The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-08 00:00:00

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out extreme pressure from the raeopi,--t' -Nroe.ss% gee
" fee-4n without."—(Hear, and cheei .9;1 eat =t tth-
Government would act do anything of (Al Jere
out such pressure. For his own part, if the
mete Wire) despaired of anything being I tea.
public die not heartily take up atie subject. , ver xe, he
sons for saying so were these. In the first
.ot part '
thought they (the Commissioners) would any suci
with the large surplus in their hands for cider the t
purpose. He did not think they would con: An otht r
they were at liberty to do so.--(Hear.) ld thin k
charter must be granted before they wou my was
themselves to be at liberty to do so. It certai • mach
his opinion, and he readily confessed it, that Had
time had been lost in moving in the matter. ‘,er the
such a movement taken place immediately at ht but
Exhibition was closed, there could be no dou I have
that a larger amount of public sympathy woult )uild-
been enlisted in favour of the retention of the 1
meat
as-
the regaisitt
ing, and under such circumstances as Govern...
might have more readily rendered .cese
sistenc.e.—(llear, and No.) After all, it was nt sto
sary that settee intelligent plan respecting the USE
lot
posed, and he hoped that the
meeting would a
which the building should be applied should be
ley
with the matter in a practicable form, o
)vit
might eventually secure the object they had in ic.
in a manner satisfactory to themselves and the publ ✓
s that tl
Mr. OLIVEIRA observed that in regard to the su
cess of the Crystal Palace as a promenade or " wint :tt
garden" he contemplated no difficulty whatever. 1 2
would be a source of recreation to all parties. T
the upper classes, according to a plan he had pre
pared, it would be open at all times ; and to the middl
classes, the men who had a right to regard it as beingi.,
a monument of their own labours—(Cheers)—it
would be open frequently at a very low lagure
(Hear)—and so on with regard to every othvr elass
of society. To the adjoining houses it !Mild COn"
tribute no injury, for he had ascertained, fr our a per-
sonal visit to most of them, that the own err would
itnore likely receive an increased value for tho pro
party than anything like a depreciation.--(
Hear..)
A contractor had sent in an estimate to lee rep tne
building in repair for twenty years at 5,000/. t • year ;.
an: Mr. Paxton had stated it to be his oph aon that_
the building will last 100 years.—(Hear.) tele bad
estimated that the gross revenue likely to ar Ise from
the building, upon a plan he had that day su benitted,
would reach 112,4401. per annum, while th 5 public
would derive recreation and instruction ft
enn th e
s
carrying out of the plan.—(Cheers.) Ant
l it waqed to
worthy of remark that the surplus fund belt)!
,co the
-
the subscribers to the institution ; and further, t
lore, he thought that the Royal Commissioners u
not appropriate such funds so subscribed witbo ut the
authority of a distinct Act of Parliament. He sup-
ported the motion.
ntion
Mr. BARBER said that he objected to the rate
at it
of the building in Hyde-park on the ground th
was a leviathan building, and not likely to be of
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benefit to the public at large.—("No.") He co 155.
&red that its retention would be injurious to the ..lid
terests of the mercantile community, and he hol
that the French would take it as a proof of Engl
industry and talent which they could not themsele of
7d
prOduce.—(" Hear," and "No.") He hoped it wou
net be understood that he objected to exhibitions
iMs kind, but ho did think that the one in Hyde-pat
was of too leviathan a character to be continued.—
(l Hear," and "Oh !") He would, therefore, pro.
:pow, es an amendmeni.,—
"Thct inasmuch as no means had been suggested to
e
raise the means for defraying the expenses for keeping
th Crystal Palace in repir, BCC.,
it ~vas impolitic to ia.
terfet e ith the proposition for taking it down."
Mr. Thalami-a seconded the amendment. He came
there hold!y and unhesitatingly to declare his
opinion as to the desirability of taking down the
building.—(Hear, hear.) It had answered all the
purposes for which it had been designed, and there
should be the end of it.--(" No.") It was the fact that
medical men had declared that it would be an injury
to society if parties were to go,enade in a building
after being exposed
to the easterly wind, to prom
where the temperature was raised to summer heat.—
(Hear.)
Then, as to public opinion—what bad
public opinion done ? Had there been any meetings
of citizens ? No. There had been meetings only
of the chairmen of committees. Lie thought that
great injustice, difficulty, and 'uselessness would fol..
a
low any such proposition as the continuance of the
building. He hoped that the building would die is
natural death, and that at some future period anot:aer
such an Exhibition, as well supported as that hut
been, Would arise for the benefit and gratification a
all parties.—(Hear, and Oh.)
Dr. TRUMAN strongly supported the resolution.
Mr. MOFFATT, M.P., also supported the resolution-
He urged the necessity for immediate action. He
believed that if the body of the people throughout
the length and breadth of the land were polled, they
would be found to be in favour of the retention. In
many respects might the building be made useful.
The time was rapidly approaching when the British
Museum would require enlargement, and also the
National Gallery ; nor was it to be expected that the
amount of money required for the purchase, if required
from the country, would be objected to. For the
new front of Buckingham Palace 200,0001. was rea-
dily granted, and he had no doubt if the private feel..
ing of her Majesty the Queen could be obtained, that
her verdict would be in favour of the retention of the
building.—(Cheers.) He hoped the public mind
would be clearly expressed on this matter to the
House of Commons, as the question would be debated
in that House on the 19th of the present month; and
upon that decision, perhaps, the fate of the palace--
the Crystal Palace—might, and would most possibly
hang.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Several other gentlemen, including Mr. E. Smith,
Mr. Redpath, Mr. Locke, and others, spoke, after
which the amendment was put, and eight
hands only
being held up for it the motion was carried amid loud.
cheering.
Captain WILSON moved, and Mr. TAiacat. seconded,,
the proposition, that steps should be taken forthwith
for the purpose of holding public meetings in the city '
of London and elsewhere. Carried unanimously.
Sir C. ALLAN proposed a vote of thanks to the
Chairman, which having been seconded by Sir C•
SaitToutu,, the Chairman returned thanks and the
meeting separated.