The New York Herald Newspaper, July 8, 1855, Page 2

and ; and itis source ef unspeakable to the present of Fraace to beast the of land, tne sneers and gibes of rest of world. The alliance ia | ‘ FE ; i Hi Hy Fe a Ty a Haul g es e 5 tie. The prexent conjunction of France and Eng- land is more the result of accident than of calcala- tion, and Russia is too shrewd an observer not to perceive it. She wilt never be in @ worse conditioa Yo treat than sve now is, unless she has to treat with mations instead of governments. The aflars of Spain remain pretty much the seli between tne republican and sbsolutist tenden- eres of the age, but I doubt whether the Dake de la Vistoria is the man to give it stability. Spain is @oomed to go through another revolution, domestic and colonial, but Euglaud and France will contrive to delay it, if posuible, till the close of the preseut war with , 89 a8 to prevent the United States from seizing Cuba and Ports Rico, or treating for the parchase of these islands with any goverament tbat may exist for atime in Spain. Tne Emperor ef the French is anxious to increase his navy, which oan only be done by adding to the colonies of France and increasing her merchant marine. It is for this reason that the present French govern- ment is more anxious to preserve peacefal relations between the United States and Spain than ever. At thia moment ail the energies of France are di- rected againat Russia; but the time wilt coms when a démélée witn the United States may promaa to be a profitabic investment. A war ata ne is the beet means of perpetuating a military government, and at the same time of ridding it of wa own domestic enemies. This much you may rely upon with the utmost certainty :—I( tie Umted Biates do not a:quire Cuba during the prevent war with Russia, we may have to fight to retain it in tue sein of Spain. Under these circumstances, it is fortunate for us that ig farther removed than ever, and that there ig every Brobeciey, of a new acministration being installed in Washington befere it is too lace to regain our character for dig- nity, consistency, and courage. ‘ne iate Know Nothing defeats in the United Gtates have had @ good effect on public opinion in Europe. Toey preserve the bsiief in the hospitality and generosity of the American Pyegt and will go far to prevent a serious falling off in the emigration to the land of promise. No one tor a moment be- Heves that the administration of Gen. Pierce has anything to do with these achievements, for it is not known here or elsewhere that the administra. ton bas not contributed to the establishment of the order of Know Nothings; but the fact it elf thata secret order is doomed to a public defeat, conveys a morsel full of practical application at afl times and in all countries. The late Powers of Europe desired nothing more than the triamph of Kaow Nothingiam in the United States. They would liked to see freedom locatized in America, iuste of ite being beld ont to all who are wilting to wor- ship st its abrine. It is the generality of the doctrine and ita le which has given then #0 much trouble, snd which still distarbs their rest. The French Exhibition has not yet reached its culminating point, and there ia no probability of its getting fairly under way till the tall of tae year. “Shere seems to be a want of conddeace, which revente foreign manufacturers from exhibiting ir wars, The English department a'one is well sopplied—less, perhaps, from actual eorfidence in the continuation of the present state of things, than a desire to awaken this confidence in others. The space allotted to American expositors was surrendered for the want of means to fill it, aud it was almost a God- send when the Csnadians, being refused room amon; their English colleagues, were generous!y install on Americay ground. As in England, our Americsn exhibitors shine Jeaa by variety and taste, than by the ancceestul application of general principles to useful purposes. Singer’s sewing machine, Rich- mond’s metsl-cutting machine, McUormick’s reaper, Goodyear’s India rubber furniture, Pitt’s tareshing machine and Colt’s pistols have no rivals; bu’, we fall considerably behind the manufacturers and articans of other countrica as regards elegance and finish. With sensible men this is no disparagement to oac countrymen, but simply a proof of the practical ten- dencies of their minds. Their object 1s to creats, motto embellish and edorn—to supply wants, not to excite arfiticial desiree. When one class of the people of the United States ehall be redaced to be: img mere panders to the rich and powerfu!, our me chanics and manufacturers will bagin to stady eie- gance ir preference to usetulness, The American Commiszioners, in the mean tims, have availed themselves of French elegance and ro- finement, in providing several most exquisite diancra for themee!ves and friends at the T'rots #réres Pro- venecaux, the Cafe de Paris, and other celebrated establiehmenta, which never suffer from revolutions or changes of government. Here they poured ont their eloquence, after pouring in the inspiration, and here, too, they gave vent to gome of their po litical sentiments and aspiratians. More important than these costly exhibitions of patriotism, will be the labor of the American jurors tor the industrial branches of the exhibition; reguiring knowledge, diectimination and judgment to perform their task ‘with credit to themselves and their country, It isa fortunate circumstance that Charles Fleischman, Eaq.—lopg connected as principal draftaman wits the Patent Office in Washington—is a member of that jury, and that two such sensible men as Field of New York, and Coxe of Alabama, are his coad- jutors. Mr. Field succeeded Mr. Swaim aa chairmaa of the jury. Astbe machinery and inventive por- tion of the American department of the exhibition reflects most on the capacity and genius of our countrymen, a gentleman so thoroughly versed in our pi laws, and > familiar witn American pa tents at home and in Earope as Mr. Fleiachman, is a most lucky acquisition, and may prove practically useful as @ aut agent for the exhibitors. The Emperor of the French is reported to be se- Ticusly m , though the papers do not refer to his illness, Let us hope that he qill soon b3 re stored to his accustomed vigor and energy. Above all things, France must have a government, and there is no man who at this time could take the Emperor's place. PF. J. G. Paris, Jane 20, 1855. The Paris Industrial Exhibition—Completion of the Transepi—Curious Model of a Printing Estab- lishment—Models of the frish Fisheries ~The Turkish Department— Parisian Industry, &¢. It is @ long lane, ssys the proverb, that has no turning, and the manifold difficulties and impedi. ments of this remarkable enterprise, which has hither- to illustrated the fabled race of the tortoise and the hare, and