The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

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Lord Ebrington
Mr. Bell

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Majority for Lord Ebrington, 1,880

THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.

THE PROGRESS OF THE PALACE.

The oak flooring is laid down throughout the splendid
galleries ; the glazing of the building is everywhere
finished, save at the two extremities of the grand hall
or avenue, which remain to be filled up with painted
windows, upon which a large sum of money has been
expended. That part of the building which is least ad-
vanced is the grand entrance ; but the delay is attri-
butable to the fact that the original entrance has been
pulled down by order of the Emperor' to make way
for a more imposing structure. At the corners of the
building there are beautifully sculptured rooms, destined,
it is thought, to receive refreshments for visitors.
As evidence of the vigour with which it is possible to
carry on building operations in Paris, we may here state
that when the Valais de l'lndustrie began to rise above
ground, one thousand workmen brought upon the ground
and fixed no less than four hundred tons of stone per
day. At the present time the contractors have eight
hundred men employed, all Frenchmen.
In this building the Owen Jones system of colouring
has been tried, and has failed. It has been definitively
sat aside ; and various greys have been adopted for the
internal decoration, which have this advantage indisput-
ably, viz , that they will heighten the effect of the ma-
terials to be exhibited. It is this consideration which
has determined the authorities to adhere to greys ; and
granted the great hall of the Palais de
the effect is neither dull nor tame.
The space for which England has applied is so great
twasolluld exactly suit the requirements of all
exhibitors, leaving the active populations of
tries to take shelter under the galleries, or in
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the supplementary building.
Having made our way through the confused heaps of
planks and other building materials which still lie about
the ground of the great hall, we emerged from the palace
on the river side. We proceeded through the workmen's
sheds, where steam saws were cutting huge logs of timber
like paper, where ingenious contrivances fashioned
grooves in thin planks as accurately as any workman
could make them—and where the air was impregnated
alley between the hissing, roaring machiees,
with the fresh odour of new wood. As we passed along
jets of chips and sawdust angrily upon us.
The workmen seemed all to welcome the presence of
one of the contracting firm—a good sign, I thought,
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passed on through a tnber yard to the great gallery.
As we approached we were infm•med that the gallery
we were about to enter was the longest in the world. It
is, within a few yards, three quarters of a mile in length.
Seven weeks ago this remarkable building was not
begun : now, the visitor standing at one extremity of
it sees a point of light about as large as a shilling at the
opposite end. Already all the timber work is nearly
finished ; already at one end the glaziers are very busy.
At the present time there are no preparations for warm-
ing the palace, nor apparently for lighting it; and it
appears that the company have not determined upon
the uses to which they will devote the building after
October next. It appears certain, however, that it will
not be a winter garden, nor is it adapted for this pur-
pose. The light comes in from the top only—for a win-
ter garden it should come in on all sides. The Emperor
has already visited the works many times.

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AN ACUTE SWINDLEE.—At the Liverpool police-court,
on Tuesda a novel system of obtaining money y under
false pretences was elicited. It appeared that Richard
Bell, a beer-house keeper, had been in the habit of asking
captains of American snips the price of a voyage out,
and on being informed, of saying, " Well, I'll pay you
21. on account." He presents an acknowledgment
written in pencil, and obtains the master's name in ink.
When the ship has sailed he erases the pencil marks, and
makes a bill out for work done on board the vessel,
which he presents to the consignees, who, seeing the
captain's authority, PaY without demur. In this manner
the prisoner had received 521. from Messrs. Bowman,
Grinnell, and Co., but, on presenting a second bill, he
was given into custody, and as there were several similar
cases against him to be inquired into, his further exami-
nation was adjourned to this morning.----Albion.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—CharIes Horn, one of
the goods guards on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way, loaf his life on Wednesday in the tunnel at the
station in Queen-street. Horn, who was twenty-two
years of age, unmarried, and belonged to Traneut, had
been all the previous night upon the line doing duty,
and about half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon was
pursuing his way on foot down through the tunnel
to the illati )n, contrary, as said, to an express rule which
forbids all foot-passage in that way. An engine and
tender, which was also passing down the tunnel, over-
took him, running him over. The driver in charge of
the engine felt a jolting, which he ascribed to a bad joint
on the rails, but, on stopping to examine, the mangled
body of the poor fellow was found entangled among the
wheels. Death must have been instantaneous ; one of
the arms was off, and the clothes were literally stripped
off the body, and had got twisted in shreds around the
wheels. It appeared strange that one of the officials
should have thus flagrantly blundered in the very face
of a precaution which all connected with the line ought
to Bet an m4)00,-1\7.94 Pritim Dozy Moil.