The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-16 00:00:00

PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.

On Tuesday there will be a review in Windsor Park,
and a grand banquet at the. Castle in the evening.
On Wednesday there will be an investiture of the
Garter, and afterwards a grand banquet, at which seve-
ral of the knights of that illustrious order, and their
ladies, with the great officers of State, will be present.

On Thursday the Emperor will take his depsiturefrom
Windsor by the South Western Railway for Bucking-
ham Palace, where he will receive the corps diploma-
tique, after which he will prodeed to the Guildhall to
receive the address of the corporation and the freedom_ of
the City. He will return by Cheapside, Fleet-street,
Strand, Pall-mall East, Regent-street, Piccadilly, to
Hyde-park-corner, and Constitution-hill. In the even-
ing their Majesties will accompany the Queen to the
Royal Italian Opera.
On the Friday they will accompany the Queen to the
Crystal Palace at Norwood. In the evening there will
be a grand party, ball, and ooncert at Buokingham
Palace.
And on Saturday the illustrious visitors will take their
departure for France.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.-THE IMPERIAL

VISIT.

The arrangements at the Crystal Palace for the re-
ception of her Majesty and her imperial guests on Fri-
day next are in rapid progress, and will, when c omsir
pleted, be in every way worthy of the occasion.
Joseph Paxton and his numerous staff are indefatigable
—fresh walks are being prepared, trophies
erected,
orchestras arranged, and handsome balconies are in
course of construction. A magnificent suite of recep-
tion-rooms has sprang into existence at the Queen 's
entrance, almost as if by magic, doing infinite credit to
the taste and judgment of Mr. Crace, to whom their
preparation has been entrusted, and to the liberality e
the directors. They consist of one magnificent saloon for
the royal and imperial visitors, handsome reception-rooms
for the suite, and dre3sing-room replete with every toilette
luxury for the ladies. We have seldom seen a handsomer
interior than that presented by the royal saloon. The
decorations are of the Renaissance period, resplendent in
gold and colour, relieved on a (lark chocolate ground,
and having the centre of the ceiling painted in a high
style of art. The tables, chairs, and mirrors are of pro-
portionate magnificence, and cannot fail to meet the ap-
proval of our illustrious visitors. The apartments for
the equerries and dames dhohneur are plainer in their
decorations, but still extremely elegant, apd the boudoirs
have been arranged more with a view to convenience and
utility than decorative effect. In the large space recently
occupied as an experimental picture gallery a luxurious
buffet will be spread, capable of entertaining sixty or
seventy persons, and to which only the royal and imperial
party, the more distinguished members of the respective
suites, and the foreign ambassadors will be admissible.
The arrangements for general visitors on the 20th con-
template only season ticket holders, shareholders, and
exhibitors. To the two latter classes cards of admission
will be sent, and the tickets will admit the first-named
as usual. To those of the public who, not being ticket-
holders may wish to be present on the occasion of the
imperial visit, tickets for the unexhausted portion of the
present year will be issued at the rate of one guinea
each, and should the purchasers wish to renew them at
the end of the month a further charge of one guinea only
will be demanded, so that persons availing themselves of
this privilege will be in a slightly better position than
those who had taken their tickets at the commence-
ment. It is expected that the extraordinary interest
of the occasion and the reduction in price will
create an immense demand for tickets. As may be
seen by the advertisements, the grounds will be open
from ten in the morning,.but the interior of the build-
ing will be closed to the general public until the royal
party have retired to luncheon, when the doors will be
thrown open. It is hoped that under these circumstances
the public will be their own police, ranging themselves
decorously on eaeh side of the nave and transept, in
which case every one will be gratified with a sight of
our illustrious guests, while the latter will not be in-
commoded or annoyed. Proper steps will of course be
taken by the authorities to carry out this arrangement,
but the friendly co-operation of the public will wonder-
fully facilitate their success. There will naturally be a
lively curiosity on the part of the latter to see the Em-
peror and Empress, but as the company must be, from
the terms of admission, comparatively select, there are
many reasons to expect that that curiosity will in no in-
stance be permitted to transgress the bounds of polite-
ness and good taste. Those who come early will have
their patience somewhat taxed, as they will hardly gain
admission to the interior before half-past one o'clock, but
the basement storey will be thrown open, and amply sup-
plied with refreshments, under the experienced direction
of Messrs. Staples, who will make sufficient arrange-
ments for the refection of the expected influx of company.
Bands will be stationed in various parts of the grounds,
and various novel decorations will give gaiety and variety
to the scene. It should be mentioned that among the
temporary erections in progress is a large balcony overe
the garden front of the great transept, from which the
royal and imperial party will have an excellent viewof
the unrivalled prospect, and in their turn may be seen
by all the company assembled on the terrace.

