New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-14

pomnei;. The halls of Ahambrs, the Palace Of Mn
roud in Nineveh, from Layards e1porationsl and an
Egyptian Court including reduced iac-simes OF the
tomb of Abou Smfe in Nuols. the colonnsde OF
Karnak, &c There are also apartments or Courts de-
voted 20 reproductions Of Ancient, OF Greciah no
man. Byzantine, German, Gothic English, French
Elizabetban. and Italian Art; also icur GALLERIES Of
Sculpture English, French, German and lfshan
resuectively;) similar galleries of Bustsi ditto
Of the Sovereigrs of England, among whom
Cromwell has at last obtained a place, even IN
lovaI London There is a court devoted to Ethnog-
rsphv and Natural History, embracing ife-ike repre-
sentations Of all the known varieties of the Human
Race. Its general effect is not calculated u eiail
ones opinion Of Adams motley progeny
out of doors all Is We; in the nebuar state, though
the general view from The windows and corridors OF
the Palace is delightful, while Mature Is cooperating
with some scores not hundreds of laborers to render
II eth more so hereafter. The greensward of the beau
ous slopes and gades is astefuly broken at intervals
to give place to cumps OF Towering shrubs ana orna
mental plants the roughor hulsldes are wholly planted
while fountains and lakelets are judiciously inter-
spersed. On little Isle or promoniory among these
sheets of water disposed reproductions M plas;er
Of the principal known animals of the prc-Atamte
ages: the Iguanadon, lchthyosaurus Mogatherum,
petrodactyl &c. Near these. in the side of HILL are
fabricated Lead-mine rich in spar and mineral, and
a coal-mne showing the outcrop Of several promising
veins OF the raw material with the limestone inter-
posed between them. But | must not make tins
catalogue.
The morning was foggy, damp and chilly, threat
ennc rain which doubtless had its effect in diminish
ing the attendance even Of those born to the enjoy
uent OF such weather. yet there hardly have been
ess than ten thousand visitors last Wednesday, when
no special attraction prohered and when the sun
finally shimmered through the fog carly in the after
noon he looked down on few finer pectacles than that
presented within the Crystal Palace and no sweeter,
lovoler landscape than that by which II is surrounded.
A good band Of music playing in the main tran
ept; family or friendly parties were gathered about
cosy tables in the observation-disclosures and altogether
i think there few assemblages on earth better
satisfied with their position and their entertainment
than that composed OF the visitors to the Crystal Pal
ace. And add that few children IN school that day
learned so much that viii be useful 10 them or will re-
member il so long those whose parents had taken
them for a days enjoyment at Sydenham.
Andnow. lotme earnestly inquiries itnot possibleto
preserve the nucleus for a similar Exhibition which we
already possess in New-York Recoilect that we are
to have unless we allow ourselves 70 be fooled out of
III larger and finer Par, in the center Of our island
than London has with two three Railroads running
through it from all the compacuy-but quarters of our
City, By the time tine Park is completed, there will
be hardly Newly orker living half mile from some
point at which he can take and be transported to
the great Park for five six cents while tcoss the Lon
doners three to twenty times that reach Sydcn
ham. | know that London i larger and richer than
New-York, and Great Britain far donsoy peopled
than New-York and the adjoining States yet there are
very nearly many people who can afford the cost
visit living within ten miles, or three hundred miles
Of our Park. as within an equal distance OF Syden
ham; within twenty years there will be quite as
many; am those are old that should be counted
in this connection estimate the net receipts
Of the Crystal Palace Company on Wednesday
al five thousand shillngs, or 81, 200; and that
this amount may be averaged for three hundred
days in each year, giving net income over current
eAIensesl Of 100000 per annum-six per cent on
oil that the Palace has yet cost or FIVE per
cent on al 1t absolutely need cost. Oar pres
emit building in New York might doubtless be
purchased for less than paid for the materials of
that in HYDE Park, All might be removed entirely by
Rairoad) to a location fronting the New Park NJ
skorld be placed on an emnence rahia that Park for
ar less then the cos; Of the kindred removal to Syden
ham. There let it be transformed into magnificent
Conservatory or Botanical Garden, with Statues
Paintings, Busts, &c and other valued Works OF Art
let nothing be spent Grounds, for those of the
Park would answer every purpose let the idea of a
Bazaar OF display of merchandise be wholly
discarded, though occasional Exhibitions of In
dustria Progress might be held here ii that
deemed advisable but let every effort be made to
gather here by patient diligence and untrng effort the
best possible collection of everything calculated TO
instruct refine, and elevate the tastes Of People.
five are not indeed barbarHns with ne aspirations for
aught but the Almighty Dollar IL must be that such an
enterprise, wisely planned and euergetcay prosecuted,
viii yet succeed in New-York. Then do not lct
present Crystal Palace perish without securing Is NJ
placement by noblcr moro bcnoaccnt, mo7v scr.
tunaie, and more enduring. b. %.
GOSSIP FRO1 PsRgS