The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-06 00:00:00

AUGUST 6, 1852.

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SUCCESSFUL. EFFORT TO RAIsE THE
.I).UCHESS.,OF KENT STEAirEit,
Yesterchy a successful effort was made to raise' this
ac,sel from the place, where she lay iii mid channel, be-
t
ween Northfleet and.Graysond which hid beeotne„
at the chains
possible,
a-t; :
matter of the utmost necessity, in order to remove
:hrs:nruglioeint
ttsohthaevinnagvbigeae:ien of the river. _. the
At low, water, yesterday morning, all the prelirainn„
fos;ent-di,down aed,tightenedeofspmle.tuce'dh,
fresh ehainseeured to the mainshalt of the engine,
lieu of one which had broken the .preceding day V„a
see.thatnll was-secured below water. •Thre;er
e little
vheesisnegl,panassdeodthuernadscerce,eirs?tah
ttohethbeotteonmgineot:
vtveh?
BAI, the captain of the. divers, descended -in 0.„,;;"
chaitos
sunken
which
over and secured to the two barges and lighter.
Passed
After-the tide had risen to soma height it was e„.;,4
that a great strain was exerted upon the chains attached
evident
to the engine, of the sunken vessel, and en
, : that which
was passel underneath her stern, those I, eiEl g Lb which
otoetlia :most
which , had the greatest
vessels were, at length, observed to. move, and litt ' Toe
flotilla drifted slowly away with the tide itthned wgirnoud,nw,
showed that the sunken vessel was off
moving. ,In ,this - manner they, drifted . .lowi a and
for
about two hours and a half, by which time 0, distance
about, three-quarters of a mile up the
Grays, had been made. Having got into shallower towards
the bottom of the sunken vessel was found to tone. ater
ground, and no farther progieis could be tbea
acheotcahe
plished. .. . .
.. .
• tidings it was found that there
On taking sou bale were t
fathoms of water whereshe lay,being three
were
lessen
than where sho.had been moved from. The next step
will be to bring her into still shallower
.water,,and r
dually towards the shore, and when placed
al_
yegloa..
water mark, the sand will be cleared out, and Pe
the wreewk
madnwater-tight, in order ,to be towed '
up the river
'into the ropairing_dock. To aid in these further p-
readings a Government lighter t rom Chatham is at
:land, in addition,to thoic already engaged in the' under-
taking, . dices the nass:„.
During these PrOCee . ' ' '"g Steamers
slackened speed, in order not to make a swell. Just at
the time of the sunken vessel again touching the ground,
the Ravensbourne, Antwerp steamer, the opining into
collision, with which caused tbe accident, passed by her
on her outward voyage. .
- . the success . which attended the undertakin—
g yester-
day has now placed the recovery of the sunken vessel
almost beyond a doubt, and its final accomplishMent is to
•be attributed in a greac raessure to the skill and science
;displayed in the arduous pndortakinkr, which wax con.
ducted unciar the superintendence of Mr. James Grier,
engineer; and au experienced body of divers, under Mr.
ell. of 'Whitstable, who have been engaged is flume.
rollS eiruils.r undertakings, though scarcely one Present-
ing so many difficultie es the present.
Paring .(ho: .s ' •tdr. E. W. AT •
. o, proceodings yesterday, ; orris
the managing director of the .Commercial Steam Nevi_'
,
gatiOn Connians,; - IF heys the lava end Captain umP r t cap.
twin of the Duchess- ~ sent.
of Kent, were p,e

Lord Stratford de Redohire had an interview with the
Earl of Derby .yeaterday at :his
official residence iu
Downing-street.

-....-- .
. ,RAISING OF TP tf. FIRST :COLUMN,
The ceremony of raising the first columu of this new
edifice was, yesterday pertreened in the presence of 9.
numerouscpcoiatnkot!'
heteth(l: interest.t itiedthoht:i rtchnh lelYcetinrrweera‘,4:lPiocs;ut u4ty vili' eleuer:oae3.6w.;;;f:ocbt:slail-cge :urri ' et; I:tet7dsl:l;::l3”,:gek
predecessor of the inter:tied strnc'urc at Std('°'°'
were present. We could not but recoil ct thst .but a
few allele months:had elepsed since the erection of the
commenced; erol we remembered well the scientific, P
wren':
fessionel, end horned ebjectious which were then ,e°n;
stently.reiterated against a structure so pre-eminent a‘
variance with
.the erections of other days. w° recall
to
.
mind how greatly our disregard of the antiquated notions
of brick .mild mortar, with all their. massive accompaci
meats of buttress and foundations, was smiled at, and
hoe Our faith in the possibility of ereciing, in an almost
fabulously.ehort period, an unprecedented 'edifice to
glass and Hon, was ridiculed by "pc imaginings 'of
rofessional" and
an Airy, tifics"aiindtihva
ner, were pressed into requisition foia the Par-
pose of showing the impossibility of 'the thing, or, at
any rate,. of proving that if :the " house of cards"
were put together, the first manifestation of the displea-
sure of Boreaawould serve to scatter it to the winds. ID
fact,
world-famed Theproapcheuetriau f •cn a lisedd.
