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THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The members of the S...
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CALUMNY AND INTRIGUE. Under the above he...
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CONDITION OF IRELAND. The Tipperary Guar...
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SELF-SUPPORTING WORKHOUSES. The Times of...
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION. At a full ...
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The Crystal Palace. The Members Of The S...
THE CRYSTAL PALACE . The members of the Society of Arts were afforded an opportunity of viewing this building , on Tuesday , by the courtesy of Messrs . Fox and Henderson . It i / now rapidly approaching completion , though we should say from appearances that two t > r three weeks more will be required before the contractors can hand it over to the Royal Commissioners . The delay has not been caused by the fault of the . contractors , but in consequence of alterations which have been made to obtain additional space for exhibitors , and the
delay which occurred m the , first Htttance in giving them possession of the ground and permission to proceed with the works . The whole building covers somewhere about eighteen acres of ground , and was originally intended to have had a uniform appearance throughout ; but in order to give it additional strength , and at the same time prevent the necessity of cutting down the magnificent elms opposite Prince ' s-gate , on the spot designed for the erection , Messrs . Fox and Henderson suggested the addition of the transept , which now forms one of the main and most attractive features of the building .
Immediately on entering the building from the park the scene is extremely impressive . The long lines of glittering galleries stretch into the distance , till they appear to meet at a point . The entire absence of scaffolding has been a remarkable feature of the operatione . The system on which the contractors have performed their Iabour 6—all the materials having been prepared away from the siteaccounts for this peculiarity . But the precision and extent of the operations are , perhaps , more forcibly shown in the distribution of upwards of two thousand workmen about the works . The vast number , far from crowding one another , is so scattered that the works appear to be but thinly populated ,
and a casual observer could not suppose that onetenth ot the number were employed , unless he eaw thorn , as we did , leaving the works at dinner hour . But from the firBt gallery the best view of the works may be had . Looking from this point into the great central avenue below , the effect is very nne . The men , and ' horses , and wagons appear no bigger than toys ; the whirr of the engines 3 s hardly audible ; and the details of the operations are lost , bo that the long unbroken lines of galleries Btretch away on both sides . Mounting still higher—to the lends _ which run on either aide of thegreat transepttne view of the roof of the building con be seen . A vast sea ot glass ttretoh . es -so far on all aides that the view
of the park i * almost shut out . The -great oeauty of the design consists in this—that each section ot the building i » a multiple of the other . This arrangement has dm effoct—that galleries radiate irom any poiot ut which thfi apeotatQr placeB himself . ¦""" J . tUo thousands of columns which support tbo uildmg , and which else would nppeur ^ con _ iiiHt'U loretjt , full , viewed from any point , iuto regular iveIlut ! H > cach covoring the Qther Notwithstanding » extreme- lightness of appearance , the building is « - * iuU to be in every part capable of bearing at least ur tunes the weight that eun by any possibility be l »< u ? ea upon it .
I ,., ?! oitJB" ) r Cowpor , of King ' s College , deliv . erod a . ,,. 1 -. ! " mel » bera <>* " the Society of Arta , on iu ; ¦ i 8 i P ° iutl "K out its different . parts , mid ex-<> n K ¦ IMHC «»»« ry employed in its construction . " «» coming to the transept iioaaid :- — cai »? t ! , ! | T ; Y "'" viRitt >» - « *™ m foroign ountries pOHterm !< i Exl"biti" » th < y w »» hl be Htruok y the prc-C t , l ° treeH »» cing retained within the build-K , » ut he thought they might learn ft lesson oven from
that fact * Some of their foreign neighbours had been ?« rjr fond of planting trees of liberty , but ttiey quickly 4 Scd , rotted , and decayed , and had to be uprooted . Now , the British people were not very fond of emblems , but he looked at tite trees left standing within that building » real tree * of liberty . They showed that ihe people of this country did not live under a despotic Goveraaieut ^ - the people wished the trees to remain , and it was accordingly decided that they should do so . A few years since 1000 . treea were felled in Kensington-gardens , and not a word was said on the subject ^ but John Bull had eet his mind upon retaining .. the trees on the , site of the Exhibition , whether they spoilt the buildingjn * not , an ^ there they now stood within ite walls , twenty feet below the transept , giving them sufficient room to grow , as a proof of the attention which the British Government paid to the wishes of the people . "
Notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather , the members of the society mustered very strong , and appeared to be much delighted at the proceedings of the day .
