, 1866-04-21

[qbiss Cczfespenaente y. :. HetaIal
very important determination relative to the
grand Exhibition Of 1867. It has been usual
to award the prizes to the exhibitors at the
termination, and as q closing ceremony to
the Exhibition. 4 happy innovation ID the
intcrcat Of the exhibitors will be made next
year upon the suggestion Of n. Ronher, Min
the 1st Of April and close On the 3lst of Oc-
tober. On the 1st OF July the award OF
prizes will be made, and the exhibitors who
obtain them will thus have the advantage Of
having their goods ticketed for four months
as prizc articles. It is intended On the niEht
Of the distribution OF the prizes to give q
grnod ball at the Palats d'lndustrie, III the
Chnmps EIysess, for. which thirty Thousand
Invitations VIII be Issued. This will be,
without exception, the most brilliant show
that the world has ever seen. Tie Immense
building will be Illuminated a gior7so, decorn.
ted with the tlaga Of al nationss, representa-.
tiyes Of which VIII appear In thsi7 national
TheTe nre many articles Of manufacture In
commerre here In which Jour manufacturers
excel, and which, with proper show here ut
the grand Exhibition can be extensively In
troduced Into Europe. Agricultural ip6tru-
menta oi all descriptions, and wagons, pas-
In the latter article the French have no idea
Of that combination Of liEhtueaa with
strength which Is the peculiar beauty OF the
American wagon. The same remark applies
to harness, which arc all heavy and clumsy.
Driving out In the Rofs de Bou1ogne, yester-
day, with Ar. G. P. Baker, Of San Francisco
who Is the happy possessor Of the three last,
est and handsomeat American horses and
wagons IN Parss, I Wns struck at the surprise
which everybody exhibited at the lighfness
and clearance Of the vehicle On these sp!en-
did macadamized avenues the American
wagon IS exactly the thing; but With the s1-
ceptiou Of q few owned BY American gentle.
men. thew are unknown here. There are also
many little things which, it Is to be hoped,
ypnr manufacturers of emotions" Will teach
fhn Europeans how to make. Would you
believe 1t, there Is not in NIL France
pair Of tongs which do not cause m fnFol
unta1y expression Of eonfempt 1o5 t5em .,3 ersiy
two pieces, rireted together as Christian, civ
1Ized tongs should be, they are made Of ene
sinrIe picce, on the principle Of sheep shears
me- result Is that their capacity for opening
Is very small, and the purchase or lever
! age 90 slight that any ordinary sized piece 2
fhe course Of the transit from the coal box t
the flre. Then the CRATES themselves are Ut
tie portable things, set temporarily IN th
| csfnanev places, Then there Ii not rat or
| monse-t1ap In France that would not b
\ 1onlxe1 mon with sovereign contempt bJ
| shrewl rat or mouse from your side Of IN
water. With proper exertion q great marke
NAV he esta bllshed here for all sortB OF it'll
things M 81 Of this Kind. Aud, In this connection
It may not be nninteres.ing TO your psosPss
tfve exhihftofs to know that an ass0clatlo
hare, called the "General 1nteTnattona
Agency y has Just purchased large lot
Ground directly In front OF the Champe az
Mara, upon. which they purpose erecting
hnildinr, and IN this they will receive m
exhihit for sale duplicates Of all articles SCI
to the grand Exhibition; ..us,,
Herr Egerstof, Of Hanover, an extensi1 Isl,
engine manufacturer IN aermany, ~ nas " W. I
eneiues to The Paris Exhibition, On the grou1