The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

THE CARNIVAL IN PARIS.

The Paris correspondent of the Nord sends the
following details of the late fancy ball given by the
Minister of Foreigu,Affitirs :—" Count Walewski
and the Countess Walewska received `their guests,
the former in a black costume of the time of Louis
XVI., with powder and the grand blue cordon ;
and the latter in the mythological costume of
Diana, the huntress. About 10 o'clock the crowd
of guests began to fill the salons, and it was soon
regretted that the gentlemen had somewhat too
much abused the permission to appear in domino.
The fete was wonderfully splendid and animated.
The mazurka and the lancers ware several times
danced, the latter continuing to be the rage among
the Parisians. A Styrian quadrille was also danced,
in which Mademoiselles de Leventhal and Wadicka
and the Count de Castiglione appeared in appropri-
ate costumes. After a splendid supper the ball con-
cluded, as usual, by a cotlllon, which was conducted
by the Count de Raincourt, who Wore the uniform
of musketeer of the time of Louis XV., with the
Countess Waleswka as his partner. Almost all the
ladies of the Court had adopted tho powdered and
ribanded style of Madame do Pompadour. Seve; al
ladies, among whom were Mesdames S!rozzi, de
Hatzfeld, de Beyens, de Paiva, Arc., had adopted a
domino trimmed.with lace and flowers, and so ar-
ranged as to allow them to dance. The persons
belonging to the Ministry, MR. de Lesseps, de
Billing, Declercq, Marchand, D sceaux, El. Lefe-
bvre, Armand, and do TreVise were remarked for
the good taste and elegance of their coshrnes. The
members of the • Persian embas'y appeared in
the ancient Persian costume. Some _young at-
taches of Hesse, Bavaria, and Belgium adopted
the costumes of the staff of Prince Eugene; Count.
Karoly representing that personage. The Princess
Mathilde figured as a marquise of the time of Louis
XV., and wore a dress of blue damask ; the Prin-
cess Joachim Murat was also a marquise of the
same reign, and • wore a dress. of white damask,
with roses and diamonds ; Madame de la Poise,
one of the ladies of the Empress, Madame de Chass-
iron, and the Princess Poniatowska, and about 30
other ladies, wore likewise the costumes of mar-
Anises of the time of Louis XV. The Spanish Am-
bassadress, the Countess de Serrano, wore the c‘-s-
-tume of Isabel de Valois—a very high dress with a
large cross on the- breast. The Countess de Cas-
tiglione (who was one of the few who had the
courage to abandon crinoline) wore a very original
costume of exquisite taste—appearing as the Queen
of Hearts, crowned with' a heart, her hair falling
down on her shoulders, a dress with large folds
falling straight, ornamented with various colours,
and with heraldic bearings on one side. Mdlle. Mag-
nan, daughter of the Marshal, wore a hunting cos-
tume of the time of Louis XV. Madame de
Seebach ware the costume of . the wife of . a
Boyard of the time of Peter the Great—a dress of
cloth of gold, trimmed With furs, and a profusion
of diamonds. The Princess Callimaki was in the
costume of Maria de Medicis, and had the hardi-
hood to wear a frill of enormous dimensions. The
Prince's Czartoriska, who arrived from Rome three
days before, had a charming costume of a bourgeoise
of the time of Louis XVI., with a large bonnet
dla Necker. Madame Dubois PE 4.1.n0 looked
charming as a grisette of the time of Louis XT.
Madame Poujade, niece of the Prince Caimacan of
Wallachia, was dressed as a peasant girl of the
Danube ; the Marquise de Portes was as a n tive
of Cracow; the two daughters of Btron de Hub-
ner were as village brides of the Opera Comique ;
Madame Fleury, widow of the General, wore the cos-
tume of a Lady of the Court of Louis XVI., a silk
dress of large designs, gigantic hoop, and a head-
dress of several ranges surmounted with fewhers.
The Countess Stephanie Teacher de la Pagerie wore
the costume of a marquise of Louis XV. ; Madame
Gensino looked well as a Neapolitin p, asant ; ztiii
Madame de Brigode was superb in the costume of
a Bohemian lady. The two-Princes of Reuss wore
the Croatian peasant costume, with Hungarian
boots and pantaloons ; MM. de Gras and Albe-
clinski had adopted the costume of wealthy Russian
peasants, very exact, very rich, and very muchil ad-
mired; MM, de Chassiron and de Bersolles ad the
costume of the time of Henri 111. ; M. de Beyens,
that of a soldier of Louis XIII. ; M. Olympe
Aguado, a very rich Eastern costume ; M. Gustave
do Rothschild appeared as a Greek, and the rich-
, ness of his arms, which were ornamented with pre-
cious stones, excited general admiration."

CUSTOMS' DUTIES.

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