The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-09 00:00:00

THE PARIS UNIVERSAL ECHIBITION.

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PARIS, Aram 7.
GENERAL PROGRESS.
Among the curious arrangements effected by the
Imperial Commissioners is a medical department of
the Palsis de rlndustrie, to which four doctors have
been attached, with assistants. These will be in
waiting, relieving each other at stated intervals
throughout the time of the Exhibition. Thus
patio suddenly taken ill may find succour in the
paha.
There are to be four or five hundred Exhibition
remises, decorated with the arms of Paris, to ply
from the palace to various parts of the capital, at mo-
derate fares.
The number of jurors destined to decide upon the
merits of the British section of the Exhibition has been
fixed at 40. English exhibitors who are about to take
advantage of the posts enfants, established by the Eng-
lish committee, at their h..use in the Rue de Cirque.
, must have their letters pre-paid: it being obvious that
the English authorities cannot charge themselves with
pinup accounts. It is important that English
exhibitors attend to this fact. The English engrav-
ings have arrived, and are in course of arracement
but the French department of the exhibition will
undoubtedly be the latest. I have heard of moat
enterprising carpenters, who have undertaken to pre-
pare cases for goods b the 20th of May—toe exhi-
bition opening on the Ist.
Prince Napoleon has altered many arrangements
made before his return. Hie recent visit to the exhi-
bition palace has resulted in an order to pall down
the phare, to which I referred in my last, and a
chocolate apparatus that was to have been commies-
ons in the great central hall. I believe the above are
not the most important alterations the President el
the Imperial Commission has made.
A brilliant collection of articles has arrived from
China.

As regards the prices of entrance, I may relate the
pardoners of the changes which have been made. It
was originally determined that there should be an
aristocratic five-franc day ; a franc day ; the rest
being four-eon days. To English people each prices
may appear extremely reasonable; but they would
not have satisfied the French. For, it must be fairly
understood, that hitherto the French government has
allowed the public free access to the Industrial Exhi-
bitions on certain days—just as the public enter
freely, on certain days, the French Academy Exhi-
bition. In England the people are accustomed to pay
everywhere; in France, the people expect the govern-
ment to prepare festivities for them gratuitously.
The Imperial commissional', I am well informed,
have taken this fact into consideration. They have
decided that the four-son days are too dear. But
here they have been met, as iu other matters, by the
representatives of the company. The dividends
must be looked alter. Four sous was too
low, Instead of too high. M. Drouville did
his utmost; but, I believe., most ineffectu-
ally ; and the prices now stand thus—One three-
franc day, one franc day, and remaining public
days, entrance fee two sous. Fur this resolution the
Imperial Commissioner. deserve credit : it is conceived
in the right spirit. h appeals from the exclusive few
to the muses. It will enable the working clauses of
England and Germany to walk about the Palace ut
Industry arm and arm with their working brothers
of France.

The Exhibition gossip which reaches Paris occa-
sionally from the departments is generally interest-
ing. One provincial demosstration in connexion
with the Exhibition has struck me particularly at
illustrative of the state of feeling in the provincia
towns of Francs. It appears that the rival bodies of
carpenters of Dijon—via., the Renards and the Com-
pagnons, have completed two trophies of their skill for
exhibition in Paris. Having completed these tro-
phies they carried them, amidst the enthusiasm of
the townsfolk, in sob mn procession to the Church of 'I
St. Michel, where the workmen heard mass mud had
a benediction said upon their works. The two com-
panies then went to the house of the mayor. The
enthusiasm of the people of Dijon in favour of their
skilful workmen is evidence of a right feeling: the
benediction only accords with the religious profes-
sions of the country. The-se professions ate not those
of England, so we will pass them by without
comment.

Among other wonders to be deposited in the Palais
de l'lnduvtrie is a colossal glees from the manufactory
of St. Gobain, messuring 18 equate mitres.
From Bohemia a promise hos arrived of a set of
garnet ornamen,s, including 14 000 of these preaiuus
atones, of all sizes, made by a jeweiler of Prague. It
has occupied the maker eight years to collect the
necessary stones—which, the reader may remember,
are found in unequalled quantity and excellence in
Bohemia. - - .

