New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-02
EUROPE REVISITED No. V.
THE EXHIBITION INAUGURATED.

| EdiioiaI Conesrandenee of The y. Y. Tribune
PARIS, Wedpe sday, Nay Is, 1855.
The day 10 which TIE opening of the palace
"of Industry" had been postpoHed-Tuesday
Nay l5-opened gloomiiy and humidity like all
the doys thus far of this cloudy, rainy, chilly
| Partisan May. ! fanoied i. poured harder from
delight to sunrise or after than it had done at
| any time during the two .rosious weeks, AMI
| the usually clean streets oil Paris were muddier
at noon than had ever before seen them. By
| O'Clock, thrcne. mainly Of gazers, began to
coilee, about the Exhibition Palace; at 10, when
! the doors we're advertised to be opened for the
| admission Of tctet-hoders, long grrur had
| been fcomod before each entrance, and some
| thoussIds waited in the now moderate rain with
| various degrees Of patience for the doors to
| open. which they did some half an hour after
ward. The several streams now poured inward
vith such DPe.uous eagerness that in ten min
utes more than ten thousand persons must
have entered; but when the mob Of exh btors or
season-;cket holders proceeded to follow their
nasal organs in quest Of the best places for
observation, they were quickly repulsed by
civil functionares or soldiers, who told them
quite decidedly that those places were reserved
for persons blessed with rose tickets-persons
admitted on phte or selio~ tickets being required
to FL up the background. by this arrange
m, Mt very brilliant display of dazzling toilettes
was scared FOR the front rows of the vast
gallery, presenting, especially at the ends and
on the side facing the throne, the semblance Of
gay, bright parterre, and yailing for the time
tie general naLedness caused by the extreme
baokwardness Of the fittings up and prepare
items. There were individuals of the homelier
sex intermingled here and there; but the general
afpect Of tie galleries as viewed from the ground
floor, was flat Of two OF three rows Of highly
dressed women seated in front, with three or four
tieIs ofmen sitting or standing behind them. Soon
Tic ground-focr, except the large central portion
reserved for the dignitaries and nOtabes began to
I'll with dark mass Of men, with here and there
woman among them and thus were some
twenty Thousands Of us wedged together by IL
o'clock, forbidden by the order Of the day to move
from cur posts until the performances should he
over with no device Tor killing the two NOR
tai hours appoiniccd 10 intervene before the
arrival of the Emperor, except Tie poor resort d
loolrc at tie dieniaries AZ they seyeraiy arrived
and wondering whether this tall fellow IN scarlet
was tie Popal Nuncio ,or some Arab sheih or
vIetlor that new arrival in court dress was
Minister plenip0teutiary or enc OF the lacqueys
pertaining to the Iuleries. lspeak OF this as the
sole ICgOrt without forgetting that for twO-thrds
Of the yast assemblace il was utterly unavailable,
tley being unable TO zee over the heads OF those
Itfc.e them ard through the yari0usstruotures IN
t,,posed between their respective standpOlnts aud
tie central space atorefoid.
had back seat but a very good position in the
gallery facing the main entrace below, aud aliordng
al excellent view (hy standing mp OF the central
,ob of Ministers of State, Senators, Embassad0rs
Irelects, &c. TLis filed up steadily and rapidly
from before II till something after II, when the
supply Of raw material appeared to be exhausted
Each as he entered, was conducted or shown to
lis pace, tie ladies receiving special attention. as
was Ct. Generally, Prince Jerome Napoleon,
(Ciief of the Imperial Commission or some sub
master &C ceremonies, was waiting at the entrance
to give an arm to a lady or show his place to each
CAVALIER This done there ensucd an awkward
silerce of expectancy for perhaps half an hour.
ct length, some ten minutes before ], the boom
ire Of cannon from the Inyalides gave the welcome
Intelligence that the Imperial cortege was about
to leave tie Tuieries, though in fact 1t did not
start till some minutes later Boom, boom,
sounded tie guns as the Emperor and his party
rode through double lines of soldiers from his
palace 10 the door OF ours, with " cent guards
and cuirascrs before ana behind, forming an out
door show tbat entirely eclipsct any thing that
We euioyed inside At length NapoleOn's superb
turnout-a chariot aud eight horses (the first
Fix led by mounted grooms in stunning hvery)
drew up at the grand entrance, the Princess Ma
tLilae and allSnauner of sub-Imperial personaees
and officers of the household having Just preceded
in several six-horfe state coaches. All were re-
ceiyed and seated in the order OF their coming
81 I,,.,.r arto ~ la 81 mi
loud though not nany-voiced rcclamations ct their
admirers and the melodious strains oil -" fartant
" pour la Syrie" from the orchestra seated IN the
gallery lust behind me- which had remained stub
bornly silent till low, though the thousands who
had been painfully standing or sitting nstTalnedly
fer the last two hours would have been greatly
obliged for an air or two meanwhile. | really do
not perceive that the Imperial dignity would have
suffered from this beeuileHent of our tedum.
| Grant that the comfort Of such common clay as
| exhibitors and ticket-buyers could not for a mo-
ment he considered, il does seem to Inc that the
crowd Of ambassadors, Ministers Bishops, Sena-
tors and other brieht-plumed birds, who had been
invited expressly to add prestige and teiat to the
| Imperial ovation, had fairly earned this courtesy
| NapoleoD's appearance was as unimposing and
unpfeposfessng as usual Mattille if ever attract
i've, is no longer so; Eugene is one of the few
women whose beauty is not lost On the gazer be-
cause OF the inudiclous exaggeration of c0urtly
| idCl6iers. Few Queens can with truth be charac-
teIized as even pretty shei all this and something
more. Her admirable taste in dress is part of
her comeliness if she were defective in form or
feature, she would be driven to some exceptio nal
device 10 conceal it. Those who have seen her
often declare that she never appeared 10 better
advantage than on this occasion. II is said By
those who were near her in the Palace that her
face bore the traces of recent tears ard it is hence
inferred that some depression of spirits on her part