The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-22

barbarity and cruelty" ef ths King Of Naples
were referred to ms having led him TO deeds un-
knowa in any other civilized country Lord
Palmerston boldly avowed his admiration Of
ae course lately taken by Mr.. Gladstone IL. ex-
posing them, and announced ii I he had sent
copies Of that gcntlemro's pamphlet To TIE
Bs' sh r'nsters 1T all the courts Uf Europe,
d'~ec'pg them TO give one to each government.
with the hope Of ipiluenciug the II to use their
exertions for the repression OF such hoi sors.
| STEAM ENrERPRIsE--Th activity Of st am
enter Use is still observable, and among the
20 ts To be noticed in regard to il, is the grow
'rv tendency to the use OF the screw propeller.
A strong OPP on {, it, favor was re- lily mr.
rived ut by parliamentary committee and in a
work Just published, some impo. nj DEF lis have
been furnished to show the improvements which
may be made In its application. A series of tn
Dies II gvef, illustrative OF the screw vessels IN
ne British navy. From these it appears that by
shai pen ng the stern in the case OF one vessel
called the Teazcr, and max ing a few other slicht
adjustments, she W propelled faster with forty
horse power than she had previously been by
one hundred horse power; while. in the case Of
a similar alteration in another vessel called the
Rifleman, it was found hat greater speed wrs
ob'sined with 100 horse power THIN previously
with 200. The Riheman is 1876 tons, and the
Teezer 296, and he Tepzer's original engines.
when s-ansfeved to he Rilcn,an, drove that
vessel nea-y two knots an hour faster then they
had q wen he smaller vessel. Those conten-
pafing the construction of screw vsssels would
do well to inquire into these frc's to obtain the
me,imum of the efficiency with the minimum
of expense '
PARIS, July 18th, 1851.
The French capit-l has been, this week, in the
hands of the English, for the first time since
1915. SO much fun and frolic have been going
on that politics have been thrown quite inf the
shade. The alliance between the Bonnpartiss
and Legtim'sts, demonstrated by the election of
committee of permanence, composed of eleuea
BonapaI'sts, Ten Iesitimists, three Orlcansts and
one Socialist wond have created great scr ri
at any other time; but, partly owing to the ~
'iyitcs and partly to the general expectation FIAT
tho Legtimist members would pass over to the
Presidents side, it has made no sen alton.
note II, however, as a very 'mportant sign Of
times; for those who yi4Id now can1ot be ed
pected to oppose hereafter in any very dete
mined manner
WEATHER AND REcEPTIoN.-1n ne city autho
'ites have been ANS sing the English since last
Friday, the mercury in the thermometer aiming
most OF the week, at noon, little above eighty
French POI eness had provided every thing ne
cess ~ for he entertainment of their ga ts-
They Were received at Bonlogne by the mayor
and project, addressed with compIime .tary
speeches, of which the London mayor under
stood not word, and forwr -dcd to Pc IS in the
elegant and luxurious first class cas- of he
Northern ra'lroad. At he Paris s'at'on. large
detachment ofpolice agents, in bouses, end look
ing precisely Ike crowd of the sovereigns had
been posted to salute the strangers with shouts
for merry England Their numbers were in
creased by he curious, and the hur,rhs were
Given with an easnestness which seemed to en-
barrass not a little the mayor and his party
This wcs part of the programme which had
not been explained 70 'he English, who we
evidently at loss to understood such unexpected
enthusiasm among tho masses. They forgot
therefore, to acknowledge it. I.ode 1gs rad
been provided for rl he visitors, and carriages
were s'rnd;ng Mt the door of the station, subject
to their order. The lord mayor of London went
TO the Hotel dc Vile, in compc ny with the pei
feet; the others went to p waite hotels.
BANQvET.-Saturday was spent n citing the
natonal assembly and he diicrent monuments
of the city, tho palaces, galleries of -, mu-
seums, remains of Roman Buildings, ts.umptal
arches &c. The banquet commenced at FIVE
o'clock in the afternoon, a1d was attended by
ministers, bishops, archbishops, Eng''shmen
London c'dermen lords, one Chinese, members
of lie jury Of the London Elk. 'biton the Pats
delegation TO the national assembly, with the ex-
ccption of Victor Hugo,) the members of the
city counci, and all ne diplomatic corps, our
mir ster (Mr. Rivcs) included
Benquets, gwen ut the public expense, end
eaten by a few, are always r.ch but Belstazzar's
cook never dreamed of half the decaces served
up on the table Of the project of the Seine. The
bill of fare fins up sevca' columns of one OF the
newspapers. Every corlry had fl shed ifs
deinties No Dish YVES wanted except those pc
culior ones attributed by English end Amei &c \
prejudice to Frcnce, but wi ;ch ere es rare here
rs elsewhere. In the evening the guests at
tend the theatre.
VERsAnLEs.-The next day was devoted TO
festivities mt the ancient city of | rs XIV. An
American author calls Versr lilies " a miserable
rsaken.looking little village" This Isl sho,
way Of setting down the most beautiful city IN
Europe, and c91 account for it only by sup
posing that the author visited TIE pace on a
stormy winters day. and in fit of III humor
All the 'cste of the elegant court of Lous YVES
employed in planning its broad and shaded
avenues, which diverge ON he grand sqrH 70
in front of the chateau. The buildings were
erected by rich cou"iiers, who spared no ex-
pense upon them. And surely n town inhabi
ed by rich men retired from business, mobiles
and wealthy Eng'ishmen, garrison by tf'.y
Thousand soldiers, ard visited by every foreigner
who comes TO France, can want neither gay
cquipages, brilliant parades, mrsc, nor the APP
pearance of 'ife in the streets. IL cannot be
called forseken- looking" At any rate, it WIS
not so list Sunday. ALI Paris Ind crowded into
il pa, ily to welcome nc English, but chiefly TO
enjoy the beau 'es of the park csenery and the |
mag efficient spectacle Of the numerous foun'c'ns,
whose waters fall in cfscades over the lips Of
marble urrs, or in miniature ca's-acts down the
decv-ties, or shoot up toward the sun n jets |
which fall back in spray Inen here ere flower
gardens and lakes, terraces and groves, sunny
walks and shady alleys orange groves and
fights of marble steps, hedges and paved cor-ts,
grassy slopes and avenues rdorncd with
statues The wealth of France was lavished
on y =. abode of royalty, now changed into
national museum Of ers. Sights so new md