The Sun. — London, England, 1814-05-09 00:00:00

• talint t,-„' : mss,gly 41 - 1(1, (if c the Canaille' only; There (h) , the way) a littleness in this .saying mean '6 4 . - rensive.—l know nothing 7)1101 lie has said or done which has rendered snore unpopular and hats in 'France than ; t l ;3 idle remark. One hears it everywhere, and tc 'lle'nfq arr loud in 44. condemnation, Blas enlY itself worth! have had more defenders than re Proactt of the . great and good ,HARRY .TO-111ght all th e Th eatres h ave b een o p ene d \ v i: t t% and Sfrazige and motley were the groups t e be ',ieged doors. "I wished much to en iv,' 1 7" have a peen at the assemblages in one or es t ' I,;u't not intrepidity, enough to .i.'oe,eouter collision With the personage-.who coal p(nitikthese iiimierolis -congregations. The places annisement win be tilos fillet for several Oatis. tos t r 'St Of. the Churches, &c. have already ri, e( ' 'the White Flag from their steeples—many e vr -e 2 te , house s have followed the example, and nth Gls ( If bouquets, wreaths, transparencies, anti ever y e mblem s of reinking, are to _he seen its, t i t 'at'ter. Ido not, however, observe any 11 4ti q - i t , 4ti° "s'., as in London, for a general illumi " T - O A - ic —The newspapers of this morning ttt s' t - ',., 4 an account of wh a t,took place yesterday 1)e where ail the world' hastened to tp "'"rost in saluting the King, who, like the Second, might well express his won itir„ ",.''ere the people were who had 'so long kept ,is t - tv 'Ttn his . inheritance. There is an air of Ma -414,J n ,uent Louis, and a noble expression of dig ton', itt hie countenance, ' calculated to make no in g . : ° t l impression on beholders: The interest- Vfa h .,', 44 ghter of the martyred Monarch excites the arie l P t st sympathY-; she looks' extremely . well, ty' t ti 'haps her face is rendered' more touching tc s , " L .uPpearance of weeping,• which so many ir o , - ',"Ths of late presented to draw forth tears ( 4 0 " 1 her e)' es, biave produced ; - they - are the sacred tra, P , B ° f filial piety and remembrance, and their are a s sacred as their source. y 'rt i ll fter dinner yesterday, the King rs hi t e d l rank ab e -F rench People ;' then the health of t esent, and the Army; and third, the Prince liailt.Aas ` "P . ie. of England. - All these toasts- were hi s with acclamations. The Princess - sat on sokright hand ; the Princes of CorrnE and Rout?, 4 )4 1 L i m their right a nd l e ft. The table run a ll % " ft t he room, and near the King were. seated IN 6 BIONCEY, NEY, MARKONT, LEFEBItE, ~c ' ta lh ers. ail,„ At six o'clo-:k this morning all Paris was Opi c ? and a lo ve l y day' seems to favour this an- IN't)ttsqte, It is holiday and idlesse all,' un litre ! e may call pleasure . the business of life ; ar e ani that . is very fatiguing. .Preparations la rc . rde for ill um i nat i ng a ll t h e p u bli c b u ildi ngs , th 44 2 ) . &C. ,and a ll" the private houses. in the ief streets. The White Cockade and the White ..4 , F are universal. ~iac:',:rqops Of all na ti ons , are i n con ti nua l mo tf k ut °tfghottt the city. The Imperial Guards th e and of Russia are to be seen vis-2-ris in Vandorne. On the Place de la Con hgain Louis QUinze), where ',OPTS the ))4:,; e41 , perished` on the scaffold, I have just si oll I tai-oligh one of the divisions t• he Na ehe.a! G:;ards ! ! the other divisions assemble in bak e various districts. About eight o'clock the i te 4 de I hßat, accoitipanied by his Staff, set out 140 41 tile fltiiiileries fur St. Olsen. At the same t,i4vet twelv e or fourteen of the suPerh Royal car -7410 with. eight horses in each, depoted to the Cortege. The Ithperial Arms have been st,tlt.terAted frotn the pannels ; three jirurs-de-lis th a ` „P'Y ' • the place of *he eagle, the Royal Crown *4 l O l I linperial torm, and white lilies the other blae'ns of BUONAPAUTE. Th e open C ar f or hi s :b out is d rawn b y e i ght white horses, adorned 44 . ,,,, u t the head and neck with white feathers, and uhnrse led by a groom in spl e ndid livery ; th a t e„ adman is blue,and s il ver . taiet-the streets are crowded to excess, and all is a nd sple n d our . 