The Placer herald., 1866-12-08
THD PARIS EXHIBITION.
Progress of the WOrk.--Cu-
riOUs IsNitdtWSs.

rious Buildings.
The Paris correspondents Of the English
papers give full accounts Of the progress Of
the work on the Exhibition park and build
ings. We copy some interesting passages:
THE IMPERIAL PAVILION.
As TO buildings in progress, or planned,
can enumerale but few of them. 4 tort
Signe1r tout honne r, and so must frs.
be named the ediice designed for the found
er of the feast, the Imperial Pavilion. My
companion at first took it Tor the headquar.
ters of the subjects Of the Celestial Empire,
on account of the pagoda-like aspect of it.
summit, tut we soon found that when the
top was completed and surrounded by eagles
it would very fairly represent an imperial
crowd.
Not far off from the chief Of the state,
the Church puts in its claim. A bishop, the
name Of whose diocese escapes my memory,
desires to show at what small expense a
suitable and even handsome place of worship
may be built and at his own cost he is con.
siructing this ed fee. Of which the shell is
we'll advanced towards completion, and the
cost of which, was told, woud be consid-
erably under $4,000. There is also to be a
Protestant church or chapel, SO that the
spiritual wants of the Christian portion of
the visitors 10 the Exhibition may bs suffi
GENTLY provided for.
CLUB HOUSE.
An important and very useful feature Of
this huge cosmopolitan fair will be the In
ternational Club now rapidly rising, and
guaranteed to be ready in good time by a
very intelligent Architect and engineer
although any one not belonging to either Of
those professions might we'll despair OF that
when he sees the building now in its rough
imperfect state, and knows what a complete
aud elegant place it is Intended to make Of
it. 1t is to be place of meeting for exhihi
tors and their friends, where appointments
may be made, business transacted, letters
written, received and posted, hundreds Of
newspapers read, and excellent dinners eat.
en-. The whole of the ground floor will be
Ief! undivided, forming a great hail. III
Gee, long by 100 broad, Of which the charac-
Ter will he that of bourse or exchange
At The sides of this SALES des Pas Perdus,
there will be desks at which letters can be
witten, contracts signed, and memoranda
made. Also there will be letter boxes ali
around the walls, let at triflng charge to
the members Of the club for the reception Of
their letters, cards, etc. Upstairs the crea'
ture comforts will be attended to. In the
principal dining room 400 persons will be
able to sit down; there will be smaller rooms
for parties of SO, 90, and even ten, with
partitions removable at will, as in the
saloons Of the Freres Provencaux.
The administrators Of the club promise
moderate charges first rate cookery and
the e.t Of wines, and they will need to keep
their word if they wish to keep their Iatchen
busy and content the members, for there will
be no lack Of gas!ronomiraI competition of
this greatest of all exhib tions. A balcony
will run completely round The first floor of
The club house, whence and from the terraces
on the roof admirable views will be obtain
ed OF the exhibition park (for into a park,
and very pretty one, is the arid old Mars
field to be converted Of the Champ EIysees.
and the immense slopiug amphithsalrs into
which the steep heights Of the Trocadora
have been converted by the removal of eight
hundred thousand cubic metres of earth, and
on which new avenues and boulevards and
spacious lawns are 10 be laid out. The BAL
couy and platforms will also afford an ad-
mirable station for seeing ceremonies and
professions, the entrance and reception Of
distinguished personages, and all the stir
hat will 90 on at the main entrance to the
park, close to which the club house is stu
ated.
On the ground floor. along the front Of
the house and on each side Of two lateral
external galleries, forming wings to the base
ment and covered with glass roofs Ike the
Partisan passages, there are fol ty'four good
sized shops, which will be let. These two
galleries and the broad verandah in trout of
The building will serve as shelter and oung.
ing places 10 wet weather. Altogether the
ilea Of this club is an excellent one, and it
seems likely 10 be carried out with all the
taste and spirit by which our French neigh
bors and friends are generally distinguished
in such matters. Long before the exhibition
is over, the feeling will probably be that it
would have been incomplete aud defective
without such an establishment as this; which
may 'tse'I Oe IooKed upon as an artlcle ex'
hibiied-a specimen Of one Of our greatest
modern social institutions. All exhibitors
will have right to belong to the club on
payment Of the subscription fixed at lOOf.
for the seven months the exhibition is in
tended to last. Non exhibitors desiring 10
become members must be proposed by two
exhibitors, or by the diplomatic or consular
agents Of their respective countries.
THE EGYPTIAN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Passing along the Park by the side Of the
Exhibition building, we arrive at large en-
closed space, over which flies the Turkish flag.
This is the allotment in which the powerful
vassal ofthe Sultan, the Viceroy Of Egypt,
is preparing bis exhibition of the wonders
Of the tune Of tho Pharohs, and Of illustra-
tons Of modern life on the banks Of the
Nile. The preparations are on a grand