New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-18

though like the great cataract, are not stunning,
and might have been made to please the million
more by pleasing the judicious less MI hea!y,
who appears to be winning fortune here, contrib
utes thirteen portraits, including that OF Webster
already well known in America one OF Miss
smead, the English beauty who made such SEN
sation here one OF two winters since; also large
composition representing Franklin pleading the
cause of the revolted American Colonies before
Louis XVI. / cannot say that it would have paid
yet an American in Paris cannot help wishing that
our country was as credtaby represented In the
main Palace as in that devoted to the Fine Arts
regard the display Of architectural plans and
drawings as one Of the most useful features OF the
Exhibition Among the British contributors (hfty-
three in NUMBER are Paxton, Barry, both Wyatts,
T Hamilton and Prof Donaldson; and in fact the
plans of nearly every remarkable edihce recently
erected or begun in France or England may here
be seen IT'S pity that so few of the failure
architects Of country will be enabled to study
them.
Bad weather, incompleteness and the high
charge g francs) for single admission have as yet
kept paying visitors very scarce in both depart
ments but on last Sunday, when both buildings
were freely thrown open to the public at the peek
of the Emperor, the main Palace was honored with
eighty thousand calls the Fine Arts with twenty
FIVE thousand. While the former was at no time
more than thr0Dged, the latter was uncomiorably
rowded-whence | conclude that the people tar
RED and gazed longer in the latter than in the for
mer-a preference credtable to their taste The
Exhibition can never reimburse the cost OF lts
buildings. Paris has too many cheap spectaces
and likes amusement too well-but the admission
falls 10 a franc On Saturday, and will thereafter
cost but four cents ON Sunday, on which dsy 1t will
mainly be visited by Parisans l suspect 1t VIII
nav more at four cents ON Sunday than at twenty
ON any other day.
A dinner was given last evening by Mr.. Marshall
Woods Of r L. American Commissioner IN the de-
parsasnt Fine Arts 10 his brother United STATES
Commissioners and some forty other Americans
now sOOurnDg in Paris-amoDg them MI. y Sulll-
van, Minister to Portugal; Judge Patt, our Secre-
tary of Legation here; Maj. Abraham Van Buren,,
Mai Biddell of Mich, the painters Healy and Ros-
sitter, son of EmbassadOr Mason, &c. Embassa-
dor-to.Span Dodge had unreservedly accepted the
invitation but retracted at the last moment IN eyl
dent apprehension that something would be said
or done at the gathering that would compromise
bis official position. Discretion is virtue essen
tial to Diplomatic station, but | must think this
was putting entirely too fine point on it. sYet
dread of this festive meeting of fifty Americans in
the midst of million Frenchmen, many thou
sands of them armed soldiers, was evidently felt by
some in high places, and caused a suppression of
the few toasts and fve-minute speeches which
were to have been given The party was never
theess "a deadlier hater of table Oratory might say
up till after midnight.
AS this dinner was given at the world known
TTOiS Fr6rs Pr0reacdpI-perhaps the most cele-
brated restaurant in Paris, and of course in the
world may interest few far off Americans by
giving some idea of its gastronomic pecularitles.
That it was good one, need hardly observe; on
this head, the place and the charge as francs or
over $l4 per guest might suffice. The time de-
voted to its discussion was two hours and half or
from 81 to III T. NJ After the inevitable soup, slices
Of fresh muskmel0n were served; and cooked
cucumbers peaches and pineapple were inter
leaved between the various meats After these
(but never Nth them came new shelled beans,
then peas, then string beans did not observe any
vegetable served with any meat The fish were
tuIbot salmon and sole the venisOn was like the
English lacking the wild, rich flavor of the Ameri-
can when fresh the greatest variety and superb
ority was in the birds, ranging from turkies to
OrtOlans. Ifany frogs are usually served here at
grand dinners they were either omitted on this
occasion, in Difference to our barbarOus Yankee
preiudices, or so skfully disguised as to pass
wholly unsupported. The strawberries Il did miss
the cream were particularly fine, considering the
sour, wet sunless season here; the grapes were
fresh ripe and sweet; the cherries looked equally
faultless On the whole, the dinner did credit in
its way to la Grande Nation, and if there be any
sauce wherewth (as the enthusiastic Frenchnan
affTmed) "a man might eat bis own grandfather,
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prOfered.
Col Delafeld, Major Mordecai and one other
officer of our army dispatched to the Crimea to
study the latest improvements in the art OF war,
especially in Artillery practice, who came out with
us in the Asia some weeks since, expecting to be
at the Allied headquarters early in May, are still
lingering in Paris, Cor were very recenty,) vainly
awaiting The permission for which they have APP
piled to the French authorities, and which, being
abundantly avouched and accredited, they pre-
sumed would be accorded them without hesita-
ton. The excuse given for this rebuff is that all
(French) precedent is against the authorization
required; suspect the truth is that the present
ruler of France does not deem it desirable to
favor an increase of the efficiency of American ar
tillery OF American ornaments generally. If Spain
had wished to send three officers of artillery to the
Crimea who believes that they would have en-
countered any obstacle
We have had two OF three bright days of late
sufficient to prove that il will be terribly hot In the
/ Palace Of Industry in Midsummer-but II is now
cold and rainy again Bat our French and English
friends find their Summer in the late news FROM the
/ Crimea and St Petersburg, whence they argue Vic
tory first, Peace afterward. We shall see 1t
seems pretty evident, however, that the substitu
/ tiOn OF Pehssier for Canrobert has worked well
and that the Allies have in good faith resumed the
| offensive. IL Pesser can make q successful dash
al the Russian main body outside of Sevastopo
Palmerston and Louis Napoleon may venture TO
sign such Peace as Austria shall prescribe aud
Russia assent to- and all be fair weather for time
do not see how the Western Allies can personally
afford 10 make peace except on the back OF We
tory; but | am satisfied that they now earnestly
desire il, and will improve the first safe opportu-
nifty. The expenses OF the war are frightiul, and
grow heavier from day TO day. HG.