Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-26

| tive ambassadors recalled, and a formal rupur
taIIe place. The English A AMBASSADOR, il appears
| took great offence at an iDsnnaliun NJ. GuiZl
made in his speech, that he had not correctly &c
ported, in one OF his dispatches, conversation
they had had together. He accordingly wrote +
Lord Palmerston, asserting that his account Of III
conversation in question was literally and strict
! ly true; and Lord Paimerston wrote back thai lE
English Government had the fullest confidence II
his statements, notwithstanding what NJ. Guizo
had insinuated against Them. The ambassado
Immediately caused Lord Palmerslon's dispacl
10 be published in Galignani's Messenger, ant
Lord Paimerston, on his parI, caused il TO be pub
lished in the Morning Chronicle. The puhlica
ton excited the Indignation OF Nj. Guizo and hi.
patliZans, and The tury Of his newspapers al j
was very grea'. 1t certainly was an extraor
binary act, and must haze been meant as de-
liberale insult. Il amounted in point Of fact. Il
nothing less than public declaration Of hi
English Government, made in the most offensive
manner, thai il considered M. Guizot -. MOI
was This the only insult that M. Guizo received
The English Ambassador having delerrnined on
giving grand jete, an invitation was Sent 10 the
Minister; but lo shortly after he received il he
was iniufaed that il had been sent By mistake
a nd that The ambassadors vile declared 10 every
body that she had no desire TO receive him in her
salon! This created an immense sensation i'll
Paris, Tor The scandal Of The thing was real
iy extraordinarily great. NJ. Guizol was eX-
ceedinsy iTIilaled and, To mark his anger
forbade all the great iunclionaries OF The Co
vernmenl, and all he great personases Of The
place, 10 appear al the tetc OF The English Ani-
bassy. Lie also persuaded The majority 81
The Chamber Of Peers, and tic Chamber OF De-
puiies not 10 accept the Ambassadors invitation.
He even opened his own salons Oh the night fixed
for the ambassadors fte, and gathered all his
friends and parizans around him. 50 that on one
night last week Paris witnessed The unscemly
spectacle Of Foreign Ambassador and The NJ l.
mister OF Foreign Affairs opening their houses as
hostile camps, ore against the other Piiiahly
childish as all Ibis will appear 10 you. ii WAS
feared that il would have grave consequences.
Indeed, The English Ambassador himself thought
that he would be Obliged 10 demand his passports,
but il appears that his Government has ordered
him 10 remain. Some thought that M. Guizot
would be compelled 10 retire. but that is ini-
possible al this moment without shame and dis
homer In this position things stand at present
but that they can long remain SO is impossible.
They must either get heller or worse-must re-
suit either in The establishment OF different rela
lions. or in complete rupture.
The King, the great majority of The Chambers,
the press and the people, feel seriously uneasy al
tHt cAlS.iUS GtlNttH TuSidGu anu
France. The King of The Bclgians is now il
ing solicitation oil Louis Philippe, to advise
what is best TO be done 10 bring about better
stale Of things. From Paris he goes, it is said,
to London 10 effect, il possible, reconciliation
between The two Governments.
Since writing lhe above, have learned that
The rupture has been settled amicably, and in a
manner Satisfactory 10 The homer and feelings OF
both parties The credit Of this gratifying result
is due 10 the interference OF Count Appony, The
Austrian Ambassador a, Paris.
Our readers will be interested in The following
from The National Intelligencer.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. We
understand that the building committee OF this
Institution contracted, on Friday last Tor The efec-
lion Of their building.
The plan adopted out Of thirteen different de-.
signs submitted, was, as cur readers already
know, that of MIR. James Renwick, Jun, archi-
lect Of Grace Church, Calvary Church, the
Church Of Purlans, and other structures credi-
table TO his professional genius in and about The
city OF New York
An outline oil its accommodations and extent
is given in a note to the "Report of the Commit
tee on Organization reeen,iJ published b. tho
IuStlt1tion, nc fsliows.
1t comprises museum 200 feet by so; libra
~ 80 ieel by so; saliary OF ART lbs feet long /;
Two lecture rooms. OF which one is capable OF
containing an audience Of S0O 10 000 persons,
and The other is connected with The laboratory,
together with several smaller Iuous. The style
selected is the later Norman, or rather Lombard,
as il prevailed in The twelfth century Chiefly In
Germany, Normandy, and in Southern Europe,
Immediately preceding The Introduction of the
Gothic"
TO The above, we may add that The building
has that irregulary OF plan which characteristics
The Norman and Gothic styles; rendering those
much more capable than the GTecian OF conve-
nient adaptation 10 modern purposes ana pre-
sen,ing 10 the eye, in The different aspects oi a
building, pleasing variety. There are in all
nine towers of various shapes aud sizes; several
of them small, TO be used as elevators and 10 re-
ceive fues, &C.; The principal tower on the north
front being las feet high,
The successful competitors for The contract are
James Dixon G. Co, their bids, both for marble
and ireestone finish, being The lowest that we're
received Mr.. Dixon is known in this civ as
one OF the contractors on The Gener al Post Office,
so much admired both for lis beauty of design
and soiidity Of execution, and bears The repuIa-
ton Of being enterpisng industrious, responsi-
BILE, and faithful as builder He is resident
of this city. There is, we learn, associated with
III. u.
known there as having crediiably completed many
extensive building contracts.
The Board Of Regents had authorized for lhe
completion OF the building ard FOR the furnishing
and fitting mp OF The same, Concluding museum
cases, bookcases, &c. al expenditure not ex
ceedng Two numbered and toiy-t"o thousand dol
lars; being the amount set apart in The act oil
Congress organizing the institution Tor The eret-
ton Of suitable buildings 4 ne bid Of Messrs
Dixson & Co. for The entire building, including
furniture and fitting up and The amount atwhicl
the contract with them was closed, IS fu0 nun
drca md 6re thousand tir0 hundred and fjty dollars
being nearly Nuty-sercn Goasond 6otfa's within
Inc amount which The building committee had
authority 10 eypcnd.
The result is highly crediabe 10 The architect
the contract being taken al more than twenty
thousand dollars below the estimates submitted
by him 10 The Board Of Regents.
The material adopted Tor the external walls al
The building is !reesone OF approved durability
from The vicinity of Seneca Creek on Inc Poo-
mac, some twenty or twenty-five miles above the
city. IL is from The new red So .is,one formation
the same which has furnished, in New jersey, The
beautiful irccslone used in The erection of Trinity
Church, New York. lis color is pinkish OF
gray, becoming lighter by exposure. II is wholly
different in character and quality from The sand
stone used for the Capitol, the Patent Office, ant
the Treasury. Ii is easily worked when frs
ouarried, but becomes by exposure, in the course
OF a year or two, so hard that the best tempered
tool will hardly Gu; it. 1t resists moisture so et
ectually that in several aqueduc!s along the line
OF the canal, down The face OF which water has
been trickling necessarily for upwards OF twenty
wears. The marks of the chisel are still as sharp
rs when first cut. Some of The steps to The Cap.
iol are OF This ireestone, and no perceptple abra
sion can be discovered in these, Notwithstanding
the long Term oil years through which they have
been subjected 10 daily wear.
To erect the building oil marble insleado OF free.
stone would have cost, as shown by The bids, an
additional sum of tpenty three honsan1 hrc nun
tired dollars, and, though the entire amount would
still have been considerably within that 10 whicf
the committee were allowed TO 60 in their contract
they considered the difference between the Two ma
lerials, whether as regards durability or appear
ance, mol sufficient 10 justly that increase OF ex
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