The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-09 00:00:00

•(-1....-• • ,"" • S7 ` 1 • """ •1, r f ' 4 r....--t Ttt *ltprt% No. 1,547.] [No. 33, EXHIBITION EXPRESS.] THE EXHIBITION EXPRESS, FOR THE WEEK ENDINQ SATURDAY, AUGUST 9. Titr, course of events within the Crystal Palace itself during the last few days has been of a re markably even Valour, and the incidents by which the week has been distinguished from its immediate predecessors, arc marked by little either of variety or interest. The attendance in point of magnitude has not yet given symptom% of any diminution, the number of visitors on each of the shilling days in the present week being on the average 63,000. Of these enormous assemblages a largiroportion, if not an actual majority, was com posedof visitors from the provinces, and the great railway lines musr, in consequence, have reaped a rich harvest lately from their ex curs ion trains, notwithstanding the th u l i ar i isa t of the fares. Oa Tuesday the eras visited by several thou sands of ettotallers, who had thronged from all parts of. England to the metropolis, for the pur- POW of hexing part in the great temperance demon stration at Exeter liall. It was rather a curious dream stance connected with the visit of the teeto tallers, that soon after their arrival the fountains stored, in consequence of sonic accident to the ppea, and a deficiency of the beverage in which Total Abstinence delights was apprehended. Ulti mately, however, a sufficient supply was obtained. One of the most interesting features connected with the uttendance during the week was the arrival, on several days, of numerous troops of children from many of our suburban and provincial charity schools. It is stated that the Imperial Austrian Com mission has proposed that the rich collection of minerals ut present in their department should ronain in this country they re ceiving in exchange such of our minerals, especially our carboniferous products, BS are of little value to us, though possessed of great interest for them. As the period advances when the contents of the Palace of Industry must be again dispersed, propositions like the foregoing, which have a tendency to fill a blank that at present seems all but unavoidable, arc de serving of consideration and respect. We have no doubt that a well-digested plan for the reciprocal interchange of national products and manufactures would receive public support. Amongst extrinsic matters of interest connected with the Great Exhibition, the reception given by the municipal authorities of Paris to the Lord Mayor and the royal commissioners the foremost place. Referring to tho amp le of these must interesting proceedings which are contained in Our pages, it will be enough here to state that this magnificent series of entertainments has been con ducted to a close, crowned throughout with "mea sureless contentment" to all who had the good fortune to participate in the splendid and character istically tasteful, and refined welcome provided for them by glorious Paris. Looking at this great rt'uninn from a utilitarian point of view, it may be regarded as calculated to effect inestimable good, by adding the silken fetters of social amenities to these influences which are bringing France and England close together in the bonds of pence. The Jags says in reference to this demonstration : This is inflecd a tine .le, not happily that of n party, or even that of a nation, but the fee of an age, of that grand age which we too often slight, and which, through all its storms, marches forward to an immense object— the unity and fraternity of men and potions. Such, in our eyes, is the character of this frie for which Paris displays all its marvels. We rejoice to see in it a sym bol of that great .scrap reconciliation which is the dearest object of our wishes. And, we ask, where reconciliation could he made with more dignity, sincerity, and e ffi cacy for every one than in labour ? What is labour, if it be not the natural bond and the imprescriptible charter of that association of intelligences and of minds of which Christianity is the divine espression fur us, anti the sub lime one for all the world ? Is it not by it that man has triumphed from isolation to arrive at social power ? Man is now sovereign, not only in political order, but also in material order; and there are no other bonds to his sovereignty thin where natural order commences—that is to say, where God fixes the limit which neither genius nor science can pass. • • • This is not the first time that England has come to France. She has come there at other periods, to humiliate us and to avenge herself. She now comes to glorify and enlighten us. Why this difference ? Why fines turd Granville propose a treaty of alliance, since the Duke of Wellington st It lives, since the govern ment is a republic, since the thief of that government bears the name of Bonaparte, and since the monument which reminds us of our defeat still stands on the field of Waterloo ? Why ? The reason is very simple ; it is be cause France, from a nation of conquest, has become a na tion of peace ; it is that the fruitful emulation of labour has replayed the hanen enthusiasm of war; it is that the false glory of battles has given place to the true glory of liberty. France is no longer only France ; she is civilisa tion aid humanity. That is why she receives the visit of England. At the public banquet given at Derby on Tuesday last to Mr. Paxton, and at which nearly 300 of Hie principal gentry of the county were present, and of which a full report will be found elsewhere, he took occasion, on returning thanks for his health having been drunk, to enter into a statement of many in teresting particulars respecting the Crystal Palace, and he set at rest the vexed question respecting the original invention of the circular-roofed transept, which has been currently attributed to Mr. Barry, by claiming it entirely for himself. lie was cor roborated m this statement by Mr. Henderson. Independently of the presentation of petitions in favour of the retention of the building, the affairs of the Crystal Palace have been mentioned on seve ral occasions during the week in the House of Commons. On Monday Lord John Russell read her Majesty's answer in reply to the address of the house, praying that she would be pleased to take steps fur the preservation of the building until the Ist of May. It was to the effect that it would be necessary to consider carefully the engagements of the royal commissioners, and that her Majesty would direct an inquiry, not only into those engagements, but into vunous matters of detail, which must be considered before any decision can to made on