The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-18 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, FRIDAY iTINING.
Several of the French papers, and the Cardillo-
amulet among them, reproduce from an English
journal a programme, said to be authentic, of the
arrangements made for the entire duration of the
Queen's visit. But none of them notice the curious
fact that this programme, though it goes into very
minute details, even to the exact hours of breakfast,
lunch, dinner, and rest (ripe') of every day, and
tells when promenades will be made at St.
Cloud and St. Germain, says not one word about
Versailles, where, beyond question, the grandest
Me of all will be celebrated. I believe I may assure
you that Saturday, the 23th, is the day fixed for the
great doings at Versailles. Immense preparations
are going on there under the general direction of M.
Lefuel, the successor of poor Visconti, as architect of
the Louvre. Many old Parisians go to Versailles
every day merely to see the preliminaries. The mag-
nificent Galeria dee °laces, which is so familiar to
sight seers, and which no one of the present genera-
tion has ever seen furnished, is now in the hands of
the upholsterer. Lustre., carpets, and furniture of
the most luxurious kind are being placed in that
transcendently magnificent residence of Louis XIV.,
which no sovereign of France in the present century
has ever felt rich enough to inhabit. lam informed
that one of the most striking features of the gala will
be ari illuminated representation of Windsor Castle,
placed on the banks of the lake, at the extremity of
the grand avenue in front of the palace. The
bouquet will disclose illuminated scrolls, bearing
the names Victoria, Albert, Napoleon, Eugenie.
The environs of Versailles, which have usually
a somewhat neglected aspect, are consider-
ably changed foe the better. The high road
to St. Cyr Las been repaired, and the beautiful
orange tree staircase, which was covered with moss,
has been cleaned. The barrack in the Avenue de
&won is being prepared for the Artillery of the
Imperial Guard. Another omission in the published
programme is that her Majesty, instead of remaining
all day at St. Cloud, will come to Paris at nine in
the morning, to hear divine service at the British
Embassy. Dr. Hale, the Chaplain to the Embassy,
will preach.

A flock of sheep of precisely the same kind as those 1
in the park of Windsor, have just been placed in the
upper part of the park of St. Cloud.
I noticed yesterday the extraordinary influx of
strangers and the high price of lodgings. There has
been a great rise to-day. The garret, for which yes-
terday the lodging-house keepers could only find it
in their consciences to charge Er per night, is now
worth Bfr. Good bedrooms are of mune very much
dearer, and it would not 'orrise me, if to-morrow a
Napoleon was the current price in those few hotels
where there will be any room.

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The Prefect of Polios has placarded a notice stating
that neither on the day of her Msjes'y's arrival nor
when she goes abroad will it be permitted for any one
to present petitions to her, to offer her bonquete, or to
strew flowers on her path. Personsinfringing the above
regulations will be prosecuted with theatmost severity.
No addressee can be made orally or otherwise, unless
pursuant to previous authorisation. Petitions destined
for the Queen must be sent to the British embassy.
The deepatcb from General Pelissier produced no
effect on the Rents, which closed with a fall of 10c.
Railways, however, improved, and Beak of France
rase 60fr.

The Emperor took his departure this afternoon, at
one o'clock, by the Northern Railway, far Boulogne,
to await the coming of the Queen of England.
A notice has been published by the oommittes
charged by the Prefect tof the thine to organise the
Grand Ball to the Queen of England on the 22nd, at
the liiitel de Ville, that the list of invitations is de.
Beitively closed, and that any further applications
for tickets will be useless

A letter from Vienna, in the &levies Gaseglet
states that the Eaprlss of Austria is aria to ea laSsesethig
'haulm.