" ...The firemen's torch-light parade concluded the day's festivities. It was exceedingly beautiful, and as the long line moved through Broadway surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd on every side, and lighted by thousands of torches, candles, and colored lanterns, one might easily have imagined himself in a fairy-land. It was long after midnight before the great assemblage dispersed, and even then the streets did not resume their wonted aspect.... The fact is, that an avalanche of people descended upon us, and New York was crushed for once; but we do not lay Atlantic cables every day." On the 2d of September, at seven o'clock, a dinner ended the celebration. "There were six hundred guests who sat down to as sumptuous a dinner as ever was laid on any great occasion in this city. The bill of fare was laid beside each plate: =MUNICIPAL DINNER= BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK TO CYRUS W. FIELD, AND OFFICERS OF H. B. M. Steamship _Gorgon_ and U. S. Steam Frigate _Niagara_, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE =LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE.= METROPOLITAN HOTEL, SEPTEMBER 2D, 1858. OYSTERS ON THE HALF-SHELL. SOUPS. Green Turtle. Gumbo, with rice. FISH. Boiled Fresh Salmon, lobster sauce. Broiled Spanish Mackerel, steward's sauce. BOILED. Turkey, oyster sauce. Leg of Mutton, caper sauce. ROAST. Young Turkey. Ribs of Beef. Ham, champagne sauce. Lamb, mint sauce. Chickens, English sauce. COLD DISHES. Boned Turkey, with jelly. Chicken Salad, lobster sauce. Patties of Game, with truffles. Ham, sur socle, with jelly. ENTRÉES.