THE PREFECT OF THE SEINE .AT THE'
• MANSION HOUSE.
On Saturday a Court of Common Council was held for
the despatch of public business.
The LORD MAYOR said—Gentlemen, r feel it my duty
to inform you that the Prefect of the Seine has sent me
a telegraphic communication, stating that by permission
of the Emperor of the French
o mpl he is ab out to visit y
raour
a ciment to the corpo-
chief magist,ate, and pay
tion of London, and he intends to remain here dazing
the period of his Imperial Majesty's stay in this country.
(Hear, hear.)to every member of
It 'sap eculiar incident, and must, I feel
assured, be most highly gratifying
*a gout, that not (ply the pr,lporor of the rouit
int

I also the Prefect of Paris shcinld honour this country b..
a mark of their 'united sympathy and regard for th,
8.-itish nation. The telegraphic despatch says :
is The Prefect of the Seine present his most earnest
corn t 4 his lordship. He will be the only one of
his family to visit London • but lie will be accompanied
by four me,--tbers of the ifunicipal Council, and will
probably arriv,' in the course of Monday. As regards
the banquet, be olaces himself at the disposal of Ms lord-
ship for appointing the day that will be nicst convenient
London. Two persons of his
for the corporation .°f
administration who let; to-Jay, in order to regulate
everything relating to the ;gurney ani to the .residence
of the deputation from Paris, will present'themselves to
his lordship• to-morrow morning:-" Those gentlemen
have just arrived,,and I have, placed the Mansion-bowie
at their disposal for the use of the Prefect and his suite.
(Cheers.)
It was then referred to the general purposes committee
to see that the state rooms at the Mansion-house Were
properly fitted up, and handsomely decorated, previous
to their ocoupi'ion by the Prefect, and also to procure
suitable apartments in the City for, the use of the mem-
bers of the Municipal Council during their visit.
The general purposes • committee immediately retired
to an adjoining room, and made arrangements for the
purpose of carrying out the resolution of the court.
Sir J. llusgroi,e here took the chair as tenens
for the Lord Mayor, whose attendance was required at
Whitehall, for the purp,;se of making arrangements
connected with the approaching visit of the Emperor of
the French.

It is understood that the Prefect of the 'Seine will ar-
rive at the Mansion-house in the course of this afternoon,
accompanied by MM. De Lan; le,' President de In Com-
mission Municipale ; Bremier, President de la Cour
d'Appel Pelouze, Mernbre de I'lnstitut, Senateur ;
Thayer, Senateur ; Germain Thibault; Secretaire de la
Chambre de Commerce de Paris ; Perrier. de Tourrette,
Secretaire Particulier de Monsieur le Prefet ; Mille, In•
genieur des Ponts et Chauss4es. The Lord-Mayor, who
has invited the aldermen and several meriabers of the
Common Connell to meet th 6, dktinguisbed visitors a
dinner this evening, will, accompanied by the sherifFir,
be in readiness to receive them on their arrival in Lob-
don.

(Prom the Times of this day.)

