The Press.
London, England, 1855-09-01 00:00:00

(Lana aitt to ion.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO FRANCE.
AT a late hour, alter the review, on Friday her
Majesty visited the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon I.
at the hp/slides. The Moniteur states of this
scene :

As the review was protracted
was no longer expected at the
thelesa, notwithstanding the a
point to go there. The Queen
followed by a flume s staff,
of our old wars, w &eke
she advanced with

home of him wl

England ! What
and what contrasts

glare of the torches,
sound of the organ

Queen was comb
lie the remains
immense, the en2otil
every one that it
a great man, but

of the past were
two nations then

pressive consecration.
SATURDAY.
The series of public festivities consequentupon the
visit of Queen Victoria to Paris appropriately closed
on Saturday evening with a fete, more magnificent
than any of its predecessors, given at the Palace of
Versailles. This fete bad formed the chief topic of
conversation among all classes in Paris for days pre-
viously, and great was the pressure upon the Minis-
terial functionaries to obtain invitations. The guests
invited were necessarily limited to the chief persons
of distinction resident in the French capital, the
Ministers of State, foreigners, and other eminent in-
dividuals. But in order to give the fete a national
character, a large number of tickets were issued,
admitting to the terraces and gardens of the palace,
whence an excellent view might be obtained of the
illuminations and pyrotechnic display arranged to take
place during the evening. The Parisians generally
were greatly excited, and vast numbers not provided
with tickets crowded the Versailles trains from an
early hour in the afternoon, content to witness what
they could of the display outside the precincts of the
Imperial Palace.

The following description of the fate is given by
the official Moniteur :

On Saturday night the Palace of Louis XIV. recoveted,
as if by magic, the splendour and lite which animated it
in its best days. In our epoch we are called upon to
behold marvels which would have appeared impossible in
the greatest ages and under the most glorious reigns. In
a short time, when the iclai of the fetes and the noise of
the cheering shall have ceased, and when time has been
given to reflect upon the bearing and signification of all
that has token place in this full and brilliant week, the
journey anti visit of her Majesty Queen Victoria to the
capital of France will be looked upon as one of those
events which appear as a dream until realised. All who
witnessed that enthusiastic reception, those manifestations
of sincere cordiality and deep sympathy between sovereign
and sovereign and nation and nation, will retain a lasting
remembrance which they will lose to tell in their old age,
and which marks an epoch in the existence of individuals
as well as in the history of nations.
Versailles bad donned its festive apparel to welcome the
august guests of the Fmperor. The grand courtyard of
the chateau was as light as day; the imposing and severe
profile of this grand and beautiful architecture *toed out
in lines of fire, and the marble statues which adorn the
double grand staircase appeared astonished at ell this bustle
and movement.
Their Majesties entered by the nimble stairs, while the
invited guests entered by the Prince's staircase. Waiting
and reposing rooms, boudoirs hung with blue damask and
filled with beautilul flowers, had been prepartd for the
Queen of England and Prince Albert in the apartments
once occupied by Marie Antoinette. The Emperor and
Empress withdrew for a few moments into their private
apartments. 'I heir Majesties then crossed the state
apartments of Louis XIV.. which were magnificently .
i
up, and the immense fireplaces of which were turned Intl
ilardens of goners or plots of verdure.

IN .

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was protracted till very late, her Majesty
xpected at the Hotel des Invalides; never-
standing the advanced hour, she made it
e. The Queen therefore arrived at dusk,
'wrong staff, surrounded by the veterans
, who flocked together on her pamage as
ith noble self•rec"llection towards the last
who was the most constant adversely of
at a spectacle! How many reminiscences,
Late were suggested ! But when amid the
.hes, the glitter of theinniforms, and the
Tan playing " God save the Queen !" the
lucted by the Emperor to the chapel where
of Napoleon, the effect was thnlllng and
=dolt profound; for the thought struck
t was pot a simple homage at the tomb of
it a solemn act, attesting that the rivalries
forgotten, and that the union between the
len and thenceforth received a most im-