the subject. On Thursday Colonel Sibthorp brought before the house the subject of the admission of persons on the Sabbath-day to the interior of the building. Mr. Labonehere, in explaining the circumstances under which these admissions were permitted, said that the Executile Committee thought that it would be extremely desirable to preserve a record of the principal articles, particularly those of art, contained in the Crystal Palace, by means of photographs, and, therefore, a gentleman was permitted to go in ou the Sunday for this purpose. It appeared that it was necessary to have this experiment tried when the btalding was empty. The light was not favourable for the experiment when the public were admitted, and under these circumstances the Executive Committee thought themselves justified in allowing this gentleman admission on the Sunday. Her Majesty's Speech on proroguing parliament (gib rag in yesterday's E.rprfo) also contained the following significant allusions to the Exhibition and its effects: It has been very gratifying to me on an occasion which has brought many foreigners to this country, to ob serve the spirit of kindness and good-will which so gene rally prevailed. It is my anxious desire to promote among nations the cultivation of all those arts which are fostered by peace, and which in their turn contribute to maintain the peace of the world. In closing the present session, it is with feelings of grati tude to Almighty Oud that I acknowledge the general spirit of loyalty and willing obedience to the law which animates my people. Such a spirit is the best security at once for the progress and the stability of our free and happy inititations. THE WEEK AT THE GLASS PALACE. MONDAY. On Monday, as the subjoined figures show, the num ber of visitors to the Crystal Palace wu smaller, by several thousands, than on the two previous Mondays, and within 1 30 of the number recorded of that day three weeks. The new regulations of admission charges, tending to throw the attendance more equally over all the days of the week, may have had something to do with this result, but probably the hest of the weather had much more. At 11 o'clock the thermometer stood at N degrees, sad, at 12, 80 degrees, at which it remained until 6 o'clock. To learn the im- FRIDAY. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort visited the Crystal ' Palace at half-past nine, and were received at the door in Holland by Colonel Reid and Mr. Duke, on the part of the Executive, and by Colonel Mayne. The Duchess of Suther land and the usual suite attende'l her Majesty. The Royal Party, escorted by the two ay.:sabers of the Executive above named, walked down the !Augßik side of the building, and then returned, till they 'AIM° to the compartment of Ca nada ; there they asce adcd the staircase, and passing round the transept galleries entered the south foreign gallery, , and proceeded ali.ng the compartment' of France. They subsequently "ascended at the staircase in Belgium, and, crossing the uave, made their exit at the door in Holland, about half-past ten. Iler Majesty looked extremely well, and was received with all the usual signs of loyal respect by those who had had entered the building before her de parture, or who awaited her exit outside. There was, it need scarcely be remarked, a great counter attraction yesterday, in the ceremonial of the prorogation of parliament by the Queen in person. As might naturally have been expected, there was a comparatively scanty at tawdlance at the Crystal Palace. And it is probable that the reduction of the Saturday price to half-a-crown may henceforth diminish the concourse oe Friday, dividing be tween the two days the multitude of half-crown visitors. The police numbers yesterday were 18,468. Cash account, August 8, Season tickets At the doors 1,020 11 0 mense activity which the Great Exhibition is now setting in motion, the termini of our great railway lines should have been visited on Moaday. Every line bad its monster trip train, and most of them four, fire, or six. Some of the companies, as the North-Western, have granted tickets enabling the visitor to London by throe cheap trains to remain a fortnight at the same ftire. Mast of the visitors appeared to be of the trading damn, or provident animus, and as the importation is probany the largest yet made in one day, we may look for as attendance at the Cryan Palace in which the rustic element will prevail to a smaller extent than has hitherto been remarkod. The police re turns of Monday giro as the total of admissions 62,631. Amon the more remarkable arrivals were the following: Christenson' SehooL, St. Pancras, 60; Tanbrldge Wells Sunday &nook 4s; workmen from Wells's floor-cloth manufactory, Camberwell, 30; a party from Leeds, let farm labourers from Mr. Buckley's, Kent, 20; labourers from Whitchusch, Kent, 70; party from Mr. Harewood's, He 4, stead-hall, Suffolk, 20; girls and attendants from Wilson's I I candle manufactory, Vauxhall, 45. A fine piece of marMe statuary has just been placed opposite Italy, by the side of the " Flora." It is a figure of a girl, clothed and veiled, with thoughtful attitude and pensive look—one hand raised to her neck, adjusting her veil, the other holding a book. In Portugal there has been added a wonderful specimen of embroidery in hair, the hair being worked into a cambric-like fabric (just as silk thread would be); the work is executed so delicately that it looks like a sketch done in sepia. A microscope is attached to the frame, that visitors may inspect it minutely. A printing-press from Nuremburg is just fitting up in the supplemental depart ment of Germany, behind America. Cash account, August 4. Season tickets At the doors Total receipts TUESDAY. The incident at the Crystal Palace on Tuesday was the attendance in dense masses of those " Teetotallers" who have this week thronged from all parts of England into the metropolis in the pursuance of a kalf-busineAs like, half-festive "temperance demonstration." Their pro _ gramme for Tuesday's proceedings was announced at their great meeting in Exeter Hall on Monday ; and, accordingly, their visit to the Great lahibitMn was arranged in a very systematic manner. They amembled at *boat nine in the morning in Hyde-park, on the ground close to Apsley House, and they thence walked in a semi-procession to the Crystal Palace. Their numbers were variously estimated: the tee- totallers themselves guessing fifteen thousand, and sceptical police officers doubting if there were muck more than half that number. It is at least certain that they constituted the largest testator' array which the cause of temperance has ever yet collected tafether in this country. They