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

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1051., 2 '• ' t mare, richly , antecedents of St. Cloud. Once tbe propertyof Philippe i table., and refrethments, although of inferior quality, i the silken couches, and to invite re. But the quisitc white Arab, the Emu s Pe housed with green velvet, is rearing , and two pretty Essaliteat attracted the tastefulve of the unfortunate circulated freely among the visitors, principal hall and the Se du Trone. The latter who hada &pee COMmelleCll. There were two bellroome. -The gazelles are bounding over oriental looking funiaure, Marie Antoinette, and its forced sale to the erown, not succeeded la obtaining any at the fete. A ltst• of i ffee pots and a hea of disordered objtets, was said to be one of the causes *kith estranged the the guests is not attainable, the number of visitors ,Is much the smaller of he f t wo but still so vast, and tweet CO , .. all painted with surprising i _d truth, and dist head of the Orleans branch from the reigning family being BO great. But there was a fair representation so entirely removed front the sound of music in the Several empty canvaeses on the other of France. bees of blexia flowed because a prince of our own niunielaalitV , an immense number of ; former, that a stranger might well have passed the tine:turas. ells dimly sketched over with figures, indicate was deprived of his couutay house.; but the palace : military officers, and the clergy were represented hy !whole evening there without suspeeting that wogs, the lab - ours of the great artist are far from being still retuning', and, unconscious or the sad scenes it ; the Archbishop of Paris, who COMO in full archiems- !he was within reach of still greater. splendour. , had wane-wed, looked as gay audits bright yesterday ; coped costume, and held an impromptu levee in one lUpto 12 o'clock the arrivals were incessant. Along yet complete. After the visitors had been conducted through the as ever. for the reception of the island visitors. Here lot the saloons of the palace. ;the quays front the Louvre to the Hotel do Ville the between two compact lines of curious remaining rooms of this magnificent palace, now they could gaze on the state bedroom, which had If the fete rhompetre given yesterday at St. Cloud 1 carriages Passed ' spectators. 8,000 invitations were issued, and become national property, they were suitably enter- been successively the property of Jisephine Marie was on a royal and magnificent scale, the dajeuner from the immense throng, which made it at Mined by the prefect of the department. lit the Antoinette; and the apartment in which Na- at the English embassy to-day was one of the most 'judgialf afternoon the great water-works played in the . poleon had projected laws for the world. The core - elegant and graceful entertainments of the kind that lone tune difficult to move about, even in these almost . pony seemed lust M admiration and delight as was ever given. The Lord Mayor and his usual , unparalleled rooms, nearly all the invitations must gardens. wandered through the gorgeous suite ef ' party made their appearance soon after three, and I have been accepted. The President of the Republic Another of our correspondents describes as follows . they , apartments which the resources of a whole people. were received by the ambassador and Lady Nor- ' arrived at 11 o'clock, and walked through the the excunion to Vermilles : - die genius of the first artists, and the will of success manby with the distinction becoming the occasion, !saloons with M. Berger, the Prefect of the eeine, In compliaace with the programme, this day .. brae sovere igns, had combined to render worthy of and the courtesy which is invariably bestowed upon i was devoted to on excursion to Versailles, when the Grande Nation. Amid e hasseurs, carabiniers, all our countrymen. The President soon came from ; ministers. The President WOW the uniform of a the 'cheated fountains were to play for tire' and light dragoons, whose sable* the Elyske hard by. lie was dressed in a plain black : General of the National Guard. Lord Normanby and grat ct e• 'don of the English vieitors. The company lancers , passed ! hie attachas were attired in full court costume. The rattled loudly on the marble pavement, they suit, without any distinctive badge; and as he begun 'to nesemble at the Palace of Vereaillea so ascended the. grand staircase, and, having paused from the refreshment-rooms down the centre of the I Chiaese. mandarin, quite recovered from the fatigues early 14411 o'clock, but the pm-senee of the lion of the a moment to admire the beauties of the wad- garden he addressed , in the pure t English, the ;tendon, of St. Cloud Yesterday, was the object of marked at . day was unageountably delayed until ten minutes . Bot.sLoois Napoleon l cape . ..tinily bi a the ladies. . A line . Ilous letter We, where kindly memories might be re- al y r , and other Englishmen. posit 2. In the interim the visitors crowded the' saved by Scheffer's statue of Louis Philippe they 2-. ad single Eng lishmen. , wenn to nut and greet with peculiar tor- ; 11.1u appeared m the .1) hots of the morn ing asserting windows and the esplanade and consoled them- I wad throu al the Salon de Mare, its my thological dial' tty theses Englishmen whom he had formerly 1 that this soadissiet dignitary of the Celestial Empire selves for the delay by listening to the ex- Pa 6 embellishments contrasting curiously with the espies- known on the other side of the channel, who he knew 1 was not a mandarin at all, and had no right rattle button client band of the :ouch regiment of light infantry, ,that he wore. Leaving this delicate matter to be trian portrait of Louis XIV ., in a court-wig and jack- would feel most flattered by being remembered in his planing some gay polkas and waltzes. lhe we•atherl settled by history, it is certain that the company last was most poopitions, the suit shining brightly, and set- boots, and proceeded to the world-famous ga ll ery present position. Thus he shook hands heartily with 1 eaglet seemed determined not to abate one jot a the Apollo, where a Pope once condescended to baptize 11r. Mitchell, the spirited manager of your French ring ni t the various out-door attractions of this rale-Mintage with which the people here delighted to Time Lord Mayor the nephew of an emperor, and where the civil con- plays, and Mr. S ums , the bookseller, of Pall-mall. I brake] place to the Twat advantage.honour hint befiwe his dignity was culled in ques tract of marriage of Naleon with Marie Louiee fhe eating and drinking part of the entertainment and party were on their arrival received with every time. The various uniforms gave an interesting and was solemnized. Nothi ng short of actual inspec. was remarkably free from the scrambling which dis • f weleume by the crowd, and the curiosity to sign 0 don could do justice to this magnificent apart- tinguished the feast of the Orangery of St. Cloud; uncommon appearance to the ball. There were ece the veritable e Grand Maim de Londres" was 1 French nglh officers of all grades, both me-M.. Its profusion of gilding, and decoration, its and as the guests in succession had refreshed them greater than even we have s een exhibited in Eng- l of the ar m s and l'avy. There were Prussian, paintings amid its rare furnaure in tortoiseshell selves they repaired to the garden, where a novel bend in the case of crowned heads of the first class. furkish, nod Greek officers. A large number and Lulea were eagerly examined by the core spectacle awaited them. A swing was bung Ix 1 ' The lard Mayor was actompanied by the Prefect of of English gentlemen were in court dresses.