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Show OrSSIHG OF THE EXH.BITfOK. Tho r.iris exhibition cpened yesterday yester-day with a uraoJ flourish of trumpets; and though not yet in a flimhed etat-it etat-it is lir tnouh advanc-dto show w.i; it will be. The ace of the l exposition, financially or otherwise, is a matter of much doubt. The French government is seriously ap-j prehensive that it will prove a hugu . (allure. In point ol ritl merit it is certain to fall far Lebind our Cciiu-i nial display, and w.M iden.fir i prov a sad disappointment to the thounnds of vioitora, and to tlie cxiiibitunt tiiemtelvui. Aiucnc hi corrc-spoud oms in the French o tpu.il area lh.it in only one respec. will it excel ihe I ate exhibition iu PoiUildlphia, uml that id in the fine arts detriment. In all others it will be fir inferior to the Centennial. The government and municipality of Paris have been most liberal in appropriations for the show, giving millions of dollars which will icaretly bo returned either to the exhibition proper or the community. , Unfortunately, circumstances are uainst the enterprise. Europe is embroiled in the discussion of important im-portant political questions, which are liable to result, any day, in a declaration declara-tion of a great war, involving more or Ieaa all of the leading lead-ing nations of Ihe continent. The unfriendly feeling exiating be tweeu Garni'iny and France, will altio have a damaging effect; but above all, the lzt tuat Paris is no longer the home of g udy eniperora, wuh their imporial solendors and . royal grandeur, will detract more from the success of the show than all elso. Sober republican oannot fascinate fas-cinate aul attra3t the world as gorgeous emperors. The imperial pomp tb.it distinguished and characterized char-acterized the exhibition 0 '07 was more enchanting to the masses aud did more for the success of the show than the collection of arts and sciences and curiosities in tho pavilions. Paria has bit all of this, and where it was then ths eilded, glittering capital of the fus ionable world, the home of an em peror and the abiding place of royal splendor, it ij now merely the seat of government of a modern republic. , London is less attractive only bacausa of a less genial atmosphere; Berlin is ja fair rival. Tho grand, distinguish ing featuro of Paris, for centuries past is Ust pasjing away. '"3j3 Paris and die" ia no longer an expression with literal uignificauee. "See Vie tin and die." can ba said now with almost al-most equil meaniug and force. Everything seem to indicate a failure for the exhibition of '7S, and we predict that long before tlie time for closing it arrive, it will have ba come a weary, tedious drag upon the maoagere, and a constant drain upon their purses, |