The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-24 00:00:00

PARIS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ,1
To-day was fixed for her Majesty to visit the Uni-
versa! Exhibition. Accordingly long before 11 o'clock, 's•
the time fixed for her Majesty's arteral, a vast crowd \ Z 1;
collected in the Champs Elysees. The only persons el- •
lowed admission into the Palace were the holders of
season tickets and exhibitors. The principal 'entrance •
to the Palace was tastefully decorated with flowers and
tapestry, and a carpet was laid down.
Her Majesty left St. Cloud shortly before eleven in •
an open carriage, and was accompanied by the Mu- '
peror, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal. The -
Prince of Walec was in the next carriage. As the
Queen descended the Champs Elysees, the crowd
shouted ",Viva la Reine " and when her Majesty
reached the Exhibition, where the Wait crowd;denser;the cry became louder. r
The Queen was received, on alighting from her 1
riaee, by Prince Napoleon, whom she cordially saluted,,
Taking the Emperor's arm her Majesty entered the "
Palace, and repeatedly aid most graciously bowed to
the commissioners assembled OR both sides of the vesti-
bule. A military band struck up "God Save the
Queen ! " and the people in the Palace raised a tremen-
!anus shout of " Vive la Reine ! " Prince Napoleter •
placed himself by the side of the Queen, and PrinenP
Albert fol'owed with the Princess Royal leaning
arm. And the Prince of Wales.
The Emperor then led the Queen to the transept, then
turning to the right, her Majesty ascended by the French
trophies to that of Deniere, where she turned into the
courts containing the bronzes of France. v ;
Her Majesty quitted the French court bt-Troroent
Meuride'e trophy, and proceeding onwards, reached the • •
top of the transept, and then turning to the left, went
to the Prussian trophies. The trophies of Austria next
excited the august visitor's attention.
The Queen then turned into the court containing the
splendid furniture of Furdinois and other macre.' 'Af-
terwards the Queen passed through the court of Liking-
ton and. Mason, and seemed pleased to find herself in
the Epglish department. Descending the gallery of the
baclJittle way, the Queen crossing another Court re-
born the transept just opposite the English marine
trAT:-. Her Majesty then proceeded down the tran-
sepV,l6) the porcelain cases of Copeland, Daniel, and
othett;' and there entered the court set apart to the pot.
tfkry, and porcelains of Staffordshire. Here the produc.
dons of Mintin and Co. and Wedgewood attracted her
Majesty's notice. Then passing through the Sheffield
court, the Queen entered the Manchester department,
and from it proceeded to the centre of the transept.
The Queen then proceeded to ascend to the French
trophies, and as she did so raised her eyes towards the
English galleries. Her Majesty appeared to be struck
by the number of English flags, and turned round to call
the attention of Prince Albert and the Prinoestr Royal
to them. Arrived at the trophy of war her Majesty
paused. In this trophy specimens of the new cannon
invented by the Emperor, which was found to be very
advantageous at the battles of the Alma and Inkerman,
are exhibited. Prince Albert examined the contents of
the trophy, cannon included, with evident interest. A
military band here struck up " God save the Queen !"
After taking a glance at• the trophy of the Industrie
Parisienne, and the bronzes of Barbedienne, the Queen
examined with some interest the diamonds of M.Halphen,
amongst which is the recently discovered " Southern
Star," a rival to the Koh-i-noor.
The Queen now quitted the palace by the great door
leading from the transept, and paused for a moment in
the garden to the left to obtain a little fresh air. The
Emperor afterwards led her Majesty round the portour
of the Panorama. In the course of the tour the royal
party turned aside to visit the Gallery of Industrial
Deigns, some of which Prince Albert examined with
attention.

After a short pause before the cluster of flowers which
precedes Vie entrance of the Panorama, the Emperor led
her Majesty into that part of the edifice. The first
thing the Emperor showed her Majesty was the new
metal aluminium, which possesses many of the qualities
of existing metals, and some others peculiarly its own.
The Emperor, it may be remembered, when this metal
was discovered. supplied funds from his privy purse to
have experiments made with it. The Queen next as-
cended the estrade to examine the diamonds-of the
Cniwn, and her Majesty did so with marked interest ;
the jewels of the Empress particularly attracted her
notice. The Queen next inspected the magnificent pro-
ductions of the manufactory of Sevres, and amongst
them the Emperor called her Majesty's attention to a
reproduction in biscuit of the well-known statue of Joan
of Arc, designed by the Princess Mary d'Orleans,
daughter of Louis Philippe. The Queen and Prince
also admired a vase of pate tendre ornamented with
canticauat violets, which is a marvellous production, and
which was brought specially from Sevres to be shown to
them. It will most likely be offered to the Queen. The
Royal party next inspected the productions of the
Gobelins and Beauvais—all of which excited their admi-
ration. _
The inspection of the Panorama being terminated th•
Queen and the august party partook of some slight re-
freshment.

