New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-01
A NIGHTS AMUSEMENT IN PARIS.

two hieh executive dgnaries in Paris the giving Of
brilliant baDs aud receptions the first allowing to be IN
snusd that the object OF these costly asenbsges to give
sncourse m languisbng commerce the other sVow
ing directly 10 the public journals The Project has 'ne
advantage Of possessing the moe. beautiful paiace "o0
b each The company about the same At the I"usr0'
Mere j. the most god lasf tinsel and coldness 81 TIE
Hotel De Vile the no,i Bstarslness and enjoyment -
Htpssensnn has given enc ball. 70 Fh'c" sIs''fN'H va"
sdcsd and another one is soon 10 follow
Many readers Of Tx TRisUyL doubt have sesn 'ne
INTERIOR Of the Hotel d. Vile 10 the day tune Du' lever
h.ye,een II aner night and fewer sl since the NJ" oe'
eerntoys and the new apartments we're finished iaEeh
,a whole lie state apartments are now CONSIDERED ne
uo.t .ee,n, oontsiDfd within any palace n Europe NO
thing @sn equal the good taste Of the deoofs1o9S
Will. they present air Of home comfort 10 Hmsh me
other psiaees of France az Least are cola W ne DC
S 49, lac hall the best artistic talent OF Pars
called nio requson 70 give harmony . lns NE s1'e
Of ararments 20 produce The beat general siee;
On alehiiDg from the carnage 10 the Ssefal e21rs
sso,s Entered square vestibUe on the ground moor,
.nrnunded with DOnC columns aud brilliantly iBhted.
E,o iii yesbue guyCrb :arcases n the Paiiaden
,,ye eraced with Ionic columns supporting the arches,
I'd enyobed in every part with sculpture gorgeous
and go complicated 10 6aie description, ettsnd ngn.
ard lei 10 the ante chambers OF lac immense saloon caled
the Sale DEE Ft. These sair~ays we're MED win aga
towering shTubs allowing but space enough log two Psr
sons 10 a, between Flowers ard shrubs were also paced
In be yetbules the ante chambers and galleries through
cut tie paace which, contrasting in the dqlzE0g liza:
with The q ldsn decorations OF the rooms win the sia.nary
ard The yaeaied arble coimns produced me mos rs
yiliue eject and gave the whole more the ar ~
sncbaLtment than OF reality Large numbers q" soldiers
and coestcs gy0r6 pUe stationed IN tue re-ti
brle n the ground socr he head Of the stairs on each
tide and In the antechambef a. guard vi honor hfoagh
which the guests passed on enienpg
Nesrly the vhos extent Of three sides OF the building
numbering abogi twenty Ave rooms we're hFo@n og.n on
,bs oecgfn Se~vauis in the rich livery If the City OF
Psfs indicated the direction 20 be followed by the guests
in Writing tie various apartments ana n passing the long
halls and gall, s. So that confusion was avoded tho"sn
IAer being presented to the Project and lady surround
ed by the City Fathers suite. who were stationed IA
an elegant chamber near the Eead ~ the large STAR
,,v puess uassed into the >ck DIS 4 fes an inmense
sslooD embracing the whole length Of the eastern e ade
AT The palace Detached COriDthan columns, huted
throughout sdorn the SIDES the e1trem.ts open Dy ree
arches into recesse surmOUned b. the Orchcstr7s NOh
ing could equal endor Of this immense saloon dee
Grated with he beautiful paintings 81 ehhsn ana WIN
gold ard mirrors rejecting back the brilliant light spread
over the scene by hundreds Of ets OF gas In the baco
nv at the bottom OF this large room. AMI high up vsr
the heads Of the guests the orchestra OF Strauss was placed
sompoted of Que hundred musicians. They were
rounded on two sides eDd at the back with flowers and
green plants and he light disposed TO make the
HTfons appear the great distance which they occupied
from the visitors ash mbedded IN mass OF ohGSe aG1
flowers From the balcony at the other end OF the room
the coup 0d wss magnificent and uneqnaed The
walters below the brilliant costumes Of ile geni men,
and the elegant toilets of the ladies the orchestra ID the
asnce the glded decorations Of the room aud the lie
corridors the flowers the sparkling chanders and the air
ia formed scene intoxicating Units effect upon the mag
inaiion OF the spectator The preparation OF the Hotel ne
Vile ihs aston the acme Of French at and OF
French taste Neihcr versailles iSr the iuueres can
equal il they stately grand and cheerless the Ho
tel de Vile is elegant, cheerful, enchanting
Never before is said, did this altar of blood and de
mocracy this extingushed volcano OF revolutions, con
tain so brilliant al asselnbage this occasion The
elite Of the French nobility and aristocrsoy aud large
yitaiions The diplomatic corps public iunc.onares
and officers, appeared in costume while the simple Cit
zen dressed bourgeois The majority OF the ladies
toilets exquisite in their richness and taste and IN
general every ons carried the seal of good taste and
TaCtulLess in their dress which always Distinguishes
Partisan sssomby. Many English Spanish and Russian
ladies sparkling in diamonds. One American lady
had royalty thrown her shoulders rubes to the value
of hundred francs thousand.
