New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-16
THE GOSSIP OF PARIS.

PARIS, Tuesday, Aug. %, 1854.
The fourth volume Of DIR. verons Memories dun
Bourgeois de Paris has just been put sale, and is
10 less curious than the preceding volumes 1t con-
tains an animated history of the parties under the
monarchy Of July an impartial appreciation OF Louis
Philippe during bis eighteen years reign resume
of the political life of the Coun Moniallvet; history
of the arts under the monarchy OF July, in which
Mademoiselle Rachel occupies large place history
of the Coastituti0anei, and the authors connection
herewith as editor-in chief, and pquant confession
Of the political debus Of the author. Unpublished
documents and correspondence full OF Interest abound
in this volume II contains memoir entirely UNI
known till now of NJ. dc Montloser on the events at
Lyons in 1881; an unpublished letter from The Duke
of Orleans to the Duke Of Nemours on the famous
attempt OF Louis Napoleon on Strasbours; the cor
respondence almost complete of the King, W. GuizOt
and NJ Bresson on the Spanish marriages. letter
from the Queen Amelia on the death OF her son the
Duke of Orleans; letter from the kiAg, one from the
Princess Adelaide one from the Count Duchate To the
Duke of Nemours on the discourse OF Mans; several
letters from NJ. Theirs Madame George Sand and
others The present volume exhibits the nerve and
the cOmprehensiyeness of style which characterize
the writings of the well known author add ought to
be consulted BY all those who desire to study and TO
know the men and events of the monarchy Of July,
as seen and recorded by man OF talent and OF OBJ
servation.
The work on the Crystal Palace is progressing very
rapidly. and nows employs 200 workmen. The roof
is finished and the carving the stone of which the
walls are built has advanced sufficiently TO demon
strate the great architectural beauty and perfection
which this palace will possess when finished. One
can now well appreciate the size and effect of this
vast construction of which the general surface for
the ground floor is 81 Dos square yards. The surface
Of the gallery of the circumference counts ls,072-
total IS, 40 yards. The large room numbers 2l6
are 3ss columns in from on the second floor sl6.
The central nave has length of 1872 yards, with a
breadth of a. its hight at the entablaure is IL yards
The building has consumed SOP 900 square yards of
cut stone, without counting the filling stone and the
mortar 800 tuns of castings 1900 tuns of iron, and
80 600 square yards of unpublished glass.
They are occupied at this moment in ehiseling the
grand fac AIDES, of which the general disposition has
been for a long time decided The arms of the cities
of France figure already in the tympans of the ar
eade and the divers parts Of the architecture are
q system at once elegant and severe. AT the grand
entrance facing the Champs Elysees is raised an u-
mense monumt ntal door which offers some analogy
to trumpha arch; it is nineteen yards high and fiji
teen broad; four COrinthlan columns sustain al
tabature surrounded with attic the frieZe Of the
latter will be orDamented with bas-relief twenty
yards long and two yards high, containing about
thirty figures representing the sciences and the arts
The attic will be surmOunted with a colossal group
representing France the figure will have hi ght Of
five or six yards. France will be distributing crowns
10 the sciences and to industry, personhed in two e-
male figures. This group, of which the effect cannot
tail to be of the imposing character, will
in some sort the idea which gave birth 10 the Crystal
Palace. On each side of this group viii be placed the
of France sustained by genluses. The tympans
of the grand vault will be filled by two renowned CO.
lossa statues of hight Of tx yards while under the
porch a has relief will be placed Of which the sub
ect will be in harmony with the nature aud OBJECT ~
The edifce. From this brief and imperfect descrip-
ton of the architectural designs Of the Palace il will
le q - rpff ~
be a permanent onument OF the most elaborate TN
sh and the most studied perfection Of style.
II has been recognized too late to correct the error
that the edifce Just described would be too small for
the exhibition and plan has been adopted TO build
temporary building on the qua de Conference be-
TIVE en- the original building and the river, aud facing
the new hotel Of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
v hich shall have length of 900 yards extending
from the Place de Ia Concorde to the fire pump Of
Cbaillot. Although so immensely long this tempo
rary building will be narrow, and will not add 10 the
principal palace but surface Of 80 900 yards, making
the total OF the two buildings u square yards.
The delay allowed for making applications ex-
hihiiors expired the 18th Of this month; but method
.iill remains open by which admission can be gained.
The applications, however, have been 80 numerous
not only from France but from foreign countries that
even with the exalted expectations Of its founders
they have been s-toni.hed al the numbers. The ap-
picatons from the United States although certainly
numerous DO Lot yet reach the figure which they
ought % attain and il hoped that 90 account of the
distance, the Commission may make special proviso
10 keep the books open longer for applications beyond
tie sea.
Among the curiosities which are TO be sent TO the
exhibition neat year from the East Indies will be
carpet Of ivory. This carpet is twenty feet long and
six wide and il made Of long bands Of ivory plated
into nat. The price IL 81 200. II may become
fashionable; such carpet would be almost ndestruc-
tible, bnt II may labor under the Inconvenience Of
being slippery
II claimed with gres souri-k q; trumpets that