RECEPTION OF THE JAPANESE.; Preparations for Their Arrival in New-York. GRAND MILITARY ESCORT. Head-Quarters of the Elmbassy Illumination Reception and Ball.

The New York Times　June 16, 1860

The Japanese Ambassadors are expected in this City to-day. They will be welcomed as becomes the representatives of that great and mysterious Empire on their first visit to this the Yeddo of the Western Hemisphere. The arrangements made by our authorities and citizens for their reception are on the most liberal scale, and the panorama of their escort from their landing at the Battery to their head-quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel, will probably form one of the most novel and imposing spectacles ever witnessed in this City.

PROGRAMME OF THE RECEPTION.

The Ambassadors will leave Philadelphia, accompanied by the United States Naval Commission and the Philadelphia Common Council, at 10 o'clock this morning, and taking the Camden and Amboy Railroad are expected to reach South Amboy about 12 1/2 o'clock. There they will be received by the Committee of the New-York Common Council and others, comprising the Committee of Arrangements, and escorted on board the steamboat Alida, which has been elegantly fitted up for the occasion, and which will leave the Battery for South Amboy at the same time the Ambassadors start from Philadelphia. Several excursion boats are advertised to accompany the Alida on the trip, for the accommodation of those who are anxious to get an early sight of the Japanese. As soon as the Ambassadors are embarked on board the Alida, she will start for the City, taking the route between the States Island and Jersey shores, which presents some of the finest scenery to be found in this country. A splendid collation will be provided on the boat during the passage to the City, under the superintendence of WARREN LELAND, of the Metropolitan Hotel. Several tables will be spread so as to accommodate the whole retinue without crowding, and the food will be adapted to the Japanese taste.

The Alida will probably arrive at the Battery, Pier No. 1, at about 2 o'clock, P.M. As she steams up the Bay, salutes will be fired from Governor's Island from the Battery, and from several steamers in the vicinity. The vessels in the harbor will all display their colors at masthead, by request of the Committee of the Common Council. On landing at the Battery, the Embassy will be received by the military of the City, comprising the entire First Division New-York State Militia, and numbering upwards of 5,000 men. The following is the list of regiments which will act as escort to the Embassy, together with the officers and the number of men to each:

FIRST BRIGADE.

Men

71st Regiment, light Infantry, Col. Vosburgh.........488

2d Regiment, Infantry of the Line, Col. Robinson..309

1st Regiment, Cavalry, Col. Waber W. Price....291

3d Regiment, Hussars, Col. S. Brooke Postley......491

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SECOND BRIGADE.

5th light Infantry, Col. Schwarzwaelder.................429

6th Infantry, Col. Pinkney.........................................400

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12th. Light Infantry, Col. Butterfield......................250

4th Artillery, Col. Henken.........................................334

THIRD BRIGADE.

7th Regiment, Infantry, Col. Marshal Lefferts.........875

8th Regiment, Infantry, Col. George Lyon..............447

9th Regiment, Infantry, Col. Van Buren.................200

55th Regiment, Infantry, (French,) Col. Le Gal......300

FOURTH BRIGADE.

11th Regiment, Rifle, Col. Homer Bostwick............400

69th Regiment, Infantry..........................................300

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79th Regiment, Infantry, (Scotch,) new Regiment, Col. McLay...........200

Two companies National Grays, new Regiment Br[???]vet Col. RAYNOR.

The route of the procession will be from the Battery up Broadway to Grand-street, through Grand to the Bowery, up the Bowery to Union-square, and thence down Broadway to the Metropolitan Hotel. At Union-square the military will fire a salute opposite the statue of WASHINGTON, and will pass in review before Gov. MORGAN. Extensive preparations have been made by store-keepers and others all along the route to decorate their premises, and Japanese and American flags may probably be seen floating from almost every window. The Metropolitan Hotel set the example early yesterday morning, and attracted great attention throughout the day by the 300 miniature flags, half Japanese and half American, that streamed from the windows fronting on Broadway. The Committee of Arrangements have published a notice to merchants throughout the City, requesting them to close their stores at 2 P.M., in order to enable their clerks to witness the reception. So far as we have been able to learn this request will be cheerfully complied with; in fact it hardly need to have been made, for the merchants of the City, as a general thing, have been accustomed to grant their clerks this privilege on much less important occasions than the present.

On their arrival at the Metropolitan the Embassy will be inducted through the main entrance, up the grand stairway to the first floor, from the windows of which they will witness the military procession, as it passes down Broadway past the hotel. The chief Ambassadors will be furnished with seats on the balcony, over the main entrance, where, sitting beneath a canopy formed by the intermingled folds of the American and Japanese flags, they can review the troops as they pass.

The streets on the route of the procession have been ordered to be thoroughly cleaned, and one thousand policemen have been detailed to accompany the procession, so that the most perfect order may be preserved.

THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPANESE.

