The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-04

A BrsY SUMNER IN THE MErRoPoLLs.-A good
" number of our wealthy residents are prepsr-
ing for their usual summer beeirs; but re opsoe
that the rapid increase In the number Of beau
titul villas near the city proper AID the open
ing Of the Central Park, and the grand summer
sensations which are impending, will make
marked diminution In the number fpersons who
leave comfortable homes in the city to be made
very miserable In the country, for tho ag-
erapdizement Of Q set Of extOrdonste tavern
keepers, the usual run Of persons who keep
what are called hotels at fashionable watering
places.
In any event, the Stay.at Home Club VIII
have the advantage of the fAshionables who 60
away this year. The summer season hes rot In
very briskIy. Tho town IL already full Of stran-
gers-Southern planters and loungers, Western
merchants, speculasors and rail msulsrs, North
ern saints and Eastern sinners, Modes and Par
theans, Buckeyes, HoosieS, Crackers and
Wolverines, jewellers In Aesopotamia and
Pbrygia, and the coustnss beyond
the Nile-All tanning themselves nicely under
the rays of the sun, which shines ON the just
and the unjust, on Nassau and Wall streets, on
the Five Points and Fifth avenue, with COM
mspdsble impartislity.
But the crowd We have here is nothing COM
pared to the influx Of provincials which We
expect between this time and the LIST Of
August. The Japanese Embassy will be along
about the middle Of next week, and they will
bring tremendous crowd; not 20 many, how
ever; as the Great Eastern, which, with ordinar
rily good luck, may be expected to anchor of
the Battery on or before the lst of next month.
Then we shall have the Prince Of Wales and
Prince Napoleon in his own yacht, With the
Prince De Joinville, the Count de Paris, (who
is King of France, set out in the cold for the
presently and the Due de Chartres, (the repre-
sentative Of long line of gallant princes,
chivalrous knights and dssbing chevaliers as
ever drew sword or kissed dame dhonneur)-
a magnificent invoice of royalty, old and new
styles, original and at second hand
The Great Eastern, however, Is our main een-
sation. All our people fancy they know some
thing about ship building, and Mr.. Bull himself
admits that II Britannia expects to retain the
sovereignty of the seas she must keep q sharp
eye TO windward for all the modern improve
ments. The Great Eastern is long step, seve-
raj hundred feet ahead Of any thing else that has
ever been done In the way Of naval architec-
tuIe, and there il the most intense curiosity
among our people to see her. She will bring
almost Is great crowd - the Crystal Palace
attracted in 1853, and repetition Of the flush
times of that memorable year seems to bsuore
than probable. Altogether, 1t is not too much
to cay that our present population Is over .
million I'VE DO not include the euburbs), and
that before the summer IL over 1t will be in
creased half a million BY the indpx of
strangers. Among other matters, the
Central Park has begun to excite provincial
envy and admiration. The work Il universally
commended, and the beauty of the Park, with
its fresh verdure, delicious atmosphere, fne
views, delightful walks, good hard roads, it,
countless equipages and crowds Of equestrians
and equestriennes particularly the latter, who
are Increasing rapidly-horssbsck riding being
the rage among all the pretty women in town.,
is the theme of praise from every tongue.
People who wish 10 sss The metropolis In it,
full glory and pride should come here this
GUNNER. There Is room enough for Q million
Of people If they like to come, The hotel
keepers ase uaki..s great preparations and
everybody viii be lodged comfortably and fed
well at moderate price. II they avoid the
Peter Funks and the police, keep sober, abstain
from evil company and the hsunts Of vics,
which are 90 graphically described by the
rural editors, strangers will dnd the metropolis
rather good thing to do, and not over and
above dear.