The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-17 00:00:00

OUR FRENCH VISITORS.

. The Lord Mayor entertained at dinner, in the
Egyptiarehall, last evening, the Prefect of the Seine and.
the other gentlemen connected with the municipality of-
Paris, who are now on a visit to the metropolis. The+
company numbered nearly 200, and included, besides.
the chief magistrate of the city of Paris. M. Delangle,.
president of the municipal council ; Senator Thayer e.
Senator Germain Thihault, secretary of the Paris Cham-
ber of Commerce ; M. Ferrier de Thurrettes, private,
secretary to the Prefect; M. Mille, engineer of bridges;
aid • oeds ; his Highness Prince Gholah Mahrnoud ;-
hie Hiehness Prince Ferozsehah • the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor of Dubl'n, S'r Anthony Retlischild, Ge-
nerd Chatterton, Admiral Collier, Mr. G. Moffatt,
M.P , the C.,esuls-Generat of France, Belgium, Spain,
Portugal, the Nether'ands, Sardinia, Switzerland, Den-,
mark, Saxe-Weirnar, Mecklenbure, Mexico, Chili, ate L
B azi', Mes re. Aldermen Farehrother, Fariicomls, '
Sidney, Salomons, Finnis, Wire, Carter, Cubitt, Keene
nedy, aed Rose Sir G. Carroll, Sir J. Dike, 51e7,:r :
Seeriffs Mu4geridge and Croeley, Deputy Detre Ayr.
Cau-ten, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Turnley, ,tc.
The loving cop having passed roiled,
the Queen,.
Tile LORD MAYOR gave " Her Ma.rstYof lop! affec-
which was received with the usual tekeri s
Cog. a hi, guests to hnnour
del-
f
His LORDSHIP then called up
el- i
f grief sentestsc,:s re- .
with enti,e,i,a,in the tac,z,n,as_%af,,TuwieletuEtyirwh:;':
press of the ,Fralch," il i
,f character which di.stivvi,i,.',ed
leered to Vie firmness
continued : .
o
I tthhee E'Emeeperpr2 gad the g
the French national ("1111113-
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„ ted plaudits Fectol the names of thet
Loud sort re the company i
Imperial visitor
air, " Par- .
The P"Frcr of " SEINE, in vespondin,-, observed
on the riCelaination! with which the toast I d b
:1,1,itl epg er t: n"31.111:v_
tho
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the entlwsi.vitic recepti--in that hat! la Veen re-
ceived, anti expressed 1.1,,, grat ficatio. I' ' ' .
tibevencaacchlerdfiedit to
The LotiD.MAYOR next
their Tiitijestica.
Princethe R o
yai f Albert,,tl
gave " his Royal Highness
;.;.),I)eartt Prince of Wales, and the rest of
tact which it is scarcely necessary
to say-w 33 du; honoured.
The tbR D 11 Vici
li, in proposing "The health of his
Excellency the Prefect
of the Seine," declared be fet
rraud of the opportunity of receiving the chief magic
Irate of the city of Paris in that room, while be augured
from
the confidence which the Emperor and the Prefect,
had shown in the English alliance, by their visit to this
country at the present moment, ultimate success in the
enterprise which the allied armies had undertaken, and
eventually an honourable and lasting peace Turning
to the Prefect, he assured him that, although the En g-
hat). could not boast of those refinements which charac-
terised the French nation, the felt they honour of his
presence, and extended to him a hearty welcmue-
,hen the prolonged ap-
Tde PREFECT of the SEINE,
'
plause was hushed, addressed the company in English,,as he wished (he,obaerved) to eay to them without any
interpreter—heart to heart—hew much he felt the ad-
mirable reception they had'met with from the English
population. (Loud applause.) .conclusion he pro-
posed . In
"Tile health of the Lord Mayor, ' which his lord:
ship acki ow ed4ed.
" The Army and Navy' was the next toast ; and
General CHATTERTON, in responding, said he bad
witnessed the reception to-day of the illustrious visitors
. tolls English Court, and be was sure it must be grati-
yipg to them to know that in warpath of feeling and