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S4nN 9 MAY 7 1852,

Mr. Alderman SoLomoNs demanded a poll, upon which
scrutineers were appointed, and the voting commenced
forthwith, and being concluded in a very short timo, the
Chairman declared the numbers to be—
For the resolution... .. •
Against it ... ••
Majority upon the present occasion ... —8

... 47

Mr. Wll:soNdi;pated That the standing orders had
been complied with, which required the assent of four-
fifths of the proprietors present.
The CHAIRMAN said the return of the votes would be
sent to the committee, who would determine upon the
point.
The meeting then separated.

CONVERSION of the CRYSTAL PALACE into a
CRYSTAL TOWER, 1,000 FEET HIGH.

It is proposed to build an enormous tower (a sort of
antithesis to the tower of ancient Babylon) of the ma-
terials of the glass palace, preserving, as much as is con-
sistent with the new design, all the features of that struc-
ture, with a view of perpetuating the great event of the
year 1851, and forming a depository of every branch of
art and manufacture our own kingdom produces, as well
as a choice collection of exotics from the four quarters
of the globe. The material is all ready at hand, and a
site near might easily be found. The building, from the
peculiarity of its design, forms its own scaffold, and the
ground it- would. occupy is less than one aore, and, with
the prolapsed terrace round the building, altogether
under four acres. This economy of ground, when com-
pared with the space the glass palace occupies, is an im-
portant consideration in such a place as London, where
land is valuable. Before any remarks on the project are
offered, it will be as well to give an explanation of the
various means proposed to be adopted to render so vast
a structure perfectly safe against the strongest hurri-
canes. In the. centre is a large octagon, composed of
twenty-fourtrolumns, which spring from the foundation,
in which they are securely imbedded to the very top of
the building. Adjoining is a decagon, similarly con-
structed, forming the second tower in the elevation, and
rising to the second gallery of 840 feet. The dodecagon
tower also springs from the foundation, and is carried up
to an altitude of 660 feet. We then see a square of
columns measuring 120 feet on one side: this likewise
rises from the foundation to where the clock is placed,
and is surmounted by four turrets. which lend their aid
in supporting the building., and screen in some measure
from the wind those adventurous visitors who arrive at
this aerial promenade. Another square of larger di-
mensions abuts on all these, and rises to a level of 198
feet, upon which four galleries, each 120 feet in length,
are to be constructed. Similar small turrets are to be
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the south front of the transept is added to each aide of
the square, forming a cross; not only as an abutment,
but with a view of perpetuating the most elegant part
of the present building, and handing down to posterity
the entrance through which so many thousands passed.
The four halls of glass formed by this cross might be
reserved for choice plants. &c., with appropriate statuary
ornamenting the outside and relieving the general effect.
If we suppose four of the upright columns, with four of
the girders attached, and bolted to firmly-fixed cradles
in the foundation, it will give a notion of a hollow cube
of brick or stone of similar dimensions. Were the
building constructed of such cubes, it would not be .so
strong or durable as of the material so opportunely pre-
sented. If we imagine a give-and-take line passing
through the section from the outer colonnade columns
curving up through the towers towards the top of the
octagon, a figure similar to the outline of the Eddystore
Lighthouse will be presented to the mind. The clock is
of proportional size to the tower, being 44 feet in
diameter, with figures 10 feet long; its elevation about
440 feet above the terrace, and many feet above the
the cross of St. Paul's; the gallery over it is somewhat
lower than the Groat Pyramid of Egypt; and were St.
Paul's Cathedral placed on the top of St. Peter's, there
would then be room for the Nelson's Column, which
would about reach the Crystal Tower's summit. The
little squares in the octagon represent four carriages or
ascending rooms, which are tor be continually running on,
or rather up, a vertical railway, to the glazed gallery at
the top of the octagon, where the visitors may observe
the view around, sheltered from the wind. There is
also a platform gallery on the very summit, for the more
adventurous. The view from any of the galleries would
be magnificent in the extreme.—Messrs. Fox and Hen-
derson have expressed their conviction that the project
could be carried out.—Builder.

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