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30(IVAL. OF TRIP TO PARIS. (No. VI.) ZlEDlTort,—t have already noticed the man eer in which .the alld people slnak of the English, it may not . be amiss to mention the way in Which they speak of the people ref other coon ,lei. You will, of course, ir, make those al - la w a nees and deductions in your own mind which the nature of the case requires ; you will read ,hat I write with the 'Unprejudiced eye of a per. 11 9 n calc u l at i ng all chances at hone, and there fore not to be- misled by the dicta' of another, Ivh°Se observations arc drawn from the very focus (?I'leception, i. e. personal Ohservati-on in a fo _teign.laod. I have often been amazed at the im . - -, e tone o f the writers of tra%el s— the tour 'sts, whethe r from Moscow to Constantinople, or fiNvl the Ed geware-road to Derbyshire. How-. :vet in disestible their stories are, tWere is no con. ,e ndi ng against—" Sir, I have seen ; and surely I to know.;" though, like the disputants re 'lleeting the colour of the cameleon, ALL . inay be 'g• But if the very ocular demonstration re - : s ! ive4 by travell ers ma y l ea d to erroneous concep en"s °4 their parts, how much more are their !ia,ble to be abuied by what they hear. `.•*•o . eec)ltrovertibly has the eye.:sight been consi ered as the 'truest medium of rapresentation t o till b e lse,.that we have the proverb of—" seeing's o i t o l t ":ng ;" but, on the contrary, no one ever of making an axiom of the words—" hear believing ;" so different - Are the appeals to f t . . ce rtain judgment made froth the eyes and 6 tbe ears ! Leaving it, therefore, as I have ta.d ' to you to make such allowances as you think l i kable to t h e cond i t i on of an E og li shM:M, I. l l jeCt at e very torn to h e a'ssnred of'" the thing t : iic h is :tot," I will Proceed to state to you all ° bserv at i ons w hi c h occurre d to me, exereis till the best of my power, the discrimination et w • een the true and the false. I`r°Rl Boulogne to Montrenil - I heard nothing ' 4t tlicotnia up on the Prussians. They were the hest 460 Ps in the world ; the least addicted to ; und er perfect discipFote ; kind, nd at ‘:lltive to the people and ; in fine, all that could ; e-I 'lected from goo d S o ldi ers an d h umane men. tt it t he Russians, and in an especial manner t Cossacks, the terrific Cossacks,---=they were 14,(1)l,4 i ble f e ll ows ; perfect Rawheads and Bloody s 2 ce Malbrug " was not a gr e at er il'arectow.: than a Cossack, throughout ztll this fli r t of Picardy. All this gave me but an pillio n o f our good Allies, the Russians, 1 ,4 411 opinion still wo r s e o f th e G ran d t °41 : 1 "3 of' E uro p e , t h e C ossac k s; b ut, on f tlll° i; nearer i n t o contact w i t h t h e l atter, I 4 : 411 th at t h e idea formed of them Was drawn, t the life, but from the magnifying lens of et hr t.; and that, in their place, the Russians, to Y, and even t h e C ossac k s , were as we ll t j -eclil led es th e so ldi e r s o f a ny other country; , tl tll lY teach Philo - 5(4)4 a lesson, to see that their t ai have carried justice and wisdom into the ti: t)cil s of the most polished and enlighteTA na tl3' (if the earth. v :lat the circumstance to which i have alluded, t he horrid opimion of the Russians enter tji lby th e people of France, not yet visited by ti f • titr()",ps of th at country, affords a striking proof 1 1 , 1 e Wond er f u l power possessed b y the Press. e Yet a hope remained,BqoN,iPAßTE bad en ti‘:t"tired to rouse the population of, France to tc s en m "ise, by exaggeratedpictores of the ex -0,,,5e3 committed by the Cossacks and othe t s o f 17;‘-tillussatl soldiery. H e vas t fortunately, but te4ie,"'eaessfl la- stimulating the peopl e t o - the v i ,,, 1-I tee he desired ; but still hehad so far im- Prance with the idea he was endeavour ti° hlcul cate, that there was not a peasant in 1 1 101, 11 'd n'h o did not firmly believe that detni ii%l4' who, if h e did not d r i n k humao blood, ` ai t took every occasion to spill it for his Isgaient. t ' ,. 