The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-09 00:00:00

beard amongst the ladies, but only from the English
on. -Ctatainly they were neither Russian nor
Polish ladies who were thus frightened, for in 1829,
at Marimont, near Warsaw, the ladies of the court
stood, withont flinching, the swimming exercises of
a divison of the army when whole battalions of
naked men, under the command of the Archduke
Constantine, defiled in subdivisions before the Em-
peror. The ponfonnicrs in France belong to the 15th
regiment of artillery. This regiment being at pre-
sent stationed at Strasbourg, the commander-in-
chief took the men employed on this duty on the
present occasion from amongst the gunners of the
artillery in barracks at the Ecole Militaire. A
detachment for this service was taken- from the
artillery stationed in the palace of the Assembly.
Their 'departure produced a certain sensation !
Amongst the members, who thus suddenly found
themselves unprotected at the very moment that the
roar of artillery and the rattling fire of musketry
disturbed the peaceful precincts of the National As-
sembly. The poneonmers amounted to 130, under
the command of Capt. Fournier. The train was coin- !
posed of 24 pontoons. The bridge was thrown across
m less titan 33 minutes, under the protection of two
batteries that kept up an incessant tire upon the op-
posite bank. 'the bridge was about 390 feet long,
and twelve wide, and was capable of supporting 12-
pounders drawn by eight horses. Ilowever, before
the bridge was finished the workmen had crossed
the Seine, and exchanged a rapid lire with the re-
connoitering parties of Oen. Carrelet's division. All
passed as had been indicated in the progrannne. The
division of Gen. Guillabert, after having failed in the
attack on the Trocadero, repassed the Seine in excel-
lent order. A magnificen t Spectacle was t hen displayed
to the immense crowds of spectators, who occum ed.the
windows of the Ecale-Nlilitaire, the border of the
Champ de Mars, and the surrounding heights. '1 he
22 battalions of General Carrelet, and twelve
squadrons of cavalry, delsmehing by all the avenues
leading to the Seine, descended majestically in seve-
ral columns, and passed the river by the Pont
de Jena and the bridge of pontoons. The
cavalry of General Gaillabert formed in echelons
on the Champ de Mars, attempted, by repeated
charoes, to stop the encvny at the issue!
of the bridges. The first charge was made by
two squadrons of the garde republicaine, supported
by dragoons and hussars. The three battalions of
sharpshooters, ehasseurs de Vincennes, repulsed.
formed in line of battle, supported by a battery of
artillery, posted close beside the stand of the Presi-
dent. A curious episode then passed. The first dis-
charge of cannon hiving shaken the small stands,
and covered the whole of their occupants with smoke,
screams of terror were heard, and some ladies were
, on the point of fainting; but, as

ness. The dancing was more various, the different
nations whose industry has contributed to the l'x.
hihition being represented by characteri.tie
Spsin, Russia, America, Prussia, Austris, Turk, r
England, and France were impersonated 1.4
Itobert, Emarot, Pierron, Caroline,
Na f-avel, Lacoste, and Mathilde ; the
Genius of Glory by Mdllc. Flora Fabbri.and the Ge.-
nius of Peace by Mlle. Marquet. There it 119 attempt,
of course, at a plot of any kind, hut the evolutions
of tho corps de ballet, the variety and brilliancy of
the costumes, and, above all, the scene of the Paxton
Palace, with which the allegory concludes,
cured it a favourable reception, although the inju-
dicious lateness of the hour at which it oenmenced,
and the fatigue the greater part of the PpeetatUrS lad
evidently undergone at the preceding review, pal.
pably rendered them less hearty in their plundits data
they would have been under more favourable eirlan-
stances. The President, the British Ambassador, aid
• several of the ministers were present.
The President of the Republic gave up his box on
this occasion to the English guests, and it was 0t,J,1.
pied by the Marquis of Normanby, the Lord Mav,r,
Earl Granville, nad the Prefect of the Seine. the
. .

