New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-02
FRANCE.
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a;.,scs Nth hi, cousin aud master. aud WAS Do.,
"a vet allowed even 70 a. uue bis hsul4f d'galT
"a President of the Administrator OF the Crest
Exhibition, was mistaken in the later pat o.
the statement He did pretde at re ,ant meet
iug OF the Committee. / may ssy here that In
tpte of Iumors aud suppositobs n the contrary,
there is, SIS YET DO reason for thinking that tae
opening Of she Exhibition will be deferred q day
beyond the time fixed originally for that even'.
To day il h. last one for the reception OF works
Of art. Pictures are being carried through
The sire ets from oil qusIterr. The anxiety sad
huns sbuIry Of dlatory Of genius are at their
bipht. am fortunate in the acquaintance OF one
Of these, who Iose at 6 o'clock this morning 20
nut the finishing touches to his canvas, which
mutt be delivered at ,be Palace Of Industry az OF
before the stroke OF 70 Several of our c5antry-
men here-Healy, Cranch, Biocock AM o.he's--
send specin ens of their productions. The con'r
buttons from Germany promise to be very nu-
merous. Cornelius alone, I am told, will have
twenty pieces here. The department o! the fms
arts Will undoubtedly offer the finest display OF
contemporary art-st least the fairest vie y Of its
present stste of developmeDt-tbat has yet beel
seen. That in other respects, this Worlds Fair
will be inferior to that of London, is possible;
but The notion, so often expressed, thai the war;
or spy other GAUGE, would reduce il to meager
PROPORTIONS, il utterly erroneous. Articles Of
fered by French exhibitors alone would more
than gil the spacious halls and galleries of toe
Palace; aud it is already feared that the narrow
nets of the pa, ssges and staudiog places allotted
to spectators, Will prove serious defect in the
otherwise admirable arrangements OF the Commis-
tiODers.
To return to Prince Napoleon. 1t is said that,
from motives of prudence rather than affection,
the Emperor will take him as travelling companion
when he goes to the Crimea-if he goes. To-day
has, with certain wiseacres, quidnuncs, and other
such wellnformed circles, been for the past two
weeks the fsvcrife fixed dSy for the start Tee
flag on the Tuileries, the sign that his majesty is
still at home, fouts their prophecy; but these
political aueurs who are the most relentless of
conversational bores, now speak of some Other
day, with nearly equal pOsisiyeness and verbosiy
"Tc. MORROW, ana tomorrow, and TO morrow"
Meantime, the uncertainty enters as large ele-
ment into the calculations Of the bulls On bears,
and unearI ed fortunes are daily lost aud won on
'Chsnge-where the presiding goddess lavishes
sro withdrass her favors with more than pro-
verbal fckleDess. DoSDca,t, ruined sut)rs,
however, hint sometimes that che is little better
than the kept mistress Of Dperial f,vorites-suc-
mssful financlers lite de Money. This may be
but the idle SANDER ias pred by jealous spite.
A propos sgsin of Prince Napoleon. Rachel is
at the close Of her gsyement-for the third
or fourth time within the past two years. 1t
would not be at all surprising, however if she re-
newed her engagement here and adjourned or
broke her American engagement. She is not
celebrated for fidelity, and is fond of litigation.
! The last of her legal trials with the dramaast
LeeOuye, was decided against her last week.
He could not force her to create" his Meiea,
but did obge her to pay 5000 francs for her viii
fulDess in refusing to personate that character.
Lecouye seem. to Ea 3e r sesal ssS9. II.
throughout the affair, preferrng the suit sgains.
the actress more in the interest of men of letters
IN gepcrol ban in his own. His printed Me1es,
which spoke i'll of at the time OF its publication,
because l could not appreciate the fitness OF
French versifed defamation to the terrible per
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more competent literary critics. TIE damages
awarded him by the Court were given by him to
the literary and dramatic benevolent funds o!
Paris. He was The successful candidate for one
of the vacant seats at the last election of the
Academy. Since 1S43, Rachel has been eng aged
in twelve distinct law suits. 1t is bu. fair to add
that IN more than half the cases the Court hiss
decided in her favor and thst several of the sui 70
were undertaken BY her to defend the interests of
her sisters and brother. Another actor a. the
Theatre Francois was recently condemned to pay
5000 francs damages at the suit of General
Guedobof. The General is theatrcal manager at
st Petersburg. This seems, at fret blush, an
odd emulation Of functions-but we Americans
had something much oddsr here OF occasion of
dar cling to the memory of Washington. last 22d Of
February, when Minister Pienipotentiary Mason
appeared on the card of invitation as chief maus-
ger of the hall. In spite of this and some other
coDicalities, the ball went Of rather veil 1
was not there, but was told by some tina: it was
brilliant, and by many that i. was highly apusinr
Vel Gen. Gue5onoG prosecuted before the
French Courts this actor, who broke au engage
meDt at the 81. Petersburg Thester and returned
to Paris, under pretense that he could not besr
to fe so far away from his mother. TIE actor,
coteDpoIaneOusly with the performance Of this
flial duty, obtained most desirable position on
the French stage. The Court after trial and
appeal, finally awarded the general damages as
mentioned above, which were transferred By hin
IN h nm If tbo r,,i. fra-