The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-15 00:00:00

THE CRYST A.L PALACE.

We are requested by Mr. Paxton to publish the
ollowing letter :

"TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD CAMPBELL.

"My Lord,—l take the liberty of addressing the pre-
sent letter to your Lordship, feeling confident you will
be glad to receive any information likely to correct the
misloprebentions under which 3 f.O appear to labour re-
specting tee construction. stability, and suitableness
of the Crystal Palace to be retained as a permanent
building.
"From your Lordship's reported speech in the House
of Peers on Friday last, it appears you had founded
your principal objections to the building remaining as a
winter park and garden upon information derived from
an anonymous pamphlet, very much calculated to mislead
you, and which, it truN would furnish grave objections
to the continuance of the a:ructure for the purposes I
have suggested.
The tarots to which I alias are these—that the
building, as at present constructed, is not stable enough
to be put to any permanent use, being both frail and
transient; an i that the only way to preserve it would be
to take the whole of it down and rebuild it.

" That two•thirds of the columns of support are made
of wood, which will in a short time perish, and, the
girders being of the same, are only calculated to endure
for one season.

" That the sashes and other portions of woodwork
would endure only for a very limited period, and would
then have to be replaced at a great cost.
" In adding my corrections to these mistakes I might
just mention that from the very commencement, when
preparing my original plans of the budding, my views
were to make it iu every way suitable to be appropriated
to a permanent use, which fact I mentioned to Lord
Brougham and many others. The entire framework and
strength of the structure, as it now stands, is therefore
composed of wrought and cast iron fixed securely Loge',
' ther and firmly kit dded in a concrete foundation, 0,332_
with ordinary attention to painting, this, the most ',if,
portant pelt of tee edifice. will last for ages to oonie,w"-u
made of
but hale repairs ef any kind being necessaryeis
" Every column on which the house restsior
, ~ roW are
iron; the intermediate on•s in the e%e-the sashes.
m,rely placed there for effect, and to dirror ,_ ,
staoility of
posed of wrought
but have nothing to do with the EaPP"
the building,
rt or the framework
antidutother
" All the girders which form pacom
and security t.f. the structure
aid cast iron. There are some wooden $ they
are only introduced for t ff-ct•
~,f woo ,
.. of the permanence •• i Painted and •
“'decisagshhedgers
attended to,
wood work, if kept proper Yo
, to be able toforty a good,
we have suffiaeut exPeru
house
me bo( lights at Chatswortia
opinion; there are
ea- s°,,, in constant use for upwards of
e 5
which have at lt br''llkely to endure for
a long time to
100 years, and app
come.
,;,,t, of duration for 1,
tuo sash and glasswork
aMy es"Thainte is 50 ye. • •
of the Cryital • . 41',., hat, in my statement
itur„ provision was made for a renewal every 25
of expen' ..,,,e with care and t •
bow''•- ' a tention, my belief is that
yeses;
~ would be nearer the reality. The duration of
too Year -
„,r,„,e depends ver-
y much upon its position. and
woo.
the ot!ebtion paid to it. We must not forget that many
of our must ettcluridg public buildings t•ave wooden
roofs; for instance, Westminster-hall, Lincoln's Inn-hall,
and the dome of St. Paul'ie all of which are in excellent
preset vation.

" order to render the buildinx as it now stands fit
for a winter garden, considerable.expenses must be in-
curred, en estimate of which I shall shortly be able to
lay belore the public; but, without at this time enter-
lug into financial particulars, I am convincied that
%nen once formed the after expenses fur main-
tenance could be easily sustained without a public,
grant, and that the tortes of admissi,,n could be
made such as to suit the position and wants of all
classes of individuals.
I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's obedient servant,
" JOSEPH PAXTON.
" 36, Gloucester-pace, Portman-square,
July 14, 1851."

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pose at the Emporium of lgr. Delij
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