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A grand Parisian ball.
A Paris letter-writer gives the following description of the last grand fete at the Palais Royal:
"The great event in the gay world of Paris last week was the ball at the Palais Royal on Saturday evening. The rooms of the Palais Royal have not been open before since the death of the Prince Jerome, and the last ball given there was in 1855.
This was a splendid affair, about two thousand persons being present — among them most of the notabilities of the aristocracy and representatives of the wealth, art and literature of Paris.
No uniforms were worn, the gentlemen appearing in habit de ville and the ladies in grande toilette. The Emperor and Empress came in at half-past 10, and remained till half-past 1. The Prince and Princess Napoleon charmed all their guests, the latter particularly, by the simplicity and good taste which she exhibited by mingling with the various groups which gathered in the salons, and the unaffected grace with which she receive