New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-19
ENGLAND,


The news from England is mainly
pcasical, and the Telegrarhic summary has already
given account Of IL
The Crystal Palace still excites much
sesenfion We quote the following from The Tines
On Saturday, nearly $1,000 people Visited the con.
jemned building and about O'clock there mus nav
beeu 20 GOO perrons assembled at one TINE ine a
play of carriages outside reminded one OF Ine 1xn'
jion and Within the appearance Of tne cUnpsmy
eeedcd in responsibility and nearly equalizer VI me con.
,asnv Of the shilling days. The experiment OF INC co
;ors IN throwing the place open to the public has 80
ss hssn complete saccess Thousands Of signatures
nave been attached the petfons LAID Out on taoes =,
- .rs,sers and had the facilities for signing been
s-<.ser tlls method Of manfestng popular ieenng
sssrht have been extended much further But
~ere sentimental wish win not save the oudng now,
s,d n Il Il 10 be preserved, vigorous stepe must
- TAKEN bv all who are interested in the subject so
erooeiy 3 this felt and pressing 10 the emergency
ct tiree distinct movements have simunaneoosIy
originated on the subject In one Oh taese snro,uced
ueetinr TO be held at the Mansion House on the n OF
Anil over which the Lord Mayor has promised 70 pre-
de In another, Mr. Ohveira has been me Prms @
mort His friends hold preliminary comnuee meet
- At the building ON Tuesday nextsto concert meas
res and to receive such accessions 70 their num-
hers ~ NAV insure the success OF their enoru.-
The third movement, and probably that winch mas
= present assumed the most practical and euect
i've form includes the name OF Sir joseph faxton,
who Is determined TO conute oy decos nc I''I ~ ~
lich the recent commission have drawn IRON MS eVi
dence The report Of that commission certainly placed
him in very awkward position and though ms ieuer
shows clearly sISush ss asg ~ap state
menf which he had no opportunity OF correcang, !ne
t remains that the chief blow struck at the building
was struck through him. Probably al VINO are 3S,s
l unite their efforts and adopt the selfsupporting prin
eiple ON which the Great Exhibition was go successfully
ear lied out The building remains open TO the public
free of charge till tomorrow.
The Literary public Of London which
was recently excited by the Shelley forgeres is again
busy with a question Of more general interest Inc
Times of March 30 had leader stating that an assoca-
don had been formed among the great Publishing
Houses TO compel the Retailers Of Books to sell at nxed
profit which was determined by the Association, and
sny opposition of business TO which punished by the
cessation of business relations with the Offenders 1t
vas represented in The Times as a system of intoerabe
dietaon upon the part of the Publishers To this aega-
don Nessrs John Murray and Longman, Brown & Co.,
responded that the queson is under the considera
ton of Lord Campbell, and of eminent literary men.
They farther state that the association Is not Publishers
Association but originated with the Retail Booksellers
The Publishers are interested only US 1t promotes The
solvency of the trade and the prosperity of literary
speculstons The retail sale of books by Publishers,
they add too nsgncan. that they should be actuated
by any such reason in the formation Of the Association
Mr. Richard Bentley replies to thern that he has seen
letters which justify him in saying that Lord Campbell
In favor Of perfect free trade in books, and in affirm
ing the same to be true IIaa, Carlyle Macauay and
Gladstone and nsnustes that Messrs Murray and Long
man would have more nearly hit the truth If they had
ssd that their utmost efforts had been directed to form
and sustain this Publishers Union and that they should
only yield to q decided public opinion. Mr.. Bentley
declares that with the exception of two members, the
Union consists Of Publishers and that many Publishers
are themselves largely interested Ia the retail trade
Mr. Murray rejons that is not the wish of the ma
jory Of publishers sneak out Of the association
be intimates others have done He says that the
allowance of Is per cent to the retail trade the habit
ola hundred years, and experience shows it is too
much to the retail profit that the booksellers
acknowledge the fact and that therefore, 100 have
quicsccd in the arrangement If Mr.. Bentley show
that less per cenage would pay, Mr. Murray says that
he and the other publishers would be willing substitute
q smaller allowance. He concludes by saying that the
few retailers who wish TO sell at lower rate up
starts whose policy would ruin hundreds of houses.
Here the matter rests for the present
MIR. Henry Grinnell, of New FORK, :.
has been unanimously elected an honorary member Of
the Geographical Society.