failed from being too sure of winning, seem at length to be melting away betore a firm and resolute will. As s commercial speculation, without doubt it hat irrevocably stranded. Punctuality is the very soul of commerce, and in this respect the Paris Exnib} tion will be a by-word and a warning for a century to come. It followed, too, in the wake of so many predecessors, none of which had the advantage of the London prototype; and it had to do with a peo- ple who, however easy they may be under a govern- mental discipline intolerable to the Angio-Saxoa race, are in fact the enfars gatts of humanity. In mo other country is the amusement of the people, the intellectual recreations, and their comfort when seeking it, so studied as in France. The noblest palaces, the most beautiful gardens adorned with fountains and choise exotics, the finest statuary, the most wonderfal museums, the grandsst exhibi. tions, replete with articles of vertu, which every one ia invited to enter and inspect without re- gard to purchase, are all open gratuitously every day of their lives; and what can any exhib'tion, crystal and masbi¢ though it be called, offyr them pow? Why should they pay four francs, or one, or even four sous, for seeing that which the exposant only senda for their inspection as the best adveriisement of bia wares he can make? However, Napoleon the Third has been lending his cousin Prince a helping hand, and new life ia therefore imparted to the works and the general ar- rangement. Last Sunday, in consequence, more than eighty thousand persons visited the Exhibition, altheugh the weather was the reverse of favorable, making an increase upon the number of the previous Sunday of cpwards of eleven thousand. In order that persons in delicate health may traverse the vast Corridors and galleries, and wander without fatigne among lanes of beautiful shops, glowing with ob- Jecte of industrial art, Bath chairs are provided at a trifling additional cost; and, to set the exampie, a few days ago, I was witness to an imperial cortege of this description, where the Empress led the way, followed by a string of separate carriages, in which ‘were seated her maids of honor, the Emperor accom: Popping ber Majesty on foot. trapsept, with ita spacious aisles on either alde, is ae, UAat 7.96 Romeihio completed. Toe smell of paint, the din of hammer, the harsh grating of the saw, the dangerous passage of the commissionair, threading his way with a ton of packing cases between his shouiders, has gi way to the genius of order and pro On entering, the visiter is struck with auty of vases, arms and pocula in urra cotta on the one side, and brilliant articles in cera- mique op the other. Before him, in the very centre of the nave, is a fountain, which, now that it is com- han brick eetnseneae = face cali q process of erection, areforgotten, iscertainly 6 moat important improve- ment to the general tableau. It ia of very lar; proportions, and the base is surrounded by a mar! trough, where a very wilderness of beautifal flowers bicom and give forth their grateful odors, while from @ great ht the water bubbles, gushes, and plazhes over gri Daiads, who watch with de- lighted smiles the element tiey are said to love a0 wei). And, now, benches with backs, covered with crimzon, are placed in diagonal lines radiating from this centre, and exotics are s:atrered about hither and thituer to render the repose they offer still more inviting. The most striking objecta which fix the visiter’s attention after he hae glanced at the general coup a’ail, are the altar pieces, three of which are in Parian marble, thres in gilt copper, dso der glittering effect of pure goid, and ree either in wood or terra cotta. The are all well worthy of close inspection, but I will only parti- cularize one, which ia that of M. Poassielgae- Rogend. The statues of Abel, Abraham, and the two High Priesta, Melchisideck and Aaron, the one the priest of the natural, the other of revealed law, are placed on the body of it ; on either side is a beautiful candelabrum on pedestal, and in the cengre, forming a species of tent or cano- py, there rises a dial ornamented with beau"ifal scollops in filagree, end presenting a coup d'ail of singular grace and beauty. The altar piece, in terra cotta, ia a pure Gothic; while the oue I have been faintly describing is somewhat Byzantine; but this last is remarkable as an instance of wnat excel- bead effecta may be produced in a material ao little costly, Ag you advance towards the east end of the transept you are struck by an exhibition of rare ingenuity, and bearing at once its French origiu. Itis the model of a large printing establishment, where the whole process ia in full operation... It con- teins about 500 mannikins, dressed, as French workmen always are, in the customary blouse, and each plying that special division ot labor whica per- tains tohim. There is the printer’a devil, the com- positor, the paper folder, the chéf in hia office, and 8 thousand and one other functionaries, whose pames are @ riddle to the uninitiated. Every one pone =) exact attitude par nie A ees larasns, ani may gaze and gaze un eu b3- Heve "he mightieat engine in the world is literally in Page ale ee before you. A little farther on—and there is nothing in whole exhibition which attracts more universal attention from all classee—is @ model of the Irish locks, tanks and breeding basins for an Insh fishery. They are fall of fish, the water being supplied from pipe connected with the fountains in gardens fronting the Pa- lais de Industrie; and nothing is more amusing than towitness the ingenious decoy which attrasta the fish from one point to the other, till at last the finny tribe are rendered a petacty, domestic, believ- img themeelyes all the while in their native waters. Crowds daily gather around this ingenious model, and in 8 country where fieh is in no wise abundant, such ie saan of wealth to the Irish ia noted and ap- preciated. The aisles, or recesses under the gallery, on the French side, present 2 continuous series of lanes ed on side with beautifalty glazed armoires—for they canacarcely be termed shops—in which, arranged with the most artistic taste, are to be seen every species of French merchandise, from wax dolls, ebinesterie, exqnisite articles in bronze and ormolu down to the chaussures de Pa- ris. Apropos of these boots and shoes of Paris, it is not easy to imagine anything more peculiarly French, and therefore more peculiarly artistic, then the display of this department of French indastry. For some hundreds of paces the eye is regaled wita & galaxy of feminine slippers, boots and shoes, auch #8 no otber country in the world could produce. There they are, those fairy encadrements for the feet, with rosettes 90 cunningly devisee, that they look even more beautiful than the flowers they are intended to