consisted chiefly of the warking classes, their wives and children, neat, clean, well &cooed, happy, and healthy-looking, and indicating in every way those orderly habits which, beyond question, distinguish the devotees of "total abstinence." Arrived at the Crystal Palace, they soon distributekthemselvea amain; its depart ments, to revel in its wonders; refreshing themselves eon onset, at interval., at the transept fountain. Besides these there were the usual crowds of ezeursiorists from the country, and throughout the day the building had tl,c appearance of being well filled. The police =anthers give the attendance as 68,0G9, within a fraction tke numbers of the Tuesday of last week. Ca,ll account, Augugt 5. Season tickets At the door 3,T36 9 0 Total receipts W EDNESDA Y. Our country cousins seem to imagine that at length their time has come for witnessing the wonders of the Crystal-palace. The ezeursion trains from various parts of the country arc bribging them up in great numbers, and onWednceday they certainly formed a large proportion, if nut an actual majority of the visitors. One pleasing feature of the day we* the 'amber of scholars that were seen peram bulating the building. Among them were the fol lowing:—Windsor National School, 45; Windsor Free School, 70 ; Slough Charity Schools, 09 ; Clewer School, 50; Kensington British School, 43; Putney Watrrman's School, 26; Hackney Gravel-pit „School, 30; Waltham School, 35; Norton Folgate School., 37; Richmond Free i School, 2'2 ; North Cray (Kent) National School, 30; Bur. lington.street Schools, 25; Abbott's Langley (Herb) School, 6A; Putney School, 33; Ickleford t hoof (lLrts), 53; Longueville (near l'eterborough), 20; l'utney Charity School, 26 ; Party from Lord Liffurirs, Northampton re, 23. The total number of visitors fell short of those of the previous day by nearly 10,000, amounting to a 1,131. Cash account, August 6. Season tickets At the doors 2,53.3 4 0 Total receipts Total receipts THE WEEK IN PARIS. TittitSDAY. The number of visitors at the Crystal l'alaee was on this day wove the average: of preceding Thursdays, and proves how far from exhaustion ate the attractions of the Exhibition. Although the great mass of the visitors, judg ing from appearances this week, beheld the contents of the Crystal Palace for the first time, it is worthy of note how naturally, as it were, the new corners proceed at once and in numbers to the more prominent and remarkable objects of the Exhibition. The Milan sculpture, the Amazon, and the Wurtemburg birds were yesterday again inspected by tens of thousands, and it was only by the most strenuous . . _ HOSPITALITIES OF TIIE CITY OF PARIS TO THE CITY OF LONDON. The last issue of the E.rhibitiws Espress contained a detailed account of the progress of the English visitors to Paris up to the time of their departure from Boulogne. The following letters from our . correspondents at Paris give ample particulars of the brilliant series of festivities which have been given in honour of our countrymen during their week's sojourn in that city of gaities: ARRIVAL IN PARIS. PARIS, S ttI'IIDAY. Yesterday, having done ample justice to the good cheer provided for them b the municipal authorities of Boulogne, the Lord Mayor and aldermen, and other visitors, noble, civic, and scientific, took their scats in the train "of honour," and started at a rapid rate for I'aris. At Amiens. a second refection was prepared of wine and fruits, laid outs on long tables, tastefully decorated wit's flags and flowers; and the National Guard was drawn up to receive the strangers. After a short delay the train proceeded, and arrived in Paris at 0 in the evening. Meanwhile, as early as 7, a detachment of 11$) Republican Guards proceeded to the terminus of the Northern Railway, to await the arrival of the distinguished visitors. An immense crowd gathered ' about the terminus and thronged the streets adjacent. Shortly after arrived MM. Berger and Curlier, the prefects of the Seine and of police, and M. Lanquetin, president of the municipal commission, accompanied Iry a deputation of 10 members of the commission. Thc administrators of the railway had placed at the disposal of the city of Paris one of their rooms for the reception of the guests. When the train arrived at the terminus, the two prefects and the president of the municipal commission received at the entrance of the room the guests. introduced by .l. l'etiet, engineer in chief of the railway. Carriages of the munici pality of I'aris were waiting in the inner court, and, after the presentation, the trumpets of the Municipal Guard gave the signal of departure. The pruemsion paned at a rapid pace through the Rue du Faubourg Poissonniere, along the Boulevards, through the Rue de Richelieu, across the Place du Carrousel, and gained by the quays the Hotel de Ville, where the lodgings of the guests were prepared. Throughout this, circuitous route the visitors were received on their passage with every demonstratiau of goad feeling and welcome, and, above all, with frequent cries of "Vice le Grand Maire." At the Hotel de Ville all had been prepared for the reception of the guests, and already the tables were laid out for the grand banquet of this evening in the beautiful Galtric des Fetes, and the adjoin ing saloons. This vast hall, hung with the dsgs of all nations, has been entirely refitted and newly em bellished. In addition to the ordinary lights, lsstres of exquisite lightness and elegance have been sus pended above the tables. All the staircases and vestibules have been ornamented with flowers, mir rors, and tapestry. The inner court on the otter+.4l has been converted into a delicious flower garden, ha the midst of which a fountain tosses its sparkling jets. Statues impersonating the French cities have been ranged along the arcades. In the Salle du Trlne a theatre has been prepared, where the leading actors and actresses of the Thea tre Francois, MM. Provost, Got, and Delaunay, with the captivating Madeleine Brohan, are to play the " Nledecin malgris lui.' The banquet is to be fol• lowed by a ball and concert. The l'resident is not to be present at the banquet, but will receive the visit ors at a de . jenner at St. Cloud on Monday. To morrow the waters are to play at Versailles. On the sth will take place the grand ball at the Hotel de Ville ; on the 6th the military fete and the repre sentation at the Opera. The Municipal Council de cided, in its sitting of yesterday, that a largess of 12,000 f. should be distributed upon this occasion among the poor of the twelve arrondissements. The walls of Paris are covered with placards, an nouncing the various fetes; and in each of these "Le Grand-3laire