Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-06-01
The visit of the Grand Duke COnstan-
line 10 France and England.

1t Is a suggestive fact, that the Grand Duke Con-
stantine the Admiral of the Russian Navy the most
varlike and "old Russian" of the family of the En-
peror Nicholas during the late the most bitter
active and relentless enemy of the Western pow
ers is now a visit to the capitals of France and
England--at latest accounts in Paris and going to
London-received with distin guished consideration
made en- incalculahle lion Of and endeavorng to
make himself extremely useful TO his country,) by
laborious, minute, vigilaut and evidently scientific
ally intelligent inspections of ship-yards, foundres,
etc, etc.
The London Times of May 4tb, contains remark
able article concerning these facts It devotes one
of its ponderous Paragraphs to describing the style
In which old sportsmen, when the season is over
get together and talk over call the sweet auxa-
ries and furniture of sport" Then it tells us:
'The great spor'smen of Europe have had a gIori-
Gus season. regular bottue in the Crimea, capital
duck-shootiug in the Black Sea, and some rather
mild sport in the Baltic. The return OF game is
siderable and the improvements in guns, shot, and
eli the personal as well the material accessories
of the amusement are immense.-We have finish
ed for the present. indeed the preserves are almost
bare, and horses, dogs, and all fairly done up So
nows the time for that ater-sport we have attempt
ed to describe. The Grand Duke Constantine is
come 70 visit bis sporting neighbors, Napoleon and
Veto Ia"
Well, the Grand Duke is on a visit of pleasure.
but he is man of business, and subscribes in the
regulation of his conduct to the venerable aphor-
ism of business before pleasure" The soul of
Constantine is in the dockyards and Arsenals.-
The Times says:
1.-THE Grand DCke returned again and again to
the foundries and workshops. On a second visit to
the Dock yard of TouOn, after examining the new
gunboats and model frigate, be broke out, lam
impatient to have done with these official receptions
10 order that We may more carefully examine to.
gether your ships and your dock-yardsn The float
ing batteries he examined with intense curiosity,
To the conductors he impaired his Confidential
opinion that they would be a failure against any
heavier ordinance or a closer fire than at Kinburn;
and, hearing that some under equipment we're in
tended for China, he pleasantly observed: $50 you
going to take the chestnuts out of the fire there
to- But nothing came smiss to bis useful and vigi
liant curiosity. Watertanks, sai-stores oil-stores
small armOres iron and copper understanding
that contributes TO perfection in the sport,-he
went through and inspected, with yard measure
in hand As he slways reduced the French meas
ures to ours is evident the British Navy has been
the earliest and the most favored object of his Off
cial studies. The Grand Duke is quite a model for
tourists This is turning travel TO account When
his grandfather and his uncles came to this country
they also brought with them engineers and saUa1,s
and took home all sorts Of peaceful inventions But
the Grand Duke as we have said is a man Of bust
ness, and he returns 10 the example Of the founder Of
his empire, uho actelded not only yard measure,
bat Gn adzs IN our dock CARDS"
But says the Times" an old thought strikes
oDe-Shere is the game for this SPORT" All! look
out old England. Have your wooden walls all ready.
The Times says impressivey:
THIS is no yisit of ceremony or pleasure and the
High admiral Of the Russian Fleet the StearueSt Of
the Russian Princes, as mere g f"e frank heart
ed sailor" bat 'Oho goes aJo,d NTH t0ard
yqnd and makes three visits to a gua6oat or dock
gard
"A chiefs ausng you tskin' notes."
end If he does not publish them, pLich UiH not an
s,Oer his purpose, he wiH pat them to better uSe
However, far concerned, the Grand
Duke Constantine is most heartily welcome to see
everything that is to be seen in this country.
That is 1.-THE true free trade fair fght doctrine.
In bidding Constantine welcome TO walk with his
yard measure in the dOckyards is Seen the frank.
heartedness and bare-breasted pluck that belts the
globe with Englands dominions.