The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-24 00:00:00

GRAND FANCY BALL IN PARIS.

A splendid fancy- ball was given on Friday night
by M. Fould, Minister of State, on the occasion of
the Mi-atreme. The saloons were brilliantly illu-
minated; and decorated will the choicest flowers ;
and a long galley separating them from the sup-

per room was hung throughout with sky-blue silk.
EmpressAt about 11 the Emperor and atrved, at-
tirzd in black duninoes. The Etnper,r kept his
in irk on all the time he stayed ; but the Empress,
to whom a small saloln. had been reserved, soon
withdrew To it tl change her costume, and returned
to the ball-room dressed as a Persian lady, a pic-
turesque c)stume, consisting of a lorw, garment of
thick silk gauze, striped white and 'Wu-, without
crinoline, and covering the whole person from the
neck to 1113 feet. The head-dress con,i,ted of a
kind of white cashmere veil, entirely concealing
the face, with-the exception of a square opening
left for the oyes, but protected by silk netting. The
Princess Mathilde bad her hair powdered, and her
shoulders covered with a short cloak and hood.
Prince NapAeon, Marshals Pelissier, Caarobert.,
Alnnan,Vaillant, and Boequet, the minister&ambas-
nador3, and gloat dignitaries were all in domino. M.
Fould was dressed in b'ack, with an open domino.
Madame Fould was attired in a -rich costume as
Mary Stuart.; Lady Cowlby had assumed the cha-
racter of Mary Queen of England ; the Countess
de Serrano wore a charming Andalusian black and
rose-coloured costume, richly etiabroidnrcd ; the
Couotss de Castiglione was dre,sei -as a Norwegian
countrywoman ; the Marquis de Brigade had one
of the most splendid costumes at the ball, being
dressed as Juno, after the fashion of the ballets of
Luis XIV., with peacock feathers on her head,
the body of the dress being blue velvet fringed with
gold, a short frock of cloth of silver, and blue vel-
vt..t buskins with gold embroidery. Madame Mag-
nan wore a riding-dress copied from a painting of
Lancret's ; Madame de Barachin, her sister, was
dressed as Marie-Antoinette ; the Princess Cali-
maki were a cnr.ous dress of the midire ages, with
a kind of ruff covering the back and protruding
over the shoulders. Among the gentlemen the
most remarkable costumes were those of Count de
Nieuwerkerke, dressed as an Ojibbsway Indian ; M.
Olympo Aguado, as a Byzantine prince of the 13th
century ; and of M. de Heckeeren-' as a Hungarian.
Prince Danilo and suite appeared in their rich na-
tional costumes. A gentleman whose name did not
transpire was accoutred in complete armour of the
time of the Crusaders. Supper was. served up at
half-past one, and the cotillon WAS danced after
supper. Their Majesties did not dance, but stayed
until three o'clock.

MONEY-ORDER OFFICES.—GENERAL POST-OFFICE,
March 23. —On the Ist of April the following alterations
will be made :—England-1. Money-order offices will
be opened at Abbots Bromley, Stafford, head office at
Rugeley; Burwash, Sussex, head office at Hurst Gre'n;
Feckenbam, Worcester, head office at Brornsgrove ;
Great Haywood, Stafford, head office at Rugeley ; Mill-
brook, Cornwall, head office at Devonport ; Moantsor-
rell, Leicester, head office at Loughborough ; Shea-
stone, Stafford, head office at Lichfield ; Stalham, Nor-
folk, head office at Norwich ; and Street, Somerset,
head office at Bath. Ireland-2. Money-order offices
will be opened at Coachfor d, Cork, head office at Cork ;
Pomeroy, Tyrone, head office at Dungannon ; and Sir
John Rogerson's Quay, head office at Dublin. 3, The
money-order office at Booterstown, Dublin, has been
discontinued. Scotland-4. A money order ofes will be
opened at Loohinver, Sutherland, head office at Lairg.
WHEAT' &I—A return, moved for by Mr. B. Blake-
more, the late member for Herefordshire, shows that the
gross total quantity of corn and grain imported into the
united kingdom in the year 1856 amounted to 8,197,253
quarters, and the total quantity of meal and flour im-
ported too3f ,
w99ht, 1e,a367 wThe grain included 4,072,883
quarters 731,412 et. quarters of barley, 1,146,848
quarters of oats, 27,981 quarters of rye, 86,082 quar-
ters
quarters
of n
peas, 3dis3a,n corn Of
oarterf the b
sof beans and and 1.777,813
quar-
ters came from the North and 291,842
South Russia., 177,216 quarters from Denmark, 222,681
quarters from Prussia, 137,326 quarters from the Hanse
qt6o7rte,6lrot
from
Towns, 28,129 quarters from Holland, 24,931
,quialtBeg
from Belgium, 10'0" quarters qtair-tefsmfnrouvm Spain,'
quarters from Portugal,
47,974 quarters from the
86,634° quarters from Aus-
tere from Naples and
49,p71l9dominions, 21,600 guar-
and 124,671 from t/
90,963 from East Indies, 111,819
534,603 from Egypt,th America, and 1,279,150 quarters
Aus-
tria 98,134 from Glreeercreinleip2aBn2tsiesf,ro3m6,lT9usrkfreoymPsroypreia,r,
from British
rye, 17,2 nni6Nt2ei d:r2,ES, toasgt2el
as
on.
fd The quantity
barsa nea7in
elol,fuogd9re9adinsroe4ta6 quarters r3Beost
quarter; of wheat, 2, , of ley, 701,159 of oats,
farsosmot the United
0678
936
13'3 The average price of wheat ranged from 3/. 19s.
peas' 3/ ls Id. It further appears that 52,019 oxea
61 to • •
50d bulls, 9,843 •
cows, 21,444 calves, 135,588 sheep,
9,471 lambs, and 9,916 swine and hogs were imported
last year—for the most part from Holland, Denmark,
and the Hanseatic Towns.
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