Messrs. LELAND, of the Metropolitan Hotel, who have been charged with the duty of showing the indoor hospitalities of the City to the Ambassadors during their stay here, have made their arrangements for the accommodation and comfort of their guests on the most magnificent, elaborate and expensive scale. The whole of the second floor, comprising 74 rooms, has been set apart exclusively for the Embassy, and has been fitted up in the most tasteful and elegant style. Over the door of each room is a banner inscribed with the name of one of the States of the Confederacy, with a translation in Japanese, and also an appropriate Japanese motto of welcome. On each door is also posted an elegant card, inscribed with the words "Japanese Embassy," and having In the centre the national emblem of the Japan -- a round red ball. Along the whole length of the corridors, 380 feet on Broadway, and 200 feet on Prince-street, are suspended pictures and engravings, representing Japanese scenery, while overhead, in tasteful lestoons, are wreathed the united flags of Japan and America. The stairways leading to the first and second floors a0e ornamented with bronze statues of warriors in armor, bearing the flags of America and Japan. The sleeping rooms of the four principal Ambassadorsare south of the main entrance fronting on Broadway, while those of the sixteen officers of high rank are on the north end. Each of the Ambassadors is furnished with a suite of rooms, with baths attached. Those of the chief Ambassadors are the largest, and have been furnished in the most costly manner. The bed spread is of rich China silk, and was manufactured in Calcutta. The large room on the southwest corner of the second floor is to be the dining-room of the four Ambassadors. The sixteen next in rank will dine in room No. 1 first floor, fronting on the garden attched to the theatre. This room has been entirely refitted and furnished for the occasion and may be called the Japanese room. The ceilings have all been newly frescoed, and are adorned with pictures representing exclusive Japanese scenes. On one panel is a Japanese priest, on another a physician, on a third an officer of high rank, on a fourth, Japanese ladies, children, &c, all dressed in their natural costume. In the centre of the ceiling overhead is the coat of arms of the Emperor of Japan, and on each of the four corners of the pannel is the coat of arms of one of the four Ambassadors. Between the windows are mottos in Japanese, signifying Union, Liberty, Industry, Victory, Commerce, &c. The furniture of this room was made expressly for the occasion, and is far as was Practicable, after the Japanese pattern. Between the windows fronting on the garden are two large China vases. Opposite this dining-room is the dining-room of the United States Navy officers who accompany the Embassy. Contiguous to this is is the dining-room of the members of the Common Council and City officials who may call to pay their respects to the Embassy. The fifty-two composing the retinue of attendants, officers and servants will occupy the wing fronting on Prince-street, and will dine in a large room set apart far the purpose of the ground floor of the hotel. This room like the others, is adorned with Japanese and American flags, mottos, pictures, statues, &c. Measures have been taken to secure for the Embassy the utmost seclusion and privacy should they desire it. No one will be allowed to enter any part of the corridor of the second floor devoted to their use, without special permission. This rule will be strictly enforced, as it has been found by experience in other cities, to be absolutely necessary to the comfort of the guests.

The Japanese are said to be very fond of the music of the outside barbarians, and to gratify their taste in this respect, the Messrs. LELAND have engaged ten of the best pianists in the City to play for them at such times as they may desire. A magnificent grand piano has been placed in the dining-room of the chief Ambassadors for their entertainment while eating their meals, while another is provided for the reception-room of the head of the Embassy.

All necessary facilities have been provided for the cooks attached to the Embassy, to furnish their masters with Japanese delicacies.

THE CONCERT THIS EVENING.

The proprietors of the Metropolitan have made arrangements for a grand concert and serenade to be given in honor of the Embassy. The entire front of the hotel on Broadway and Prince street will be illuminated with 2,000 colored Venetian lanterns, and over the main entrance will blaze forth, in large letters of gas, the word "welcome." Dodworth's Band, swelled to the size of 100 instruments, is to furnish the music. A grand reception and ball in honor of the Embassy has been arranged for the evening of the 25th inst. Invitations have been extended to the President and Cabinet, the foreign Ambassadors and Co[???]suls, the Mayors of the principal American and Canadian cities, Governors of States, officers of the Army and Navy, Judges, lawyers, civilians, &c.

RECEPTION BY THE MAYOR.

The official reception of the Embassy by the Mayor and the City authorities will take place in the Governor's room of the City Hall, on Monday next. The whole interior of the City Hall has recently been scrubbed up, repainted, and whitened, and now presents a clean and wholesome appearance. The Governor's room, particularly, has undergone extensive improvements, being newly frescoed, richly carpeted and curtained, and having new and elegant bronze chandeliers pendant from the ceiling.

POINTS OF OBSERVATION AT A PREMIUM.

Already every available point from which a view of the distinguished Orientals may be obtained has been engaged -- hotel proprietors and others having had no difficulty in leasing windows for the occasion at from $5 to $7 each. The purchasers are mainly strangers, the influx of whom into the City will be unprecedented.

THE POLICE ARRANGEMENTS.

The subjoined, order gives the arrangements of the Police:

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, No. 413 BROOME-STREET, NEW YORK, June 13,1860.

[ General Order No. 205.]

TO CAPT. --, PRECINCT NO. --, Sir: On Saturday, the 16th inst, the Japanese Embassy is to be received by the corporate authorities of this City, upon which occasion you will order the whole of your command on duty, in full uniform, (belts and batons,) at 10 o'clock A.M.

You will line the streets of your Precinct (if the procession passes through it) with three sections of Policemen, to preserve order and prevent vehicles from crossing it or impeding its progress.

Captains are required to be on duty with their respective commands wherever they may be stationed, and subject to the orders of the special aids selected upon that occasion.

The special aids are Capt. SILVEY, of the First Precinct, having command of the force detailed from Pier No. 1 N.R. to Canal-street.

Capt. HOPKINS, of the Sixteenth Precinct, having command of the force detailed around Union Park.

Capt. TRUMBULL, of the Eighth Precinct, having command of the force detailed in front of the Metropolitan Hotel.

The streets through which the procession passes will be posted at 12 1/2 o'clock, precisely.

You will hold one section in reserve in the Station-house, to meet any exigency that may arise.

Sergt. WM. H. ALLEN will be recognized as Aid for the day by the Superintendent.

JOHN A. KENNEDY, Superintendent.

DANIEL CARPENTER, Inspector.