The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-26 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

The New Zurich Gazette, under date of Berne 22d,
says :—" Yesterday M. de Karniki, Austrian
Charge d'Affaires, called on M. Naeff, President of
the Federal Council, but did not find him at home ;
he did not see him until the evening. M. do
Karniki, it is said, declared that his Court was
convinced that ulterior negotiations with Switzer-
land on the differences which had arisen would not
lead to any result, and that consequently his pre-
sence at Berne was without object, and that he
should leave it for an indelinite length of time.
The Chancellor of the Embassy will remain at
Berne to continue the dispatch of secondary busi-
ness. The President of the Council is said to hair()
afterwards requested M. Karniki to communicate
to him, in writing, what he had said verbally, in
order that he might submit it to the Federal Coun-
cil, which M. de Karniki, it is said, promised to
do."

THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.

Yesterday the Queen's birthday and the attractions
of a grand review in the Phcenix Park diminished
considerably the influx of visitors at the " Darga-
neurn,” as the small wits of Dublin have already
christened the Exhibition. A grand parade, witnessed
by an immense concourse of spectators—fine weather
—5,000 troops in the highest state of discipline—
Infantry, Cavalry, and Artillery —all performing
their evolutions under the inspection of the Lord-
Lieutenant and a brilliant staff;—these are great things
to look at, mid when to them is added the noble expanse
of "the 15 acres ; and its commanding prospect, one
may well excuse the taste which drew all the pretty
faces, the cars, and the carriages, from Merrion-square
to the Phcenix. The Dublin Exhibition, however, is
and must be an immense success, for people can talk of
nothing else, and not a word of disappointment or dis-
paragement is heard with regard to it. When it
opened, beyond the building and the Fine Arts Hall
no estimate could be formed of its merits. The one
comprised much that was pleasing and even splendid
in design ; the other embraced a collection of paintings
in some respects the most remarkable that had probably
ever been brought together. For various reasons it is
quite absurd to compare the present building with that
in Hyde-park ; and its contents are equally incapable
of being set off against the World's Fair of 1851. There
are points of resemblance in both respects, it is true,
and it is fitting that there should be. A child may
fairly be expected to show some traces of its parentage,
and that of the Dublin Exhibition may be made
out by various signs. The distribution of pillar and
girder, for example, in the building, and the arrange.
ment of courts and counters, and the trophies of art and
industry in the central hall, all suggest recollections of
that unparalleled display. There are, also, analogies to
be discovered in the classification of objects adopted in
the style of internal decoration, and in the coup d'ceil
but, as Mrs. Malaprop says, " Caparisons are odorous,"
and it seems snore useful and appropriate to mark those
strong points of the Dublin Exhibition which, as they
arise, give it a distinctive pharacter,. and recommend it
to the attention and curiosity of an intelligent public.
The return to-day gives—
Season ticket holders admitted 3,341
Number of persons at 2s. 6d 843

Total