de Londres" figures in enormous capitals as the leading attraction, with the fireworks and waterworks. The special train of honour which brought the Lord Mayor and Aldermen was succeeded at the interval of an hour by another train, which conveyed upwards of a thousand visitors from England. To day the Lord Mayor visited the English am bassador at two, and remained in conversation with his excellency for half an hour. He then repaired to the Assembly, where he was introduced into the tribune of the Municipal council. He was preceded by two ushers of the Assembly, and accompanied M. Daze, one of the euestors, M. Gustave de Beaumont, formerly ambassador in England, and M. Ferdinand de Lasteyrie helped the questors to do the honours of the Assembly, and pointed out to the mavor the parliamentary notabilities present. After witnessing the proceedings for about half nn hour the Lord Mayor retired. Singularly enough, the debate concerned a municipal question of the first magnitude—the loan for the improvements of the city of Paris. THE BANQUET AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE. PARIS, Sesmsr. The magnificent entertainment given on Saturday by the municipality of the city of Paris to the royal commissioners. Jurors. and other persons prominently connected with the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, will long hold a distinguished place in the annals of international festivity. The fact of the Lord Mayor of London being entertained, with a magnificence almost unparalleled, in the old and world-famous Hotel de Ville, is of itself suffi cient to give a surpassing interest to the banquet. The scene must have made, by its wondrous brilliancy. so different in its character from the more grave and solid festivities of England, a lively im pression on all the transmarine visitors. The espla nade of the ancient civic palace was almost filled with the mounted !milk municipole, who with their bright brass helmets and fine Norman horses, had a most picturesque and military appearance. The crowd were kept back by infantry of the line, and strong patrols of cavalry secured free transit through all the approaches to the Hotel de' Ville. The banqueting-hall was approached by a magnificent flight of steps, decorated on each side with the choicest exotics, and various arrangements muscular exertions that the first and last could be seen fur a moment, leisurely examination being utterly out of the question. A memorial of M. l'loucquet's stuffed animals, exhibiting, the grotesque attitudes and crafty feats of Rey nard the fox, with the humours of his smaller brethren, has been prepared in the form of a volume under the name of the "Comical Creatures from Wurtemburg," and now forms an adjunct to this collection of stuffed animals. A newly-invented optical instrument has just been placed in the main avenue of the Exhibition, No. 791, by Mr. Davis, of High Holborn. It is used for taking the diame ters and distance , * of of jests dirmtly by observation alum', dispensing with the nid of computation hitherto found ne cessary. The inventor proposes to apply his discovery to the construction of opera-glasses. In the course of 'Thursday, the Austrian section of the Official Catalogue was published by the contractor., 3le.srs. Spicer and Clowes. The volume, which in viz,, resembles the ordinary shilling Catalogue, and is about half its thick ness, contains, in a Iditiou to the article Austria, extracted from the general list, fifteen closely printed pages. descriptive of the . material resources _ . of the Austrian monarchy, undir the heading ••'Min ing. agriculture, and manufactures." The statistics of each branch are given, and their origin and growth briefly sketched. The Austrian catalogue (Proper) suc ceeds, in which every article in every section is particu larised am! its price affixed. The whole is preceded by a neat map of the Austrian empire, constructed by Peter mann, showing the places which have contributed to the Exhibition. Visitors to the Milan sculpture will find some useful and interesting information iu this volume, although the department of Fine Arts is comprised within two pages. The police report Thursday gives arrivals to the number of 60,118. Cash account, August 7. Beeson tickets £l3 10 0 At the doors Total neeipti..C2,B73 6 0 of drapery, hung with that artistic grace for the emboli-assistant which I feel at having the honour to being .nt the assembly, t tative of the commission at this bril which the French are: eminently conspicuous. On the j e i , t imi - t hose ef m . rificence is entering the ball itself, the splendour was absolutely dazzling. From the ceiling hung, in a double row, The desire became felt in England gland ) .; reception. attempting equalled &ill ', by ° forty-two candelabra, each bearing sixty wax lights, ownewelleueetheosedeer here, notional expositions ic c h rpos hav it e io b u: en s w h b ic c h nefi h e a ia c l e and. the flags of all nations hung gracefully sus thaecerlbytntido i u t p u it . riat the grandeur of this idea might pcnded from the cornice. A trophy of peculiarly Ix striking effect, consisting of tricolor drapeaux, ' all countries a nd brought nearer n e etre n r ded to , c i a l eh " otii h e e r iy i t m tite wher' pro was arranged over the chair of the Prefect of the' gress of science and by the spread of education, they were Seine, and the long lines of tables were literally invited to exhibit together their so varied products. covered with plate and rcelain in every variety of It appeared to him that such an exhibition would serve to po the actual progress of civilisation, and that while it costliness and design. The hangings of the magnifi- i T ar fo o r u t tl e t in ea e c rc h i t: t l t i t e givo urs thank n s to s t e e Ite u ar d w o, o u f all l thine' cent windows were of a delicate amber , and, being arranged with emnisite taste, produced a wonder- 1 how we may add po ur our u co u m;non happines s' ty 'arn unl ' o i n s° , fully pleasing effect. It is hardly necessary to Say . that not only of individuals but of nations. (Loud applause.) the dinner itself was a triumph of the French cuisine.l lam charged specially by Prince Albert, as well as by my I colleagues it the commission, to thank Prince Louis Napo- Every dish that had been invented by generations of i l t e h o e n tt ind en h , iii govern ment , len for their ready concurrence, for Canines was there in abundance, tow hich must bo t i! rein ed ove meas p, u j res wii sti e h s ich wi t7 m ha i v . e ht tak , e t a i added glorious "rosbif" and plum pudding, prepared 1 with a view e ' n in compliment to the English visitors. The wines arise, and for the