Within a few hours from the publication of these lines
the Emperor of the French, accompanied by his consort.
the Empress Eugenie, will have landed on the shore of
England ; and the overeign in whose eventful career
the people of this country take an interest not inferior
to that which may be felt by his own subjects will be
the visitor of our Queen and the guest of this nation.
It is understood to be the express wish of the Emperor
Napoleon himself that this visit should bear all the
marks of a public and national event. With great judg-
ment and manly feeling he has notified his intention to
show himself to the people 'of England, and to respond
in his own person to those demonstrations of hospitality
and confidence which are well calculated not only to
do him honour, but to strengthen the principles of the
great alliance. Never was there an occasion on which
the splendour of the Court—the pomp of ceremony
—the chivalrous traditions of an order of knight-
hood which has been proudly worn by the greatest
personages of modern history—the acclamations of
the people assembled before the great Palace cf i
Modern Industry, —and the quaint hospitalities of the
first city in the world, could more properly be applied
than to give solemnity and magnificence to so extraor-
dinary a meeting. The character of the personages whom
we are about to receive, and the circumstances of the
time, give an unexampled interest to such an occurrence.
It is rot merely a great potentate like the late Emperor
of Russia, or a king like Louis Pkilippe, who professed
to cultivate a personal intimacy with the Queen of Eng-
land and her family, that the ancient halls of Winds ,r
will this day receive. Louis Napoleon returns to this
country, elected to supreme power by 8,000,000 of
Frenchmen, holding in a steady grasp that sceptre which
has so often slipped from the hands of the sagacious and
the strong, and using the power of France for purposes
and objects identical with our own. His person, his
habits, and the incidents of his life are familiar to all
of us ; and, though he has sometimes met with stout
political opponents among those who were best ac-
quainted with him, no man who ,has lived in his inti-
macy ever withdrew from him his personal regard.
The Empress Eugenie, like himself, has mingled in Eng-
lish society ; she received her education in England, and
is herself the daughter of an old Scottish house, which
connects her more nearly with the people of Great
•Britain than if her pedigree was derived from the Raps-
burgs or the Bourbons.
These personal considerations, however, sink into
comparative insignificance when compared with the
political alliance of which this meeting is the symbol.
Other rulers of France have sought by diplomatic means
to establish an alliance between the former rivals of
Western Europe ; and the fault was not ours if those
combinations did not produce all the results once antici-
pated from them. Bit the preserit,. Emperor of the
French has converted this union into an offensive awl
defensive alliance : he has sent his ships into action at
the same instant and in the same cause ; he has con-
founded the ranks of the two armies, fighting side by
side, until it became hard to distinguish the Zouavefrois
till Guardsman in the front of battle ; and he has ism-
glid the standards of 'the two nations above the same
trophies of victory. Hostility, jealousy, riva'ry, and
prejudice have melted away in the presence of danger
and by the light of war; and the events of the past year
I have created ties, both personal and national, between
the people and the armies of the two nations, which may,
we hope, be regarded as indissoluble.
At this moment the salutes which are echoed along
the Downs and the white cliffs of Dover, in welcome of
the Imperial squadron, reverberate in unison with the
sullen fire of the lines about Sebastopol ; and the na-
tional ensigns, profusely mingled on our public buildings,
our streets, and our palaces, do but represent those•en-
signs of war which are flying side by side upon French
and English vessels in every sea and in every port of the
globe. The arrival of our Imperial guests may com-
plete, but it does not inaugurate the alliance ; for
the welcome of London and the festivities of Wind-
sor were anticipated in a mire heroic mood by
the joint contests of the Alma and of Inkerman.
The decisive success which will yet, we hope,
crown our united efforts is still to come ; but it i s
no mean harbinger of that triumph that the same union
exists in the court as in the camp, among the people and
in the army.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort have evinced in
the strongest manner their desire to receive. the Emperor
and the Empress with every mark of consideration, and
to celebrate this visit with the utmost magnificence ;
and on such an occasion we did not depart from the
usual deference paid in this country to the Crown, by
stating that the arrangements have been made under
the personal direction of the most illustrious personages
in the realm. On their landing—which will take place
this morning at Dover, under a salute from the powerful
squadron assembled in the Downs under Vice-Admiral
Sir Thomas Cochrane—Prince Albert will receive the
Imperial visitors, who will forthwith proceed by the
South-Eastern Railway to the station at the Bricklayers'
Arms, where they are expected t) arrive soon after
four o'clock. Her Majesty's carriages, with as escort,
will be in attendance, and the cortege will pass over
Westminster-bridge, through Whitehall, Pall-mall, and the
Parks, to the Great Western station at Paddington, whence
a special train will convey them to Windsor. His Im-
perial Majeaty appears to have chosen this mode of
entering the metropolis with more solemnity than had
at first been intended, in order at once to testify that,
while he is the ;meat of the Queen, he . throws himself
with entire confidence upon the hospitality of the Eng-
lish people. In that confidence we are perfectly assured
that he will not be mistaken, for on this side of the
1 Channel we see in the Emperor Napoleon nothing but
the representative of France, and a Prince who has cul-
tivated with the utmost sincerity and energy the alliance
of this country. It is true that we glory to afford an
indiscriminate shelter and protection to political partisans
of every shade and of every land, and, that the Emperor
of the French may meet in the streets of London with
Republicans and Royalists, with anarchists and with
Princes, who receive in turn that asylum which. Prince
Louis Napoleon long enjoyed. It is true, also, that a
people ever jealous of its own liberties, and ever on its
guard against the abuse of the prerogative, weloomes
with unaccustomed enthusiasm a Sovereign who extin-
guished constitutional government in France, and who
Ihas carried the absolute authority of the executive power
to its furthest limits. But these are to us abstract ques-
tions, which it is not our business to solve. The Go-
vernment of Fiance, sanctioned by the almost unani-
mous
votes of the male population, and strength-
eneden. by three or four years of passive ‘ritderests
tire obedience to the will of its chief, mainly
connection
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