— puny, for whom a new eurprise awaited, when two lofty trees, and a dexterous performer on the conic ^ the Seine and the other civic notabilities whone duty it Apropos of English uniforms, it may well be reaching the open windows at thee end, they haw rolante was executing astonishing feata to the music toshow his I. adshipthe lions. Having pasted through doubted whether the English yeomanry and stretched out before them the lovely valley of a military band. The weather was charming. the gallery a the manoluals, the meeting proceededdeuty-lieutenants, who bring their uniforms abroad of the Seine, with the whole city of Pans Among the distin g uished guests present were alai. to the orainge•ry. Where some time was passed in in- w it h so much trouble, are as much admired in them striking boldly against the clear blue sky, and do Toequeville a nd Iula" most of the diplomatic • • mea ts of the place. An meeting the- ‘3110114 arrangemen glittering in the bright sunshine. A general corpee, and M. Baroche, Minister of Foreign Affairs, as they expect to be. The graceful in costume is so immense crowd followed, and were with di ffi culty much a matter of association, that a red coat and pause took place at this point, a dense crowd with home of his colleagues. The company took their kept at nasentable distance by the numerous military massive epaulettes, far front inspiring that awe and soon charges! the haleonies, and exclamations were departure at six. and pollee in attendance. The orangery having been admiration that they do in England, are rather opt heard on every side eulogistic of the surpassing Hitherto the series of brilliant festivities given in disposed of, the fountains, le or 13 in number, were the extreme beauty of the picture. Afterpains; at this prosiwct, honour of the London Exhibition, and of the to raise a laugh. Moreover, our real soldiers then taken s• earth's and, considerina the compuity had little admiration to spare for the distinguished deputation representitia that glorious are not very fund or sporting their uniforms at a ball, heat of the sun, a A try fair amount of'work was done like time internal deeoratione, except those of the billiard- internasional fact, has proceeded' with auspi- where their well worn toggery is sure to he eclipsed by the fraternising municipalities during room, where the history of Mary de Medicis glows cious harmony worthy of the great occa- in splendour by the more shining red and more pon occupied in inspection. It will nut, of course, derous bullion of the holiday coat of a militia captain. be necessary to describe at any length the in all the brilliant colours of th e "'dins ham. The Oioll. All that depended on amide:tit has turned the glass doors stood temptingly open, and the company out must favourably • and the capricious sera- the consequence is, that a Frenchman has a very aquatic wonders of the Partenve d'Eau, poured out into the gardens, where military bands , thee itself, which Las hitherto deformed our confused notion of what is the time martial bearing Parterre du Nord, or even the celebrated graceful fountains, and splendid avenues of trees summer by an almost uninterrupted series of of an English soldier. He does not understand how Parterre de Latour, whose wonderful basin opened up re new source of pleasureable excitement. thunderstorms hoe suddenly twat out into a glorious it is that an ensign should wear a brace of heavy was one of the moet admired features in the day's 1n instinctive rush was made to the orangery, where sunshine, wort hy of Naples or l'alertno, but tem- is like a colonel, and when in answer to his prograniene. The party proceeded slowly through • refeediments were tastefully laid out, but the hungry accred by the freshness of the north. The feeling of itmuiriesaylio is such mid such alwilliant looking officer, the various takes, and am they approached • the differ. !haws were repelled until their Lord Mayor should the Parisian public upon this occasion has been as as tic passes by, it is explained to him that it is only ent feuntains eignals were given, a military band appear in pnawne persona to open the feast. They admirable as their behaviour; and not a single in- a lieutenant of the City- Artillery or a cornet of struck up an i n air, and the waterworks ha to content themselves, fur the nonce, by peeping stance of conduct in the least degree disrespectful to Hampshire Yeomanry, the Erenehmien begins to were so arrange dwe to burst nut in full jet just us a into the elegant little theatre at the tied, which the the immense crowds of English has come within have very little reverence for the British uniform in the lard Mayor and party entered the esplanade. ministers of Louis Philippe had caused to be erected, my knowledge. The tone of the press has reflected general. Last night Alderman Salomons appeared 'I he promenade, which would have beem mast de in order togratifytheking s taste fur theatricals, with- faithfully this friendly disposition on the pert of the in a tett coat so smart and so well made that he was lightful 1111(1 it not been for the intense heat, was finished ut the Fountain of Neptune, the most cele - out exposing hem to the, not imaginary, risk of people; and the newspapers of all parties f o r a moment mista k e n, even by, an Englishman, area The beautiful grounds were now- lite- observe uniformly a courteous tone, indicative eye:illy for It colonel in the Guards. This Englishman heated of the Versailles fountains. The green ro il y covere d w ith one o f the most brilliant astern - of seltrespect [1.4 well as of the appreciation due hastened to correct the error which he had amphitheatre by which the ',Gain is surrounded was before blame that possibly could be gathered in any part to the English visitors. Th e ca ar s ear a o bli ge d imparted to a French gentleman. upon which the complete:lv covered with people long the Loi-el alseyee s e arrival, and the crowd of the world. The dresses of the ladies were rich and (k (Mario to shake its