together gravely to prove to demonstratioe that the
consumption of air by the myriads of visitors to the
Exhibition Building, tending to produce a vacuum in the
interior, would ease the external pressure of the at-
mosphere to fret the building with its gewgaws and
men
of
se' ence and rising architects theno opairr
contents half way to the Antipodes.
theWe e
declined
m
and itirOerinationt OrofeTring rather to deal-- with - those'
more practical geniuses WHB-compldted and opened the
Exhibition Building on the Ist of May, 1851. Of the
fate, of that building, and the means taken to preserve it
upon its original site, our readers are all aware; and
we apprehend that, after the recent improvements which
will be carried out in the building upon its, present site
ncocflined
give in cur adhesion exclusively toto
science
at Sydenham, few persons will regret the decison of the
Government, or be displeased that the affection of Lore
Seymour for " the favourite'pump," or the aristocratic
tendencies of Lord John Manners should have suc-
ceeded in aceenaplishing that which neither winds nor
storms had been able to street—viz., the removal of the
building from Hyde-park. • .It is not necessary far us to detail the various steps
by which the Crystal Palace Company have become pos-
sessed of the material of the Exhibition building, aao
which, under the magic genius of a Paxton, a Wyatt,
and a J'oneb, will &Lolly assume the Proportions and
appearance, which shall justly entitle it to the designatiot,
of the New Crystal Palsce; suffice it to say that yester-
day was 'Bel, cted as the 'day upon which the first column
of the new edifice should 'be' erected. A special train
was accordingly provided for the conveyance-of between
three and four hundred visitors to witness the ceremony,
who were assured, by means of printed programmes,
that conveyances would be in waiting to convey visitors
to the park from the Sydeattam station. Right merrily
the train proceeded to Sydenham, and three hundred and
fifty passengers alighted there, and rushed frantically to
look for' the conveyances. There must be some mistake;
nothing 'was to be found but a travelling " tioker'S cant."
The train had better go on to Aoerley. The poesengerf
returned their seats amid sundry misgivings as to the tire(
that the next down train would be due. Ultimately Auer-
ley station was reached, and, animated with that neeiec:
live love of " selt" common to Englishmen, the road o
the park was reached, when, to! and behold, one "Brix-
ton omnibus," "licensed to carry twelve itieide," arni
an indefinite number outride. It was clear to demon-
stration that wither legally nor physically could 350
visitors be ceuveyed in the one " bast" and the remain-
ing animated " bales of bilk" and " chests of bullion,",
according to the phraseology of the London and
Brighton directorate, made their way to the entrance co
the park, about a mile distant from-the station, where
the expected vehicles and their drivers were cnitetly re-
'posing themselves in the shade. Having thus escaped
the dangers of the rail and the perils of the road, the
visitors were most cordially received by the chairman
and directors, of the compaty, sifter which reception
they proceeded to a second teat, where an opportunity
was afforded of examining the plans and drawings et
the now hulloing and park and gardens. The general
outline of the plans has already been stated by us, and
we need only say that the drawings and models
were now examined with the greatest admiration.
A. card-board model, showing the elevation 01.
the building, with its three traneepts and cir-
cular arched nave, was universally admired, as was also
a view of the interior of the nave, around the columns
and girders of which were most tastefully entwined
beautiful climbing plants; while the palm and other
tropical plants appeared to afford , a most agreeable and
roeffrtehsehinggallsehraiedse.
w,als'haelsgoroeuxugdmpilnaendowf
ittbha bcouniTi.ianicgrltoi4
the exhibit ?
interest; and theespace set apes Joe- 13 on of
articles Of merinfacture and art a+-as carefully conned
tbtee
In the
laze
emGartieya
twEh who
hhiabdi
tiaolnrc,aadnyd achievedu.hl wer
etli:o.i railnanprreelps
airned
stand forward in support er, British industry.t'
walking*
examination of the plans and drawings, sho rtrhl te'
over the grounds,
after two o'clock, the ladiei commenced occupyingd
seats assigned for them, round a apaeirets areahe
future
off by ropes, and indicating the site ()!t
second
great centred transept; the gentlemen forming a dedb
ece • Y
line behind the ladies. Shortly afterwards, Pr
procession
the baud of the Coldstream Guards, con° 5 oninenss
headed by a number of workmen bearing a° '
white banner, on which was inscribed
Ited by
" Success to•theTalace of the People," and folio
r'
te . and
Mr. S. Laing, M.P., Mr. C. FullereVr• B°lo-a; Mr.
the other directors of the company; Sir Ca.
,i,azrae,
Henderson, Mr. ,Tubson
tine
"'re on until atluede;tnh,
d a
Mr. D. Wyatt, Mr. 0. Jones", Mr. Belshaw, an teee,
Tindortsos•
num-
ber of other gentlemen connected with the ---• ,e right
The signal being given, a number of workmen l"
the column above the base plate and haul up
Mr. Cochrane, iSuirillue letters'
good style, and with lusty lungs, prOCeeded to
when mr.
socket,
Laing stepped forward, and deposited ie th
the coins of
Lion of the column a gless vessel containing oe.
the realm,' and bearing the following inscriPta"•
"This Column;
Palace,'
The first support of the Crystal
. the recreation and instruction of the.l""„ '1852,
A Building of purely English ArchitectuFraelldrir:,,txlin,
Was erected on te tithersh day of Augas",-v Queen
In- the 16th year o reign or her rikties"-
Victoria, , p
By Samuel Laing,Esq., ii''' nv
• Chairman of the Crystal Palace CcraPaforeis a part,
The original structure, of which this column , e by Mestrs.
wee bnitt after the design of Sir doer)
• it received the contributions of all Ne,i°"s
r parnoe •
a, ,
p k where
Fox, iienOersen, and Co ; and stood in Ilt'dat the etrerids
e lower per-
Exhibition,
In the year of our Lord 1831." destined for
4, ..:••••. I, your glass, e-elf,
Will modestly discover to you-'
That of yourself
'Which yet you know not of. viendersen, and -
Mr. Laing, M.P., Sir C. Fox, Mr. . silver salver,
Mr. Cocetaee then takin a winch fromhaasa means of
proce,eded to- eecureohe column to the
r. A gyroal as-
screws er.d nu+s in the ordinary En3nne round,
lute was then fired by.the guns on the
..5 from old and
struck up the Notionel Anthem,
~u 0 ore tremendous
young', from workmeri'and master, r°- of the People."
cheer for " The Qeeen and the Palace% essenahlagzh and
Mr.then addressed teiser company the
saidAs chairmen of the Crystal Fte first column of
the band
dthuetynhewassdneaveotlivierde cwinhmiceii
loaf
ilflaxerilodg!d.l,t";u:eorirn
rious recollections of the Great Ega``:,,, of
The importance
fixed and -abiding reality for PurP;.)
stractien and improvetnent•—(c b°,,e,ironanded the re- '
of such an object might well have ;rale occupies a far
Bence on this occasion of sonie 0° nublic eye than the
n the ' I believe,
more conspicuous position 1
addresses veto
huMble individual . who now which we all enter--
however, becifdYlBtshel gasi°a:
however, that it is the vory Tetbis great
tein 01 the deep importance ° eeeciusioe that at this
stage of the proceedings they '"0 the official organ t the:ll do,
would he most fidy entrusteddacjireaeg,
usi
%dna' to
taking which has led ue to arerarmoey of inauguration
company. Hoer, hear.) ; Ile
we are aad .
ted
that the parent idea which, e amendevelopts origtna,
n a :lei I"uanid
carry out in new and untried
_ oa whose
the glories o
with the ix,orittidous rr'nrierre with
servediy and intimately usslireting also 'that the fairy
name is so dei
the Great Exhihition—reco'
_ire like a phwaix from its
structure, which is about tr°,l, tee presence of our gra-
strongly that an
cious and beloved Sovereig 0
short of the very highest
asheta %%13E0 often honoured confess we feel very
ee 0 eats at which wo aim, and
would be unworthy 4:4 t— have undertakon.—(Cheers.)
of the enterprise which webe
li accorded to us if we show
That such patronage wi,euterrain no doubt.—(Hcar.)
ourselves worthy of it he interests of art tend science
On all occasions o btu " all, when the morel and intel-
arel6etttal improvement °" h- re never lacked—l will not say
concerned, and; sbi?,vhce mass of the populetion are in
question, the couritrY
ehieh is worth all the patron-
the patronage, but that
o
efiohtened action end affecionate
age in the world—the er-eige. Lady the Qaeen and. her
solicitude Of 'our
Slbeeud- cheers.) ' At the sums time,
every one must feel. t
illustrious consort.—etat.,-
..„er show that, we deserve it; and
in order t r command such
patronage, wo .---1..11/ emerged from the chyrsolite
that until we have u
et. ial cemPanY, and given actual
state of a cotattlel err wish, but of our power, to
pledges, not onlY of err tame objects by which we, pro-
carry out the
fess to be aaimate•
a disrespectful to venture to solicit
ni:4ll."'it would be preeteture, and even
Prattle:neural' 59 '-
.r,., arc ambitious enough scant s that
Stich patronage as '
future, and not very distant, day to
we hope at soutouc-ar.) re the menatitne it only re-
ebtain.—(licar, e r Imo men of the peeple, should do
Mains that we, the Prf Lively 'withota parade or os-
„ lid c ec 2
our work Vol Btnilyg when we consider' the work
tentation. A°°, been formally commenced, it is no
before us. Former ages have
whichatb, and many of them of snips sing
. .
raised peter:ea, g
lwighhiethuhtaes.rpthriissedaY lies
p„ Tei'llve all read of the hatigink garden,,
i"glieihfiegje-ecolossal palace temples of Egypt, and
eaf 11-Th"---, the structure of Nineveh and Persepolis. Many
the gorgeous struc-
d the vast ruins which
ra4ce in-the Palatine-hill, and scattered fragments of Nero's Golden
of us have seen the

till
speak: so
~,nbt,Ttificently of the grandennof Impeiial
, capta_vue ted?
were they c4lnitrcwere all these
,paleces, hurl how
sed
oolconsi myriadso'sma age has
rs6hia:i
ost
f7se nations,(*irii he
eaayrn,d
hear, hear.)
hflo-aari bal,ayob
oo theuu rr
reserve":l "the
f whichistehme:2fizticcoallui
I)eople.
pthreiockagperiocer orraivsainugitya
palace for the
and independent en
end cheers.)- Yes 'the ieructure
column ham just- •raised ' its field into
Poonle, as Yitainsd thsetiptiyuett
unaided t6~ur. own
slut hohseee,itrit' ogi Britishrw'thh otmi ra c:rsit se
oe
us
tht ear, Prise
*.:-.-'<Hear, hear.) On
entrusted the directiOn
t
ot this great' popular undertaking, devolvesPo
age in which thou duty or"
we live, and of the Mae";
publitl spirit of thea manner wortheeof toe
nitude of our high mission.
Deeply the responsibility of ourassure you vie all feel very
for the reasons- to• which I h position; and although,
have judged it premature and' 3VU
already adveeted, we
Formal religious ceremehial on• ItreallY t°
laic°
any
feel not the leis 'profoundly th e presentOnacitsetet we
undertslting, as we hope to' do; tat' in carrying out thiti
successful issue, we
ere but acting es the instrumen'ts of °'
that beneficent and
over-ruling Providence which
s guiding o
British race along the paths of our great
trust' that the assurance tbat wezr alteful progeess. I
inti-
mately impressed with what I may i deep)), and
most -ventnre to
call a religious policy of our dutsl ies' and responsi-
bilities, will .be accepted as a
~he best of our judgment and ability guarantee
ntee that, to
great
with a
t un.ler-
eakinghhall be constructed in a proper spirit n
view to noble and elevating objects.—Year, ah
ear.) As
ds the material portion of regarthe enterprise, words are
' but feeble instruments in which to paint the tkta u phis of
art and the beauties of nature. It is better to ask
you
to look around you and say for yourselves whether the
site is worthy of the people's
palace and the people's
park; Figure to yourselves the surrounding area
which is now defined by a circle of beauty, converted
into a crystal dome, end raised aloft under the blue vault
of heaven, and you will form :scne indistinct image of
the new central transept as it exists in the genitie of a
Paxton, and cs it will shortly exist as a tangible reality
for the wonder and admiration of miltioes.—(Cheers.)
But I will not detain you longer by attempting •to der
scribe that which no words cart adequately represent,
inn I will conclude by the expression of another senti-
mentto which lam sure you will heartily respond. In
!tnting so peculiarly and emphatically on the fact that
this is to be due palace of the people, the time was
when I should have risked calling forth some . antago-
nistic feeling as if the cause of the people Wore placed
in invidious contradistinction to -that of the Crown
end the aristocracy. 'Thank heaven the time
when sueh distinctions can be drawn in England has
iSapareci.--(Elear, hear.) It is' the grand characte-
ristic of the reign'of our present gracious Sovereign to
hare witnessed the most rapid progreis in the tiaaterial,
moral, and ititelleduel improvement of the mess ef the
laden. and, es a' consequence, .a corresponding in-
popu .im
crease in their soma penance and political power, not
enly without' ny Outbreak • of democratic passions, but,
,11 ,he contra y+ with an eqUally marked increase in the
Atachment of those very classes to the institutions of
heir country and to. the person of their Sovereign.—
(Loud and continued cheering.) The feeling of loyalty,
:which had dwindled into a faint dilettante speculation .or
eseue historical reminiscence, his iit'our days been most
ant wonderfully revived, and' eitifite new as a
g":nyet'itai g!ave pervading all classes of society, and binding,
he low in the laud toteeta r b
hiehesten,l l a y one com-
e tie of releonable and .int 11'.a
Mon and ennohlin,, teet, yet
aevoted add attetionete veneration for the elettictertand,
person of our beloved gieen- and 'herillustriotis' consort
sad family.-.(Cbeeit.) ,To*ards the creaticet of this
,apps feeling I believe nu incident hes controbuted.ib•a'
' :lore marked nee
than thb Great 'Exhibition of 1851.
Slone of us tvill'ever forget to whose 'comprehensive and
ettileeophic mind we tire indebted ior the original idea
)1 that transcendent , and to whose ceurage,
resolie ion, audbesiness apthude'Vre owe ,he prosecution
ot that id 4 to it successful conclusion amidst all- manner
of doubts and difficulties. Nor shall we hastily forget
cho affible and condescending manner in which our gra-
ciou; Quell surrounded by her family, mixed there day
atter day in 'free and unreserved intettOurse with her
• ts setting an example by which all teem high to
subtec htened
tow might profit, of enlig interest in worthy ob-
jects and unaffected sympathy with the tastes and enjoy=
merits of her people. With these recollections fresh in
our minds, I must 'confess it has been, an inspiriting
idea with us that in perpetuating an enduring memorial
of that great and glorious Exhibition, and in expanding
the noble and philanthropic ides of Prince Albert into
fresh deeelopinenth, we shouldbe at the same time bier-
in; a monument, perhapsnot altogether inappropriate or
unworthy of the reign under which we have the happy
privilege to live. I feel that you all respond to this sen-
timent, and that in calling on you now to join with me
in celebrating the act of laying the'fonadatiot-stone of
the People's Palace, I cannot suggest a better mode of
expressing our common feeling Wall by ailtioo you to
unite in one loud and hearty acclamation of •• God save
the. People's Queen."—(Loud cheering.)
The external ceremonies baying been thus brought to-
a satisfactory conclusion, upwasds of. 500 ladies and
1 aentlemen who. , had received invitations from Messrs. '
Fox and Henderson, proceeded with considerable alacrity
to the large pavilion, in which a magnificent cold colla-
tion, with wines oftevery description in abundance had
been tastefully spread out by Mr. Higgiubotham, of the
British Hotel, for their refection. We beliees; that this
was Mr. Higginbotham's debk as caterer for so large' a
company, and certainly it could hardly be possible forest
first attempt to come off .with greater eclat. The corn-.
puny showed their deep appreciation of his exertions by
the energy with which they devoted
themselves to the
dernalitiotoof the good oh , g'striking proofs of
.
the healthfulness of the "Srderilhanug n the marke
improvement of their appetites..Theull
taken
chair was by
Mr. Laing, and amongst the distinguished. company
accompanied present (in the majority of instances by
lathes) wero:—Lord Stratford de Redcliffe Lord Er-
nest Bruce and Lady Cardigan. " Lord F. halloo
the Right Honourable Men. W
M.P., Mr. Pellatt, M.P., Mr.a Walpole,
lsowri; aonw(i
Lady Theresa Lewis, Sir James Duke ; Mr. De-
lane, Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P.; OhellonOurable Mr.
Sally, aud Wheat
Stronge; Professors Ansted, Forbes, -
tame, Drse aday, Latham, Forbes, Boyle, Lindley,
and Marshall Hall, Sir John Lubbock. Mr. Chart el
Kcights Mr. ,WaterhoutteeMr. Glaisher, Mr. Fairbairn,
Sir Charles Barry, R.A. Sir Charles L ell Mr. D
ILA, Mr., Stanfield, its'A., Mr. Cres 'Ye yne,
k RA. -
Cruikshaalcr-Mr. H. Weigel! M Mowbray Morris,' Mr.
r. Mr.
Douglas Jerrold,. Mr. 'Peter Cunningham, Mr. Crane,
Mr. Collard, Mr. Delarue, arr. Nioholay, Mr. Oyler,
Garrard, the Messrs. Cluster, -Mr. Riskell, MreThacke-
ray, Mrs. Chisholm.
The following had -written, expressing a warm interest
iu the undertaking, but stetieg that by theelections and
other causes they were prevented lions
Archbishop of ,Canterbury, Bishop, of Oxierde
.Duke
of Bueolcuch, Duke of Manchester, Duke of 14?wca..:tle.
Earl of Carlisle, Earl Ducie, Earl •of Clatoadon,
.Viscount Palmerston, Reel ef Derby, Obauceifor,
ht Honourable B. Disraeli, M.P., Right Iltaieurable
J. J. Henley, M.P.; Right Henourablo Lend John.
-Manners, -11. P., • Attorney-General, Lord Mayor, Lord
Mayor of Dublin, Lord Prevost of Glatgoa, Mayor of
Manchester, .Mayor. pt' Birmingham, .Mayor of Li-
verpool, -the Astronoimer Royal, - Lord Rose, Sir
John Herschel, Bart., Dr. Heoker, Professor Owen,
Sit Henry DeleOeche, Sir David Brewster, Sir James
Clark, Bart.,: Sir William Cubitt, G. P. Bidder. Sir
Gardner WilkinsoneSir. Charles • L. Eastlake, P.R.A.,
Sir R. Westruseett, R.A., It. Redgrave, 8.A.. C. R.
Cockerill, 8.A., John Gibson. R.A., Chevalier Bunsen,
M. Van de Weyer, Mr. Abbott Lawrence, Lord. J.
Russell, M.P., Mr. HumeeM.P., Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr.
Walter, M.P., Mr. Justice Erie, Mr. Longman, Ma
John Murray, Mr. W. Chambers, Mr. R. Chambers, Sir
John Musgrove, Bart., Mr. Edward L. Botts, - Captain
Hutsh,.Mr. Thomes Carlyle, Mr. Alfred Tennyson, Mr.
Albert Smith, Mr. Ford, Mr. Q. Grote, Dr. Empson,
Rev. F. I). Maurice, Rev. C. Kingsley*, Rev.-J. D. Bald-
win. Brown, Rev. Dr. , Cumming, Mr. Hardman,
Mr. Elkington, Mr. Winfield, of Birmingham t, Mr.
Forbes, Mr. Milligan, M.P., Mr. Titus Salt, ot Bradford;
Mr. Crosly, of Halifax; Mr. •Jobston SMith, Mr. Rod-
gers, of Sheffield; Mr., Minton, Mr, Copelapd, of ;the
Potteries; Mr. Wilson, of Peiee'e Candle Company;
Maudslayaof Lambeth; Mr. Caltita, Belgravia; Messrs.
Broad wood; Mr. U. Napier, of Glasgow; Sir J. Potter,
Mr. Thomas Bezley, of Manchester.
• The toasts of " The Qaeen," "Prince Albert and the
rest of the Royal Family" hexing been duly honoured,
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to give the toast of the
evening. He said that in proposing the toast of " Suc-
cess to the Vrystal Palace," he should he obliged to
trespass a little longer on their time than tads usual in
occasions of that description. But he did so with a fall
conviction that all who were assembled there felt a warm
and deep interest in the project to initiate which
, they
were then assembled. That was uo mere f
:shoes emnine-
mention in which all but complimentary remarks would
be out of piece, but a meeting for business .as well Mt-
pleasure, and one part of the business of the day was, to
explain as shortly as he could the objects which he had
already told them at the inauguration the cot piny hid
in contemplation. In the first place, he must WI -them
that the company did not mean to yak for patronage
until they wero in a position to command it; but at the
same time it must be distinctly understood that the wise
and good of the realm bad not, been backward in their
expressions of sympathy and encOUregemeet.—(ficar,
hear.) In proof of that he might 'appeal to the nume-
rous letters they had received, among Which he might
mention there was one from the Noblo Earl at the head
of the Goveromenti and another from the vehrran
reformer Mr. isluute.—(Loud cheers,) (Tho Chair-
man having read-extracts from the letters ot the E trl
of Derby and Mr. Hume proceeded ) To threse he
might add a list of names distinguished in the Church,
in polities. in science. and in art, showing 'abet Impen-
d:ell rivalry nor professional jealousy prevented their
sympathising with a natienal undertaking.--'(Cheers.)
lie might go through a long list, but would merely men-
tion the names of three distinguished foreigners ' who
had actively co-operated in the Exhibition of 1851; and
he did so hec4,116,3 ,hts, hoped that the effects of that
Exhibition 'might to some extent be repeatorl; and that
the opening of the n,Av palace of the people might b©
the signal fora renewal of friendly rivalry with fo-
all parts of the world,
reigners fromand the spread of
eneghtment, and the promotion of peace and good will

amongst manhind.—
Cheers. He had, therefore, the
greatest satisfaction in anoo)tibeing the adherence of
Chevalier Hansen, M. Van' de Weyer; and Mr. Abbott
Lawrence to their project. As all present were conver-
sant with the history of the Great Exhibition' of 1851,
'
(
it would he idle to detain them with any retrospect; and
he would simplyhay that the idsa of that Exhibition
originated id the noble and pLilosophic csnception of
the highest personage in the realm matt to the Sove-
reign, end was developed into aviorld's wonder and at-
. traction without paeallel.—(Loud cleeers.) He could not
refrain here Calling at•ention to the almost providential
' circumstances which had co-operated in bringing about
that Magnificent rohilt. ' The accidental discovery of a
water lily of gigantic 'dimension's in another hemisphere
had, set his friend Sir Joseph Paxton about devising
means' of !leasehold accommodation for the Victoria-
re,gia, and the plan he devised for that accommodation
expanded into the idea of affording, accommodation under
a crystal roof for the assembled nations of the universe.
—(Lotel cheers.) Wt htn that unrivalled exhibition had
hlone its work; when the timo bad come, as in the case
of all sublunary grandeur, that it must die, a bitter feel-
ing of regret was felt that that which had been a great
opportunity for the instruction of the people should pass
away without an enduring record.—(Cheers.) That idea
took a variety of ehepes. In the first place, it took the
time, and had been somewhat disposed 'Of this country, to preserve the Crystal Palace on its
original -site. That attempt did not succeed, and for
wantsth e L Legislature st lhaet ur
people. for theirßa t e
xgreatperi n
cindifference saedd c
shape of pressure from without upon the Legislature
good reason.. He had regretted the failure at the
theral vote negativing
palace at Sydeuham L
crystal
short-sighted notion, and taught him that the Legis-
Crystal Palace wouldthreise
tore had had done
than ever; and, not to ;
quite right in leaving the people
ot
corrected
r ereproachet
teoaththa '
passedwhich hawadayb.ein(Rexehari,bihteeclar ?
England to their own resources. The coniequence of
repeat his belief that on the laatnof May,
superior to
Palace had been to give them a new and more beautiful
describe, d cheers.) The old
maintenance
ee.(aw opourhzon, of
ax thef,tmore
d ebema Crystaluotdi models
sl
as possible, the objects which they
He would now proceed to
adjoining tent, he woult
have a crystal palace far 1853,that
which
worldha d
intended to carry
' as
briefly
_hoped to see completed in that gloriousd building, which he
ob-
jects might.be briefly classed enham Park. Those
op-
tion; instruction, and commercialunder the head of recrea:to the question of recreation, utility. With respect
strongly that there were some they could not but feel
often addressed to English, grounds for the reproach
better than most men how to weigr'itchat while -they knew
and create objects of
industry, they knew worse than an
selves.—(Cheera and laughter.) y holtmwutsot amusei them-
that in that respect they were inferior'etaodmitted
y
foreign nations, to whom in other respects they wermeasu-
perior. it must be admitted that amidst the striking
and noble qualities of the labouring men of England
.there was a slight deficiency in that polish, and those
aesthetic qualifications which refined the character of
some nations of the continent. It was not true accord-
ing to the representation of Englishmen in the French
vaudeville, that they went about with bull-dogs at their
heels - and halters round their wives' necks—(Loud
laughter)—but still they must admit that the popular
exaggeration was founded upon some faint and remote
degree of verisimilitude.—(Hear, hear.) It must be ad-
mitted, then, that if they could furnish the masses of the
people with a rather more ennobling recreation than
r they could, find on Windmill-hill or at Greenwich fair, or
worse than.ehlier, in the gin palace, tkey would have
gone a great way-towards advancing to perfection the
character of the Engtish nation.—(Hear, hear.) The
character of the nation bad even in his recollection made
great advances, more especially among the labourite:
-classes, and be believed the time had now come whet
the gentlemen of England must look to themselves i
they wished to keep their plece,—(llear, bear)—if they
wanted to keep in advancein .all the qualities that
went to melte the perfect Englishmen.—(Cheers.)
-He bad no donbt but that they would do so, and that.
while elevating the character of the masses, they shout,
see. the aristocracy elevating themselves to still creates
heights and snore intellechial refinements,—(Cheers.;
It appeared to him that the true doctrine of equality
was, not dragging down the high to the level of the low
bat elevating the low to the level of the high.—(Loue
cheers.) He did say, speaking from a pretty intimati
acquaintance with the habits and character of the
working classes, and he believed his friend, Mr. Peto,
who eat on his right hand, would boar him out in the
assertion, that in all the sterling qualities of English-
men they found no deficiency in the labouring man—
that in integrity, and even the more chivalrous feelings
of honour and self denial, there,was no deficiency in
that class of people, and that all they wanted to raise
them to the level of their more fortunate and refined-
country men was the application of that maxim which
they all remembered in the Latin Grammar:
" Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes
Eniollit mores nee sinitesse fen:a."
A littlei.efinement, a little polish, such as he hoped
would be communicated by the marvels of the Crystal
Palace, would, he honestly believed, render the mass of
our working population as near perfection as it was pos-
sible to look for anything in this sublunary sphere.—
(dear, hear.) As the means of recreation, the whoh,
question depended on the temptation they could hold
out to those classes to visit the palace. As regarded
the temptation to visit, he thought that the experience
of the Exhibition of 1851 fully confuted the notion that
the people of England were unworthy of enlightened re- •
creation, and that to offer it to them was only throwing
pearls- to swine. They saw three millions of visitors, ie
a period of less than six monaths, conducting themselves
nd such conduct was the
with the greatest decorum,
the calumny to which be had adverted,
best refutation of
it they made a place worthy of
and the best proof that
h would flock to it in myriads.
the people of England, t y
e (Cheers.) As to the means
as they had done before.—
that they proposed
of instruction, it must be understoodstruciion with amusement:
in this building to combine
instruction
which they proposed
and as to the moans of instructionthe
senerel rinciple het-
to offer, he- could not illustrate . g
ft h t
to the notoriou ac , peat t e en-.
ter than by referring
no longer to appeal to the
dencv of the present ago was
intellect by dry se
I-stract ions, or mere words, but to appeal
b ngrin
to all the senses of the h man
i . y man, eff.
otg
. editionsi
ot, the works nto -
him, as it were, illustrated
• Their
r great object was
titre and of science.—(Cheers.)T
to present
illustrated
editions of al 1 the marvels which
ted in this nineteenth century
art end science had created
se iastacce. They proposed to
He would, give them ono r
0. .
~
e whale human fernily
give an ethnological teat
had ,
not means to turchast
in which the young min who
keen studying Dr. Pritchard,
large works, or woo bad . .
' might come there and fora shilling gets comprehensive
nation of the „14,0t.—(a2ar, hear.) Another illuatra
tion might be 'tend in the.ir process of the cotton menu-
factnre, in which, without reading crabbed books, or in-
relying themselves in thodust and whirl of a Manchester
cotion-mill, they alig,lit see the manufacture at a glance,
from the moment the raw material we nt in until it emerged
in the beautiful gauze and muslin with which so many of
the fair ladies around him wore decorated. As far,
then. as instruction was concerned there would be no
deficiency in the new Crystal Palace. But to descend
to commonplaCe objects of commercial utility, he would
13
ask what was another great principle of the r
I,.Sent
day? What stared them in the face at every trul
Colossal advertising vans and Brobdignagian boots.
principle was the principle of ralvertising (*He'•
Tile
hear.) It was in cur commercial area a -:---- •--
principle of
first-rate necessity, enabling people to compare the
value .teey obtained in one place with
another.a-(flear, hear.) Great and the value in
unrivalled as were
the glories of the Great 'Exhibition
Were the exertions of the of 1851, great as
patriots who promoted it, be
could tell them that after ell it was the principle of ad-
vertising that .started that
And let him further tell theta,.wonder.—(hear, hear.)
would bo frequented by that a place like that
would like tonumerous classes whom an ad-
vertiser
inevitably visit them, all
cattract. All foreigners would
would
_ pantry visitors to town
resort to them, so that their palace would be the best
and hugest advertiiing van that had ever been exhibited.
—(Hear, hear.)
It would supply another greet want
which had been often felt, in being a great national
bazaar. They ell knew that in the early tiges of corn:
merce there were large fairs attrecting groat rnasheaveol
people, and havingenorinous traffic,. nedertiontruorloBsl
meats had superseded these, but the EC
hibeTcial neces- i
showed that a world's fair wax still a c9man;rangement of
sity. Let them only imagine when thve,i.rat
„,
new
dove-
the Cyrstal Palace was carried
teeet; h
h subject, what info-
lopinent would he given to Tess of shopping. Speak-
ence it would have on the bus
the fair sex, he must say
g as ho did in the presence of.n
was
at
.ay
g I present carried
that the way in which 6"siZe -or elevatitm to the
Cil was by no means agree )
If they
(Laughter. ey could bring all the
of the creation.—
' of art together, truer tastes would be
master pieces , - • i of
teeth, principles dress would
formed, true lei
vets
won__he be esta-
blished, and great bent! .
of id conferred on so-
This was s stalta4 which the
ciety. ..terl but importance
could not ho overt.- . as many gentlemen were
t,onow him, he would not detain theses
to further than by
;One' " Sumacs to
again Fen, t- , - the Crystal Palf.ce "
mi.. scosyr lactssuLL said he had toaddress. few
words to those who were more especially
connected with
'the undertaking, for ho seas about to
which would embrace nearly all present,propose a toast
to peapoee that they should drinkto He intended
visitors. He the health of the
had the greater u pleasureithis,
felt proud that, as one of the humblestbeginn because
be
great undertaking, he saw present so large aet of this
guests distinguished by position in seea body of
ehareeter, and by extensive influence. He ' by
personal
Ares =use something like a guarantee of their"w in their
goodwill towards the-undertaking, and of cordial
concurrence in accomplishing its great socialheir cordial
Everything they lead up to this moadvantages.
ment bed been
pronounced be everybody, except themselves and those
who knew their siroeritv, impossible
believed that the Crystal Palace could It
was
at
first
Then the thing was so grand that it be perpetuated.
lilita could`be got to buy the Crystal
the impossibility existed, ten Englishmen,PalaDe. and nobody
while
else,. were • buying the. Crystal P ala - °These° ten
Englishmen believed in each „inhere., Te'le'. y_ did` mores
they believed in the people of En I:nd.—(Chinr6',
They believed that the Crystal Palace bad its main.
stay in the:hearts of common Englishmen,
w and that
ould
in the common sense of common Englishmen