will be hang with mottoes
eppeoprw• to the maim, and In keeping as regards de
of downtime with the great type of mammas on the
mean lied. The centre of the trannept will be occupied
by a gigantic Christmas tree, the prirce on which will
be given away among the ,itlienlie exatimiaan who
wet dietinguieh themselves INDOOtg at (or sear) targets
which, with all the regulate spceratia, are to be provided
without extra charge. There is to be a Christmas cake of
stupeedous p oportions, weighing four cwt., and espied,
empoen ed for this occasion by the Marrs. Btapies, who
have, however, unhappily named it the Leviathan and
thereby given ties to dismal apprebenslous se to ita tithing
bet for ever, end becoming eventually an uoniensgenblie
source of expenditure to tbe company. Them ere ado to be
swinge and roundabouts provided, together with the royal
muway " Punch and Judy," a small ballet *mph, be the
epees gags, a grand wizard, to which he a the NOM to
be es Iqr, with other mtrectione more or lees
the wide concluding each day with Sir LP=
"deed by a thousand couples." Them hetivities are so
lest kr one week, commencing on Moody, the 2sth of
December, and from the male of preposlione bow going
broad at Normscl there is not the tort doubt bat that
the who's pram:nine is intended to be carried oaths the easel
thorough and effective ',lancer, and will lo redly popular.
But it is not alone in these additional features that
efforts are being made, eme• every breach of the
attractions of the building in being made to dew Be
bricking and most festive aspect. All the mho sad
citron tree. have bees so arranged es to ambit lo thelderal
effect of the Citrates' revile, rid, as Joie bents see new
heavy with golden fruit, their a hi beautiful In the
edema. Indeed, the whole of t e Crystel Pekoe daisy is
in admirable condition, and the re, sad easel easily
maim eel curious planu thrive in the equal temperance
of the buillinn w:th erecter rapidity and vigour than we
have often obeerved even in hothouses especially dived to
their culture.— Tints.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Christmas programme at the above institution
le this per more than ordinarily attractive. A private view
et the holiday entertainment. was offered yesterday evening,
and received the unqualified approbation of tie whet
andlence by whom it was witnessed. In addition to the
Indium dissolving views. in themselves folly worth the whole
admired:a fee, there have fewn prepared • new eerie*, ap-
propriate not only to the present festive mown, bat to the
betas II the juvenile visitors who may be expected during the
next few weeks to be considerably la the majority, Some of
three are:beautifully painted, and on their exhibition yester-
day *Teeing elicited load applause; but there was a pretty
general opinion that the observations by which they were
secompanied might be compreered with osashiseshis Masa-
tags. Kr. Malcolm's experiments is Waal Eagle sad
legerdemain wen mach admired, and had ibis saves-
win that while wonder was recited In ths Int tu-
ataras a ohm tapleastion followed which almost grilled
the enilemene to become future cosjarere oa their own necoant.
la With% ta thaw attractions, aa Intimating Wawa was
OM by Kr. Pewee on wwwal moat havaatioas, amongst
whke yierh this mast generally lateral* and neelul we
K. hojar's 'Snarl teapot, sad Kr. Roapheris Imelda* kr
making bread without the aid of that Mbar stabsout•
*atlas with which the handirses lad ink In the t
node otawashonwing Woad. Whoa to dams ars the
=6.t Warm la toPolyterbais ealartaiamat, it is
7:10 much to say that It will malt probably occupy
large sham in the perten• of the Christmas baliday folk.

CAVAUnite Au Toxin l'o4ETT4—Last night,
Cavaliers Anton ries • private aidllete of natural
magic et Willis's Rooms. The audience we. numerwon and
Isetlibid by frequent applause to their wider-lion with the
srapistmen sad ankh .4 the carollers's porton:same. The
peisipea Table by whkh Ids magical shill wee displayed
se • peek of sods dealt smog the senators, remind
bed, simallsd. sad thee presented to tech of those who had
41111 w• as la • gime tease, eel up on the stage.
Our dew, Moan wee the colleen= of • aura-
her of step from the upertators, the reaming of
We eme dont • pistol, sad the grin off of the
pins', immediately followed by the bringing round alibi
elope fa • he; tad the perseentation of welt to the lender.
To those who are familiar with entintalenseste of this kind it
le elweest imperfienes to ssy that Itesidkerchiefs were turn to
plates mad Sea nobired whole to their owners, that snafu's
of peps cesurseato were brought out of moldy boxes, and
saris slopped and set slog asia. or mode to sulks say
Me rsr tae segielem'e pismire. The osecluds of the ea-
breams* the lillagestk Fisting of • Ledy the Air,"
—• attreons anaounceseat —wee, by epee
weal Of
Is the ingeneelous whey of this dryer **mar,
as pits es of ertive se we dere-NI it will be on future ma-
bp of Ws spersbis Christmas performs°,

BUCIINOILIMEHIBE ELECTION.

Yesterday the nomination of a knight of the shire
to tlll the enemy la the espressatation of the county of
Buckingham emeimeol by Ms devotion of the Hon. C. C.
Cavendiah MMe pimp =Mr the title of Baron Latimer,
took place at the County-hall, Aylesbury. The attendance
of electon trom lees numerous than usual, but they were
warmly less Baby.
The High Sheriff of the county, Mr. P. WItOVONTON.
. .

