The Express. — London, England, 1855-05-17 00:00:00

ter overcoming the repugnance of Queen Isabella,i and obtaining her reluctant signature to the law for the isle of seclesiastical property. The trial of the conspirators accused of having constructed an infernal machine at Perenehier, with view to kill the Emperor, will come on befogs the Imperial Court of Douai in a few days. At the Bourse the Bente, after an upward move. meet, attributable to the state of the account, touched 68fr. 30e., declined to 881 r, and closed at 68fr. 200., with a rise of 6c. The Lyons railways rose con siderably—Lyons, 10fr. ; and Lyons and Mediterra nean, 13fr. 7k. Eastern rose Mr. In other lines there was scarcely any change. OPENING OF THIS FRENCH EXHIBITION. (710 X A SPICIAL OF THD DAILY 111W1.) PARIS. TUUDAT, MAT 16. • So far u the weather is concerned, the French Exhibition has not been fortunate. Sunday was a very wet day, yesterday there was still more rain, and by . this morning the streets in every direction were in a state of mud and dirt which those—and only those—who know Paris well can understand. In every sense of the word, the quantity of rain which has fallen during the last two days, and which poured down still more constantly to-day, has proved a damper to the opening of the Palais de rlodustrie. The town was certainly full of people, and every per son's destination seemed to be the same, namely, towards the Champs Elysees, but neither Paris nor the Parisians show to advantage is wet weather, and even on an occasion like that of opening the Exhibition, a fete whilst rain is falling is shorn of seven-eighths of its attractions to all French men and women. The number of car riages pouring towards the building this morning Wall very great indeed. In spite of the excellent police arrangements outside, stoppages in the diffe rent lines of vehicles took place from time to time, and greatly delayed the arrival of the spectatore. As a matter of course the number of troops under arms round the Palais, and on duty inside, was enormous. Dragoons might be counted by squadrons, and in fantry by entire battalions. At the various doors of sigma the new police officers kept order, and ad mitted the holders of tickets. There was a great deal of official fiddle-fuddle in the way people were let in at one door and nat at another, but then a French crowd would not think any public ceremony e i t her legal or correct, unless men with muskets and meestaftes made themselves officious in every pos sible manner. This national liking for what John Bull hates so much, must have been fully gratified to-day. From the moment one's carriage entered the Champs Elysen, until the very end of the ceremony, there was a perpetual &Buoyant* of being ordered to' go this way, or desired not to go that way, by fierce- 1 bolting soldiers of some sort or other. Aod yet I don't think order was one iota better kept, if so well, as would have been the case with a hundred of Sir Richard Mayne's army, without anything in their hands but their staves. Once inside the building, the first things that struck the eye were the dirt of the staircase, the ter rible confusion in the side galleries—which are still completely filled tip with unpacked cases--sod the unfinished state of even that part of the Exhibition which is said to be opened. Who is to blame I know not ; but certainly a more complete case of Balsklava like confusion than the interior of the Falais de l'ln &grit can hardly be imagined. Nor were the ar rangements fur the placing of the spectators very much better. The doors opened at ten o'clock, and it was given out that they would be shut at noon— the ceremony bring announced for one p.m. Many people—amongst whom were several ladies—took up positions at the different entrances as early as nine am., and one strong-minded Englishwoman told me the had been there since eight o'clock. When the doors were opened a great rub took plasm for the front seats, and many of them were secured by men—not by any means gentle—whilst hundreds of ladies had to stand. About an hour before the ceremony commenced, some of the commissioners endeavoured by . means of persuasion to induce thaw persons to give up their seats and allow the ladies to sit down, but their success was very partial indeed. All round the building could be seen men occupying the front and best mats, whilst ladies were positively fainting from the fatigue of havtog to stand so long. lam happy to my that I did not observe an instance of an English man behaving thus. The authorities, or the com missioners, are greatly to be blamed in this, as in other matters connected with the opening ceremony, and such of your readers as have not come over hem for to-day, mat take my word foe it that they have' lest nothing whatever by remaining away. In spite of the bad arrangements, and the rudeness of the men who persevered in keeping the front places, the sight inside the building was extremely brilliant. Everybody knows how well French women dress, and the vast number of ladies, in elegant morning dresses, made the galleries appear—if I may use so stale a simile—like an immense bed of Bowers. But they was a some- thing wanting. The spectators , numbered about 8,000, and of these but very few indeed were of the lushest classes. There was wanting that nationality l which is the chief charm of all our English exhibitions which are honoured by the presence et bee Majesty Quell Vittoria. In London, or elsewhere, whenever our Queen appears in public, all sorts of persons We the pear to the peasant—do their bent to hid her welcome; and the wealthy merchant is not leis saw to do her honour than the patrician who data Its pedigree from William the Conqueror. This wee act the ease to-day. The middle classes were ear -7 present in peat numbers. Merchants from Marmilles, menefecturen from Lyons sad Lille, beaten from all the principal towns of Freese, sad wealthy stockbroker. of Paris, were all present as 'editors of the ceremony. But of the higher classes of the nation there were few, if any, and this aloes wee a carious, if not a painful, contrast with the opesinp of oar Hyde-park Crystal Palace in 1851, m well as that at Sydeaham last year. Bet, without controversy, the view of the beild iag—or rather, of the centre aisle, for that is all that can be said to have opened to-day was splendid in the extreme. The great number and variety of the different Preach uniforms was alone enough to make the WNW a gay one. His Majesty arrived about a quarter past one. The state carriage in which be and the Empress were seated was perfectly new, and we much remarked for its splendour and elegem*. I never remember seeing any state coach so richly decorated, and yet in each perfect and admirable taste. The body of the carriage was green, ornamented with gold in a way that shows the French coechmakers