The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-02-14
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The City OF pnri..
PARIs, Jannnrr. 1s,h, y

| Some Of the reasons for tho partialty shown
by Americans for Paris, in preference to Lon
den, which is frequently remarked Ivy Englis-
men, are sufficiently apparent at this time Of
The year, when everything in the latter city 4,
in dull contrast to the payety of the carnival
| season hcrc. Tho sluggish Thames, feeling its
way through the gray fog, past mvuldcriut
warehouses and tingy palaces tho deserted
Parliament llou,cs and the closed m,nsiors VI
the "Wcn Eud, the gloomy od,inys and dull
hotels, md the damp and dusky winter weather
Of Londca leave an impression Of gloom and
discomfort with the traveller, which may wcll
'Ncutc even sober citizen for prcfcrring to
sPcnd his time under the brighter skios rf tho
livclicst and most beautiful " Eurcrcul cities.
Indeed, apart from tho historical associations
Of tic place. in which hc may 10 supposed to
take at least a conventional interest, London ia
never well calculated to please tho average
American traveller, who GndS less there than in
/ Paris to feed his love fOr clinso anI cNcito-
mcnt while the somewhat unarproachablc
character Of the people, rs we'll as the pcculiari-
ties II tho hotel system cf Eusldu mtcrfero
sacly with his grcSarious instincts. II is not
strange, then, that So many prefer rari. to
londvU, AMI after few lays say in T. gland
hurry across tho channel TO sroid ihn Wntnr
month, here.
The differ &C in character lctw,cnthc English
aud frcnch nation, il nct, inicol, more str,k.
Ing than The contrast between the capital cite,
of the two countries. In London il is imprs-
S,hlc ever 20 forget that you Uc surrounded hy
the mupumcnts Of former generations, in rity
whit 50 history comes down Ia ", FROM the day,
,flho Roman Empire; Il om thc time or ALrrrr
and WILLIAM tho Conqucr"r "f ,hs TuuoR,
and rLNNrAoENErS of Sm,KE-rrNHE aud
BEN. JoNsoS. Everything, from tue crum-
bling n,cnumortSo of Westminster Abbey TO the
f,rtrcsscs OF Tower Ill., isvrncr.lc and ii ,;ni-
fled, aud the very air seems to laNegruwu .r,y
with age, and ,un weary with it, ,l'iI 'Icrs,
On the contrary, the Napoleoniv zeal for i'm
rrovcmcnt j. transferring the ancient capital Of
CuAuiIN,UNE aud Sr. LuglI into 4 rity of
tho most modern finish anil regularity; tho
broad avenues AMI magnificent buildings Of
new Paris, hiding the rickcty dwellings, and
narrow street, ~ tho older quarters Of tho
town. Not oven tho venerable Saint Chopcllo
is suffered TO res, quietly In its antiquity, hut
glltioring with new paint and fresh gliding il is
bright aLi beautiful ~ when 1t first r,mo from
the hands " rngRr nE NUTRIENT. IN
his lahCrs for the improvement of tho French
capital, NAroLEoS III. il buildiu.; hmsclf a
monument which will survive re, cluiicns and
dyuSs'ic changes, and lcng associate his name
with Ito mcst beautiful city in til Mcrli
~ many oi its salient features, raIis has suf-
hci,nt resemblance to New York 10 m,ko u
G0thamitc feel moro at homo hero than IN Lon
don. II is New York intensified, New York
improved aud completed New York 10 1. will
perhaps bc, when tho Mayor and Aldermen
shall, liko the Kilkenny cats, have dcvourcd
each other, and prepared tho way for an honest
and capable government, to devol"po tho ctp,-
cities "i our metropolis.
Twelve years of such progress n, France has
mado under the Empire would 10 sufficient
10 blot out many bitter rccol!ections from me-
morios more rrtentivo than tho'o Uf Fronch.
mon; and il is not surprising that N,roIEoN
iii. should show u growing Couii,l1uco in the
stability of his Go ycrnrncnt and the good wish
es Of his subjects. 1hc coriionec in hi, siucorc
desire {" liLrrililn his Government, - far ~ hs
can with safo TO his own rule, seems to be
general. NotwIlhln lndms, EnGlanL still
wa, hes lin Niih a !.d"u, eye diolruslful Of
his good inlontori., aud ,ccItc,l II hii rrofos-
siou, Of peaceful views. Surely tho readiness
with which tho Ficn,h ara arcommo lalIng
Themselves 10 tho new NapulcOnlc idea NJ 'rcc
trHdc ought 10 convince cIcu tho London
Jrp,,s ,I,at IA Is rOs lille rur them In r,II la