The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-25 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Many thanks to you for your able advocacy
of the cause of the Great Exhibition, the good effects
of which will be felt long after its revilers are for-
gotten. _

A morning paper, which desires to be the organ of
,he Protectionist party, stated a short time since that
the expenses attending the conversion of the Crystal
Palace into a winter garden would be about three
times as much as Mr. Paxton showed would be net
cessary, and if this error goes forth uncontradicted
it may do a great deal of harm. Perhaps you will
do me the favour to state in your excellent journal
that Messrs. Fox and Henderson offered to glitz_
round the sides of the Palace, and put the roof in
perfect repair, for from 12,000/. to 15,0001., and not
3'2,0001., as stated iu that journal, and to keep it in
perfect repair for 21 years at 5 500/. a year, and no
16 0001., which the ingenious writer put down as
necessary tor incidental expenses and Mr Paxton,
besides 30 0001., which was modestly stated as ne-
cessary fur pidnte. Toese misstatements show how weak
heir cause must be; t qually so, in my humble opinion,
are the objections of some few tradesmen of the West
E.id, wh., aver that a winter garden will draw the
tashionables and the loungers from Regent, street
and Bind-street, and then they will not see, and o'
course cannot buy, their goods so much, as thongh
toy mere confined to the fashionable streets in davit
promenades. absurd as this appears, Sir, I assure
you it is a fact, this is the beginning and the end of
their argument ; they really have nothing else to
say, except a few, who, finding such arguments un-
tenable, reply—" Trade was very bid in the months
of April and May, and all you say shall not make ms
believe but it was the Exnibition which caused it."
Now, Sir, I would ask, are we to he deprived of a
winter garden, and that beautiful structure to be
pulled down, because a few rich tradesmen (who
ought to know better), entertain such silly notions
as these ? When towns on the Continent have
their Winter Wardens, and our country cousins have
determined to build one for their own use, shall it
be said that the Londoners, who want a place of this
kind more than any others—havirg a building up
and ready for such a purpose, and money in hand to
pay for it—were so fuelisb as to throw the
chance away on such weak grounds as those
I have stated, or, indeed, on any others
which have been alleged against it ? The
Londoners have had the credit of being rather
sharp fellows, but if the Crystal Palace be not de-
votect*to some useful purpose, rely on it we shall not
only be laughed at, but our country friends and fo-
reigners will, as the Times justly observed, think us
stark staring mad.
A Noble Lord is represented to have said, " al-
though there had been many petitions presented to
Parliament in favour of retaining the building, yet
there had not been many from London." I know
there are many, like myself, who never thought it
necessary, nor never knew where to find one for
signature in Westminster, though I saw there was
one presented. I maintain that we ought not to be
called on to call meetings for the agitation of this
subject; this cannot be done without incurring great
expense. I subscribed to the building fund, and so
did many others, believing that if there were funds
sufficient at the close of the Exhibition, they would be
devoted to the purchasing of the building for some
useful national purpose. It is really too bad, after
such great success, to ask us to spend more money
for the attainment of this desirable object. Allow
me to add, in conclusion, 'that whatever is an attrac
tion to London must tend to enrich her citizens ; and
the metropolis cannot have an additional palace or
museum without its being an object of great interest
and an honour to the whole kingdom.
Apologising for the length of this letter, I beg leave
to subscribe myself, yours respectfully,
COMMON SENSE.
P.S.—When the Crystal Palace is applied to some
useful purpose, would not "National Palace" be a
none ? 0 :ly think, Sir, of a citizen a
Viefing, er Harnburgh, asking their Govern.
mpbeeetrntletirn t'o take away their winter garden, because it
injured their trade ! ! !
Aug. 21, 1851.

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harbour of Aden, and almost within range of the
ship's guns. On this occasion a British seaman wes
shut and poniarded, and two boys, who were wounded,
A considerable o ' narrowly eicaped the same fate.
PORTLAND BLIEAXWATER.—.... 2. About three month. after this an Arab furiously
is extended to bout 1
of the b•eakwa er is now Seen projecting from the llion attacked the guard at the Turkish wail, and w.B nut
is making rapid pro,4ress. The staging shoe, and
killed till after he had wounded several of the Sepoys ;
1,3:30 feet from the shore, into between eight
fathoms of water. The width of the staging i,
near
nine i one of the
and five lines of railway run the whole extrnt ; 1,, 40 feet, 3. Then
latter is disabled for lift.
came the brutal murder of Captain Milne,
MONTH.--Many persons might
a abut I .01
tons a stone roll down the great railway daily, in tram End
n tram the narrow escape of a similar fate of two of his THE DAY OF THE
help themselve, as some do, by remembering throughout the
wagg, us, and is spre(hly thp,tsited in the mighty cher),
so companions, Lieut. Macpherson and Mr. Saulez, at
that we may fairly calculate that this great strut ate will be the village of Willa, about ten miles from Aden. remembering thestisrt day of each month, which agrees with
Complete in the course of four or five years.year on what day the Ist of January tell, and by permanently
4. This was followed by the attempt made by the fiart day of the year. Thus this present year began on
THE LONDoN AND BLACKWALL EXTENSION RAIL- another Arab to assassinate Lieutenant Delisser
Wedne.day, and 'he 6th of August is therefore. .Wednesday,
I not till after the latter of his
victim'
WAY. The three arches that tell some time back near the i within the walls of Aden. The villain on this occa- lines the key
Great Northern Railway Tunnel, Maiden-lane, have now '
;stun fell by the bands as are the Pitt:, 20th, 27th. By thi following
to the inontbs may be kept in mind :
though
been replaced by a handsome iron bridge., which. it is ex-
The first of October, you'll find if y.. 0 try,
been everely wounded. The second of April. as well as July,
.the murder of twoatteniptui
pected, will be crrnpleted in the course of a few days.
I 5- To the above
it is now our painful task to record The
niItHING FISHING AT TOBBIDON —We learn from . 1..
mthaedecrteowshoofotthseevSeoranls ofof third of September, which rhy mss to December,
Torridon that the herring fishing in Lochcarron, previously marce, the The fourth day of June, and no other remember,
efirpood, had fallen di considerably during Wednesday
Ctreir. The fifth of the leap-month, of March, and November,
, e comrades. and the titing u The sixth day of August and seventh of May,
andAhursday night last. The same thing has taken plac 1 . •
~
.. upon the boat's company be- Show the first ofthe year in '
the name of the day,
Ala the Ciiii hum vast, Where, from the number of—mac ere' 'uogir gto the .v.ipninstone frigate.
4iiken in the nets, it,
.I,ras feared• there Wati no great b4Y Qi 1 i)u J""u _kdi what stePi have b . But in leap-year, when leap month has been duly reckoned,
Leering oil the . A Courier - '
CiAbtmar SlVOlif4l i J 40.440 a tgeba CiltroVi? LA Du Vall
been taken in copse- These mouth-dates will 9hVW) net the first but the second.
you, lii the . ..Eaka and Oseije&

Dundrum, August A 4. 41
...1., 1851.