Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1867-07-06 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON AT  THE TUILERIES.  At two o'clock on Sunday last, a deputation consisting of the Lord Mayor of London, and other officials, wearing their robes of office— drove in their state carriages to the Tuileries, where they had the honour of being received by the Emperor and delivering an address to his Majesty congratulating him on his escape from Berezowski's attempt The following is the text of the document :  To his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French. We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, hi Conanun Council assembled, desire to express to your Imperial Majesty our fieling of horror at the late atrocious attempt to assassinate your Majesty's illustrious guest, the Emperor of all the Russlas, and our Indignation that the perpetrator of this wicked act should have so flagrantly abused the right of asylum accorded to him In France. We also desire to express our hearty sympathy with the unanitnt ins sentiment and the universal feeling of the French people, of abhorrence of the crime of the assassin, and of our devout gratitude for the providential escape of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of All the }tussles, the object if the murderous attack, and for the preservation of your Majesty and the Imperial Princes of Russia from the Imminent peril in which they were placed. We deeply lament that this dreadful occurrence should have happened to cast a gloom over society at a time when your Majesty had attracted to Paris so many royal and illustrious visitors to a itness the wonders of nature and art ill the Great Exhibition, and when the gallant people of France were welcoming with hospitality and generous courtesy the citizens of other countries to their brilliant capital. We humbly offer to your Imperial Majesty and the Empress of the French our expressions of cordial sympathy and of our devout hope that your Majesty'a life may be long spared to be a blessing to France and to the civilised world—Signed lip order of the Court, FREDERICK WOoLTIIORPE.  The following is the text of his Majesty's reply : My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen of the Deputation, I desire to express to you the great gratification I feel at this evidence of the sympathy and good feeling of the great Corporation of London evinced towards the Empress and myself by the presentation of this address. It is very gratifying to me to receive you, my Lord Mayor arid the other members of the Corporation, and to find that you are to take part in the ceremonies connected with the Great Exhibition, and I desire to welcome you all to Paris. I preserve a most pleasurable recollection of my residence in your country, and a grateful remembrance or .the kindness and sympathy shown towards me by the English on the occasion of my last visit. It has always been my earnest wish to increase and extend the intimate relations between the two countries, because I believe it promotes the peace of the world.  The Lord Mayor then presented Mr. Alderman Copeland, the " Father of the Court of Aldermen," and Messrs. Aldermen Carter, Rose, Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow, Mr. Harris, the mover of the address, Mr. Under-Sheriff Crosley, and the other members of the corporatim to his Majesty.