The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

TIIURSDAY.

A lengthened visit was paid by Prince Albert to the Palais
d'lndustrie, which lasted from half-past 10 o'clock till half-
past 1. The Prince was accompanied through the Exhibition
by Prince Napoleon and many of the commissioners and jurors.
His inspection appeared to be guided by no particular plan,
and to be for the purpose of making purchases on his own
behalf and that of Her Majesty, as well as to gratify his
curiosity.
After lunch at the Tuilleries, the royal party went through
the picture galleries of the Louvre in strict privacy, and public
curiosity, deprived of the opportunity of gratifying its prompt-
ings there, concentrated itself with extraordinary eagerness
upon the evening festivities at the Hotel de Ville. All Paris
was not only anxious, but maddened to go, and not only all
Paris, but everybody of importance from the provinces or from
foreign countries now sojourning in the capital.
The ball at the Hotel de Ville was certainly one of the most
magnificent entertainments ever given by the inhabitants of a
capital to a Sovereign in friendly alliance with its ruler. The
exterior was profusely and most tastefully decorated with flags,
and illuminated by a row of gas jets running along the entire
facade. Immense pyramids of coloured lamps were also placed
around the entrance. The company began to assemble at the
doors before 8 o'clock. At half-past 9 the Imperial and Royal
cortge arrived. The Emperor, giving his arm to the Queen,
led her into the court of Louis Quatorze, which had been en-
closed by a temporary roof, and converted into a vast vestibule.
An immense_ chandelier hung from the roof, the windows
looking into the court-yard were draped with red curtains and
illuminated by numerous small chandeliers, and beneath a grand
double staircase ran a cascade of clear water, which gave a
delightful freshness to the air. The floor of the court was
richly carpeted, and a profusion of rare exotics was placed
upon the staircase. The marble pillars of the court were
newly polished, and the capitals picked out with white and
gold. Her Majesty, leaning upon the Emperor's arm, as-
cended the grand staircase, followed by Prince Albert, who
conducted the Princess Mathilde. Prince Napoleon and
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria were also of the Royal party. The
Royal visitors passed into the hall of the Caryatides, where
.fauteui/s were placed, and where the Ministers of State and
their families passed before their .Majesties. From this beau-
tiful hall the illustrious party proceeded into the grand salle
etc dance, which presented a scene of dazzling magnificence.
Here chairs of State were placed under a crimson velvet
canopy, surmounted by an imperial crown, the walls of the
salle being covered with white satin, embroidered with gold.
Her Majesty opened the ball with the Emperor, Prince
Albert giving his hand to the Princess Mathilde, and the re-
maining dancers in the quadrille being Prince Napoleon,
Lady Cowley, Prince Adalbert, and Mademoiselle Hausmann,
granddaughter of the Prefect of.the Seine, After the quad-
' rille some Arab chiefs were presented, wtzege picturesque
bournous, cool white robes, black beards, and piercing dark
eyes, excited a lively degree of interest a!norT the Royal

FRIDAY.

The Emperor and Prince Albert paid a visit to the Ecole
de Tir at Vincennes, and witnessed the practice not only with
the Minie but in artillery also.
On their return, soon after mid-day, to the Tuileries, the
Emperor and Prince found the Queen already arrived there
from St. Cloud, and after luncheon they all proceeded to visit
the Exhibition. They arrived at the grand entrance to the
Palais d'lndustrie at half-past two o'clock, and, as on Wed-
nesday, though with even more pomp and ceremony, were
received on alighting by Prince Napoleon, the officers of the
Imperial Commission, &c. The illustrious party were first
conducted to the sheds between the main building and the
Annexe appropriated to carriages and French agricultural
machinery, which was rapidly surveyed. There a separation
took place, the Emperor, the Queen, and the Princess Royal
returning to the Palace, while Prince Albert and the Prince
of Wales remained behind to complete their examination of
this department, and also to visit the interesting collection in
the Annexe.

The review in the Champ de Mars, at half-past five o'clock,
differed only from that of ordinary occasions in the presence
of such unwonted and illustrious spectators. That considera-
tion gave, of course, an extraordinary interest to the display ;
for it cannot be regarded as otherwise than extraordinary that
the Queen and Royal Family of England should, with the
entire approbation of the English people, see 50,000 French-
men march past them in arms on the Champ de Mars, and
shouting " Vive l'Empereur I" to the nephew and heir of the
great Napoleon. The advance of the Imperial and Royal
cortege from the Pout Jena to the Ecole Militaire,
with the troops drawn up, the cavalry on the left and the
infantry on the right, so as to form a sort of grand military
avenue for them, was a wonderfully fine sight, as it
always must be; but when the cortege approached, and
the Queen and Empress were seen seated with the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Royal opposite, and the Emperor
and Prince Albert on horseback at either side of the
carriage, one need not be surprised that the mind of the
spectator should seek and find in the scene thus presented to
him a peculiar and extraordinary interest. The troops rent
the air with their acclamations as the Emperor took his
guests along their front, battalion after battalion, and squad-
ron upon squadron, to inspect them. During the defiling
also, which commenced as soon as the inspection terminated,
and was witnessed by the Queen and Empress from the prin-
cipal balcony of the Ecole Militaire, the shouts of each regi-
ment were equally enthusiastic. The weather, which looked
very threatening during the progress of the review, continued
fair until it had terminated. But then the rain descended in
torrents, and it was in the midst of a thunderstorm that the
Emperor took his guests to the Hospital of the Invalides,
there to visit the tomb of the First Napoleon. After dining
en famine at the Tuileries, the Imperial and Royal party went
to the Opera Comique, where they appeared with less state,
but were received with quite as much enthusiasm as on Tues-
day at the Grand Opera. So terminated the programme of
Friday's proceedings. -

