New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-06
THE sUYDEyHAx CRYSTAL PALACE.

ttroroiug rushing stream Of life, the pate-g VIM
dcys filed with gorgeous manufactures, tie produce
of many nations and many peoples. The great man
thoughts were busy With this busting hurrying won
derfal London Of ours THE heart Of the world, TO-
ward which, AID fTo1 which, the myriad currents oil
life are surcing and ihrobbing ceaseiessly lie VINO
would write the Epic OF cur age, said 'sr'!ie'
..urst find /, here he nus. write this. which Is tie
"Ife Of it," doubt whether the Epic OF our age is
70 be written IL verse Itw0ud be more d.incait 70
set the national life OF to-day 70 muslc than IL was 10
sng the life OF any na.on at any period oil tue past
But some such epcai achievement is certainly emood-
led in this ne~ Crystal Palace of Its our Epic
OF the present. and marvellous one too Ii orr age
NAV not produce siDvine COMEDY llliad, or Par
adise Lost neither could any pat age have gwen the
world 50 magnificent creation a. tle Sydenham RVS
tai Palace. The Crystal Palace of 1851 was lem,
pie Of Industry, but this IL the Palace oil All ana
faxtons palace Of art transcends that ot Jenny son
Indeed the author OF the Arabian Nights Entertain
rnerts could not eaye dreamed OF u more enchanting
realm or walked fairy world OF wonder ms
building is much larger, longer loiter INN aud IN
every way superior 10, the Hyde farh one IL hss
three innen.e tTans.p the largest being IN t1e CEN
ter the Others approaching the ends OF the vast build
inc And elol.OV.ly DO the dcmed arches Zee up IA
FRAGILE vet enduring beauty up into the Clouds melt
ing ana mixing viii the blue sky. IL ID set on hIi
oyt as should be. On :he top Of one OF the surrey
h in ore of tie modest positions IN England II hI,-
tiers up sparkling il the sunshine or nnfods It's SHINING
I.ngfL with radiance which may bee seen aflr OIL
There eitters md glow. Ike the queendamcnd IN
Tie crown that decks H.. brow OF the Age-our won
"drcus MoiLegAee.' Aud looaing at that hill ana s
uny Gones If crystal Ole can 5us think that 1t VIII
be the AJaTat OF iaI future on which the AiA oi
our present civilization may rest should lIle SUB
merge our present in 4 deluge Of desoiation IL Is
.,rance that WREN architectural art was dead wlth u.s.
or only grOping darby IL the CRUZ th=t such oria
creati, should burst into shining wings AMI soar anu
soaI ioIlowedby the npuned eyes OF an admrng world.
STRANGE that Ills delicate orgauizatou-ths palace OF
reLt ,.n,it;ye TO every cker of san and shadow
this crystal body through which !ou see the very color
and motion OF tie eeuTrelts that have run 'afCagh
he frame of universal hUmaRty-tle marvellous How
errg Of tie seed ron By the agcs-skould sprng from
such prosaic materiai.stc, hard age as ours. And
vet We often stern, rough parent the sire OF
come maid-n tender as moonlight, or tne soui oi the
svren soutll--scme ragged rock 1uODllnS win the
clearest aud purest spring oi water. Even 80 "Ves
Ills ethereal structure rise up in deartn 81 Da-
tional architecture like Inspiration, noble asPi-
ration Il is building more open 70 heaven than 'he
clcomy Cathedral. Il .s house for tie st.It OF
Limit Il locks W in the face Of Nature anu vel
comes tire eeescns with smile y viii ray with the
pLtnnes unscathed IL il filed with the voice oi MI
sic and tho fragrance of flowers, and it, ioy beauty
is hung round Rthth heavens as with fanent. lh's
palace-cfysta j. mage mirror when te'edis ~ IL
The form aud neaments Of any age we choose %
summon before us. Just as It's glowing walls re-
feet the state If Eature-tBe golden GUNNER aud ruDy
bushes Of morning-the smiling sapphife Oh the
noou-tde sky-thc pomp OF color and gorgeous tunllt
Of the western clouds that ring the setting sun-the
sleeping silver Of TIE moonghtthe dapplns shadows
Of the floating clouds-and ell Ire thousand changes
ana shifting beauties Of the sks0 does IL fchect al
the lights and shadows that have swept The lace vi our
,aitb and all the wonder and the glory thc terror ahd
A ~. a.
the heart of universal humanity We are, as !. were,
macuetized by its presence piaccs the ooo OF history
in cur bands and like ClaryOyentes we read tAe open
secret as with clearer vision. What lgrt i throws
on the dark places OF the past Nhas pfea,h VI I've
il br. athes into TIE old valleys Of dry bones Here we
find ostLered together the work of all peoples and al
times We eau ard study the peculiar ph!s.Os-
RORY Of the WHOLE by-gone human experience M
tiCuS ttaV dr.no more, are here recfeated' dhd ""
walk the land OF the Pharoahs sun ourselves ~ ,Ao
Moorish speudors Of the AlhambEa, sit down III ane.-
ent Atheus and tread the marble Courts OF Rome.
We can wander where Sardanapalus lived M luxurious
lif see where phidias wrought ard Homer ing, anu
the fsfaeites suffered Here are the hoWefs "i-h
which the daughters OF the east have BRAIDED their mar
and tie palms that Swallowed their dainty limbs.
The awful vail Of lssis rent twain and we soc Egypt
with all Ter guile ard grandeur; her teCpa,Take YO-
luptuousucfs; hcrdm soicmn.y and her DARK nystery
her cocsal architecture which seems conscious mat
the world Of tina. art would have 70 be borne upon Its
shoulders; Lcr enormous aud massive strength that
wrouoL for ETERNITY .nd which La, its fitting emblem
in the pyramid Here ia Nneyes proud, iiefce ana
cruel; iull Of robe majesty, aud delghtng - an'
al strength; fompe, the City OF the Sea des'roye.
by FIRE has Phgnxed from the ashes of sesuylus, and
rises from her ruins lovely as Aphrod.te from the
ocean Such lghtness and brightness, such grace and
gaiety Of architecture We shall noe mud elsewhere.
And here is the Alhambra Court, with rs elaborate
joyousness and pcmp splendor aud scb all intricate
uteryirii.. luxrance Of color burning on it royal
n. l,-so. r .alt ~ ten
in this palace We get glimpse Of national lie N
all its multform manifestations, from the majestic
foIms Of the remotest past the costly beauty OF inc
Middle Ages, 70 the use and poetry OF To-day. The
opening Of this temp Of art will mark al era ID our
history II supplies great went oi the ,iies. an
Attenuation Never was il greater necessity, ana
never we're there collected together vast ana varied
so rich and regal store 81 materials eaicust"u %
supply our want. You enter 1t and You leave II wi.h
tie zane conviction that u is the n's' mdI'e'"us
thing Cf art Oh Gods earth.
IL aso furnishes a magnificent ILLUSTRATION cl '"e
PRINCIPLES Of Cooperation which must not DC !es' on
the world So vast affair IS the Palace mat II VIZ;
cost tome EcO,CCO per srnum 70 supply ~ WIN a.
kinds Of necessary attendants ana iapor ai.er 'ne
building and arrangements are complete IL hss '|o
uipos that Ike two yaet arms embrace one VI Tie no.
L..t laIks and range If gardens ia the word. III the
front are open galleries aud broad teif6ces that slope
down till their buried Ia hiC kets OF shrubs and
flowers. Next year those gardens Will DC muficdi Win
fountains aud the dreamy voice OF many waters. Inc
whole length of the new Palace including wings, VIII
be upward Of 1900 feet covering 2A acres Of ground
Its cubic measurement ,s about A., 100000 feet, being
nearly one-fcurh larger than the sze OF Hyde-parh
Palace, four times larger than ST. Paul. "a rs caoc
contents, and forty times larger than "sstinins'ef
| Hsll-tbe largest ball in Great Britain.
The opening day was yery successful the scene oe,
ycnd description aad therefore Will not describe IT,
obtained admission OF tie Representative oi TIE
Press and cane in the same capacity pens terf'-
hi, 1 understand there -JJ representa-