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BANQUET AT GOLDSMITHS'-HALL.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
ADAM GRAEME of MOSSGRA.Y.
A. Story of Scottish Life.
y the Author of
"Passages in the Life of t
Mrs. Margaret Maitland," " Mcrkland,"
and " Caleb Field."
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" ' Adam Graelne' is full of eloquent writing and description. It
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the delineation of character, but in the lessons it teaches."—Sun.
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which, if you were disposed to search, you must dig in
certain favoured localities, and confine yourself to
searching for them there.—(Laughter and cheering.) I
have been instrumental in dispelling that illusion...—
(aLmouhdapcphyeetro think,
s.)an gentlemen, that, to some degree, I
unfortunate adventurer, as I was to
consider myself—(A.laugh)—
honoured with the commis-
sion from her Majesty to do the best that he could for
open a new mine—(Cheere)—and I am happy to say
that in the opinion of competent judges, so far as it has
her service—(Hear, hear)—l have ventured boldly to
yet been worked, the ore that has been raised contains
among it as large a proportion of sterling metal,
with as
little admixture of dross,
as any that was ever drawn
from the old and exclusive mines to which we were for-
merly confined.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, to speak
seriously, the Prime Warden has told you that he is
convinced—and he has done us justice in saying
so—
that we come forward, not it the advocates or supporters
of any particular interest, but feeling deeply our respon-
sibility to maintain and uphold all the great interests, of
which it must be said that, if any one suffers in this
country, it cannot suffer without affecting more or less
the rest.—(Hear.) We feel that-it is our duty not to be the
promoters of this or that class, but to be the protectors and
defenders and upholders of the whole—(Cheers)—and by
maintaining and encouraging
the industry of the country
—by upholdingand
supporting those laws which are the
best encouragement to that industry, because they
secure to industry of every denomination the safe return
for its successful exertion—(
Elear)—by upholding in their
integrity the institutions of the county whether
inviolate
whether in
Church or in State—(Cheers)—by mainta in
the Constitution, and upholding the religious liberties of,
this country, and the rights of the Protestant religion
from whatever quarter they may be assailed—(Loud
cheering)—by such a course, neither at home nor
abroad assaulting any—(Hear, hear)-sablteelither at home
nor abroad tolerating assault or insult on the part of
any—(Renewedcheering)—we feel sure that we shall best
disonarge those arduous duties which are cast upon us—
(Cheers)—that we shall best warrant the confidence that
has been reposed in us by our
gracious Sovereign—
(Cheers)—and best merit the support and confidence of
that people over whose interests we are about to watch.
—(,Much cheering.) And, gentlemen, whether our
course be long or short, to recur aettin, for a single mo-
ment, to the metaphor that has been used,—whether our
eourse be long or short, it is our hope and trust, and will
9 when our career shall
sreyeuerhe that, when
no
right
to regret
having subjected us to this our first assay. (The Noble
Lord sat down amid loud cheering from all parts of the
be
ee
closed, olir
l e
b
oi ion t
hall.)
The PRIME WARDEN then gave " The Marquis of
t
Salisbury and the House of Peers."
The Marqnis of SALISBURY acknowledghd the toast,
and said it must always be a great satisfaction to the
House of Peers if they could feel that they deserved the
goodwill and esteem of their fellow-subjects.—(Cheers.)
The PRIME WARDEN next gave " The Chancellor of
the Exchequer and the House of Commons."—(Cheers.)
He was well assured when he rose to give
that toast
that it would be received with great satisfaction, but
whether the topic to w
• hich he was about to advert for a
moment would have the same good tortune was another
matter. He was satisfied that the Right Honourable
Gentleman had talents adequate to the great and impor-
tant duties of his position, and it would be for him to
consider whether he might not shortly be in a situation
to do great service to the country in consequence of the
mosey.—(Cheers.) The observations
superabundance of
of the Noble Earl with reference to the discovery of the
precious metal would suggest to the company what would
prupably form the most prominent feature of the budget.—
(Hear and laughter.) Whether the topic was palatable or
not to those who heard him be (the Prima Warden) did
not know, but at all events the subject was worthy of
the Right Hon. Gentleman's serious consideration ; a 1
fair field was opened before him.—(Laughter, and some
cries of " Hear.") The company would have much
pleasure in drinking prosperity to him,—(Cheers.)
