The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-12

hired the ships OF ten other countries )uld have 10
follow On the evening or the 10Th the Vcer0y sent
around 10 all the steamers In the harbOr, inviting
all nrst class passengers on board ms yacht the
Maharousse, to ball and supper Over 1000 ladies
and gentlemen awaited themselves OF the invitation,
gong on board however, appropriately dressed.
most elegant supper had been provided, consisting
OF rare yands ana fruit Of Upper ana Lower Egg pt
Early on the morning OF the 10th visitors 70 the
Suez Maritime Canal berthed on board ships were
awakened by the thunder Of the salules. which CON-
menced at sunrise This time II was the Crown
Prince or Prussia, on the North German COnfedera-
ton rigae Aroma OF thirty-rwo guns with Prince
Louis OF Hesse and TWO or three other German
princes; The sautes TO MS Highness the Crown
nailed that the Empress Eugene had entered the
roadstead on the French yacht Aige. The French
frlgae TnemiJ announced her arrival with salute.
which was fred with excellent time and order each
cannon beng nred close on the 0tner 70 the last The
Emperor OF Austrlas yacht took the salute up after
which it was continued by the Arcona, then
the Netherlands rigate Admiral Van Wassauner,
and SO on round the entire fleets The Empress
looked lovely as she stood in Light morning costume
on the hurricane deck OF the yacht Fer dress 30
far us could make II out from the Europe, was OF
shoulders, while her mead she sailors cap
jauntiy act OF with y blue ven. the steamers
gers who shouted out enthusiastically "Vt0a pIn-
pefdtriceP' which sac Kept acknowledging with
graceful bows.
Egyptian steamers Kept coming In continually
throughout ine morning and as there were many
eminent personages on board the DIN OF cannon Sar
utes was something tremendous.
AL two O'Clock the invited guests LETT their
steamers TO go ashore to tie ceremony OF blessing
the canal. iour excellent fashions correspondent
VIII, believe give you q full description OF this
most Interesting event. 80 shall but briedy touch
upon iG.
situated on the sandy beach &c the distance of
halt mile from the canal, and but few PAGES from
pavllions erected ana decorated to the utmost Of
Egg ptian TASTE One, surlnoulJed with cross. was
Sl ue "a .g M M orren anu
was Tor the ulemaS and Mussllman priests; the
third and the largest was Tor the VicerOy and his
guests From these paviiions led wel.-made plank
road 10 the quay In the harDor, along which the
| Invited guests came crowding between Two and
three O'Clock. There were SO many unnvited among
these that the unfortunate Arab guards, never hav
ing seen SO many well-dressed Europeans before,
| were completely nonplussed rs to what they should
DO, and III taeir efforts at discrimination bundered
| Dis q matter OF course, most rldicuousy. nouced
group u London correspondents, dressed Ia the
necktles ana most, elaborate shirt frOnrs uncere
monlousiy stopped by three Arab guards with drawn
swords. Our BRITISH friends had therefore, recourse
70 deception before they could pass, with which
doubtless they were experienced hands, II one may
judge by the facility with which they evaded Arab
scrutiny. Several worthy diplomats were Also COM
PEELED 10 exercise sdbterluge In order get within
the desired precincts. The Uemas took tleir seats
within the Mussulman pavilion III company with the
| lmauIn at O quarter before three. About the same
time the Greek Bishop Of Alexandria, followed by
Greek pessa occupied ser payon
from all the fleets announced that their
MaJesties were ea route from the quay, and
bugics informed the thousands OF European and
Egg ptian spectators that they for whom the cere
noAY waited were present. GWO dozen Children
| clothed III white, wearing chaplets Of flowers on
their heads and holding bouquets IN their hands,
ranked the STAIRS up which their Majestes assembled
Among The notaDes present were tho Empress
| Eugenie the Emperor OF Austria, the Crown Prince
| OF Prussia the Vlceroy OF Egypt, the Prince and
Princess Henry oil the Netherlands, the British Am
Dassador at Constantln0ple, Right Hon. Il. Elliot
and the Russian Ambassador at the same court
General lgnatlef. ALI OF these occupied the front
looking
Behind these were Aba Ell kader the Algerian CHEF
tain with his whskers dyed jet blaekness
| dressed In Moving white garments and turban,
| looking as inoomitaDIe as ever; NJ. Ferdinand
| de Lesseps, active looking as young man OF
thirty, hair and muStache Oh snowy whieness
Madame Charles Lesseps; the young ana ugly looking
| Duchess or Alba; Mademosee Marion, fat and
| painted Ike a dol; madame de Soucl grave and
learned-ioOking blue stocking, an authority about
Oriental matters and behind these again were an
ininiy OF ambassadors and diplomats such as Baron
prokcn, Count Andrassey, Count de Beust, generals
aud admirals, cominodores and captains, lieuten-
ants, py-iooklng young mlddles and grave-look-
Whoever was great and grand; whoever had a title
whoever was oil distinction In any service whether
army, navy, diplomatic ana consular; who
fesson, whether in the arts sciences literature:
whoever was a memDer OF Board of Trade, Cnam-
Der of Commerce, society or club whoever had ever
| mad anything 10 do WIN the canal; whoever was q
| correspondent OF newspaper OF any notorety-all
| to be found here. and had right TO De here All
| the great ones Of Europe were here assembled.
