New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-04

| r,aor thu ovcrcoa, On bis right was the Prince.
~ Wa,es The Ducbess Of Edinburgh and the Pdn,.
~ Wales sat facing them. The Gar stepped ont 6r,.
and gave bis hand TO the Pr.ocess. who put the q,
of her dainty kid boot on the S?p' and touched tn
ground as lightly If there were NJ sII children
hers down in the Peerage. Gar or 10 Gar. ,h,
Princess is worth looking at first for her irregolan,
sweet countenance. the delicate grace Of her 6gu..
her distinction Of manner, and her wonderful, N.
let She never was addressed, and to-day he,
blue velvet polonaise and bonnet 10 match ara
shade moro perfect than usual. The Duchess Of
Edinburgh, in cold steel gray costume.onl csu,
and skirt visible serves most nnconsciousy az foil
in every point to her beautiful sisterin-Isw. When
the Gar has seen the Princess safely ont Of her ear
riage, he turns to the group in 'front.' Mr.. Hughes
bows. and the Prince OF Wales first coming forward
to shake hands, presents him TO the Emperor, and
tho Emperor first bows in politely distant way Thea
| bethinks himself that the Prince has just given Mr.
Hughes his band, and stretches out his own, which
Mr. Hughes takes. That is all the ceremony Of reoep
ton in the tent, except that few words are said
which are not audible few feet away. While the
carriages containing his suite were arriving, the En-
peror looked about little. and said word or two
sundry favored mortals the Princess and the Duchess
meanwhile exchanging salutes with the party who
had already gathered. Then the procession formed
the Gar giving the Princess his arm. the Grand
Duke Alexis taking the Duchess, the Prince of Wales
| and his brother Alfred walking together. and tho
orandees of Russia and England coming along after
with no particular graduation OK rank Visible - the
unofficial eye. They are all great men. but ON tue
whole, less great in lounging coats and morning
trowsers than in tho pomp of war and panoply Of
! court.
Languid as ones interest in ordinary Royalties
may be- the Gar is the iberator OF the serfs and.
beside that rather more OF real ruler than most
kings in these days of government by Acts OF Para
ment Ladies pronounce him good-lookiDg, and 20
be is. but not so looking you want the au-
| thor of great deed to be. The head is high but
narrow, the eyes rather too convex. the mouth and
lower Jaw no way remarkable for decision Ii s tho
face of a gentleman beyond controversy refined.
intelligent and attractive, but not strong lshouh
fancy that Prince GortschakoH has had his way
ofteDer than the Car bis, and that Count Schouva
off and Count Adlerberg know as much. to say tho
least, of the Emperor's mind as the Emperor knows
His hight and figure and bearing are all they need
be- and it is byino means mere fancy which attrib-
utes to him sustained hanghtiness OF demeanor.
A man who, whatever be his force OF intellect or
force Of character believes himself made Of differ
emf CLAW from others-so much is evident. Simple
| in manner withal; much too great persepage, ana
too secure of his superiority to take pains 10 per-
shade Others of it, to imagine he can need 10 mako
an impression He is not above being interested in
| roses and was told that an exclamation Oh sur'
prised admiration escaped him as no entered the
! nave and the marvellous spectacle OK tho Paacs
| opened suddenly before him.
OF what befel in front, in the walk from this en-
trance of the nave the royal box in the east tram
sept 1 cannot say, for had no chance to get away
from the tent after the arrival in time to see the
procession. heard the Emperor would not bow to
| hrt \ I'd al ha
bowed most Vraciousy, and presume the latter
| is true. The eleven bands played their
loudest as be advanced and there were cheers.
though not, I thought, very enthusiastic ones. l
rather forgot the Gar and lost myself in admirng
for the twentieth time the effects Of light and color
| and distance of the Palace, and In looking at the
mass of people in it. Along the aisle and between
| the serried ranks of the eager thousands to the
transept, and then turning the angle by the central
| fountain, away from the orchestra and facing tho
Imperial salons opposite. and finally passing to tho
left, and out of public vew round to the rear the
| Car and his troop made their way to the raised
boxes at the front of which they finally reappeared
Then the cheering broke out afresh and this time
the Car bowed to it, whatever he may have done
before The sun still streamed through the glazed
arches and walls and his yellow rays took the CLINT
of steel and fell sparkling on the countless flags the
fountain spray, the fresh foliage, the endless
variety of costumes, and the uniforms Of gold and
| red in the orchestra. There not point which
did not dazzle the eye-the whole air was luminous.
| then flame colored, and then iridescent.
The Emperor is said to like music and perhaps en-.
jOyed the concert. The rest of the company found
it too long, and not few, after good look at the
Gear and the Princess slipped off to dinner. 1t
| pas. seven before the music ended, and quite half
past before the Imperial party in room and the
directors and their guests IN another sat down to
dine Those of the public who had not dined early.
| or could not find room TO dine at the Palace res
| taurants-which seem numerous enough to feed in
| one way or another any number Of thousands-wers
entertained with more music outside in the grounds
| To them before dinner, appeared the Emperor on
the upper balcony, leading from bis dining-room.
1t IS pity he could not have been takenxthere on
| his arrival for there are few English landscapes
equal to it In extent and rural loneliness; but it Wa
too late for all its charms to be They had 70
| be seen, moreOver-or part of them-through
| huge network of scaffoldng that rose hundred
feet and stretched on each side of the transepts
hundred so that you could look neither over it nor
around IT. This was, 1t appears, necessary evil.
being the frame of the great set-peces Of the fire.
works. At nine the display Of these began and the
American reader who imagines he has seen fireworks
on the Fourth Of July must the water to dis
cover his mistake. I won't try to describe them.
1t is enough to say that in splendor and ingenuity
as well as in costliness and magnitude of effect they
| surpass anything to be seen in Europe elsewhere.
Two pieces had been devised in honor of the Russian
visit. One gigantic double eagle in FIRE surmount-
ing an inscription, Alexander, Liberator of the
Serfs" The other was q combination of the cipher
| and names of the Duke and Duchess Of Edinburgh
| Both were rather spoiled by the wind, which blew
| the smoke toward us and so obscured the scene.