They had no deubt he would bring his great mind to
bear upon the finances of the country, and reduce taxa-
tion to the lowest possible point, and then he would cer-
tainly be one of the most popular Chancellors of the
Exchequer.—(Laughter and cheers.)
The toast was drunk with much applause.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was ex-
tremely well received, said,—Mr. Prime Warden and
gentlemen, I feel the treat advantage of a Finance Mi-
nister dining with the Goldsmiths' Company before an
impending budget--(A laugh)—but I am sure you will
agree with me that in my position discretion is the bet-
ter part of valour—(Laughter and cheers)—and that you
will not insist to-night upon any revelations with regard
to that important subject which I am not surprised at
this moment to find engaging all your attention.—(Hear.)
You will therefore allow me at the present moment only
to return thanks for the Members of the House of Com-
mons, whom you have been so kind to-night as to re-
member.—(Hear.) The House of Commons is often the
scene of contention, and always that of constant emula-
tion; but there is one point on which I can assure you
that gentlemen iu the House of Commons on both sides
are aereed, and that is in their feeling of the honour and
gratification of dining with the ancient and worthy cor-
poration of Goldsesiths.—(Laughter and cheers.) To
dine with the Goldsmiths, gentlemen, I assure you, is
not a party question.—(Renewed laughter and cheers.)
But, believe me, that feeling exists, not merely from
their sense of the graceful hospitality which within these
beautiful walls they are sure to experience; it is also
because in corporations of this kind, founded upon
wealth, they also
recognise the best embodiments of
public liberty—(Hear, hear)—because in confedera-
tions like the present they observe two characteristics.
which they hope will long remain those of the Eng-
lish nation, as they feel that they are two of the
beat securities for human happiness—property and
freedom.—(Loud cheers.) It is with these feelings,
gentlemen, because, I assure you, the Members
of the House of Commons look to these great compa-
nies in the metropolis of the country, and feel that at
moments of emergency, when public liberty is at stake,
and the fortunes of a great empire are in peril, they can
appeal with security to the patriotism, the courage, and
the high feelings of bodies of independent men—(Hear,
hear)—it is from these convictions that they have felt it
always one of the first duties to uphold corporations and
bodies of men like the Goldsmith. and other great com-
panies in the city of London—(Flear, hear)—it is from
these public feelings, as well as from the sympathy that
at all times makes them enjoy the festive hour which
calls them within these walls—(tlear, hear)—that they
look forward to meetings like the present with pleasure
and satistaction.—(Hear.) Upon their part, gentlemen,
I hope you will allow me to express how deeply they feel
the honour of being remembered at moments like the
present, and to assure you—which I can do with great
sincerity—that if ever the period arrives when the rights
and liberties of great bodies like this compony aro in-
vaded, you will be sure to find in the House of Commons
champions who know how to esteem freedom, and who
are determined to uphold that which is right.—(Cheers.)
The next toast, " The Judges," was acknowledged by
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, the Lord Chief Baron having
left before this period of the evening.
There followed, " The Health of the Wardens, and
success to the Goldsmiths' Company," proposed by
thet Duke of
isti NORTHUMBERLAND ; and then, " The
eh of a dguished member of the company—
Earl Do Grey.
The next toast was, " The Bar ;" in proposing which
the PRIME WARDEN acknowledged the obligation of our
great corporations to the independence of the bar, when
the screw" was in former times attempted to be put
on those corporations.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, after observing that he
owed his position at the head of the bar to the con-
fihee of
miths'deGnc theComebl Earl whom, with his colleagues,
p an y told has welcomed that even-
ing among them, proceeded to say that ho congra-
tulated himself upon being a member of a Govern-
ment resolved to preserve unimpaired the valuable in-
stitutions of the country.—ne
in-
y'—(Hear, hear.) This was
to be effected, not, as sew,
mistakedly supposed,
by a servile and strut, regard to the forms of in-
stitutions as the primary object, without reference to all
that was substantial and essential, but, without disturb-
ing foundations, by moulding and accommodating that
which they supported to
of the growing demands and exi-
gencies the times. This the true spirit of hear)--far
Con-
servative reform (Hear, removed on the one
hand from that bigoted and technical adherence to forms
which was sometimes supposed to belong to thosewho
held Conservative opinions, and on the other much fur-
ther removed from the wild and rash aspirations of those
ardent and sweeping reformers, who, like the savages,
desired to cut down the tree in
Nothingorder that they might
)
enjoy the fruit.—(Hear, bearo.ur had Contributed
so mach to the stability ofthe institutions and the at-
tachment
of the people to .
