The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-06
4 RIGHT ROYAL. FEA sT.

The l.ondon Times, of The :,,th ult., brings
MS full particulars Of the great ball 10 the Sui
ian. given ny the Secretary of State for In
'lia, nj the intia House on Friday evening,
the nth. For spltnor and magniiccncc
no entertainment for years past, given in Lon
don, coull compare with this. Alter nlinutcly
describing tho hall and the vast preparations
made, The Times says: at mny he difficult on
these occasions 10 give, ny u mere verbal de-
scrirtion. an adequate ilca Of the effect which
such festive preparations MS these so instantly
produce, but yet are so har,l TO depict. Ono
would almost need 10 write in gold and colors,
to give any fair Impression of The brilliant as
pcct which The ballroom presented. Every
thing that lowers, costly ,lrapcrics, gliding,
mirrors, lights anil, above all, splendid arcIi-
lecture, could give 10 add hrilliancy AMI splcn-
'lor 10 the scene were there, and when, shortly
before visitors were admitted. the whole place
was lighted up for the fctc, ills appearance was
really beautiful beyond descriptions. Among
the decorations, there were ''Siars of bnyoncts,
of miskrts, of sabrcs,. .,n,l of ramrods, some
of which stars were Of immense size, and all of
surprising brilliancy as the gas stars in their
centres made the steel glisicn will every flicker
nf the light, One Of The most beautiful of all
was that which immediately iacc'l his majesty
on arriving. II was huge crescent anil sIar,
done i'll sabre blades nnrl sabre scabhar,ls AMI
the brilliancy and pcrIrctncss Of this great
trophy surpassed all the others alt was
nearly II O'Clock when his Majesty arrived.
lie was met nj The Park entrance hy Sir ;rAr-
rom NourucoTE, The Minister for India: Sir
JAMES FEnGrssoS, the rnlrr-Srrrrinry Of Statc
and the members Of the Inllia Council, nn,l was
ushcrcu 10 the reception room, where the
Prince of Wales, Prince und Princess LOFTS Of
iIcssc, AMI ntIer members Of the royal party
were present 10 mccl him After "a short in
trrval II procession WAS formed, anL proceeded
through an open space ropr'l oil i'll The centre
III the hall. tn the das nn'l chairs uf state
which wrr" nrrayri there. The SULTAN l.-l
her Royal llighncss ,hr Princess ALIrr the
Prime" al Wales the Duchess at Cambridge.
and after them came Prince I.oris Of llcsse,
tie Duke AMI Duchess Of Mccklcnluirg Sire
litz the luke and Duchess of Aostn, Prince
frrH anu the Princess MARY, the Duke Of CAM
hri'lgc, and suites" The Sultan lid moi ,laucc
ure TO take supper, and new procession was
fornr, which proceeded up The grand stair
case, and past the pleasant cascade, with its
refreshing sonnd of falling water, TO the chief
supper room. The approaches were lined hy
IrOmrn of The Guard and the picturcsuucly
ntiircd members Of the Sultnn's holy guard:
and II stately show it was, hursts forth the
nf fl,o n
divided 10 allow the chief guests To pass, the
Sultan giving his to The Princess ALICE
NJ heforc, and the Prince of Walcs aud the
other members OF the royal party following TO
tile banquet prepared for them"
Supper was provided for twcnt s. five hundred
visitors, and the Times gives the full list of the
company, in alphabetical order, occupying
four of its long columns, printed in solid agate
This muster-rol although of no interest to lls
Oh this side of the world, we may be sure was
read with the grentcsi interest by millions on
the other sidc. The fashion read it, of course,
TO SEQ their names in jnxtapostion with all the
grahdees who were present. Then there were
the more numerous ranks Of the R,mi-n,o
who were, Of course, anxious to see which of
their patrons and acquaintance in high life
were present, and, likewise, 10 bc ar EaR on
fashionable talk. Then, Of course, the whole
army of inilors, matters, booinakcrs, milliners,
habcrtiasllcrs and mantuamakers, who assisted
in getting up the great world for the evening.
Another class still Of readers, we mny be ccr-
tain. was deeply interested in getting such n
catalogue Of bona Jide names of persons Of sub
stance nn,l consideration" viz: tLc ycn,lrrs
Of pntent medicines, secret remedies of all
sorts, lottery tickets, gift enterprises, ETC., etc.
These, doubtless, NIL get to work forthwith, an
sent circulars TO every one of The twenty-five
hundred illustrious visit0rs--a pennlty great
ness is thus compelled to pny, n tax, ns it were,
on rank. "-fobiesse obiigs' TO read patent
medicine circulars!)