New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-26

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tribnticns Of 1000 exhibitors were absorbed 10 Hyde
PARK we own 20 snxiety upon this point II 70
most Formidable undertaking TO I'll an edihce covering
some 10 or 20 Of ground so that 10 part OF u sna
Ioot de,olste or urprOvded yet those intruted wnh
tbs part of the undertaking seem confident oil success
and there fair 10 doubt that they wall acnieVe
crowded while Others were rather bare and empty
The teeDg industry Of tbis country rendered on thst
oces,ion almost plethora Of its products for ospisy
while the Americans chsracterstcaly held more space
than they could occupy At Sydenharn arrangements
have been adopted Which, Il they have no other aIVan
tsge least give the company more control over the
contents Of their building than was pnssessed by ne
ROYAL Commission. Three distinct sources OF supply
are relied upon, two 20 be furnished By the company
themselves, and the other by private enterprise The
company are taking steps 10 provide collection OF
plants illustrating the chief wonders and beauties OF the
vegetable kingdom, and collection Of object illustra
ting the progressive development Of the fine arts from
the earliest ages down 10 the present time Our ndus-
a essses left % euppy their share Of the general
dspay business footing, 1t being conceived that the
advantage Of showing goods in attractive manner %
great people which IL worth paying for
snd which viii secure their presence The New Cys.
tai Palace will therefore be act forth partly as consv-
story, partly gallery Of sculpture and architecture,
and partly bazaar for the display os different manu-
facteres Other smaller &c s;ures introduced such
fountains, Gvaries and shpoDds depa tmen,s Of nat
urs history geology and ethnology bat the three rs
mentioned are the main sources whence the supply Of
objects 10 render the interior atractX s 70 be drawn
and otbem for the preseut at least Intention may DC
confined
Of The formation Of grand conservatory along either
side Of the nave in the rsnts and at esen eud OF Ie
New Palace, hardly sipgle indication at present eH.
fs The only evidence that we could discover OF Wnh
~ contemplated down among the excavations on
the ,ouh side where behind the basement space Ger
apart for machinery, a tran.way and other cohVen,
fences being pared for the carriage oil coal aud
the accommodation Of the heating apparatus requ'redto
grow the plants illustrating the vegetation Of the tropics
Behind THE again, the soil removed in clearing away
The Foundation il accumulated in heaps ready to make
ID the principal door OF the building, when the proper
time arrives for doing This s ell that 10 to be SEEM
and vet we are assured that few months hence there
will be such show Of plants under the shelter
Of the Crystal Palace man never witnessed In one
fpot before that the ggsniic sweep OF the nave will be
clothed with the most yarlegated foliage that the mil
lien insy dsport tself amid the stately and uxurisnt
vegetation Of the sunny SOUTH and that column and CIR.
der up 10 the summit OF the archei roof will be
covered with climbers brought TO this country from
the distant regioDs The collections are all made,
the space which the vegetation Of each country
will occupy IL defined, and already, by consulting the
plane one knows where he will find the characteristic
PRODUCT Of The East West Indies of Japan, Aus
tralia or China Sir Joseph Paxton still follows the
principle of geographical arrangement as adopted in
Hyde Park but the actual distribution of space differ
eDt One baf the building il given to the Old World,
the Other to the New and the tropical plants neces
sariy placed each end, in order to for them
increased temperature by artificial means. Australia
bss the lagett amount of exhibiting space and India
and China next. 1t would be premature 10 enter
at present infinitely into details this subject
but in the meantime the sowpaced aicultursts of this
country may well fix their eyee what is going at
Sydenhsm. furnishing remarkable example how far
the gardener has dstanced them in the intelligent pur
suit Of a kindred occupation.
The fine art collection Of the New Palace and the
preparations in progress with regard to it, bring TO
gallery fitted up the northeast side of the building
where Owen Jones and Diaby Wyatt preside over a
band of dressed for the most part in flannel and
working away assduously at Gusts of Egyptian statues
lons from the British Museum, Of capitals for gigantic
columns, and ether objects. Here you the familiar
forms Of some Rhsmeses or esostIs with its defective
parts restored under the skilful hands of Bonomi
Huge packages marked fragile" conceal within them
the portions OF the collections which have hitherto
arrived from abroad and there specimens OF the
workmanship which 10 be introduced into the Alham
bra Court and views Of what II will be like, with its
ceAral fountain Of lions How il Is proposed to illss
Egyp tisn and Greek architecture is also roughly
indicated not only by sketches and drawings, but even
by many OF the materials 10 be used If the designs
which have are 10 be trusted some very grand
results will come out of these preparations What will
be said to reproduction of one of the four statues
which form the entrance to the Temple OF Abou Simbe
placed al one end of the nave and rising elevation
Of 70 feet, The gigantic reproduction will be complete
even TO the cooring, and the illustrations Of Egyptian
architecture also are to possees this feature In the
Greek Court large colored model Of the Parhenon is
10 be placed, which being prepared under the super
ntendeDce OF Mr. Ponrose. IL Is proposed to place the
Toro Farnese from Naples In the center and the Flora
and Hercules from the same city on either side OF the
chief entrance We might give many details of what 1t
contemplation to do with the Roman the Byzantine
Italian, and other courts 1t will be convenient
however, to wait, before doing so, more advanced
stage Of the preparations.
In the meantime some comfort may be drawn from the
thoughtthaf vulgar will be made of the facilities
which modern art presents for reproducing cheap form
It, greatest trumphs-that the humbest will be en-
abled with his eye and up in his mind
the characteristics Of architecture and sculpture from
the most remote up to the present timethat from
the entrance OF the Egyptian Court, guarded by lions,
he msy pass In the order OF historical succession illus
trstions Of the elegant Greek, the Roman the
ornate Byzantine the rich yet chsste nagnifcence of
the Moorish school From the temple of Abou Smbel
he may turn TO the study of the Egn Marbles restored
hemsy gaze in through the archways of new Aham. /
bra brighter than the old, and enter the Pompeian
Court decorated by the hand Of Abbat painter TO the
King OF Naples, who has just arrived in this country
with sn immense collection of fac SMILES traced upon
the walls Of Pompeii Arrangements have been made
toiustrate the Byzantine style by Italian remains and
Anglo Norman works such the entrace door of Ke
peck Church. Hereford Medieval art viii be chiefly rep
resented by examples taken from Lincoln and Wells
Cahedrals and the coister of ST John Lateran. The
Renaissance period to be Illustrated In particular from
the Corosa, AT Pavia In giving idea OF the art OF
the 10th and 18th centuries the architecture of Bra
mente and the sculpture OF Michael Angelo will be
adopted at the foundation of the decorations combined
probably with eabesque reproductions OF the works OF
Giovanni de udina and other great Italian masters
Prom this point the historical series will merge into the
schools Of modern sculpture, commencing with the age
of Csnoya The artists of every other country in
Europe have eagerly rendered their good offices in aid
OF undertaking calculated TO mpsrt stimulus
TO their profession than anything of the kind that has
ever been attempted In this country in the hope that
Enelish scuptors will not hesitate in showing equal
hberslay. An opportunity is now presented, such
may not soon sgsin recur of engaging the favor and
admiration of the multitude ON behalf OF those great
monuments hitherto seen under the most disadvants-
geous circumstances, which carry down 10 time 40
many touching and authentic associations OF the mighty
past
While, as conservatory the building may be eonsid
cred TO be halved between the Old World and the New
In the Illustration Of the fine arts and OF manufactures
The former mainly occupy the eastern division, while
the latter confined 70 the west IL 10 unnecessary
si the present stage Of the undertaking enter into
any particulars with respect 70 the exhibiting spaces and
the conclusion Of this notice may therefore best be de-
voted to account Of what has been made by
Sr Joseph Paxton IN the decorative Of the
Park. vstsmount Of work has been got through by
him. and there is difficulty in seeing AZ glance
what his plans In their main features The wa;er
does not yet spripg Up froW nnumersble fountains
Hrirn lnMn eAc siha Of ~