The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-07 00:00:00

THE FRENCH EXHIBITION OF 1835.

Prince Napoleon has published a report addressed to
the Emperor on the Universal Exhibition of 1855. It
dwells npon the difficulties which attended the opening
of the Exhibition, owing to the war with Russia, and
expresses an opinion that the response made by the na-
tions of Europe to the noble confidence of France must
have greatly contributed to bring about the general
peace. With natural and laudable pride, his Imperial
highness brings out in strong relief the fact that Frante
showed herlelt, at the same moment, great in peace and
powerful in war. As a proof of the great attraction of
the Exhibition, it is stated that the police returns of i he
number of visitors at the hotels and furnished n lodoi g
houses during the period of the Exhibition—namely
from May 15 to N inovember 30—which, in 1854, wasY
only 198,000, was in 1855 330,000 showing an in-
crease of 132,000. Of the 330,300 visitors to-Parie, so
far as the number can be issn.,.rtained by the hotel books,'
it appears that 231,000 were French subjects and 99,000
foreigners. But the Prince's report observes that vast
'numbers, of whom no accurate account can be taken,
mmt have lodged with relations and friends. It has been
ascertained tnat the number of railway travellers who
arrived at the different stations in Pads in 1855, was
.4,081,000 against 3,223,000 in 1854. Tile total number
of visitors to the exhibition was 5,162,000, of whom
4,180,000 entered the great building, 935,000 the sepa
Late exhibition of the fine arts, and 46,000 the Chine c
museum, for which there was an extra payment. Ot
course, the greater number of those wno visited the fine
arts ex'oilottion had also visited the Palais
but it-is obviously impossible to know in what pro-
portion. Some very curious statistics, showing the
stringent action of a high admission in keeping out the
public, is contained in the report. The number of persons
who paid for admission on Sundays, when 200. was
charged, was 2,182,000, while the visitors on sll other
days of the week (Fridays excepted) amounted to
2,097 000. From the 16th May to 31st July the entrance
was fixed on Fridays at This charge operated almost
as a prohibition. Only 33,000 persons paid that price.
all the attraction of exclusiveness for the rich notwith-
standing. On Ist Aug., the Friday fee was reduced to V.,
and from that day to Nov. 9 the number of Friday visi-
tors was 95,000. The Prince remarks ripen these eiguree
that. experience is altogether in favour of cheapness (boa
mcirche). The report enters at great length into the
causes of the great expense of the Paris Universal Exhi-
bition of 1855, and emits the opinion that another exhi-
bition of equal magnitude might be had, with the benefit
of experience, for a third of the cost. On the question,
however, whether exhibitions of this kind should be
repeated, the Prince is of opinion that on account of the
vast space that would be required to keep pace with the
progress of industry, they can only be had at long inter-
vals. But he proposes that exhibitions universal, in the
sense that all nations shall be permitted to compete, but
partial, in so tar as to be confined to certain categories
of manufactures, should be held in Paris frequently. In
the meanwhile the building msy be utilised as a theatre
for the exhibition of French products only.

THE PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE BANKS —lt is
assumed that the stoppage of the-e banks, telegraphed
this afternoon, is the result of a joint resolution on the
part of those institutions for mutual preservation from
step,n indiscriminate
uBipanic.ng Should
an increase
stuff:
hcbone steauneanscee,
sthoef a
of distrust, may assist in'promoting a restoration of con
fidence. There are certain concht.
lons under %%jell no
banking establisments can stand, '
and it will b soon e
seen if these have been the cause of the present move-
ment. The immediate effect will b
there cities to be sold at Nest Yorke to cause bills on
and elsewhere at a
heavy discount, and that most of the specie in circul t-
tion in Pbiliadelphia and
Baltimore
o e e t
away t
purchase them. The a., of ofrli bullion b;
othern points
will will therefore be proportionably strengthened. The
event, consequently, instead of causing a further fa'l in
securities, may operate in an opposite direction. With
regard to the fre,l fa lures reported on this occasion,
the principal at Philadelphia seem to have been Cal-b
Cope and C. and Hallowell and Co., both importers , f
manufactured geode. During the relapse which oc-
curred after the termination cf the great Ameii al
panic in 1837, the Philadelphia and Baltimore bsn!.:e
suspended, as in this instance, while those of New Yolk
stood their greurAl. At that time the'r course had beim
radically unsound, and a long period elapsed before they
were able to resume. In the present case no wide-
spread commercial it:ft:diem has been observable, a d
these is room to hope that the difficulty will be speedily
surmounted. Tire Persia is the next steamer to arrive,
and she may be looked for on Saturday afternoon.
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