choice they have made of b persons comprised the choicest vintages of France and Ger- who have co-operated in the execution with so much skill many, with the more potent sherry and Madeira and conciliation. We did not pretend to make an English added as fitting accompaniments to the " rosbif." e a ßP° a ' re a l o t n Ifiottleuirndutostryb:f the world ; but we thought it It may be highly interesting to our English tions the means of making ' tht,l, o ff er to t: zp... eitl t e i r on n ci a; readers to know, that the arrangements of the grand integral parts of this great work. (Renewed applause.) dinner were quite up to, and in some respects far be- G entlemen, wo also thank the French exhibitors for the anti splendour which, by their products, they yond, hitherto been considered the specialty e h „ le g a t c i e vo ven to the Exhibition. They have more than eon of Son4R Reste of the first class. There were no irmaltheir former reputation fur invention, and the geed heavy dishes on the tables, and consequintly no taste which pervades the execution of their manufactures. troublesome carving for inexperienced guests. Tho I hope that the sacrifices of time and money which they have harp dishes were carved at side tables byattendants, male will not be all lost to them in a commercial point of and the wants of each guest were watchfully I hope also that they will not feel jealous if we. v i o , i n c j e nr a ide , . p ro fit (Loud a litl a e na by the lessons which which they anticipated by whole hosts of attentive waiters. o, pro l onged ni, a u riau.) O u r A magnificent band occupied the orchestra thanks are especially due to d i stinguished u at the upper end of the room, and dur- in science , a r t , and industr y , whom France has sent us as ing dinner played an aduirable selection of ope- jurors. Our organisation, as a voluntary association, has us to establish rules which were contrary to their relic music in the most masTerly manlier. At half- causedf past seven a general rising of the company announced ;, o u rn 4 ; e , r r yni experiencem t n t „ as ItlntoliccolitajpulrtAr.theilr.tielymPo.alive'd however, iso the arrival of the president of the feast, and his most opinion has been repulsed; all has been libera lly n u n t ii ' iteely distinguished guests, among whom the Pope's Nuncio, discussed and voted ; often the French jurors have been the first to demonstrate the merits of the exhibitors in full clerical costume, attracted much attention from titans. 'their of other na whole conduct has been such as to excite in the English visitors. The Chinese Mandarin, Hey England tae se e ntime s nbiof respect. Permit me to say a word Sing, who may now be looked upon as the perfect Among:rso u the t et ran a cc te , h a s sen t us to sec the Exhibi antithesis of the stormy petrel, being seen wherever Lion . of the most illustrious fair weather and good cheer is to be found, was also of your statesmen, men of letters,. and military men. among the guests, and walked about with an evident There have been representatives 01 those great names appreciation of the prominent part he filled in which since the middle ages have illustrated the c h i n it t g o e rz i of w tni o n i e ., a e nil of Eu h rooc e ; there have en those mlking up the brilliant picture. The Prefect of m uch t e au n ced ou t r he pr sr;rity the Seine took his seat in the centre of of your nation .; there 'm the hall, under the bust of the President, intelligent ; and even your peasants ' so laborious. m) having on his right the Pope's Nuncio, and All, gentlemen,harc displayed, more or Ic3s,:that intelligent and lively spirit of inquiry—that good temper, and that on his left the Nlarquis of Normanby. At the co tey urtes/ e r t b e lch l so on cha t r i ac tne teril t e the ~n :. : alit ei tsnts of this of e‘a.n centre of the second table opposite to the Prefect of the Seine, was seated the Lord Mayor of London, nations had reetprocally et" appreciated 'ni tiineenmerits both having on his left M. Lanquetin, President of the their neighbours beyond sea: but, for centuries, Municipal Council. Two of his lordship's servants, the English had had no opportunities of knowing anyt hin g in state 'ivories, and his huntsman, stood behind his of the French people, except its bravery and its militaryte a nius sve After thirty-six years _of peace, the Exhibition chair, and attracted much attention from the French portion of the company. 'Hie following is a list of tunny of gi ve n my m frit?m ou ltc " .U nw :jho o l r din e g ver) thol asg . 'w nn oial °Pl a ' 7:l the most distinguished guests, but the whole core- intellectual qualities which have made the French pally present numbered about WO : nation so distinguished in the arts of war and peace. 'Bravo, bravo.) A gigantic unit unexampled stride has . - - - Right lion. Sir Chas. Musgrove, lord mayor of London; the Recorder, the Aldermen, and Sheriffs; Lord Granville, vice-president of the Royal Commission ; Sir Thos. Baring ; I 'Messrs Charles Barry, Milner Gibson, Shepherd, Wm. Cubitt, John Gott, Stafford Northeute, Scutt Russell, Edgar llowring, Charles W. Dilke ; Lieut.-General Lord Gough, Lord Holland, Lord Wharnelitfe, Lord Albemarle, Lord Ebeington, Mr. Thomson Flunkey, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Lord Mayor of Glasgow, the mayors of Manchester, Birmingham, and Leeds; Mr. l'axton, Mr. Fox. Among the French guests were :—M. Dupin, president of the Assembly; MM. Napoleon Daru Benoist d'Ar.y, Ge neral &demi, Vice-l'residents; MM. L'acuze, Chapot, Berard, Pcupin, Yvan; General Le Flo, MM. Base end de l'anat ; the Ministers of the Interior, of Justice, of Public Instruction, of Foreign Affairs, of Finance, of Com merce, of Marine, of War, and of I'ublic Works; Marshal Exelmans Grand - Chancellor ; the Archbishop of Paris; MM. Por;alis, l'resident of the Court of Cessation; Barthe, Dutilleul, Tmplong, de Royer, Vivien, Debelleyme, and M. Cartier, Prefet of Police. Among the corps diphonatique were Monsignor Gari baldi, Archbishop of blyra, the Pope's Nuncio; the Mar quis of Normanhy , M. Risseleff, M. Ilubner, Marquis de Valdegamaii, Eirmin Hogier, Comte de Hadfield, Comte de Moltke, Conde de larvenhiehn, Prince Joseph Poniatowaki, Mr. Rives, M. Wendland, Comte de Galling, le Chevalier de I'aiva, Mavrocordato, Baron de Stockhausen, Rumptf, Baron de Schweizer. The army of Paris was represented by General Magner, Generals Carrelet, Levameur, Guillabert, Rollin, Dulac, and Gourgaual ; Colonel M. 