represent. Such deticate little bijoux they look, that you wonder how foot of mortal ever slides into them, and ask yourself if Cindereila’s ever resembled such as these. Boots, too; high heeled, aud low heeled, and no heeled; green and gold, = and silver; such awan’s down tops—suci aylph-hke forms! Then, too, they are of Mag? @ co- lor and nuance, till at last, tor feer of being fairly bewildered and fascinated with things so unfleshly and deceitful, a gaping correspondent is fain t) tarn away his head and flee. These aisies are more abun- dantly ighted by openings cut in the galleries above them; and 4s the crystal roof has been covered over almost entirely with canvass, the,fierce heat of tho sun is broke, atid everything is of a far more agreea- ble character than the inauspicious commencemens originally promised. As, at the eact end, the visiter is about to ascend the magnifizent fight of stone steps leading to the galiery, his attention is atrested by a su verb frame of gold, of an oval form, containing what at first he believes a case of stuffed birds—that is, au eagle hovering in the air, and stosping over his prey, whieh isa wild duck and her little ones, basking among the rushes by the brook side. The disposi- tion of the animals is admirable; bat what is your astonishment to read a notice on the frame that the whole is executed in human hair! The case, which is suspended against tne wall like a mirror, is per- hape eight feet in length by fonrin width. The vegetation, rocks, rushes, water, &s.,are done to the life, and it seems almost incredible that the artist should produce such wonderfal effects with such strange materia!. Up staira mattera are daily improving, though still very much remains to be done. The beautiful pavilion erected for the recep: tion of Tarkish specitosns of industrial art is now principally occupied with silks from Brousss, the patterns of which are not so brilliant, noz the colors 80 glowing,as the looms of France, or even of England, are in the habit of producing; but they are infinitely more delicate in texture. Here a a drees might be drawn through her wedding ring and not a crease would mark the passage ithad made. But some of the French nonses are busy stocking pavillions in the gallery with all kinds of things, which the most virtuo1s and self-denying women are sometimes found to covet. Take, for instance, the Maison Baauvais, of M. Meron, rue Vivienne, where is to be seen a dress of white tarletan, with a double skirt, bordered with chenille, in broad festoons, containing branches of the Jilly of the valley up to the top of the skirt, shaded in green and white floss silk. 60, at least, a lady described it to me, as I obediently pencilled down her words, standing before this robe of pass ing witchery. The lightness, eleganca and yet rich Ioxariance of this model of French taste no lan- guage can fully describe. I invite all Americans to come and see. Depend upon it, that whatever its failures, the Exhibition has even now more to show than was ever seen before so concentrated together. The Annexe, which will not be finished batore the 15th of July, I am told, wil! amply repay us for the delay that has occurred, and wi!l contain acollection of industria! art of unrivalled beanty and rechérché; and as to the beaux arts, every day increases its attraction. The more the remarkabie masterpiece it containa are oyna from © European clime—the more struck ts every one wit! the fortunste chance that has given him an oc sion 80 unique of observing them. Berrie. Paris, June 21, 1855, Mercurial Temperament of the French—Louis Na- Poleon’s Illness—The King of Portugal's De- parture— Another Dinner of the American Com: missioners— India Rubber Cannon Balls— Ameri- can Machines— Fashionable Chit chat. The mercurial temperament attributed to the French on account of their high spirits, surely be longs to them now on account of their low spirits. No mercury can fall much tower. Cold, dismal weather, threatening the crops in the country, and in the city closing the gates of the ball gardens, and substituting furs, mackintoshes and umbrellas for the usual varieties of summer fashions; inundations and “strikes” in several departments; high renta, raised prices of bread, meat, vegetabies, and almost all other provisions; the stil! ineomplete Exhibition, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1855. with the leaky roof of the Palace of Industry; the vacant lodgings impatiently awaiting ‘roope of gueste that seem tn no harry to arrive; the ominous silence which has eucceeded, in the Moniteur, the flourish of trumpets that accompanied Gen. Peli sier’s firet dispatches from the Orimea; ramors o! disasters yonder— a battle lost, Gen. Pelissier killed, Gen. Canrobert cut off by the Russians, &:., &¢.; and of even an impending danger here, as big with fate as that which the fiash of Pianori’s pistol re- vealed to startled Europe: the sudden illness of the Emperor—all these “circumstances” have randered the past week gloomy enough to account for the heavy fall of funds at the Bourse, and of the French mercuria) temperament everywhere, ‘The correspondent of the London 7¥mes, in hie letter of the 18th, says that none of the disastrous ews afloat on Saturdsy, Sunday and Monday, was known among official ple. But officiat people are rarely in a hurry yen disastrous tn aud, whatever the details may bave been, it is diffi- cult to account for the ailenve of the Mwniteur, otherwise than the conjecture that some such news must har received atthe Ministry of War. The same correspondent alindea ta the re- port on Sundey that the Exuperor was ill; ‘“ but,” adds the writer, ‘we learn from the Moniteur that he paesed the afternoon in giving audiences to for: si commissioncra sent 2 ae tegen re of mages presen: ele respective ambesoadars.”” is trae; "end eres persons presented were several Aimorican commnis- siovers, with Mr, mn, late Under Sacretary of the United States Treasury; and Messrs. Pringle, Morgen, Washburne and Grow, members of tae American Congress, Bat it is also true that at two o'clock on the Emperor waa seized with sudden sickness, which resisted the efforta of Dr. Copnesu to cheek it, and required the aid of otner pbysicians, particularly Dr. Rayer. The crisis was prolonged to a late hour in the evening, when the Emperor waa bled. He was bled again on the toi lowing morning, and recovered suffivien'ly to re ceive his afternoon viaiters. Atfirst it was suspect- 04 Saas the Hamyecor nad heen polsoneds It has been whispered thavhe suffered from an attack o! tie cholera, but the bleeding to which he was abdjected digcountenancea this conjecture. The alarming state into whieh be was thrown for several nonrs ia also attributed to an obstruction of the urinary pas- sages. Whatever may have been the caus of hia ivess, it cecasioned no small