New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-27

racty il not ere Of the military yir.ues--what,ve
tley may be. need not say that Paris. ns COZ
sider Cen OsteuSscken as undoubtedly the ST. Peer
bmgtrf consider Admiral Hameln, an extflva laat
bTaggat. For tie rest you will lay berrc y0gr res i
ers all that lice open 10 men here relating to n fac
of the cafc. Complimentary conjecture my part 10
needless and hazardous. any fond of rat Kind
of literature which las been cultivated with such great
outlay Of ink and historical reference and guessvork
ever since the Eastern question has been under discus
sion, commend an article in late number OF The
Londoa romin,r under the utlo: is Austria to be
"trusted by the western powersi' The writer just-
fes the conclusion that sbe is not by reconsideration
II her traditional bad morals and Of her course OF
duet during the actual cris, which he shows to be
virtually as favorable 10 Russia though Francis
Joseph and Nicholas allied by public treaty Ger
taDly thus far, Austria has been in respect 10 the in
terests Of Turkey and the allies neutralsing rather
than neutI a power.
The additional enrolment of50 900 conscrpts hardly
completed and now We have another great measure OF
preparation for the possible evenuaites Of the war
IN the formation Of two camps for military eX srcss
The bret composed OF 100 GO men, will be established
near ~. Omer, on the coast of the English Channel
the other Of $1,000 men, will be formed near Mar
seies. These camps are to he practical SCI oos of
military maneuverf. Some Prussians are said to be
dsquieted about the location of the largest one at
point not Dpractcably distant from the Rhensh Prov
nces.
resr compcscd Of picked men who have approved their
good sOldlershp-s not entirely without OppoYtun ~ in
this time of Its political are dOubtes. the
greater cause of its formation. position in its ranks
is honorable profitable aud permanent-On condition
that the actual Government be permanent position
as officer 49, the condition admirably adapte1
10 all the purposes for which ruler not firmly seated
IN the peoples affections, needs effective rewards or
bribes. This body Of vii be sort Of nation by
itsef-nOt fresh come from the people and about 70
Az tlzpu Ia he Ike II
rest OF the army-skng precedence of the rest Of the
army: their patriotism exchanged for Imperialism
their chief interests made common with those of their
master. For all that concerns the person Of the En-
peror the Imperial Guard will be under the dir OF
" orders Of tie Grand Marshal Of the Palace" The
command Of the Guard has been given to Gen. Regnaus
de Saint Jean dAugrey
Amid all these military preoccupatons, the Govern
meDt does not at all overlook slight the preparatc
for the opening OF the Palace Of Industry next year Ii
is already evident that the building in the Champs
Elystes, immense its proportions will not be
large enough for its purpose, and additions are decided
upon. Under the systematic direction OF the Minister
Of the Interior Special and f Committees are organ
lied in each department. whose Office is to give inform
alton and encouragement to exhibitors and TO select
and forward the best samples of the natural
and artificial productions Of every part OF the country
The Imperial manufactures of different kinds have al
ready received orders for the production of their pec
men works. Among them, | AIN told, the Imperial
printing establishment ia to furnish copy Of the lm
atOn Of Christ the masterpiece OF Typography and
elegant book kmakng-the illustrations to be copied in
gold and cOors from old Illuminated manuscripts That
the department of fine arts need not fall below those
Of industry, Government has gwen orders TO some Of
the first painters here, Couture and Delacrox among
the number. DelacrOixs subject is the Treaty Of
Campo Formio. gentleman long in the Patent Of
fee at Washington, and whose occupations here fur
nish him the of speaking with authority on such
matter, prophecies that in the department of me-
chanca inventions il will appear that French ingenuity
ia not so far behind national development that way,
vanity based on our ignorance apt to believe
Another Of cOuntrymen resident here whose busi
is to be in constant communication with the fab
rcants Of ewery ana of all the fancy wares articles de
Paris they call them here-tells Inc that many of
them are employing their best wOrkmen on model
specimens of those articles in which the skill and ex
quste taste of the Partisan 0urrier so markedly
preSminent Here it is not out of place to mention,
for the benefit Of your lady readers that they will soon
have "a new and elegant article of French prints,
the patterns of which, designed by Nature, have lam
untought of these thousands of years at the bottom
OF the sea. At the Horticultural Exhibition the other
day, there a collection Of dried sgae. You know
how beautiful it isthe fantastic branchwOrk of those
sea-weeds The FrenchmaD who collected them had
the happy thought of taking by help Of the micro
scope, magnifed copy OF their minute and delicate
graces which to be reproduced in the I" new style
- Of French prints"
While taking comfort to myself last Friday in
the reading of q number of The Tribune, some
l do not nicely remember what you said therea-
bout, for was taken up with the contents
of other parts of your semi-weeky encyclopedia of
current history; and lent that Tribune serward to
S. who is to lend it to NJ. so cannot refresh my
memory by reference. Indeed it is not necessary to
refer in this instance at all, and might as well have
said without this long prernbulatory sentence what
/ had in mind 10 say at the 0use--0r for that matter
fit enough place to say it just after the compar
son of French and Yankee inventive faculties. And
them too should have mentioned that Nj. Niepce ST.
Victor a scientific gentleman General PicOt and NJ
Fontaine did do last week. what We sometimes hear
spoken Of as feasible thing when the person spoken
to reproached with not being of the sort OF men to
set the river afre" These gentlemen did set the river
a fire. and as follows. They have compounded liquid
of certain chemical elements, which takes fire sponta
neousy by contact with water. glass globe contain
ing some of this liquid set floating last Wednesday
week on the basin in the garden of the Palas Royal
person standing the edge Of the basin then broke
the globe by means of long stick. Its contents,
spreading out the surface of the water broke out
into flame sending up thick smoke, and continued
burning about one minute. The experiment WAS tried
before crowd of spectators A similar and equally
successful one has been tried the Seine The liquid
compound said to be inexpensive. 1t may have great
destructive merits as munition of war; But speak
ing of straw paper, the Mondays issue of La PTess'
was printed straw paper manufactured by the pro-
cess of Coupler Melier, who have an agent at Paris
II was the whes of all the Partisan journals OF that
day-suffcienty strong and firm, and receiving per-
feet impression from the type.