The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

Royal, Earl of Clarendon, and the Marquis of Breadalbane. A
third was filled by the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Churchill,,
Hon. Miss Bulteel, and the Marquis of Abercorn. Lord Alfred
Paget, Gen. Grey, Col. Phipps, Col. Biddulph, Sir James Clark,
and the other officers of the royal suite, followed in open car-
riages.
The spectacle which presented itself to Her Majesty, as she
passed through the magnificent new Boulevard de Strasburg,
was one which it is impossible adequately to describe. The
Voltigeurs de la Garde and the Garde Nationale kept the line
on each side ; behind them were densely-packed masses of
people, every head uncovered ; every window of the yet un-
finished houses, and every balcony, was thronged with specta-
tors—the very roofs and chimney-tops were covered; the I
bands of the Guides and the Voltigeurs were playing our Na-
tional Anthem, while high over all were heard the loud hur-
rahs and " Vive la Reine," " Vive l'Empereur," of the assem-
bled thousands.

" Such a noise arose
As the shrouds at sea make in a stiff tempest,
As loud, and to 45 many tunes. Hats, cloaks,
Doublets, I think, flew up, and had their (aces
Been loose, this day they had been lost."
Arriving on the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, the scene was
still more surprising. Of the magnificent spectacle which the
whole line of Boulevards presented it is impossible to convey
anything like an accurate notion. A vast crowd of persons is
among the grandest of sights which can be witnessed, but the
reader must add to this the view of the lofty houses on each
side of the Boulevards, flags floating from every window, the
varied coloured dresses and rich toilettes of the ladies who
occupied seats in the balconies, columns and triumphal arches,
the long lines, now of the dark sombre uniforms of the Chas-
seurs, now the dark dresses of the infantry, now the fine
bodies of the National Guards, broken by short lines of
females representing various charitable and other institutions,
in white dresses, with green, or blue, or pink sashes, and
bearing their respective graceful little bannerets; the repre-
sentatives of the communes, of the departments, of the dif-
ferent trades, and densely packed masses of people on the
sides and extending far down into every street and avenue
leading into the Boulevards, crowding every scaffold, throng-
ing every roof.
On the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle the third arrondisse-
ment had raised two tall masts, from which was suspended a
golden cord, ornamented with the flags of France, England,
Turkey, and Sardinia, Four masts of a lesser height sup-
ported shields on which were inscribed the glorious words of
Alma," " Balaclava," "Bomarsund," and "Inkerman." Pas-
sing along the line was a most picturesque decoration, con-
sisting of columns and pillars bearing allegorical statues and
inscriptions in honour of the Queen and of the Emperor. At
the corner of the Rue Richelieu two handsome columns had
been erected by the English residents—a fact which was
anounced in golden letters upon a large band of fringed vel-
vet. The Opera had erected a most magnificent triumphal
arch across the Boulevards in the style of Louis XIV, and
the Opera Comique had raised a column surrounded at its
base with,exquisite flowers, and bearing a profusion of flags
and banners.

The army and the Garde Nationale vied with each alter
in acclamations as the cortege passed. The whole of the
road, from the station to St. Cloud, was lined on the left side
by the regular army, and upon the right by the Garde
Nationale ; the whole length of the line being very nearly
nine miles.

As the cortege approached the Place de la Concorde, the
shades of evening had gathered thickly, and many of the
honks and public buildings were illuminated. The appear-
ance of the Hotel du Ministre des Affaires Etrangers and the
Hall of the Legislative Assembly presented a magnificent
appearance, and the Imperial carriages stopped a few moments,
at her Majesty's request, in order that she might have an
opportunity of enjoying the magnificent sight. Passing along
the Champs Elysees, the Arc du Triomphe at the top of the
hill became suddenly illuminated, and by the time the Im-
perial carriages had arrived at the arch, almost every building
was illuminated; the Palais de l'lndustrie with a large num-
ber of eagles in gas, the Palace of the Elysee with a most mag-
nificent display, the whole of the public buildings in the Rue
de Rivoli, the gardens of the Tuileries, and every public build•
ing in Paris.