The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-21 00:00:00

GUESTS TO THE CRYSTAL PALACR.

um folknrisi is a mock moo soaspiole moot ol petard's'.
prosodiea thaa ye vire able to give la lot alite. Empress :--]
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For thil wooed time within a week our valued
ally the Emperor of the Fres* and his Utast:Mu omen
ham been afforded Oa yesterdq•e imposing demeostratice

at the Crystal Palms) an oppertenity of inertaining the
sentiments of the English people towards them, sad towards '
the country over which they are placed es the supreme
rulers. The Immense crowd that congregated yesterday on
the stately terraces at Syrians= was a more expansive, as
well as more numerous, representation of public opinion
than the previous day's assemblage at the Guildhall ; for, in
the great body of season ticket holders, Winding those who
became se a few days slam, is order that they might
me ender the most favourable eireuestasess the Emperor
and Empress of the French, a very high and substantial
elms of English *misty was included, whilst is the exhibi-
tors and the shareholders, who were present by invitation,
would be found a aemerees deputation from the industrial
deems ; and it is gratifying to be able to add that each vied
with the other in the heartiness of their welcoming plaudits.
The police authorities estimated the gross number peewit
at amity 60,000—a total that emphatically indicated the
greener and importance of the cession.
The weather was fine enough to have extorted a lengthy
despatch even from Lord Raglan, had he been present, and
showed that the Emperor and Empress are nearly as favour-
ably regarded by the skyey Maness as our own beloved
sovereign, and this forms no mean ingredient in their popu-
larity ; es Englishmen. who look upon die weather as one
of their greatest luxuries, involuntarily take a liking to
those whom experience proves to bring it in their train.
The na shone with unvarying lustre throughout the entire
day, sad would bin proved radar inenvenient to the
visitors at the Crystal Palace, bet that a gentle breeze
played over the hill, and was dexterously introduced into
the beadles by the simultaneous opening of all the louvres.
The mtkoritiss of the Brighton Railway bad made arrange-
ments of the most ample character, by means of which
trains ran every an minutes throughout the day,
without delay or interruption ; sad by these mesas,
end the uneessiag vigilante sad ear of the nu-
merous oilcan, the whole of the vest company
were *min to the palace and bask to town without the
slightest accident. Even so early as ten o'clock, AM.,
the gardens were full of company, and every saossesin
train brought numerous addlticas,down to the period when
the Gann and her guests, sesersliag to previous arrange-
ment, promenaded the buildieg, and even pending that
interesting iteremony hundreds of the "tea late" members
of the community might be seen running in black groups
across the award, their speed moderated by the chagrin,
whin gave them the satisfactory infatuation that the great
object of their visit was rapidly peening away.
The Gann, amosepseied by the Emperor and Empress
of the Fres* Prime Albert, and a briniest suite, both
By/lab and Freon, arrived In state shortly after twelve
u'eleek, sad were received at the slate entrance by Bit