are before at own in this kind of equipage. In the carriage with their Majesties was Prince Jerome and the Princess Matikle, and in the three or four carriages which followed were the diffeuntreat people °f the Imperial Court. The ro yal which cum from the Militias to the = e t a ; Pao. was preceded by a number of eta solesdid new Burke of gmea sad tell The "cat was composed of Cuireiniers of the Guard sad the Gat Guards. Throughout the lime the Eateeee viva received with cheers and cries ad " Nviw r but the demonstration was by no means so enthusiastic as it was a fortnight ago in Loudon. viten the Emperor paid as a visit. Arrived at the Pal* their Majesties descended from the carriage sad walked in to the throne pre tol for them a the centre of the building. Emperor and the &sprees mounded the !bier* asd bowed to the essembled people, _ma did am sit down. Behind the thyme stood Ma 4460,1 Mapes, Marshal Vaillaat, and the Doke of a1a0.,, The Pristine Matilde was doss to the loPfur, and five ladies of honour also attended ca b . "l Mticesy. Whoa all bed taken their places, rmee Napoleon, Preeideat of the Imperial Commie. ma, advanced, and reed an address to the Emperor. Ta this his Majesty replied in very few "ads, the meet remarkable of which were : Is eadeavouring to call together all eatiese, I wished shove all thiege to open here a ?Ns* et Gamed" The Emperor end Empress dies limeades' from the throne, and turned towards the east end of the building, proceeding along the NO* path= of the sm. They nut puma' along the French side of the same, returning to the throne, having passed successively_ by the way the stalls of Bavaria, Wurtemburg, Hanover, Prussia, Austria, and Belgium. Throughout the progress of the procession the crowd was put aside right and left to make way for their Majesties but an instant before they actually passed, and I must say that not even in England could there have been lees precaution taken against treachery. Had there been any =with evil inclinations the Emperor mi g ht been struck down a dozen times over. The beauty of the Empress was the theme of every one present. Both bar Majesty and the ladies iu her suits appeared in full court costume, and were, for Frenchwomen, remarkably decolletee. I never saw dresses made so low, particularly behind. Of the beauty of the ladies who belong to the imperial court' but little can he said. A plainer set than those who followed the Empress to-day I never beheld. Neither good looks nor high breeding was conspicuous amongst her Majesty's ladies of honour. After making the round of the building, the Emperor and Empress re turned to the throne, where they bowed again to the spectators, and then retired amidst the same cheers which had greeted their arrival. But these chews, I most say, were by no means enthusiastic. The Em peror must have contrasted them in his own mind with those which welcomed him to London a short time ago. Shortly after their Majesties retired, the barriers around the intetior of the building were taken down, and the exhibition of the Sue arts was at the same time thrown open to the public. I cannot very well say that through out the ceremony mach interest was shown by the ictators regarding anything concerned with the Exhibition. Up to to-day only 5,000 season tickets have been sold, and of these 2,300 have been pur chased by English people and other strangers. The French seem to have gone to the ceremony with much the same feelings that they would have dis played at a review of the troops or a high mass at the Madeleine Church. They care little for the Exhibition itself, and would have gone with equal pleasure to see any other ceremony which afforded an excuse for a holiday. The Emperor looked very ill throughout the morning. He is certainly twenty years older in appearance than he was three weeks ago in London. Of the beauty of I'm consort I have already spoken ; but she too has a most careworn, anxious appearance. The most conspicuous figure throughout the whole building was one of our Loudon aldermen, who ap peared in his scarlet robe of office. The French could 001 make out who or what he waa. Of English uniforms there were not more than half a dozen present. (110 X MI DAILY DEWS PARIS, MAT 15. May 15, 1835, will hereafter be remembered as a day when the long growing friendship between England and France was cemented by the meeting of nye industries, as it had before been cemented by the blood of two brave armies fighting side by side against a common enemy, and by the meeting of the allied Sovereigns. We have a right to regard the imposing ceremony . just closed from our own point of view—to note its promises to us, as well as its possible influence upon the world. We must be just in our acknowledgment of the many useful les sons we may learn in and around this Palace of In dustry. While claiming our own conspicuous place among the industrial communities of the civilised world, we should survey with liberal eye the glowing pages of French history, wherein the struggles and the glories of the workmen of France are written. From the times when Charlemagne bade his daughters spin and sew ; when industrial corporations first menaced the tyranny of feudal lords, and afterwards served to depress the in dustry that, in their origin, they supported ; when courtiers preyed upon the commerce of the nation • when Dagobert kept his dogs and horses in the Louvre; when Ellxeuf, Louviers, and &flan began to make known the prodnoe of their looms; when Philippe le Bel proclaimed his sumptuary laws - when the French army was astonished, at the Battle of Crecy, by the explosion of gunpowder from can non ; when the first silk manufactory was established at Tours, under Louis XI.; when the first printing press was set up at the Sorbonne, in 1470—from these times, through the brilliant ers of the Renaisaaoce and the gloom of the Itevolutico, we arrive at that turning point in the history of civilisation when the workman made his high claims good, when Freedom sprang with one bound to the helm of affairs in France, and left Industry to play its part without hindrance. We might trace the stories of the many manufactures which France has nursed and perfected. We might describe the first pair of silk stockings, the first carriage, the first fan, the first wig, and, contrasting these primary experiments with the present developments of the same idea, asto nish many a reader whe enjoys all these luxuries. Then the stories of the corporations, of their exec , lions and tyranny, and of their stupid restrictions, enter largely into the consideration of every man who would form a true idea of the various influences which have affected the development of French in dustry. Nor is the establishment of the first journal in France, by lienaudot, under the auspices pf , Richelieu, so far back as 1631, without its