New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-20

giseees' The Prince has handsome hand; be hesd
HE glass arstocrstc.y, slipped frankly; but once he
made most comic grimsces, which NJ. Vstemsre
alias Alexander, could not s1rpsss in spiritu, Atty
The Primes is stout and tai, with dark eyes and hair
and fine compilation. The form OF his head bears
stt resemblance 70 that of the frst En- pe'or. Ills
Hehnss was in most unimper.l fahg1e costume
black cravat, green frockcoat, and nankeeniooxing
wsiscoat and trowsers. He seemed " hSe 'eiow
"weA met" among bis jurors, who tasted ana maze
mn faces ess I,stagutes hs Hogarth could have
produced funny picture Of them and Us, ffighted
by their basy spproscb TO our quarters from whence
we escaped AID half hid ourselves behind one OF the
colonies trophies of the Anne1e. Perhaps we were 100
much amuse. BY the grimaces, for the Prince noticed
us and glazed one eye sb bis quiz at pretty zlr OF
our petty, which act Of course my ma,ronly dignity
was bound 70 pronounce &c imperially impairment.
Nevertheless we epj 'yed the group extremely, and
decided tie Prince to be the hsndsonest and most
Int. resting object 10 it.
Luxury az much as the simple arts OF industry, is
encouraged by the Ex position. The for ner has long
been directed to ward nfnity. Dress, furniture estao
H,bmeps. ecuipages and women prove its onward
march War suggests DO economy. Rates OF rents
and provisions promise no curtslments Fashion has
run to folly in female at ire The slimuest mantua-
maker now, by her grand tournure and ample
fouDces, walks peeress to duchess.
The pious even turn by ia their conscences
Father Vebtura's "epistle to the Psrisieunes.
"Omy sisters" cries be, "why all that show and
"scandal Of useless aojui tments What reward re-
TURNS to you tor all your sacrifices to the mode
"Do you know the adorDng, the moot msgnihoen.
"and the mos. becoming for christian woman
al. is simply the robe Of grace with the ribbons oil
modification the necklace Of patience, the tuilness
" of devotion the grde of chastity, the powder OF
"modesty, and the 1883 Of pudor, &C." This is sill
the costume the preacher leaves TO his charming ock
Really the return 70 simplicity could not 90 fartner
Queen Pomares subj cts could adop; IL rigidy since
an OtabeititI dsmes toilette al comp etc, consiss
only Of two earrings, which the preacher has not pro-
posed TO remove or replace.
Peticosts q. four thousand francs, and dresses a.
FIVE ten and ts enty thousand each, are admired by
wives at the Exposition; husbands are 'omed to pa
tence and frugslty, or despair and the Seine.
Nothing else is expected TO be caught up in the nets
of the river.
The palaces of Art and Industry do not contain all
the Exposition" NeighboriDg farms have their
Auiumn's labor done by prize agricultural nipple
nents. The Seize is troubled by boats and diving
bells. Several churches hold their organs in seatu
quo, on exhibition. We have just returned from the
second trial Of the organ of St. Vincent de Paul We
went early TO honor the marriage of arden por.
ters daughter. The cere nony took pace behind the
high altar in the Lady chapel. AT the same time
wen. in the the funeral service OF some deputy
and peer of France. The nave was draped with
black, heavy cloth. The funebra pile stood in the
Gel ter of the church, surmoupted by mock coffin sill
covered with black, embroidered and fringed with
a II l. zf
high tapers on silver candlescks lit up the gloom.
AL other light was shut out bat that of the upper
gallery windows. The exterior front of the chu ch
was daped too and in the center was the escutcheon
of the deceased. The teDe bres and black behind US
entrusted strangely with the white and bridal JOY Of
the orters daughter in the chspel Of the Virgin.
When the marriage was eonsecrated AID before
the CONNER cement of the musc the organ waited
for the clearing Of the tenebral pomps. The great
curtains were dropped down-dezeDs OF men piled
them on their heads and shoulders tumbled among
them and dragged hem out of the church. And when
we came out they lay in the porch piled up in rolls like
cords of merchandise. There were also heaps OF
sacks and boxes containing the silver and embroidered
d.speits.
We continued our walks around the nave till after
the music gan. These churches leave one pursue
his devotOns and medstons after the manner Of the
perpatetics or like Plato walking and di:coursing in
the Academy. The organs played sometimes with fan
tosy then thunder, lightning, land wind and ses-al
the fret wonders of creation from the chaos OF s
pipes Then the earth was peopIed and cboirs of hui
m An voices breathed faint and distant harmony.
What wonderful piancy possesses the huge nstru-
n ept Sometimes its tones were subdued, pure and
soft as maiden's sopg or sgh-then came the crash
r II 81 nf nIarb nito
sequence of power and genteness was divinely har-
monized, and like the Almighty caring for birds,
and hare BELLS We walked and fingered except at the
nerudes forge ting the pictured professions of saints
and aryrs around the trbunes OF the church These
representations are full of sentiment and please us
mole than any modern frescoes we have in
churches here. As these holy troops approach the
half hemisphere, when the glory OF the Son appears,
their robes brighter, their attitudes inspired,
their Tyres and harp toned with more ecstscy. The
palm branches fall on their shoulders-crowns are
sbasee-tbe glory of the Lord appears. IL is troop
of " those who come up continually from the wilder
ness leaning on the arm Of their beloved" The
Redeemer angels, cphets and apostles, St. Vincent
de Paul, and the foundiipgs he offers, occupy the
vault the altar; to these the professions along
the front of the galleries direct their steps. The
position is abundant in poetry and religion. Some de-
tails, however offensive. The Christ is colossal
after the Of certain Roman feseoes the angels
are less and the prophets still less in grandeur.
The patron saint and bis children seem less than ma.
ture in size This nonconformity Of form excites too
much the reason and provokes discussion. Harmony
is ,respasssd Oh, and the artistic sentmen. grated by
the dkcords II is the mute mysterious harmony ex.
stiDg in pert ct works Of painting, sculpture and
chjtecture which, according with our own inner sense