'Thi s i s, i n d ee d , ' a d ay of 't to this people. t 4 Cie King has just entered Paris, and the 1 4 _ -e tlzoret4runiedthe cannun is' heard. "Every person to the harrier. hasten to Notre litf or e c ,' , a ml, if possible, will *rite a short letter tale poss departs." '` f , PARIS, Ny'ritsnav, MAY 4. esterday, as I suspected, the grand ceremony ' 4e "Pled too much time to permit nie to dispatch al, , s addition to th e l etter Wh i ch I sent o ff at mid ma, 1 J ; and to -4 day,' the public Papers contain a s tare lre et c b of th e pro cee di ngs so accurate, that it is • ely necessary for me to occupy your time with 411 4eeutint of th e F estival. There ire, however, 4'f"r particulars worthy, of notice ; and perhaps 44 e h iitti • reflecti ons as occur to a spectator from an tier .eountry th e 'lay have n ove lty to re-con:mlmA ed ) even afterthe French writers have tl leir exhaust stiack of observation upon the subject. I will dot trouble • h description N you with aof the t i dress of the Cortege from St. Ouen to Notte iToads4l"----for a league and a half the streets and lo were filled with an immense crowd. Every • eo Lt i ! e i shed, lamp -post, and elevated station, was tla i l' -r ed, and in some strangely ,constructed places t h - People clung round the buildings like bees % at {tad just hived. It was an interesting sight, •th W hich description is atterly inttlequate, and brefore must be left to • fa:,cy. From Notre ~,,4_4le, after the observance of the religious rites vrii_escribed in the programme, the Procession 17ecl towards the Thuilleries by the Pont Neuf; h i ) ; 'as 4 was at this point that the most remark het f ° l.l us were observed, here I took my station 41t ween the two pavilions, and in front of the tc;il,4. es trian statue of 'HENR Y IV., described in a ler letter. An iron railing run from the one i l ,. the other of these 'pavilions, inclosing the sta ie, antL also a considerable 'space of ground. Il_ekets from the Minister of .-the Interior were spot eessary to. procure admittance into this favotned fl , ; and the paviliow, as 'well as the broad fined{situts of steps which let to them, were elegantly l. with well-dressed letuales, waving white 'n__derehiels wreaths of flowers, and hanuerets. the chief attraction Was below, where were tssernb!:ed a select band of piling ladies dr:essed in white, •with white - scarfs across -their shoulders, and" cr:lwnerl with chaplets of white lilies. They bod a charming appearance, and ,returned the salutes' of .the various parts of the Cortege 'as I passed, with cries of " Vice le lini, vices-les Bour bons." A good band of Music also took their sta tion here;,and continued to play the principal Na tional Airs of-France, which excited the highest enthusiasm. - • " About a quarter past two", the hem] of the. Procession, consisting of about 1500 of the Sth Legion of the National Guards, reached this plate, and were received with . vivid acclama tions, which they .returiled with waving their hats, and shouting " Vine le Roi !" Vine Henri Quatre !" which latter cry, by the bye, though a very general is not a very natural 'national shout, t hough I suppose it must be taken metaphorically for " Vinel'esprit de Henri Quatre."-1 ought to have noticed, that, on the pedestal.of the statue of this hero, they had inscribed, since I last saw it, the words, " LUDOVICO REDUCE, HENRICCS REDEVIVUS." The words on 'the pavilions were, on one side, " A la Concorde Francois," and on the other, "A la Paix des Nations" \ " As the Procession advanced, the caup eceil became inexpressibly fine. The long Q 0 .4.; des Or fevres, up which it moved, along the banks of the Seine, to this central point (Pout Neuf), was. Crowded to excess. ' Every - window and balcony was adorned with tapestries, colours, flowers; &c. whence multitudes of the finest women in Paris, witnessing the ceremony, were incessantly occu- - pied in gratulating the:paSsing cavalcade, by ges ticulations .and cries of joy. The beatify of the day, not a.