New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-11
ENGLAND.
CRYSTAL PALACE AT SYDENHAM
From, Tha London Tfues

OF the Surrey HIS IN ttc5 "
It's kiLd-or, had almost said, OF any kind-.n the
world. The entire slope Of lofty hi,l compromising
gra varieties Of surface is being formed and Asloaed
excGva;ed. embarked, terraeed walled stepped ami bal
Illustrated into parad OF gardening far surprising the
architectural grauGeurs of Versailles and combining with
Them the pecua. features OF English Landscape GARDENING
hen is all done lady wiz be able 20 traverse tho
whole of the fairy region along fuonSs II terrace miles
Of gravel wall. thousands OF steps, amid and even un
der endless fountains and cascades, without mos,cnng
the satin shoe IN which she has let the drawing room
of the Crystal Palace lotel-hat y 10 be, but thai al
present is i0ater Of faith. Thus fsrthe whole fairy crea
on like the holsters said 20 be engendered by the On
the banks of the Me, is struggling TO exrcae H. limbs
rom elemental mud. Everywhere il is mld-mad except
g where mountain of granite has already been reared
a graceful slope already tured or long uain OF pGnSs
bends under professions OF wheelbarrows Inc unorm
The place from tie abOrcr fOunderng OK tue bottom Of
huge tank 10 the engineer spanning the Sky with an arch
If glass, under which the Monument OF London. would
saud with feet to spare Is trousers turned up to the
knees and seeves the elbows Wee il not that the
wndis rnaely sou weser and wester OF the most
furious description this adaptation OF the dcas % the work
be done would. doubtless proceed further; butcsh Gnt
blood require comfortable clothing az The top Of Penge hill
tie southern boundary Ene as everybody knows OF our
But he work proceeds rapidly in spite Of ali these i'm
pedme The vast central ransopt nearly TILED with
scaoding rib after rib OF tho huge vault . hxed IN ts
place, and BY New Year Day, we are told, the whoie
Fabric viii he delivered 10 the painters cad decorators.
The British public is well acquainted with tho parent
odifce IN Hyde Park that il may be sufficient TO mention
a few POINTS of difference The whole has the same
arChcd root and Uses to the hight the oil tran
solt Its length is broken, and the effect made much
more picturesque, BY columns projecting az inery ais
Instead OF the long broad galleries in the OLD build
ing, there light arrnl galleries. that iy, O. II
were, all about the building, at various Nights, civ
ing greater variety OF view to the pr0meaaders
without intercopGng the Light ffom the magnificent
courts below The center ransep instead 81 bong %
feet wide and l0s feet high H. believe 100 wide aud
10 high from the flooring than 200 from the gr2und
under its eastern end. The decorations will be warmer
aud richer than in The old building The whole space will
be thoroughly warmed, TO comfortable, uni
form aud healthy temperature in which the strongest
the weakest may spend the whole OF winters
day Sir Joseph Paxton himself spent three hours day
for three months planning the apparatus which among
Other wonders, comprises fifty miles OF iron pipes for tho
passage Of water carefully kept somewhat below
boiling heat The will be laid out much more Ornamen
tally than that Of the old building ALREADY the whole OF
Loddge collection att ackney has been secured and thou
thousands fcameas and Otherornamen oorr
consery atOrits tOurshing az much lower ein1era
iuro than is usually thought necessary to their existence
Such place, it evident, viii be admirably edaped not
merely Tor invalid but for he much more class
that are confined their houses for weeks and weeks IN
winter by the ery and ycissitudes OF the British eli
mate he temperature Othe place will be tarinOre Uniform
and being and healthy spot far more salabrous
than that II London with ts sm0He ir me
chimney draUghs from the windows and doors, and occa
sonM odors from the kitchen below II win be Madeira
without the voyage without the separation from friends or
the loss Of English comforts One thing only is ntng to
the physical enjoyment OF the place, VIZ that an Invalid,
any not very strong person should be able not merely
make the journey from town, take an hours promenade
and then return which mounts up int consid cradle et
oft but make stay az the Palace gong IA an1
out for spare half hour to fill up odd Intervals or just a.
inclination might suggest That only be done by
caDacous ard comfortable hotel communicating with this
Palace. Such place is already in contemplate we
have doubt whatever that, as matter OF eOymehh
EXPENSE Lealth end Improvement it will answer the plr
pore people of good incomes to spend spare week
month, at such an hotel instead of watering
place or country vile.
But TIE glory of the place and which makes Il at
q Vorsallos a Louvre, a Museum, aud Jardln des
Ilanos il rs magnificent and infinitely varied contents.
The Courts will very fer supass those in the Old building
much as they were roquented and admired There u a
whole PCnpeian house-an exact restoration we oee.s
exquisitey beautiful that no mansion VIII 90 thougpt
complete for the failure without az least ono P9mpean
room besides Pompeian villas by the dozeh' ihefs =
The Gorgeous Hall II the Ahambra and not less beautiful
ere the Grecian Courts and the Gothic Courts, and
he Rsraissaace besides 81 yrian Court grand
enough to satisfy the most enthusiastic admIer 81 mo
marbles in the British Museum, or the spectacle at h5
Princess These Coun are all vastly more spacious
open and graceful in their arrange men's tnan a1yug
in Hyde Park. To speak OF the casts ~ in tact 70 speak
Of the sculpture the art Of wood and metal en-
craving he arts altogether for the collection embraces
Almost everything remarkably beautiful interesting OF
curons in tie world in these departments. Hero are
number of statues, busts and carvings which peop,
20 thousands Of miles see and which they often zee IN
der great dsc0mforts, hurried end iWigued Even the
olnost infinite collections at the Louvre and Versailles are
respectfully represented and hundreds OF French w9rthe5
that know only they figure In history or literature we
have introduced 10 with exactnes3 that VIII proDa
bly disahuse us of many q pfecOnceyed idea. The
value Of tie collection appears from the fact that we nave
literally such thing either in degree, or even Ia KIND
into our hands but have attempt az gallery com
pretending Of all the best examples nor have we any
CELERY If historical sculpture whaicyer rot even relating
10 our own country unless we are to call westminster AD
lev an exception, far Il goes We believe that only
foreign Government has offered any obstacle 10 our
collectors As the quality Of the casting il is exact
to give quite version OF some very familiar
statues while the casts of metal and WOODWORK especially
Of certain carved dOor perfect narye Of mnuieaess
and precision. Were TO begin specifying,
We 10 go mo.e into details than have done, should
Lore ourselves and, therefore, must be content with
this very general and inadequate sketch OF the collection
As 20 the prospects Of the speculation, wso people Of
ours9shake their heads AZ expenditure which rather
reminds II the freaks Of young millionaire come q
bis majority than the proceedings of business Ike mon
having an eye 10 the chance Tho sum totals ofwork
ard material incredible more granite man ever Was
brought into London before. ironworA han can DO
prodaced delivered the earthw rk Of railway besides
three actual railways from tho metropolis 90 the place
miles Of public be- diverted. fountains throwing up
altogether tao thousand gallons seclnd osory hin ~ a.
ouoal cSrayugancc In iron and la watrr m2.ts slafel
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