relation to the present Universal Exhibition. The story of the woolen-merchant's son of Rheims also rises to the mind as we survey these glittering galleries. France owes to him this wondrous lace. Abbeville remembers that he tempted Vanrobais from Reiland; St. ()obtain, proud of its colossal contribn ties, bows to the woollen merchant's boy ; and the Gebelins workmen, who still owe much of their re to the great artist who directed their pre to Lebrun in short—should think re d their great founder,thewoollen matineeseon, ler re- Col ! Members of the Academy of Sciences who have psentuy paced these glistening ga ll eries hoer give also to your founder, Colbert! heft the brilliant products from fievree—which ben even more remarkable but for the fles-.4he allin et the Marquis de Fulvy, governor of Viola s% three to the mind ; and in the brilliant trees whom the rich silks of Lyons glisten under andirrest. the name and fortunes of Vaucanson as:nm i arise. Beleleiher in the eastern gallery, and surveying the bit awes before him, the visitor who has Nei Ogle Ai mem of history which sum up the bet Nowt selOdis will see in this l'alais de nein& the sphold monument of that memorable To the Revelation France owes the de ekslll es the serpentine; the establishment of Ile Osseervatoire des Arts et Metiers ; the Bureau in Longitudes, where Borgast and Berthond have essiind ; the establisinant of public drawing andemies. which hoes mud a nation of artistic wain= I the Memel of Natural History, with whit dm time of Daabentoo, Foarcroy, Hatiy, Clavier, he., are inseiated ; and lastly, the idea of industrial exhibiting of which the present is in many respects the most notable. This idea has been very generally given to Francois de Heenan's, who is said to have proposed an exhibition of industry to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the republic. We are told that this idea was the elaboration of a pro pains for the display of works of art. But this as a tales ens. the Marquis d'Avdse was ap oommiodoner to the manufactures of the (tegestry), Sevres (chins), and the Bun mob (auvoN4 in 1797—the fifth year of the am palls. He bimd the workshops of these national sernahlinnesis deserted ; the workmen were starving; the wereasems were crammed with geed& The at ease thought that an exhibition of the of die national manufactories would relieve she Aetna et the men, and perhaps revive a demand slat their labour. He forthwith drew up a plan, and aelleekleti it to the Minister of the Interior—Francois lifseiblatean—who at ones approved of it, and wind it to be carried into effect. This exhibition ft 1111111distara was arranged at St. cl•ud. The walls weee:haeg with (lobelias tapestry; the floors ware seemed milk carpets from the Bavoonorie ; asst s~irsifi Win from Sines ornamented the nom Us Cimmbr. de Mars was crammed with 1/=ll sell it tbe central spies was a who'd of IN=to a visitors were to draw for prism ta• Media MI ben fixed for the 18th Front/ Aim Oa Or *fee semis remind orders not to spa the ohallen, and land his name in the list el ail& lity hem issesse. This the idea of en kb dial exhibition le imilagetellig des to the Memel' d'Atese; aid It is melba preeable that Far* THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAT 17, 1855. de Neufehatesa's proposition, made to the republican I semeninent in the following year, was based upon the lealven to him by the late commissioner. A ro te the archives of the ministry of state would est di matter right; and the increasing popularity sifindestriel exhibitions enhances its importance. Nor, la abider, st these exhibitions, should England soapy the very modest position the conductors of the hunch press are inclined to give her. These gentlemen should turn back the pages ot their industrial records, and leans that long since oar Society of Arts (from which M. Benjamin Delesent, in 1801, copied the Societe pour l'Encouragement de l'lndustrie) and Royal Dublin Society had gathered together special collections of industrial products. They should also learn that many of our provincial towns had held industrial ex hibitions before the great year 1861. Io short, they should learn English history, both political and social, from the beginning, and devote the first year of their studies to the destruction of prejudices whisk are evidence of a malevolent spirit and of ignoring& This present Exhibition will achieve wonders fee is. if, among other benefits, it bring the English people in immeaiate contact with the French people. There are mutual advantages to be gained from this meeting, advantages upon which I have already dwelt more thee once, and which I need not recapitulate. The barriers have been down only a few hours—people destined before October next to become test friends have only just shaken hands for the first time—the juries have not yet made their critical tour of the building—we can, therefore, only indulge in cheerful speculation ; but we are assured that our dreams of the good re sults destined to be realised are reasonable. I will now proceed to offer your readers a rapid view of the gaccete/ distribution of the nations of the world, as by their industries, in the two great prepared for their reception. ' Your readers are aware that three dieinot build have been prepred for the Exhibition, vie., the de l'lodustrie, containing about 500,000 square lbst English, or about half the exhibiting Parfet* of the building erected in Hyde-park for the Exhibition et 1861; a gallery, 4,000 feet in length by 100 feet is width, situate upon the quay known as the Cours is Reins; and a third building devoted exclu sively to the fine arts, which has 16,000 entree of wall space. I have already described these three buildings to your readers-1 have even informed them on the details connected with the gallery that is to join the Palais with the long gallery. To describe the distribution of space gener , ally, I may state at once that the Palais presents to the visitor a collection of the manufactures of the world ; that the long gallery exhibits the raw mate rials and the machinery, which are combined to pro bes the manufactures; and lastly, that the Fine-Art building exhibits the highest modern developments et that artistic genius which it is the ambition 01 every enlightened government to wed with its industry. To follow the French classification, the ?skis m devoted to the objects comprised in the classes running from XIII. to XXVII. inclusive; the long gallery to classes I. to XII. ; and the Fine Art building to classes XXVIII. to XX. Of the man ner in which the several departments or classes art distributed and arranged it would be perhaps prema ture to judge. At present, the buildings (with the exception of that devoted to the fine arts) offer to the eye of the visitor only faint outlines of the dint intended. The Falau may be likened to a may pale photograph—full of happy suggestions— rliof art—but all, as yet, shapeless and Indio- The distribution adopted by the English committee is, however, the most sensible of any in the building. Remembering that in 1861 the courts exclusively devoted to textile fabrics were generally deserted—that people preferred to crowd about De lares's envelope machine—the Koh-i-Noor—the Rus sian diamonds, &c.