911 ad- vancin g somew h at further into the caul'', - k', ll 11°"'":er, I di scover ed t h at the terror of It':'float -i s , * in. Lead vanished. Upon haying a little 11—e°11rse with them, 'the inhabitants discover ', tha t the Cossacks, though not Beaux or , 14tti ers, r.'cre not anthropophagi or cannibals ; ~I , d :v i4t ,!'',"( one was pleased to, learn by experien c e 41 / 1 111 fact, they p ossess many virtues, and, 1,,,-I,g others, fidelity, go o d-b u i nour , an d a 4 grrllle " tl ess of disp os i t i on. t,-ki 11 "t' 2 o'cloclt we arriv e d a t M ontreu il , t h e . I;,s t ice of L E FLEUR, that happy fellow,.who tl6 Patalle.l now in Prance. The postillic;ns, ti ' h vi i , "F'es, the.tradesmen,•the beggars, the mer -4:ih/6' des gards, are still the same ; but the con -1 'O .l Oll has left no IC,$ r1.7 . 1.711S to idle away the 14 11 rs • . w ii .. 111 lore, and. inspire gaiety and d e li g h t t4:l'eer. they go- All these happy scenes are Le :ed, and the b oys of France most become men i‘ - ;'e they can be renewed. )11-4*('44 s..tanc.'s in a flue situation ill a Lill, surruilnded by lovely, ta - eadoW i irrigated directions, tnd commanding- on every Mde an cx tended prospect of a highly cultivated, thongliinUi a pictUresque country. Here, having taken coffee at five o'clock, we stopped to dine, and were joined by two English gentlemen, who had'cluse ! ly pursued our route all the way flout Cale's. The Host at Dessein'S had recommended the " Hotel de France," ,:incito the Hotel de France me drove, Where the following card was put into our hands ; and it is but Saying the truth oaf Monsieur VAREt4sas, to acknowledge; that he kept the promise of his professions nitich better than.the.majority of hi'S brother RestatiratNirs. • " Atrutts7:x VAnnt,Nrs, fils de l'apcien yarennes, pa vient le public et Messrs. les Voyageurs, (LIAM est entr6 dabs I'li6tel de la Cour de France, u Nlontre'uit-sur-Mer, oit it suit l'Etat de Traiteur, Restaurateur. MeSst s..les Voyageurs y troureront s claque moment tout ce que l'on pout desires; ils y seront 16g6 cornmoUment et traits a leur satisfaction." Four travellers had .a good dinUer, with 'aspara gus, fish, and flesh, and two bottles of passable Burgundy, with a desert of pears, apples, and fine French plums, for 18 franks, or somewhat less than four,shillings, each. While this repast -was meparing, I wandered with a fellow ." inquisitive" traveller into the town. All its beauty lies in the distant. view. The- streets are desolate, the houses deserted ; ruin Stares you in the face wherever'you turn yottr •eyes, The Mayor's house is only a larger exam ple of misery than the dwellings of the other in habitants. Broken windows and doorless en trances are all that do honour to the quondam residence of the chief Magistrate of a respedtable city. Nor does the city itself assimilate ill with this judicial appurtenance. There reigns an air of distress and dreary vacuity throughout, which is most painful to Contemplate, and not, - thank God, not easy fora Briton to conceive. his no figure of speech—there is more graSS than pave ment visible in the principal- square ! Time har vests of France have for fire years,grownin the midst of her populous places ; that vegetation has disfigured her cities, which ‘Vould have em bellis-Imed her fields. One cannot contemplate this calamitous situation 'wiihout in cmkrses• more bitter than ever ou the head of the Demon, whose restless ancl - . insatiable ambition was the sole cause of all. *Yet I have heard few of the French speak of him with asperity—all with dis gust ; but there is a coolness in their hate which I cannot reconcile with that temper and charac ter of a peop:e which I could admire. One man told me at Sarver, " Our Emperor, when his Mar- sivals forsook him, said to them, Du as you please, i cao live as a soldier: " VIATOR. FItENCIT PAPERS. PA us, Arrat - , 28.—His - Majesty Louis XVIII. dept at Boulirgne on the 26th ; his Majesty; set out next day for Abbeville, where he,passed.the night of_the 27t1t. This day, the 28th, the Kin. , was to go frOtn Abbeville to Amiens, and would only to-morrow' arrive at Compiegne that is to say, on the fourth day of his journey after en toiling Boulogne. It appears that the progres/ - of -his Majesty towards the Cwital has been ne-• cessarily - retarcled, by the prodigious concourse of people who have flocked from all cinarters on his route. Every Frenchman wished to enjoy the presence of a Monarch, revered. by all Europe. for his virtues, hisintelligence t and his wisdom ; and whose paternal heart, amidst great misfortunes, felt only for the calamities of..his - subjects. Her Royal Highness the Duchess d'An;ouleme, a Princess worthy of all our love and. veneration, travels with himt in the same carriage. The Prince of Conde and the Duke of Bourbon fol low In another.. It is Supposed that his - Majesty will not make his entrance into Paris,before Tues day next. We are assured that Monsieur departs to-mor. roW for Compiegne. We learn, also, that it is one of the paternal views of his Majesty to hanjsh all luxury froni the Cobrt he will himself set the example there will be oi,lv one residence for the Royaland that at the Thuilleries. 