The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-07

sweep through churches digest guide books, charter
hackney coaches, crowd to thestres, run up and
Gown palaces roam over miles Of painted canvass,
spntter out upnelligible French in sublime uncon-
seriousness of error gaze at toe Emperor rush into
restaurants and goat on the Zousves one IL inclined
20 regret that as the masses have given brth 10
poets that have sang respectively of the pleasures
Of hope and the pleasures Of memory, none should
vet have appeared Of sufficient genius to sing the
pleasures of ignorance. The writer and the reader
of letters which the next mail will convey across
the Atlantic are to be envied, whose theme will be
the wonders of this capital What death blow TO
many life long opinion will already have been
dealt! What will be say Of Paris Ssnday-toe
very ssturnaa of rest as interpreted by relaxation
What will he tell Of those herds OF human beings
emaDcipated from weekly toll, and summing them
selves in that fairylike costume which for ages has
given the law to the civilized world IN the broad
walks Of our Elysisn fields the magnificent avenue
Of TIE Empress or the Paradise Ike beauties OF the
3os de BOulonge WITH it's lskes its groves, its aatl
ed monarchs Of the forest, its wild birds and gor-
geous swans and troops Of prancing steeds and
golden equipage not to mention the inspiring rains
which pour forth from the Poi Catalan,
and the murmuring waters of the mimic - sara
at the cascades? What will he write about the men
and women and children of France, all three band
ed together, laughing, chatting joking dong
everything in fact except swearing, cursng or eat
ing and drinkibg?-and this on the Sabbath he has
been 30 often told was day of solemnity, OF
prayer, Of mourning and lameutation for SINS past,
Of pious hope of future amendment! Then the
detect of plays copyrighted at New York as infall'
BILE originals which have been stolen from the re-
pertoire of the Opera C0mique or the Theatre des
Varieties! And the restaurants-ye gods! what juicy
memories will he not record how to-day he fed In
the Rue ST. Denis, in sight of its once famous
marble arch, on soup and b0uilli and vandebouiee,
miscalled roth, for france and the next day behlnd
the well known Passage Panorama he ate and drank
at banquet worthy of Lucullus for golden Napo-
leon! How he breskfasted in the rue du Temple Tor
copper. and suppe1 at the Trois Fores Pro.inc'als
tor many dollars as the fingers on his hand How,
too he rode and he ran Versailles to St. Cloud to
Fontaneblean and Ramboulet till at last even
American go-abeadsm was fain to cry, " Hold,
enough" Often and often as til ese things have been
written Of a fresh mind, stimulated by the charms
of novelty will give interest TO the descr1puon
and tend to increase the ever increasing number of
visiters which the Arago and its fellows will bring
from the New to the Old Word. a.
fear there is one thing, however, which Ameri-
cans will hold in deserved contempt in this other
wise wonderful capital, and that is, the elections
now soen about to cone of. | suspect the same
philosophy which on the memorable 18th, when the
comet was expected to make such short work OF US,
as LETT the Parisans in state Of imperturbaole
calm-of unbelief in the reality-wi be found when
the government appeals to their sweet voices"
The Palais de P1ndustrie is again the scene OF In
terest. Perhaps as the horticultural Society has
left their beautiful garden behind them minus the
flowers, which that garden was intended to
set off, every exhibition which follows should
leave some rehc of itself behind to beautify
the building for its successor At present it
is the exhibition of living artists which Is the sub
ject of attraction. There are 2.7l5 pictures, 42S
examples of the sculptor's art in all, with the ar
chitects and engravers contributions, Ala pieces
for the Observers eye DecamPs, AIRY sShefer' De
do not exhibit. and as a whole it must be allowed
that toe exhibition does no. do great honor to the
French school. At the same time there are works
of high merit. The great painting ordered oy the
Emperor, where his Majesty is seen introducing the
Queen Of England to the Empress, is miserable
piece of starch and buckram. Prince Albert looks
like gigantic military puppet The gems o. the
Of art, which, foot square, readily fetch 10000
francs apiece There are pine of tnem. One called
Confidence" the subject Of which is nothing more
than one friend reading letter to another Is rem
dered in a mastery style. We have the Battle Of
Alma" the Congress Of Paris" and portrait Of
the Empress and the Imperial Prince, BY Horace
Yeznet, Dubufie and winerhaultsr, but none of
these famous artists this occasion do themselves
justice. Several Of the pictures in the exhibition
give details OF the Emperor's visit to the inundated
districts. As usu Al the exhibition is opened while
still incomplete, but Thousands resort to it daily.
Our Madrid Correspondence.
MADRID, June Is, 1857.
FIiar Civic, Primate Of Spain The Lac Againsf
the Press-Braro Muriiio Coming The Reve
lution-IHe Queens Contessor-Qusstior Be
tueen Spain and Merico-Ihe Correspondence
Don't be Frightened The Press Petitions-
Raii,oays--Crops-Con Havana and
Netc York Telegraph.
Father Civic is fdar who, by force Of audacity
and constancy, has been able to overcome the ana
themas OF the people, and has escaped from their
anger in all the popular revolts. Sags:ious
and a cool courtier, skful in the art Of
fatteriDg the weaknesses Of men, he has kept
advancing little by little in his career until
now he finds himself in Madrid, q Senator and
about to be ma ned by the Pope Cardinal Arch
Bishop of Toledo and Prima,e of Spain. The eleva-
ton Of this and his enforcement upon the steps
of the throne will give you sufficient idea Of the
action Of Spanish politics, and serve to mark the
point TO which she has arrived in the backward
march towards past ages. Other indications not
less significant. One OF them is that the mister OF
the Interior government has formed a project o.
law suppressing the press, and that the presen.
Cortes will probably vote it, with some modi-
hca'ions II will give rise, however b serious
deba rs, and the government may find II for its in
terest 70 modify il. Sr. Nocedh the enterprinng
young Minister sho has proposed this bill, owes
to the freedom of the press all that he himself Is to-
day. Born in the humble ranks Of the people,
whence be wcud never have been able 10 rss to be
Minister were it not for the liberal system, he
seems now to aohor that liberty viii h vas
his own protectres, and turns to bite
the breast which warmed him. The reac.
ton, in its full extent, is threatening, AID
probably inevitable The little liberty which
has survived all the changes of Spanish politics
since the death of Ferdinand VII Is about now to he
sruk, ano much time will not pass before you receive
the news that Don Juan Bravo Muro is Prime
Minister.
Then the power Of the military will decline, for
Bravo Murillo has always combatted the prepOnder
Of the s~ord but In turn the priests will rule
Between Bravo Murillo, Friar Civic, and the num- Sis
ter PatrOcino, there will lie a time Of miracles when
we may expect To see flying sckasses and oxen
travelling st tie rate Of steamer steam AZ the rate
Of oxen, a. the may be- This porten,0us period
will, however, probably he OF short Duration and 1t
will conclude in the first instance by military in
surrction, and in the second place by a radical re
volution, in which the people themselves will once
more get fairly hold Of the reins OF power and this
time will roll the wheels clean over casque, cossack
and crown alike. These are my ideas o. Spanish poll
tics at present, and ycu need not wait long 20 SEE