—the English government autho rities have grouped these fabrics about the walls of warts devoted to metals, earthenware, and other articles not requiring so great a height for their dis play. In this way visitors moved by a love of pottery, seedy charmed by cutlery, will be lured bettor* the textile fabrics of England ! The idea is a happy one, undoubtedly ; and I think Manchester would have done well to fall in with it. But k appears that the cotton lords prefer to remain apart from Glasgow and Dunfermline, in the majesty ot a separate, solid block of epos. These English cotton manufactures occupy no less than 6,000 square feat ot epos, and are represented by about 38 exhi bitors. In 1831 these manufactures covered 1,744 square feet of space, and were sent by 64 exhibitors. In other departments of the PaWs, however, the tex tile fabrics are to be found, as in former industrial exhibitions, grouped apart. Lyons, for instance, occupies a long series of gay gallery cases to the teeth ; and under these cases Elbreuf and other ma anfeeturing towns of France display their heavy lathe. Yet these cloths might have formed excellent beekground for the exhibition of plate or jewellery. It is the jealousy of exhibitors which often destroys the possible effects of an exhibition like this. No body will have his contribution made subordinate M that of his neighbour. Yet when combinations san be obtained they are always effective, and lend to the advantage of all contributing par-' des. Thus the southeastern gallery staircase, with its beautiful stained windows, and the chandeliers sixteen feet in length, that are to be seen by their 'mellowed light—all of British manufacture—will }cwt to visitors one of the most pleasing effects of the Exhibition. The arrangement of this daimon, leading to the splendid Indian bazaar, is excellent ; and I see nothing in any other part of the Pekoe to equal in completeness and in taste this corner of the building. The stalk are of Eastern architecture, roofed by ceilings from India, filled with Indian curiosities. Hers the French will pause in wonder at the wsedrees patterns produced in the East ; at a civilisation widely different from ours, bat still a civilisation. The tweedy curios will be amused with the excellent models of Indians variously employed: selling sweetmeats (which are an Eaters peeks), or working at a loom which presents a wan sus contrast to the kolas to be sus fs the keg gallery. Yet let the visitor who tusk inclined to laugh at the Indian's machinery attentively examine the manufactures produced by k—the fine carpets of which no European mush. teen, would be ashamed—end he will elan to be usseed only. Indeed, no thoughtful vivito, sea weeder into this south eastern corner of the b without thanking the East India Company e = Vedas and expense (80,0001) which such a sense den el 'adorn products meet cost. Fun this interesting owner the visitor will was. Ilse westward peat the glittering gold plate al the addemithef Company ; past the Sunderland sue— with its ship models in tubes; past the carpets sad hangings hstessed against the pillars, with thank lists hanks, helve= (an emegmaset adopted by the Impseld Oemmiedeeses, whisk reminds all English deka, of the Crystal Palms is 1661) ; put the gay stall of De la En and Co.; put theenoellent milisetvon of English' Frieda( and ducats-litho graphs pad the British - phekgrepie whore the names of Means. Thumb's, - Monroe, Ila Coeds% and others are to the Belgian, Austrian, and Zoilversia depart ments. The Belgian gallery spew is filly compied, chiefly with lace, furniture and laangicgs, pbstaraphs. good Redeems of printing, cheap furs, brushes, sad china. Itismoreadvaseed than the other parted the tallcise, except that part occupied by England sand by the French Lyons axes. As arrangement, or decorative ornament expend= stalls, this section presents no remarkable features. From the Belgian the visitor advances to the Ace-' mien gallery space, where be will find various light manufactures—but, as yet, nothing in any way equal to the Austrian display in England in 1851. A iler- 1 lin wool trophy will arrest the attention of ladies as they advance into the Zollverein gallery epos. But before finally quitting the Austrian section of the gallery the visitor should remark some contributions of raw silk from the Tyrol, the fine wall case ooetaia lag silk@ from Vienna, and MOO ribbons from the Austrian capital. The Peril gallery display includes some beauti ful print's, boa Dadra ; and, I believe, some remark able fakir" as the plashes ocatribu i ted by Sae asaaa, of Berbu, faxen threads, dm. The &Mini& geserally oterapias all the south western earner et the gallseiss. The epees is well Ailed, sod digkys t emenspt other objects, a large eellesden of the esishrsupd Bulls outings, some which appeq to be perthalsrly fine, after Rauch: Goths a lrssd y dimplsys saw Essollsat mar Maris and Fontaine, of Mannheim, have arranged a fair col , lead= of prints; Fromann, of Darmatadi, has sent a wonderful collection of fantastic playing cards (to suit the whims of the gamblers of all netting); I noticed a large case of indifferent photographs from Munchen, and some specimens of gold leaf from Nuremberg. The Zollverem space is bounded on the north by some long and elegant cases fi lled with castings, aid artistic manufactures of various kinds. The south-western gallery staircase is lighted through stained glass windows, some of which call for par ticular remark at a future period. The space at the head of the staircase has also been turned to account for the exhibition of some heavy pieces of Berlin casting. The western gallery is divided among Sweden and Norway, Holland and Switzerland. Sweden and Norway have does little more than take possession of their space. Let us hops that from Norway we shall fled some good samples of the wonderful wood carving which the Norwegian peasants execute in the long nights of their hard winter; and from Stockholm some good silversmith's work. Holland has laid out an effective little court, and occupied it chiefly with some peculiar furniture, and some fine carpets. '1 he Dutch co ll ec ti on incl udes some models of iron ships, some carvings in cork, Btc. Switzerland is not so far advanced as sedate Holland. But already the Cantons have sent some interesting contributions. Lausanne is represented by a floe cue of embroidery from the establishment of Deplite FrAres. This