• cloud obscuring the azure vault of heaven, the grandeur of the buildings in this part, and the - vicinity of the river, rendered the spectacle altogether,' even abstracted froM moral and, political considerations', one of the most, im posing and noble th a t was ever re p resente d to t h e eyes of mankind. It was a scene of wonder and delight. The Streets lined with the National Guards Of Paris, between whose lines rode the Russian General; with his attendant Cossacks, theAustrianCuirasSier, the Prussian Landwehr, the Lancer of Germany, the wild Croat from the South, and the Swede from.the North of Europe ! The guards of Bun naparte, and the old troops. of the French line, preceded the triumphal car of a Bovesort Prince ! The Tartar of the Don - and the soldier of the Seine rode in peace side by side ; and as it was. in the procession, so it was in the multitude of specta tors. I stood between a Spaniard and a German, and leaned upon a French guard in front, who lent me his musitet io rest upon, and laughed heartily when I proclaimed myself thc first British Volun teer in his corps. The rich variety of military uniforms imparted a singular aspect of gaiety to the crowd : the white of Austria, the blue of Prussia, the green of Russia,. and here .and tlrere -1 a red jacket ; the peaked bonoet of one, the ea-. potte of a second, the cocked hat of a third, the hussar cup of - a fourth; theheltnet of the dragoon; with the ponderous plumes of the grenadier, alt added in an extraordinary manner to the magic of the Shew;---a sheet which certainly consisted of the most wooderful assemblage of nations that bas been seen in the world for a thousand years. " And then the occasion of all this, and the prospect of the golden days which it opens to mankind ; the sublime idea that misery and deso lation have ceased, that the career of guilt and blood is at an end, that this day forms that point of time, that gtorious epoch in hiStory, at which is drawn the fine line'of separation between almost univer sal wretchedness •and almost universal happiness ; the mind dwells upon the era with emotions too deep for the pen—too vivid for the-tongue. When the lapse of years shall have sobered the passions into reason, some sublime genius may eternalize his name by drawing a portrait of this hour—a faint portrait; but no living man, whe has seen • and felt, nun participated in the agitations of these 1 . times, and who has .Witnessed . that which marks the close of these convulsions, can.in any 'Way do justice to the mighty theme. " To return to the prosession—After the National Guards, came: the Imperial (now the Royal) Guards, An . loot, to the number of about 100, and an equal number of the Horse'Guard... They were greeted with cries of " Lice le Guard !"—" Fives la Guards_ Imperia,le !"----T4y are fine, veteran looking fellows, and inarched on iu a steady, sol dierly manner. Whether it was owing to disci pline, or to any other cause,. I do- not know, bui none of the old French troopi appeared to return the gratulations of the crowd, to shout, or to pay any regard to the arches of triumph, statues, &c. which they passed in their way. Another consi derable body of the Paris NationalGhards follOnted; they, on the contrary, were all enthusiasm. About this part of the Procession thete were the greatest number together of the Allied Troops (spectators), who had fallen into the Cortege, and mixed with the .French soldiery. Most of-them were covered. with crosses, medals, stars, decorations, and bo nours bestowed on them by their Soiersigns for leaving beaten the French ! the midst of whom, and in the centre of whose capital, they now rode in peace —Another curious source, for Tellection• ou the mutability of human affairs. "About 100 -of the Guard d'Hwineur and French Lancers came next—a superb body of men: They were fol lowed by a Regiment of hardy, sun-burnt Troops of the Line, And these, in turn, by regular ca valry. Next, a party of the Empress's Guard d'Elite, like our Oxford glues, and remarkably powerful .men.--Thtse were' succeeded, and the contrast was very grand, by about fifty Damsels in wt►ite, strewing flowers, and bearing ' amc.ng them two Standards, (one White and the other Blue) inscribed, " Dieu ?too •rend.les Bourbons : Yivele Rbi 1" This party was warmly greeted.