cap and bells, cuts only the latter observed that he th ou g h t Alderman Salomons us correct in colour, as the well-appreciated taste of most innocent and stupid juges about the civic digni- a much more warlike-looking person than Lord rose simultime unsay the nioment his lordship's France could make them, and the civilians were ti l des, in a harmless and inoffensive spirit. But the Gough. This gallant hero was in tall regimentals, cortage appeared, and gave him a reception in manyof themliterally encrusted withordersalleslight most important feature of this hospitable reception and hooked exceedingly well. In spite of the crowd wlach curiosity- Wiel quite as perceptible OS form of Horace Vernet might be noticed laden with leas been the marked honour with svhich the Lord there wee really a great deal of dancing,. Erench welcome. T s o ldiers he mache and maim-, who were ex tremely civil, had great di ffi culty in keeping hack the homages which princes had rendered to genius, Mayor has been received by the highest authinities and English seeme co d mpletely blended together. Pro and the redoubeible Narvacz promenaded with the of the state. When Sir JOhn Musgrove presented bably ou no former occasion was thewe such a fusion be- Ow crowd, the lathes especially tieing most anxious much-prized order of the golden fleece conspicuously himself in the Salle des th eatre Colonnes, the hall of t wcen the two countries on such alarge scale. The rooms to catch a glimpse of the Lonl Meyer of London. displayed fur the edification of the Aldermen of Lon- audience in the Legislative Palace, all the repre- were sometimes hot though admirably ventilated. It Cutaway, lease-see was SOW' t ra nsferred to the beautiful fountain, which, with its twenty-three don. Ministers amid ex-ministers , parliamentary aentatives present spontaneously uncovered, and the was at all times easy to take the air by leaning out aets, nettle u eli•play which could Lordly be expelled celebrities, and men of letters , . contrasted their sober sentinels of the anny and national guard presented of the windows looking on the Seine towards Notre h. bilintents with the gay uniforms of the officers of , anus. The honours that were paid to the chief anal- Dame. The soft light of the moon throwing the most in any part or the world. Erout the front of the fountain where the Lord Mayor and party almost every division of the French army. The Ca-leant magistrate of England by the board and leach'', picturesque shades OW the sent-rabic clusters of houses lattices were recognised by their light blue and 1 members of de-Assembly were higher,and volunteerea in old Paris, a singular contra.st to the dazzling were stationed, the spectacle was certainly one of ' burin...sing lwaut v. The green sward was covered ' stilvel., as were also some o ffi cers of Light llussars,l with a better grace andmorc readittessahan any which scene-within. I ran t he Midst of the court-y rad of the lintel with gaily elreseill speetators, except that portion whose size and weight formed a singular contradic- : have been offered in the same place to foreign princes de Ville a cool fountain wits playing, around which reaervist for the visitor.; military uniforms of various lion to their designation. The Lancers enlivened I and their representatives. No doubt the mayors and the dancers promenaded dining the intervals of the • designs might he Men in every direction, while the the presence with their bright yellow facings, 1 aldermen of future generations will, through the (lance, and not a few slaked their thirst in the crys bright sun over head st • • g upon the spray of the while it was appositely toned down by the black : rapidly increasing intercontinunication of the two tal water rather than take their stand 11113011 g the fountain-. formed a beautiful rainbow extending over velvet of the engineers, and the peculiar scarlet and I nations, acquire a more fluent use of the French anxious expectants who watched the avenuea of those the whole breadth of the Wein. The whole display black of the officers of Spahis. The infantry of the 1 language, and prefects of the Seine will be not secret passages from which ever and anon bottles of was meat maa•nilarent, and called forth the mem- line must not be forgotten, their trowsers of equivo- I wholly unpractised in the ruder tongue of their is- eltamPais me might be seen to issue , . There were ices mow, to the of all re Eng l i sh ais a oro. cal scarlet being the subject of much °laceration ' land neighbours; for at present it is understood that in abundance and every variety of dessert pastry for the Even to the majority of the French present it had among the guests. The-se numerous officers were I the principtel interchange of civilities between the ladies. Dancingwas kept up with much spirit till all the charm of novelty. for the- present is one of nearly all 1111:11 of tall stature and great muecular 1 dad municipal representatives of both countries a o'clock, and the visitors, of whom perhaps at those' rare "evasions eel which all the fountains are development, and, if not picked fur the occasion, !consists in frequently shaking hands, neither being least half were English, left in thee cued air of a played on the KIIIIP day. Ilut very few of the mem- formed very creditable specimens of the higher :able to overcome the barmier of a difference of lan- brilliant morning the most captivating spectacle ben of tin- royal commission, and only a small de- classes in the French army. About three o'clock the ; image. The city, indeed, does not won in this that their lives had witnessed. techment of the eorporat • were present, the re- throng of carriages became fast and furious, and I respect to have made much progress since the days 11ILITARY FETE. AND SHAM FIGHT. C h er being u sed in a ludicrous eon of tummy here, having done full justice to the magnificence oil of Chaucer, who makes his nun lisp the French of by the enstonehouee authorities, who, Ity their the 'edam an observation may be fm given as to the 1 Stratford-upon-Bow. though French of Paris she late's, ma:est:sear EvENINO. ITo-day the weather has been remarkably fine, m a i ls' denee manner o f d o i ng lo w ness, thrived eoutau a w hi c h t h, severa l equipages Mended todid never know. The President behaved vestenlav and innumerable crowds ea:ambled at an early localities of great enniemalaigal splendour. display exhibited in P a ll M a ll on a d raw i ng room lat St. Cloud with his usual grave and * entitle; We ea:lea-teed Dr. Playfiiir and Mr. Wentworth Hake day. The must striking and handsome of all the courtesy. He received the Lord M anor in one o fs hour in the neighbourhood of the Champ-de among the compiny, but were rather surprised at carriages was re carriage-and-four with handsomely these beautiful alleys of the park, emu ," Mars to witness the review