The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

OPENING OF THE UNIVERSAL CATTLE
SHOW AND AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION.

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PARIS, SUNDAY
The Universal Cattle Show and Agricultural Ex-
hibition was opened in the Paleis de 'lndustrie, at
noon to-day. The weather was delightful, and the
many thousands who flocked to a spectacle of a kind
suite novel to most of them, appeared highly grati.
lied. The choice of the site was excellent. I re-
marked lest year that the Champ, de Man was too
I far The population of Paris would not go to
the extreme outskirts of the city to see a
lot of bulls and cows, at the risk of being
ankle deep in mud, and spoiling Sunday coats
and bonnets. his true that for a review, a race, or
a Mt* of any kind that they understand they will go
much further, but they don't understand cattle. The
markets and the slaughterhouses are all outside the
barriers, and there are many Parisians who never in
their lives maw a Use ox except the liceuf Gras.
Accordingly I had to notice both last year and the
year before the paucity of visitors in the Champs de
Mars. There were, it is true, a good many people, but
they were almost all from the provinoes. To-day on the
contrary, when the exhibition was brought home to
their doors, the Parisians patronised it in such great •
numbers as completely to swamp the provinces. On
a mere view one would have said that the mass
of visitors, both gentlemen and ladies, were in
fashionable costume. The rustics were unruly per-
ceptible la the crowd. I can bat speak in the highest
terms of all the arrangements for this exhibition, with
the single exception of the one which, by refusing
to the representatives of the pressaprivate view (un-
less under false pretences, sea shepherd or a friend
of an exhibitor),prevents me from giving you to-day
anything like a systematic account of what there was
to see. I can only mention what struck me most in
the course of a first visit to the vast arena. Regarded
as a mere promenade, the Falai. de nod:tittle is
infinitely more charming now than it was during the
Universal Exhibition last year. The entire nave,
which was then crowded with furniture of all sorts
and sizes, heaped together necessarily without much
regard tosymmetry, isnow transformed into a delicious
garden. There are lawns, gravel-walks, fir-trees and
cypresses, fountains and flower-baskets. The coup trail
from the galleries is charming, and alone well worth
the single franc paid for admission. By the way, it
was a wise decision of the Minister of Agriculture
not to fix any absurd extra price, such as sfr. or
10fr., for the opening day. Had he done so, I am
certain that the plate would have presented a de.
serted appearance. As it was, although from the
time of the opening of the doors they were besieged
by a Queue of people some half quarter of a mile
long, there was plenty of room for every-
body inside. There was a remarkable ab-
sence of any display of sergens de ville.
Everybody @initiated at pleasure, just as they do in
England, without being unnecessarily pushed about
in compliance with complicated police arrangements.
The entire space underneath the galleries is occupied
by bulls and cows (the espies boviWe). The sheep,
pigs, and poultry are outside, where indeed are a
portion of the bovine species, (including the Derry
cattle), for want of room in the interior. It is
im-
possible not to admire the neatness of the arrange,
meats for stalling the beasts. The state of
their litter and the general cleanliness does the
highest credit to the management of the Exhibition.
There never was in the world before such an agglo-
meration of cattle of different races, and they are so
disposed that every individual beast may be inspected
with perfect comfort. On entering the building by
the principal door, the English are found ranged on
the right hand. The Durham shorthorns are the
first numbered in the catalogue. Of these there are 120
—sixty bulls and sixty cows. I must remind you
here that this is an exhibition of breeding animals,
and not of beasts for the slaughter-hone, like the
Christmas show in London. Following the cat&
loge., we some to Herefords, Devons, Alderney.,
and Guernsey.. Bootleg:id occupies a very large spare
in the Exhibition. The Ayrshire and Galloway
races were upon the whole more admired than any
others. This part of the Pallas was the mast
crowded throughout the day. After taking leave
of the Galloway. it is necessary to go outside
to see the black Kerry kin., and a variety of mixed
English breeds, which are thrust out into a tent,
where, however, they are very comfortable. On re-
turning we come to pens containing 200 Swiss cattle
of many varieties,. The Fribourg and Berne besets
are fine fat animals, said to be of Hungarian descent,
but looking like a cross between a Durham and a
Charolais. Other Swiss cattle, as the Ober-
Hull, are much smaller, and wilder in ap-
pears-ace. A little while before approaching
their pen I was at a loss to account for
a continued tinkling of despimouthed bells of various
and beautiful tones. I afterwards found out the
mystery. I had heard the Ranz des Vaches without
knowing it. The bolls which the animals usually
carry were hung up In front of them, and they from
time to time pushed them with their heads. I at
once gneesed that the sound commit(' them for their
absence from their native hills and valleys, .
and I was confirmed in my surmise by a shepherd,
who told me that the bells were put there on
purpose to tranquilise them. After the Swiss come
the German races in great variety. The greatest
novelty in the exhibition was the Hungarian section.
Four draught oxen of a light grey colour (Noe. 722
to 723), sent by the Countess Petronetta Csaky-Csaky,
have sharp-pointed horns at least a yard long.
France makes a very good chew indeed. One is
much struck by the care with which the different
races are arranged. There are the Charolaise all
white, the Flemish red, the Garonnaiiis dun colour,
the Bretons black and white, &e., &c., all classed 110•
carding to the purest ty pee of their races. The mixed
breeds are put in separate pens. I am too much
pressed for time to say a word about the sheep and
pigs.

The Court of Caseation being appealed to by M.
Rogeard, one of the students implicated in the die-
tarbances at M. Nissrd's lectures, against the eon-
tense passed by the Correctional Tribunal and con-
firmed by the Imperial Court, his quashed the judg-
ment. The supreme court agreed with the courts
below that M. Nisard was a public functionary, bet
held that as there was no proof that he had made any
complaint, the prosecution must fail.

. . -
People still talk much of M. Place's failure. The
smash, it seems, was brought about in this way : A
friend, who had lent him a large sum, felt a little
aueuinese on account of his proposed journey to
Constantinople. He spoke on the subject to another
friend, who exclaimed, .. Why, I have lent him
moor/ too." Inquiry followed, and it was found
that many others had also been bit. It is, however,
reported today that a good dividend will be paid.
M. Place was preeeeted to the Emperor by M. de
Moray, only a few days ago, es one of the leading
Anemias of Paris.

The Ilimiterr contains the official return of the
average pries et wheat for the month of May in tha
various markets by which the tariff of the bread is
, illelated. The highest price is 32fr. 80. per hectolitre