— They wepe followed by Chasseurs of the Life Guard, and this party closed the Military Advance of the Proetssion. "'Tie harriers of our iron railing were now thrown open; and our fair , florists marched forward to the side of the road—the Band struck up Henry Quutre; and the Balloon, which was prepared im mediarely.behind his statue, was loosened so as to float iii air us high as the parapet 'of the Bridge. Every thing - announced the approach of THE KING, auttall along the Quai there appeared nv- thing but an incessant Waving. of flags, handker chiefs; festoons,of flowers, &c. while the shout of loyalty ran along the stream of the rejoicing Seine. • ' • ••• . • . "The Municipality of Paris led the way—their carriages, like those of Royalty, cleansed of the stain of the Usurper's Imperial Eagle, were orna 4nented with .the old. City emblem—a Ship. , •It is unnecessary to particularize the multitude and variety of Senators, Legislators, and other Public' . Functionaries, who succeeded ju, immense - num bers,. in carriages and on horseback. Their dresses and uniforms were .very splendid. " At last, about four o'clock, came his Ma- JESTY in an -open Car, drawn by eight white horses, (not the Hanorerians) r on his left sat the PRINCESS, with . the Princes of CONDE and BOURBON vis-a-vis. The crowd rent the air with acclainations. The young Ladies from the arena presented bouquets, and threw up abwidance of flowers. • One party presented a basket of oranges, which •were received by the Prince of BounnoN, .and placed as a loyal .otfering within the carriage. At this mornent,•while thesICING stopped opposite to the Statue, the Balloon. ascended with Madame BLANCHARD. in the car ; .she threw out some bal last, and ,rose mast majestically, and in a few moments a WHITE Dove, the emblem of Peace, wai released' -by the aerial traveller. ThiS trait was rapitnously applauded, and ,the vehicle swept along towards the Sun, as if conceivers of the glotions• occasion. MO. B. waved a couple of White Flags, till it became impossible to distin guish in the dazzling rays of light. About this time, too, several IVliite.Bahoons ascended from Various parts of Paris, but without any persons in the cars. 'fiat in which Mad. BLANCHARD ascended appeared very small, in comparison with SADLER'S, the diameter being probably not more than I'2 feet : it was of-a bright colour, (like Hy meres robe in paintings), and profusely .adorned with fleurs delis, " , The King's carriage, Surrounded by eighty'or a hundred Marshals, Generals, and Superior- Officers. " About half past four, his MAJESTY reached the Thuilleries, and this august spectacle (on which I have not time to dwell further) concluded. " Iu the evening there• were Illuminations, but they are not to be compared for brilliancy and splendour with those of London. The triode of illuminating the,Public Offices is by placing about thirty pots of oil, with large wicks, upon the face of a number of wooden pyramids . ; constructed for the occasion in this there is little beauty and no variety. " Privatehouses'are lighted with.the same mate rials along the 'windows, &c. The .Transparencies were also very poor ; ;And, upon the 'whole, there was nothing ml , inificent in this, part of, the fes tival, but the Fire-works, displayed abotit ten o'clock from the Pont Louis Quinze : these. were snrprisiuLfly brilliant, and with the Palais of the Corps Legislatif, at the end of the bridge, nobly illuminated, had by far the finest effect of any of the-night spectacle in Paris. " About 12 o'clock'tbe lamps were dying out, ant al! was gniet. There is one excellent regulation observed here, worthy of imitation : no horses or carriages are allowed in the streets On nigttts of rejoicicg after six o'clock. '" The King's Declaration is posted upin all tho walls, and sold by hundreds in the streets : it augurs a declension of po,Wer in the Senate : , an :I seems to be very popular." M ARRIVED-1 France, 1 Bremen, e St. Sebastian, 1 He14:, , 0 7 land, 1 Dill)lin, 1 Waterford. DUE-1 Cadiz, 1 Malta, 1 Lisbon, 1 Gottenburgb, 1 Holland, 2 Dublin, 3 Water ford. PRICE 01 THrs DAY AT TV 3 per Cent. Red. eqi per Cent. Cons. 671 i 4 per Cent. Cons. 82& F STOCKS r rr.,vP 07C LOCK. India Bonds, Ss. 9s. pr. Exchequer Bills,3s. 4s. ss. pr. 