New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-20
AMERlcAN VISITORS IN PARIS.

ULAR-MR. CUNIIFgE OWEN PRAISED BY HIM
| PERSONAL NOTES.
| Iron \ STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRlBCN'"I
| PASS. May Mr. Bayard Taylor arrived in Paris
with his wife and daughter on the Saturday evening
before the opening Of the Exhibition, ana remained
| TIL Friday morning. His visit was cut snort Dy
| the necessity of reaching Berlin by The AN oil
| May. He had given just the same length "i
! time 70 London. where | missed seeing him.
| The American Minister did his best TO per-
suade him to stay longer, and to allow 4
| dinner party to DO made for him. But Mr.. Taylor
though much better for his voyage, had hardly re-
covered from the fatigue of his last months at home
The voyage was "A trying one, and the 1lOlsatia ar
riycd two days late Of which one may be set down
| to the score of that odd mshap of wMch
| you knew at the time Of the SHIPS
leaving NeN-York, but OF which we on
| this side had not heard. And these ships are so
regular that even a days delay gives rise not
to anxiety precisely, but to slightly mn
| easy expectation. Mr.. Taylor dined quietly
one night with Mr.. Conway, but, az
rule, refused invitations, with which, indeed
| he was the less pursued rs he arrived on Easter
Monday and most of the people who would have
cared most 10 SEQ him were out of town. Leaving
| London saturday morning Mr.. Taylor had taste
of some of the discJniorts which belong to
! the Journey between London and Paris, of
which Mr. Conkliug and other experienced
| travellers have diScOuIsed with authority.
| The Prince OF Wales had made the trip few days
before, and great number Of his loyal FELLOWSHIP
cct, felt il their duty to follow in the footsteps OF
| the heir to the throne, and help him III
| his surycy of the British section. This was
praiSewogthy, but it had its practical Inconvenience
The little craft that plies between Dover and Calais
cannot be called a comfortable ship IN any crcum-
| stances, Her only recommendation Is speed. In
| fair weather when you can stay on deck, she may
| transport possibly hundred people without oblg-
| ing anybody TO sit in his neighbours pocket.
| On the day when Mr.. Taylor and his party
| crossed. tho number of passengers was Just $50,
| and il blew half gale of wind The private cabin
on deck tecgraphed for the day before, was not to
be had-pcrhaps because you cannot fee tho steward
| by telegraph. and it is only those who know
| this rOute intimately who can depend on get
! ting their wants supplied when competition
| arises If the railway companies, who monopolZe
TINS great line had any consideration for the public
which they have not they would at least put two
steamers on when such a crowd Is this comes along.
| They have ample notice. There Is always rush
during the Easter holidays, and they know
| at the London stations. two hours before
| the sailing of the steamers how many pas
seDpers are TO be provided for. 1t can't do much
an American journal nor can !, which regret still
| more advise Americans. who dread a channel pas
age TO take any other line than that by Dover aud
Calais or by FokcstOUe aud BOuiOgnc; both of
which are a kind of joint monopoly of the
two great companies which exploit aud Cypress
The southeastern counties Of England Indeed, |
may as well here rs anywhere, put in word OF
warning against the Cook route from London to
Paris All Cook tickets take yUu VIA Ncwhaycn
and Dcppc q route which the London and
brighton Companv unbmshiugly advertise ~ the
shortest and cheapest. Il IL the shortest
measured on the map, no doubt. but
i. is some Eours longer than the other If
YOU measure by the time taken Ia the journey,
as all travellers do and the channel passage occu-
pies six or seven hours while that from Dover 10
Calais. with all it, unspcakablc horrors, is over in
connie OF hours IN ordinary weather; sometimes
twenty minutes less.
So great was the number % passengers Oh this
SATURDAY that two separate trains were needed 10
hiring them from CALAIS 20 Paris. in the usual sar-
diuc-box fashion of continental railways; which Is,
nevertheless. liberal and merciiul by comparison
with the fashion which prevails on the steamers.
Nh TAYLOR himself IS too old traveller TO mind
such miscrica, need any man III tolcrablc
health expect much sympathy from the pubic III
the hardships he la, TO endure anywhere in Europe.
remediable is simply brutal and 1t is the business
of everybody with pen in bis hand to say 50 from
time TO time. By and by the pressure will become
strong enough tobe irresistible even by corporation
Of which Sir Edward Wakin, who is notorious for
his pubcy expressed contempt for the rights of the
public is chairman.
II was pleasure TO Mr. Taylor looking so
wel-a pleasure which / share not only with his
other personal friends. but with, firstly all Amer
leans who rejoice to their country honorably and
brilliantly represented abroad. and secondly,
the European public OF half a dozen com
tries Germany most conspcu0uSly Of all,
who have welcomed Mr. Taylor with hcartincss
| readily shown to an American plenipOtentiary of
exceptional worth and distinction. but much less
readily permit me to say, to the politician whose
appointment is ground out by the machine
as a recognitsn of what are Supposed To
lie his claims" | can add little or
nothing to what you have already printed, but
NAV sum NJ what / have heard III London and
Paris from people whose opinion - best worth hay-
ing who have greeted Mr. Taylor tie fit sue
cessor aud colleague to Mr. Everett Mr. Bancroft.
Mr. Motley and Mr.. Lowell. fear must add that
while Mr. Taylor finds himself really much better
for his voyage, he Is not completely rested. nor
ouite in his usual robust health. Berlin is a city OF
so few cxcitemcnts, and of such quiet habits, com
pared with London or Paris, that he may hope TO
find there the repose which New-lork and the
English and French capitals denied him. He went
cheerily through the fatigucs of the Partisan May
day including the reception of Marshal MacMahon
at the Elys6c in the evening.
Not the least pleasant incidents Of Mr. Taylors
week in Paris were his visits to VI. Louis Blanc ana
~ Victor Hugo. He called on the former one morn
ing. and was received with all the kindness which
NJ Louis Blanc has at the service of visitors with
less claim than Mr. Taylor, or with no claim at all
hope this remark may not encourage the admIrlng
srnnrnr 10 think il his duty 70 pay his respects 70