Calumny And Intrigue. Under The Above He...
CALUMNY AND INTRIGUE . Under the above head the following story of real life has been furnished to the Daily News of Wednes day by a correspondent : — " In the south of England there resides a family of very high rank . The lady is a baroness in her own right , aad a marchioness ^> y marriage . She was left a widow when young , and she married secondly an amiable and accomplished gentleman , a nephew of an Irish duke , and who ou hi * marxi & ge adopted the name of his wife ' s ancestors . The noble lady and her husband took up their residence where the former { who had been left an orphan when an infant ) had resided in her youth . Here they have lived in a style suitable to their rank , and have been highly distinguished for their charity and hospitality .
Passionately fond of music , they gave a series of musical eoirfies to the neighbouring nobility and gentry , at which musical -amateurs , even of ducal rank , were performers . Although the family are liberal , -almost ultra liberal , in politics , this was not , of eourse , thought of while die-, pejBsi » g hospitality , and the whole of the Tory families of suitable Tank m the neighbourhood participated in that hospitality . From the influence which the family naturally acquired in the neighbouring town , by means of their kindness and wealth , the husband was solicited by the inhabitants a few months ago to become their representative in Parliament . This he dedtned , but _ he recommended « n intimate friend professing similar politics as hknself , who was , affter a desperate
contest , elected . In this contest both the noble lady and her husband took an active and conspicuous part . Now ^ ^ xhe representation of this town . had always been in the hands of the Tory families in the neighbourhood , . and they were enraged beyond description to find it taken from them . They studied what insults and slights they could safely offer to the family that had supplanted them , so as to annoy and drive them from the neighbourhood . It appears that tin attache of one of the most distinguished foreign embassies in London , and who is intimately related to a princely family ' had been introduced to the lady by her husband's uncle as an eminent musical amateur , and one who was competent and would < be willing to assist her ladyship in
getting up her musical parties . He was of course treated with the utmost kindness by the family , and became a constant guest . About two months since he , presuming on the noble lady ' s frank and unsuspecting disposition , offered her a gross and unmistakeable insult . Astonished at the outrage , sheisumtnoned her husband who was in d distant part of the house , to her protection , and he immediately knocked the scoundrel down and kicked him ignominiously from the mansion . The lady ' s political enemies have fabricated shameful insinuations from this circumstance , but with such cunning as proves that their
cowardice equals their malignity , and they have just now had the audacity to exclude the lady ' s name from amongst the list of patronesses to a public ball . The great spite ball , as it is termed , was to come off last night . In the meantime the inhabitants of the neighbouring town have taken the matter up , and , one evening last week , when the noble lady ( noble by birth and by many gifts and virtues ) entered the Polytechnic Institution in the town , an institution of which she is a munificent patroness , the audienoe rose en . masae , greeted her with the most enthusiastic cheering , and spoke unmistakably what they thought of her enemies . " Another correspondent of the Daily News says that" After the husband of the noble lady had literally and physically kidked the fellow who hud inaulted the latter from his house , he posted to London and there through a friend ( one of the most distinguished members of the House of Commons ) he called him out . The challenged , although smarting from the effect of the ignominious punishment he had received , refused to fight . Some considerable time elapsed when he hud the insolence to challenge the husband , but the second of the latter said in effect : —No ; the offender refused to
give satisfaction when callod upon to do so , he has , thoTdfouc , puen pronounced a coward , and degraded from the rank of a gentleman . " lie cannot w , gaiu that rank merely beeauwe he ban been enabled now , by » ome mcuna or other , to mrvw his courage to the utioking pluce . The political enmriif-H of the noble and injured family have actually made this the ground of reproach , because- the huttband , competent and willing to defend bin wife ' s good name and bin own honour , oanuot , while in the handn of hiH friend , degrade himself by inflicting further punishment on the r « cr < -n . ut alien . I ' rcvioUH to the grout ' mute ball' coming off i" the Houth of jinulnnil , the political clique wout to a Tory lady of title , and ruquuuted her name as u lady patroness ; oho contented ; but tho
terms were then stated to be , that she should not give a ticket to the Libeial marehioness . The lady of title objected , and she was struck off the list of patronesses . "
Condition Of Ireland. The Tipperary Guar...
