The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-17 00:00:00

THE NAPOLEON FETE.

We extract from Galignani the following account
of the illuminations in Paris on the 15th :

" Just as the time approached for the fireworks, the
Empress appeared for a moment with several other layer
at the beloony of the central window of the pilaw over•
looking the garden, and was loudly cheered. After the
display, repeated cries of ' Vivo l'lmperatrion mita
induced her Majesty to eome forward, and salute the
vast crowd below. The display of fireworks was
divided between the open space surrounding the
Arc de Triomphe and the summit of that erec-
tion. nil arrangement bad the effect of rendering
the display visible in every direction, and thus presented
serious pressure at any one point. Precisely at 11 the
arch, which had hitherto remained in sombre shadow, was
illuminated with changing-coloured Bengal lights, 104
immediately after the first act opened with the dischur
of three hundred Inners bursting in innumerable ooloars
in the air. Then came fountains of fire. one facing eta
of the twelve avenues abutting on the Place de l'gtcile.
Flights of rockets followed with stars and showers lira
Candelabra, corresponding to the approaches, were fire)
and vomited forth their glowing flames, the rays cralig
each other and ending with an eruption of Roman mead
of various tints. From the top of the arch was next dig.
charged a shower of fire falling on all sides at once. and
finished with a flight of tricoloured bombs. Tbc
closing piece, the bouquet, was let off Irons de
top of the arch, and consisted of 30,000 fusee* of all
calibres and every colour, which, being fired
taneously from such an elevated position, produced I
splendid spectacle. The outlay this year
lean than on preceding occasions, as only a sum of forty
thousand francs had been placed at the disposition of K.
Ituggieri in consequence of the excessive expenses ono'
sioned by the Exhibition. The whole display, 06003
fine in some parte, was considered seemly equal to at
dignity of the occasion. The crowd then separated 13
various directions to view the remaining, or general.
minations. The principal line was along the Rue J,
Ricoh. Starting from the Place de In Concorde. a coa'Y'
'eons object on the right was the Palace of the tngislstas
Body, the pediment of which was marked out in &lineal.'
jets. The space fronting the Palais Royal wax as lizht
from the united brilliancy of that building, the Hotel of the
Ministry of State, and the Theatre Francais. The urn':
of St. Jacques was crowned with a circle of fire. and WE.
'dreamed in varied colours through its staine.l.glasvr.r•
down. The Rue de Itivoli presented one continuous !re
of light, reaching to the Hotel de Ville, which forny,,t
perhaps the most remarkable display of any 1,031
mg in the whole capital. The outline of the b'i
with the campanile and lateral towers. being thread 3
with jets of gas, presented a beautiful appearance;
trophies of flags bung from every window, and the 433
of the Garde de Pads, which played on the wolare
is
front, gave animation to the scene. The
side of the street and the quays were lit OP
with the cipher of the Emperor, N., end iltr;
midst devices, alternately ; in the 1,033,,
most exposed, many of these were, however, parl3,ll
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wholly extinguished by the wind. The theatres were
lit up, as were the various embassies and a vast notate':
private houses. The neighbourhood of the Place a.
' was exceedingly brilliant, and that part of Parispo37i
during the day its own amusements quite egad in Vs.-,
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