finttering among the “ eummer friends” who feather their nests under the eaves of the Tuileries andthe Bourse. To change the metaphor, “bulls” were quickly trane- formed into “ bears,” and this is the secret ‘history of the apxiety at the Bourse on Saturday afternoon, and of the sort of panic among the speculatora on the Boulevards, in the evening. The rapid sales which were made, and the heavy fall of the three per cents, were attributed by some to the anti ed loan of 800,000,000, which is one of the principal motives for convoking the Loegialature on the 2d of July; by others, to bad news from the Crimea; to “strikes,” which had raissd the question, it was ramored, of establiahing the state of siege in cer- tain departments; and to various other causes. Per. mission to send by telegraph to London the news of the Emperor's illness, which was the real cause, was refused. The Emperor has put 3,000 francs at the disposal of the Prefect of the Gironde, for the relief of sut- terers by the recent inundktion in that department. of Gen. Pelissier, dated the 16th of June, and anuouncing that the bombardment of Sebeatopol was to be immediately renewed, awaken: ed an atxiety for news from the East which the silence of the Moniteur and of the Ministers has largely, sugntented. The 3 per cents have fallen to day 1.25, making a fall of nearly three francs id three successive days, on one of which there was 0 nige of 20 centimes. isan unerring indication ot the de; of public feeling, to which I have before alluded, Meanwotle, Perle does its best to amnse the visiters whom the Exbibition bas already attracted. The Kivg of Portuyal and the Duke of Oporto, wno leave town to-day, have acen little but the bright side of the picture while here. At the gigantic and eaenae ball at the Hotel de Ville, they admired skill with which the open court of the H»‘el bad been transformed into a gorgeous yvesti- bule. They tasted of the panch and found it delicious. M. Dupin, in his costume ot ex-deputy (what s pile of old clothes he would stagger under if he were to wear at once all of his ex-costumes!)—M. Dupin was pointed ou" to them, and they found him very ugly, physically. How much uglier they would have fouca him, mo- rally, if they could have looked within the breast of this ex member of all parties! Don Pedro's eyes wanoered from the court belles with whom be danced, to more than one American beauty. H3 ht almost have been tempted to cross tie seas, in his character of “Ccclebs in search of a wife,” by such specimens of trans-Atlantic loveliness as Misses H. aad Y., of Louisiana, or Miss C.,of Alabama; and he wiil never see, on eltber side of the ocean, a more superb head than that of Mme. de G., late Miss W., of New York. The dinner to which Mr. Pepper, Commissioner from Pennsylvania, invited bis colleagues, the other evening, at the Cate de Paris, was enlivened, Auglo- American-wise. by “‘apeechifying.” Mr. McRse, the United States Cor here, sbowed that he has uot lest abroad the happy faculty tor speech making which he was rezowned for at home. A portion of the unoccupied space which the American Commissioners had fenced in with boards in the Palace ot Inaustry, has been ‘‘aliensted” by Prince Napoleon. Nearly ali that is lett is filled with Gocdyear’s India rubber articles, which make alone a marvellous exhibition. The Emperor ob- served particularly, the other day, the gurprisin variety into which Yankee ipgenulty has twisted and squeezed “‘cacutchouc.” Noticing some nine pin baus made of this elastic material, he came near mistaking them, as well he might, for caanon balta. “What!’? he exclaimed, “do you make india rubber cannons, too, in America?’ When all the Ameri- can articles that have arrived for exhibition shal! be unpacked and arrarged, I shall be abie to send you notices of them. { am happy tu say that in the “Annexe,” (which has at las: been thrown open to the public,) altaougo the motive powers are not yet in operation, there are severa) ican machines which, in the novelty and importance of their applications of science t» practical purposes, will confeesedly surpass almoss all the other machines in the building. If the weather were fine the unrivalled horticul- toral exhibition opposite the Palace of Industry would be thronged with admirers. As it is, every- body is glad to stay at home, before 4 good fire, in the dey time, and is tempted ont in the eveniog only by the succees of the “ Vepres Sicilliennes” at the Grand Opera, by the curious contrast which al- ternate representations by an English and an Italian compavy offer at the Italiens, by the “' Btoile du Nora” at the Opera Comique, and the “ Demr- Monde” at the Gymuase—by Frederic Lemaitre a: the Ambigu, é at the Varictés, and Mile. Deja- zet at the Gaiité—by Dubureau, the inimitahie Pierrot of the Funambules, or by the Spinieh danu- cers at the Porte Saint Martin. Figaro. Paris, June 21, 1855. Count Nesselrote's Reply to Count Watewski’s Curcular —What is Thought of it in France—Publication of a New Russian Organ at Brussela—The New Russian Loan—Depariure of the King of Portugal—Suicides in Paris—Quarrels Between American Sailors ut Hawre, &e., ke. Tt may be troly said that never in the memory of “the o dest inhabitant’? has such weather been isnown in France at the period of the year at which Yam writing. For eight months past its proverbial fickleness bas exceeded itseif, and now within little more than a week of the termination of Jane we walk the streets with greatcoats on our backs, or sit at home with the blazing log. It is true that wa have the authority of the Union Medicale for stat’ ing that the public health of Paris has never been more satisfactory, and that in the hospitala the number of sick has ¢o much decreased that it has been found possible to remove all the supplementa- ry beds. Nevertheless, there is a vegetable, as well as animal life without the wails of Paris, which is suffering severely from the present atmospheri: rigidity. It is imponalble to visit the country without observing that the crops, both cereal aad green, are becoming nipped and blackened by the keen east wind which perpetaally sete in upon them, and thas everywhere a gloomy foreboding of scarcity pre- vals. The subject of political interest just now is, of course, the reply of Count Nesselrode to Count Walewski, our new Foreign Minister. I have seldom observed more gravity in the tone of political circles than when discussing this important doon ment at a ministerial soirée last night, whither I repaired in the hope of gathering some. thing of the tone of diplomatic feeling in regard to it; I observed there was a more than usnal caution in entering upon the subject. One gentleman, whose intimacy with the Emperor gives a certain weight to his opinions, declared that he did not’ conceive the document, or manifesto as it might