.Constitution as their firm
belief in the pure and impartial
_.administration of justice
—(Hear, hear)—and there d ha been periods—one had,
been alluded to—in which the bar had honourably .
con-
tributed
to that result.—( ..Hear, hear.) But in the pro-
gress of time weeds had sprung up, which had choked
in some degree the avenues to our superior courts, and 1
he access of suit
technicalities prevented
t ach.—(Hear ors, and ex-
pense barred their appro hear.) Hence
demanded
the country had loudly cheaper and.
He was not there
paragesimpler tribunals.
derived from those courtwhich
the advantages
throughout the country; but
in
the welfare
but he
would earnestly entreat all interested welfare of
it was
reflect whether possible that in-
this country to
would not degenerate if the
sti.utions of this kind
judges were not constantly under acting the control and
bar. It was the earnest desire of
inspection of a vigilant
the proceedings and to re-
ducethe Government to simplify ,
courts,which
of our superior , he the exp nses
suitors again to resort to the
be-
lieved would tend to induce
venerable temples of justice, where the law would be
by d
solemnity j u ges of dignity
administered with proper
and learning, and acting under inspection
tied, the continual
tied, if he might venture to says
50, the control of
vigilant bar. II 1 te
hidntl- m e r o u s , an independent, and
body to public of that the
always felt the importance
in-
terests—(Hear)—he had endeavoured to perform his
and its h
its honour c erecter—
humble part:in preserving
(Hear)—and, if anything could stimulate his endeavours
it would be the can-
to pursue that honourable tourer', it
cenfider
sideratien that the bar enieY '
by public
assemblies '"
anti
opinion., reflected upon thew xi S"
_ as that
(Hear, hear.)
which he Was then addressing.—
'
The parting toast followed—ii The good Wires, the

The Wardens of the Goldsmiths'Company entertained
her Majasty's Ministers at a banquet at Goldsmiths'-
hall on Saturday evening.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND, M P., the Prime Warden,
received the guests in the drawing-room —a very hand-
-1 some apartment, roost luxuriously fitted up and fur-
nished. About 7 o'clock the whole party, above 100 in
number, proceeded into the Livery-hall, where a sump-
tuous banquet was served, provided by Messrs. Ring and
Brymer. The upper end of the spacious and stately hall
glittered with a brilliant array of plate, some of it an-
cient and curiously wrought; it included, of course, the
cup (by Cmlmi) presented by Queen Elizabeth to Sir
Martin Bowes, Lord Mayor, who delivered it to his guild
—the Goldsmiths.
The Priam Warden presided. Among his guests were,
the Earl of Derby, the. Duke of Northumberland,
Viscount Hardiege, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the Bishop of London, the Marquis of Salisbury,
the Marquis of Downshire, the E trl of Hard wicke,
Earl de Grey, the Earl of Wilton, the E trl of Ye-
rulam, Viscount Newpsrt, M.P., Sir. Walpole, M.P.,
Sir John Pekington, M.P., Mr. Beresford, M.P., Mr.
Henley, M.P,, the Judge Advocate-General, the Lord
Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Hon. Cecil
Forrester, the Attorney-General, the Master of the
\Let, Sir J. Y. Buller, M.P., Sir W. Jolliffe, M.P., the
President of the Royal Academy, Mr. Alderman
Thompson, M.P., Mr. Masterman M.P., Mr. Ark-
wriht, M P., Mr. Newdagate,
ss M.P., Mr. Freshfield,
M.P., Mr. Cotton, Mr. Astell, Captain Daniell, Colonel
Blanshard, Mr. Cattley, Colonel Hay, Mr. Hardwick,
Mr. Beadon, &c.
The band of the Coldstream Guards, stationed in an
ante-room, performed a variety of popular music at in-
tervals during the evening.
The arrengements were. most excellent in every de-
partment.
When the cloth hal been cleared,
The PRIME WARDEN said he had to ask the company
to rise to a toast ehich was always received and drank
with great affection by his brother Goldsmiths. It was
that of " Church and Queen."
