In view of the forthcoming sale of the Crystal Palace,
the auctioneers have issued an interesting account of the property and the building. After the Hyde Park Exhibition of 1851 a company was formed to rebuild Paxton's great glass house at Sydenham, where it was opened by the Queen in 1854. The park, gardens, and grounds, extending to nearly 200 acres, were laid out by Paxton, and for nearly half a century it was the scene of industrial and other exhibitions, of annual meetings of all sorts of societies, of the Handel Festivals, and of the admirable Saturday concerts conducted by the late Sir August Manna. The Crystal Palace has been a great public educator for fifty years, and, in view of the desire of the vendors' representatives to see it preserved for national uses, the Lord Mayor has done well to convene a meeting at the Mansion House on October 23rd "of all public bodies and persons interested in the acquisition of the Crystal Palace and its grounds for the use of the public for ever."
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