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

OUR FRENCH VISITORS.

The Lnrd Mayor entertained at dinner, in the
Egyptian hall, last evening, the Prefect of the Seine and
the other gentlemen connected with the municipality of
Paris, who are now. on a vi-it to the mr-tropolis. The
company numbered nearly 200, and included, bepi,les
the chief magistrate of the city of Paris. M. Delangle,
President of the inunicipAl council ; Senator Thayer;
Senator Germain Thibault, secretary of the Paris Cham-
ber of Commerce ; M. Ferrier de Thurrettes, private
secretary to the Prefect ; M. Mille, engineer of bridges
and 'rinds ; his Highness Prince Gholah Mahtnond ;
his Hizhness Prince Ferozaehah ; the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor of Dublin, S'r Anthony Ro.thscbild, Go-
nerd Chatterton, Admiral Collier, Mr. G. Moffatci.
M.P , the C rnsuls-General of France, Belgium, Sells
Portugal, 'the Netherlands, Sardinia, Switzerland, Den
mark, Saxe-Weimar;Meeklenhurg, Mexico, Chili, and
B azity Mes rs. • Aldermen Farehrother, Farncomb,
Sidney, Salomon, Finnis, Wire, Carter, Oubitt, Ken-
nedy, and Rose, Sir G. Carroll, Sir J. Duke, M.P.,
Sheriffs Mnggeridge and Cro,ley, Deputy Dakip,
Causton, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Turnley, &c.
The loving cup having passed round,
the Queen,
f loym auec-
The LORD MAYOR gave " Her Majesty ,
which was received with the usual tokens u

tion. sts to honour
with enthusiasm the toast of "The p
His LORDSHIP then called. upon his gueeror and Era.
blitlit sentences re.
tinawuhtyichwhdLh agduoirteecla
press of the French," and in a r
ferred to the firmness of cbaorac
be
thet i
,_,, niaudita greeted the names of the
Loud and repeat,— r rupany c •
and the grace* a
EEnimppererossr.
and the en continued
Imperial visitors,
pissed the French national air,standing
" Par.
while the band
taut pour la Syrie.
f the SEINE, in '
The PREFECT.°
.. responding, observed
matrons pith which t
on the acclam ,
ed thehe toast had been 1•0*
oeived, and expres' gratlfication which he felt at
the enthnsi otic reception that had been accorded to
their Majesties.
The LORD MAYOR neat gave " his
prince Albert, Albert Prince f
W s Royal Highness
o
the Royal fatni;y,” a toast which ales, and the rest of
to say was they honoured.
The Loit,D IVIA.you
Excellency' the Prefectin proposing "The health of his
of the Seine," declared he felt
praud of the opport .
trate of the cit of
Paris in that room, while he an
from the condence which the Emperor and the Prefent '
had shown in the English •
alliance, by their visit to this
country at the present moment, ultimate success in_the
enterdrise which the allied armies had undertaken, arid
evetitualy an honourable and lasting peace Turning
to the Prefect, he assured him that, although the En.g-
hsh could not boast of those refinements which charac-
terised the French nation, the felt they honour of his
pre,e-Ice, and extended to him a hearty steicome• ,
The PREFECT of the SEINE, when Os protoogeu ap.
plause was hushed, addressed the company in.Ecgli.h,
as he wished (he observed) to say to them without any
interpreter—heart to heart—how much he felt the ad.
mirable reception they had met with from the English
population. (Loud applause.) In e.nclusion he pro.
posed "The or)
health of the Lord Mayor, which which his lord- •
ship aclo ow ed‘ed.
"The Army and Navy" was the next toast; and
Gezieral CLIATTSBTON, in responding,
said he bad
witnes4ed the reception to-day of the illustrious visitors
to the English Court, and he was sure it must be grati-
yin to them to 4'27. Ilakt in wargatla of foliog
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