bs termed— moderate in ita tone as it undoubtedly was—to im- ply any real wish on the part of Ravsia to recede from the lofty position she had hitherto assamed. It ig trae, be said—addreesing himeeif to a Marshal ot Freuce—the document remarks that “ at war with France, Russia experiences no animosity agiinst her; that the interest of the two coun- tries has nothing to gain in thie contest.” But if you exemine it closely, you will find that Count Nesselrode has penned every line by the light of those English Parliamentary discussions, where Mr. Gladstone, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Sydney Her- bert, members of that administration which origi- nally entered into the war, have shown an earaes desire to terminate it. DoI argue from this that Russia desires peace hervelf, & tout prix ? Certainly not; but that her simple object is to cherish the apple of discord which she knows ie exutiog smong her enemies. “ Russia,” saya Count Nesselrode, “ ig conscious of having done everything in her power to contribute by her effurta to the work of pacification. She has reason to think that these efforts have not been entirely without result,” &ec. This is precisely the language of thos Aag- Neh ministers. And then—knowing that Drouyn de Y'Hoye ia at issue with the Emperor—spesking of the Danube, the document eays: “We adopt the opinion of the French Minister of Foreiga Affairs, and like him we will ssy that the bases of the regu lation of the Danube are good. They will beso for al] the contracting parties. So far as Raaala is specially ccncerned, she will derive from the estab. lishment of a mixed commission an advantage which we do not conceal. Hitherto the disfavor of the trading public, excited by the obetaciea which they met with in the navigation of toe river, has fallen on the Russian government alone.” Le pauvre innrcent! “The responsibility will henceforward be divided ia amore equitable manner, since the practical expe rience of & mixed commission will have proved how much care, labor, and expense are necessary to keep ina proper sta‘e a flavial com monication ex- posed to numerous and material difficulties.” Wha: does all this mean batan sttempt to foster the dis- sident spirit in the two countries, and to endeavor to brea! sens neh sored D3 ‘Ga present mors! ,” Raye manifesto, “on the one "hand, Russia” has opposed to France and England the firm resolution of not yielding to exigencies exceeding the limiis laid down at the opening of the Confer ences, it bas, om the other hand, opened to the friendly Powers the proof of its sincere desire to contribute, in goed faith, to @ pasitication suitable to the dignity of Russia. Constant to these princi- ples, it will leave the paths open to an honorable reconoiiatian, when the desire for peace shall bs more generally felt in France and Eaglaud, and when experience shall have enlightened the public opinion of the two countries of the folly of a war without object, and of hatred without cause. Ji will then be permitted to resumes negotiations with some hope of succees, in order to secure to Europe the blessing, too Jong disregarded, of generai re- ge.” Who was it that openly, by hia dismissal ot . Drouyn de l’Huys, repudiated all this negotia- tion?—who but Napoleon? and the sole desire is now to hold him up to obloquy, to cherish what is believed to be the growing desire to terminate hoa: tilities in England, and thas to leave Russia to deal with France eingie-banced. Talk of hee being alarmed by our recent succesaza, of her suing for peace if Sebastopol falls: every victory we obtain will only mske her more tenacions of her claims; and tili, as M. Billault remarked the other day, au accident arene Rassia will as little expect aCe OB We Peat the game time, it is right I should tell yon that the French guvernment is said to be disposed to turn this document to the best account, and pab- licly at least to deduce from it that Russia finds matters growing too hot for her, so that the people will be induced believe that another national loan will probably be all that is needed. The French funda have accordingly risen. The Universal Leipseck Gazette says: ‘' The new Ragsian organ, the Journal du Nord, concerning the publication of which #0 much difficulty has aricen, will appesr, it is now positively affirmed, at Brussels, cn the ist of July; and a8 a Belgian editor is at the head of the undertaking, the government capnot prevent it, although it wou'd willingly have done so out of copsideration for I'sance. Tho Bel- gian editor is M. Cappelmans, who haa been em- ployed for mavy years on the Independance. He is reve for three years at the enormous salery of 25,000f. The chief management is confided t3 M. Stain, a Pi subject, who receives 200,0001. for the expexses of the first establishment, and s fixed annual salary. Toe Russian government pays the expense of the printing, and the salaries ot the emplovés and correspondents will be paid from the profits of the subscriptions. The journa: wil! receive cfficis) and non-officia) tformation from Ruseia and the governments friendly to her.” The new Russian Joav of 1354 was offered on the 14th at the Warea 7 Bourse, at 90 roubles 42 kopseks, without finding pucchascre, The King of Portugal, and bis brother, the Duke of Oporto, have quicted i’atis. Tne Countess de Lavaiette, who distinguished herself io 1815 by her remarkable energy and presence of mind in saving her husband from the prison of the Concergerie, expired yesterday at her hotel. She was the daugh- ter of the Marquis de Beauharuoia, brother-in-law of the Emprees Josephine. The Sardinian goverament hes jost rent M. Massino d’Argeglio, ex—President of the Couuci), on a special mission to Paris. Sar dinia has already obtained the assurance that in any future conferences ehe will be represented, without being obliged fér that reason to renew diplomatic relations with Austria. ice Not fewer than four suicides were commitsed yesterday in Paris. The firet was a uawker, who accomplished his purpose by swallowing a large doge of sulphuric acid ; the second was that of o tailor, who took a quantity of vert de gris ; the two others were women, who suffocated themselves by means of carbonic gas. In fact, suicides are 8» fesrfally on the increass, that the government is about to bring forward some echeme for their pre- vention if possible. 