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#A 'a t@t.a PARIS, FRANCE, July %, 1851.
have just returned from visit to the
Worlds Fair. ! purchased round ticket,
which is good during the whole Fair, for about
eight dollars. This ticket took me in a first
class car by railway to Havre, one hundred and
eightylsix miles, by steamship acrosslthe chan
mel one hundred and twenty miles, to- South
ampton, by railway to London, eighty miles,
and thence; back to Paris. The whole trip cost
me about twenty dollars, enabling me to see
the Tower, the Fair, and all the public build
ings, though, to my great surprise, was com
PEELED to pay to see even the public buildings,
SO entirely different from France, where every
thing is free to all. The scenery, as we en-
tered the river on going to Southampton, was
beautiful, but not to be compared with the
wild, picturesque and blooming scenery around
Rouen, the capital Of Normandy, We passed
the Isle Of Wight, and saw the ,turrets Of
Osborne House, the summer residence of
the Queen, just peeping over the druidical
looking oaks. We passed the United States
frigate st. Lawrence; her beautiful and grace
ful outlines, with the Immortal stars and stripes
floating at her peak. the. emblem Of national
republicanism, qcomported strangely with the
rough and ugly figure heads of the British DO
tilla and bloody flag, permanently stationed at
Spithead.E To the west the land is highly COW
cred with trees, and sloping gently down TO the
water, on an eminence overlooking which, sur
rounded by d clump Of oaks, are seen the dis
mantled walls, and tumbling columns Of that
picturesque and romantic relic of the middle
ages, Motley Abbey, sad memorial of British
vandalism the old ciostery and pointed win
dows, most exquisitely carved, almost concealed
by the creeping ivy. That venerable ruin tells
the tale of the days of "Old Merrie" England,
prior to the sixteenth century; Of 9maypoles,
feats, and Christmas carollings, now gone for
ever. In lieu Of the innocent pastimes on the
anniversary OF the village patron, amusements
Of character more congenial to the tastes Of
the nineteenth century have been substituted.
Now there are horse racing, human prize-fghts,
grog shops, ale houses, and chop shops, ,.,
We left Southampton by the southwestern
railway, at 8 o'clock, a. m, and at III a. m.
we're in the city of London, distance of eighty
miles. You cannot imagine how disappointed
was with the appearance of London, 1t is
not 50 much ornamented as Paris, with public
buildings, gardens, columns, monuments, statues
and fountains There are no enchanting gar
dens; with few meagre exceptions, the houses
are meanly built, and are constructed of dingy
a dim and smoky atmosphere which casts dis
NAL shadow upon everything | am now speak
ing of the general appearance of the city and
its Inhabitants. The city is not so cheerful as
Paris--there is more moral and physical suffer
ing and degradation in London than in Paris,
tor in the latter city education and refinement
are more generally ditfused. / have had access
TO official documents, from which | learn that
public schools for both sexes are established
throughout France, and that the most humble
and the poorest are enabled to obtain the best
scientific education in the world gratuitously
rhis Fauce has done for her citizens-for hel
degraded and superstitious peasantry. England
has done comparatively nothing. Every effort
of Hume, Golden, Reynolds, the Earl of Arun-
del, John OConnell, and other liberal members
Of Parliament, has proved entirely Intellectual
to obtain from the government any grant of
money for popular education. Ug.s aa..
You cannot imagine the disgusting exhibi-
tions | Witnessed during my short sojourn in
Londen; Women reeling in the streets in a
most beastly state Of intoxication men and
children begging for something to eat to keep
body and soul together; the streets infested
with those unhappy females, compelled by
society in state of disgrace) to procure
bread by the loss of their honor. There is less
degradation, less misery, and more education
among the French of the same class In Paris
you sec no intoxicated men. The French prefer
music dancing, the fine arts, and other inno-
cent dissipations, to the gross amusements Of
the Londoners / speak what know to be
true, for my authorities are all British When
arrived in London, / delivered letter of in
PRODUCTION to W. Simms, esq, Fellow of the
Royal Astronomical Society, which Professor
Curley, of Georgetown College, gave me. Mr..
Simno invited me to attend with him the meet
ing of that body, and also invited me to visit
the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.
The next day visited the Chrystal Palace
at Hyde Park, the seat of the Worlds Fair, and
it is certainly most gorgeous and magnificent
spectacle. Just imagine the productions Of
every quarter of the habitable globe represent
ed--Persia, Syria, India, Sandwich Islands,
West Indies, Turkey, &c. 8a uaa
France has won the palm for the richness and
elegance Of the productions of the looms of Ly-
ons; the anvls and machine shops of Rouen
the delicate and exquisite astronomical, surgi-
cal and mathematical instruments from Paris,
all Of the most magnificent description How
mortified I was by the nleagre display Of the
American portion Of the exhibition. There was,
however, one redeeming part--Powers' Greek
Slave. The Exhibition really battles descrip-
ton. / can tell you nothing which the news
papers have not already described y
On the Sunday following, l visited Saint
Georges .(Catholic) Cathedral, a splendid spo-
cimen Of the Gothic style; it is built in the
decorated and pointed style Of Edward III. IN,
The rectory for the pastor is Q perfect gem,
being designed by Pugin, the great restorer Of
primitive ecclesiastical architectpre. The win
doWs are Mled with Beautiful and real steinsa
glass, each window being picture; !; The. pulpit
and altar Of Italian marble, covered with scuolP-
tured basso-relievo; the chancel and sanctuary
are separated from the nave and aisls by q