The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-03 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EXHIBITION OF 1855.

IWe find the following in the Moniteur on the
subject of the Great Exhibition of 1855 :---
"The war in the East will neither prevent nor delay
the pacific manifestation to which the Emperor has in-
vited all the nations of the world. The progress of in-
telligence no longer permits one State, whatever it may
be, to stop the others in the accomplishment of their
destinies. All civilised nations have understood this ;
France, therefore, notwithstanding the preoccupations
of this war, has not for a moment ceased to prepare her-
self for the universal competition of 1855, any more than
she has interrupted her national works. At the same time
that she completes her railways, her canals, and her ports
while she improves and renders more healthy her ca-
pital and her large cities, and constructs dwellings for
her working classes, she is making every arrangement
to give a proper welcome to the nations who will next
year come to visit her from every part of the globe.
These nations have not only responded to her call, but
their declarations and their preparations announce that,
with one exception, they will all be faithful to the ap-
pointment. Toe Imperial decree instituting the Univer-
sal Exhibition is dated the Bth March, 1853. On the
26th March the Minister of Foreign Affairs notified it
to all the governments, and on the 31st of the same
month the Ministers of War and Marine made it known
to French Africa and to our colonies. On the Bth
April a circular of the Minister of Commerce requested
the prefects to invite the efficacious co-operation of all
the Chambers of Commerce, and in the latter end of May
the Moniteur published the replies and the adhesions of
the departments and of foreign governments. In order
to complete the idea of the Emperor, a fresh decree
of the 22d June connected the Universal Exhibition of
the Fine Arts to that of agricultural and manufactured
productions, and the decree of the 24th December
instituted a commission, composed of the most com-
petent men, and charged, under the presidency
of Prince Napoleon, to regulate the ensemble and
the details of the Universal Exhibition. The ex-
perience of our previous national exhibitions, and the
documents relative to the Universal Exhibitions of Lon-
don, Dublin, and New York, have furnished to the Im-
perial Commission some valuable information, of which
it has known how to take advantage. Penetrated with
the importance of his mission, and with the responsibility
which it imposed on him, the Prince formed a sub-com-
mission, with which he could prepare all the measures
necessary to secure the success of this great enterprise.
Organisation of the central administration, internal and
general regulations, constitution of native and foreign
committees, general and special instructions for France,
for the colonies, and for other nations, appropriation of
the space which is to be filled by the different pro-
ductions of agriculture, industry, and the arts—all
these preparatory labours the Prince was desirous to
bring to a termination before he started for the East,
to share in the dangers and in the glory of our sol-
diers. The decrees, regulations, and instructions rela-
tive to the Universal Exhibition are now circulated in
all parts of France and of the world ; and already com-
mittees have been organised, or are on the point of be-
ing so, in the greater number of our departments. The
first marks of sympathy which the announcement of this
measure obtained abroad are every day confirmed by
fresh acts of adhesion. Among these acts there are
none more significant than the local exhibitions, which
are, as it were, so many preparations for the universal
one. The Grand Duke of Tuscany has anticipated by
one year the Exhibition of Industry which was to have
taken place in his States in 1855, in order that it might
not clash with that of France. Spain has done the
same for her quinquennial exhibition. The King
Regent of Portugal has just organised commissions
of industry and of the fine arts, as well as auxiliary
committees in the provinces, islands, and colonies
of his kingdom ; he has made the most pressing
appeal to manufactures and to artists, and has or-
dered that an exhibition shall take place at Lis-
bon, preparatory to that in Paris. All Germany,
has sent her productions to the semi-universal exhibi-
tion which is to open in Munich onlst,May. From 4,000
to 5,000 exhibitors are reckoned on ; the most liberal
measures have been adopted by the German govern-
, ments for the success of this Exhibition, the most re-
markable articles is which will doubtless figure in the
Great French Exhibition. It is known that Belgium is
also preparing an exhibition of the fine arts for the same
object. The co-operation of Holland, as well as that of
the United States, is assured to us. Lastly, England is
preparing to return with eclat our visit of 1851. Two
delegates of the English Government have just arrived in
Paris to come to an understanding with the Imperial
Commission on all points connected with the productions
which Great Britain is to send to the Universal Exhibi-
tion. In this immense competition of all nations, the
Governmant relies with confidence on the zeal and skill
of our manufacturers and of our artists to support wor-
thily
their reputation and the glory of the country."

The Louth Advertiser claims the French admiral in the
Black Sea for an Irishman. It states that "Admiral
Hamelin, commander-in-chief of the French expeditionary
fleet engaged in the Eastern war, is an Irishman by
birth, and a native of the county Louth. His immediate
relatives reside in the neighbourhood of Channonrock,
near Dunclaik.*