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FRANC'S. —The opening of the "Palais de l'Industrie" at Paris, on Tuesday, was not quite so magnificent an event as had been anticipated

some months ago. The interior of the building was in a state too un- finished to admit of that perfect display of taste and splendour for which the French are distinguished. It is acknowledged that on the whole the scene was inferior to the opening of the Hyde Park Palace, and even to that of Sydenham last year. But the defects of arrangement sad in- completeness were hidden with some skill, and they were less perceptible during the ceremonial.

The weather was unfavourable. Rain in the morning, and gloom throughout the day, damped, as they ever do, the spirits of the Panama. The doors were open for the reception of visitors from ten till twelve; then they were closed for an hour, and the Emperor was to arrive at one, By twelve the galleries set apart for visitors were filled by some ten

thousand persons' but the accommodation was very defective, "Gen-

tlemen" occupied many of the best seats ; and ladies, dropping with fa, tigue, were kept standing all the morning. In the centre of the transept, on a platform spread with rich carpets, were two fauteuils, surmounted by a rich canopy. On the right and left were clusters of flags and eagles. In front and around this throne, were places set apart for the Diplomatic Body, the great Officers of State, the Senate and Legislative Body, the Army, the Clergy, the Judges, and the members of the Imperial Family, Above the throne was the orchestra. From ten till twelve the reserved

space gradually filled ; and the eye of the spectator was dazzled with the brilliant uniforms, and the insignia of orders belonging to every GoveEn- merit in Europe. Shortly after twelve o'clock, Prince Napoleon, es- corting the Queen-Mother Christina of Spain, entered the building,

The Emperor did not arrive with his usual punctuality, but twenty minutes behind time. It is remarked that both he and the Empress looked

ill. As he entered, a shout of " Vive l'Empereur !" arose. The pro- ceedings began with the reading of a long report by Prince Napoleon, the head of the Commission giving an account of the rise and progress of the Exposition ; and to this report the Emperor made brief reply :

- "My dear Cousin—In placing you at the head of a Commission that had so many difficulties to overcome, I wished to give you a particular proof of

my confidence. I am happy to find that you have so fully justified it. I beg of you to thank the Commission in my name for the enlightened care and indefatigable zeal it has displayed. I open with happiness this Temple of Peace, which invites all nations to concord."

Then, descending from the throne, the Emperor and Empress, followed by the officers of the Household, marched round the building. Cheers arose as they proceeded, the British "hurrah" rising above other cries. After this the Emperor and Empress quitted the palace; their stay having lasted only about half an hour. It has been remarked that the Empress and her ladies wore dresses so

decolletes, especially behind, as to shock the modesty of some of the newspaper-correspondents!

The convict Pianori appealed to the Court of Caseation, against his sentence, at the last moment; alleging informalities in his trial. The ap- peal was not sustained. If Pianori did belong to any secret society, he has been true to his comrades, for at the last moment he very decidedly said—" I have no accomplices, but others will achieve what I have sought to perform." At five o'clock on Monday morning, at the usual place of execution of the Roquette prison, he was led to the scaffold as a parricide, his face covered with a black veil, and executed. His last words were, "Vise Phalle ! "

GERMANY. —No further apparent progress has been made at Vienna either towards peace or war. There are hints of less distant relations between Austria and Prussia, and a talk even of "armed neutrality." There has in fact been some confabulation at Berlin between M. Man- teuffel, President of the Prussian Cabinet, Count Esterhazy, Ambassador of Austria, and M. Bismark, who represents Prussia in the Germanic Diet.

Count Nesselrode has written a despatch to M. de Glinka, the Russian Minister at Frankfort, pointing out that Russia condescended to agree to the interpretation of the first two points at the Vienna Conference, but that she is not bound to them, as no treaty has been concluded.

"As these two articles concern the interests of Germany in a way more or less direct, we have attached, and shall continue to attach, a double import- ance to this result ; which, as it disengages German interests from the Eastern question, ought to strengthen the determination of the States of the Confederation to remain apart from the quarrel, and to preserve a strict neu- trality. His Majesty the Emperor will, however, regard as binding upon. Russia the arrangements agreed upon at Vienna iu rebrence to the Prmm-

panties and the navigation of the Danube, only so long as the German Courts shall maintain their attitude of strict neutrality."

Russis.—A telegraphic message from Vienna, dated May 16, states that "Count Nesselrode has tendered his resignation of office in the Rus- sian Ministry ; which the Emperor has accepted, and appointed Prince Yermaloff to occupy the vacant post. The Prince has signified his adhe- sion."

A Russian manifesto orders measures to be taken for a new recruitment in the Western Governments, by which twelve men are to be chosen out of every thousand. The insurrection in the Ukraine appears to have been suppressed. A story is current that the peasants were induced to revolt by the state- ments of couriers who had been in the Crimea, to the effect that the French had come to free them from forced labour. Another story is that the serfs rose to volunteer for the militia ; that the nobles were alarmed for their own safety, and called in the soldiery.