stall includes a red velvet chair exquisitely embroidered in straw, with a needle. The sorth-western corner of the gallery is wholly given u_p to a court in which the raw materials upon which Lyons depends are exhibited in various stages of preparation. We may here see the silkworm's story, from its first nibble at the mulberry leaf, down to the tiros when its web is ready to be thrown over the shoulder@ of a dainty lady. In this court, where cocoons lie about in every case, the visitor is properly prepared for the wonders to be found in the splendid aeries of Lyons eases, which stretch away to the eastern extremity of the building. Spain and Por tugal have two squares of space at the south-western point of this northern gallery. As yet they have exhibited little or not hiog. In addition to the Lyons eases, there are some floe French lace stalls in this gallery, exquisitely decorated. At the south-eastern point of the northern gallery are the squares of space given to Sardinia and the Roman Suttee. Sardinia promises an interesting, if a small collection of ob jects. Already she displays a beautifully ornamented bookcase, surmounted with the head of Dante, and inlaid in every part ; also some stuffed animals. The Roman States are very backward. The western some of the gallery appears to be given up to Paris Irish for the exhibition of those nothings of exqui site taste fur which our allies are remarkable. At the staircase-door there is a little cue of Alenson lace, noticeable for the superscription. which runs thus—"Fibrique footle sous le Ministre Colbert." But the spirit of Colbert has a wider influence over these galleries than the Alenson manufacturer dreams of. The eastern gallery includes the space ceded to the Two Sicilies (but not occupied), Tuscany, Greece, Tunis, Turkey, Egypt, China, and Persia. There is no sign of occupation yet given either by Egypt or Persia ; indeed, I believe that the great Sunderland cue stands in the very centre of the Persian allot ment. Turkey, however, occupies a very gaudy case, to be filled with the well-known manufactures of our brave allies. We will now rapidly pus through the ground floor oourta and passages. Descending the south eastern staircase we arrive in the midst of the English cottons. Making our way northward, past the English engineering department, and the great English organ, the only one at present in the Palace, we arose the passage to the eastern entsmese, flanked by Carew's group in relief, and spesimens of marbles, &c., into the northern half of the Palms, which is entirely devoted to French exhibitors. It would be unjust to criticise either the disposition of the French courts or the character of French sow tributions at the present time, for no part of the French section is complete. We have only hese wad there indications of the manufactures to white various courts and passages are given up. Theme we will rapidly indicate. The north-eastern se net s whence visitors turn westward, is marked by Ism. four Lemonnier's hair trophy—a colo s sal gnus of birds, rock-work, &0., all, according to the artiet's English, placed over his frame, "executed human hair entirely.* I should recommend Prince Napo leon to send an English gentleman round the bnild isgs to correct French-English; and a French gen tleman to correct English-French. We now proceed rapidly westward through the French courts and passages. • We enter, first, a vast region given up to printing of all kinds—the opposite nave court being the pro pe•rty of the booksellers and publishers of Franco. The Imperial Printing-office promises a splendid series of contributions to this section. Even now we re mark some beautifully executed maps; the French constitution printed in gold; some delicate litho graphs by Atibry-Lecomts, Calms, Bouvier, L. Saba tier, L. Laroc, and Raffet. The examination ef theme works conducts us to the opening to the nave court given up to plastic ornaments: it is prettily arranged, and contains some very wield opesimes of this peculiarly French art, including wonderfal fruit and shell flowers. Cootinuing ear way west ward we traverse the photographic aegis= of our ghee. The collection already contains ems sew derful specimens of the art-science. We renaniteil some fine photographs from sculpture by Ms some good portraits by Dejouge, including as effective one of Prince Napoleon, the President of the Imperial Commission ; a large stall ossepled by Brim= Frites, whims collection includes a fine view, large size, of the Aro de l'Etoile ; a cue of con temporary industrial celebrities by Olivier and Co. ; and some camera studies of the nude, the Moralities of which make them very low indeed. Peonies the t=rraio, we approsch the crystal regions of the igte. The bright manufactures glisten from pale bins souters—the nave court to the left pro- mising to be very brilliant: We still make our way westward, past huge bottles, and tubes, and retorts, and sheets of coloured glue, to where the passage hem the principal entrance to the nave divi der spate. here, glancing north and south, we find a remarkable mines of ornaments of all kinds in baked earth, with elaborately ornamented terrautta chan delier dangling overhead. The huge terra-ootta, sr baked earthen, ornaments which are the first ob jests that arrest the visitor's attention as he enters the building, are not happy specimens of French art. That to the left, with the pretentious inscription " Renaissance de rarchitecture religious,' Lin exe crably bad taste, the figures of the Virgin and Child, gaudily painted, appearing beyond the spire els terra cotta church before them. From this wogs we continue our way westward through the Mink regions of the French space, and the regions of Eked, &c., of which we will my nothing at the present time. They are far from finished. Arrived at the western end of the building, we turn to the south into the Zollurein ground floor sections. Here we find matters more advanced. Already an im mense collection of metal manufactares, some of singular excellence, has been arranged, together with some fine marble furniture. Under the western gal lery Wurtemburg has arranged some pretty toy ma nufactures, and the Leipzig booksellers have assorted their volumes. Herea bo uts also is an interesting contribution from Saxony. It is a ease containing samples illustrating the progress made in spinning by an inmate of the workshop to give employment to poor children at Zittau. Saxony has other interesting contributions, as Baum manufacturesoke. ; but among all the contributions of a remarkable nature in this part of the building, a huge bronze case, elaborately, frightfully ornamented, stands in bold relief. It is a nightmare reduced to solid metal, crowned with a head. We bastes outward along the e s i. o= sd half of the building—past the Zollverein cants fall of china, of