Two other bands besides that Of Strauss stationed,
one in the Middle ROOMS it is called and the other in
the Throne Room. The groups VINO had commenced
waltz in room drawn by the current into lateral
Icon wheie the mazurka the dance had bat to modify
the step and The TO be in unison then the ma;
zuTka in carried them under the fire of tliId or
cbestra where there still room enough for two more
IN the long lines Of the qUade Dukes and duchesses
and eountesses uipoma;ists aud politicians off
GERS and their wives dng lshed opera singers and
tors editors, teuAcoHfs and doctors with large pro
portion of bourgeois end strangers mixed prolscuousY
In the danceneary all strangers to each Oihtr but all
polite end friendly as ii in family re Mon.
But az the evening away there seemed to be dis
whether BY instinct accident il is difficult to say-the
nobility and army which is closely leaguod in France,
showing prediction the Orand saloon the DOurgcOi
sic for the Middle Room and the literary and artistic
kbrities Of Paris for the Throne Room In this room
encountered in the dance Mademoisele Frezzon at this
moment principal singer at the Italian Opera on alternate
nights with Madame Ab0Di, and suddenly relieved
from one Of those illusions Of theatrical beauty which dis
lance the arts Of the toilet and imagination, often
throw around artites Of this class FrezLoni is Prma
Donna, but not beauty.
This Throne Room has been but recently opened to the
public for the frst time and II is one of the most
beautiful and certainly the most interesting room in the
hosse. Ii was in this room that RObespierre held his
council and where he attempted to destroy himself Il
was at one OF the windows of this that La Eayette
embraced Louis Philippe and presented him to the people
in 1880 and il was the same window from whence Louis
XVI spoke the people with the cap OF liberty on his
head All the revolutions of France have been in some
way associated with this historical ROOM or with the fatal
"Pace de GTeve beneath
Among the celebrities Of the evening, perhaps
attracted much attention Nely Pasha the Turkish
Embassador At the close Of the Bourse that day it
was announced that NJ kiiseleh Russian ambassador,
had demanded his passport and about 20 leave lie
had demanded invitations for himself and fifty Of his
trymen for this ball but he not present Ii was felt
BY all that the long looked for crisis had arrived. Five
nights before had observed Vey Pasha at the ball al the
Taileres full Of life and gOodhumor; now however ne
felt that 10 show delight when France about TO take
step in his aid which would throw her perhaps into ansr
chy and misery, would be to insult the people in whose
midst he found himself Arm in arm with Baron James
de Roihsehid and wearing his magnificent eastern
tune he walks up and dow the saloon in the midst of the
gay assemblage, deeply engaged in conversation, and
without appearing notice where he is. The absence OF
the Emperor and Empress and the Foreign Minister also
attributedts the appearance of the Russian knbassa
dor and IN consequence an anxious expression IS seen on
the counen6nces of the men of state present;
Dehcecies OF the choicest kind known 70 French cook
cry served up In five rooms distributed in dter nj
parts Of the state apartments one hundred servants
were required to perform the service OF the diereet ia
things provided my coaehman called al II clock
and in company with friend | bid good night to n.
Hsosseman and bis Go0d lady and LEFT the gay scene To
.fvaan H.fN