CONDITION OF IRELAND . The Tipperary Guardian contains a list of outrages perpetrated in the north riding of that county during the preceding few days . Three houses were entered by armed par ties , who beat the inhabitants , and threatened them with death at their next visit if , they did not give up the land , dismiss labourers , and cease to pay Tent . Here-ia ^ me of the list _ . bv _ jjrayio . f _ jft . sample : —
On the night of the 20 th instant two men , one armed with a pistol , entered the dwelling of a farmer named Cawley , residing at Beech wood , and ordered him on his knees . Cawley courageously faced the fellow having the pistol , and by a blow on the right side of the head knocked him down . His wife also struck him with a ehair . Ultimately Cawley was prostrated in a state of insensibility on the ground , and the ruffians then ran away , firing a . shot , and cautioning him to give up the land he had taken .
The herd of Mr . Aldwell , of Gleeson ' s-grove—who was shot in the arm by a Ribbon party a short time since —has suffered amputation of the limb—an operation deemed necessary in consequence of mortification having eet in . On examining the amputated limb , the medical gentlemen found the slug lodged in the forearm . It weighed about the eighth of an ounce , and was composed of some metallic substance . The rent-warner at the same time received several slugs in the body and one in the side of the head , from which apprehension was indulged , and which have been also removed .
On St . Stephen ' s night Head-constable Saunderson , of the Cappamore station , having searched several haystacks in a farmyard at Ballyvoreen , succeeded in arresting James Carey , who had been some time on the * ' run , " charged with the murder of Patrick Eyan at Newport . The head-constable started the offender from his hiding place by calling aloud " to be off , as the police were coming . " Two murders were lately perpetrated at Clogher , near
Ballinamore , in the county Leitrim , and the atrocious deeds arose from the taking of ground which the landlord , Mr . Latbuche , got up from a defaulting tenant , who was not only in arrear , but enabled by his benefactor to bring his family to America . The land was reset , and thejunfortunate new tenant , Thomas Gilheeny , became the" victim of assassination . The other murder was that of Patrick Walshe , a neighbour of Gilheeny . Inquests were held on the bodies of the two men , Sn'd"verdicts returned of" Wilful murder" against persons unknown .
On the night of Thursday week , the out-offices belonging to Mr . Hugh Kelly , of Woodmount , county of Galway , were maliciously destroyed by fire , and with them were consumed a milch cow in calf and a heifer , that were housed on the premises .
Self-Supporting Workhouses. The Times Of...
SELF-SUPPORTING WORKHOUSES . The Times of Wednesday contains an interesting letter from " A Ratepayer " who has recently visited Galway , and been struck with the excellent manner in which the able-bodied poor of that union are made to work for their living . They have not only manufactured wearing apparel enough for their own use , but have a large stock in their store-rooms , with which they could supply any other union in the kingdom , if the absurd regulations of the Poor Law Commissioners did not stand in the way . They also raise
large quantities of vegetables , with which they make most palatable and nutritious soap . Indeed , such is the spirit of industry exhibited by the inmates , the writer fools confident that , had the guardians " 1000 , or even 500 , acres of good land , to be worked by the paupers , the workhouae would be sell-supporting ; and by encreasing the quantity of land , by taking at a cheap rate such land as would require much improvement , and reclaiming it , would provide useful employment lor any surplus labour , and create property for the union . "
National Charter Association. At A Full ...
NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . At a full attendance of the Executive Committee on Wednesday night , a resolution was agreed to iu reprobation of the course pursued by the Manchester Council in calling a national delegation , and calling upon all good Democrats to abstain from . participation in it , it being contrary to the principles of Democracy that a portion of a body should usurp the functions of the executive . Mr . Ernest Jonoa was appointed a delegate to Halifax : Mr . Davis having resigned from
personal inability to attend , a new election wan ordered for a member in hie place . A minute was agreed to exprewsive of the indignation and disgust entertained by the underHigned members regarding tho attack of the ManeheHter Council on Mr . Ernest Jones , and vindicating ; that gentleman ugainst the chnrgon affecting his , cl | arac ; t < 'r . We have not the minute before us , but thiN iH the substance . This wuh Higiwd by MeHsrs . Hurley , Milne , Grassby , mid Arnofct . The minute beartt tlu > following allix : —¦
" Not being able to subscribe to the terms in wh it'll the foregoing minute i » expressed , we still wish to Hignify our iiceordanee with ittt intention , and to ol > - serve that the fact that the executive appointed Mr . . Touch their delegate . ) to the Halifax meeting , alter rending tho iittuoJc ubove rel ' oned to , indicutoa their confidence in hia integrity .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 4, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04011851/page/5/
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