The Moniteur de la Flotte has receivtd a descrip-
tion of the goods for the Exhibition now on their
way from Senegal. Tb, se contributions include all
the native wood, of any value, elephants' tusks, a
pickaxe and hatchet from Galant, wheat from the
Isle of Morfil, indigo from Cayor at d Bamboos*,
cotton, a native loom, a large colletr ion of leathern
objects, daggers and lances, gold and silver bracelets
of native manufacture, galbas, curious Dative tissues;
bourtoungallee, or mantles of the native women;
camels' hair woven by the Moore, and tassarente or
Moorish carpets. From the same quarter of the
globe comes a promise of three elephants' teeth,
weighing 90 kilogrammes, or 180 lbs.; copal varnish,
palm oil; (motto, a textile p ant fit for the manufac-
ture of cordage ; and pinstaalle threads, used for nets
and sewing thread.
I may now inform your readers that I have at last
paned the barriers about the Fine Art hu;lding; and
I have explored the galleries, thanks to the courtesies
of the Eoglish oommissioner. It will be satisfactory
to the English public to learn that the light in the
galleries is excellently disposed; and that the space
given to the English pictures and engravings is per-
haps the. most advantageous in the building. it is
certainly the point farthest removed from the
sugar refinery. Already the engravings are
being arranged with the water-oolour draw-
ings upstairs. This is a collection of which the
lovers of English art may well be proud. I
wandered through the French and German gal-
leries—past acres of norace Vernet', Algerian scenes
from Versaill, s—past the Last Day of Terror, from
the Luxembourg—past other well pictures,
which should have been left in their places, giving
more room in this building to the promising painters
of France. There were out more than four or five
pictures actually suspended; but formidable rows of
frames turn, d to the wall, of joints of colossal frames,
blocked up eve-y gallery. Otte col seal painting
already suspended is a bead of the present Emperor
of the French, about ten times the size of life. It is
Louis Napoleon so en through a angeityine glees, his
decoration being about the size of a soup-plate. It is
not a happy performance. In the seupture gallery
—nearly all the French sculpture is arranged—there
are Venuses delicately wrapped up in fine towels—
stern, manly figures belt bidden with unsightly rags;
and as I entered the gallery the colossal broom eagle
was being wheeled away by a aumber of workmen,
anparently directed by a negro foreman. In my next
communication I will submit to your readers a list of
the English *stings and sculpture sent to Paris.
The vigorous attitude of the Fine Art managers in-
clines nee to believe that this, the exclusively govern-
mental exhibition, will be best prepared for the Ist
of May.
I have just been. informed that the imperial com-
missioners intend to join the machinery gallery with
the Paleis de l'lndustrie by a covered avenue. How
they will cross the Coure la Reins Ins not transpired.
Another recent determination, I believe, take. by
the imperial oommiMsioaers, is to do away with Malls.
George's umbrella and walkingmtick stall., as the
complex organisation of such a department must
necessarily embarrass the exit of visitors. Visitors
will, therefore, carry their parasols, canes, or um-
brellas, about with them. This is a proper freedom.
It led to no evil results in Hyde-park in 1861.

TICINO.—A letter from Berne states that, ia oon-
mimeos of tne r.itilloation of the enarratioa of Maas by
the Austria, goverment, the Timm..' who had bees ex-
pelled, will be allowed to rears mote Lombardy from tbe
11th
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latter from Bariever, of the Ist inst., shish stator that the forasanee of the N.w Poilhanaiwieltaldeny ea the filith inst
magistrate. and syn.:heel* of the hareem of that city pro. I will be for the benefit of the Hospital ter Clawswmptiost at
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THE EXPiESEIF IiONDAVIT:ENTIRit

!EASTER TO WIT-SOME THINGS WORTH

LOOKING AT IN LONDON.

