The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-04


te'o,e big as hs dear oomrsdos and all ~ hs us
tertd the words tnet gaslt keax, never bsat n
Aroysi bcscm than In that OF the young Duke Who cd
tbickest that desperate 6sh how At ntemsn" =,
were shot dead around him and how, sick and
By he sight of suoriDss he wa. s'dsgsrs nasa ana
remedy lay IN h ship during that sSrss ss storm
Ia the Black sea which sent to the bottom 10 many wor
chip, the ketribution escaped only by miracle They
knew all this and when In excellent French his
voice in their ranks thaDdered ou. sUm Ie Due ds
fd.dgts end the spectators, catching up the sound
rolled sgsk 70 the portals Of tie 7aiieries with joy
oCy enthueiSsu1 which only grrat events eici..
10 marx tbs occasion the E6 gsh Amtassacr received
n,mation that it the Intention Of Emperor
their ene.t-o ball at tie Esnbsssy Hotc Toe notcs
short that IL narvslous how the pre-.
persops copeted The portion Of the hotel which
is civdet fri the Champs b. beautiful garden
forms thrsA sides OF qaadrs7gs Four state rooms, OF
spseious end lofty speron s-geousy farnisaed con
right throne room, locking 10 ball room, and on the
let dnir room and oupper room OF equal dmersons
HSand the waois runs lofty orsssey To add ts tbs
closed by the three sides Of the quadrangle rcofed
IN aud nade rso saloon fitted up With chrysssl chAude
snd golo and Juet where tho luxurious refresh.
me nts, arranged IN peculiarly straAtae toottes seeus
Cd % il ing each b toser and them
With such proof Of entente corc,i1k the Czar's
case is positivey hopeless. The wa. the very
wtohery OF fairy ls1d. The vter who arrived after 10
O'Clock found the of tho hotel fronting the FAu.
boulG st He more blaze Of Illumination. Over this
gn'esay cleaned in ets Of fire the letters N w.
ncuated by wreath Of laurel The interior cover
ed with ecored lamps and In the were drawn
up some half zen OF ne imperial carriages SER
array Of fat things was enough to make q humble
writer compassionately asked make weigh,
ard sneahipg in In his quiet csbrolet exclaiIn "My
leant ess, my leaDness oh, my Ieanness ~
The entrance of the Imperial party was, however,
ssspc Instance Of the diyniy which, tho oid world
sHll doth hedge king The ambassador and his L,ly
IL at the very threshold The servants in the rich
est lveres formed phalarx either side. The prin
rerial ,esore was constructed Between the dining
and supper rooms, where the Empress deposited her
sssw sfer which through hedge Of u. highest
British residents the Imperial vi.er the Duke Of Cam.
bliege the Princess Mshlde and tho Princess Augusta
Lacy Cowey attending their footsteps with all that grace
iul Difference which exactly marks the line which eepa-
The Empress looked rayssa eVer the moId
was admissible. Her robe was OF terry velvet of
worth Thousand frar 6 too, Tns diamond TIARA ines
mingled with artificial grass which formed her
ard The usrous ear pendants looked surpass
iplIy hyilliapt she falrg back from her shoul
eerr. white silk mantelet, trimmed with swans down
There was xSh color in her cheeks and when bending
ambassadors' little boys, who to present her Ma
Jesty with bauqnet, mary graySeard was resdy to
The euesrs eere not geooraiiy in uniform The AM.
hsssheof biHase was en- toa'geofe with smpy his cooked
bu'tors, With tfowsere, white cravat pumps AMI silk
gs snd on his breast the ribbon OF the Order
t the Garter fastened to his sGe by of biiauts
excessive spieI DOR Among the guests we're the Hon
J, y. Mason ard his lady, Mr., and Mrs Corbn, snd MIRA
Baton snd her beautiful ds gbters. These the
only Americans observed bat the guests believe, did
not exceed thousand it being ersood that in
guence Ct ne dslsaey Of the Empress state, crowded
The ImE eriai party withdrew to supper at half past H.
their retirement being attended with tho ceremony
th.ir The retrograee motion OF the attaches
n dayyp IF I'M
veuiene in consequence of The they Obliged to
maAe OF their elbows ia obging the guests who hap
wcy There is also dark exp ession In the visage OF
thtss hsre some youths thus intent performing tuer
dccrous g. avi'y should give way bu. with convusve
twich OF wo and reeoute compression of the truant
muscles they acquitted themselves 30 well that in
short lime the Emperor aud Empress-th latter leaning
Oh the Arm Of the DUKE Of Cambrdge-and five aud
thirty oh.r perscns privileged 70 breathe within the
per rbiriug all that Old Ergland loves that French
taste rd AIT dguie and adOrn and that Homers gods
might have ae quaed forgetting the fsasts cf oym
pus and the which Ganymede to their lips.
AT er tie imperial parry had quilted, the rest Of the
guests were Invited to banquet, which indeed only
BE simple efeton Of the supper their Majesties had
jus, hoIortd Mr.. Mason the American Minister, ap-
rea,s6 in excellent hi sahndeed there trace Of
biz late iGr ess about HIM. Whether it was he
thing innical TO good urderst lndipg between America
lrd England in the Presidents Message or that wi q
,top heart he .hopea eve, his spirits were excellent
God Save the Queer, end Iartdnt pour Ia Syre," and
tee certain that Il the American Minister had called
for Yankee Doocle," the Englsh Ambassador would
have enthusiast: 50 ly seconded the proposition.
Queen Saiia Amelic Is still at Nervi, and her
heath continues to improve. 1t is interesting to
butte their favors. To-day the King Of Sardinia is the
euest OF Louis Napoeon the host Of the son
on whose fathers seat hs hospitAbe ally takes his
imperial sepcse. They are right these princess for so
strangely .he whirligie of ine and oddly have
cspszed the tops and bottoms OF royalty that
never knows what day may bring forth.
The census taken as Rome on the 25th Of Decem-
ber and the return OF that once mig capital is
tsny has spread its blessings ever so many bleak and
dresiy wastes it should have left the Eternal City
ckey and reproach 1t has 81 parishes containing 80
ts7 and pupils for holy ORDERS Ala nonCa
oica 49, 7s4 families, 46i total population In
1854 The total population 17S 032 and the dea tbs
6,034-in 1855, 7,0Sl BERTHE.