New-York tribune., 1873-05-21
THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.

CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF GERMANY TO
THE ExHIBTuoN-vIsT OF THE PRINCE OF
wA1ns-REMARKs OF A COMIC PAPEB-vIENNEsE
SPECTATORS.
nRoM THE sPEoIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
VIENNA. May 5.-One cannot yet say that there ls
either order OF pleasure the Exposition Dulldlng
OF out oft. Yesterday being the first Sunday ana
the price of admission reduced TO two forms SSl, d
great crowd was expected, and the restaurateuIS
who have commenced business prepared themselves
accordingly. But the sky was overcast, the morn-
ing lowered, and heavily in clouds came on the day'
which was soon as perfect picture OF driving "e'
overhead and mud under foot could wish see
There was moreover partial strike of the omnibus
drivers and even the hackmen, discovered, al
though returned to duty, have removed their tdrV
of prices and demand whatever they can get
Within the Building, the sound Of hammer and
saw. and the dust raised by huge birch brooms,
were as bad as on any previous weekday; While
twenty bad leaks in the roof of the great Rotunda
made q new and unforeseen discomfort. some OF
the short side-transeps the American for one) are
also by no means waterproof. The Emperor was ex-
pected. which somewhat increased the number OF
visitors but for unknown reasons" as the papers
saw think they were evident enough-he did not
make his appearance.
On Saturday, however. the public curiosity was
rratifed by the sight of the Crown-Prince of Ger
msuy, who came accompanied by the Crown
Princess and remained three hours. He first very
deliberately inspected the German part OF the show
the arrangement Of which is nearly completed then
visited the building erected by Krupp the famous
steelfounder of Essen, the halls for machinery and
ART and the japanese and Alsatian houses At the
latter place glasses of Asatan wine-the vintage lost
by France-were offered to the two princely guests
To-day the sun shines, but the wind also blows,
and there is occasionally-always at the most un-
expected moments-a fierce dash of rain. cannot
by any description do justice to this climate where
one moment your brain is stung by the sun and the
next an icy wind stabs you under the ear Every
body's nerves in irritable state, and conse-
qucntly no one is quite happy. Even this morn
ings Vienna papers are beginning to growl over the
high prices and the general tendency TO extor-
ton. All the foreign visitors whom meet, except
the exhibitors just brandishing their s1ckles
OH the skirts of the harvesfeld, are either tired or
rheumatic OF alarmed for their pockets. There is
an unusually large number of visitors in the Build
ing to-day The Prince of Wales made bis official
visit as Commissioner, to the English department,
accompanied by the Grown Prince and Princess of
Germany, the Countess Briibl, Lady Dudley, and
various other titled attachments every one of whom
viii be reported tonight by telegraph to the London
papers. Wales" went about his work in a
plain, business-like way, and his party was
not impeded by the curious until they
left the English part of the wing, and
passed through the ROtunda on their way
TO the Art Building Then there was a general
scamper down the whole length of the eastern wing
All the high personages walked very rapidly, 10
avoid the crowd. When / met them, on my return
from a vain attempt to get into the Art Building
they had fairly distanced the most of their adj
mirers. The Prince of Wales had buttoned his
brown coat to bind in the growing rotundity of his
BODY, and walked very lightly, considering his
weight His face is thoroughly amiable and good
humored, but nothing more his reign will bring no
dangers TO England.
Frederick William of Prussia improves on
nearer view In his photographs there is half
sullen gathering of the eyebrows and hard va
oancy in the gaze which do not belong to the real
man. His eyes are an unusually light blue, which
accounts for their Photographic dulness; but they
are in reality bright, frank, and winning. His face
expresses good deal of Mathew Arnold's sweet
ness and light :" should name, as its two promi-
neDt characteristics, virility and honesty
The Crown-PTincess Victoria clung to his
arm with a very evident fondness. l might
state, for the edifcatiOn of many ladies'
that her dress was green variety of the new bronze
founces. 1t did not sweep the floor behind her.
Later in the afternoon the Emperor and Empress
arrived, bat believe they did not make any ex-
tensive inspection, even of the Austrian and Hun
garian courts. They were cordially but quietly re-
ceived but there attempt on the part of Off
cals TO prevent the foreign visitors from
pressing near enough TO have satisfactory
view. The absence of any reference in the
speeches the opening day, to the royal
guests and the Commissioners from other
countries, has been rather unfavOTably commented
upon by some of the Vienna papers Today there
are rumOrs that the Prince of Wales will make
trip 10 Presburg and Pesth, Friday to be followed
next week. by the Crown Prince and Princess of
Germany. One of the Hungarian Committee assured
me that they will hardly 90 further as there are
imperial palaces belonging TO Austria-except the
huDting-lodge of G6d6n6-beyond Pesth. There is
also some talk Of excursion to Trieste, but it has
nct yet assumed any definite form.
One Of the comical papers published yesterday
very amusing collection of the remarks overheard in
the Rotunda on the opening day. can vouch for
its correctness, for heard part Of them in the
crowd around me, thus: lady "Oh, shall
freeze long before ii begins" "a gentleman) How
shall We ever get anything TO eat ~" How beauti-
fully the Countess ADdrassy is dressed w-Sit down
there in front: nobody can see over your
headsp-" Huuah! Hurrah! but who WGs il,
then F-"LOokl the Crown Prince has our
Empress on his am."-"The one in red
is the English Prince Vaib of course: nobody else
wears red."-"What have you been leaning on,
wife Your silk is ruined."-" Yes, but saw their
heads you re because you re hungry."-"Any-
how, I'm glad it's over" The last remark found
plenty of echoes. All who there from the
beginning were. nevertheless, well satisfied Quite
number of invited guests were kept out by the
absurd regulation in regard to carriages Only one
line Of vehicles was allowed from the extremity of
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