The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-20 00:00:00

ITALY.

The last accounts from Turin, received at the pied_
monrese Legation, Perin, state that the entire cabi-
net had tendered its resignation to the King, who
had
accepted it, and that
.bis Majesty had charged tho
Marquis of Azeglin, Proadegt of the; retiring
to oowtruot anoaler.

THE ARAB CHIEFS IN PARIS.
The Arab chiefs, who formed so marked a feature
in the ceremony of the 10th, and the ball of the
12th, and who have since attracted the attention of
the Parisian population, left Paris on May 18th
on their return to Africa. Since their arrival they
might be seen at all hours of the day in the streets,
sometimes singly, but often in parties of two, walk-
ing in the places of public resort, where their pre-
sence usually collected curious groups, who Snitched
them at some distance, but who, it must be added,
never annoyed them by impertinent staring, or en-
cumbered their passage. Several also might be seen
driving about in cabs, the front thrown open to allow
an unimpeded view, and visiting the remoter
quarters of the city. They were remarkable for
their easy graceful deportment and calm dignity, in-
dicative of thorough breeding. They had not the
appearance of being surprised at any of the numerous
objects that met their view for the first time, and
were seemingly heedless of the effect their peculiar
costume produced on the public. Their deportment
in society is described as exquisitely polite.
They expressed a wish during their sojourn in
Paris to visit the widow of Marshal Bugeaud. On
being introduced to her and her family, the Kelifa of
Constantina thus addressed her :

" We wished to visit in her mourning and in her grief
the companion of him whom as enemies we feared,
and who, after our submission, we loved. We have
all had at heait to lay at the feet of his widow
the testimony of our personal gratitude and the
souvenir of our people. The good which the Marshal
has done is immense; he has sown it in our country as a
labourer sows barley in the furrows, for his name is
written not only in our hearts, but his works are engraven
in indelible characters on our mountains and in our
plains."
The conversation then becoming general, the chief
began recounting some particularity in the life of
the Marshal. " God bless his Government," said
one ; " the six years of his rule were years of re-
markable fertility ; bis spur brought us happiness."
Another related the combat of the Sikaf, and the
moment when General Mustapha bou Ismael, when
wounded in the hand with a musket ball, depoiited
at the feet of the conqueror three heads which he
had himself cut off. One chief had been present at
Isly, another had seen the Marshal during the rude
campaign of the winter of 1846.47 visit the pri-
soners, and provide them with goats for the nou-
rishment of their children. My young brother,
exclaimed one of the chiefs, was among them,
and he owes his life to the Marshal. As the
remarks made by the chiefs drew tears from the
eyes of Madame Bugeaud, one of them observing
her emotion, said, "Be patient—it sometimes hap-
pens that an olive tree, the king of our forests, is
levelled by a tempest; but from its trunk springs up
a shoot which often surpasses the parent stem.
And then, taking the hand of the young Charles
d'lsly, he pressed it and said, " Here is a son who
bears a resemblance to his father; let him come one
day amongst us; he will be there as much loved and
respected as our benefactor was. And now, thanks
be to God for having procured us the satisfaction of
seeing the son and widow of him who fills our heart
an i our mouths; in contemplating them, it appears to
us that our august Marshal is not entirely lost to us."