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Isore emotion In the Wad," sad as Wag mown " the
chief nthemeate of the eapital, whether animal or foreign,
and to the honour of oar essatry me the praise-
tins of the British Behool." We do net knew
how adetheisa Is obtained to view the great work we hen
anode to. However, we do not suppose the Conseil Chamber
of the Society of Arts to be a Btheatepol, cad make ao
doubt bat that every sincere pilgrim to this striae of art
would meet with a courteous reception.
Should eaulpture be sought after, and should any of the
sons of ton, freed for the moment from the claims of labour,
wish to see what their country has achieved in that depart-
ment of the Bac arts, they have but to repair to the Lon-
don University, to enjoy the sled of a Ilse end copious
collection of statues and bee-reliefs, the works of the im-
mortal Footman, given to the University by the sculptor's
relative, Miss Demean; a maguificent donation, which we
trust the publie Cinema to appreciate.
Again we enjoin the reading of the biography of artists
is cesjunctlon with the study of their works, and conclude
our alight notice of a few things worth looking at is Lon-
don, with a recommendation to all who feel an interest in
sash Batten to eoomalt " The Lives of Purities, Sculptors,
sad Architects, by Allan Cunningham, wherein, with
the exception of Plummet% beautiful and tastefully
arranged works at the London University, all the subject-
we have toothed upon will be found amply detailed. Aud
we furthermore venture to smart that although the objects
we have referred to are few in number, they are of a cha-
racter; to eoavinoe every sensible person of the length
powers wblcb Englishmen possess of expelling is the higher
walks of the liberal arts."