The toast was drunk amid much cheering. The Na-
tional Anthem was then played.
The next toast was also much cheered—" The Health
of Prince Albert, our brother Liveryman, Albert, Prince
ot Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family."
The PRIME WARDEN then proposed " The Health of
the Bishop of the Diocese," and briefly referred to his
exertions in providing churches and schools in its most
destitute districts.
The toast was drunk with much applause.
Tne Bishop of LONDON, in acknowledging the honour
rendered to him, said it was always gratifying to him to
come into the city of London, with which he had so
long-been connected, but especially when it was to pay
his respects to that ancient and worshipful company—
(Cries of " Hear, hear")—not only because it was agree-
able to enjoy their splendid and judicious hospitality,
but because he was glad of an opportunity of paying the
tribute of his thankfulness to a company who were not
religiont g forwardio
connexion every scheme
witht i
sh forgr theea
t
advancement only forward in promoting the cause of charity in general,
but
of true
inset
in
metropolis, the spirtual destitution of which had awak-
ened the sympathy of every real Christian, and of none
more than the ancient Company of Goldsmiths.—(Hear.)
The PRIME WARDEN gave as the next toast " the
Navy and the Army." The citizens of London knew full
well the advantages of peace, and knew to whose prowess
they owed it, and to whose bravery they might trust if
by any mischance there should again be a call into
action.—(Cheers.) He had the good fortune to see
among the guests the First Lord of the Admiralty, and
he4believed it was the first time for fifty years that we
had had a practical naval man at the head of that de-
partment—(Loud cries of" Hear")—the country viewed
that appointment with satisfaction, and our gallant and
brave sailors were delighted at it.—(Cheers.) With
regard to the other service, he had the pleasure of see-
ing present a Noble Lord who had done much for us in
our great and important empire in India—(Hear, hear)
—and to whose ability and gallantry, with the exertions
of the troops under his command, was owing very much
the peace which India enjoyed.—(Cheers.) The citizens
of London felt that a long peace involved a deep debt of
gratitude.—<llear, hear.)
The Duke Of NORTHUMBERLAND was proud to 80..
knowledee the honour which the navy had received from
that ancient corporation, distinguished for loyalty to the
Crown and attachment to the institutions of the country.
—(Hear.) The Prime Warden had justly observed,
that we ought to be grateful for a long peace. There
were no persons in ttehi country more anxious for the
preservation of peace than her Majesty's navy.—(Hear,
hear.) But, should.this country ever be fmrced into a
war, the navy would always be ready to do its duty and
to uphold the honour of the country.—(Cheers.)
Viscount HARDINGE was glad that his Noble Friend
had first been called on to address the company on the
part of the navy, because it must always be felt, with
regard to that noble profession, that it was to it that this
country owed, in the greatest measure, its power, its in-
dependence, and its griatneas.—(Hear, hear.) In re-
turning thanks on behalf of the army, he would only say
that they were devoted in loyalty to her Majesty, and
ready on all occasions to uphold her rights and preroga-
tives, and at the same time they would never be forget-
ful of the subordination due to the civil authorities of
the country and the I tws of the land.—(Hear, hear.)
He had to thank the Prime Warden for the honour done
him (Lord Hardinge) in noticing his humble services;
and be could safely say that whenever the occasion
should arise whether in war or peace, in opposing any
enemy who might attempt to land on our shores, or in
other service that might be demanded, the army would
always be ready to do their duty.—(Cheers.)
The PRIME WARDEN anounced that he had next to
propose " The health of a brother Goldsmith, the Earl
of Derby "—(Great cheering.) The company greeted
his Lordship, not only as a Goldsmith, but as Prime
Minister of Eugland.—(Cheers.) The present was not
the occasion for expatiating upon, political topics, and
there might be shades of difference of opinion among the
guests; but this he would say, and he spoke as one who
had watched his Lordship's career for nearly 21 years,
that he believed in his conscience that the Noble Earl
in taking office was solely actuated by a desire to pro-
mote the welfare of his country—(Hear, hear)—not by
a wish to oppose a particular set of men, but by a desire
for the good of this great empire,---(Cheers.) His cha-
racter, and that of his colleagues, were guarantees that
under his guidance the measures which would be pro-
pounded would be such that Great Britain would still
maintain her pre-eminent position.--e(Hear, bear.) We
(continued the Prime Warden) neither deal with the
question of protection nor the abolition of the naviga-
tion-laws; we look to his Lordship, as merchants and
as connected with the manufacturing interests
and the colonial interests, for that justice which we
know we shall receive from his hands.—(Chers.) The
Prime Warden, after adding that the course which the
Noble Earl took 18 years ago endeared him to that com-
pany and to the country, concluded with avowing his
belief that, if over there was a man who entered upon
office with a determination to endeavour to promote the
good of his country, it was their brother Goldsmith the
Earl of Derby.—(Much cheering.)