THE CORK NATIONAL EXHIBITION.
The Corn Exchange buildings, intended for the pur-
poses of the coming National Exhibition, aro rapidly
increasing in dimensions, and presenting an appearance
very different from their former aspect. By the constant
efforts of large numbers of workmen, and under the
continual auperintendenc‘ of the committee, new build-
jugs are growing up around the small c‘ntre which a
short time ago comprised the Corn Exchange, astonish-
ing many a good citizen almost as much as the sudden
appearance of the magically constructed castle did the
Sultan in the Arabian tale. Considering the magnitude
of the work yet to be accomplished, one might be in.
dined to fear for the shortness of the time between this
and the day fixed for the opening, if he were not to
recollect in how brief a space the splendid additions to
the original building, now nearly finished, have been
brought to that state. It was not at first contemplated
that the buildings should extend over the area they are
now designed to cover, but the magnitude which the
undertaking began gradually to assume, and the vastly
increased applications for space which every day came
pouring in, rendered it necessary for the committee to
make preparations upon a far larger scale. The whole
of the building to be devoted to the purposes of the
Exhibition may be now said to comprise four rooms,
although the eff ct of the northern and southern halls,
running the whole length of the structure, will give to
the eye bat the appearance of one. The visitor enters in
the first instance the northern hall. This is the fine room
known as the Corn Exchange Room, and in which so many
public baequetia balls, and concerts have taken place.
But little alteration has been made in this room, and its
proportions certainly appear at the first glance shrunken
in their dimensions when the eye takes in the vast and
lately-added extent of the southern hall. The northern
ball will be devoted to the exposition of native articles
of industrial manufacture and science. It will not need
much decoration, and its handsome proportions, filled, as
it will be, with specimens of every kind of artistic labour
and skill, will not be less centinuously thronged with
visitor=, and regarded with interest and admiration, than
the more brilliant adornoren,s and attractive contents of
the Fine Arts' Gallery, which extends beyond. A
splendid arch, with a p. deetal and statue at each side,
will form the entrance from the northern hall, through
the transept, thee portion of the building known as
the southern hall, and which is to receive sculpture
and paintings. In the northern hall will be placed
Telforo's great organ. The tran=ept, which will be a
beatennl gallery, running the whole width of the
buildings, and rooted with glass, will also con-
tain specimens of native manufacture. Beyond the
trransrpt, at the west side, a large room will be arranged
to receive such works of native skill, as carriages and
similar article* of exhibition, requiring much space. It
is ascerta'ned that there will be a very fine display of
carriages from the builders of Dublin and of our own
city, and many other parts of Ireland. Returning to
the northern ball, the visitor passes, by the entrance we
have mentioned, into the southern hall. This building
is now neatly completed. I; will be roofed with glass.
and in its centre an elegantly constructed fountain will
throw up a high sparkling jet of water. Viewed from
ally part of the northern hall, the aspect of this room
will be striking and beautiful. Around its walls will be
displayed some of the finest specimens of sculpture our
country has produced. Not a statue there which will
nut bear the name of some rare genius now honoured
as a memory in the land, or yet existing to
add still greater extent to the fame that Ire•
land has ever justly earned in this glorious domain
of art. Among them will be two of the happiest
efforts of our own immortal townsman, Hogan—" The
Drunken Faun," which the artist produced to convince
sceptics that the power of original conception had not
been extinguished in the world; and the noble, majestic
farm which our citizsns have so loug admired, known as
"The Dead Christ." M'Dowell, Moore, Foley, O'Connor,
Barter, and many another sculptor of long-acquired or
rising fame, will add to the attractions of this room.
Paintings—a feature not possessed by the Great Exhibi-
tion—will be there, bearing the illustrious names of
Barry, Grogan, and Heffernan, and the more recent, but
scarcely less honoured names of Maclise, Elmore, Fisher,
Meleonald, West, and many others. Frescoes, models of
architecture, statuettes, bronzes, reliefs, and ornamental
specimens of every description of art, will be found also
in this hall. The room will be hung in a manner cal-
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crimson hangings lining every portion of the walls, its
beautiful fountain arising in the midst, and its long
array of marble groups and figures, paintings, bronzts,
and frescoes, will be such as will not soon fade from
the recollection of the spectator, when, standing at the
upper end of the northern hall, his eye receives its first
glimpse of it. The effect of the style of hanging we
have spoken of may be judged by a specimen of the
cloth which is hung on the wall of a portion of the
transept, behind a cast of the " The. Three Graces."
Beyond the Fine Arts' Court it is intended that the
room for the banquet and ball to be given to the Lord
and Lady Lieutenant shall be erected. The banquet.
room will be a fine building, ninety feet in length by
sixty in breadth. The committee will also erect a re-
ception-room, a retiring• room for ladies, and the kitchens
and offices necessary for their preparations. In the ban-
quet-room there will be seven tables arranged down its
entire length, and at the head of the room a table
slightly raised above the rest, and running transversely,
for the reception of the Lord-Lieutenant and the dis-
tinguished guests who are expected . to arrive. The
time remaining for the completion of this work is but
short; yet, judging from the rapidity which has marked
the progress of all the arrangements up to this point,
there can be little doubt that the committee will accom •
plish what yet remains to be done in a manner equally
creditable and satisfactory.
In the northern hall the sub-committees sit every day,
and appear to have their time most fully occupied in
attending to the arrangements which are necessary.
We need not remark upon the value of the undertak-
aisitorrt
who enters the
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of it filled with busy workmen, feels proud of the project
which gives occupation to so many hands that
might
otherwise be idle, and the means of life to such numbers
that without it could scarcely perhaps continue the.strug-
gle for existence. And yet he sees but an insignificant por-
tion of the amount of good which is being accomplished.
In every part of our city and of many others, in wide,
crowded streets and largo shops, and not less
in dingy, narrow lanes, and close, confined
garrets,
thousands of hands are toiling in preparation for the
coming display of our national power, and employment
revives where it had been long drooping, and well-re-
warded industry finds its way into places that before
seemed given up to the Tway of idleness and poverty.—
Cork Examiner.

" Friend," said a sharp Quaker to a man with a
drove of hogs,.es," replied the drover, " they all have.
" ha.3t any hogs in thy drove with large
bones ?" Y "
" Ilast any with long head and sharp noses ?" "
"
x es; they
all have." " llast with long ears, like those of the elephant,
banging town over their eyes 'r'' (6 Yes; all my drove are
of that description, and will suit you exactly."
think they wouldn't suit me, friend, if they are s as thcu
derail:teat them. Thcu mayst drive cu." ~ I rather