4 One of those quarrels among the crewa of Ameri can ships which are so common st Havre took place two da; 0, but ov this occasion on @ more ex tended scale than uenal, snd, in fact, assuming the proportions of a regular battaille eangée. The dia- pute commenced in &! rly oart of the day ata wine ehop. An American sailor came jn, and in order to repair some damage to his clothes, was about to enter a room at the back of the shop. The dame de comptoir, bowever, attempted to prevent him, and a feufte touk place. Another sailor took the woman's part, avd the two went ont to fight. While they were thus engaged, a black sailor came up and interfered, making two to one sgalost the first named American sailor, who was compelled to retreat be- fore ua@mbers. Thia was inthe morning. Late in the day, however, a number of ssilors—whites-— collected, armed with knives and stones, before a house principally resorted to by the blacks, wha, on seeing them, rushed cut, end a regular battle took Jace— knives, stones, and every weapon that could be aia hold of, being used. Some of the men even seized iron window bars with which some of the inhabitante were fastening up their shop shatters, and deait biows with them in sil directions, Some few police only were on the spot, who, on interfer ing, were speedily knocked down and very rovghi7 handled. At Inet, afresh forces coming up, the dis turbance was quelled, and sixty-two of the combat- tants taken into custody. No cne was killed, bat several were severely wounded, and one so much Co dys was found necessary to convey him to the 0 Vast preparations are making at the Hippodrome for 8 grand military pantomime, called “La Crimee,” bao hs to represent ioe landing ot the Tens end é glorious battle of the Alma, with ot pomagss anna, which the large area of the amphitheatre enables the directors to display on a man et Our Madrid Correspondence. Maori, June 15, 1855. Reported Withdrawal of the Government Loan— An'icipa tions with Regard to the Measures of the New Ministry — Approaching Termination of the Legislative Session— Suppression of the Carlist Insurrection~Shameful Conduct of the Spanish Olergy—First Interview of Mr Dodge with the New Minister of Foreign Affairs—Com- mercial News, dc. Varicus romora have been circulated daring the last week of all kinds and species. Some supposed the government decided to withdraw the project of a torced Joan of ten millions; and others, that a new tax upon objecta of luxury is contemplated; but the only thing certain is, thet the new Minister of Finance ssid in the Cortes that be was studying the best manner of supplying the present deficit, and that, as yet, he had not made up his mind if he would not ask for the restokation of gate dues; that he wished, if possible, to avoid recurring to the anticipstery loan, and hoped that the Assembly would not call upon him until he had made up his mind and formed his opinions. Thia trank langusge, and the known honesty ot purpoee of the new miuister, gives hopes of his adopting the most reasonable and least onerour mode of taxation. It is believed that the new Min- intry, tanght by experience, will march with more deciaion in the road of progression, which the most intelligent part of the nation desire. As the very warm weather is now coming on, and mavy deputies sre, on this account, returning to their homes, the Ageembly will suspend its labors for some time, which will be wall, that it may not lose ite prestigé through the sbsence of's0 man; members, and will also give these an opportuvity of examining into the state ot their respective provinces, to find out their wants, and return resolved to remedy them. Besides, if only a few remained, their proceedings would produce nothing but discord. At the same time hapa cos Comunissionera appointed to examine into the various propositions presented to the Assembiy will be abis to tchrongh their labora aa aa been snppresed; and although smail bende occasions ly appear, they are inatently »ut to {gut by the srmy andthe national militia. The Cari Navarre have also been pus down, many teking refage in Franoe, and are beiag immediately ordered to the interior by that government, which ia in the most ete union with Spin. have alrea sald you, in wy previous letters, that so “‘partidas” are generally melted and supported, and mm many instances commanded, by members of the clerzy, and it is a melancholy fact. day we hear of arrests of canons, members of chapters, Vogel and cura’es, who have assisted the rebele with arms and mosey, inciting many weak and fanatics] persong to revolt: agaiust the govern- ment; but the authorities are on tne watch, and are cutting off many worthy broth-ra of the Society of the Exterminaing Ang+l, woo have been doing thelr best to excites civi: war. All officers falling into the banda of the troops are immediately shot. ‘Wherever these rebels pass they cas the telegraph wizea and take possession of the maiis, burniag or caurying off the correspondence, as appears best to em. From the resulta of statistics concerning the national militia, it appeara toa there are in ail Spain 546,286 individuals, divided into 539 battalions, 3,333 independent compsnias, 6¢ aquadrens and 279 sec: tions of cavalry, and 7 batterian and 21 sactions of artillery. There ace 530,569 infantry, 13,792 cavalry, and 1,935 artillery. ‘ ‘The firat interview of the American Minister (Mr. Dodge) with the Minister of Forsign Affairs, took place on the 13tb; and as Mr. Dodge has declared that the government at port aa ia disposed to preserve he most friendty relasions with ours, this manifestation has been rectived py all our enlight ened patriota with open proofs of cordiality. I think that ali questions ) ending between 5; and the United States will be settled to tne mutnal satisfac tion and benefit ot both parties. Tae official extra ordinary correspondence direwed to our govern- ment by their Ministers at Rome and Napies was intercepted by the faction on the 10sh, and destroy- ed. There is no cholera here, and very little in the provinces, ‘The operations of the Exchange are more ani- mated. e crop of breadstufis will be very abun-, dant; but if the government wishya to kesp tnese robber factions aown, they must fina employment for the poor in the various provinces on works of public utility. Et Cp. TRE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. The Capture of the Mamelon and the Quare ries. {Correspondence of the London Times. } Camp BEFORE SuBastToror, June 6, 1855. An end has Vepeel o once more to the loag days of expectation and the wearisome indolence or sameness of ourcamp lite. For the third time our fire has opened along the whole range of positions. At half-past 2 o’clock today 157 guns aud mortars on our side, and above 300 on that of the French, awoke from silence to tumalt. The desiga wita which they are once more put into requisition is no doubt identical witb that which has oeen promul- gated of Jate by common anticipation. As much mischief as possible wiil be done to the Russian works for aome four aud twenty hours, and then without further parley, French and English will abke make # rush for the point neoreat and most necessary to their tn: ther prosecution of the siege— the French for tne Mamelon, ourselves for tne pite or quarries which lie between our sap and the