The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-12 00:00:00

7HE STA7E VISI7 70 THE OPERA.

The reception of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan
in the Floral-hall on the occasion of the State visit
on Monday next bids fair to present many novel and
most interesting features.

His Majesty the Sultan will be accompanied by
his Imperial Highness Monseigneur Youssouff
Izzedin Effendi, eldest son of his Imperial Majesty ;
his Imperial Highness Monseigneur Hamid Effendi,
nephew of his Imperial Majesty ; and by his Im-
perial Highness Monseigneur Murad Effendi,
nephew of his Imperial Majesty.
His Majesty's suite consists of no less than 59
persons, including the following dignitaries :--His
Highness Fuad Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
his Excellency Kiamil Bey, Grand Master of the
Ceremonies ; his Excellency Arify Bey, First Inter-
preter; Ali Fuad Bey, Private Secretary to the Mini-
ster. Imperial Ircusehold—His Excellency Djemil
Bey, First Chamberlain ; Emin Bey, First Secre-
tary ; Halid Bey, Second Chamberlain ; Hairoullah
Effendi, First Almoner, with five other officers of
State. Military Staff.—Rassim Pasha, Admiral ;
Marco Pasha, Principal Physician ; Reouf Pasha,
Brigadier-General, First Aide-de-Camp ; Riza Bey,
Colonel Aide-de-Camp ; Hazif Bey, Colonel ; Salyh
Bey, Lieutenant-Colonel, Aide-de-Camp, with five
other officers of State. Household.—Ahmed Bey,
Master of the Wardrobe ; Ham Effendi, Hussein
Bey, Halil Aga, Said Bey, Edib Effendi, with 26
other officers.

His Imperial Majesty will also be attended by the
following officers of her Majesty's llousehold—
viz., the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain
the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Yeoman
of the Guard, the Gold Stick, the Vice-Chamber-
lain, the Treasurer of her Majesty's Household,
the Controller of her Majesty's Household, the
Silver Stick, the Field Officer in Brigade Waiting,
the Controller of the Lord Chamberlain's Depart-
ment. An escort of cavalry will attend his Majesty
the Sultan to the opera.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by his suite, and accompanied by his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge and other members
of the Royal family, will arrive shortly before the
Sultan in readiness to receive his Majesty in the
Floral-hall. On the conclusion of the ceremony
of the reception the procession will be formed and
pass from the west to the east end of the Floral-
hall, and then ascend the ES taireago leading through
the Crush-room of the Opera-home to the Royal
box.

As soon as the Royal party arrive in the box,
which will be placed in the centre of the house,
the curtain will rise and the National Anthem will
be sung. The opera, Auber's " Masaniello," will
then commence.

The presence of his imperial Majesty the Sultan,
with the Imperial Princes, and surrounded by his
brilliant suite, and also by the officers of her Ma-
jesty's household, together with hi. 3 Royal highness
the Prince of Wales and suite, will form a coup (rail
of surpassing interest. The galleries, as well as the
lateral aisles of the Floral-hall are to be set apart
for spectators, the aisle being separated from the
centre of the hall by low banks of planks and
flowers.

THE BELG L4N VOLUNTEERS.

To-day our foreign friends visited the City of
London, where they were entertained in the most
sumptuous manner by the Lord Mayor. The at-
tention of our foreign visitors was riveted by the
crowds of persons who assembled to greet them on
their march, and altogether a scene—not, how-
ever, without some confusion—of the most ani-
mated description presented itself. Fleet-
street, St. Paul's. Churchyard, and Cheapside were
thronged to such an extent that all business pur-
poses were almost entirely put a stop to ; but, not-
withstanding this temporary inconvenience, the
citizens generally showed their appreciation of the
visit by the display of thousands of banners and
flags from their windows and house tops, the Belgian
colours, of course, preponderating over all the rest.
The Belgians seemed in ecstacies with their recep-
tion, and returned the salutations they received
with the greatest enthuiaslll.