The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-10 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.

GENERAL MEETING—(THIS DAY),
The fourteenth ordinary general meeting of the directors

and shareholders in this company was held this day at the 19.
London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the directors'
report, and re-election of the retiring officers.
Mr. Farquhar, chairman of the board, presided.
The report, which has already appeared in The Sam,
having been taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN rose to move its adoption. He said the
directors had thought it would be unwise to attempt to get
up a e linter attraction to the Industrial Exhibition, the
expense of which had, he thought, been wisely laid out in
putting their own building into the most thorough repair,
intending to rely on the attraction it presented. The great
number of foreigners expected to visit this country in the
autumn would, he had no doubt, visit the Crystal Palace at
Sydenham. Yesterday, notwithstanding the attraction at
Kensington, the number of visitors was greater than those
of the corresponding day of last year. The Handel Festival,
it was confidently expected, would result in a great success,
and at the end of the financial year the directors confidently ex-
pected they would be able to declare a good andincreased divi-
dend. Before he formally moved the adoption of the report,
he would allude to one portion of it, which was of a very
disagreeable nature, viz., the determination of the directors
to remove one of their body on account of certain allega-
tions made against him. The charges were founded on a
case in which Mr. England was concerned, and which was
reported in the papers in April last, The Times and other
newspapers had called attention to the subject, but the
matter referred solely to the domestic character and per-
sonal conduct of Mr. England, and had nothing whatever
to do with him in his office of director in this or any other
company. It the shareholders did not confirm the decision
of the board, he and the other eight directors who were
associated with him in repudiating Mr. England's conduct.
must part company, becau e if such conduct was tolerated
in a public company it would give a stamp of genuineness
to the rumour that anything was goad enough for a public
company.
Mr. ANDERSON seconded the motion for the adoption of
the report.
Mr. ENGLAND said there was no connection between his
private affairs and his duties as a director of this company.
He had effected great reforms in the company, and had
brought about the payment of a dividend. He had thus,
he had no doubt, made many enemies, who were now seek-
ing to remove him from his seat at the board. If this had
been a genuine expression of opinion on the part of his col-
leagues, he should bow to it at once. He had got rid of
several superintendents out of the company, and the chair-
man said that it he succeeded in getting rid of Mr. Bowley

or Mr. Grove, he would get rid of him (the chairman). He
did not wish to interfere with any active officers, but there
were many drones in the hive who ought to be got rid of,
and hence the opposition to him. There was a jealousy on
the part of the directors that he was obtaining too much
influence in the company.
[We shall continue the report in our late edition.]