The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-19

from the windows, and planted on the housetcps all
along the line OF magnificent bonlevards through
which she will pass; and to make the procession
complete and fill the air with such acclamations
never before reyerbcrated throughout the walls OF
this enchanting metropolis, Napoleon should be
Oh horseback IN the midst OF his legions, and the
Queen Of England IKE another Zenobia, enter Paris
in letters! When that day arrives many French
men win have far more just notion Of the entente
cordias than they ever be persuaded TO have at
present. In the meantime it will be interesting to
observe the spirit Of the nation on an occasion so
memorable in its history.
represent the state Of things there Insecure in the
extreme. O'D0nnel has been heard again aud again
to declare that he does not believe the throne Of sa
tella could possibly survive another aasembage Of
the Cortes and Espartero though reluctant to take
the step said to be rapidly yielding to the mperious
necessity Of dictatorship At Barcelona the full
OF combustible matter, which wants but spark to
produce ignition So far, it is said, from the inter
view which has just taken place with the Emperor
with OF the Spanish ministry, having for It's OBJ
ect soldiers for the Crmea from SPAIN It is rather
believed that French soldiers may be needed in
Spain to support the existing government, and that
this possible contingency has 0ccasoned the confer
cnce which has excited much curiosity. II would
lie curious ii in addition to the capitals Of Rome,
Constantinople, Athens and the Crmea, French
garrison should find it's way to Madrid; aud yet we
i've in times when nothing ought to be surprising.
The arrivals Of Americans increase daily. They out
number all other foreigners in Paris, in the proper
ton Of s tol. BERTHE.
PARIS, August 1, 1855.
The Paris Erhibition-Hs Effects upon Man,-
featuring Competition bet,ccen England and
Erance- Improvement in French Cutiery--1Ne
Exhibition ia Ks Complete State-Ns General
Coup DdCil-Hs Details- The Exhibition Of
Cereals Transatlantic hsdustry--Modeis Of
Great Public Works in Canada, &c.
The number Of visiters was on Sunday l0s,l3l,
Of whom 81 o74 entered the Palace Of Industry and
1867 the Fine Arts Not more than 738 persons
presented themselves as brought to Paris by the
newly instituted exhibition trains This famous
depot Of art, original invention and industry has
now exactly three months to run before its closing
which, it is understood, win take place nominaly
on the 3lst Of October. though, as bazaar, it il
believed it will be still open to the public till the
termination of the year 1855. 1t may be that this
is reason why, comparatively speaking, so little
business Of commercial character has as yet sprung
out Of it. With the exception Of the Manchester
and Canada departments, have not heard Of any
orders OF importance. The extraordinary cheap
prices Of the former, as compared with the French,
has excited interest quite unique, and Silks
PETS cloths and cotton for the milhon instead Of as
in France, for the few, offer suggestions to the
French ncgotiant the fruitful result of which will
probably be aeen ere long on this side the Channel
Nothing more astonishes these persons than the
Manchester alpaca. Admit it into France, said
French lubricant, with duty OF fifty per
cent, and / will answer for it every min
in France will be shut up in six months.
On the other hand, the cutlery Of France which was
always pronounced to be 30 inferior to the English
has no less astonished the Sheffield and BirIning
ham manufacturer. Nothing can be more beautifal
than the temper, workmanship and design Of the
specimens furnished by France on this OCCASION and
il is quite possible many Invaluable lessons Of trada
reciprocity Of vast political importance, may be
impaired by this exhibition to both countries. An
Industrial Congress cannot perform a more legiti-
mate Office than that Of rectfying great national
errors which fling impediments In the way of the
| comfort and happiness Of industrious millions.
| The Exhibition, although still the hand Of i'm
| provcmcnt is perpetnally at work. may now fairly
be considered as finished; and though the more fire.
quenty it is visited and inspected, the more aston
ished one becomes at its prodigious accumulation Of
industrial marvels and the less surprised at its
gansaycd that it does not attract the multitude in
anything like the ratio Of its merits and general
magnifcence. II is an oasis in the desert which few
care to turn from their path to visit; it is palace
such as the most powerful potentates never dreamed
Of crcating and yet the hold it dear at piece
Of silver Of the value of twenty sousit is an aggo-
meration Of riches teeming with fabulous fertityof
instruction to the wisest as to the most smpeof the
atical grandeur, SURPRISING all the glories OF spec
thrpShhOId n
higher price than four sous. The consequence a,
that an air of inexpressible melancholy broods
like nightmare over those motonless ban
ners which in rainbow variety hang from the root
and walls. The ventilation is sometimes not OF the
best aud the erposarts hang about their utses or
glass pavilions, with look OF ennui which not
the sight Of their splendid or interesting wares can
| prevent the fatigued visitor from imbbing. say
| fatigued, for whether it be the vibration OF the
foor, the heavy stone escaier he has to mount the
immense surface to traverse, the stiffness, the mono
tony OF grandeur, the heat the plainiive notes oil
some solitary instrument stealthily waking the
echoes, know not but before the visteF has been
there an hour he is generally dead beat. On Fri
\ day the band OF the Cent Garde is placed in the
garden, immediately before the Te}ectoirc, though
even this does not seduce the curious into paying
| the aIistocratic charge OF five francs.
The has by far the most life about it, and
| by its sI6lful arrangement and classification, its
practical character its interesting objects ranging
through the whole field of textuaI, mineral and
chanical labor is the most wonderful museum ever
witnessed Among all the countries whose productions
attract attention in this building stand pro-
Tnent Canada; and one is tempted TO regret that
the United States shonld in department 80 peeuli-
ary its is that Of Canada, be completely in
the shade. The Canadian court occupies some 5000
square feet of space, and ia partly incrded between
two sets Of rr'n placed handsomely to the longi-
tudnal axis Of the dnnere. BY the admirable taste
and ingenuity Of the curator, Mr.. Perry, trophy
sort of tower, reaching TO the roof composed OF
different species OF wood--has been erected, which
Immediately fixes the visitors eye. Il has within
winding staircase, which enables hin, not only to in
spect each specimen infinitely in detail, but to graft
fy his curiosity with superb coup dpa Of the whole
length of the dnnrre, more than mile long. The
wood consists of sixtyfve varieties of which twen-
tyTeven are of commercial value.
The display Of cereals is good, with only this de-
fect-that an exhibition OF grain in the straw has
been omitted (; but the specimens are without a RI
val, if we except those exhibited in the English de-
partment. One exhibitor, Mr.. sheppard, we think,
Of Montreal sends, also, one hundred varieties Of
garden and flower seeds. Since Professor Owens