H. M.P., proposed Mr. W. G. Cariedtsb,
KS of the late member; Mr. PH ILLIPM seconded the noon-
solos.

14. R. B. Ha ILVLY nominated Captain C. J. B. Hamilton
(termer)) member for Aylesbury), and Mr. B. Brox a
waeamrse the proposition.
Mr. Chine eapremed himself diseetialied with both the
cemdidalea, nalther of whom had given the slightest intim •
Men of their political principles. [A Voice • ' They have
set pst had the opportunity.' ] He spoke of what they had
put brined in their addresses. One said he warn of the same
pelltice es his tether, which unfortunately were not very del.
eltro—(. ham, boar" and • laugh)—while the other referred
le eight years' service, which ill-health, he believed—(" No,"
frees emends liamUton)— reduced to • very few mouths.
There vine various gamins of importance la roped le
which be aceOt soma explanation ought to to gime,
(Ham, bra.) First 88 to India, which he thought If it hod
barreerlsea, would be now gonrad, and not kft
W aogtroWd
and quiet. Then
wee the church-rate question, aed until that was settled
dimity, end without compromise, there would be no mar in
Zir. These were eatfiems upon which the m.dittes
blexpleie their views. It might be said that the rates
were part of the law of the land, but so once woe nailing •
man's ear to the church door because he did not conform to
• particular theological doctrine. He saw no reason why he
should be mud for the soap to yeah the parson's surplice
—(s lengb)—and though church rates were lawful, they
wire there to elect a gentleman who would try to repaid bed
hewn, mad be wanted to know whether the candidates,
co giber of them, would vote for the total re-
, peal of church rates? Then would they vote for
1 tie bill to admit the Jews to parliament? Again, they
understood that the government contemplated a Reform Bill.
He wanted to know what were their views about that Tire-
' lbw. How ter were they prepared so go ? Would they sup-
port a reduction la the county &neckties and the reductive of
the borough froneldee to a 61. qualification? Were they pre-
pared to airport as idiot ? (Cheers and inter, option.) He
we. sot is favour of universal suffrage, for the line moat
be dews onotrennee; but he would give to every man of
common ease, every hardworking honest man, the right to
vete, mod thet be thought might be effected by a R.
galifi-
ot DM the onmetitutecies would never be fairly repre-
sented until they had the protection of the ballot. He had
wet labeided to prepree a candidate, but if it was thought he
ought le do so, be would name one who we. well known to
them all, but whom be had not coneulted—Acton Tindele,
Eoq., the clerk of tie peace. (Lend laughter, in which
the clerk of the peace heartily joined.)
Mr. Bo 4W asociaded tie notalnation, and amid a atom of
impatient interruption we. understood to speak in favour of
the ballot and extended
The Bumf., havingarkif there was any other candi-
date to be peepeeed, en there being no reepocure,
lb. W. O. CATINDISH, who 1111/ loudly cheered by his
party, mid It we. his intention, if returned, to
give le the governeasot an exegetic end an independent sup-
port. It must net he torrents that Lord Palmerston's go-
vernment came Inie sax at • time dgrest national &spun-
dairy. We were *pea la • gwmld ble war, and it it only
due to that government a tank that they brought that war
to a favourable termitiatiet. (Mess, bar.) Again, in the
extraordinary and unpmeeinned pakten of affairs in India,
I think we must ',aft edit list Lied Palmerston's go-
vernment have aided with poi
_Apar sad energy, while
their policy at home hem bees =Ad by • deeleica which I
Mare to be cundierdee be the but biaresta et the country.
(Chows.) I Mee bees semi qweetimed wpm the subject of
church retie; and to every web= pot to me I. reference to
it I have inveriablp given this answer—that I intend to vote
ter the teed ebeiltoon of church ratan (Loud cheers, and a
Vets" Thee b • slipper, tioaditen.") With regard to
the bellet, I erne& at mewl my thee I should be
to support test amosee. (Omer, New, and cheePrrelareldt
hen always sowed te M the the ballot was turEnglish,
nee de l see ray reason to suppose that H the ballot wee car-
ried tenons it would succeed better in doing away with
brew, and ammloa in this manly then it has dons in
Fromm ed Ass rtes. (Cheers, and a (asp.) The next que-
ers wen which Mr. Oibbe is deer:meal eseerteluieg izz
Mum M the of the admiring' of Jews Me pentisment.
that the rut metropolitan city bee we ales returned the
Beres Rothschild, I think It i. only
_fair that the voice which
the ematitution intended they should have M the represents-
thtq to lem should be heard. (Cheery.) Therefore I hove
is the question that has been put to me on this point,
that yes by your votes give me an admission to purlincoent
se yew member, I shall vote in favour of the measurefor ad-
miring the Jews. (" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) The
next gemlike which I em asked for en en...nation upon ie
neform. (Ham, hear.) Now, with regard to reform, I
must find Imirewilmt the reform bill is that is to be sub-
mitted to me beim I an pledge myself either to support it
or vote against it. (Cheers and laughter) Therefore, if you
will be Mod enough to seed me to parliament I will attend in
my plate, me whet the bill le, sad then I shall be able to
judge whetheeft le likely, la my opinion, to be beneficial, and
whether er met I ought le support it. (Cheers.) I arum
byou I have bees much lettered at hearing myself described
yan hos. friend sear mem • practical farmer. Agriculture,
Indeed, has always been my pursuit, as it has always been my
fancy. I have given to it es much attention as I could, and
if you will do me the hamar to return me to parliament—
(A Voice—. You may be sure of that")—l shall always en-
deavour to promote the welfare of the agricultural interest of
the country, and the Intsreet of the county of Buckingham in
earticalar. (Cheers.)