given in honour the thin attimilietwe of the civic notabilities. Mon- dressed outriders, which brought every one to the by the genius of Le Naar, anti addressed to him of the, Lord Mayor and the other visitors day stands fixed for the reception at St. Cloud, and windows, and turned out on inquiry to be the con- some compliments in English. Afterwards h et from London. Every avenue leading to the 1,2151 tieket i hail' hen entrusted to M. Sellandrouze ye-yenta of a London common councilman and leis offered his anti to Lady Nonnatibv. and made the scene of the review was crowded with people. for distribution nmong the visitors. It is the general f *IY• The remainder of that distinguished body round of the delicious gardens, om:smelted by groups ' flee top of' the triumphul arch at the Barrier de opinion in Pane that nothin g tuts Put' a long time and their more illustrious seniors, Ilea aldermen , of living flowers, which drew' • the eye of the ravishel l'Etoile, and all the heights for miles around the caused a greater amount of excitement in that city followed emu after, complaining sadly how much they spectator from the gardener's inanimate pll'il rIVII. Champ-de-Mars, were height with eager spectators. than the visit of the lord abler of London, and were restricted in their choice of personal decoration When the brawny Alsatian carabineers had gut T he Parisians made yesterday a kind of general certainly the stimearance or Ventattlee and the route by the conduct of the railway authorities in critelle flushed eitlt the champagne, they gave here and holiday; in the principal thoroughfares most of the dallier today would go far to justify the opinion. detaining their luggage. S a d s t ories Were t im id Of the there rinds. which renewed the -intui a u. shops were closest after twelve °clock. The public Not only were the nail% ay trains crowded to suffice- straits to which municipal dignity had been nduced, membrance of Satorr. The P . ident ' re *.uPtautnedstlreiat- offices were shut at an early hour; the National As lion. but the node were eswered with every kind of and credit was taken for the energy and spirit with demonstrations of this kind might lot be - senility alone continued their daily toil. According hors• anoveyance. and the Men Melt preaented all which the, oneportion othe troops seas to difficulty had been overcome in inelivi- rated, as would • • me- to the progra m me , o • 1 • they oblige hint to re the appearanee of a grand fete; and it would be dual eases. The President of the Republic arrived tire. Not the least •t- t• t of • e in ii tees mg par this bank represent a victorious army marching upon the right difficult I . name any portionof the NINICIOtI4 31111 beau_ at three-o'clock, and promenaded the grounds, with a fete Was the p tetate to the lord Mayor of of the Stine, the general commandieg a finial titul park which was not eleusely crowded with lady leaning un his unu. Ile was dressed in plain several distin •led 1 •• •• ' gllll I (maims, who basing been for- . cation on the left bank represented by the Ecole-ali • • eisitors. Pt rams eatle Deuced in such platten. ma cluthes, and looked well, but a good deal older than bidden by a ukase of the Czar from visiting the Maim, pushed forward an imposing body of troops to dem n the whole number present at somewhere about when resident in England. A crowd, of course,London F. WI ' • k .x i noon, too - this opportunitv to testify . , execute a vigorous recounaisance on the heights of 100,000. lowed , and - , some Englishmen leaving originated a their symietthy with the great internatioeal under- Trocadero, but, being everywhere mat by superior the it was cordially taken up by the French guests, taking. ing. Besides thew, Prince Czartoryski, at the numbers, they are forced to retire under the walls of FESTIVITIES AT ST. CLOUD AND TILE ' •cri es ' .. -• mingled with of a•eve Napoleon," "Vice La head of several noble Polish, II d Hungarian, anltalian the fortress. To add to the grandeur of the spec- ENGLISH EMBASSY.tack, and to show the peculiar intilli `Hee of the France." A brilliant cortege of officers of high rank safe era, came to offer his ml . t to' Sir Charles . • co p 'men s PARIS. T rvioikr. was in attendance, and a few of the ca ra binier. fop- It g was noted, as a not ungraceful stroke of French .. French soldiers, besides the about gi- * . operations, in The English visitors, however they might have lowed, to •that close • ' ' present too contiguity , which it irony that Mr. Mig ht and the membersof . which 30.000 men were employed it was determined been dazzled and astonished by the civic ppletedoure 64 the privilege of the public evermon• to reek with congress ' of * " to throw 'a bridge aortas the Seine. • Piet . arm y . m ute a distinction. The Lord Mayor arrived abo ' Penee lead received a i'Pecial ilivi. d . I l * in t ic she fig et amounted to eta battalions, et the Howl de Ville. are all now prepared to admit lien ut ration to thee grad military spectacle of mimic g a g e that a pleasure' of a new and unique character two hours after, but in so quiet a manner as to escape war which take plum the 22 squadrons of cavalry, and six mounted batteries. awaited this in the gorgeous apartments and en- the guests, who, regarellessof the- sun, had beem vigo- evening about 2;1 n - pace to-morrow.tlce 1 General Carrelet, who Occupied the he . hts of Troca 1 n a tees :a among . w emu a dcro in front of the bridge of Jetta ha l f 4 2 batt I . -a. tons c h an ti ng gai d ens o f t.t. cl ou d. 'th e re are few e t musty hunting for Item everywhere. Ills lordship were MM. ]lupin, Oda .- , on 1 arrot, de foequeville,anu our reader,. vile, ine not acquainted with the beauties was introduced by the Marquis of Nome:Lay to the Dro uyn de I fuss poured in, whose timely appear- and lo d 1 • - squa of us a versary, Generel Guillabert, of this churning to the lot of many to inspect them under such corporation. A few words of kind welcomepasse d, ace somewhat e 2 . . forth by the liberal distribution of champagne. It megatuents of cavalry, besides 2 squadrons of the favourable einametances. The day itself was one and the party proceeded to prow ad • n e the apart- is to be regretted that any political party feeling republican guard. of the meat brilliant of a Pa ri sian summer. A clear ments and grounds. The party returned in about an should have been displayed during these festivities; the troops took up their positions at 3 o'clock. and ranted utimeeplien• gave exhilaration to the hour, and the doors of the refreshment room being but the absence from the Hotel do Vale of several The President of the Republic, in the uniform of a moirite, and the country which intervenes between thrown op a scene ensued which could hardly be distinguished members of the Left, and more part' u ‘, general of the national guard, followed by a brilliant