'Minium, 20.1.. c; pr. . Consols for Account, 67ili 5 pev Cent. Nary Ann. 96-11 Bank Long Ann. 16 1-16th i E. EYTON, .and 'Stock-Broker, No. 2, Coruhill, No. 18, Coventry-street. SVGAR.—TIre average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending 4th May, ISI4, is 89S, lid. per cwt. THE SUN. stILEM VUI4 DICERK FA LIUM AIIDEAT 44. LONDON, moNI4,IY, MA Y' 9, 1814. We had not room on Saturday to offer any oh iervations upon the important Document signed by the King' of FRANCE, previous to his entry into his Capital. His MAJESTY agrees generally to the basis, of the constitution proposed for his acceptance, but upon some points he withholds his assent. The framers of that Constitution seem to have 'had two Very distinct points to actOm plish—one was, to secure a free Constitution for France ; and the other, to' take care of them selves, to secure their own rank, power, and emoluments; bat the latter was evidently the preponderating object. That part of the proposed Constitution which relates to the Se nate, every point of View, most objection able, as it would create a most extraordinary and anomalous power —'a power neither emanating from the King nor 'from the People; having no interests in common with either, yet possessing a controul over both ; a body, possessing the power_ without the qualities of an Aristocracy—a body, paid by the 'State, 'and yet not responsible to it. —An imaginary resemblance has been found be tween the Engiiish 'House of • Lords and the French Senate, whereas, in fact, no two things cats be more dissimilar. Tbe.English House of Lords consists of the great landed proprietors of the kingdom, either of men Wag have descended from an illustrious line of ancestors, whose names adorn tile '.page ihf British History, o ,of u.ose who have been ennobled themselves for the emi nent services which, they have . rendered their country. Their immense lauded property, and the advantages which they possess as a privileged aristocracy, unite them at once with the King arid the Peop!e, making it equally. their interest to - defend the prerogatives of the one and pr iteet the rights of the other. 'The Senate : of France, we need hardly say, is composed of very different, materials ; it is composed - of men not chosen for their , birth, their wealth, or their eminent services, BUONAPARTE wished to have t e form, but not the substance of a Seuate.— He wished to have ,men to assume the cha racter, .and neglect the duties of Senators, and he . chose •the present Senate; whether with that acuteness for Which he has be,i celebrated, it is for the People of France to determine: Are the e the men, we , would ask, who are by the great Charter of the Constitution to be made the he reditary, salaried Governors of France ? • What - claim have they to this pre-eminence ? They have not, as we before observed; high birth, great landed property, or distinguished services, upon which to found their . claim; they are neither chosen by the People nor selected by the King,—Are these the men,.. we again ask, who ought to be invested in France with a power far greater than the Peers'ot England . 1 greater, because the number being limited, there . exists no power in the State able to coun teract a majohity of them combining together. In England the Constitution has given the King the unlimited power of creating Peers, consequent!y no such evil as that to which we have alitided could exist. An attempt was made, in the early part of last Century, to limit, by Act of Parlia ment, the number of the British House of Peers ; but the. Commons, as might naturally be expected, rejected the proposition. - We' are prevented, by the great pre!sure of inatter,from continuing our observations upon this subject we•shall resume them the first opportu nity. Dipatcbes were yesterday received by Govern ment, announcing the arrival of BUONAPARTE at the Isiand of Elba. He embarked on board the Undaunted frigate