The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-22
BY THE CANADA.
Correspondence Of the Commercial Advertiser
THE EXHIBITION FETEs IN PARIS.

r THE EXHIBITION FETEs IN PARIS.
The topic during he present week has been
the return series of fctes given by the city Of
Paris to the corporation of London in honor of
the Exhibition The party started from Lon
don on F..day, the LIST inst. and included Lord
Granville, as one of the royal commissioners,
the executive committee, the ju-ois, the lord
mayor and aldermen Of London, he chairman
of the East india company, tho governor of the
bank of England, M. Paxton, NJ. Fox, and
about $50 other persons, who were oil provided
with tickets from the project Of the Seine for
their passage from London and bHck, which also
obviated the necessity of pass ports and the ex-
animation of luggage In addition, there were
perhaps about 600 or 1000 visitors, who had
rece we'd invitations for the fetes without these
passage tickets, but who, npon payment, were
conveyed by the same trains. Owing to the
usual msmanagement which in every country
seems to be on essential condition of every hing
connected with the transportation Of large
numbers of people, and which could always
papably be obviated by the simplest exercise
of intelligence, all sorts Of confusion prevailed
before the tlrong arrived at their destination
but the weather was fine and the fctes succoss.
full, and the whole affair has undoubtedly pre-
duced much good. A dinner and concert at the
Hotel do Vile, an exhibition of the water
works at Versailles, reception by Louis Ma
poleon at the palace of st. Cloud, b?ll TO 6000
persons at the Hotel dc Vile, n sham fight, and
an entertainment at The opera, constituted the
programme of the six DAYS visit, amono which
the water-works Mt Versailles and the reception
at Saint Cloud were the events that have pro-
badly left the most pleasing and lasting impres.
sions The final tableau Of the Versailles
fountains, with 100000 spectators ranged in
shade and sunsfin on the amphitheatre formed
by the surrounding slopes of g.ass, fixed itself
IN unmixed force upon the mind like Me gara
or the crystal palace, or auy other object tbat
is itself alone.
AT Saint Cloud, of course, great interest was
impaired by the presence of the President, but
the impression produced on the minds of the
English persons, who had not seen him befor e.
was the absence of anything in his appearance
to denote that degree of originality and ,igor
without which no man can, in the true sense of
the word, e~er become a leader. The want of
any likeness to the emperor was also STRONGLY
remarked. With regard to the greeting accorded
to him, no judgment could be formed, the enter
taioment not being public ono; but it would
be impossible that any one ut present in Paris
could fail to notice that there IS no feeling d.
rected toward him in any quarter bearing the
SulhftSL Stinb'fbNt W tnthusEiSfll.
At each of the fetes, here were great nrm-
Der of Americans, aud you will doubtless receive
from yorr vigilant correspondent at Paris a full
d cription Of the proceedings, all of which de-
serve to be recorded. In testifyng 10 their bril-
linncy and the happy spirit in which they were
conducted, it may be noticed. however, that some
little mistakes occurred, such as are inseparabe
from all similar occasions, but which If they had
taken prce under the management of English
men or Americans would have been quoted as
instances Of the constitutional want OF tact and
refinement peculiar to Anglo-Saxons. Thus
he note of the project of the Seine, issued in
London, embodied request that on the arrival
of the visitor in Paris Inc would transmit the
name of bis hotel, so that the invi'aiiors which
were intended for him might be duly sent Some,
however, who complied with this request had
the mort cation to find that it led TO no result
Agcn, at the fetc Of ST Cloud, when the
orangery was thrown open for refreshments, il
WIS almost exclusively taken possession of by
mi'i'ary officers, and ladies' on all sides were for
me wholly neglected. Such things arc liable
to happen everywhere, End ere only deserving of
notice on the present occasion, inasmuch as they
teach that it is wrong to cite them rs peculior
TO my country, or ~ anything else than acciden-
omissions, which would have been guarded
ag''rst i they had been foreseen.
FoRsIeN AFFAIRs.--Thc cnormities of the
King Of Naples are working well for the popu-
lar cause on the continent. The analogous
course of the Austrans Mt Milan IL also arous
ing universal sentiment AZ this feeling
increases, The position Of France End Austria
in lay eely becomes more tngonistic, and
il seems probable that before long tho rivalry of
thc two powers for influence may lead 10 some
aspe. tics, which viii arorsc ihc warlike feelings
n Paris, md end in a rupture that will compel
France TO enlist the Democrats on her side. IL
such should ever be the case, there viii be a
iieme that will sweep away the absolutonists
IKE stubble. AZ present howcvor, the minis
ters of Louis Napoleon exert all their influence
to Justify the Pope, and TO extinguisb. 20 fer
as possible. every attempt Mt discussion ON she
conduct Of his ally, King Ferdinand.
Last night in our own house of commons,
| tone was taken on subject which viii spread
dismay on one side, and hope on the other The