the tuetropulis and the palace displayed all that sur at the most tumuituous of London enter- tarty of Victor ll and La • - - * sta ff , arrived on the ground le-fore 4 o'clock. He ugo menteus, representatives beautiful satiety of serdure and flowers which is the tainmenes. The crowd rushed to the table., was accompanied by the Minister of War, Marshal s i te; of the Seine. has raised some murmurs against M. well-kuown attribute of the banks of the Seine. ing at bread, impounding bottles, and callin I Berger for having excluded from the great banquet the Exelmans, General Oudinot, and a crowd of generals The railways on both sides or the river were meat in every variety of tongue and eve claim and officers of every erne. What principally added most illustrious of his political opponents. The crowded with istasengeme. and in the morning their of ' vociferation. lice advanced guard was r) co . m wed 1 r Mandarin Key Singawhoseig ra cious smiles and intel- to the splendour of the cart,* were the beauty, rich respective stations displayed groups motley enough lof a donee body of French officers,who showed the i . eass, and variety of the foreign uniforms. elarshal , Vill e, courtesy we-re so much noticed at the Hotel do to gratify the taste- al' the most novelty-loving ' fiction of military diecipline.by coveringthe tables Pe in ' e, was completely knocked up by the heat and I . arvaez wore his full uniform, with all his &cora- Parisian. The fez of the Egyptian, the peculiar; a close phalanx, through which the most exhausted I excitement of the festivities at St. Cloud. On quitting bons. General Si John Burgoyne was in the full head-dress of . funis, contrasted with the fiat Cap o f' lady sought in vain to penetrate for water or the park he broke away from the gentleman on dress of an English general. Ile was accontpanied the mandarin, white military costumes, representing . lemonade. It was quite impossible to get ' whose arm he was leaning, to rush into the first by several officers of engineers and of the guard& all the regiments of the enormous array of France, within call of the waiters untilgentlemen even had carriage that he saw. It was explained to him that lltere were also several o ff icers from different Ger - were MIMI side be side with the blouse of the metier been satisfied, and some of thee mom fraternal he would rett 1 Paris e 1 quicker by the railway, and, man dates. The Piedmontese army was represented d the quatut costume of the Norntau peasant. That of them not only sec ured good lunch mum with much persuasion and not a little force, he by• Colonel Augregne, the Marquis of St. Marsam, an realm-table iutlividtud John Bull was adequately m for themselves, but retained their posts until • was prevailed upon to mount the steps to the auleadecalap of the Duc de Genes who was late preeenteel by Sr. innume ra ble host of islanders, who they had regaled their militury cornpanions ' woo station. There he flung himself into a third- bearer to the President of the collar o f ly the Ationciade , demanded their chick, With their usual energy, and stood behind. A bright excep tion must be made in a style of Ereneli which was more astouniliiig than the case of some officers of mor e advanced years, and move into the Ist classplacewhich wa s • lost an arm at the battle of Novara, and the provided ssa . . . Count intelligible to c lamou r officials. After a scene uf Al tl • est en 3 of high rank, who, seeing English 11 . • ; ntivoglio, aide-de-camp on r um. is curiosity was completely conquered the same day to the confuesion and which is only to be seen at a I ladies alinost fainting at the entrances, ta in by fatigue, and to all the proposals which were I Duke of Savoy, now King of Sardinia. There were Finch railway station. the whistle sung the (leant . hered the galbentry of Old France, and eared pt•essed upon him for the evening's amusement he no Russian officers in the suite of the President. I the Wool, and the heat ily-laden train of the rice I employed themselves in succouring their fair guee e Ts turerd a deafshaking his head, and muttering : Dembinski was amongst the spectators. Prince Waite proceeded gaily through its neunet-ous tunnels' from aeries the Channel. This scene, which last ed in I tiglish 't No n • bed bed." Czartorvski, although nearly Pill yeof ars age, was on and over the pleasant garde•us of the Seine. On are , fur some time, although disagreeable in some re- * . ' -' a ' ' horsebabk near the President. The President had ' riving at St. Cloud the population might be: seen ' spects, was yet consolatory as showing that our Lon- THE BALL AT TIIE HOTEL DE VILLE. sent him a special invitation. along the remade in their headily dresses, and every- don Guildhall iN not the only place in which battles PA RIS, IVEDNESDUr MORNING. A great number of stands had been erected for the thing indicated a grand festival. The massive ate fought for chickens, and gentlemen help them - Yesterday evening the vast saloons of the Hotel I accommodation of the persons invited to witness the forms and splendid uniforms of the carabineers selves before they remember that there are de Vill e were . thrown open to the visitors . As early ! review. The Lord Manor and Aldermen were in soon attracted the eyes of the strangers, and am- any ladies in compeny. It is to be hope d the as half-pet eight, which was the hour mentioned on : President's stand. The t other stands in the humo r...cots we.reraioed ins to w h et h er or no t h e y were that when these limpitalities are recipro catedbvsome the cards of imitation, large numbers were mount-; diate neighbourhood were occupied be- the other equal to our life-guards. They are certainly a fine i grand.file in London, the brave men of the two •mg the stain. 'these were well rewarded for their' persons invited from London, be re p resentatives • well-grown bodi amen, but are not well set up, 1 countries will, while swearing eternal friendshiiwntattyes of punctuality , by the opportunity of feasting their , the people and by F r e nc h men 1 ___ sr do 1 5 ' exhibit ' - w hi c h is I abandon at once the i tc h es of the Guildhall and the an foreigners of -_. nor do they . that military manner so striking in French infantry regiments, nutsvith standing their inferior stature. 