'The King, it is said, mill occupy the apartments of LouisXVl . .; Mon, sicur ccyil lodge at the Pavilion Alarsan, with the Duke and Duchess d'Angoulerne ; and the' Dupe' de Berri 'at the Pavilion of Flora. The preparations for the rejoicings, whieh take place on the day of the entrance of Louis XVIII. are carried on 'with incredible celerity. From the Barrier to the Pont Neuf seaffolds are erected for the musicians, who will.be placed at intervals in all the streets through which his Ma- - jesty will pals, and who, on his arrival, will pro ceed directly to the Church of Nitre Dame. The gate of St. Denis, that triumphal moaumentelevated to the glory of Louis-le-Grand, - will be decaeated with allegorical paintings. The works on the Pont Neuf are already far advanced : the carpentry of the two temples of Peace and Concord, to be .erected at each end, 'is almost finished. The statue of Henry IV. will appear in the middle ; this statue,. executed with almost miraculous promptitude by M. Houdon, will only snake its Appearance at the moment of his Majesty's passing. We arc sured that Madame Garnerin will at the same mo ment ascend in a balloon, Ornamented with flags ' and emblems of the Monarchy ; ,and that a great , number of pigeons., lately brought to Paris from different provinces, will be let loose, .and convey to all parts of France the happy news of the en trunee of his Majesty into his Capital. The, preparations at the Church of Notre Dame are also rapidly advancingalleries are there erecting for the reception of the different Person.; ' 7 Hges And Court; toe the Prirxces, Miniiterz, and ,'Foreign A.Mbassatiot-s. _ Wti are- rtMured that hip Majesty will make his solenin entry into Paris Thurs(l4y next, the sth of May. ritoORAINIME OF THE FETE IN HONdUF. AND CELE•" BRATIdIi OF THE ENTRY OF HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS TH4 XVIIITII INTO Ms CAPITAL. On the eve of his Majesty's entrance into Paris, the commencement of the Fete Will be aAnounced by discharges of artillery. • On the eve also, spectacles will be given gra tuitously at the eight Theatres, and at the Olynt= plc Circus. • -The morning of his. Majes,ty's entrance 'vi.ll he proclaimed by discln-Wges of 'cannon ; those will commence at, six o'clock, •to be repeated -at his Majesty's arrival at the Barrier, at the arrival at Notre Dame, on entering the Thrtilleries, and at six o'clock in the evening.. ' A monument in commemoration of this glo rious and In event. will be erected at the Bar rier of St. Denis. The musicians at- the different • orchestras will exetute,the airs of Vice Henry IV. ,or Oupeut-97z otre mieuX, &c. on the entrance and during the pro gress of the Royal Procession. The Municipality, with the Prefect at their head, will repair to the Barrier St. wa.it for, and compliment his Majesty on his arrival, and present to- - him the' keys of the- c ity. The Municipal Bodies he accompanied by detachments from the National- ,Guards, cavalry and infantry. The remainder of the -National GUards- . --;the grenadiers and chasscurs . --will form the line from the barrier of entrance to the Thuilleries, along all the Streets - through Which his• Majesty means to pass. . The honses of this street, and 'Of all those thfough which the Proejssioti is to pass, will be Ornamented' with -tapestry, flowers, and garlands.. The gate'of st. Denis will .be decorated mitt) • trophies, escutcheons - , and crowns. The in•scrip tiOns•of-'the friezes will be restored, as well as all the•einblents in honour of.Lemis XIV. The proccssion is to continue its progress from the street of St. Denis to the 'Markel of the Inno cents, which Is to be embellished with garlands and flowers. The King. will be entreated to permit (according to a custom consecrated by time) the•marKet ‘vo men- to otivr him their homage, and present him with bcitignets'. - The po - cessionis to pass, through the Apport Paeis, the fountain of which is to be ornamented with cowers. •It will go on by the Pont-au- Change, and the Mar - che-au-Pleurs,and enter the Metropolis 4iy the streets .fle• la' Lanterne, de la Juiverie, da ,Nlai•ehe, Palo'; and Not; e Dame.