... Cochin Chinese procession, in the middle of the evening, afforded a great deal of amusement. Fifty gentlemen, attired in the most correct costume, came in to the sound of a gong, as an escort to a Cochin China princess, borne in state on a genuine Chinese palanquin. The Princess Metternich was dressed as the wife of an Arab chief, with a long heavy veil of silver tissue, and was accompanied by a suit...