'Cher arc all drawn from the German border of the republic, and have much more of the German than the Gaul in their appearance. A little confusion, a good deal of ex postulation, and an immense expenditure of nervous' energy on the part of the poliee k brought the privi leged crowd up to the gates, and once haeing passed, a sight awaited them which could hardly have lien' witnessed in any other part of the world. Ou an occasion of such unusual and singular importance, it may be perhaps considered not out of place to rural to the attention of the reader some of the historical St. eloudfi-te, and mag,nanimon.4ly supply the Indies 1 with lemonade before they themselves attack the more solid refreshments. The scene at the Orangery to-day was almost as exciting as the 18th Brumaire, although attended with less important consequences. The cool evening air tempted a renewal of the promenade, which was continued until about 9 o'clock, when the company departed to fill the trains, the ruitures, and the ehars,i-bane in which they had crowded to the/de 1 in the morning. On the route to the station the little town was observed to be all alive. The cares were all full, the streets were crowded with wondering eves at on the gorgeous spee. ' distinction. tack that awaited them. The blaze of light The operations began immediately after the arrival proceeded entirely from waxen tapers dis. of the President. The light infantry of Guillabert's posed in innumerable lustres. In the grand ban. division moved rapidly forward to reconnoitre the 4uttting hall alone there were more than 1,000 , banks of the Seine above and below the bridge of ►ights. High above their heads, amid the sump- Jena. The crowd of spectators at this point was tuous architectural decorations of the roof, waved immense ; the majority was composed of ladies. The flags of all colours. Wandering through the num.' light infantry having prepared to throw off their berless boudoirs, corridors, and galleries, the feet' knapsacks, some wags amongst the spectators spread alternately slid along the most polished floor, or sank I the report that they were going to undress completely' luxuriously into the softest carpets. At every I and swim the river with their swords in their turn 11111S6Cs of fragrant flowers arranged to I mouths, as the French light infantry did at the pas resemble the thick spangled beds of a par.! sage of the Limath in I 799, and at the passage of the terre, seemed to vie with the yet richer hues of Rhine iu 1800. Cries of horror were instantly L beard amongst the ladies, but only from the English on. -Ctatainly they were neither Russian nor Polish ladies who were thus frightened, for in 1829, at Marimont, near Warsaw, the ladies of the court stood, withont flinching, the swimming exercises of a divison of the army when whole battalions of naked men, under the command of the Archduke Constantine, defiled in subdivisions before the Em peror. The ponfonnicrs in France belong to the 15th regiment of artillery. This regiment being at pre sent stationed at Strasbourg, the commander-in chief took the men employed on this duty on the present occasion from amongst the gunners of the artillery in barracks at the Ecole Militaire. A detachment for this service was taken - from the artillery stationed in the palace of the Assembly. Their 'departure produced a certain sensation ! Amongst the members, who thus suddenly found themselves unprotected at the very moment that the roar of artillery and the rattling fire of musketry disturbed the peaceful precincts of the National As sembly. The poneonmers amounted to 130, under the command of Capt. Fournier. The train was coin- ! posed of 24 pontoons. The bridge was thrown across m less titan 33 minutes, under the protection of two batteries that kept up an incessant tire upon the op posite bank. 'the bridge was about 390 feet long, and twelve wide, and was capable of supporting 12- pounders drawn by eight horses. Ilowever, before the bridge was finished the workmen had crossed the Seine, and exchanged a rapid lire with the re connoitering parties of Oen. Carrelet's division. All passed as had been indicated in the progrannne. The division of Gen. Guillabert, after having failed in the attack on the Trocadero, repassed the Seine in excel lent order. A magnificen t Spectacle was t hen displayed to the immense crowds of spectators, who occum ed . the windows of the Ecale-Nlilitaire, the border of the Champ de Mars, and the surrounding heights. '1 he 22 battalions of General Carrelet, and twelve squadrons of cavalry, delsmehing by all the avenues leading to the Seine, descended majestically in seve ral columns, and passed the river by the Pont de Jena and the bridge of pontoons. The cavalry of General Gaillabert formed in echelons on the Champ de Mars, attempted, by repeated charoes, to stop the encvny at the issue ! of the bridges. The first charge was made by two squadrons of the garde republicaine, supported by dragoons and hussars. The three battalions of sharpshooters, ehasseurs de Vincennes, repulsed. formed in line of battle, supported by a battery of artillery, posted close beside the stand of the Presi dent. A curious episode then passed. The first dis charge of cannon hiving shaken the small stands, and covered the whole of their occupants with smoke, screams of terror were heard, and some ladies were , on the point of fainting; but, as ness. The dancing was more various, the different nations whose industry has contributed to the l'x. hihition being represented by characteri.tie Spsin, Russia, America, Prussia, Austris, Turk, r England, and France were impersonated 1 . 4 Itobert, Emarot, Pierron, Caroline, Na f-avel, Lacoste, and Mathilde ; th e Genius of Glory by Mdllc. Flora Fabbri.and the G e .- nius of Peace by Mlle. Marquet. There it 119 attempt, of course, at a plot of any kind, hut the evolutions of tho corps de ballet, the variety and brilliancy of the costumes, and, above all, the scene of the Paxton Palace, with which the allegory concludes, cured it a favourable reception, although the inju dicious lateness of the hour at which it oenmenced, and the fatigue the greater part of the PpeetatUrS lad evidently undergone at the preceding review, p a l. pably rendered them less hearty in their plundits da t a they would have been under more favourable eirlan stances. The President, the British Ambassador, aid • several of the ministers were present. The President of the Republic gave up his box on this occasion to the English guests, and it was 0 t ,J, 1 . pied by the Marquis of Normanby, the Lord Mav,r, Earl Granville, nad the Prefect of the Seine. the . . President himw•lf occupied the adjoining hos:, toge ther with Generals Mugnan and Itoquet. The hotiso was crowded in every part. To-day the Lord Mayor paid a visit to the Prtsi dent at tie Elysee to take his leave, and to express • his gratitude tier the cordial and distinguished is ception which has been bestowed upon him-elf and his municipal colleagues. lie then went to the Hippodrome, notwithstanding a treinendons thunder storm, which has fortunately delayed its de luge until the greatflics have passed over. To -morrow morning, as I mentioned in a former letter,the party will take their departure front the brilliant metro polis, which has displayed all its attractions for their entertainment, and return to London, where they will arrive the same evening. Lord Granville to-day visited the Tribunal of