Re- jan. One thing is manifest—that if we are to escape the danger and anroyance uf another wintar, now isthe time when something must be accomplished; and as for conditions of success, it is little likely that more of them could ba accumulated than we cen now displsy. The two armies—one atould say the four srmies, but that the Turks and Sardinians will bardly take o very prominent part in the trench wosk and aseault—aze now in ee eal to avy achievement, and in spirits ever o! ge the delay, atd urging that one touch of the bayonet which mokes all the world ssampar. If the strate- ge neceasily points to some more decisive action is time, #0, on the other hand, the intention of going beyond a vain cannonade is tolerably plan, and I think with some stout defiance of the risks. Yesterday the late gene:al order snnouncing the victories of the ficet was read before the brigades, and tonight Lo-d Raglan and Gsnera! Pe jet have ridden through the camps amidst the burrahs and acclamatious of both their armies. There cannot be any doubt 18 to the zeal of those whom they command. Our fire was kep: up for tue first three houra with excessive rapidity, the Rae siana answering by no meava on an equal scale, though with considerable warmth. On our side tue predominance of shetls was very manifest, and dis- tinguished the present catnonade in soma even from the last, The superiority of our fire over the enewy became en various points before nighttall, Tepe | the Redan, which was under the especial attention of the Naval Brigade. The ussians displayed, however, plenty of determina- tion and bravado. They firea freqaent salvos at intervals of four or six gucs, and also, by way of reprisals, threw heavy shot up to our L‘ght Division and on to'the Picket-house-hil), After dark the animosity on both sides gave signs of relaxing, but the same relative advautegs was msictained by onr artillery. As may be imegined, the effect of the fire had been watched ali the afternoon with intense eagerness, the select places for looking on being crowded with Jines of men, officera, and camp fol- fowers, bristling with chevaux de frise of telescope and opera gleas, and, the Russians having enough on their hands, one could venture with- out very sensible peril t») am unusual proxi- mity, and disregard the few missiles which, by accident or design, came over or up to the grcup. It was a sultry day, with the dull mist ot extreme heat closing down upon the valleys, and with ro air to rend away the curtain of smoke which swayed between the town and our batteries; and at might flashes of lightning ig tne north east iasde & counter illumination on the rear of our position. JuNE 7, 1855. At four o’clock this morning, @ still and sloggieh atmosphere, balf mist, half the result of powder, hung about the town, and, the sun en- filading, as it were, all the poiuts of views trom his low level in tae horizon, telescopes were put out of joint for the moment, The Redan, however, which stands up boldly ia front of tne hiils that elope from Cathcart’s mound, gave some eviderce of having yielded to rough treatment, the jaws of its embra- sures gaping, and its fire being #reguiar and inter- rupted. Captain eel came by, on bis way up from the trenchea, about 5, very dusty and powdery. Hie recklees and dauntlees seamen had been making bean- tful practice, and bad met with wast must for them be considered a very moderate proportion of loss, baving to record two deaths only and 14 wounds during the fifteen hours, and, with one exception, the laet were net very serious. Thougn delivering 8 capricious discharge of shot and shell, the Russians in the Redan were making their consompt of deoger conspicuous, some few of then appearing in front of the work, and one or two mounting on the parapet. By aod by there was a glorious change in weather, which adapted Iteelf to the circamatances most amiably. At nine @ cool breeze, much s‘ronger than usaal, sorang up, end continued t} bout the day, blowing the wreaths of smoke cut of the batteries, and carrying offtbe solid litle round nebale extem; by bursting shells, which can only be compared in theft € Nights,” comes ou: of the iron pot sealed with Solomon's seal. The whole range of fire from right to left became visible in a bright sun, that for once was not a scorching one. On the extreme left, te- wards the quarantine, there was very —— firin from the French. The higs and crack mill the with the nt et onus eeben a at gaze. About 11 where we stood at ge shell from the Raseians exploded a magazine S-gun battery, and a yell ealieuon followed report. Very alight harm reeulted from the explosion—one man was killed, one wounded, and s few scorched alittle. The real casualty of the morn- ing was the death of an engincer Dawson, who had but just arrived in the Crimea from England; indeed, had been onl, GS a Sy oreo ime. e ing of import was undoubtedly to take place be- fore in clove, and that the double attack would pro- bably commence at 5 or6 P.M. An immense con- course of officers and men were gathered all the afternoon round the flagstaff on Cathcart’s hill, and streamed along the spines of the three heights which wind towards Sebsst>pol from the Eaghsh encampment. The fire on our side, which hed con- ly our foar gan batters, and looks ends very traight into the teeth of t1+ Redap. A ony bore Peco with threatening osventation before he came down, and a iit! angle of Si ng was aa hastily thrown up aa breastwork. The man with the signal rockets wae ip astendance, but there wae & pause yet for s while. Sir Colin Campbeitwas otmrved to plont himeelf on che next sommit, » at nearer to the enemy, “commonly called,” to use @ legal phrase, the Green Hill. His appearance drew some tire, and the shel)» dropved and fisshed ane by, but withont dis one: rting his purpose of have ing a thorough gocd lookout place. it was half-past six when the head of the French attacking column ceme into view from theese twa spots, as it climbed ita ardu us road to the Mamelon. A rocket was instantly thrown up as the of Ocr diversion, avd as ipatavtly the small force of our men detached for the post of honor made a rns at the quarries. Alte one wight check they drove ut the Russians, avd uning round the ions ommenced making ibeweelves snug; bat inte- Test was £0 entirey concentrated upon the more exciting scene, fnli in view upon the right, that the bad to walt a good while o+tore attention was di- rected to their corflict. The French went up the steep to the Mamelon i. a moat bosntifal style and in lozee order, avd eve: y straining ese was upon their movements, which toe ceclining daylight did ot throw ont into bold relief. Stili thete tigures, ike light shadows tisting acrogs the dun barrier “tr earthworks, wera seen to mount up unfailing- ly—were seen ruvpi:g, climbing, scrambling like mishers up the «lopes on