The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-08
Our Lyon Correspondents.

Our Lyons Correspondents.
LYONS, FRANCE, June 10, 1858.
IA Cy-hs ssaaiio~ and Na~sfao,wes-TAe Population
and he Polioe-Rsvrsed Ba11iss-A Neso POrtroti Of
Wash ~gbm-7hs Trocps-Rsxsia e'd Tarhey-F'e'cA
Tares, dc.
when wrote you at Paris, promised you When i
reached this city you should hear from again. Ia ui-
hnent of pledge write you this morning feom this
city OF siIls.
Lyons or in the Roman nomenclature Lusdunum, is
the second great city Of France, and one OF the eldest
tor in the empire Its world vide renowned silk has
given II Importance scarcely second 70
on the continent II is beautifully situated the banks
great of France the Rho.e and Soane
These ere shallow rapid streams, Spawned by tssn
bridges Of them beautiful specimens OF stone achi
lecture.
These bridges interfere little with navigation,
fore the reason that the boats running these
rivers narrow Twelve feet) and lorg, with
small draught of water. The city occupies this low
grounds bordering the rivers, as also the sides and
sumrt of the boz derpg hills the ancient or Roman part
of the city the latter, and remains Of Roman
chiecture st to be there theugh Of
have been gsrnered into the Museum of Arts.n The
streets generally narrow, paved with stone situ
npous nent and the sidewalks ranging from eighteen
inches four feet in width The bulldogs of brick
and stone mostly the latter pssersd and six, and
supplied With water from the Rhone TIE police is admit
rabe here we'll IN all France and the streets unlike
New York thoroughly cleaned early every morning.
The population is 2T5, co., seventy thousand Of
whom engaged in the manufacture OF silks. Here
goods manufactured in families, the Nesocenls''
furnishing patterns and al materials, aud receiving the
work hrishsd fer a stipulated price TIE "Parisiaa
sks," as they called, are all manufactured here
to order. from Paiis The amount Of silks and vevets
kata for fora ION INN
United Sntes are their best Customers neat 10 whom
comes England
ing the CITY, occupying fifteen miles in circuit and
what be thought some~ha strange tbs port holes
and Of bee forts all facs The city instead of show
ing their teeth 10 ensnie from whout and 20 accurately
they located ard adjusted that tbs hundreds Of
they contain command every part OF the city What
Dent Of The country most fear the people Of the
country.
In the gallery arts, among other artistic specimens
The busts OF several prominent natives Delorme,
Marshal Souchet Jnssen sud last not least the mmer
tai Jseauar The inventor Of the silk loom Lyons choice
fgureo silks everything to the genius OF this
Before The nii6dls and latter part OF the eighteenth
century those ks yere the issue Of the labor OF
the land srd the needle His genius Produced loom
that revoutiopzed the whole fabrication, and reduced
the expense one tenth Of les former cost In the
rious silk establishments you viii see elegant Ekenesses
Of Jscqusrt wrought sk initiating and very closely
too, splendid steel epeIavngs have suggested TO one
same style portrait of Washington. lie mas promised
TO do you may expect In another year 10 see in
where else tbs United States,
splendid lire engraving silk of our beloved Wash
ingtcp. The merchant told me he supposed ne would
have 10 seDd TO The United States for q good en-
craving 10 cory Dom. bus ! told him no for
/ lad just seen of the best st the bureau
of the American Consulate. BY the way ! end
this well Of the American coEsulaes, the
HERALD the prominent Of the American papers and
Iced his dly YOU that to American traveller
abroad next to receiving letters from hoe has no
richer treat thar 10 set down and over American
newspaper It hosever units him for reading the so
called newspapers here
There are I understand. large body of troops sta
tened here, the centre If the d. ment OF the Rhone
unoer the msnd Of Marshal CASTELAR, old soldier
Of Ma poon the Great These troops like most of those
il FIsnce young from eighteen to thirty years
II and from appearance capable of enduring suy
sly occasion for anything beyond ths Ordinary routine
of peace DUTY, although there have been some Ia
dcations Of foreign trouble that might involve
Frarce Austria and Switzerland have mutually recalled
,rsir ministers Austria complains, and swiss stands
unmoyed the defensive, aud The viii maintain her po
sitop Further norb south and east stand Russia
and Turkey b.ngereny ospo ed the former threaten
ing AID the latter sdhstng to her integrity Russia with
drawing her mister ard threatening The 0oBau, who
firm in his right ard locking 20 England and France bids
the rortleTn bear defiance So far he general nte
resfs OF Europe concerned there is
much st stake IN tie Ievolot feeling everywhere
prevalent 10 Justify the hazard of the part OF
Austria Or Russia The former every hing 70 sear
ara pre- b. bly, after little gascnosde and d
plona'c err ARs5i, sfd wisdom DICTATES oeace
IL regard 10 Russia the poaers Of Edrope sud espe
wfesis Cons.sntnople and the Dardaoellas from tn.
Por.e. On the whole, the prevailing opinion Il that
there SlH he though the b0Urss, q
apptsrs BY daily fall OF stocks ndica tes dle4snt
cor clu ion.
France, internally, is qriet, ard win be so long as
Napoleon hoos The Ieips OF government unless inds ed
which rot very le,, lie relsxes bis hold and yields
to inter al pressure. Il would rremsdisble Gala
MY TO France IT, by any means, change in the head
o. the State should take place. fis true France is
seIrly governed, ana she must be if tranquility is 10
prevail and though vigorous measures are adopted and
the budget Of taxes 10 high still my opinion that
she is vel governed under cTcnIDs apce. she
can be The TriLufe ard Other restless SPLITS may lud
fault and complain sud ceuouDce and back all this up
the majority aud better part will hold tina
de fGc0 rather tas tie hazard that wors. OF
all sysus rather that no ~ stem sscendency Of the
ccmmupsts. France, until far gone in dementid will
beautiful specimens Of the crittern and fhe is satisfied
10 let her sink into her origir al pohingness
speaking OF taxes briggs 70 mind strar2e anomaly iu
this regard in the Flench system. Eveybog taxed
here by license or otherwie, TO the shoepicss
the Of the Streets the boy who peddes theatre
tickets except that excep. money in bank at inte-
rest gentleman possessing million OF frar loaned
out note bend and 1rtgsge and receiving his in
terest yearly pays not Of tax. csnuot assign
req son for so strange a feature in their system.
Some few weeks since there In this city Doto
rious bfgands and murdee publicly executed BY the
guotire. | learn that they were executed at five
there ten thousand witnesses Of the korrd
spectacle ard majority females There has not been
an execution here before in some five six Years.
TRANSIT.
Russia and Turkey.
TIE MISSION OF NENsCHIKoFF-THR Eastern
CHURCHES -PRoPosITIoN or THE SULTAN.
From the LondcE Times Jure %
The following circular note has been addressed by
the Cabinet Of ST. Petersburg to the Ministers and
Diplomatic Agents Of the Emperor It is published
in the Cazette de 81 Petersburg Of the 12th inst--
CIRCULAR