Commerce and the Bourse. Ile was received by M. Moinery. president of the Tribunal, and by a depu tation of the judges. The president explained to him fully the nature of the jurisdiction of the 'inhume. A meeting was held yesterday, which was at tended by a very large number of the English visi tors, for the purpn•v of csaisidering the best moil.. of expressing their acknowledgments for the kind and cordial reception with which they have been met by the President of the Republic and Prefect of tho Seine. After some discussion, the following resolu tion was unanimously agreed to: 'Phut the tommis.ionem, jurors, and others offic:Ally connected with the tit...at international Exhibition, bong most desirow. of exprew.ing their grateful aeknowledgm nts for the splendid hospitality which they hare exp.:rice..4 during the Atm, depute the followin4 gentlemen to pro. are a letter to that effect to Earl (h.:ll'6lle, reque-cis{ him to communicate the same to the I'raident of the EL public and the Prefect of the Seine. PETER GRAII m, Chairman. The MUMS of Mr. Cram, Professor Wilson, and a number of others were nucordingly appended. The following is a copy of the letter : IGabd Maurice, Aug. e. _ _ • •• • - • After being fired of once or twice, The CM' becomes more Irish and Ku nice, so, w ith the third or fourth discharge, the ladies completely recovered their nerve and self possession. At the same time, the venerable old Marshal Excelmans was thrown by the fiery charger which he mounted; but his sun, a lieute nant in the navy, flew to his assistance, and the gal lant veteran was lifted into his saddle again, quite sound in limb and wind. Some leading members of the Peace Congress were observed to:stop their cars against the too close thunders of the artillery. The decisive ntoment of the day was now fast approach ing. The soldiers of the right bank must have felt their gallant hearts chagrined at having to act de feat before their mock enemies. The ehamears-a cheral in the vangutud formed in line, and charged the squares of the battalions of chasseurs de Vincennes, immediately in front of the stands. This first attack having been repulsed, the battalions threw out some sharpshooters; but the cavalry returning repeatedly to the charge, a op , /, , c took place, which produced seusations among the ci vilians looking on akin to those excited by a real bona fide battle; and the lathes cried out against the perfidy of those attacking horsemen, thinking the poor sharpshooters would be trampled under the hoofs of the chargers. Two of them were indeed knocked down, but the horses having, with their usual intelligence, avoided stepping on them, the chasseurs were quittes pour la pear. Meanwhile the corps of Gen. Carrelet, formed in line of battle, con tinued its march, deploying in the Champ de Mars. Then the lancers charged, in admirable order, the in fantry which coveredtheretreatufGencralGuillabert. At last the fine regiment of eambineers, extending in one long cuirrassed line across the whole breadth of the Champ du Mars, advanced at a trot. At 200 yards front the enemy they executed a charge at full speed, which was the grand manceuvre of the day, and excited general admiration. The flashing crimson-crested helmets were soon lost in an immense cloud of dust, and when the wind had swept this aside, a trumpeter of the regiment was discovered' lying on the plain, and the cusque of one of his comrades. This was the only man hurt during the day; but he managed, with the support of two comrades, to walk to the surgeon's station. The President immediately sent an orderly to inquire into the patient's state, and to have all attention paid hint. The charge of earabineers terminated the day. The President then advanced towards the troops to express his satisfaction at their exertions. At this moment a host of blouses burst into the! arena, and, one-half of them surrounding the Pre- sident and his staff, began to shout at the top of their 1 1 lungs " Vice la republique !" while the other half cried with equal ardour - Vive lc President," " vicel Napoleon:" This strange irruption of the multi tude gave the visitors, after the sham-tight, • no bad representation of a 'popular ,'vacate. It was now six o clock, and the President took up his posi • tion in front of the stands, while the troops, all I covered with dust, and with red and reeking times, filed off at quick pace. An immense crowd lined the road by which the President returned through the Champs ElysCvs to his palace; and the same con tending cries in honour of the republic and of its chief magistrate were heard along the whole route of the curlo'ye. Narvaez, with gold lace over every seam of his coat, wore his marshal's full dress, with the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour. The President wore the same deto n ation. My Lord,—The extraordinary hospitality whit we, the commissioners, jurors, and others connected with the Inter national Exhibition, have received flout the Presidem of the Republic und (ruin the Prefect ot• the Seine. in the name of the municipal hotly of Paris, calls fur our warnnat aeknowledttnents of the pleasure which we have expe -1 rieneed at the aeries of splendid fees, and for the exprelo lion of our grateful sense of the kindness shown to us, not only at these grand l'esti.val■, hut by all aisles of Puri,, and upon all occasions. The plc:sauce we have received has been greatly increzord by the conviction that those festivals in honour of the In ternational Exhibition will tend to promote and perpetuate that kindly tavling which we are anxious should always vai,t between civilised nations. " We find it impossible adequately to express our feelings, but we beg of your lordship kindly to undertake to make our sentiments known to the Prisident 01 the Republic and the rrefeet of the Seine, in any manner which your lord ship may consider must appropriate, and thereby add to the sense of obligation which we cordially entertain for the eminent services which you hare renderod to u. and to thu cause of the Groat luteinatiomd Exhihition upon all occasions." The address has already received the signatures of nearly the whole of the commissioners, executive committee, jurors. and principal English exhibitors now• in Paris, and WiLS presented to the English am bassador, who immediately returned the subjoined reply : Paris, August 7. My dear Granville,—Pray assure the gentlemen who have signed the letter which you have committed to my charge that I will take the earliest opportunity to communicate the sentiments expressed in that paper to the President of t h e Republic anal the Prefect or the Seine. It is my intention to write officially to the Winner for Foreign Atfern, on the subj•:et, and ales to repeat verbally, both to the President anal the Prefeet of the Seine, these expressions of gratitude ma the port of the