The New York herald., 1869-11-22
The Empress Of France at Cairo AID
Her Reception by the VicerOys
Imperial Fetes, Promsnades,
Drives and TP.eatricals.
Sir Samuel Eake1, the African Explorer, in
Company and Royal Banquet.
An Englshman's Trip In the Suez Canal
and Report of the Work.

by mail steamship at this port we have London
journals Of the 9th OF November, supplying the fol-
lowing interesting special correspondence from
Cairo ana Port said to the Goth OF October.
The Empress of Frlucc ut Cairo-MngniGcent
Fctes--The vicer0y Escertina Her Majesty
Thr0u2h the Cify-French TheatricaIs--In
the Buzaars and at the BnrraEe of tho Nile.
tCairo tOct 25) correspondence OF London News.l
AleXandra,5 loss nas been Cairos gain. The time
-sr Majesty was expected 70 spend at Alexandria
the last three days Cairo has been en- Jete, and
what this means is diAcut to put into words The
Empress herself. accustomed as she Is to magnin-
cent spectacles sklltully arranged, has probably
never beheld such an amaigamaton OF unusual
sgnts n as sree.ed her during her m midnight drive
last and humber people may be content to record
few OF the wonders to be seen at every
turn. Strangers told that the illuminaIons are
nothing to what take place on great religious fes
tival, that the proceedings on last and preceding
evenings should be regarded rehcarsas, and that
the reloclngs to celebrate the opening OF the canal
Will throw them all into the shade. u ls impossible
to thnk so. When the Empress after dining
tile ladies OF the KhedIyes harem, was escorted by
his Highness through The highways ana byways OF
mis- capital; when the brilliant cavalcade of run
nlng enthusiastically ARABS, with flaming torches
at The top OF Long poles, whose shrieKs could be
heard hall mile OH, and who left a long wake OF
burning sparks in their tram; Of dainty carriages
with sJern Nuoan eunucns or guards I'LL round
them; OF outriders in brilliant uniforms; OF military
figures, whose array recalled equally Salaa!n the
Magnificent and the gorgeous nnmoolllty OF our
Lie Guards; of youtts and men in Oriental garb
who ran and calculated through the narrow streets
until the turpancd crowd made protest. and beat the
perlpaCetics back with stcks OF yelled women who
were drawn up against walls and Kept In order while
o6ioer-wneu her lmperial Majesty drove throurh
all these sights ana sounds the spirit OF the East
seemed TO be Joining forces with THAT OF the West IN
marvelously striking display.
The French theatre and circus were both open;
the eighty Partisan ballet girls engaged for the new
opera house, he season al which begins in few
days though Is but four months since the Khedye
commanded ITS ereclon-some or other of these fair
tons among the audiences at the places amuse-
ment nalned the eX-prison whore they are comfort
ably housed, at the decorated entrance OF which pri-
vate broughams and vpen carriages were not unIre-
Quenty taking up or setting down; the large open
space upon which shepherds, Abbats and the new
Grand Hotel look, and which Is not only European in
Its general aspect but has recently been eveed ana
parLltoned OH by wicker work into what may be
eligible building lots but which recall the new cattle
market at lsington, was noisy with rockets and the
notes OF admiration OF the passers by; the cafes
were full OF customers, among whom the turban
was In minority ana the lez barely held its own.
Again, the many shops full Of English ana French
goods; the gay hqueur bottles IKE liquid sweet
meats the houses OF the various ambassadors, with
European servants loungng at their doors; and the
chairs and tables, the curtains and mirrors OF Begra-
via visible through their open windows; the bud OF
carriages, up on The sides OF which you could almost
read "Long acre." oil spoke OF the West. by con-
fning your observation to limited but not incon-
siderable series OF sJrees, you might easily have
imagined yourself IN large french or Italian pro-
vincial city into which an unsuai influx OF Oriental
strangers had taken place, and which mad made
every conceivable effort to express welcome ana
t0icing Tri colored nagS are waving every where
and outside the hotel where ADd-el-kader IL lodged
enormous Nubians ID lrl-coIored robes, and with
long ri colored spears, form guard Of honor All
here Is modern and handsome. Turn corner, ad-
another world. The iluminations are as
frequent, the organized brilllancy, for which
illumination IS but a feebe word lpconceivably
striking but the streets. the shops the vend-
ors and the passersby be.ong to the life of the
..Ihousand ana one Nights" fae tortuous Streets,
the footing OF n dusty village path, are curtalnad
that IS, the small space between their projecting
FOOLS, which the eye only reaches after traversing In
its upward glance strangely latticed windows and
many velleu face peering shsly oui are spanued
by large and parii-coiored shawls. Pendant, as
1t seems from these, ana at regular Intervals.