1
ration in early youth were before me, the greatest
| and most famous OF them not eleven feet from me-
had never seen any OF them before Tor my travels
had taSen me III totally different direction from
the countries which they claimed their own. 1
am sorry almost tnat nave seen them, Tor my prox-
| unity to them has robbed me OF all That schoobOy
romance once possessed.
Eugene, OF whom ali men speak extravagantly, 10
my travelstained eyes seems but line woman, with
| nothing very remarkable about her except her
glorious form and unsurpassed grace or movement.
Her eyes are CLASSY, and gives az irst sgnt an i'm
nfShoc txylsn IN
Her eyebrows are peculiarly seldom SEEN but YET
do not detract from her good looks. Her mouth ID
neither classical nor Roman nor OF any particular
KIND The upper lip Is cut straight across the aoe and
contains several seams IN 1t AZ she speaks, which ID
| never pretty. Inc under lip IL Informed IN every
way. Ihe mouth IL positively too large, and the way
| 1t exhibits the teeth when open does not seem
nice. Her nose, Though not fautless, does
not necessarily command criticism. 1t Is
the narrow forehead, the CLASSY, expires.
| sionless eyes and tho coarse mouth which
eyoKes critics dislike but these opecuons are all
lost sight or when gazes At the magnificent bust
Of the Empress and the glorious fluctuations Of her
| form. The dress she wore exposed her bosom
rather more than decent man might ike his wife
to do and must say there we're hungry eyes In that
| vast crowd which were gloanng on that falr waxen
| breast that should have been yelled with all Its
| treasures
| Tne Emperor OF Austria win his hat on his head
is comlca looking genius. have seen very many
he smiles; but when he composes his features there
Is enough austerlty and hauteur In them found In
OF the curious crowd admirably, but the Empress
Eugene, on the other hand bushcd every alternate
| minute and kept her gaze steadily away from the
| crowd lest she might be put out Of countenauce.
The Crown Prince OF Prussia is an ordinary giant.
Choose any far-haired, blue-eyed private from the
Queen OF Engand's Horse Guards, dress him IN
Prince Williams clothes, and you will have an exact
living representation OF Min. The Prince has large
heavy features, set or with . good, lengthy beard
| He is martial and bold looking, with coafident
easy look which sits well on his face
| The Viceroy OF Egypt " short, fat, stumpy man
not much over five feet two lacnes; . giants mead
and body set on dwardsh limbs would be a good
description OF him. While c0nversng with tue
Empress he appeared like a man VINO never had
much win OF his own. whose aim was ever TO please
others. lie has q gOoa-natured face largo and
| round, and wears q snort, stubby beard. His two
sons, Tewfik and Hasaeiu, educated the enc Ut
Paris the other AZ London appeared bright intel.
gentlooking young men, VI ABOUT eighteen and ax.
teen years OF age.
| The Prince and Princess Henry of the Netherlands
| who appeared ike . common scold. The Duchess