President himw•lf occupied the adjoining hos:, toge-
ther with Generals Mugnan and Itoquet. The hotiso
was crowded in every part.
To-day the Lord Mayor paid a visit to the Prtsi-
dent at tie Elysee to take his leave, and to express
• his gratitude tier the cordial and distinguished is
ception which has been bestowed upon him-elf
and his municipal colleagues. lie then went
to the Hippodrome, notwithstanding a treinendons
thunder storm, which has fortunately delayed its de-
luge until the greatflics have passed over. To-morrow
morning, as I mentioned in a former letter,the party
will take their departure front the brilliant metro-
polis, which has displayed all its attractions for their
entertainment, and return to London, where they
will arrive the same evening.
Lord Granville to-day visited the Tribunal of
Commerce and the Bourse. Ile was received by M.
Moinery. president of the Tribunal, and by a depu-
tation of the judges. The president explained to him
fully the nature of the jurisdiction of the 'inhume.
A meeting was held yesterday, which was at-
tended by a very large number of the English visi-
tors, for the purpn•v of csaisidering the best moil.. of
expressing their acknowledgments for the kind and
cordial reception with which they have been met by
the President of the Republic and Prefect of tho
Seine. After some discussion, the following resolu-
tion was unanimously agreed to:
'Phut the tommis.ionem, jurors, and others offic:Ally
connected with the tit...at international Exhibition, bong
most desirow. of exprew.ing their grateful aeknowledgm nts
for the splendid hospitality which they hare exp.:rice..4
during the Atm, depute the followin4 gentlemen to pro.
are a letter to that effect to Earl (h.:ll'6lle, reque-cis{
him to communicate the same to the I'raident of the EL-
public and the Prefect of the Seine.
PETER GRAII m, Chairman.
The MUMS of Mr. Cram, Professor Wilson, and a
number of others were nucordingly appended.
The following is a copy of the letter :
IGabd Maurice, Aug. e.
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After being fired of once or twice,
The CM' becomes more Irish and Ku nice,

so, with the third or fourth discharge, the
ladies completely recovered their nerve and self-
possession. At the same time, the venerable
old Marshal Excelmans was thrown by the fiery
charger which he mounted; but his sun, a lieute-
nant in the navy, flew to his assistance, and the gal-
lant veteran was lifted into his saddle again, quite
sound in limb and wind. Some leading members of
the Peace Congress were observed to:stop their cars
against the too close thunders of the artillery. The
decisive ntoment of the day was now fast approach-
ing. The soldiers of the right bank must have felt
their gallant hearts chagrined at having to act de-
feat before their mock enemies. The ehamears-a-
cheral in the vangutud formed in line, and
charged the squares of the battalions of
chasseurs de Vincennes, immediately in front of
the stands. This first attack having been repulsed,
the battalions threw out some sharpshooters; but the
cavalry returning repeatedly to the charge, a op,/,,c
took place, which produced seusations among the ci-
vilians looking on akin to those excited by a real
bona fide battle; and the lathes cried out against the
perfidy of those attacking horsemen, thinking the
poor sharpshooters would be trampled under the
hoofs of the chargers. Two of them were indeed
knocked down, but the horses having, with their
usual intelligence, avoided stepping on them, the
chasseurs were quittes pour la pear. Meanwhile the
corps of Gen. Carrelet, formed in line of battle, con-
tinued its march, deploying in the Champ de Mars.
Then the lancers charged, in admirable order, the in-
fantry which coveredtheretreatufGencralGuillabert.
At last the fine regiment of eambineers, extending
in one long cuirrassed line across the whole breadth
of the Champ du Mars, advanced at a trot. At 200
yards front the enemy they executed a charge at full
speed, which was the grand manceuvre of the day,
and excited general admiration. The flashing
crimson-crested helmets were soon lost in an immense
cloud of dust, and when the wind had swept this
aside, a trumpeter of the regiment was discovered'
lying on the plain, and the cusque of one of his
comrades. This was the only man hurt during
the day; but he managed, with the support of two
comrades, to walk to the surgeon's station. The
President immediately sent an orderly to inquire
into the patient's state, and to have all attention
paid hint. The charge of earabineers terminated the
day. The President then advanced towards the
troops to express his satisfaction at their exertions.
At this moment a host of blouses burst into the!
arena, and, one-half of them surrounding the Pre-
sident and his staff, began to shout at the top of their 11
lungs " Vice la republique !" while the other half
cried with equal ardour - Vive lc President," " vicel
Napoleon:" This strange irruption of the multi-
tude gave the visitors, after the sham-tight,
• no bad representation of a 'popular ,'vacate. It was
now six o clock, and the President took up his posi-
• tion in front of the stands, while the troops, all
I covered with dust, and with red and reeking times,
filed off at quick pace. An immense crowd lined the
road by which the President returned through the
Champs ElysCvs to his palace; and the same con-
tending cries in honour of the republic and of its chief
magistrate were heard along the whole route of the
curlo'ye. Narvaez, with gold lace over every seam
of his coat, wore his marshal's full dress, with
the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour. The
President wore the same detonation.

