The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-31

JRsDAY, NAY 81, 1855.
ths.csopmodat,on for the COMM nat are tcld OF I,
tosl'y Incomplete, though the tsksN e way are som
isr aouous One ssats%sa know ~. arivs eva.
IL 0o dozen OF pale ale and hams enough 10 seaso
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ihe gentlemen OF the press to be pk IN t,sros
s,sta,tously e.. but uohsPply for - an
will, hope, therefore furnish It's rea ~ moro
phic sketches than could pretend t0tk shall, boN
evsS now ano then return to the subieA In such
1pe OF wealth there Is enough ana TO spare for ALI
though had Pesseessd press i,ket, should have
| open to me as sD ordinary visitsr.
he Monaeir announces that The price OF bread,
nea aown ,ns I1greps at great saercs has hitherto
Ing the number OF strangers flowing to the city be
raised to forty fyeex Opt TO these who too poor to
Pay this augmentation Such parties, appicA Ation
viii be furnished with cards for fifteen days renswable
rtm time to time, permitting them pay the original
price. This may be called an imperial sop to Csrbsrus
BERrIE.
PARIS May 16, 1855.
Opening Of the Exhibition General Description of the
Coup d'eil Presented BY the Inerior-Iaug.rato of
TIE Building by their Imperial Mgjeses-Description
Of the Cr enonial-7he Imperio Throne Placed in the
American Deportnta,t-Address Of Prince Napoleon,
aud Reply Of The Emreror-Characer Of the Exhibition
sieef. sss,a.
As the clouds OF heaven had gathered togethsr OK.
pressy to evnce their nockrg Of temple raised
to the genius Of Peace when the whole world ON land
and sea- bristIng with bayonets, covered with
deep mouthed canron they hung like funeral pail over
its crystal roof and poured torrents of the ptess ee
ment or its mari Sides But what is there that will
stay the determined sight. seer?
Long before ten o'clock, files of carriages might be
urging their way in the direction Of the Champs
Ely sees. Groups Of pedestrians clung Ike OF
bees about the porches Of the Paas dndustre for
wind and rain and mud failed scatter to their
homes the well dressed population of Paris. Men knew
that two days ago the building little than q
sheltha twenty thousand packages still sined
opened, and that beyond their dear selves there
would probably be t,s to refresh their eyes, but not
whit dsunted, s they crowded on and sighed for the
opening Of the doors, If the treasures Of Cali.
fcrnia were there to be seen aud shared, and now
their chance. BY the great kindness of
Commissioner of the United States, Mr. Field) who
on learning my positive relation to the HERALD, exer!sd
himself at great personal inccnvenience TO procure
card of admission, enjoyed peculiar facilities for
witnessing the ceremony to advantage; and desire to
take this opportunity Of pabhcly expressing my
knowedg nents to that genteea for his courteous aud
ready attention On entering tina palace was again
struck by the immense progress Elected in twenty four
hours Sixteen hundred pairs Of hands, it seems had
been occupied during the entire night and am told
by those whose habtstons only divided from it
by road, that the noise, the lights the
shaeows fitting to and fro, the hoarse murmur of
voices utteriDg English, Fisnch Dutch, German Span
ish and Portuguese sounds, presented one OF the
straDgest in the world The interior of the build
ing 10 painted dim lilac, which admirably suits the
variety Of coors spread out to view by its negative
ceence of noninterference The compartments OF the
immense gallery which prevails throughout the vast
oblong called tribunes, may be aadspeaking roughly
to be shout eighty in number, thirty either side
and ten at each end in spaces of thirty feet each Iu
stead OF stores of industrial produce, glowing
with the wonders Of the loom Of manual labor, CT
acence and art living Masses bearing in their persons
every species o. industrial ingenuity, and by
arts peculiar to themselves displaying them
10 tie best advantage, occup,d their place
From their elevated position, they locked on th
vast below tbem and, Notwithstanding the angry
aspect of the skies, which refused single ray of sun
shine to the lake of glass which composed the roof
sight OF those which cannot easily be forgotten
The large arched, painted windows at either end throw
faint tipgesn several elaborate Of art which
most part consisted Of sccssasicai subects, WHICH
from their elevation and spiral character artisticay
level On either side Of these were passages through
which . eozen persons might walk abreast, and
the division which bounded the nave from the un-
der part Of the galleries wise FULL to be filed,
with industrial formed by beautiful glass
cases containing their several wares AT II O'Clock the
doors closed against all further admission and at
ten minutes to one, the cannon Of the Iavaldes
nouncd the departure Of the Imperial cortsge from the
Tuieres. The instant the booming Of the guns broke
upon the ear manifest change took place the ge.
neral aspect OF the building Parties in the tribunes,
no Sss 70 ss fr%n N sToups IN the rear
towards the centre Of the to be occupied by the
Imperial party The fiont Of the galleries ali sides
presented quntuple row Of heads, the ladies being
chiefly in the benches With their rich and varis-
gated toilets The vast below became peopled
The bunss and other paris Of tbs paas where
they had been seeking to vile the tedious hours Of
chequsred ground in which embedded the bases Of
the beautiful statues, altar pieces light hou1es and
fountains-mar ble--which rose above Il.
The Emperor and Empress had commenced their
procession from The Tuieres an saPs the day of their
nuptals so much state has not been observed. First
squsdron Of curassiers OF the Imperial Guard,
headed by their fine band then thoe state carriages
drawn by two horses then two others with six horses
bearing the ladies and officers OF the Imperial court
then another carriage and six with the Princess Mahi
de- ard then splendid equipase, sliteriog with gold
This carriage had eight horsey by the side Of which
walked srcoms in the imperial livery, and following
The Cent , Ga.des exciting universal admiration by
closed the procession As the cortege passed on tbs
troops preseHed arms, the drums beat, and the bands
syre" and the raia which had hitherto been delugng
the streets, suddenly ceased its waterspouts and ga
Peace unmolested. Bat within the Industrial temple ex
Fec!aton had reached ts utmost strain Lcrgnons
eveed merctlesa exactitude ut ths department
the United Staes where the throne erected by
half the spectators and on the department aottsd to
France where the imperial entrance to take place.
by the other half. hundred and Atty musicians, who
for some three hours had been sitting In tantazng
pose suddenly dsd the building with the strains Of the
rysal chandelier which hung from beneath the tribune
which bounded the long corridor covered with crimson
carpetipg and garnished with works of art, the
imperial ,cortegs, git.ering In gold and waving
with white plumes, appeared, and thea slowly tra-
velsed the centre OF the nave lined on either side
with the bodies of the Senate, Prefecture Institute
MuD,pality, clergy, judges &c, which the time would
procession slowly fell of to the right and left and took
up the postions previousy assigned them; and then
came thaWperial par-tbe Emperor, usual, hsb.ted
satin robe with deep white lace founces and brilliant
dadem the fore part Of her head Her appearance
md No oil v0rda