The Annexe, where her Majesty's arrival was saluted
by the playing of "God save the Queen" by a military
band was but slightly examined by the Queen and Prince.
The Emperor turning to the right led the Queen up the
alley in which the Anzin and Algerian exhibitions are
placed, and then turned to the left of the French ma-
chines. The examination of the machines did not, how-
ever, extend to more than about two-thirds of the French
department, the exhibition of ❑o other country being
visited.

On quitting this department, the Queen and Emperor
proceeded to descend the lower part of the Annexe.
Arrived in the Canadian department, her Majesty paused
for a little while, and addressing Mr: Logan, one of the
Canadian commissioners, assured him that she considered
the exhibition admirable. Shortly after the Queen and
the other august personages left the exhibition by the
door on the Place de la Concorde, and proceeded to the
Tuileries in court carriages. As hey Majesty drove off
there were loud cries of Viva la Reins I "

The Queen's visit lasted nearly two hours, and with
the exception of the brief rest in the Panorama, her
Majesty was on foot all the time. Hand carriages bad
been prepared for the Queen, but her Majesty declined
to make use of them. The arrangements of the details
of the visit were unfortunately the reverse of excellent.
The spectators and exhibitors, in spite of the efforts of
the employ4s, mixed themselves with the gentlemen. of
the Imperial Commission and her Majesty's suite, and
not only separated the Queen from her suite, but pressed
far too near to where her Majesty was. Such was the
disorder that when the Queeniwas in the Panorama, the
Marquis of Breadalbane and other members of her
suite were for a time shut out with the public, and com-
pelled to wait in the crowd; and when the Queen was
leaving, one or two of the ladies of the suite were corns
pleteiy separated from her Majesty, and had to force
their way to her, as best they could.
Her Majesty and the rest of the party proceeded to
the Tuileries through the garden:, where lunch was pre-
pared. An immense crowd had collected on the passage
of the cortege and greeted her Majesty most warmly.
After some time, the Queen proceeded in a clo:e car-
riage to the Hotel of the British Embassy, the principal
apartments of which her Majesty examined with attn.
lien, and afterwards received some English persons of
distii,ction. Her Majesty then returned to the Tuile-
ries, and rejoined the Emperor. Prince Albert, in the
course of the afternoon, paid a visit to Prince Napoleon
at the Palais-Royal. After a short period of repose, the
cortege returned to the Palace of St. Cloud, where in the
evening there was a grand dinner of sixty covers, and
afterwards a performance in the theatre of the palace
by the artistes of the Gymnase, the piece represented
being Le Fil.9 de Fantille, with M. Bressant lending his
assistance.
The following details concerning the representation of
Les I.ionoiselles de Saint-Cyr at the Palace of St. Cloud,
on Monday, may prove interesting to your readers :
The Queen of England and the Empress sat together in
the centre of a range of seats, set apart for the Im-
perial and Royal families—the Queen being at
the right of the Empress. At the right of the
Queen were placed in the following order, the
Emperor, the Princess Royal, Prince Adalbert f Ba-
varia, and Prince Napoleon ; and at the left of the'
Empress, Prince Albert, the Princess Mathilde, and the
Prince of Wales. The display of diamonds was very
dazzling. At the sides, the seats on a level with the
Imperial box were occupied by the wives of the Minis-
ters and great functionaries, and behind these ladies
were the great personages themselves. The pit was re-
served for officers of the army, members of the great
bodies of the State. The comic parts of the perform:
ance seemed to amuse the august party exceedingly, and
diquett e frequently gave way to the irresistible pl ay of
the performers. One part in particular excited am ila
It is where the Ambassadoriof France, represented by
ost M. Fonts, Fonts, insinuates to Dubouloy, plard of St. Cyr
ingly by Regnier, that the two young
of Philip V. the influence of. the pri
then Dubouloy
had to come to Spain in order to counterlsnalelednieese
and to serve the policy of Austrre;
deep
aired of extri-
repeats in a dissatisfied One, as if
neeni,......0h! Austria,
eating himself from the erabarrafirrisreeee des tuhermeininsd,
with which Reg-
Austria !" and the expressive g
seemed greatly to
Count Crotti, who had
niceamu saectchoemhpiagnhiepdertshoinsageexsbolapmre
to Pan stones mpliment Queen Vie-
Emmanuel to come
Albert his name, was presented to
tons and Prince
cloud on Tuesday. He was aceom-
her Majesty At St. asteinotnr.ged
by
King
Tictor
pante The Queen and Prince Albert
d by the IVlsrquis de Villa Marina, the Sardinian
made 801310
k to the Count la •re tive to the brave
army
in the Crimea.
Piedmontese
'Thusday.
Prince Albert visited the Universal Exhibition this
Minister.
morning. He arrived at half-past 10, and inspected the
ing remarks
u privately with Prince Napoleon.
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