The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Moniteur of yesterday states that the Aus-
trian Ambassador at Paris has left for Vienna, to
be present at the marriage of the Emperor ; he will
be absent 10 days.
On Monday morning the Duke of Cambridge and

the other distinguished English officers who accom-
pany his Royal Highness, visited the Museum of
the Louvre, over which they were attended by the
Comte de Newerkerke. In the evening the whole
of the party dined with M. Drouyn de Lhuys, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and subsequently went
to the Elysee, where a grand ball and concert took
place, for which magnificent preparations had been
made, numerous workmen having been _ employed
night and day for the past week. The palace,
which is in course of extensive alteration, and but
a few days since presented-a scene of the utmost
confusion and disorder, was transformed, its if by
enchantment, into one of those fairy edifices, which
French workmen appear to possess the- secret of
creating at short notice, beyond all others.
The principal entrance was beautifully orna-
mented with carpeting and light blue cloth, and
the side entrances the same. The facade was
decorated with an awning of blue and white al-
ternately, and with carpet-covered steps, at inter-
vals bordered with shrubs, for setting down the
guests. The company began to arrive shortly after
nice, and a few minutes before 10 the Imperial
carriages, with his Majesty and the Empress, and
the Imperial Household ; the Duke of Cambridge
and suite, etc., arrived. From this time till a
late hour the carriages came iu rapid succession,
the company comprising tne Ministers of State,
the Foreign Ambassadors, and the principal no-
bility, English, French, and foreign at present in
Paris. The gardens were most tastefully and
splendidly lighted and had more the appearance of
a scene of enchantment than a reality, the large
trees were adorned with coloured lanterns of differ-
ent sizes and colours, representing fruits of various
forms, whilst the walks were ornamented with
festoons of different coloured lightS, and vases, itc.7.c.,
of the same description, and recalled to mind the
magic beauty of the gardens described in the Ara-
bian ights. The view of the garden from the
ball-room on the ground floor, th lofty illuminated
trees in the distance forming au immense amphi-
theatre, with a grotto in the centre, composed of
pink and green Chinese lights, presented a coup-
d'ceil of which none but an eye-witness could form
an idea, whilst the varied groups tended not a little
to ,enhanee the scene. Of the palace itself, the
apartments, all newly restored and gilt with pro-
fusion, the furniture of the most splendid descrip-
tion, with the various decorations, together with
the brilliancy of the scene, illuminated by thou-
sands of wax tapers from splendid candelabras in
every direction, together- with the brilliancy of
the various military costumes and the variety and
elegance of the dresses of the fair sex, must have
given his Royal Highness and the visitors who ac-
companied him an idea that they were present at
a " housewarming". unequalled in the annals of
France, so celebrated for its national fetes. The
buffets were served with more than ordinary pro-
fusion, the refreshments of all sorts being of the
choicest kind. The:r Majesties retired 'about one
o'clock, after which the remainder of the company
began to retire gradually, but it was not until
" daylight hadhegun to dawn" that the whole of
the company had left. Dancing, which at the
commencement had been almost an "impossibi-
lity," was kept up with spirit to the last.
General Lord Raglan and Lord de Ros left Paris
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, en route for Mar-
seilles.
Colonel Ardent has arrived at Paris to render an
account of the mission which he has fulfilled con-
jointly with General Bonrcroyne. He came by the
Louqsor, just arrived at 'lllarseilles from Constan-
tiuope, which met with numerous transports car-
rying English and French troops to Gallipoli.
There remained at Malta only one regiment, to be
embarked.

General Bizot, commandant of the Polytechnic
School, has been appointed to the command in
chief of the engineer,' of the army of the East.
The Bourse yesterday was steady. The Three
per Cents. closed at 63f. 40c. for the end of the
month ; and the Four-aud-a-Half per Cents. at
90f. 10c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,050 f. ; Rouen,
820 f. ; Havre, 410 f. ; Great Northern, 735 f. ;
Strasburg, 715 f. ; New Shares, 530 f. ; Paris and
Lyons, 790 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 655 f. ;
Western of France, 550 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette,
505 f. ; Great Central of France, 400 f. • Lyons to
Geneva, 422 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 500 f.