The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-29 00:00:00

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

On Saturday nearly 50 600 people visited the con-
demned building, and about tour o'clock there must nave
been 20,000 persons assemb!ed at one time. The die-
play of carriages ou:side reminded one of the-Exhibition,
and within, the appearance of the company exceeded in
respectability and nearly tquailed in numbers many of
the shilling days. The experiment of the contractors
in throwing the place open to the public haS,' so far,
been a complete success. Thousands of signatures here
been attached to the petitions laid out on tables in the
transept, and, had the facilities for signing been greater,
this method of manifesting popular feeling might have
been extended much further. But a mere sentimental
wish eill not save the building now, and, if it is to be
preserved, vigorous steps must be taken by all who are
interested iu the subject. So strongly is this felt,
and so pressing is the emergency, that three dis-
tinct movements have simultaneously originated on
the subject. In one of these Sir Moses Montefiore
has taken the initiative, and has announced a meet-
ing to be held at i he Mansion-house on the 7th of April,
over which the Lord Mayor has promised to preside.
In another Mr. Oliveira has been the prime mover, and
has got together a large amount of influential support.
His friends hold a preliminary committee meeting at
the building on Tuesday next, to concert measures and
to receive such accessions to their numbers as may en-
sure the success of their efforts. The third moVerneet,
and probably that which has at present assumed the
most practical and effective form, includes the name of
Sir Joseph Paxton, who is determined to confute by
al he unfair
imper-
fectly deeds the inferences which the recent Commission hi,lv
drawn from his evidence. The report o m,,f that Coi.-
eion certainly placed him in a very awkward --
osition,
hisannsed,wtbhioeubghbaab
leeetntermsandoewosf
an
beaureidenotu and position, en
expressed statement, which he had no opportunity
of correcting, the fact remains, that the
struck at
othe t building
he p apalace
waswili
ustruckniote
thr.o h tei
hlr
" blbowa
bly all who are disposed to exert thernsegca
l for thet
pre-
servation
sao.e
u theirwhich
ffvort-s,and
the self-suppotting principle,
'eh the Great EMlL-
bition was so successfully carried out. The building
remains open to the public, free marrow
of charge, to-

ELECTION
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porters here that he will not vote for a return t°
Sir James East has positively declared olds princiPal sup.
Protective
duties; though, upon other Government
wi
4 an dow, he jadisP°B64 to give
Hampshire Independent.
• ' I____------'--- - rode, _:_acdent . 'support.

SCOTLAND.
ORKNEY AND
Sbilu Et
aTyll:ulsTngilman, is one of
Mr. Anderson is to meet with opposition at the approach-
ing election, from Mr. Inglis, the new Solicitor-General for
Scotland,
the first leadierrs. Inglis,
e although
Scotch bar. He left Edinburgh on
Friday fopr Orkney and Shetland to commence hyfeanvass.
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•
r__ „ iirmx.s AMENDMENT.--The Lord
Amend the Wills Act, as amended in
THE
LAwillust4t been printed by order of the House of
t-C:l3o9j3v:icontains three sections With the exception
nvision declaring the title to be, " The Wills Act
of the pr- _ .et 18_ r...
52 It states the place where the sig-
Amendme" 4. ' •
, are to .be written. No signatufe is to be operative
IC. Chancellor
o'rdi. t
7"::ie effegt. to any disposition or_direqtym which is under-
neath or which follows it, nor shalt-it gtve'effecl tir' any dis-
position inserted after the signature shall be made. The
Act is to extend to certain wills already made. The word
" will" is to be construed in the same manner as declared by
the Wills Act, 1 Victoria, c. 26.
The operations of the Irish Beetroot Sugar Com-
pany, which commenced at Mount Mellick about a fortnight
back, are described by the parties interested to have been
very favourable. The average crop of beetroot in Ireland
is said to be 26 tons per acre, while on the continent it is
only 16 tons; and it is now affirmed that the minimum
yield of saccharine matter is 7i per cent. in raw sugar,
whereas on the continent 7 per cent. is the highest. A fur.
ther advantage is also said to exist in the cost of the process
as carried on at Mount Mellick, where it averages 71. 53. per
ton, against 91. per ton abroad. On the other hand, the
priCe of the roots in Ireland this year hasbeenlsast 17r1 toil
the . pe
the continental price being 12s. 6d. Offers for next year,
however, have been made at 13s. On the whole, at present
rites, the Irish sugar is alleged to be produced
ton, the continental average being 17/. 15s. Tke manufac-
toryp e per
now at work cost about 10,0001. It employs 160
labourers, has two steam engines, together of 40-horse
power, and works up about 300 tons of beetroot per week.
The company propose to erect six more establish-
ments during the year. Rued sugar has not yet been
made, but its manufacture will commence in a week or two.
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It appears that the railway loans at the Bank of
France are to be for periods of tw
three months on bonds, and that ill
cent. the borrowers are to find further security, or the pro.
months th
ofs a onfa
of 20 per
and
perty is to be sold. The whole atracgaments are very similar
to those of the Exchange Banks at Glasgow and elsewhere
during the mania of 1846, and which ended in disasters to
all parties. The aggregate amount to be advanced each
week will be announced at the periodical meeting of the
directors, and the total for the first week is expected to be
560,0001.
Mr. Sheriff Swift, of London, with his chaplain,
the Rev. Dr. O'Connor, ig now
a visit at Thaw, with
Archbishop