beautiful design and exquisite castings ; tools of all kinds, fantastically arranged in the passages; past Austrian manufactures of all kinds; past the warlike products of Liege, and the beautiful Belgian furniture, through the United States vacant space, into the quarter of the building given up to Great Britain. Here, the stalk are nearly all finished, except Elkington'e court, which was given up to him only at the lest moment. We pus through the Birmingham bright with all kinds of metal work ; past hobbit remarkable stall of Lab past the beautiful furniture of Coca and others; the fabrics of Gtssgow and Dunfermline; the glittering steels of Sheffield; into the cotton re gions of Manchester; and before the beautiful series of English engineering models exhibited under the 'eastern gallery. From this point we emerge into the nave, at its eastern extremity. The effect from this point of view is undoubtedly pretty ; but in no way impressive. The view is inter rupted. There is no perspective seen where the flags pendent from the roof suggest the length of the building. The great St. Gobain glass, upwards of five metres in height, effectually shuts out the general view from the visitor who reaches the building by the eastern entrance. Even as he advances further into the nave, the effect is not very striking. There are too many flags: no very striking objects, except the great phare, which even Gerome's fine figures cannot make an attractive contribution. We will conduct the reader very rapidly down the two avenues of the nave —and very shortly notice the ob jects placed on either side of them. Before starting, I may remark that there are uniform nave canopies on each side ornamented according to the taste of the several occupants. From the galleries, the effect of these, with the deal revelations of their tope, is not' yet pretty. Much is unfinished, however; and it would be unfair to peas a verdict upon it, or indeed upon any portion of this very pretty, very compact, and very promising exhibition. SPAIN. A Madrid letter of the 10th says :—" M. Madoz yesterday laid a full statement of his plan of finance before the council of ministers, and said that if it was not satisfactory to his colleagues, or if his presence in the ministry was any obstacle to the progress of affairs, he was ready to retire. The ministers all ex pressed their accordance in the views of M. Madoz. More than five millions have been paid to-day to the holders of Treasury Bonds due last month, and a larger sum will in all probability be distributed to morrow." MADRID, 14TH.—The payment of coupons in arrow wu recommenced to-day. The committee on the budget bu decided that an extraordinary forced contribution is necessary, and the amount is to be fixed this evening. The proceedings in the Cortes to-day were without interest. THE AFRICAN MAILS. ARRIVAL OF THE ETHIOPE. (BY ELECTRIC YELEORATIL) PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The African Royal Mail Steam Shipping Com pany'. Tamil Ethiope, Captain Barnwell, has arrived from Lisbon, which she left on May 10th. She brings no news, saving broken down twice on her passage, and been obliged to put into Lisboa on the 3rd and 6th for repairs, from whence her east news has been forestalled. She brings a general cargo, including 3,600 ounces of gold, and a small mail from Lisbon. She has spoken no vessel since she left Lisbon, but heard before leaving that the Candace left Madeira on the 4th. ARRIVAL OF THE CANDACE. (BY ELECTRIC TRLIGRAPH PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY Moanivo. The Candace, African Mail steamer, arrived here at 10 o'clock last night. Her dates are—Bonny, April 3 ; Lagos, 6 ; Arose, 8 ; Cap* Coast, 9 ; Liberia, 14 ; Sierra Leone, 16 ; Bathurst, 22 Gores, 24; Toaeriffe, May 3; Madeira, 6. She brinp the usual mail and a full general cargo, with 3,061 ounces of gold, and 30 passengers, among whom are a Royal Elpaaiah Commissioner for the Canary Islands and his Secretary. At Fernando Po she loft H.M.S. PhiWesel, and at Ma deira H.M.S. Teaser and Hecate. A disturbance had taken place in reference to the latter ship, in consequence of the natives attempting to convey nun is beard ; and one of them had beet shot by an *Meer of the ship. Both vessels left Madeira May sth for the Cast. gig Court. Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited the exhi bition of the Horticultural Society, at Gore Howe, Ken sington Gore, yesterday morning. The Queen and the Prises were accompanied by the Dube of Sara Cobourg, the Princess of Hohenlohe Langanburg, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohonlobir, and were attended by the Hon. Beatrice Hug, Major• General Buckley, and Captain Du Plat. Prince Albert afterwards rods on horseback, with the Prises of we.. and Prince Alfred, attended by his Equerry is Waiting. His Royal Highness rode again in the after noon with the Duke of Sato Coburg. Captain Da Plat and Baron de Trsskow were in attendance. Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the Dachets of Kent, the Duke of Cam bridge, the Duke of Saxe Cohourg, the Princes of Hohenlohe Langenb.rg, the Princes Adelaide of Hohen. lobe, and Prince Ernest of Leiningen, the Duchess of Suther land, the Duke of Bucelsuch, Lady Acne Maria Dawson, the Countess of Daemon, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Carnanon, Lord and Lady Wahinghans, Lord Portman, the Gentletuan-in-Weitiog t, the Duke of Cambridge, Le Conesiller Sumter, and Baron de Treskow. The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended and played in the Palace diving dinner. Ha Majesty's Prints Band performed in the evening. Priam Arthur and the Princess Helena took a earrisge drive. Sir Almada Spearman' had an interview with the Cheatedler of the Ischequer yesterday, at his Oficial resi dence is Dowsing-street. Despatehes Ise the °overawe of the West India Islands were seat last sinning from the Colonial-office. BANQUET AT THE MANSION-HOUSE TO HER MAJESTY'S MINISTEE& Yesterday evening the Right Hoe. the Lord Mayor entertained in the Egyptian Hall nearly the whole of her Majesty's ministers, sad an unusually largo list of the nobility sad persons of distinction. After the loyal toasts, and that of the' Church," re speeded to by_the Archbishop of CANTRADVEY, the Own awe gave a The Amoy and Navy." Lewd HARDIKOI saM he rejoiced that it had fallen to his lot to return thanks for the army before so brilliant and distinguished a company, because It pm him the oppertenity of announcing that the condition of oar aresgt the Crimea had greatly improved dam the esu in of the fine weather. (Hear, hear.) Not that the Bri army was dependent on the weather for the silkiest perkiness, of its duty, bet on the contrary had in the wont of times shown the moot heroic constancy sod devo tion. (Lead cheers.) He need hardly my how