commissioners, jurors, and others connected with tin! I am convinced that the Priuce and all the members of his government will receive with mush satisfaction the as.urance, that their cordial hospitality has been duly ap preciated by those to whom it was freely offered, and it is a matter of gratification to me, 11S tins repn•xmta;ive of my `Sovereign, to he the medium of making known to the goverontent to which I ;on accredited such a declaration on the part of my countrymen. Having, during the last live years of uninterrupted re sideuca• in this country laboured incessantly, under varied circumstances, to promote a kindly feeling between these two great neighbouring people, I receive front you with peculiar pleasure this testimony of the first beneficial result of the Great Exhibition, in itself so well calculated to pro mote the development of mutual goodwill amongst nations. The city of Paris on this occasion hits displayed no idle or unmeaoing hospitality, if from a serval. of it. municipal constitution we can gather a full impression of the nar•sity which exists liar reforming that of Lndon, and if from the examination of its magnificent public buildings anal institu tions, founded and liherully supported by government fur the free use of an intelligent people, we can borrow ideas to lx• realised hen after, whereby our indu.trial energies may be directed by the rules of good taste, and a more artistic spirit to he harmoniously combined with the strong utifita rhm tendencies of our manufactures. THE LAST DAY. l'Altls, F14111.1Y. The visit made by the Lord Mayor to the Presi dent of the lh'public yesterday, was one of the most gratifying incidents of the late international hospi tality. The Lord Mayor was accompanied by the Prefect of the seine, and on his arrival at the ilysee his lordship was received by the Prince with the most distinguished courtesy. Prince Louis expressed, in very feeling terms, his great satisfaction at the visit of the Lord Mayor, as the representative of the citizens of London, and his hope that an exchange of hospitalities, thus auspiciously comitanced, might prove of advantage to both nations. Before the Lord THE OPERA. Mayor took leave the President requested permission rAltts, TIICRSDAT. to conduct his lordship through the beautiful grounds The spleudid hospitalities of the city of Paris to of his chateau. their guests would be held decidedly incomplete On leaving the Elysie the Lord Mayor proceeded without an invitation to the Grand Opera; and to the Prefecture fur the purpose of accepting an in hence, no sooner was the period of the visit deter- citation to breakfast with the Prefect of the Police. mined upon, than the ready talents of the most rapid After breakfast, the Lord Mayor visited the very of French composers, Adolphe Adam, were called in , curious old chapel of the Palace of Justice, which 13 requisition by the director to pr o du ce an o p era ti c 'just now being restored. divertissement, in honour of the occasion. M. Adam At three o'clock the Lord Mayor proceeded to the was speedily at work, and aided by the ehoreo- Hippodrome, a special performance having been ar graphite skill of St. Leon, and the fairy pencil of ranged for his gratification. A tribune was erected IDesplechins for the scenic department, the result was for his lordship, and a large party of English visitors the graceful impromptu, " Les Nations," produced ou one side of the cirgoe, from which the cxtraor last night. The best places in the sally had been dinary varieties of the taitHeir, as exhibited by the red secu for the visitors, all of whom had received French equestrians, were admirably witnessed. A specialinvitations. Hundredsof peopleerowded round grand emblematical procession, and the ascent of a the entrance of the V entre, anxious to catch a passing balloon from the centre of the circle, closed the per glimpse of the Grand .:),;sire. and remained until near fortuances. 11 ticlock, unconscious that London's chief magistrate In the evening, the Lord Mayor dined with the had passed before them without attracting the least Minister of Commerce, at his hotel in the Faubourg notice, front being divested of all the usual ex- St. Germain. There were present to meet his lord ternaLs of his civic dignity. Within, the desire 'to ship the Minister of Commerce, the Minister of Ft obtain a sight of his lot:dship and the other chief I name, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister guests WAS also very great, but somewhat more of Public Instruction, the Minister of Justice, the quietly manifested. the house was crowded to ex- Prefect of the Stine, Baron Charles Dupin, Chem -1 cess ; the reserved places, however, filled rather her Zohrab, M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, Lieut.- 1 slowly, owing to the lateness of the hour at which Col. Lloyd, Mr. Baring Wall, M. P., Dr. Lyon ! the review of the troops concluded; but when the Playfair, Mr. Porter, and about twenty other gen guests had at length all arrived, the coup (ra-a was tlemen. ; brilliant in the extreme, nearly the entire auditory Atter dinner his lordship attended the perform being in full dress. By a pieee of singularly ances at Franconi's Cirque National in the Champs lived management, the performance of an act of the Elytikeli, where Lord and Lady Normanby and a " Juice" and one of the " Huguenots" preceded the large party were present. Before returning to the new divertissement, which consequently did not be- Hotel de Ville, the Lord Mayor visited the fhiatrc ! gin until half-past ten o'clock. It is a tasteful and Francais, where his presence excited a very interest well-imagined trifle, of two scenes, the principal ing manifestation of international feeling, the ' being one of the Crystal Palace. Of " L es Nations," audience rising as he entered his box, and express i the only two countries which had the honour of vocal Mg their satisfaction by respectful salutations. 1 1 representatives were England and France, the former 1 During yesterday, the various ministers called personified by Madame Laborde, th e l a tt er by Mdll e . I upon the Lard Mayor at the Hotel de Gillet for the .Masson. Labour and Commerce were symbolised by i purpose of returning the complimentary visits his Messrs. Obin told Chapuis. The vocal music is pleas- lordship had paid to them ou the previous dap. ing and effective, although th e e ff or t s o f Mdll e . M ae - Thi s morn i ng , th e L or d M a y o r attended the usual son were considerably marred by a severe hoarse- meeting of the municipal body of Paris in the Hotel After the review General Nlagnan addressed an order of the dad• to the army of Paris, ex pressive of the full approbation of the President of the Republic at the admirable appearance of the men on the occasion of the sham fight, and the pre cision with which all the manmuvres were executed.