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esteem and of sympathy that we cherish for foreign nations, and our sincere 
desire to live among them in peace. 
“I thank the Imperial Commission, the members of the Jury and of the 
ditferent committees for the intelligent zeal they have displayed in the per¬ 
formance of their duties. I thank them also in the name of the Prince Im¬ 
perial, whom I have been happy to associate, notwithstanding his youthful 
age, in this great enterprise, of which he will cherish the remembrance. 
“The Exposition of 186Y will mark, I hope, a new era of harmony and 
progress. Assured that Providence will bless the efforts of all those who, 
like ourselves, desire the good, I believe in the definitive triumph of those 
grand principles of morality and of justice, which, in satisfying all legitimate 
aspirations, can alone consolidate thrones, elevate the people and ennoble 
humanity.” 
The address being concluded, M. Eouher, Minister of State 
and Vice President of the Imperial Commission, proclaimed 
the names of the persons, establishments and localities to 
whom had been decreed the recompenses of the “ New Order ” 
(of social harmony and the well-being of populations,) and af¬ 
terwards the names of persons who had obtained grand prizes 
in the groups of Fine Arts, of Agriculture and of “Industry.” 
The nominees for rewards in the New Order, preceeded by 
their banner, then advanced to the place of the imperial es- 
trade, and ascending the steps to the front of the throne, re¬ 
ceived, in turn, as their names were again pronounced, their 
respective prizes from the hands of the Emperor ; His Majesty, 
however, receiving the prize designed for himself from the 
hand of the youthful Prince Imperial, nominal President of 
the Commission. 
Each of the groups of exhibitors, in order of number, now left 
its place about its particular trophy in the centre of the arena, 
and, preceded by its banner, conducted, by the President 
of its Jury, in like manner approached the throne, and having 
received the prizes delivered to each entitled member thereof, 
again defiled in procession to its former place of rendezvous. 
When the distribution had concluded, the imperial cortege 
of illustrious personages, in a measured and stately manner, 
descended from the estrade of the throne, and in grand and 
solemn procession made the entire circuit of the annular av¬ 
enue between the trophies on the one hand and the arcades 
occupied by the representatives of the different nations on the 
other, being received as they arrived at each national tribune 
by enthusiastic cheers and music from the orchestra in the fa- 
