The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-16
Our Paris Correspondence.

PARIS, May Is 1856.
Grand Fste a, ST. Cloud in Honor Of the E~ydl visers-
AaOmitce.ce Of III, :Scene-HedEh Of the Emprsss-Gal-
Iant Complainant Of Coun. Or,F TO Her Aajcsy-The Fs
male 7nlazes-The Supper, &c. dc.
The Palace of St. Cloud was Thursday evening, a
scene OF extraordinary and unsurpassed magnhccnce
One would need pen Of ordinary graphic power 10 do
Justice it but your readers must endeavor to ELL up
Tor themselves the faint sketches send. No journal,
either French English that hare SEEN has attempted
description either from innate modcsy, or, perhaps,
that the proper gentlemen of the press are rarely adj
mtted on such august occasions
The object of the fse was honor to the two youth
full princes-Duke Ferdinand Macmillan, younger brother
or the Emperor Of Austria and Prince Oscar Of the
King Of Sweden. The number of invitations rather
commands was SEQ They extended to the whole corps
plomaique and their ladce to the imperial ministers, to
all OF the hae roblesse Of that acen regime who had
shown the slightest inclination to acquiesce in the new
order Of things and to the principal foreigners at presen.
eoiourning in Paris.
The Palace has again undergone thorough revival.
The gliding has been reouched the gorgeous tableaux
chat on every wall and ceiling bang like rubes and other
precious stones round the neck OF beauty have by tho
cunning hand OF science been made more fully TO de-
yelope their exquisite coors and the skill OF the tds
sr has thrown into each and every saloon richness OF
ornament, a luxury Of comfort, and dignity OF
domestcty such as, perhaps, no other palace In
Christendom can boast OF. Oh, If Jerome lie
Gondy tina, rich nancier who some 300 years ago. fret
built this charming temple OF royalty could only now
survey the eonsummaton OF his handiwork, how graft
fed would be his vanity Or those four burly Bishops Of
Paris all Of the family who consecutvey possessed
f. if they in their sickness could but peep and
what kings and emperors have done TO haow the spot
their most reverend predecessors loved so we'll with
ckad
ration.
The guests began 70 arrive about nine O'Clock. The
Emperor seated on throne with the Archduke Ferdi
napd Macmillan on his right, while on his left,
chase lounge reclned the Empress, by whose side sat
Prince Oscar received them in the Galere dApolon-tha
Gorgeous salon. rich with the glowing subjects of Mgnard
where the Pope baptsed Prince Napoleon eldest son OF
Prince Jerome in 1905 and the civil marriage of Napoleon
10 Marie Louise was celebrated in 1910 The wind howled
mournfuy without the rain patering down in tor
rents the drcnched and dragged horses stood smoking
and steamng the palace gates; the veried acqueys
eyed wistfuly tho signs Of good cheer within. But
who thought Of such matters, as descending from his
po,ure the welcome ges, into the bosom Of all
chat galaxy OF imperial speDdourG Tho hall was covered
With cloth Of gold. Five hundred serving men, in uni
Worms. handsome enough to shame field marshal's
ssood ike phalanx at the door You passed from
eEbule 70 vestibulo, each more masnihciently ar
rAyed and guarded than the other VII at last,
ascending a marble flight OF steps, on every md~che
Of which stood double senSy Of the gigantic Cent Gardc
Tresenting arms with that long sword blade bayonet
brisng gttcring with most murderous intent which
vas introduced by Napoleon III little in advance of
these armed drcadneugh stood tall standard bearers on
e;tber side dropping forward the national icolor gor
Ueousy embroidered embossed silk and the national
Solors OF Austria and Sweden. Tho contrast between
Shese formidable looking guards and the hght fragile
Yorms which, in all the beauty ~ the most hn.hed toi-
ye trpped half timdly over the velvet ple which covs
ed the staircase was curious. The difference between
ahe two sexes could NOT have been better cxempiie
Once on the landing and pest this line Of Steel the
scene became one Of enohantmcnt. Floods OF hght
etreameA down from a hundred lustrcs. Tho prfusc
gliding the glowing colers OF the paintings the cabinets
IN toyo,scsbc and buh tho u Sevres tho nc0m
parable richness u the Ghobekn tapestry, which flashed
ppn the eye a the vskcr wandering from the salon
ms the Salon dc Famle 20 the Salon de Reception no
stood in wondering mazcs lost-Hay be imagined but
can never be adequately described. Tho PALACE in its
rs remarkable for the air Of comfort II pos
Uessos: and that every adjunct is appended that
Can rcndor the very incarnation a luxury s indeed
place where kings might be forgiven for forgetting they
were mortal.
shouch not able 70 about she remained in k>rooms
eli acr one O'Clock and was so fn Of spirits the whole
evening that fears entertained lest her Majesty shod
exert herself oyormucb. Among the earliest arrivals
Wss Count Oro and nothing could be more friendly tan
Che APPARENT relations the Russian Penipotensry, not
only with the Emperor and Empress but with the Arch
dnke Macmillan and Prince Oscar. They both shook hin
warmly by the hand, and as the Empress put out hcrs
% and the Count respectfully raised 70 his lips the
yr Eugene was heard 10 say with OF her sweetest
smes, Now, this Ia really better than lighting, nsce