The New York herald., 1873-05-01

glesey, who left one of his legs behind him on
the field of Waterloo. Both these old gentle
men seemed amazingly astonished at the sud-
den appearance before them of o Chinese man
DARN, with tail of fabulous length. He sa-
luted them both in the Oriental style and with
the gravest manner, and then proceeded to
walk about with perfect composure and nom
chalance speaking to no one, but apparently
on the best terms with everybody. He was
supposed to be q distinguished
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FLowERY LAND,
and when the diplomatic body formed in order
he was seized upon by the master OF the cere-
monies to take part in the procession. Some
days afterwards it was discovered that this
Oriental potentate was one of the persons en-
gagged on a Chinese junk then being exhibited
in the river Thames.
ENTRANCE OF THE QUEEN.
Exactly at twelve O. clock flourish of trum-
pets announced the entrance of the Queen,
and the whole audience standing up cheered
her to the echo The little Prince of Wales,
then only ten years old, walked by his
mothers side, while his sister, the Princess
Royal, now the mother Of "Emperors-to-be,"
held her fathers hand. That father, Prince
Albert-not the stout, bald-headed man he
was in later days, but slim and romantic
looking, like the lover in farce
was the moving spirit OF the Exhibi-
ton, and on him, as chairman of the Royal
Commissioners, it devolved to read to the
Queen the report Of their proceedings When
this had been done and the blessing
pronounced, the Exhibition was declared open
to the public. There never was it's equal It
was the frst-which was great point-and it
was the prettiest; a result to which its very
unsubstantiality, its light and airy fabric of
iron and glass, greatly contributed.
THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
Very different was the aspect of things six
teen years later, and in another country, when,
on the 1st of April 1867, after hand-to-hand
combat with various municipal authorities
who objected to everything and everybody,
fought my way into the Universal Exposition
in the Champs de Mars, Paris, and took UP my
station among the British Commission Ex-
cepting the British section, things were ter
ribly behindhand All the previous day, Sun
day, the various nationalities were busily at
work, but the result was not satisfactory.
THE AMERICAN COURT
was complete in its decoration, and the coun-
ters were ready, but few Of the huge packing
cases were emptied of their contents. Spain
exhibited cafe, and Russia a restaurant,
while Italy and Portugal had literally nothing
to show. At two O clock the drums beat to
arms and the air rung with shouts of "Viue
EmpereTv'
Attended by his outriders, in the imperial
iveries of green and gold, Napoleon descended
from his open carriage, and, with the Empress
leaning on his arm, entered the building. He
was in plain evening dress, with the Grand
Cross of the Legion Of Honor as his
sole decoration. At the Emperors elbow
was M. Rouher, close behind the Empress
stood the Princess Mathilde, then came
swarm of equerries and chamberlains and at
tendants, and, perhaps, the most noticeable
fact in connection with that triumphal pro-
cession was the absence of military uniform.
And it was but poor performance at that
oMINoUs WARNINGS
The imperial party made the circuit of the
place and left within an hour of their arrival,
and most Of the thirty-fve thousand people
who. it was calculated, were present, took
their departure Immediately afterwards. The
incompletion of the building frightened them
away, and it was not until two or three weeks
afterwards that the Exhibition could be looked
upon as in full work. Absi amen!
EDMUND YATES.
OUR VIENNA CORRESPONDENTS.
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