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London, England, 1852-04-19 00:00:00

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of view, he thought the more people there were in
the streets, the more there were likely to turn into
the shops.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He al-
ways thought that the people of these streets paid
more because there was always a larger number of
persons passing through them ; and that was why
the rents i Regent•street, Picca3illy, and Cheapside
were so high. He did not hear the people of Cheap-
side say that they must not have their streets blocked
up. They were anxious to keep up the Crystal Pe-
lac©, because it was addressed to the best feelings of
their nature. It was the same feeling tart induced
the establishment of archmological societies, and
suggested the preservation of Roman remains;
and in the same way they needed a memorial
of the Great Exhibition, that had brought the world
to their shores, and had achieved a renown greater
than their battles and triumphs in war.—(Cheers.)
Nothing, in his opinion, could be more appropriate.
It was a place of wondrous beauty, and. although he
had a deep feeling for architectural beauty as it was
exhibitedin their old cathedrals, there was a beauty
in the Exhibition building of its own, and as a work
of art it ought to be preserved; if they would not lay
themselves open to the charge of pulling down every--
thing that was beautiful, they should come forward
and say that they would not have the palace desecrated.
If there had been no Exhibition at all they should
endeavour to preserve it. It had often been said they
had nothing to show to the world of the architecture
of the 19th century, but in that building they had an
architecture of their own. It was the commencement
of a new era, and would they now come and lay their
Vandal hands Aponeity and say.itshould not stand
(Great cheering.) The Crystal .Palace might be
made a great teaching, and serve to collect ob-
jects of art and industry, and materials, and manu-
factures. The higher classes wanted instruction in
many things as well as the lower classes. The Exhi-
bition had taught them the cause.of their citizens and
workmen not being able to compete with those of
France, Austria, and Belgium, viz., that the mass of
the people were not educated. When they saw their
manufactures beaten out of many of the markets of
the world, it was time for them to take some steps in
the improvement of the education of the people.—
(Cheers.) This was a matter that ought not to be left
to the Government ; for if anything distinguished an
Englishman it was his doing things for himself.—
(Loud cheers) What Government dare interfere
with them, and say they should not have a Crystal
Palace in their own grounds ?—(Cheers.) He hoped
the voice of the meeting would reach those in power,
and, if they were the servants of the people, they must
do its will.—(Much cheering.)
Mr. J.
W. MARSHALL called upon the meeting in
the
name of ceornon sense and in the name of the
humble classes to retain the building, if it were only
to commemorate the great and glorious, spectacle
they had witnessed within it.—(Cheers.) In this
country they had liberty without license, loyalty in
the subject without tyranny or despotism
on the
part
of their rulers, and he had no doubt the voice ofthe
people would be heard. If there were any candidates
for seats in Parliament, then, as an enlightened and
independent elector of the borough of Westminster,
he cared not whether the candidate was Whig, Tory,'
or Radical, he should support him if he would only
vote for the retention of the building.—(Much
cheering and laughter.)
Mr. Greecu, M.P., said he appeared before them as
an inhabitant of Westminster, most desirous of giving
the best aid he could in carrying out the objects for
which they were met. If the meeting had been held
in autumn last the fate of the Crystal Palace would
have been assured. Those who desired to take it
away said that the people were lukewarm, and did
not care for the Crystal Palace ; but he believed, if
the people of the metropolis were now polled,
id, 99 out
of every 100 would be desirous of retaining t.—
(Hear, hear.) The building was in great danger, not
from prejudice, but from the want of proper informa-
tion on the part of those who had the power of avert-
ing its destruction. He would not enter upon the
subject of the uses to which it might be
put, but would confine himself simply to the
saving of the building. They found Noblemen and
Gentlemen with their parks and greenhouses ; and, if
the people now had a building adapted for a winter
garden on their own ground, why should they not
secure it ? He would call their attention to the
warnings that were in every man's mouth, and even
in the mouths of scientific men, when it was erected,
that the first storm of wind would blow it down.
Others said that the galleries were so suspended that
they would all give way and fall down. Every one
of those statements had been proved fallacious, and
they were now told, although it had served as a tem-
porary, it was not fit for a permanent structure.—
(Cheers.) He should be happy. by any means in his
power, to force on Members of the House of Com-
mons the conviction that the people were desirous of
retaining the Crystal Palace and he believed they
would have a majority in their favour.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. BEALE observed, that nothing would be more
delightful to ti a industrious classes than the opportu-
nity of spending the evening in agreeable relaxation,
unbending their minds from the cares of life, and
communing with the works of those who bad contri-
buted to the national greatness. He trusted that not
only London, but every part of the country, would
speak out on this subject in a manner not to be mis-
taken by Parliament.
Mr. MILEY proposed an amendment, and in doing
so expressed a wish that some one more able than
himself bad brought it forward. (A Voice—" Col.
SilAiorp," and much laughter.) His resolution was
as follows :