The toast " The Earl of Derby and her Majesty's
Ministers" was then drunk, and was hailed with repeated
rounds of cheering.
The Earl of DERBY was welcomed with renewed
cheers on his rising to acknowledge the toast. He said
—Prime Warden, my Lords, and gentlemen, gratifying
as it must be at at all times to a public man to be re-
ceived upon any occasion with such marks of cordiality
and good will as those with which you have honoured
me to-night, I must confess that it is peculiarly grati-
fying to me to receive that expression of your kindness
on the present occasion from the lips of an old friend,
for whom I have always entertained a sincere personal
regard, and to whom I owe a species of qualified alle-
giance in the capacity of a subject of the Prime Warden
of the Goldsmiths' Company—(Laughter and cheering)
—and I am particularly gratified that my worthy friend
has done me the honour of proposing to you my health,
not only in the capacity of First Lord of her Majesty's
Treasury, hut also in a capacity which I hardly value and
pride myself upon less, that of a brother Goldsmith, as
I have been for many years—a brother Goldsmith and
a member of this ancient and loyal corporation—
(Cheers)—probably hardly more distinguished for its
wealth and standing in this great metropolis than it is,
as has been observed by my Noble Friend the First
Lord of the Admiralty, for itu steady loyalty in the
maintenance of our institutions, or, as was observed by
my Right Rev. Friend, for the attention which it bras
always paid to charitable undertakings, and more es-
pecially to those connected with the religious establish-
ment of the country.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, in taking
office at the present time—in taking office, indeed, at
any time—l am deeply sensible of the load of respon-
sibility which must attach to any man; but I feel
that my worthy friend near me has only done me and
my colleagues justice in the assumption, that in taking
upon us that responsibility of office we have been
actuated by no feelings and no motives except those
of desiring conscientiously and to the best of our abi-
lity to discharge the arduous duties which that task,
that high and honourable task, imposes upon us.—
(Cheers,) Gentlemen, among the strange variations
and changes that have taken place, perhaps there are
w
f, which are calculated to produce so great an effect—
terr, certainly, have produced so great a feeling of asto-
nishment and of wonder—as the recent discovery in
various quarters
of the world of that which we have
heretofore, been
metal"—(gear, haeccustomed to consider a " precious
industry of our cris;tr)—that which is the staple of the
been considered to be (Hear.) Hitherto that metal has
capable of very small confinedex;J to a very limited quarter,
small portion of
worthy
rnn, and spread over a very
went of the world, Rime'f variueuesud_denly, to the astonish-
we
the same time, it is poor.a.. distant regions, at one
an
fusion that -is astonishing 1 in upon us with afro-an 'ranks and all cl
(Hear)—the effect of which it is difficult to
oresee, but
f asses—
o
f which it is not difficult to say
that it
must
work
extraordinarNaarlutio •
strange and„ lotions in the system of
society.-- (Loud crie
of
sof ) But it .
gold that n is not only in
regard to the discovery new mines appear to
Within a very
be opened to us. short, time, as with re-
gard to gold, , o there wag (as ~tarn; t)a popular de-
lusion that the field of
statesmen and of the political
metal
was almost as limited—(Laughter)—it was supposed that
the crop of statesmen Was one of very limited amount, for

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The Hfcrsr &mare, in opening the proceedings,
said that he had great pleasure in complying with the
terms of the requisition, and would briefly state the
reasons why. The city of Westminster had actively
and liberally supported the movement in favour of
the Exhibition two years ago. The subscriptions
then promised were 7,785/. ; the sum realized, all
expenses of collection, &c., paid, was 7,6781., and only
, 361. remained uncollected.—(Hear, hear.) He there-
tore thought that they had a right to exercise a voice
respecting the future destination of the building.—
' (Hear, hear.) He bad heard various statements
made why the building should be taken down, and
among others that it had answered its purpose, but
that was a reason which could very easily be an-
swered. When he drank a bottle of wine did he de-
stroy the decanter which contained it ? No ' • he sent it
down to the cellar to be filled again.—(Cheers.) It
was also objected that a promise had been made that
the building should be removed within a given time,
and it was argued that the illustrious person who
made that promise could not break it ; but they had a
right to know under what circumstances that promise
had been made.—(Hear.) It was not made, he be-
lieved, under false representations, but under a false
impression that it would injure the propery in the
neighbourhood.—(Cries of " No, no," with " Yes.")