My Lord,—The extraordinary hospitality whit we, the
commissioners, jurors, and others connected with the Inter-
national Exhibition, have received flout the Presidem of
the Republic und (ruin the Prefect ot• the Seine. in the
name of the municipal hotly of Paris, calls fur our warnnat
aeknowledttnents of the pleasure which we have expe-
-1 rieneed at the aeries of splendid fees, and for the exprelo-
lion of our grateful sense of the kindness shown to us, not
only at these grand l'esti.val■, hut by all aisles of Puri,, and
upon all occasions.
The plc:sauce we have received has been greatly increzord
by the conviction that those festivals in honour of the In-
ternational Exhibition will tend to promote and perpetuate
that kindly tavling which we are anxious should always
vai,t between civilised nations.

" We find it impossible adequately to express our feelings,
but we beg of your lordship kindly to undertake to make
our sentiments known to the Prisident 01 the Republic and
the rrefeet of the Seine, in any manner which your lord-
ship may consider must appropriate, and thereby add to the
sense of obligation which we cordially entertain for the
eminent services which you hare renderod to u. and to thu
cause of the Groat luteinatiomd Exhihition upon all
occasions."

The address has already received the signatures of
nearly the whole of the commissioners, executive
committee, jurors. and principal English exhibitors
now• in Paris, and WiLS presented to the English am-
bassador, who immediately returned the subjoined
reply :

Paris, August 7.
My dear Granville,—Pray assure the gentlemen who have
signed the letter which you have committed to my charge
that I will take the earliest opportunity to communicate the
sentiments expressed in that paper to the President of the
Republic anal the Prefect or the Seine.
It is my intention to write officially to the Winner for
Foreign Atfern, on the subj•:et, and ales to repeat verbally,
both to the President anal the Prefeet of the Seine, these
expressions of gratitude ma the port of the commissioners,
jurors, and others connected with tin!
I am convinced that the Priuce and all the members of
his government will receive with mush satisfaction the
as.urance, that their cordial hospitality has been duly ap-
preciated by those to whom it was freely offered, and it is
a matter of gratification to me, 11S tins repn•xmta;ive of
my `Sovereign, to he the medium of making known to the
goverontent to which I ;on accredited such a declaration on
the part of my countrymen.
Having, during the last live years of uninterrupted re-
sideuca• in this country laboured incessantly, under varied
circumstances, to promote a kindly feeling between these
two great neighbouring people, I receive front you with
peculiar pleasure this testimony of the first beneficial result
of the Great Exhibition, in itself so well calculated to pro-
mote the development of mutual goodwill amongst nations.
The city of Paris on this occasion hits displayed no idle
or unmeaoing hospitality, if from a serval. of it. municipal
constitution we can gather a full impression of the nar•sity
which exists liar reforming that of Lndon, and if from the
examination of its magnificent public buildings anal institu-
tions, founded and liherully supported by government fur
the free use of an intelligent people, we can borrow ideas to
lx• realised hen after, whereby our indu.trial energies may
be directed by the rules of good taste, and a more artistic
spirit to he harmoniously combined with the strong utifita-
rhm tendencies of our manufactures.
THE LAST DAY.