(CoMMXUBM !ROM vu DAILY MUM 07 SAIMMDAV.)
Tbe "mighty need" of the Udmurt% ee feelingly
shaded to by Wren, was mesiderably abated (let as hem
it's bet quenched) in that greet arc►itect's time; sad In
Mlle did be strive to room the better feelings of his country-
etas by appealing to the seltestimed patriotism of their
immediate precursors. The shop-keeping spirit was irs-
aegemMd, sad • parsimealom, penny-wise, and posted•
MOM system had already possessed itself of the minds of
amffelsresa. This shortaglitedeese on their meta led to
Ihe swim of Wrea's useful and beautiful seisms ef re•
abides the destroyed city, sad has entailed apee their
fielloseentate the Mama insurmountable diMealty of making
Loofas tie esmimetleas, healthy, sad stately abode whim\
Me onstsopdb of the powerful, wealthy, sad Wearies'
Maglkit people Medd be. The gensiee artist, letaMed
with*. gement Same of patriotism, sought to give a dig-
nified imprimis* to Magland's wealth—a stretch of thought
heyead the oompeeheasios of the rapacious multitude, latest
em
gala Meas. They lived but for themselve, act retesting
that easy were but the trusses of posterity, and that the
time would come whoa their stewardship would he ex-
amined. It Londen be act the *oldest city oa the meth to
look at, and toe most convenient and agreeable to dwell is,
es well as tee richest and most eornmerinal city I. the
amid, the eilamitons, moralise fast, proceeds free so
fault of Wrea's; but from the frigid temper and contracted
ungenerous feelfap of thews upon wham he depended foe
t►e enmities of his wise sad IltialitifiC projects. The
warmth of Wren's imagioatios was blighted, or rather his
Mtemes, • whether of see or beauty, were rendered com-
paratively valueless through the apathy of his countrymen,
and to this sad cases mast be attributed the diecrepaney
which exists between the interior and exterior of his great
week—St. Paul's. The one I stately, symmetrical, and
picturesque, the other exhibits, with all its merits, a certain
degree of confusion and tittles's* of parts, and the darkness
which pervades the doss es a sad blemish. Still it may he
warted that the interior of St. Paul's presents some sulkies
beauties, such as under such adverse circum►tances the
mitts of *Wise could doziest,* birth to. Bat we say nothing
about visiting the interior—the prise extorted from the
serious "lifter at every step is the leered edifies, readers such
a visit too tantalising an affair. The " crypt" itself, the last
earthly resting plea of the remained Nelson aud,Welliegton,
MOM be Inspected under • charge of ed. to each person, a
sem which effectually bare the door to the Wiese sad his
family.
We have visited enslaved collet:les, where it seems to be
the object of the governing powers to debts* their subjects.
We ►ave is some despotic lands—Napes, to wit—sees the
doors of national buildings slammed in the faces of the
bailees; bat we mast confess we visited • land where
the doors of instruction were more thoroughly sealed against
the poor man than in this free laud of oars. We do not give
the sociable French wit, who in 1851 described Leedom as
the "city of dosed der," credit for comprehending the
fall meaning of his description. How long will those whose
mission it should be to Mimesis' the people eling to such
heartier exactions ? How long will the people submit to
such baneful impositions f It has beta seriously debated
lately ;whether it would sot be advisable to palat and gild
the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral. With all defer-
once to "the authorities," we would suggest the prudence
of waiting until another Wren is vweeidefed to us te
superiatend the contemplated works.
We have glassed at the triumphs of Wrea's palestina',
dill( ; we will sow, despite the silver bolt which doubt-
less bars the way, invite the ►eliday maker, whom we suppose
to be alive to the grateful impressions of art, to tritons what
that praiser could compass when unfettered. Hard by the
Mansion-house stands • &arab called Bt. Stephen's, Wel.
brook, of small dimensions, and of an aspect so homely as to
be positively uninsitiag ; nevertbelese, cherish hope you who
enter here. Many as unpolished rustic owns • gentle heart,
end this rough socolith exterior contains a shrine of
architectural beauty to which thousands of iatelligi at pa-
wns from every ciao haws come to pay their homage.
Stall the mar of Londoners—the countrymen of the author
of so attractive • work—not do homage too at that shrine ?
The interior of this little church is captivating ; it may be
said to be an all hat perfect work. The effect which this
graceful composition proctuoss on the mind of the spectator
no words can desenbe. Toe eye puts in here its own en-
espies privilege of interpreting the language of art. This
architectural gem mast be seen to be understood. The
powers of architecture are here men in full force, for aid has
not been sought from say other art. Here is no paintiog,
nor gilding, nor picking out, as it is called, in bright colours;
nu
attempt to impose upon the taste through the agency of
I.IIIIIIMICIOVI WU and pretty tidies which we, like c►ildren,
now take such delight in. Architecture stands here alone,
and alone compels admiration. fit. Stephen's, W.. -
brook, offers striking evidence of how mach may be
achieved in point of eft. ct through • judicious combine-
lion of such simple forms es the square, the cross, the
oet quo, and the circle. All honour, then,to the arts of
•lesign, and the cunning of the hand without the aid of
which such wondrous creations could have no existents
In 18'11 our se•se of courtesy got the hitter of our stubbers
love of lacks and keys, and St. Stephen's, after long years
of neglect, was not only cleaned and set in order, but a
particular period of the day was appointed for showing
the building " gratis." But foreigners have departed, and
we have not yet learned to be polite to one another ; it is
therefore to be feared that a little conjuring must be per,
formed by those who would wish to inspect the Jae
work during any other hour than that of divine worship.
We cannot imacise people looking at a great man's works,
sod not wishing to know something about the great man's
history. Too little is known woneersieg our distinguished
countryman. Had he Isom a man of war, instead of a man
of art and science, bad his temples been wreathed with the
laurel instead of the myrtle and *lire, kis life would doubt-
less have had greater attraction for the historian. It may
be here remarked that it is so es.ggeration to soy that
when we consider the moral sourer, which Wren displayed,
awl the bold, ingenious contrivances, and vigorous eape-
died* he hod recourse to in achieving his triumphs, we are
made to feel t►at, bad the art of war instead of the arts of
peace engaged the attention of that wonderful man, the
anode of history, aow so dumb about him, would not fur-
bish forth • ge I more famed for skilful ma-
sane/lag in the field, or the daring astute of his
military esploits. We regret we cannot cite a more fall or
Eater sting account of our great architect than that which
Mr. Elates has compiled. The biography of artists should
be mash mere studied by the public than it is. Such read-
log is ball highly instructive, aa well ea entertaining, and a
more geseed taste fur such reading would pave the way for
the better ordering amongst us of the important, but sadly
neglected, affairs of art.
In speaking of Sir Christopher Wren, we found it impos-
sible act to allude to his great pre deeded, loigo Josef, the
founder of classical architecture in this country, the devoted
admirer and generous emulator of Palladio. His memory,
toter shame be it said, is not honoured as it ahead he. The
Witty maker w►o might feel deposed to devote • few
mewing* to the isspectisa of as fine • specimen. as there is
se he fiend of the architectural skill of the reign of Charles
Le bee Mt, to walk upon the tenses (totals( the Thamm,
M the mil of Buckingham-street, Strand, sad there he will
sots* see such a specimen, but one which it would not
be Seatfe to challenge the world to match. It is • small
milliosted gateway, which wee intended to serve as an ap-
posite from York House to the river; sad was designed
by kip Jones as a cestral feature if a very pond deals.
the weak of this dodge woo sever completed,
menet is obese is this stately, patrons little silo to sag-
ging th. issisilosnat of Inlet) Jones's project. The waves
Isarielemitore may perhaps wonder at so entassiestie a de-
sodpios of a building whist' he ems is treated with neglect
to fall into decoy ; but be will have to he le-
farmed that it is la London where such things occur, sot in
Perla, set eves in Tsaleadoo, where such Vandals's would
aot be islissiod.

