1850-51 
THE ‘LOR’ MAIRE’ 
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Professor Owen have the goodness to ‘ see about 
it at once.’ But there are also many letters from 
foreigners, which are models of politeness and 
diction, especially when their goods received an 
award. 
The President of the French Republic having 
invited the jurors of the Great Exhibition to 
Paris, Owen started the last day of July, along 
with Dr. Lyon Playfair, Joseph Paxton, Lord 
Wharncliffe, the Lord Mayor of London, and 
others. Owen wrote some amusing letters during 
his stay at Paris. At Boulogne the party was 
received by the Prefect and a band, which played 
‘ God save the Queen.’ At the railway station a 
cold collation had been provided and speeches 
were made, and champagne revived the flagging 
energies of those who felt indisposed after the sea 
voyage. When the train-bell rang it was dis- 
covered that the doors of the room in which they 
had been lunching were locked, and there were 
no officials at hand to open them. Some of the 
more daring escaped by the window until a young 
soldier came and guarded that exit with fixed 
bayonet. The doors, however, were soon opened, 
the confusion having occurred simply from a re- 
gard for the safety of the English ‘ Lor’ Maire,’ and 
the travellers steamed off to Amiens. A similar 
reception awaited the representatives there, and 
they were formed into a procession and marched 
along to another collation, with more speeches 
