New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-08
E u r O p E
BY THE AFRIoA's MAILS.
EUROPE REvIsIrED-No. vi.
THr FyHIRIrION-THR STATE OF EUROPE.

Correspondence
PARIS, Thursday, May Is, 1855.
The GREAT EXHIBITION remains an affair Of
boards and boxes-of paint, Idrspery, gliding.
and whitewash. 1t ~iH Be an Exhibition By
and-by, and very fine one, but as yet it is only
promise, suggestion, which hops, judging
BY the rapid progress made this week in its it
ting up, may be in condition to receive visitors
and invite criticism early in June. To-day il 10
in Just abost as forward a state as its Now-York
predecessor was when insugurated by Presidents
Pierce and Se6gwick in July 80. Of course
except from this the Fine Arts department,
which has separate building with a separate
charge for admission five francs asyet for either)
and which presents not only the largest but
the best collection ever made under one roof Of
Paintings by living artists, and perhaps Of
Sculpture also Ofthis, as Of the more general
Exposition" l purpose to speak at leagth
when shall have by observation and study
qualified myself to do so; not to-day via
only remark here that though the appearance
externally of the "Palaee Of Industry" is more
imposing and graceful than that of its Lon ION
or even Of its New-York prototype, yet inter
nally il is inferior to the former aud far inferior
to the latter The division Of the Exhibition
into three-all Machinery and Raw ProJacts
being exiled TO the long, narrow gallery
running parallel to the main "Pal.ce-
on the bank Of the Seine - detracts
from its general effect the visitor feels
no overpowering sense of yastness like that in
voked by the Hyde Park bazaar, in which court
succeeded court and gallery stretched bsyond
gallery until the rcmOtest seemed lost in the dis
tsnce nor is there any single view in the French
Palace that will bear comparison with that the
Dome of it's New-York progenitor. The marble
walls of the French Palace, moreover, though
they improve it's outward appearance by giving
it sn air of solidity and a more agreeable color.
darken the courts under the galleries and give
an impression of heaviness to the entire Expcsi-
ton, But the saw and hammer are piled in-
cesssntly: the Courts are being finished ana
filed up; we have hours of ns'n' "'in's'
daily, and June is at hand. Let me postpone.
then, my notices of the Exhibition aud give to-
day my latest impressions of
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
The question of Peace or War is even yet I'M
decided, and the scales incline this way or that
from day to day. Austria is evidently makiag
earnest and fnal efforts to bring about an ad-
iustment; and, while it is certain that no peace
can now be obtained that will not be to the
Western Alliance defeat and humiliation,
believe the wisest statesmen of both countries
are to- day in favor of taking the best terms they
can obtain, and so bringing the tremendous sacri-
e bvt -, 10 n a1vt
nation. What those terms will be are pref
ty fairly Swallowed forth in the Russian
Diplomatic Circular detailing tho course Of
the recent negotiations at Vienna, which you
will receive herewith if it shall not have al
ready reached you. Briefly, Sevastopol win
not be dsmantled bat strengthened, and Russia
will consent to no limitation of her armsments
on the Black Sea- but she says to the Sultan,
1.-The Dardanelles arc under your control; IL
'you trust your present allies and fear me, you
can open those straits to all foreign ships-of-
"war il you will, and then France and England
"may at any moment protect your capital by
"their fleets should it seem to be menaced
"from Sevastopol, Odessa or elsewhere" do
not see that sbis stipulation would be worth a
straw but / believe it is the best they can
exact, and that sooner or later tho Allies will
have to be satisfied with it. Then comes the
raiiy difficult point--tbat of securing the Chris
tians of Turkey against MOslem persecution and
injury, and when this security Is actually at
tanned it will be clear that little is left of Turk
sh independence but the name. The genius
of Islamsm ia essentially ntolerant and agrees
siye; when the Turk ceases to be fanatic it 10
high time for him to break up his encampnent
in Europe and return to the Asatic wilds whence
his ancestors emerged, the Koran in his left hand
and the sword in his right Given the "collec-
"tive guaranty" of complete religious tolerance
to the Christians Of the Turkish Empire, and
Russia will never lack pretext for dash at
Constantinople whenever new revolution
airy ferment IL Western Europe or GOODNESS
between France and England shall justify such
a step. have yet to zee evidence that tho
Sublime Porte will consent to any such recogni-
ton and guaranty Of Christian rights in Turkey
as will satisfy Russia; bat, that guaranty once
given. the "sick man" OF Autocrat Nicholas be-
comes sicker than ever.
At all events, feel confident that France de-
sires peace, and that England is at heart in az
cord with her on this point. The two last men
to accede to the impulse will be Pamerston
and Louis Napoleon because both are threat
ened with the loss Of their places by its salts
faction. Were peace concluded this day, ON
the bases suggested by Count Buol for Austria
and acceded to by Drouyn dc rhuys and virtu-
ale he + ord Iohn Russell alsO John Bull would