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THE KING OS SARDINIA.
I We / ha vi received the following i telegra-
I iiic despatch from ; our' Paris\;carreB«_
londeut :r»- . , ? -,???
\ :\ ? c . . Paeis, Nov. 23.
?£ The King.of jSardinia^rrived l^ere to
-ay at half.paat,;l at the station pf( the
tivons. Railway,- where he. was received by
Prince -NajJoleddi- ?i:: '; ?;? -:???'?'? ? l !l'
'? All the high dignitaries of the
Emperor/i, household, the Ministers, the
Preaid«atf'of''the'v^o::Ohambe'rlB^'^nd'iti^:
?refeots were f.-wMting..;.lptv,'rece|yex'his
? ' ' Tha cortege followed the. quays, the
PliCBpf the Hotel do yillie,1. and the. Itiie
de Hvoli^o the Palace of the Ttiileries,
anaTl along bis paasage the King was
received with acclamationa of sympathy.'
T(«i Monifettrt pub.liphea thsifpllowing
d-tai8 :— *
','?«« The King -rof Sardinia arrived at Mar
salba at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning.
'I His Majesty was received oh landing.
bj;Colonel Edgar Ney, Aide^de-Camp of
tbj Emperor, -firat verieur; by: the Mar
qiis de Conegliano, Chambellan ; and by
lieutenant Colonel de Valabregue; Equerry
Commander, aant by the Emperor, to meet
he King ; by the General Commander of
he 9th military division, by the Prefect of
jhe Bouches-du-Rhone, by the General
Commander of the department, by the
Mayor of Marseilles', and the principal
3ivil and1 military authorities. .
'A. salvo of artillery announced the.
landing of the King. , - -#
' The troops wers drawn np in ,.;ne of
battle on the port, and formed a double
line along the passage of the Royal cprtegc.
i^ri escort of honour accompanied the
king's carriage. r ,
1 '?«« His Merely alighted at the hotel of
he Prefecture. Monseigneiir the Bishop
ft Rfarseilles, who had awailelthe King at
^ielanding.pl9ce,acconopanied:HisMajesty
t» the Prefecture. : .!v%,
! ' The soldiers and the population of
AlarseiUes, who had assembled Jin. crowds
along the patsage of the King, greeted him
with enthuiiastic cheers^ ' : ; ; '?? ??'-? ?
)- ' His Majesty,; ..f«i zyiaroouies at a
qnatter part 11 for Lyons. .: , , , ;,
?? Before his departure the King paid a
'visit to her Bjy»l;:Highness /th^-yGrand
Duchess of S»den,at the Hoteldes.Colonies.
' Alovg the line, between Marseilles
and lypni, at all the. stations where the
Rby*l train stopped, his Majesty found
ar«embled the principal local authorities
a detachment of troop*, aDd^ the.; popula
tion eager to welcome the august ; ally of
France.' .? ?? , .. . . . ..''.: ? ? '
I' At Avignon the . Achbishop came
to the station to compliment the King. - ',?'?
' 'At 6 o'clock in the evening the , King
of Sardinia arrived at .Lyons,-- am|^';sal.T?8
of artillery and the. cheeris.of,the population
who brb^rded the station, the-quays, , aid
the .streets through which: the Royal
corteegb had to pass. ?'??.?'- ?'?'?'/
: ' Hi^ Majesty wasireceived at the en
trance of Lyons by his Excellency Marshal
Count de Castellane, Commander-in«Chief
pf tbe army at LyonB.and pf ;the .8tlj military
division'; by M. Vaisse, senator, charged
with the adminiatration of the department,
of the ? Rhone: by the' Mayor of ; L^ons;
and by the principal civil . and;; jniiitary
authorities. - . ?'.','.'???' .-.''' /''?',''.'
, 'fThe King alighted . atTthe. Hctel de
VEurope, which, bad been preparrf by
order of the Emperor for the 'reception of -
.his' Majesty and his. .Buite.'.' ; ? ',' ?; ' . ..' '/ ';] ':'. .',;';'
The Moniteur adds'the'fqllowir'g.s^ q'
'The King of Sardinia wii/ receive
a most hearty and warm welcome from the
population of Paris. 1 ,v '! ' 'f '! °
',, 'This august -sovereign is not'only the
descendant of one of the moat glorious'
reigning families of Europe, the chief
of a nation whose destinies .frcm time im
memorial have been bo'uhdj'up (with .those
of the French nation; :by. lift, eminent
personal qualities, his loyalty and ' his
tried courage, by the retdiness with
which he sent his brave trodpi to fight side
by side1 with our own for.,tte.. aame cause
King Victor Emmanuel has special claims
to the sympathies of France.
J THE WAK IN ASIA.
The1 Moniteur publishes , the 'following,
dated Constantinople, November' 12':—
'-.lt According to the last accounts,; Omar
Pasha was expecting, battle'; (General
Mauravieff had detatched a division ; from
his army, which was advancing by forced
marches oh Kutais by the ' Akhiaka-road,
About; 8,000 Turks, under Moustapha
Pasha, had left Batoum to try and cut off:
this detatchment. . ? Early ; in ; the; month
they had : reached Oaurgethi. The comr
mander-in-Chief bade them meet him at
Kutais which will become the theatre of
some important engagements, unleS3: ? the'
Russians refer, intrenching Hhtetnselves in
the defiles which protect' the advance, to
Teflis'' ..ur, ;:.x .r'.-z-:-v::'_'.i-' '-'f ' ''''
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