POLY TECHNIC INSTITUT! ON.
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The director of this institution invited a large
party to be present on Saturday evening at • private view
of " Sam Stick's Musical and Diorunia Entertainment,"
the (ashcan* novelty which is to skier the eyes and
sere of the Koster holiday-makers. The nature of the
entertainment is *Mailer to that preseated to the public
some years bath at the Egyptian Hall, where the emery
of the Mississippi was exhibited to the spectator cm what
*versed an almost interntiaable length of painted staves,
the exhibitor accompanying the progress of the moving
panorama with descriptkna of the lees/Mies represeated.
Mr. Paul, who painted the moving panorama Waded to,
is the artist in the prevent ease. He has abases for the select
of illustration, first, the route by packet from Mislead to
America, mad afterwards the principal cities of the Union.
Judging from the fidelity with which he has remounted
Liverpool, we should be inaliaed to pronoenes a mast
savourable judgment upon the acesresy of the delineations,
which are all extremely well executed, sad breseght oat in
the mast effective manner, by the mew of admirable
derange contrivances. The beauty of the relating*, we
may observe, was aeknowledkd unanimously by the
spectators. &anal frees Liverpool, the packet-ship,
which ossifies Mr. Sans Slick sad the pummels,
proceeds on its journey across the Atlantic. Among the
recourse M a cockney, who is introduced for the especial
purpose of being mystified by the elookmaker. Sam im-
proves his opportunities by pouring into the ear of the
astonished Londoner a torrent of the most excruciating
Yankee yams. The passage across is not tot ,lly de►oid of
interest. The lecturer diverges a little oat of the path to
show us the wreck of the Groat Britain, in Dendrites Bay,
and to narrate sundry anecdotes connected with the cala-
mity. ♦ ship on fire, with various (Swami* eff.ets, is also
made a subject of interest. Icebergs diversify the monotony
of the voyage, and the spectator arrives, in Imagination, at
&Moe, without having once felt ennui. Then imminence,

• holiday maker entleed to Load's, ad set known,
where neatly to go to while away as hoar, woad ao doubt
31 surprised to kw that at as lamination, karma as the
"Society of Arts," is the Adelphi, them suite a oalhetioa
of ninny oa a large reale, the nepotism of whin, if he
have no slightest taste for such pursuits, or capering* the
generous glow of patriotism, would afford him ampla store
ot profit and eatertalataost. TIN palate's, as is somber,
consist of Agates of the else of lite, sad illustrate various
pommies is the progress of civilioati.m. • As • matter of
duty sad Pasties to himself every towhees of say penes
ales to oduessioa should dais argosiatases with this Ise
work ; ono*, ladsimisdestly of Its oatrueroisary main, it
Is o favourably Loewe abated. Cason, whoa be list be
held it, moo n struck with 1 o Unties, that he remarked
to then who sessspsuisd him to the Adelplat that mold
he have kaoline' the inseam of ma a work is latados,
he would have aOMe fns Remo as purrs so see it. la
the " Masao* M Leadoa," of 1113, they arm dossallmod as
" pore sad meant Aims, misdated to mite most whole-

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the series of views of the principal cities of the Union.
Boston, Cherisetown, Philadelphia, New York, and Wish-
legion, are amongst the numhrr. Keay of the (capes,
who had visited Aaerica bore testimony to the aeonraey of
the views, whisk certainly are calculated to give as • high
npi•ie et the beauty of American cities. The panorama
conclud.s with • view of the interior of the House of Re
presentative', containing likens's,* of the principal slates
men. There is every reason to believe, judgieg by the
beauty of the views end t►e as oontained in the rune', g
commentary, that Banlek'slease! end Dioramic Re.
tertainment" will prove unusually attractive. The holiday
folk who do ant intend to seek amassment out of London to.
day, will be well rewarded by • visit to the Pelyteehnie.