He had reason to believe that it had not injured the
property in the neighbourhood, and he knew an in-
stance of a gentleman selling property for build-
ing purposes in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace
who got a far larger amount than he had dreamt of
before the erection of the palaee.---(Hear, hear.)
Again, it was said that allowing the building to stand
would lead to the demoralization of the people; but
he would ask any one present whether such a conclu-
sion could be justified by experience ? Was there
ever a summer and year spent with more harmony
and good feeling among the people of this country
The third and last objection
twashan lasttha t?—
if preserved, would be-
come a nuisance to the ladies and gentlemen
living opposite.—
(Laughter.) His answer to that
was, that no man ought to have a nuisance
the( ehbeeurilsding ,
put under his nose without receiving compensa-
tion' and the compensation in the present instance
would be, among other things, a beautiful winter
garden at their doors, without the expense of gar-
deners. How much more convenient for them to be
able to step, in a minute or two, into a splendid gar-
den, than to be obliged to go to hew, or to the Chats-
worth conservatories, or to the gardens at Alton
Towers, or Sion-house, or those of Mrs. Lawrence,
or Mrs. Mo watt ? Private rights must give way to
the public benefit, and the distinguished judge who
opposed the preservation of the building constantly
enunciated that doctrine.----(Cheers.) Let those who
considered themselves aggrieved, therefore, have the
compensation pointed out by him—let them have free
admission to the 'Winter Garden for themselves and
their families, as long as they remained tenants of the
houses opposite.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MGREGOE, 1t1.P., said the moving of the first
resolution had been intrusted to him because he had
resided opposite to the site of the Crystal Palace be-
fore it had been constructed. He had gone to the
expense of building a commodious and handsome resin
dence, and if opposite to it there were erected three
Crystal Palaces instead of one that would rather be an
inducement to remain than to quit. The question
before them was far above mere private motives. It
was connected with the civilization and moral ad-
vancement of the people, and he had no hesitation
in saying of those who promoted the demolition of
the Crystal Palace that they were enemies to the
march of civilization, and that they showed them-
selves animated with the feelings of Goths and Van-
dals, and not with that spirit and noble energy that
had constructed it.—(Hear.) He contended that the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests had no right to
meddle with the building, except with the consent of
the people. They had committed a trespass by, in
the first instance, promoting the erection of the build-
ing in the park, which was the people's, but the people
had consented, which was a most satisfactory plea for
them. Now, if they pulled it down, it would be a
trespass, and neither they nor the Government had
any right to interfere without the consent of Parlia-
ment. A strong and general feeling for the preser-
vation of the Crystal Palace must be manifested, and
that immediately. Petititions must be poured into
the House of Commons, and, to have any chance of
success there, the friends of retaining the Palace must
receive the most powerful support from out of doors.
—(Hear.) He hoped all who heard him would give
it, that they would induce all they knew to follow
their example, to sign petitions, to recollect they had
but a short time to act, to call meetings every day
betwixt the present time and the end of the month,
and so make Ministers think it a matter fraught with
danger to attempt to demolish the Palace of the
people.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded
by moving the following resolution :
" That it is the decided opinion of this meeting that
the Crystal Palace ought to be preserved in its present
site."
Mr. GEESIN seconded the resolution, and said that
the remarks already made must be perfectly conclu-
sive. It was a question with him whether the Mini
sters were so averse to this palace because its attrac-
tions might endanger other palaces studded all over
the kingdom—he meant those commonly called " gin
pelaces."—(A laugh.) He would advise the Han.