to the body of the work, amid a giupyiog fire from the guns, which, owing to their loose ‘or cation, did them as yet little damage. Asan officer, wne saw Bosquet wave then on, tald at the moment, “tney went in Itke a clever pack of hounds.” Ina moment some of these dine wraiths enone out clvsr a.ainet the sky. The Zouaves wereupon the parapet fi ‘ng into the place frour above; the next moment # flag was Up as a rallying pot and defiange, and wi een to away hither anc thither, now up, now ¢ wa. aa the tide of battla Freged round it; and pow like a awarm they were in the heart of the Mem#lon, and a flercs hand-to-hand encouster, here wisn the wosket, there the bayonet, was evidens. [t wax seven minutes and a balf from the commencement of the enterprise. Then there came #1u4» through the le where they had entere: id there was & momentary cen- fusion outside. G:oaa», sme idle, some busy, some wounded, were collested ou the hither sida, stand- ing in shelter, and now aud then to the far coraer & shell flew from the E glish battery facing it. But hardly had the need of support become mani- fest, and & gun or two #gatn flashed from the em- brasnre sgeinst them, than there was another rom in, another sharp bayocet fight inside, end this tina the Russians went out, spiking their guns. Twice the Russians made head sgainst the current, forthey had a large mass of trovpe iu reserve, covered by the guns of the Round tower. Twice they wera forced back by the ons veepiog flood of French, wna fought aa if they hod eyes iy Da them to sketch the swift event in detail. Forten minutes or ao, the cute flash and roll of amail arms had declared that the uncertain fight waxed and waned inside the in- closure. Then the back door, if one may use an humble metaphor, wss burs: open. The nowe of the conflict went away down the descent towards the town, and the arena grew li Tt was Appa Tent by the space over which the le spread, that the Russians had bern reivtorced. When the hign- er ground sgain became the seat of action—w there came the second rush of the French back npon their supzorte, (or former one was ® mere reflux or eddy of the stream— when rocket after rocket went up ominously from the French general’s position, acd seemed to emphasizs by their repetition some very plain commsod—we began to get nervous. lt was growing darker and darker, too, so thas with our giasses we could with difficulty distinguieh the actual state of affairs. There was even & dispu'e for some tine as to whe- ther our allies were goivg m or out of the work, and the matt sbamaelres oe by eee coer Peapod as - what was going on. At last, throug! twilight, we discerned that the French were in. After the interval of doubt our ears « gather that the swell and babble of the fight was once more rolling down the tuner face of the niil, and that the Rassians were conclusively beaten. ‘* are well into it this time,” says one to another, handing over the giass. The musket flusnes were no more to be seem witbin it. There wae no more lightening of the heavy guns from the embrasures. A soapeless homp upon a bil), the Mameion, was an volcano, until such time as it should please us to cali it a into action. Thea, at last, the mors hidden ‘struggle of cur own men in the hollow on the left came uppermost. ‘How are our'fellows jetting on?” says one. ‘Oh! take my word for it, they’re all right,” ssys another. And they were right, eo far as the oocnpasion and retention of the pase was concerned, but bad, nevertheless, to ight all night, and repel six successive attacks of the Russians, who dispisyed the most singular per- Vinacity and reckleseness of lire. As it Ev dark, our Srhnr en ey eae ae Rene, eae Very pretty practice & pretty spect: p= pivg hella over our men’a heata ‘at the Ramsians, ‘rom the misshapen outline of the pite a fringe of fire kept blazing and sparing in a waving aort of curve, just like a ring of gas illumination on « win- dy night; the attempt to retake them out of hand was desperately pushed, the Russians pu: ina most termble harge of muskstry, which us no small loss; aud as it came up the }» cons tending with the fresh wind, sounded in the ice like water gulped simui’sneously fr-m a thousand bottles. Meanwhile the fall of the Mamelon and pur- éuit of the flying foe did not by any megns bring the combat to an end on tie aide of our allie, The Zauaves, emboldened by their ee et eee by their losees, carried their prowess a atep too far, and dreamt of vetting into the Roand Tower bya coup demain. Anew cop of battle grew up over all the intervening hollow between it cat the Memelon, and the ripple of musket shots plashed and leaped ail over the broad hill side. le com~ batants were not enough for victory there too, but they were enough for a sangainary and prol: contest—a contest to the eye far more violent that which preceded it. The tower itself, or rather the inglorious stump of what was the Round Tower, took and gave shot and shell and musketry with the most savage ardor end rapidity. The fire of ite mushetry was like one shelf of fisme, rolling backwards and forwards with a danciog move- ment; snd, dwarfed as it was by tse dix tance, and seen by us in profile, could scarcely be compared to anything, smail or large, except the notes of a piavo flasned into fire throughout some rapid tone. Our gunners, observing the aura- tion ond aim of the skirmish, redoubled their exer- tions, and flung their sheila into the Rouad Tower with admirable precision, doing immense mischief to the defenders. It was dark now, and every one or them came ont sgainst tve heavens as it rose or swooped. From Gordou’s Battery and tne Second lel they streamed aud plunged one after an- ther into the enciente up to whicn tae Zouaves had won their way ansupported, heralded every now and then by the oe and decisive ring of a round shot. The Ruesian defence, rather than their de- fences, crumbled away before this tremendons fire, but, on the other hand, the attack not being fed, as it was not designed, began to languish, and died gradually away. The vietory, however, was not yet won, for the Rossians, reinforced trom the Malaknoff Tower, attacked stootly on their side, supported at the ssme time the hesvy guns of the Tower acd the gun batt on the other side. They possessed themselves of the trench connect- img the Mamelon with the Tower, and besvy musketry fire. One could see quite pi how the reinforcements ran out of the and hastened to occupy the advauced treach. French, taken Ly? sarpriss by this unexpected rash, were obliged to fall back half way down the hill, where they remained under cover until the rein- Jorcements came up, and a second rush the them in possesion once ut z eft ids ; A 5 Hi Pt th EGEEEPAESE ' : k s f & f a * anotber tomorrow. I learn that one vol accom the Frenca in their attack oo the Mac melon— man, of the Caradoc—