grateful was the armfor the sympa th y and support it had received from hew ,bat felt sere that that sympathy would form an additional salutes, if any were wasted, to Indus our sol diers to psesete» Is their heroic settlements. (Cheers.) It ppoi him realise pleasure also to allude to the cordial f wish* was maintained between the two armies and the tem eisseals, the latest proof of which was the hand some lake of Oxnard Canrobert, in which he spoke in nth worm. Mak, sad manly terms of the improved condition of ear army. (Lend cheers.) This good feeling between the two snake had extended to the two nations, and no one had dose more to cement it than the Lord Mayor in the magni ficent reception he had so recently given the Emperor and Empress of the French within the walls of the ancient (iuildhalL (Cheers.) With these observation be begged to »tars thanks en behalf of the army for the Lord Mayer's Most. Bar C. Wow) said it was meet fitting to return thanks for the naval service within the walls of the great conuner dal City of London. Menem between the navy of this coaatey and its commercial interests there misted all the friendly fouling whisk was eageadered by reciprocal bene fits. The merchant primes plied their trade to the most distant corsets of the world is perfect safety under the protection Mow navy; and, on the other hand. the navy had frees time to time resolved the wet highly pained resopttiesse of its Serviott from the oorporetioa of the dty of Leaden. (fleas.) Our tests had not distin guished thessoelves by brilliant achievements during the present war, limply bemuse they bad not been abs to meet an essay with whom they could aware smooth hat there was mamas that when the opportunity tunerredt they would met in such a way u to add Avail glory to the natioaal flog. (Cheers.) One word as to the good under. standing that existed between the forces of oar pliant allies and our own. His noble and gallant friend mu him had Minded in term of great commendation to the medial friendship existing between the two armies, he (Sir C. Weed) meld speak with equal steddessee and exultatica of the constant Lea ches's Idedasetes between the two navies. As a Mimi iselemso of this he might semi= that as a late amiss. mks a question arms se to which admiral should hmemmiesikse in hilts Walls the right oils adjudged to the Fruit 111 but he most gracefully proposed that lois @mild be drawn for the dangerous honour. (Cheers.) The French admire! woe, but he merely mentioned the incident to show the delicacy of feeling that guided the Intercourse Uterus the two services. (Loud dens.) He be g s to add his most sordid thanks to thaw it Lord Hardinge for the honour which bad been done the deed of the service with which he (Sir C. Wood) wee dwiteeted. The Loan MAYOII observed with great ratidsetion the mogene* of so many of the diplomatic corps at his table, and begged to give the " Health of the Foreign Ministers." (Cheers.) Baron Cerro returned thanks. The Loan MAYOR said he next come to what milht be properly called the toast of the erasing, " The Edith of her Majesty's Miniaters," with which be would Imeenate the name of their had and representative, Lord Viscount Palmerston. (Cheers.) He was sure that his distinguished guests would feel glad of the opportunity of Ifiemettng Lord Pelmerston on the present oecasioe, for John 1•11, Litwin's he grumbled a great deal, Gould bear a great . deal, and when a fair case was made out fur him, no one in the world was so ready to admit that be had been too hard. (Hear, and cheers.) He (the Lord Mayor) bad recently bees reading the Lae of Haskell', and had been struck with an observation of the great sculptor. On one aed sion Nollekens mit, "My dear friends, things ere very bad; abuse me if you like, bat whatever you do doe's pass me by in silence." Now, be thought Lord Palmerston and his kinds need not make that appeal ; they had had their turn et abuse, and had been pat in the sale, and not found wonting. (Loud cheers.) During the few months they had been in office they had achieved wooden, and he behaved that their predecessors had also exerted themselves most seal.usly. Speaking some time since to a general officer re specting what the late ministry had done, that person had ennead his surprise, not at what they had omitted, hat at the amount they had achieved. Now, believe,. all preliminary ailficulties had been overcame, and he heartily congratulated her Majesty's present ministers on the im proved aspect of affairs. (Hear, hear.) Viscount Petlaznerox—lty lords, ladies, and gentlemen an assure you on my own behalf, and on that of my colleagues, that we are most grateful for the kindness of the Lord Mayor in noticing us—not in the way that Nollekens wished to be noticed—(a laugh)—but in a kind and com plimentary manner,while you, my lord, received us with your accustomed hospitality, that splendid hospitality which it bee tie titer been my lot to receive in this magnificent ban quet ball. (Cheers.) It mast always be a source of great pride and gratification when those who are charged with tee conduct of public affairs, find that their exertions in their country's service have met with the approbation and support of the great body which is represented by the city of London. (Hear, hear.) It is impossible that any man worthy of being entrusted with so important a charge can be without the cenvictioa that in this great city are repre sented the two great principles which form the foundation of the power, prosperity, and greatness of England—l mean the principle of commerce and the principle of civil and political liberty. (Cheers.) Aud in proportion as those who are, I may say, the organs of these two principles are pleased to approve of the conduct of the goverment of the day, in the same proportion must that government be stimulated to increased exertion in the performance of their duty, stimulated by the satisfaction of thinking that their ex anions have procured for them the approbation and support of the country. (Hear, hear.) My lord, you have at your hospitable board this evening men the most distinguished in the land, and you rave also present the representatives of foreign powers; amongst others, the representative of that sovereign whom your lordship recently received with such distinguished hospitality—l mean his Majesty the Emperor of the French. (Loud cheers.) We have here the repre sentative of that great, and powerful, and faithful ally ; sad also the representative of another ally, the Line of Sardinia, whose flag I am happy to see. deployed so conspicuously on your walls. that ally who has so nobly stood forward in our cause, whose troops now stand side by side with the brave bands of England, and are ready to share with them the dangers of the field and the honour and glory of victory. (Loud cheers.) You have heard it, my