New-York tribune., 1880-03-02
GLANCE Az LILLE GATHERING.

APPEARANCE OF THE DINING-ROOM-THE DEcoRA-
TONS AND THE TABLFs-THosE WHO WE'RE
PRESENT.
Last evening n complimentary dinner was given
10 Count de Lesseps by citizens of New-York, at
DelmoncOs. representative gathering Of prom
incnt residents. to the number of 253. met to do
honor to tho great builder Of canals From o'clock
to T. the hour named for the dinner those who had
arrived were presented to II. de LesSeps. Al
o'clock the guests took their seats at the tables.
The ballroom. where the dinner took place, wM
profusely decorated with Haps and flowers. The
French and American flags were draped together
above the presidents char. and upon them was
mounted the American coat-of-lrms. Opposite TO
them, upon the front of the gallery. the French
coat-of-arms was placed upon fags similarly draped.
Flags of va ious nations festOoned around the
entire room the French, American, and British co.,
ors predomnatng. Fiowcrsiupots stood on brackets
on the walls. Large epergnes and baskets filed
with flowers were on all the tables. together with
pots containing azae1s cineTaria. hyacl1ths lapOn-
icas. bcgOnIas and miniature palms. At the ceiling
above the central chandelier was large canopy
made Of smIlax and other vines and flowers: and
from the crystal chandelier itself which was en-
twined with green. festoens Of smax were extended
70 the four chandeliers in the corners of the room.
Upon the table at which the gnest Of the evening
sat. which was raised upon platform al the end of
the ROOM there several fancy pieces If confcc-
tionery; trophy, bearing the letters F. de IT,"
in gold upon red shield, with female figures in gilt
holding gaTands above It. and cherGbs standing be.
low with laden baskets upon their heads a similar
trophy bearing two relief medaions representing
the two isthmuscs Of suez and Panama; ana
model of the grand cross Of the Legion Of Honor
in brilliant colOrs standing eighteen inches high.
IU)n the other tables were other symb3lical de-
signs In confectionery a commercial trophy, in
white sugar. with bales of goods and the figure Of
Mercury broad blue shield supported by fourele.
phants with map of the Sncz Caual and De Iesseps
at work upon il n design representing navigation,
with sailors, dOlphins, naiads tridents aDd p phes
model of the dredging machine invented ht De Les-
seps gor the Suez Canal a model of town upon
the banks of the Suez Canal Sphinx In gilt;
"the Sister Republics with two rcd liberty caps
resting upon affairs beneath blue arch railroad
tram in white sugar, with mills and streams be-
meath the viaduct upon which it stood; - the iron
Industry" represented by a hugc steam hammer
and a derrick, with a mining scene below a model
OF the steamship Colon CITY of NewYork"
trophy. with map in yellow and blue and the city
seal upon shields resting under canopy.
So numerous were the applications for seats at
the dInuer that instead of the five long tables
usually set below the guest table there were ak.
At the raised table sat Count dc Leseps at the rehb
Of the president. the Rev. DIR. r. =. Storrs upon
the right OF n. de Lcsseps were VI. de Zamacona.
Maor-General SchOicld $. de Mcndouca. Consult
General Breu A. FcTo and Mayor Cooper. At tie
left OF the president sat Don jose Avsemena,
Minister Resident Of Colombia J. Carlos Tracy,
Commodore Nicholson. :. Camacho. A. 4. Low,
Peter Cooper and the Rev. Dr. \ !. Prime At tho
head Of the other tables were john Jay. G. w.
a.
Bocart and William 4. Cole.
The other persons present were rs follows: