The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-31 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

Wednesday Evening.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
•
There is still a gPreAaßtlSinterruption in the com-
munications from Rome, which gives full swing to
the inventors of news. Garibaldi, we are told, is
under the walla of Rome. Nothing further is
known in reference to the alleged continuation of
the struggle at Monte Rotondo, although the report
is that it was retaken by the insurgents. Some
doubt is now thrown upon the report of the death of
the Deputy Acerbi. The Garibaldian chiefs killed
were Messrs. Franchio and Salviati. One of the
accounts says that Menotti Garibaldi was at Scad-
riglia. When Garibaldi was at Florence with his
volunteers be made a speech to them, in which he
said plainly that they were marching to death, and
told those who were afraid of it to leave the ranks.
He also said it would be better for those to retire
who could not support hunger, thirst, long marches,
and fatigues of all sorts. In pursuance of this
speech a few young men, not strong enough to bear
arms, were, by order of Garibaldi, sent home by
the chiefs.

The grand banquet of sovereigns on Monday
evening at the Hotel de Ville went off with great
eclat and satisfaction to all. Besides the Emperor
of Austria there were present the Queen of Hol-
land and King Louis I. of Bavaria. The place de
l'Hotel de Ville was magnificently illuminated.
The Emperor IN apoleon and the Empress arrived
with their Royal gues's shortly before seven, and
were received by the Prefect of the Seine and the
municipal authorities. The scene was gorgeous in
the extreme, but it has been often described. The
Emperor of Austria was dressed in splendid Hun-
garian uniform, scarlet embroidered with gold, with
the white dolman. His brothers wore the same
uniform as at the review. The table of honour for
the Royal party was resplendent in the extreme,
and, of course, it was ornamented with the magni-
ficent and unparalleled- surtout de table, or table
ornament, manufactured by the house of Messrs.
Christofle & Co. With the King of Bavaria, Queen
of Holland, and the Emperor Napoleon were several
Ambassadors, the Duchess of Hamilton, and Prin-
cess Metteruich. At another table were the Em-
press, the Emperor of Austria, Princess Mathilda,
and several other members of the Bonaparte family,

'At dessert the Emperor Napoleon proposed the
health of the Emperor of Austria, which was duly
honoured. A calculation has been made that the
number of plates used was 7,352. There were
2,484 glasses. To eat the magnificent viands and
delicacies prepared 5,000 knives and forks were
used. Upon the whole there never was a more
magnificent banquet even at the Hotel de Ville, so
celebrated for magnificent dinners and splendid
balls.
When the Emperor of Austria was at the Exhi-
bition, and the crowd pressed around him, a little
girl of five years, whose mother held her in her
arms, and who could not see anything as so many
persons were before her, cried out, " I want to see
the Emperor." The Emperor saw and heard her,
and passing through the crowd, which respectfully
made way, he took the child in his arms and
ki,sed her on both cheeks. There being a sweet-
meat stand close by, the Emperor went in and
selected a magnificent bag of bons-bons, which he
placed in the little child's Lands, who gave it to her
mother. The Emperor bowed graciously to her and
the child was delighted. All the spectators of the
scene cheered with enthusiasm, and the child throw-
ing her arms round her mother's neck said, "Oh !
mother, the Emperor kissed me."
The following are the exact terms of the speech
of the Emperor of Austria, in returning thanks for
the toast to his health by the Emperor Napoleon,
at the Hotel de Vile :
" Sire, —I am very grateful for the toast which
your Majesty has just proposed. When a few days
ago I visited the tomb of my ancestors at Nancy, I
could not help forming a wish. May we, I said to
myself, bury in this tomb, confided to the care of a
generous nation, all the discords which have sepa-
rated two countries destined to proceed together in
the route of progress and civilisation. (Repeated
applause.) May we by our union offer a fresh
guarantee of that peace without which nations can-
not prosper. (Bravo, bravo ! Vive l'Empereur.)
I thank the city of Paris for the reception it has
given to me, for in our days the relations of friend-
ship and goodwill between Sovereigns have a double
value, as they are based upon the sympathies and
the aspirations of the people." The Emperor of
Austria then proposed the toast of " The Emperor,
Empress, and the Prince Imperial. To France.
To the city of Paris." Applause which seemed to
shake the building followed this toast.
The Emperor of Austria has expressed his ex-
treme satisfaction with his visit to Paris. His
Majesty intended to leave to-morrow, but he has
announced to his suite that he means to prolong
his stay until Monday next. His Majesty goes
about everywhere, sometimes to the theatre. On
Monday he walked about the Champs. Elysees.
To-day, I believe, he is gone to Compiegne. His
Majesty has paid a visit to the Hale, where the
banquet of which I made mention was presented to
him.

It is announced officially that the French fleet
arrived on Monday evening at Civita Vecchia. All
was quiet at Rome at that period ; but Garibaldi
was at a distance of only a few miles from the city.
The telegraphic communications were still inter-
rupted.
There has been a Cabinet Council to-day at St.
Cloud, at which the Emperor presided.
The Queen of Holland left Paris last night on her
return home by way of Heidelberg.
To-day the weather has been magnificent, more
like summer than advanced autumn.
The Exhibition has been a scene of joyous excite-
ment, so full that locomotion was a matter of diffi-
culty.