SWEDEN.—Reports from Stockholm state, what there is some reason to doubt, that an ultimatum has been presented by the Western Powers to the Swedish Government. It is also said that something of the same kind has been forwarded to Copenhagen. The offer in the ultimatum, it is said, is very favo4r10)1C 0 tin Scandin avian Powers, ' TRH CRIMEA.—The intellikenee from the fiat of War comes down by telegraph to the 16th ; and although of great interest in some points, it is confined to the bare enumeration of facts.

An unexpected announcement reached town yesterday. afternoon —the resignation of General Canrobert. The .hfoniteur prominently set forth the following documents, which ostensibly account for that event.

"' Crimea, May 16, 10 a. m.—My shattered health no longer allowing me to continue in the chief command, my duty towards my sovereign and my country compels me to ask you to transfer the command to General Pelissier, a skilful and experienced leader. The army which I leave him is intact, hardened to war, full of ardour and confidence. I beseech the Emperor to leave me a soldier's place (place de combatant) as commander of a simple division.'

"The Minister of War has addressed the following reply to General Can- robert—

Paris, May 16, 11 is. ,n.—The Emperor accepts your resignation. He regrets that your health has suffered. He congratulates you upon the sen- timent which makes you ask to remain with the army ; where you shall have the command, not of a division, but of the corps of General Pelissier. Hand over the chief command to that General.'" The next interesting fact is only partly revealed. According to the latest letters from the camp dated May 4 an expedition consisting of 3500 English troops—namely, theSeventy-first, Forty-second, and Ninety-third Regiments, some Sappers and Miners, with a due supply of Artillery and Land Transport—together with 8000 French troops, the whole under Sir George Brown, were about to embark for some destina- tion unknown. The French and English Admirals, with the Princess Royal 91, the Montebello 120, and the Royal Albert 120, with a couple of screw two-deckers and some light steamers, would escort the expedi- tion. Prince Gortachakoff, in a communication to his Government, says that it started on the 3d instant : but that is inaccurate, as we know it had not sailed on the morning of the 4th. In a subsequent despatch he says, that the Allied fleet went "within view of Bertch, and then re- turned" ; adding, that a portion of the troops appear to have been landed in Kamiesch Bay. This information, therefore, may be as inaccurate as the former.

With regard to the progress of the siege, there is little or nothing re- ported. Lord Raglan speaks of a sortie made by the enemy on the 9th, which was repulsed with loss; and of a heavy fire that was opened for two hours upon our trenches on the following day. On the 10th, the Russians obtained a truce to bury their dead. On the 14th, the enemy sallied out upon the French, but were beaten back. It would seem that the French and Russians reciprocate " camouflets," or stink-pots, greatly to the annoyance of both sides. In his despatch to Lord Panmure on the 1st, Lord Raglan says- " The Russians continue actively engaged in covering their advanced works; and they have constructed a new battery on their left of the Mame- lon. The troops are constantly in motion on the North side, and there is every appearance of the establishment of a very large camp on the plateau above the Balbek, extending towards Mackenzie's Farm. No movement has been perceived on the Tchernaya." Omar Pasha, upon a report that Eupatoria was menaced, or for some other reason beat known to the Generals, had carried back his troops to Eupatoria. Letters down to tho 29th from that port state that it had been ascertained, by means of a reconnaissance, that 25,000 Russians occupied the village of Saki.

TORKEY.—Two or three remarkable statements have arrived from Con- stantinople. One is that the poll-tax on Christians has been abolished, and that the Rayahs are ordered to render military service; another, that Redschid Pasha resigned during the absence of Lord Stratford in the Crimea, an act caused, it is thought, by the return of Mehemet Ali Pasha. But a more startling fact, which seems undisputed, comes from Vienna— Count Coronini has thought proper to proclaim martial law in Wallachia and Moldavia.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The second session of the Colonial Parliament was opened on the 15th March, by Sir George Grey. In his opening speech, the Governor stated the nature of his plans for the defence of the frontier. He proposed that enrolled English pensioners, married men, and medically fit, should be invited to settle in British Caffraria ; that each man should have a cottage and an acre of land ; that for seven years he should be liable to serve twelve days without pay, and any number of days for pay when called on; and that at the end of the seven years he should have a free grant of the cottage and land. The villages would be so arranged as to form, with the military post, a continuous line of de- fence. At the same time, every effort should be made to raise the Caffres in Christianity and civilization, by the establishment among them, and beyond our boundary, of missions connected with industrial schools, by employing them on public works, and by other similar means.

Innnt.—The overland mail arrived in London yesterday, with dates from Bombay to the 16th April. The chief item of intelligence is the conclusion of the long-pending treaty of alliance between Boat Mahomed and the Indian Government : it was signed at Peahawur on the 30th March.

There had been some sharp fighting on the Peshawur frontier with the Hill men and thi Company's troops. A "monster meeting" was held at Madras on the 2d April, at which a petition to Parliament was adopted, praying for a Commotion to in- vire into the state of the Presidency, and the introduction of constitu- tional government after the fashion of Ceylon.

UxivEn Srwrzs.—The Pacific arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, with advices from New York to the 2d May.