Gentleman who had just sat down to move for a re-
turn of the namas and residences of those who opposed
the preservation of the Crystal Palace, and then they
would know those who were the enemies of the march
of improvement. Their chairman had alluded to the
promise of an illustrious personage, but he was quite
sure if the Prince was now solicited, he would not
give a vote in favour of pulling down that building,
in the erection of which he took so deep an interest.
—(Hear.) As for the promises of Ministers, he would
not give a fig for them, for they broke them to suit
their own convenience.—(Hear.) If a building
which was thought worthy of imitation in America
and other countries were allowed to be pulled down,
so much the greater would be the disgrace to the
people who permitted it. He heartily agreed with
the resolution.

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Nowhere has a more bitter opposition to Kossuth been
manifested than in St. Louis, and yet he seems to have
met there with an enthusiastic reception and excellent
success. The Hungarian bonds sold freely; in addition,
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" Many vicissitudes in life have been my lot, said
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Long years ago, when hardly a man dared whisper the
words republican and sovereignty of the people in our
beloved Hungary, I and this old man (pointing to Gov.
,J3lllAzy) were united and labouring for that cause. Him,
my
wer and oldest friend, I find again on the shores of
the
River of Priaries, still warm for that same cause—
still the friend to the unhappy exile.—(Here ho shook
hands with the Governor, who rose, tears dropping down
on the cheeks of both of them, the audience rising in
a vyibowingwill yet
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seew.)
deep silence,
sistance, botll ofunbdl withansm God'striura triumph-
sat antance,
on therepublicanism
sacred soil f
and long-continued o our native land."—(Respectful
applause.)

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Mr. T. Azicarasoic spoke very effectively in favour
of the motion, and bore testimony to the strong in-
terest which the inhabitants of the great manufac-
turing and mining districts of the north felt in the
preservation of the Crystal Palace.
Mr. JACKSON said, that residing in one of the great
arteries of the metropolis, and that being one in which
all the others concentrated towards the great " Cris •
tial Pallis"—(A Voice—" Crystal")—he was in-
duced to express his opinions to the meeting as a
tradesman.—(Hear, hear.) During the whole of the
Exhibition last year he suffered in a pecuniary point
of view from the ceaseless hum—(Cries of " Oh !"
and laughter) —and the countless crowds of cabs, and
omnibuses, and vehicles pouring through the streets.
—(Laughter.) They were now told that this
popular agitation was to be kept up, and the trades-
men of Westminster and of St. George's and St.
James's were to be ruined.—(Laughter, and cries. of
" Nonsense, Jackson !") In a personal point of view
he was reluctant that the building should stand,
for, if it did, Piccadilly would become a nuisancei
—(Oh, oh.) Last Saturday, when it was opened at
ls., the crowd of vehicles was so great that no :b.
could drive up to his doors.—(Laughter.) iq a pThe
lic point of view also he disapproved
tradesmen and the housekeepers .of the 0f
were looking forward for some relief from
Exchequer
of taxation ; but if the Chancellor of thce .
es of " No
were to be called on for 200,000/.7; If he was
pan to the Crystal
no ; the place will be self-supporting.
wrong he would fall back on the ground (Lauh
ao.tal failure
gent Park e
tpr.) In his opinion it would pro_ved Ili
di minn-
ow! the only parties to be benefited
Colosseum was erected in the
dew, the
contractors. They might all recon
as ruined. It
first projector spent 100,0.001. anl
was to have been on a similar ltl: woulde wie ht.bre°etltt lhhi se,
Poor Braham, who was nos! smgi.B.gmsae.
_Exeter. Hall,
spent 20,000/. on it, and rained ni
of it.(Cries
of
Palace, and 12 acres of land were to have been added.
" Question.") As a frequenter Hyde Park he
pipporti9g so )the
retention considered o thatf the it
building would . Ituci‘fet.l.ror.vh
Jackson's
andmuch.
Dr. LANCAETER felt much pleasure in supporting
the first resolution. Before _he did so he would say a
He must say
fneewvewordsr regarding
before
al-
though he had known him many years,
that,
he had
bad a cause.
Mr. Jackson had prophecied that if it was allowed to
remain it would be nn utter, and entire failure ; but,
it' is was a failure, Piccadilly would nut be blocked
up, and the carria.ges of his customers could roll up
to his house. Still, looking 14 it in a, business point
t with
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