'forgot; Generals de Bar, Duthy, Ramond de la Croisette. Lauriston, Guilhem, How vn,Watrin, colonels and lieutenant-colonels of the 3rd, 4th, sth, 6th, 111th, and 11th legions ; Bonin and Lesomt colonel and litutenant-colonel of the cavalry legion. The l'resiikst of the Chamber and the Tribunal of Com merce of l'ariii; the Secretaries of the Prefect of the Seine and the Prefect of Polies. ; the members of the Conseil d'Ailministration de l'Ortroi de Paris; the mentliei, du Conseil de Prefecture de la Seine ; the Sous-Prefets of Sceaux and Saiut Denis; the chiefs of Division do la Prefecture de la Seine. Members of the French Cormsksion—MM. Charles Dupin, de Leaseps, de Lavenay, Fleury, liericourt de Thury, Arinand Siguier, Hervi de Kergorlay, Pouillet, Morin, Ebclmen, blimerel, Barbet. Members of the Freoch Institute—MM. Villcmain, Walekenai , r, Mignet, liaoul-Itochette,seeritaires perpkuels de l'Acadetnie Franeaisc, tie l'Aeadinde des Inscriptions et fielles-Lettres, de l'Acadiniie des Sciences moraiea, et de + 1 rAcadimie des Beaux-Arts. The Mayors of Saint Quentin, Marseilles, Nantes, Lille, Rouen, Limoges, Saint Etienue, Valenciennes, Elbert, Tours, Lowden, Clermont-Ferrand. As every particular connected with an entertain ment of so unique a character must be interesting, we subjoin the bill of fare: Potages.—Printaniers, coulis d'ecrevisse, et ie la reins. Releves.—Turbuts a la Hollandaise, roshifs a la royale, chapons a la Codard, wiles do mouton anglais, quartiers de 'enema sauce poivrade. Grosses pa•ces, patisserie.—Pieces mortices repriscntant Ica fontaine. do l'Expositioa de Londres, piices monties en ! biscuits reprisentant des sujets varii;s. Fiance et contre-Hanes.--Gros saumons de Loire sauce , verte et sauce mayonnaise, gros buimons de coquillagaa, grosses ecrevisses du Rhin, crevettes et homards, pates do foie gras en croatc, jambons de Westphalia, galantines a la gel4e. Entries—Filet' de volaille en suprt'me ' misses de (Mee a l'indienne, petite. bouellies purée gibl er, chaufroix ' perdrcaux rouges, cotelettes do jeunes samiliers it la Ville roy, turbans do filets de soles, cremousky 1 la polonaise, bastillions de jeunes poulets au salpicon. Rdis.—Rbtis de deux dindonneaux aux trulfes, variis de cailles et perdreaux. Entremeta —Ceps de Bordeaux, puddings de cabinet, • Relies de fruits, gateaux napolitains, ligumes nouveaux, timbales de macaroni, crimes vanille, gateaux Munich. ligues, olives, anchois thon, pickles; hots de punch a la romaine; fromages glacis. Dessert.—Surtouts fermis de fruits et dears; coupes de fruits; gros raisin blanc et noir, piehes, abricots, brugnons, &e.; girandoles de bonbons assortis; tambours de petits fours varies; assiettes de fromage ; Chester, Roquefort, Maquelines; tali, eau-de-vie, marasquin, rhum ; thi et crime. Vins.—Madeira, sherry, Clos-Vougeot, Romanis, Cham bertin ; Haut-Midoe Lioville, Chateau-Margaux, Chateau-' Laffitte, Haut-Sauterne blauc. Vies de Dessert.—Malaga, l'acaret ; Moet et Montebello. At the termination of the dinner the Prefect of the Seine rose and said : I Gentlemen,—T propose a toast to the wo?thY guests of the City of Paris, to the Commission charged by !he Queen of England to organise the Universal Exhibition, to Prince Albert, its illustrious President, to the Executive COM mittee, and to the International Jury, whose skilful labours' have given so much (Woe to this imposing solemnity. Honour to the fruitful idea that assembled under one roof the wonders of human intelligence. The nations coming to gether in this congress—the true congress of peace—forget all old animosities, and, in the presence of the master spe cimens of the handywork of all, desire for the future to form but one great family. It is with pride that the City of Paris inscribes the date of the 3rd of August in its mu nicipal archives. It is for the city a memorable day, of which its magistrates will ever cherish a precious reoillec tion. Thanks, then, to our guests for having come to this cordial banquet. The Hotel de Ville is proud to receive them. I drink to the illustrious representatives of the in &lstria] genius of all nations, to the royal commission of London, to the international jury. The toast having been responded to, with much enthu &WM, Lord GRANVILLE, whose speech drew forth general ad-, miration, and which elicited at its close a loud and eonti nued burst of applause, said:—Permit me, in very bad i ' French, but in - all sincerity, to thank you, in the name of Prince Albert, and the Royal Commissioners, for the honour you have done them. For myself, gen- I tlencen, the impressions of my childhood, the ties which I have since contracted, the recollection which you have so well preserved of him whose name I bear—(loud applause) —anal who spent so many years in cementing the union between England and your belle France, which he learned to love and, suspect as a second home—(renewed applause) gentlemen, together adde at owe to the pride sad of (b- . - s this year been made towards the destruction of national an tipathies and prejudices.—l claim your indulgence, gentle men, for having so long infringcdon your patience. (No, no) I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the obliging attention which it has pleased you to vouchsafe me. I beg leave at the same time to drink, in a glass of this wine (one of those delicious products of your fertile s' d)—(Cheers)— to the political, social, and commercial prosperity of the city of Pans. M. LANQI:ETIX said—Gentlemen, I ought perhaps to leave you under the charm of the eloquent words which you have just heard; but you will pardon me for yielding to the feeling of gratitude with which they inspire me, and for utli•ring in the name • of the municipal laxly of l'aris our thauks to the noble lord Granville, fur having added to the splendour of this fete by . ii speech, which explains its object. and tends to make it justly appreciated. The honour of being seated next the Lend Mayor of London imposts upon me likewise a duty which lam anxious to fulfil. The presence of the Lord lkl len of London at the Hotel de N. Mc of Paris is not only a fact unexampled in history—it is an event which will form an era, because it climes to up the last roots and to efface the last traces of the prejudices I+o long main , mined by war and its consequences between two peoples made to esteem each other. (Applause.) Two capitals, which are sisters by the foci of light which they contain, are about henceforward to continue their ninth at the head of ' civilisation with so much the more rapidity and success in proportion to their union. It is in order to contrihute to this union that I am about to propose to you, in the name ' of the city of Paris, a toast to the Lord Mayor and to the ' city of London —" To the Lord Mayor, to the municipal magistrate so worthy, so reverenced, so powerful to .lo good • to the