l'Altls, F14111.1Y.
The visit made by the Lord Mayor to the Presi-
dent of the lh'public yesterday, was one of the most
gratifying incidents of the late international hospi-
tality. The Lord Mayor was accompanied by the
Prefect of the seine, and on his arrival at the ilysee
his lordship was received by the Prince with the
most distinguished courtesy. Prince Louis expressed,
in very feeling terms, his great satisfaction at the
visit of the Lord Mayor, as the representative of the
citizens of London, and his hope that an exchange
of hospitalities, thus auspiciously comitanced, might
prove of advantage to both nations. Before the Lord
THE OPERA. Mayor took leave the President requested permission
rAltts, TIICRSDAT. to conduct his lordship through the beautiful grounds
The spleudid hospitalities of the city of Paris to of his chateau.
their guests would be held decidedly incomplete On leaving the Elysie the Lord Mayor proceeded
without an invitation to the Grand Opera; and to the Prefecture fur the purpose of accepting an in-
hence, no sooner was the period of the visit deter- citation to breakfast with the Prefect of the Police.
mined upon, than the ready talents of the most rapid After breakfast, the Lord Mayor visited the very
of French composers, Adolphe Adam, were called in , curious old chapel of the Palace of Justice, which 13
requisition by the director to produce an operatic 'just now being restored.
divertissement, in honour of the occasion. M. Adam At three o'clock the Lord Mayor proceeded to the
was speedily at work, and aided by the ehoreo- Hippodrome, a special performance having been ar-
graphite skill of St. Leon, and the fairy pencil of ranged for his gratification. A tribune was erected
IDesplechins for the scenic department, the result was for his lordship, and a large party of English visitors
the graceful impromptu, " Les Nations," produced ou one side of the cirgoe, from which the cxtraor-
last night. The best places in the sally had been dinary varieties of the taitHeir, as exhibited by the
red
secu for the visitors, all of whom had received French equestrians, were admirably witnessed. A
specialinvitations. Hundredsof peopleerowded round grand emblematical procession, and the ascent of a
the entrance of the V entre, anxious to catch a passing balloon from the centre of the circle, closed the per-
glimpse of the Grand .:),;sire. and remained until near fortuances.
11 ticlock, unconscious that London's chief magistrate In the evening, the Lord Mayor dined with the
had passed before them without attracting the least Minister of Commerce, at his hotel in the Faubourg
notice, front being divested of all the usual ex- St. Germain. There were present to meet his lord-
ternaLs of his civic dignity. Within, the desire 'to ship the Minister of Commerce, the Minister of Ft-
obtain a sight of his lot:dship and the other chief I
name, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister
guests WAS also very great, but somewhat more of Public Instruction, the Minister of Justice, the
quietly manifested. the house was crowded to ex- Prefect of the Stine, Baron Charles Dupin, Chem-
-1 cess ; the reserved places, however, filled rather her Zohrab, M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, Lieut.-
1 slowly, owing to the lateness of the hour at which Col. Lloyd, Mr. Baring Wall, M. P., Dr. Lyon
! the review of the troops concluded; but when the Playfair, Mr. Porter, and about twenty other gen
guests had at length all arrived, the coup (ra-a was tlemen.
; brilliant in the extreme, nearly the entire auditory Atter dinner his lordship attended the perform-
being in full dress. By a pieee of singularly ances at Franconi's Cirque National in the Champs
lived management, the performance of an act of the Elytikeli, where Lord and Lady Normanby and a
" Juice" and one of the " Huguenots" preceded the large party were present. Before returning to the
new divertissement, which consequently did not be- Hotel de Ville, the Lord Mayor visited the fhiatrc
! gin until half-past ten o'clock. It is a tasteful and Francais, where his presence excited a very interest-
well-imagined trifle, of two scenes, the principal ing manifestation of international feeling, the
' being one of the Crystal Palace. Of " Les Nations," audience rising as he entered his box, and express-
i the only two countries which had the honour of vocal Mg their satisfaction by respectful salutations.
1
1 representatives were England and France, the former 1 During yesterday, the various ministers called
personified by Madame Laborde, the latter by Mdlle. I upon the Lard Mayor at the Hotel de Gillet for the
.Masson. Labour and Commerce were symbolised by i
purpose of returning the complimentary visits his
Messrs. Obin told Chapuis. The vocal music is pleas- lordship had paid to them ou the previous dap.
ing and effective, although the efforts of Mdlle. Mae- This morning, the Lord Mayor attended the usual
son were considerably marred by a severe hoarse- meeting of the municipal body of Paris in the Hotel

After the review General Nlagnan addressed an
order of the dad• to the army of Paris, ex-
pressive of the full approbation of the President
of the Republic at the admirable appearance of the
men on the occasion of the sham fight, and the pre-
cision with which all the manmuvres were executed.