" That the Crystal Palace havin;s, answered admirably
the temporary purpose for which it was erected, it is a
breach of faith with the public—(Elisses)—highly inju-
rious to the beauty and salubrity of Hyde-park—
(Laughter, end Oh, oh!')—and detrimental to the
health and enjoyment of the neighbourhood—(Laughter)
—and to the city of Westminster generally, that it
should remain as a permanent litliking or continue be-
yond the time fixed by the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests for its removal."

—(Cries of " Oh, oh !") He entirely concurred in
the sentiments expressed, that the Crystal Palace, as
regarded the purpose for which it was erected, re-
flected immortal honour on the designer and contrac-
tors, and that their fame belonged not to England,
but the world.—(Hear.) Now, however, with respectknew
to the breach of promise.—(Laughter.) He
Hyde-park well, and that, probably before four-fifths
the meeting were born. (A Voice-4, Then youAought
Voice—
to know better.") What was a man.a
Min ister
" What is a donkey?") V
or a public body who did not keep faith ?s (a
If a " p
Voice— Un-
ro-
mise was made it ought to be kept.
A less you are released from it.") He maintained that
the building was injurious to the health, salubrity,
and enjoyment of the park. Let any one go there,
first and he would find, in the place, twenty acres
covered with the building. (A Voice : Only
eighteen.) Well, then, there were eighteen more
not to produce a particle of her-
trampled down, so a Rotten row.") Forty
bage.—(A Voice :
e was limpid water—let
se.nThat
years ago the Serpentine
sof " Questio " any
of n•) It was
now the common
one look at it now.
Bayswater ; and the
noxious effluvia arisings hiew.eron from it were retained in the
hill hollow between the the north side and the
Palace.—Ouch laughter.) He begged to submit his
amendment,
believing that the continuance of the
building
would be breach of good faith, and
would be forty acres.the lungs of the metropolis
taken
sway from it (Great laughter, and cries
of " Oh 1")
The Amendment was at first seconded by Mr. GAR-.
BANATTII amen Oxford-street, but he subsequently with-
drew his support, on the ground that in his opinion
the salubrity of the park would not be affected by the
retention of the palace. The amendment, therefore,
fell to the ground.
Mr. G. SMITH said that Mr. Jackson had objected
to the palace on the ground that it created a great
hum in the streets.—(Laughter.) Now, he could
tell Mr. Jackson that the objection was the greatest
" hum" of all.—(Great laughter.) Another gentle-
man gravely told them that the building had been
the admiration of all the nations of the world, but
then went and lost himself in the Serpentine._
(Much laughter.) He wanted it to go forth to the
world that they were unanimous in their desire to
preserve the Crystal Palace—a desire which, properly
expressed, he did not think the Government would
dare to oppose.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GEOSIE4N, as a working man, was of opinion
that the building ought to be allowed to stand—
(Cheers)—and he was convinced that that was the
opinion of 99 out of every 100 persons present.—
(Cheers,) No one could visit Paris or the other
capitals on the continent of Europe without feeling
how far England was behind the rest of the world in
monuments of intelligence and civilisation.—(Cheers.)
It had been objected that the Crystal Palace injured
trade, but, if any trader of last year did not benefit
by the Great Exhibition, he must have been asleep—
(Cheers)—and dead to the proper method of managing
' his business.—(Cheers.)
The motion was then put and carried, with seven
dissentients, amid loud cheering and the weving
hats and handkerchiefs.
second rase-
Admiral Sir G. SARTORIUB moved the
lotion, which was :
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Crystal Palace, arranged al a winter wit