The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-14 00:00:00

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

The purchaso or the gieateglass house has at last been
completed ,by .the payment of .70,000/..t0 Abe contractors
for it as it stands, and ies. format conveyance to its new
propr:etorti. The transaction was brought.to a oldie
yes e,
terd-v 'at twelve o'clock, in.the building, and was ce-
t
lebratcd by a de jeuner, supplied from Gunter's, of which
abOut 30 gentlemen partook, in the centre of the trots.,
Sept. A variety of roasts were given, and speeches made'
suitable to the occasion. The nominal purchaser is Me.
Francis Fuller, a member of the exteuive committee fur
the Great Exhibition. The real proprietors are tha chair-
man and some of the directors of the Brighton Reilwity.
Cempiny, who have, we believe en`.ered into the under-
taking as likely to be a profitable one in connexion with
tht ir. line. The purchase, and the immediate advance of
raoney.which was necessary for its completion, will, it is
understood, be followed up by the formation of a "Crystal
Palace Company," and the issue of shares,. which will,
be secured by a guarantee of 6 per cent. It is in non-
trmplation to remove the palace to a site at Sydenhaw,
which, in the cpinion of tthe new proprietors, possesses
peculiar advantages for the purpose. A new line of rens
will be laid down to accommodate the iccreased
pae-
seuger traffic which the attractions of the building are
expected to create, and a short branch railway frun the
main line will also be necessary. It is further proposeo,
by a branch, to connect the South-Western lisle with the
building. and thus to afford the advantage of access tram
the London-bridge, Bricklayers' Arms, Waterloo, and
Veuxlilleerznini. The plan of the undertaking is still
only roughly chalked out, and some of the teaturea
whieh we.now allude to may„ on a further eouaideration,
be modified or entirely changed. One thing, ,however,
is certain, and it is, that men of capital and enteiprise
have come forward to carry out this work, and that.
they enter upon it ,with a. firm rceolation to do
well, and, if possible, to make it successful. They have
already sccurud the valuable services of Mr. Owen Jonei
and Mr. Digny Wyatt, and it is probable that other
familiar names in counexion with the Great Exhibition
wiil shortly be added to their list of employes. In the ex,
pert bandied Messrs, Fox and 11.nd,rsou the form of
the Felice, when reconstructed, will, no doubt, undergo
extensive alterations and improvements, its multiplying
proportions affording the widest facilities fur doing so.
Of its internal arrangements, nothing, of coarse,:ean
yet be said, except in the' most general terms; Fut if,
may
.be pretty, confidently Stated that the proprietors will'
rely, for some time at least, upon the attrac ions of a:
winter garden, embellished with fountains sad statuary,
as, in combination with the building, their main element
of success. The removal of the building from Hyde-
park will now be prosecuted with vigour, and it is con-
fidently expected that by the Ist of May, 1853, the
Crystal Palace will be once more open to the public on
its new site at Sydenhnm.

ANOII3I,ER ACC DUN T.
Yesterday, the bargain by which the Crystal Palace is
transferred from the contractors to its new proprietors re-
ceived its final ratification within the walls of the build-
ing itsilf. The names cf the purchasers did not tran-
spire, but they were represented fiy Mr. Charles Fader,
who took formel possession, and paid down the purchase
money, 70,000/. It is understood to have !moth° the
property of a company, of which Mr. Laing, the chair-
man of the London and Brighton Railway, is chairman;
and that tlie intebtien is, to remove it to a site near
Sydephana, a dis' ance '-of six miles from the London-:.
bit* terminus of the railway. About twenty-five gen!,
Omen; friendS of the een;ructiog• parties, _celebrateet the
last day nt the CVY,7,t.,.1 Palace by , partaking, of an,
elegant dejeuner, as the guests of Sir Charles Fox • and
Mr. Benderser. Prosperity to the new undertaking
was diunk in bumpers of Cyprus and .Constautiai and
Mr.'S cott RuSsell,, on his health being proposed, drew a.
gloweng picture of the attractions that are to be con-
gregeted within the Lew edifice at Syclenharn. The pre-,.
Autos of every land are to be exhibited growing in-their,
various climates, and the specimens of every art grouped '
tie:ordlng to the Most tasteful roles of classification.
Toe natlnual taste for the beautiful is to be refined by
casts from all the famous. niarbeS in the world, and the
great principles of mechanical - • • . -
metropolitan working
working yodels of cver,y variety of machinery.
fisted by
The edition is be large enough to 'contain, all our
population, and attractive, enough •
abundant and good with by to tempt them
which
ate
now
(lino:7:1i from those, debasing eejoimeeta
and transit by th' Q .8
opprilpylieraesaututrbeee.lo34olftr
toesobcpeernaltse
..
,o,p,ctode,riiii included in the adinissioti7
tickp,er.. It is that the resuscitated building,
greatly enlarged and improvet
othpaettihngerd4lyooenstytwhoilifihrosnt
our the will b© ready for a grand
next, and it is hoped
posed, those gentlementh
Sir tuguration with her
Fox and Mr. Hen-
presence. Un the healths of '
become
waiter
of
hiceergreat achievemeet::
elution being pro
counted-their respective shares in modestly re-
oessiiility
frill justice to the succes.klutethae f'ierra
sdoidroL
Joseph Paxton, who render( d ean icta--- 0- Sir.
-possible," and the energy with which that
-.' d his conception to a.!till and ell fg t 4
e W"2,,
1 .prebtie et e3s ul develop?,
inetiL Mr. Laing, in answer to his health, expressed'
sanguine hopes as to the solution of the , commercial
question, and bore honourable testimony to the good
faith' with :which. the contractors had held 'themselves
bt•und to a mere verbal bargain,. although teniptedchy
an offer nearly douhle that which thefharfeccetirEd
-from the prosenrpessessora. lt appears that '' the vityfiet7
of an,R,glishmati,"
"lions of ee I in
the tenure by %viva) Mr. Macaulay
sty a vre mainly rub two hundred m,,p , p R,, ,
India, was in this instance set agaiost' an advance. Pf
60,000, and Mr. Faller and his friends will,, we hare,
have reason to,
through the otalosl. Wisaterer may be- the malt rho
nflica that it has come triumph:int-1r
transaction is highly ,honotitablo to all prrties concerned:
Is is almost needless to in,tilion that the-first 'and Most
honoured toast at this remarkable - leave •talcing. was .the
"Health (}f het i:-Majesty-tho Qtven," with a
warm
_t loyal recognition of the .aid which the royal patronage
1 nto the t and
Na, _.on, ,Great ..Bithibition of the ledintry of All
ti% Although iho rain routed (town in torrents,
•scarcery admitting
the Wilding showed-
its rxc•Ali.;:en of etAStruclion by
that it .never looked
a oleos and •.
its existence: '''. -: ''''-';'' 11a4f1- on, this the- last day cf.
be p,..:czw• was generally observed

amended KENNINGTON-COMMON.—The G vern
oment Bill, as
was yeeterdtv_PAted o convert, iienngton.com
won into a " pleasure ground" for tile be,w of
it o the.pUbliCe
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