New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-04
THE GAR IN ENGLAND.
, VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE.


PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ArrEMPTED ASSASSINATION
THIRTY THOUSAND SPECTATORS PRESENT AZ
prARANCx OF rrIs CzAR AND HIS sUIrE--PRo-
cyss,oN AROUND TIKI PREMIsEs-DIsPLAY or
IFfREwoRKs. ..,.i.5 lr.
IRON TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rh'"o''''
LONDON. May ls-It will DO no news TO you tna'
tho Gar WAS not shot nor even shos al curing Ills
visit to tho Crystal Palace on Saturday. in otnor
respects the f6te was complete success, and an LILO
arrangements were admirably carried out. There
are no means If knowing why tho Poles ia'ied 10
como to time They would have found the con-
trvapces for their reception not less perfect than
tbose for the Car, and fancied Col Henderson
looked half sorry that he should have taken 80 much
trouble for nothing Col Henderson is the chief OF
the Metropolitan Police. AS loyal subject, he may
reo;ce IN have done what he did for the satisiacoh
of Her Majesty, whose anxieties were great 10
aIlav them. Col. Henderson had himself made three
Journeys during the week to the Crystal Palace' 1
dare say the Poles had gone often and found the
chances 80 clearly against them that they preferred
not to risk an engagement. Abattle said some great
general only occurs when your strategy mas iaileu'
and as there was no battle on Saturday, we must
hold Col Henderson to have succeeded Inc ooV
constables in ambush not proved TO nave pee,
unnecessary nor do suppose the Queen VIII 1851
ouite easy till tho Gar is safely out OF the country
II ANYBODY likes to shoot him after that, she GER
tanly cannot be held responsible.
With or without Gar, the Crystal Palace at
Sydenbam Is ono of the most delightful places In
England, and one which l am never tired OF re-
commanding TO Americans as one OF the things they
must not miss in their too great hurry 10 90 Londoh
and get away. 1t is only eight miles from hyoe
Park Corner and if you will drive instead OF going
by rail- the road takes you through aloveiy country
and Won shall see some of tho best suburban scenery
near the capital If the Car be not inseDsible TO
natural beauties he must have thanked the wise
counselors who decided that he should go by road.
He asked, very likely, what he was to be taken to
see. and if the answer were honest, it would have
been that it was quite impossible to tell hlm-that
he must see for himself For sort of auctioneer
description of the Crystal Palace, he might have
been referred to the guide books but its true beauty
and charm are quite indescribabe. They are not 10
be sought in its architecture ut has nOne but hrst
in the grounds and landscape about it, and then In
the great vistas within. the airy brightness OF tho
building its vast spaces the multform decorations.
the novel effects and the perpetual surprises it offers
you. In its opportunities for display and for public
festivals it has rival Its daily life If, In fact,
one of display, for the enerprsing owners OF 1t are
never content with the Palace itself as means OF
attracting the public concert inside or out IS
ALWAYS going on or an exhibition of some kind. and
when it comes to organizing reception tor some
distinguished guest the resources of tho place prove
simply wonderful. There was nothing the Shah
liked 80 much-he went twice, indeed. Saturdays
programme for the Car included concert. the
fountains, dinner and fireworks. To see these.
land the CAR 10000 people paid fromiSl % to $40
each.
lopr
before. The doors were open at l, and from till
there was music At 4:3O | found the Palace
thronged and the concert beginning. Like every
thing else at the Palace the concert was on gigan-
tic scale. Beside the usual orchestra, which is a
large one there were eleven military bands. The
Duke Of Edinburgh is musical, and had desired that
these might be added in honor of his papa-in-law,
and there they were full uniform, bear-skn caps,
gold lace, and all. There was the choir of, sup
pose a thousand more vocalists. and there were
famous singers like Titens and Santey. So enor-
nous, however, is tho space to be filled, that not
many single human voices attempt it, Even with
the help of all the Enclosures which IngeniOusly en-
compass the transept concert-rOOm, it cannot but
open either side into the nave, and the voices
wandering north and south out Of the range Of the
ears they are meant to fill.
1t had been arranged that the Car should be re-
celVeu al tne nOItn emu naNe-IOr inc falace
though cruciform, is built in disregard of eccesias
teal rules, and the runs north and SOUTH
From the transept to this north aisle no access was
allowed. Red cloth covered the floor, velvet ropes
were hung the end. and policemen guarded it,
On either side the people clustered thicky since the
closest view of the Car was to be had here as he
passed along AS you stood under the transept arch
and looked up northward, the avenue seemed kind
of sacred way. not to be trodden BY ordinary human
feet had, however, an appointment to meet Mr..
Hughes, who is Chairman Of the Crystal Palace
Company, and conjectured he must be at the other
end, where the imperial party to arrive. So, at
the risk of being taken for Polish emissary the
lookout for shot. l approached big but mild
faced, policeman, who kept watch over one end of
the velvet rope and asked if he could tell me where
Mr.. Hughes was. The mild-faced ono replied
smilingly that he thought he jim the tent at the
other end. and, greatly to my SURPRISE lowered his
velvet rope for me to pass 1t was clear was not
taken for Pole and began to wonder whether
my helmeted friend looked on me as o Russian
prince of the 500 in plain clothes. But put
no questions. The avenue was before me, spotted
with other police it is true, but have observed
that. when one policeman passes you, the rest do
likewise, and on / went, much regarded by curl
GUS spectators but hndered by nobody. In the tent
sure enough was Mr.. Hughes, and Mr.. Hughes held
up his hands in amazement, and greeted me with
what thought the very complimentary remark that
only an American could have made his way there.
had to tell him that it was his name before which
the barriers had opened, and by help of which had
walked over the bodies of PROSTATE policemen all
the way. As a punishment for my presumption,
found must walk back with the royal and official
party, with liberty to consider myself Director for
the time being. officer Of the Dervaja or any one
of the numberess personages who made up the royal
and imperial suites, and looked like ordinary NOR
tails.