city of London, to the rich and immense capi ' tal of United Kingdom of Great Britain; to the worthy and noble rival of Paris honour and gratitude !" Honour, fur London was the first who realised the great thought of ' the Exhibition of the products of universal industry ; Lon ' don has caused to triumph the re thing of a noble soil large , emulation ,over that of egotism. Honour and gratitude, for ' I Loudon has shown herself great and generous by erecting ''splendid arenas for this pacific struggle, and offering a gra i sous hospitality to the sages of industrial science called to ' , crown the must deserving. We entertain the most profound ' ' conviction that the whole city of Paris so honorably placed in the industrial world applauds without resen, thee free offered in its name, in its municipal palate to the honourable , metahen of this great jury, and to the most notable repre f sentatives of the industry of all cations. Paris comeratu- Oates herself that we have linked to this meeting the mayors of the principal manufacturing towns of France and England, under the eyes of o•ar great French dignitaries, under the eyes of the diplomatic corps, and of the high English personages, who have the ns.st contributed to realise this great work of the ' Exhibition. The city of Paris is, above all, glad at the presence of the Lord Mayor of London at this solemnity, of which it will preserve an imperishable remembrance. "To the City and to the Municipality of London." (Loud and unanimous cheering.) The LOUD MAYOR of LoNnox rose and said,—M. LC I Prefet and Gentlemen, I regret exceedingly that Lum un able to give expression to my feelings for the high compli ! meat which has just been paid me in your own beautiful language. I feel it the more after the compliments which j have just been paid me by nay distinguished friend on my left (the Prefect of Paris) • but alter the eloquent and im pressive address of my Lord Granville—(Loud cheers) — with reference both to the Great Exhibitiou ar.l the pee lsent most momorable occasion—(cheers)—nly de firiencies will be less felt, as his lordship has completely exLatested the , subject. It would be impossible for me to feel other -1 wise than deeply sensible of the honour which it has been my lot to enjoy in being present at this unequalled banquet. It is to one no small gratification to know that it ' has been reserved for the year of my mayoralty—this wonderful 113.31—t0 witness such an event as the Lord • Mayor of the City of London dining with the Prefect; of the Seine and of Pans in their own splendid municipal hall. ' 1 (Loud cheers.) It is the first time in the history of Franco and England that such an event has taken place. (Conti , 'toed cheering.) lam aware that the circumstance has arisen ' out of the interest taken by the city of Paris in the Great Exhibition of the industry of all nations, and Lean assure you that in that interest I deeply participate, because I feel that its results will be a continuance of peace, and an increase of amity between France and England, and thus a security for the happiness and progress of the world. I can add with confidence that not only the citizens of Lon don, but the while people of England, rejoice at tha ' symptoms of cordial and lasting union which are to be found on occasions like the present. Heturning you my most hearty thanks for the honour you have done me, and speaking in the name of my municipal colleagues through out the kingdom of England, I beg to propose to you the " Health of the Prefect of the Seine, and Prospe;ity to the City of Paris." (Loud cheers.) The toasts having been now disposed of, the com pany adjourned to another of the state apartments, Of which the decorative splendour was almost op pressive, and witnessed the performance of the " Midecin malgri; dui," to which the talents of Mettle. Brohan gave all the interest possible. The audi ence laughed a good deal at the latter scenes, but the great heat of the apartment caused numbers to return to the long galleries which run along each side of the building. Through the open window's the floral ornaments of the qurmigle had 1 an exceedingly pleasing effect, and even there might be seen groups of ladies and gentlemen ill every toi lette, glad to participate even so far in the splendid festivities of the night. During the _performance of the comedy, the tables, chairs:, and all other signs 1 of dinner were cleared away from the great hall with a celerity that was almost magical, a capacious orchestra was prepared, and the visitors were sum moned to a concert, of which we subjoin the pro gramme, performed by the pupils of the Con servatoire and the principal singers of thu Cpera. nasal. roam. Meer de "Siege ee Cortotho " Ome are " d'Oberoa '' Weber. Clear ee "Cuter et Poles" Ownwtare do" LGam ladm " !Ids Balms d' Atkins " „. Bcc.bdres. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1851. [PRICE (DOUBLE SHEET) FOURPENCE DIRMIUNI taktll4 (Incur de " Ind •r Mrchaller Septum' ez4eut6 rinetrumentstaarder dens etarine.le... dens eon It teas bareeta— rettlawen. Clueur dre " neytlter " Proule dr Syruphonle rn A.. achwen. aura de la " Creature So ended this remarkable and splendid entertain ment. . • VISIT TO VERSAILLES. PARIS, Moe DAV. To-day our English visitors went out to fieshen their senses, dazzled over night with the splendid glare of gilded rooms in the Hotel de Ville, with the park of Versailles, and the treasmes of art in the terraced palace of the " Grand Monnrque." A special train conveyed the members of the Royal Commission and the * Lord Mayer and aldermen. They were accompanied by M. lk rger, the prefect of the Seine ; M. Lanquetin, the president of the muni cipal commission, who made such an excellent speech last night ; M. Sallandrowee, and other notables, offi cial and private. They were received upon their arrival by the prefect of the Seine-et-Oise and the mayor Of Versailles, who conducted them to the palace. As the arriving train disgorged its freight, the French men and women thronged about the station, all eager to behold the " grteid-maire,".of whom they commend the dignified pnee, and extol the aris tocratic air, rare in civic functionaries. Two footmen in livery, with calves sheathed in rose-coloured silk, and niguillettes dropping from the shoulder, at tend hie lordship, who wean. an official costume, end blue ribbon, with the insignia of his rank. The cortege arrived at the iron grille which closes the great paved court of the palace. and the carriages moved slowly past the bronze equestrian statue of the royal originator of the edifice. The ;meets alighted and passed in through a narrow shady court, between the high-roofed rococo chapel, and the north wing of the palace. Entering the pillared vestibule, the mayor. aldermen, and leading groups, with their escort of French nota bles, separated from the crowd of vulgar visitors, passed: ahead into that series of rooms which, painted by the orders of Louis Philippe, present a picture history of France, from the epoch when Pharamond was lifted on the shield of the Franks down to the latest exploits of Prince Joinville and Duke d'Asenale, before Tangiers and Mexico. In the curliest rooms subjects present themselves, showing the close relations, more frequently, alas ! of bitter conflict and battle, than of ',cam and amity, between France and England. Yet there are not wanting friendly passages of intercourse. Here Louis. the sainted King. mediates between John (Jean Sans here, as he was dubbed contemptuously in France), and the stern barons, who would not bate one clause of their great charter. Later is seen our bluff I tarry meeting Francois 1. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Scenes these of rare /soften throughout these painted galleries, where the eye is wearied with the confused tumult of endless battles, and the vain-glorious repetition of bloody triumphs. Here the knight sans pear et sans r, , praekr. mailed Bayard, shouts wounded in the breach or Brescia ; there the young conqueror of Ravenna, the iil-starred * Gaston do Foie, lies ghastly in the swoon of death, with the gore congealing on his gilded corselet, and the barefooted friar kneeling over his long fair blood-bedabbled hair. 'Me brush of Ary Sehetter has dashed down the dismaying scene in his most brilliaut colours, but something harshly, in scene-painting style. The peaceful mayor and aldermen gasp at the endless outstretching vista of battles, with all sorts of weapons, from the Scan dinavian morning-star down to Paixtuati 90-pound ers, in all sorts of costumes, from the Ganfs kilt to the grenadier's gaiter. Soon we pass nut of tho province of ancient history painted by modern artiste into the region of the fiat campaigns of Flanders, drawn up in perspective of lines and s mares by the tame pencil of Vander-Meulen. No longer are the warriors clad in complete !mail, but rejoice in three-cornered hats, long ringletted wigs, huge flapped coats and waist , coats, and jack-boots. The tall minster-towers of ' the low countries rise blue in the flat distances and puttS of smoke jet from the low and level batteries, while breaches in the fennel ranks indicate the can non ball's destructive path. Here we have the " grand monarch" majestically wigged, and prancing large as life upon a Flemish charger. Ho nour, by the way, in passing, to the great modern historian of England for his impartial tone of can dour in doing justice to the grandeur of Louis XIV. and hi, regal magnificence and courtesy in the reception of the exiled Stuart, who luund a home at St. Germain. Our party having now reached the end of the historical gallery, turned through a vestibule at the end, and came back through a gallery of historical sculpture adjacent to the painted suite of rooms. These arc mostly DlOll , l-. mental figures, male and female. of princes in armour, and ladies in ruffs, and compensate by their pious and respectful attitudes of prayer, contemplation, and supine lifelessness,thr the boisterous and crowded agonies of contention in the picture series. Tho long marble line ends with the spare niummr-like statues of Clovis and Cheilde. A small t urretoitair- MSC' now led the party to the upper rooms. whence i they gazed into the deep spacious dispel, rich with gilding, that unfolds its aisles below. A fresh sculpture gallery above the last led to the group of rooms which hold the gems of the collection, I mean the admirable paintings of Horace Vernet, in illustration of the Algiers cam paign. The chief of these, representing the surprise of an Arab encampment, struck the visitors with wonder and admiration. It covers ono whole wall of a spacious apartment, and is perhaps the largest oil painting that was erer executed with such minute and conscientious study. he arid desert lies stretched beneath a blazing sun; the picture of the African climate is heightened by the flood of light which f l f a u s s s n i p . o pga n az N i portrayed tn. e h s ai l nti r llo : a gg s iFa :iy ie nn i scenetihehnhtis h o o ps sil hills, s oa d dist inct i tat n h i h evneeet streams throneli the roof of the room, entirely glazed e n d m e .i sc th rib Wr il ni le nd co g n ca d cl e t - y bo u alry u sn e ess h a ed re in fro c e h i r .ery gi a left a squadron of red-capped chassenrs d'Afrique are riding towards the spectator. The hones, with their smoking nostrils, gallopping all abreast, seen within twenty yards of you. A brave Knbyle, standing by his overthrown tent, with his wife clinging round his knees, is steadily pointing his long slight gun at the officer wire heads the charge ; but you see that the next moment the Arab and his whole family will he trampled under the hoofs of the homes. In the centre, the old Marabout who consecrated Alxl-el-Kader is attempting to rise from under his subverted tent, which an admirable athletic figure is lifting up to extricate the struggling greybearded saint. A beautiful youth shot through the breast with a ball is expiring in the arms of his mother. A negro of iron frame is aiming a blow with a mace at one of the invaders. The black women are skilfully contrasted in character from the stern and intense Arab females by their violent contortions and screaming. Behind this central group in the middle distance, the beauties of the harem in a wild half-naked group arc kneeling before the Duke d'Aumale on horseback, and the lovely daughter of an ent;r is paisionately imploring the prince to stop the dreadful carnage. A young girl, with a sublime expremion of heroism, is planted on one knee before his in rie's feet, holding up the flag of surrender. The tall camels stand or kneel near, carrying a sort of tented panrier in whit+, the women sit shrouded from view. A group of beautiful girls are ttrnbling in great disord er out o f one o f t h ese panniers in the foreground. Near the centre on the right a frightened herd of cattle arc gallopping (Tat of the picture, and upsetting women and children. An Algerine jewess with her long comical head dress lies trampled underneath their hoofs with her arms extended to shield her child, while a pedlar with hie pack, with a ridiculous expression of terror in his Hebrew features is clasping his money bag and runs away, leaving his wife to be run over by the herd. Endless is the wealth of variety . and beauty out poured in this wonderful composition. flare an ex-,