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mond necklace. She also wore the blue riband of the Order of
the Garter, which the Emperor also wore over his uniform.
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WHon. and Rev. W. J. Brodrick, to be a Canon of Wells Cathe-
ing to admire as she descended the tasteful preparations made bency of St. John's Church, Hampstead, Middlesex.
to do her honour, and expressing to the Prefect the warm
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admiration and delight which she had derived from her visit. drat.
The Empress was unable to be present. After the Royal Rev. C. H. W. Capron, 8.A., to the Curacy of Aynhoe, North--
party had left, dancing was resumed in various apartments, amptonshire.
and continued until daybreak. Ices and other refreshments Rev. D. Coleridge M.A. Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Principal of St. ark'sM bolle e' Chelsea, to the Vicarage of Northolt:
were most liberally provided, and the extreme heat made the Rev. J. M. xM.A ,goft Lincoln College, Oxford, to the Afas-
demand for them very great, but nothing was wanting to tership of the College ichool, Taunton.
render the file worthy alike of the powerful Sovereigns in Rev. J. B. Deane, M.A. Second Master of Merchant Tailors'
whose honour it was given and of the 'great city which thus School,
.to the Rectory of St. Martin Ontwich, in the City of
, London
splendidly entertained them. Rev. H. J. Dodsworth, 8.A., to the Curacy of Heapham, near
Gainsborough.
Rev. H. A. Douglas, 11. A., Vicar of Abbotsley, Huntingdon-
shire, to the Senior Chaplaincy of Cape Town,Cape of Good
Hope.
Rev. H. L. Dodds, M.A., to the Vicarage of Great Glenn, near
Leicester.
Rev. J. J. Ellis, 8.A., to the Second Mastership of the Endowed
Grammar School, Tunbridge Wells.
Rev. W. S. Finch, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. Peter's
Church, De Beauvoir-town, Islington, London.
Rev. J. Fry, 8.A.. to the Vicarage of Lingfield, near Godstone,
Surrey.
Rev. H. Hansel!, 8.A., to the Curacy of Halton Ryegate, near
Spilsby.
Rev. J. F. Harward, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Little Maple.-
stead, near Halsted, Essex.
Rev. H. Heming, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford,
to the Rectory of East Farndon, near Wellingborough.
Rev. B. Hodgens, late curate of Deane, to be Chaplain to the
Forces in the East, to serve at the Piraeus.
Rev. J. Mussendine-Holt, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Keelby, near
Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Rev. S. H. Hooper, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Drax, near Snaith.
Rev. T. Palmer Hutton, M.A., to the Vicarage of Sompting,
near Blighton.
Rev. W. J. James, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Clive, near Shrews-
bury.
Rev. W. P. Jones, 8.A.. to the Rectory of Llyswen, near Crick-
bowel!.
Rev. I. Lloyd, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Southgate, Middle-
sex.

Rev. C. H. Marriott, to the Vicarage of Rendham, Suffolk.
Rev. M. Mitchell, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Kirk Newton, near
Belford.
Rev. V. Musgrave, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Mattersey, near
Bawtrey, Nottinghamshire.
Rev. G. W. Piggott, 8.A., to the Rectory of Great Upton, near
Shrewsbury.
Rev. C. J. S. Russell, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. John's,
Walthamstow. Essex.
Rev. R. Rutland, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mary's, Bryanston-
square, London.
Rev. C. Sangster, 13. A., to the Vicarage of Darton, near Barna-
, ley.
Rev. A. Swain, 31. A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to the
Incumbency of St. Mary's, Devonport.
Rev. W. T. M. Sylvester, 8.A., to the Rectory of Castleford,
near Pontefract.
Rev. J. Todd, M.A., to the Vicarage of ArcUeigh, near Col-
chester.
Rev. A. Turner, M.A., to the Rectory of Burnham Deepdale
near Fakenham.
Rev. S. G. Wood, M.A., to the Rectory of West Beal, near
Spilsby.