, 1866-05-14

operas, theatres, concerts, and drives On tho
quays and occasional Go1se-racns, eonstitut-
ing the principal public sznnsemeuts,.
At Bordeaux, Toulouse, Angoulen,e, Dljon,
Montpelier, DC, the society Is cultivated,
and Includes many learned aud accomplished
people. The French nob1exse have many par.
tisaus II these provincial towns, particularly
ut Bordeaux. Though opposed to ali modern
reforms, they retain at least the charming:
manners Of the old regfns. Not few Inc
landed estates cluster round these, as we'll as
round many other provincial towns Aries.
ior Instance, is peculiarly Interesting on ar
count Of the classic beauty Of the ladies', who
retain IN a remarkable degree the features OF
Their remote Roman pzogcnitors in those
Southern regions Of France
The contrast between Bordeaux, the head
quarters Of the legiumfsts, and Lyons, that
Of the turbulent Democracy, Is almost As
great as between the Paris Faubourgs st.
German, and ST.. Antoine-thc former Ill fas-
hdluusncss, and the latter bolsterous aspira-
ton. Manufacturing activity evolves In
France, as In England, strong liberal aspirin
tfons, as Agricultural pursuits seem to confirm
habits Of conservatism Lyons and St. Et-
ieune arc the great silk manufacturing cities Of
France, but strange to say, although most of
tue raw SILK Of China, Persia, Syria, Turkey,
Greece, Spain and Italy, finds It's way to these
French factories, 1t reaches Lyons only rla
London, owing to the fact TINT London has
the capital and the commercial skill to mo
norolize these colossal Imports, while the Ly-
ous merchants, Though the Dcsgrands and
other great Lyoncsc have tried hard to wrcst
the sceptrc of this trade from the Greek. Eue.
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Of American importers to Lyons an-
uually, In LYONS. as In PaI1s, Bona.
parte strives to muzzle democracy By
rmbellishipr the streets and promoting
.,ata.;o, M, -sorrrae. ~ Tra1. ~ hosa~,e
in this wny quite renovated. There is A stir.
rsr.-S.,;,s.5 y. 49, *.,.a s.s."..t
look about The people. which contrasts arrce.
ably with The ciooIn of The Enr1,sh mnnf,c-
turing towns. LYONS would be one of the
most agreeable cities m The Frcnc}, nrorfnces
II II wcrc not So hot IN summer. its Tqacs des
7erroux. one Of The princ;nal souarcs. being
actuallv like The Dcscrt Of sahara far heat.
In the north of France, Roucp Is the most
interesting cIty historically and socially as
as well as iDdustz;ally. willie Lille. io F,cncl,
Flinders. is rcmarkah]c for its Industrial mr.
tfyitv- for The hustle of It's ~. = rs,urrnoi.s
and its ot,,cr 4,rincIna, streets and for thc
,,cantr of ia chief ce5-s. n Ia to h. rerrettca
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