were cnanneiers OF the Venetian character Of
those pnrveyed by salvlatl,, but destitute Of
nent parts OF the letters 'w. E.n (the Two vs Tor
viva, viva, beng SO intertwined as tc make W.
oil lamps in an extent variety winch made every
effort OF our English caterers IN tais direction seem
tionai iamps'' OF OLD vauxhall were reality. and
were ali clustered upon single house Or single
gateway, aud II these houses ana eaieways were
placed side by side and made to extend through
many devious turning Tor miles the result would
be as far below what has been seen
OF small taper is 10 electric light.
That there should be 30 many lamps ana candies
In the world was In itself startling; but that they
should be produced on an occasion which Is con-
fessedy but a forerunner OF greater sights to come
gives an impression or magnincence ana resource
when Is posltiveiy staggering TO any one VINO has
strolled down Regent street on a queens birthday
night or who remembers the peace illumnations at
the termination of the Crimean war; 1t the sheer
extent and multiplicity OF these oils and candles
which, conjeidtiy with the scenes they shone upOn
made their charm. l saw no transparsncles and gas
was certainly not used In the parts Of Cairo which
commanded one'3 admiration most. But just as
bail room which Is thoroughly lighted by wax
30 the streets and squares and minareis the Empress
drove through presented an infinitely better tout
scnlbte Tor picturesque brlance than nything the
most cunning arlltice has or could produce with u.s.
At about half past ten on Saturday evening
some Wild flames were seen and some wilder
cries announced the Viceroy's and the Empress's
approach TO tho bazaars. II the meinmast of q
ship at sea were well roslned and set IRE TO when
the wind was fresh and the waves turbulent, it
would convey not inapLly the effect OF the long
poles OF tho running Arabs, and the cases Of
between themselves and the vlceroy's carriage and
pair, which followed ut a brisk trot, these men
must surely have drunk Of the waters which pre-
serve youth and beauty, wore pale blue satln
evenir9 dress. with slender alet OF velvet OF the
same color ornamcnted by o diamond OF immense
sze and with clusters Of the same precious stone
An her hair-was without bonnet or hat, and in
deed had come direct from the dinner table at his
HighneSs hareem to the wedding OF an officer In
the khedive's service, and from thence to
' hv tns Sospi,aple desire a. OF s6owlny uains Il,
fair and llusrioUs guest as much possible OF the
manners and customs OF the people over whom he
rules the khedive instructed one OF his court 10
take to himself q wic last Saturday In order that
the Empress might ber "a the ceremonies attend.
1ng q Mah0mmednn ma. tiage In 80 small matter
OF course to speak 10 be obeyed, and the
officer In question was made happy to order,
and with much p0mp, the Khedive giving away
the bride, or performing the Egyptian equivalent 10
that formal act OF duty and providing her with
muniiccnt dowry. Thus the Empress has seen a
AIahommedan marriage under the most favorable
circumstances, and with an approach to that prln-
cpie OF selection by the Lord Chancellor which
late eminent urst insisted upon as the safest key 10
domestic happiness ] am not Informed as to the
number OF nuptias between people OF lower degree
prompted by the Empresss visit, but, Judging from
the quantity OF wedding parties to be met In the
streets during the last night or two, IL must nave
been considerable. they oil made much noise, and
what the dragomen term "Arab musike yer good,'
pormeatcd the PROFESSIONS the members OF which
ebowed rber way through the crowds singing
Nor were these the only formal ceremonies TO
De remarked. When In the midst OF the thou
sands OF louneers, who were smoking, sleeping
era talking among the bazaars, series OF