to be conveyed to that place. Throughout the whole of the South of France, wherever he passed; he was hooted by the popu+ lace, and in sonic places stoned. Sometimes he was obliged to Mix with his attendants, and con ceal himself 'from t he fury of the people, and to " join in the cry, of Vivent les. Bourbons ;" -at otber times, to mount the White Coe:lade; and, in short, his whole journey was one of peril, and had in several' places nearly been fatal to him. 7 -On his journey he lyould not speak to any body but Colonel CAMPBELL: He expressed the utmost contempt-of all Nations but Great Britain, of which he uttered the wannest praises, and siAl, that she,was the Most respectable Nation on earth. He said, that lie intended to make France as lin, portant a Nation as Great Britain, but that .the petiole were unfit for such an elevation, and un worthy of . it. He persevered in not uttethig a syllable to anybody but Col. CAMPLELL. Dispatches were yesterday receive( from Lord. W..BENTINCK and Sir E. PELLEW, spo.• . ir , ' 'he reduction of Genoa, which was this morning pub lished in a Gazette Extraordinary. This morning a Bremen Mail arrived. Th. KING of DENMARK has isstied a strong Proclama tion against Prince CHRISTIAN, and calling upon him to surrender Norway to 'Sweden. The eva cuation of Hamburg!' has commenced., The insurrection at Milan has been of a decisive nature ; but though it was unfortunately attend ed with murder, it was only of one person, and demonstrates such a disposition in the people as removes all fear of danger from the adherents of BUONAPARTE. A Provisional Regency has issued an Address to the People, comprising the outline of a New Constitution, but we have not room for it to-day. M. DE PRENA, the French Minister, but a Piedmontese by birth, was killed by the pope-. ace, and other persons escaped, who would else have shared the saw fate. TUE KING'S HEALTH. Yesterday, in consequence of the repairs_ and the new beautifying of the state rooms in St. James's Palace,, which is proceeding with all pos sible speed, the Monthly Report of the state of the KING'S health could-not be shewu us usual to the public in the Privy Chamber, :-nor could the Lord and Groom in Waiting attend in the tutre Room. The Bulletin,' which is as follows, Was shewn in the Guard Chamber : • WINDSOR CASTLE,' MAY 7.—His Majesty's bodily health is good, but his•disojdrr chntinues undiminished. " H. HALFORD. " M, HAILLIE. " W. HEBErDEN. " R. WILLIS." 'By. a letter from Plymouth we are informed that the gallant Sir STApLETO'S COTTON (Lord COMBERMERE) is arrived at that port in his Ma jesty's ship Primrose from Passages. The Duke of . CLARENCE •is expected to lea% e town in a few .days, to Make preparations for bringing over from France the Illustrious Mo narchs who are about to visit this country. It was yesterday said, that it was supposed to be the latter end of next week before they could be here ; the 20th instant was mentioned' as the likely day. Day RY-WANE.---Alr. KEAN performed /ago on Saturday night at this Theatre, in a manner more effective than correct, as it was somewhat too gay and flippant for inch a dark designing villain. But his performance was very amusing, and was loud ly applauded. The audience were very harsh in their treatment of Mr. SowEnav in 'Othello, who had before performed the part with success. • COVENT-GARDEN.--:Mr. SHEREKIECK, a 'dew Actor from Rochester, perform e d She v a, ', n t h e COmedy of The Jew, on Saturday. He s po k e in the Jewish dialect, and acquitted himse',i ; est i - e a ably, but with ou t any • prominent Aerit as a n Actor. Conx-ExanANot,' MAY 9.—Our sur,ply of Wheat from Es ser c% ,, , a f s but. 2 s., i n ler a m mail fine samples me t a ready quarter fro this day week, but ordinary were dull of - and' sale K en att this at i mar advanceilng oak. The sanw may be said 'of Oats, as it regards the sale, but there is no alt era ti on i ll price, Barley,Malt, and 'Aye, supported th e i r l as t quote d prices. Boiling Pease v. - day be considered es. per quarter dearer; but in Grey Pease there was nu alteration. nout regained the AM as this day vteak. ~- T.