lord, stated by my noble and gal lant friend the Commander-in-Chief, that the Britten 'army at present in the Crimea is in as perfect a state of raciency, both as to physical power and atomic, as any army that ever took the held. (Hear.) We are engaged new in a great, an arduous straggle, and although it may be said that we know little of this war, that the thunders of the cannon are far away, that the flesh of the battle is not seen by our eyes, and that, therefore, war's greatest pres sure is n...t felt within the lead, while we kaow how heavily it presses upon our antagonist, yet you may be sure of this, that as it has been, se it will be, our earnest desire to terminate this war at any moment when terms can be obtained consistent with the dignity of this country and the future securities for peace ; but under all circumstances our motto shall be—peace with ho nour, or war with victory. (" Hear, hear," and chests.) Perhaps I may be permitted, in conclusion, to evince my sense of the hospitality of this evening by proposing " The Health of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." (Loud cheers.) The Loan MAYOR returned thanks, and gave " The House of Lords," naming the Duke of Argyll. The Duke of ARGYLL regretted that it should have fallen to his let to return thanks fur the House of Lords in the presence of so many more distinguished ornaments of that body. His sincere belief was, that, as a national in stitution, the House of Lords required no eulogium from him, because its worth was duly animated by the people from whom it had sprung, and to whom it must return. Aftersome further observations in a eimilarly eulogistic strain, his grace concluded by returning thanks. The next toast war," The House of Commons and Lord John Hassell." Lord J. Rosestu—My Lord Mayor, in returning thanks on behalf 01 the House of Commas, I think I may claim for that body the merit of being industrious, for the number of speeches =tale, (tibias passed, and of blue books issued afford ample proof of the close attentioa we pay to bald ness. (" Hear," and a laugh.) trust,my lord,tbat those bills and there blue books will be taken as evidence that, although ono :tactually we may talk a little too much, we do not at the same time neglect the baeiness of the country. Believe me, there is in the House of Commons • spirit that comes from the people and sympathises with the people— s spirit which in time of peace devotes itself to the development of trade and other pacific duties, but which when the time of war comes equally sympathises with the people is the noble exertions the latter are always ready to make in support of the honour and dignity of the country. I believe that that house is worthy to represent the people of this country, and I be lieve it is not true, although it was asserted the other day, that there has been a change in public affair—that whereas formerly when parliament met its opinions had great weight with the country, and the speeches of statesmen —of various parties perhaps, but ell men of experience and practical ability—tended to form, perhaps to direct public opinion. Now, on the con trary, everything is totally changed, and parliament, instead of leading public opinion, dose little else than follow the opinions that are expressed out of doors. (Hear, hear.) Such I do not believe to be the case, for when the country at a general Cation chooses men in whom it has confidence, it is right and fitting that these men to whom the people have entrusted their destinies should discus their affairs with energy and seal, bat **the arse time with that weight and inflows that properly ha loes to the representatives of the people. I believe that the House of "Commons hes that weight, and I trust it may long continue to have it, and thus be 'Gabled to show to all the world how much better a country may be governed by the representatives of a free people than by the meet per fect organisation that could possibly be contrived under the iron rule of a despot. (Chute.) The Earl of Quinones, in proposing " The Health of the Lady Mayoress," took occasion to compliment her lady ship on the reception which had been given in the City to the Emperor and Empress of the Preach. He easgratulated the company on the cordial alliance so happily existing be tween England and France, on the vitality of Turkey, end the spirited conduct of Sardinia. and assured the Lord Meyer that the Emperor of the French had expressed his personal sense of the compliment paid by her Majesty the Queen to the Lord Mayor as • recognition of his lordship's hespitable reception of our illustrious allies. (Cheers.) Tee remaining touts were then disposed of, and the company broke up shortly after 11 o'clock. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM. This Tith anniversary Naive of thin institution was held yesterday, at hbury Tavern. iiINRY A1,1,110P, Esq., was in the Chair supported by Captain Townshend, J. Travers Smith, Esq. ; Frederick Wigan, Esq. • Rear, Wigan, Esq., of the Bor o u g h. h o p f actors ; G. W. Esq. BK. ; Edward Horne, Esq. • G. Hodges, Esq. ; Messrs. Raven, Sinclair, P a lm er , Cla;ke Smyth, Egan, Irwin, Rountree, and other isfistestal members of the trade, connected either now or as past odious with its various charities. More than 460 members of the trade also attended. The report. which was read by the Secretary, stated that the chairman had visited the asylum, and after expressing his unqualified approbation of the arrangements, presented 3s. to sub married couple, and 2s. 6d. to each siogle penal of the 123 inmates. The subscription list of the last year had amounted to a sum of 4,4361. 6e., being, with the exception of the four previous years, the largest sem which had been collected during the twenty-seven years of the existence of the institution. The Noddy was much iedebted to the brewery firms of Barton-on-Trent, as well as to the other great brewers, for their support, se well u to many wine merchants, who bad given annual subscriptions. A sum of 2281. had been cleared by the last annual ball, and there was • profit of W. 10s. on the lad slums' dinner, exclusive of the subscriptions. The funded property of the institution now amounted to 13,100/. Daring the last quarter of a costes, it had been the mom of alleviating the distress of 368 persons . bad been Inmates of the asylum, of whom 216 bad and 163 were now receiving Its benefits. These persons had each a separate dwelling, a weekly supply of mob, and attendance during flints orbfirmity, and the maret couples received 85. 6d., and the single pareesel. week each. The expense of which supplies year, to secure which it was desirable that eapital should be invested, but for that 11,0001. was still wanted. The report very earnest and able appeal to the trade the society. 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