The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-27 00:00:00

FOR LIEUTENANT- COLONEL BOWYER'S CUP.

300 yds. 500 yds. 630 yds, Total.
Col.-Sergt Norsworthy 13 .. 8 .. 11 .. 32
Lieutenant Cripps 11 .. 11 8 30
Captain Parker
Sergeant Lipscomb ll .. 8 9 23
Private Holt
Sergeant Mills
Private Beachey S 11 .. 4 23

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.

STATE OF THE POLL-TWO O'CLOCK-
THIS DAY.

Jones
Lawrence .
Nissen ....

THE FRENCH EXHIBITORS AND
PRINCE NAPOLEON.

The principal exhibitors of the articles of French
industry, impressed with the idea that the visit of
Prince Napoleon to this country ought not under
existing circumstances to be allowed to pass by
without a public recognition on their part, last night
entertained his Imperial Highness at a magnificent
banquet in the refreshment routs of the Great
International Exhibition, when upwards of 300
gentlemen sat down to a feast of the most
recherche character, the wines for which were sup-
plied from the cellars of the principal exhibitors of
French produce.

In an English entertainment of a like character,
the principal guest of the evening would take his
seat at the right of the president ; but our Gallic
neighbours, in a refinement of etiquette which we
can scarcely understand, place the invited in the
position of the principal inviter, and therefore the
banquet last night was presided over by Prince
Napoleon, who was supported by a prefect, a
body of men honoured with the Cross of the
Legion of Honour, and by Earl Granville, the
President of the Commissioners of the International
Exhibition.

Prince NAPOLEON, in proposing the first toast,
said he had to call upon his fellow•countrymen at
present resident in England to show that they
duly appreciated the excellence of the rules under
which they were living. It was, however, im-
possible to glance at the present position of Queen
Victoria without a deep feeling of regret at the loss
which not only the English nation but the people
at large had sustained in the death of his Royal
Highness the late Prince Consort.
The toast was most enthusiastically received.
Earl GRANVILLE returned thanks, and on behalf
of the Commissioners of the Exhibition gave expres-
sion to the feelings of gratitude which animated them
towards the Emperor of the French for the material
aid which he had afforded them in rendering as per-
fect as possible the Great International Exhibition.
He hoped his Imperial Majesty would not rest con-
tented with a second-hand account of all that was
to be seen, but would, accompanied by the Empress,
soon come to this country to witnes the Exhibition,
and feel a legitimate pride at the high position oc-
cupied in it by the French exhibitors. (Hear hear.)
In conclusion he would give them the toast " Vive
l'Em pereur !" (Cheers.) _ _

The toast having been duly responded to,
M. CARL, President of the Committee of the In-
ternational Exhibitors, on his own behalf and on
the behalf of those who acted with him, presented
an address of welcome to his Imperial Highness,
and assured him of the gratification which they ail
felt at being honoured by his attendance on the pie-
sent occasion.

Prince NAPOLEON returned thanks. He thought
he said, that so much progress had been made in re-
gard to the holding of international exhibitions that
it was now impossible to go back. He hoped next
year to see a building like the present erected in
Paris for a similar purpose, and that Englishmen
would be found to act as the French had now acted,
and agree to do all in their power to make the com-
ing exhibition a success.

Earl GRANVILLE then proposed " Success to the
forthcoming Exhibition at Paris," and stated his
belief that there were no means so efficient for bind-
ing nation to nation as organisations of this kind.
M. ROULIER, Minister of Public Works and
Agriculture, proposed " The Union of France and
England," a toast which was most enthusiastically
received.
The proceedings then terminated in the usual
manner.
The saloon was elegantly decorated for the occasion,

flags being tastefully suspended from one side cf the
apartment. A. band of music played at intervals
Partant pour la Syrie," and other popular French
airs. The whole affair passed off most satisfactorily.

MARKETS---THIS DAY.