Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-28
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last for the perpetuauon Vi ING PiinoiPicS winch
keep power in the hands OF the lew and place inc
much az that country has advanced in all the great
interests of acknowledgements yet finds advo-
Gates even in her halls of legislation unless it is to
he removed by means approved of by the friends of
intolerance. The knowledge to be substituted is
of that purblnd description which is confined with
in the trammels of creed, and the mind is to be
enlightened by looking through glass painted with
the colors Of party, and capable of transmitting
only that light which is tinted with that party's
hues. Perhaps there is not single member OF the
House Of Commons who would openly deny the
right Of the people to education, and advocate the
perpetuation of ignorance; yet when Mr.. w. J.
Fox attempted the other night to obtain the consent
of that House to plan for promoting the education
of the poor by the establishment of free schools for
secular instruction, to be supported by local rates.
and managed by committees elected especially for
that purpose by the rate-payers, ne received the
support of only forty mine votes! His speech was
temperate and based on principles as well as facts
the most irrefragable None of his statements were
denied-to dispute them was impossible. But the
old arguments of principle were urged in opposi-
ton to any system Of education with which religion
was not compusoy oined-and that religion % be one BY
law established. tos \
But we turn 10 more grateful subject; to which will
mche Of intolerance than all which has been done by Pre-
late or Pont by Synod Parliament for the last century
and half We sude to that great humanizng spectacle,
that great gathering, that school,
the Exhibitor Hyde Park The details Of visiers and
oeipts since last Thursday follows:
On Frdsy 275 persons paid s. 3d. each, 92ss9 OF 06
On Saturday, 7,0s7 do do So. each, l,77l Is 90
To each Of these numbers must be added nearly
&c, 900 holders Of season tickets.
on Monday A. 4SO persons paid ls EACH 2,l23 90 90
On Tuesday, AZ, 3O2 do do IT, each, 2,4l5 % 90
On Wednesday, 50,0l6 do. do. Is each, $500 10 90
If to each Of these numbers be added from $4,000
season tickets it will be found that the building has tested its
capacity hold 900 persons without personal nconven
ence prejudice the object Of visiting it. the power OF
comfortably contemplating its rich and varied contents The
received for tickets and for admissions to the
end Of last week fl23 SO, lSs To this add 900
received in subscriptions and we have Of
in round numbers which will be raised to than two
hundred thousand pounds before the end Of the present
No doubt expressed about the paccaby of accommodating
the $780, which will be wanted pay all the expenses
Of erection and management and to place the building, at the
end Of the Exhibition the hands of the people, per-
petual palace for their amusement Improvement and nstuc
ton The value of the rich exhibited has been most
variously and widely estimated the lowest amount being
twelve millions sterlng and the highest thirty millions The
AhenRuns, in commenting upon the Future Prospects
the Crystal Palace and the unreasonableness Of expecting
that money enough could be raised to purchase its rich
TENTS avert their dispersion, has the following very
good, and we think practical, observations
Yet it is extremely desirable, any be thought
Of to that end that the collection should not be again dis
Persed Probably has walked across that mar
vellous ansep gazed down that extraordinary nave
without thinking with papg the probability Of coming
day when the glorious vision is to dissove-when this
dsious manifestation Of the results of thought genius
he
to be again united In the mighty and marvellous
whole The world possessed Of an encyclopaedia of
knowledge like this who bear to think that the volume
shall be closed and its pages scattered to the distant
Of the earth! We have from the rst regard
cd this collection merely bazaar Of all nations. We
peat it is the first University, in the large and full meaning of
the word, that the world has had Of which, Universities
like Oxford and Cambridge look merely like affiliated colleges
But what to be done Why not this We will take for
granted at the moment that the royal commissioners before
laying down the temporary offices which they were appointed
in the Of the English people, Should it then be
nounced to all the present exhibitors in the first instance that
such Of them have fitted up stalls obtained spaces may
retain them for year. on the condition Of keeping them
high class of excellence think probable that great
majority Of the useful and beautiful articles would be
left such terms. The workers In silk, WOOL worsed,
gold, silver on and copper, mahogany and other woods
the makers of musical and scientific instruments watches,
chronometers carriages agricultural machines and fountains
the producers Of flowers and plants decorators and stained
glass Makers sculpos and in wood and ivory print
and hand-workes Of most kinds, would in all probability
be glad to have such universal and permanent exhibition
room for their works. and discoveries. Many things
of curiosity and rarity would doubt be removed but
the absence Of the Koh-noor, the Spanish Jewels the In
dian diamonds and similar articles it should be proved to
lessen the spendor Of the Exhibition would mate
rally detract either from its moral interest its practical
funess. The seeker after knowledge is attract
ed by collection Of minerals and metallic than by
the Russian the Portuguese diamond valued at millions
Specimens Of the jewellery which borrow their highest
value from the genius Of the artist would probably be left
examples and advertisements. We do not doubt that
would be worth the while of eminent godsmths to
time to time supplied with whatever and excellent in
their current manufactures The same may be surmsed Of
our great dapey and silk What artist would not
be glad to have certain space assigned to him the walls
Of the National Gallery, the easy condition oalways hav
ing picture hung there In the Crystal Palace the artist
and the artisan in silk cotton WOOL metal and FORTH
might under some such arrangement proposing OBJ
tain their National Gallery and Academy Even in the series
of costly and complicated machines in notion imagine
that not few Of the most beautiful and interesting would be
willingly allowed to remain. Most of these machines, we
believe, made in model. They cannot be sold used
in actual factories IF taken away they will either be broken
up or buried in local Their proprietors would
naturally prefer that they should remain their advertise
men and representatives in the great centre Of observation
There Is plenty Of room BESIDES for winter garden In
deed the place is garden and its beauties in that
sPect would increase with every year. The contributions Of
industry leave plenty Of space for trees, and shrubs and
MOVERS The elm and the palm tree here grow side by side
ana mere Will DO room abundant for exotic plant and nd
genous Parere The works Of mind and the works Of
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