Captain Hautt.ron tat came forward and was rested
with load chews from his supporters, and Memo and cries of
—(m How your inoustaches grow")—trons his oppcsente.
Ana, shading to • flew personal matter., he odd—
ity damn he. parlianiaat, to which Mr. Oibbs referral,
wsa not to be attributed to soy illness, but to the fact that I
was fulfilling a very important public duty at Florence,
where my brother at the time wee ambassador, and if you
will refer to the file of the Deily News of 1549 or 1850 you
will find that journal stating that If Lord Palmerston would
abandon the forms of routine and appoint Charles Hamilton
minister at Flommos, he would be doing the best parable
thing for the country. (A voice—. What dui it cost you to
get that in the Daily News 7') It cost me nothing. I did
not know any one connected with the paper, and I never gave
• farthing to get it inserted, but that journal did write me
teiat the time, because it is an independent paper.
a political opponent of Lord Palmerston, I should
desire nothing better tau that he should be called upon to
give me a character. I have had more correspondence
with Lord Palmarstoa than any gentleman present. Ima
net comparing myself with him, bat I must over speak of
him in terms of the highest respect. (Cheer., and a Yoke—
" What did you get for going to Florence ?") I never had a
single shilling of the public money, although I worked hard
kw tins or kw yeare—(bear, hear)—during which thee I
w t. esnalamt esmumaication with Lord Palmereton ; std,
If I ma rotassed a year representative, I promise you that
I will sever weep a farthing of the public money, sad that
I will never sak • favour from any government tt i
atzulbe
hs (Oh, oh() I know it is difficult to
costatituency that any man comes forward independently;
bat I assure you that my sole aim sad motive in coming for-
ward to-day is to redeem • pledge which I hare given to tbe
tenant farmers of this county, and to show that I ma not
anforgetful of favours received or services afforded to me
when I was • candidate for the representation of Aylashetry.
(Cheers.) I ham already stated that It was not my
wish to represent the county; I never had that soh&
tins, but if the tenant femme say" We will have • can-
didata of our own, and we choose Captain Hamillea,"
Captain Hamilton will poll the lent man. (Cheers.) I
do not put myself forward se a patent independentminim ;
but I claim that independence for myself which I would wish
my constituent. to exercise. (Hoar, hear.) The gentleman
who proposed Tindal said that neither of the oandtdates had
poverty proclaimed their political opinion.. There is no &-
a it-1 speak for myself only—that I did not. The
foot hi It is not wool to do so in an addrem. But I elated
that I should be happy to ewer any questiona on the
hustings, which I consider the proper place. I announced to
you in my sddeem that I was a conservative. I went • con-
eervatire to parliament. 1 forget the year, but I am afraid
it was in PIN, and I in not one to change side.. (Hear,
hear.) Ido sot, directly or indirectly, amino any gentleman
for doing so, because I believe there may be oocadons
when, from courietitm, gentlemen may lind it neoeseary
and right to ohmage their political views. But I be-
lieve that is generally moot destructive to the intanses
of the country. Some bars thought that what we mist
Is es amalgamation tit Whigs and Tories. Now, I ad-
mit that to see these two parties, as Cobbett used
to say, fighting over the bog hough, I. very disgracefuL
Dot, as a general principle, I believe it fa sa essential even to
We liberty of the country as for political Integrity, that them
should be a strongly marked line of denatucatem between
the two parties. lam mortared if 1.13 ca you break down the
limiters of party, you will open the door to a great deal of
political roguery. (Cheers.) I have seen It in other
countries, and I believe It would be the same in this. I ham,
as you know, been much abroad. I have seen revolution', I
have seta Wags and prints. palled down ; I have men the
members of the Muse of Repreoentativee mat into the street;
I have seen anarchy and confusion, but Great Britain is the
only country in which I have seen true Liberty—(cheer.)—
and therefore I believe that the constitutional form of go-
' remanent under which It isms lisppiness to live, afford. the
soma guarantee, ems to the humblest man present, for tam
an rational liberty. (Chasm.) Gentlemen, I have de-
sawed myself a mmemmeive—too liberal perhaps for some,
red net Mimi earest l °Mere. When 1 was in
prßa-
mret mein mid that Captain Hamilton was not
llb n 1 ammerk ethers tint I was too liberal for tay petty.
1 amid lied It very diSesdi to &Sas every alba ci