The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-29

srssboaYg, st. Qsnt,a, Rousn, Nantes and Char.
rOis 20 see the Exhibition, where the scene no LONGER
pressnts is former dearA Of spectators. Yesterday
there could NOT have been lsss than sky Thousand
vriiers end ifthey I'll paid franc each, the fa1ds
OF the commissioners must have received the m,st
lively impulse they have hitherto ex persncsd.
busineas has besn unusually restricted ia the Paris
corn market and prices present brt an ins sn ,aa.
in ~ snce viii ultimately prove very satisfactory.
The commissioners appointed to award prizes 10
the most moral dramatic pieces brought out during
tne year 1864, and which, IL will be rememb red,
was IL s.ituted in consequen OF tbs present Ican
ti0us tendency OF the French stage, has just de.
c!ded that none Of the works sent in responded
fully to the Conditions required, though three homo
pre- OF 000f TO ". Ernest Secret for his comedy
Que Dira le koade,' played at the Diem; the se.
cond, 2000f., to II. Ennery, for the drama OF the
"Oiseau de Prote," rcpreeented Of the Gate; and
the third, With l,000l., to II. Dnmanoir, for his
comedy Of "L'Ecole des Agneaux," brought ont st
the Gy mpase.
The Mon,,tur OF this morning, after mentioning
throughout the poraing Of the ION of July, sy tns
EDa,ish, against the great Redan, which it sppsars
to have silenced, and that the Engsh works, tasrs
ore. have been advanced, publishes the letters
which have passed between toe French, English
and Russian admirals, respecting flags Of lrG3a,
which, BY the decision Of tho latter restricted
IN the Baltic to three ports Cr0nssadt, 8 yesb,rg
n i
bly, sensibly asgrsvats the miseries Of war; but q
member OF the French government, who has this
usepert called upon me-, declares tina. bn; one opin
ion prevails 90 10 the fault resting entirely with thu
Dce sssnt babbiing, invention and yng fthe English
press, aid that many far seeing persons bslieva it
win BIO impossible to carry the war st GIL under
su,n safe Of things. "Lsok !" said he, whs:
p9sl,on =. VI, We Russians are IN! They accapy the
by two routes with the continsDs- the being the
military road over the Siwssh the osbsr that through
Pei ekop. They possess two roads tom Simpherouoi
the other making circuit to the north OF Ssbasopo
These lines OF communication are almost unsss ALA
bic. Ii the south they are defended against an in
vadipg srmy BY mountain dehes, fortified
with the utmost att ard in the norta they are pro-
tected by the Ssnt OF water and the poisonous ex-
relations which surround both Perekop and the
shores Of the Puisid Sea. Upon thess roads the
greatest activity preyails-thsy Q crCwied with
advancing troops snd conveys Of ammunition and
provisions. The antgiossions Of failure 10 tae sup
plies do not appear likely az prasen to b. rssiizsd.
At tie same time sebassopol itseH is yell fortified,
fanatioal courage The allies have al army Of
ECO 600 men encar,ped upon an unhealshy pl.seau.
Their generals die daily. The piedmontsss army
has lost General de Ia M,mora, the English Lord
any Of their gene,als that we really don't know
where TO turn; aud O. If these difficulties were not
enough, we have fscts, half facts, oounssls, delbe
raticns, and artful lies blown into ST. Petersburg
through the press Of England every sWeuty four
hours. Mon Dieu. IL q aura uas rerolutioa. Bah,n
The streets Of Paris are just now envsned by the
appearance OF Eogsn aud Fre.cs so!aie.s walking
arm in arm. They have bsea comrades in the Cr
Mea and wounded, and the Esgllsa solder now in
Psris pour SC distraic, has picked up Soma OF Els
old acqusintainces. i is dangerous experiment,
eoI sideripg how much eam dc re is afoat as the
wine shops.
Every day the reports fsom Spain have m1re
unfavorso ole character. The French government
Il i an rs, .tS e.s Iq d ssr i not r as S
glad to interfere, and do in Spain what IL is nov
doing In ome--garrison the capital with French
troops. u breads successful Carlist iumrsectioa
the Western Powers. II breads the al Of E,par.
tsro and O Donpe.l. It sees chaos looming 10 the
future; the peninsula OF the West, in fac, invsing
another Nsp0leon whilst t1st Of the East gives him
slready Somewhat too much TO do. The present
81 ua;ion il eminently "a fx." BERTHE.
PARIS, July IL, 1856.
Dulness Out Of Doors Theatres and International
Experimentation Machinery at the Erhtti
Hn--Mr. Seymour at the CSor's Court Grand
Triumph for An,tficax Diplomatic Costume.
Clouds have again dalkened the sunny weather in
which France was beginning to rej,ice. Pals is
gay only within doors, and even It's indoor gaIety
IL not shared by the international b3zaars, tia
American buGets nor the c0ffse houses and eating
houses which have sprung uprks muihroons under
the trees Of the Champs Eysees near the Palsce Of
Industry. Most Of these new establishments look
dismally wet ard desola.e. Las. evening mott ,ei
four or five walters standing disconsolate and idle
near one Of the most p,1yglot icl and cosm 3p0ian
OF these hangers for The nations. Each waiter had
shrouded his shoulders il napkin to protect his
jacket from the rain. Goodyear should supply these
neishbors of his with napkins OF csoutoaouc-
the only things perhaps which he has no. yet made
out of India rubber.
Among the indoor attractions, these Of the operas
and THEATRES ATE infinitely agreeable, of course
than the ministerial receptions which seem to be held
almost every night. The guests are glad to
hurry away early. to unite with provincial and
foreign v'sters to the capital, 10 applaudng
its old stage favoritcs! How truly may some
Of the latter be called old favorites Mile Georges,
who VIII appear to morrow night ct the Odeon as
Agrippina in "Brittanicas," may thank her sevsL-
" years for being "a stsr" Of the second, Is she
WIS CT the drs. Empire. Yon would &C arcsly sus.
pect, while applaudiDg Mile Dejszst a. Feeder
the Great, At the Gae.e. that she also ia ver nearly
seventy years Of age, and you absolutely forget,
when you see BoufIe as the Ganin de Paris, 8, the
Varieties that he is more than half q century OIL
Rachel is no longer young, but the success Of R.s
tori has piqued her, and she has resolved 10 show
the Parisians once more, before her departure for
America, that her prodigisus powers svs not d.
mInished. Recently appointed Profess or o. Dscla-
nation at the Corservstore she has pros,acted atn
longer long delay before her departure In order
to give last, or q. least one more o. her "iaytn
series Of representations. Tonight she plays Ia
Horace" az the Theatre Franeais, while Ristor
on her lsrt appears with Rossi, in "kaia 5tusrda,"
at the Theatre Ttal,en.
Last night, the Emperor was present at tas Grand
Opera, where ta.nighs, thers is q second exsraor.
binary representation for the rentrs( OF Nine Alboni
and OF M. Rger-the 174.h OF the "PfopheseH
Rachel, Rstcri apd Alboni on the same evening.
Tho great indoor attraction for the daytime, is
tie Exhibition, which Is nov complies. Ia the
Annex the motive power has been applied TO the
marvellous variety OF machines collected there, a.d
among which such specimens of America an mocha
DcA! genius 81 the respinR machine the rotary ir IN