- A solemn 7'e Deunt and Thanksgivi9gAvill take place in the metropolis, which will be 'prepared to receive all the Public Officers and the greatest pos sible nomber of peopie: • • After the ceremony of-'the Te• Deunz, the 00..- cessiOn swill return by the Marche Neuf, the - Quai des Orferres, and the Pont .I.4etif. '.l'h6 Statue of Henry IT, will, be placed in the • micidlC of the Pont Neuf. • , • The procession- is to follow through the streets da Houle, de la Alonfra . 42, and St. Honore, to. that of l'Echelle, rind conduct his :Majesty through the GUichetsh Netts to the Palace of the Thuilleries. At nine in the evening -fire-works B:'e to be let Off from the Pont Louis XVI. The Thoilleries ,will be illunvinated, as well as all the public edifices, and the Whole city. The White Flag and Arms of France - will be ditpinyed on all the towers nod steeples of the Ca pital. --- • By a Decree of Monsieur, the war-tenth, inn posed as an addition to the taxes, is abolished. After a lung and cruel persecution, the \Tiler able Cardinal di Pietro has at last been relieved fro - in the pritAins of Auxontie. was at Dijon on the 22d, whence lie,was pl•cparing to depert for Dome. A few hours Before his departure froM-Troyes, :".iapoleon -ordered the Mayor to apnear before him, and told biin, that, in older to cover his re tretit,,he was compelled to set fire to the city ; he Consequently commanded him immediately to re io.ve all the valuable effects. The Mayor replied, Sire, if the welfare of France requires it, you have only to burn-the city ; God will one day judge our actions." Napoleon, ho wever , ki t t h e 'place, witl ; out putting his incendiary'project in e:e.ectition. ruE MAMELUKE op BLTONAYARTE TOTEIE ED/TOI: '` Olt THE GAZETTE DE FRANCE,._ "Ste—The most injurious rumours hare been for some tithe circulated respectiag7 my conduct; and it is ec.211 re putted that [ did not leave Pontaiableau until I had receiv ed a considerable stun of-money from my Master; Bnorthparte. It vt-a duty I nive to thy.feeliiigs to declare the troth, and" to c\cul;sate myself from au action which ought not to be im ptsted to a gallant than, and of which lam incapable. I have - served Napoleon for 1G years, and 'during.the whole of that time, thy conduct.has beet irreproachable„:andought to be a ilifeguarif agaiust calumnious :to:us:awns. " .Tne truth. is, that after having conducted myself as a: num of honour at the battle of Arcis-Sur-Aube, and fought with bravery under the eyrs of thy Master, I r ceived from him a gratraty, to which he thought thy behaviogr entitled.— ' But I declare, from the,thoment that his dethronenientwas in agitation, .1 have not received from hire any recompense : and I.challenge the whole world to, prove tn: contrary of what I state. • With respect to wkat may he said on my not following hint to th e Wa n d .of am not bound to give ony * exl4lana e 'lion on that subject. The Generals Counts Bertrand aud •Drouer are frilly informed of the just motives which have kept me with my family. RO6TAN'.." TouLousE, fate which this town gave on Thuisciar last to Lord Wellington, afforded the inhabitants a joyous occasion of ex -pressing the sentitire-nts they entertain towards their Illustrious Liberator, and the august fi:int ly, whose triumph this noble warrior has so pow erfully aided. Perhaps, under no cir6nktavces, was the public joy dispitled with such enehusiam and exultation but it must be admitted, that there never were such moti ves f or delight,—or for such an affecting s . pectaclei. This. wkis _the first time that the Capital received within it individnals of tour different Nations, so lately divided and armed ,against each other, by the insensate ,ruhition of One man, and who are now united in the most just and noble cause. Early in the morning the Mayor published an Order of Police, to regulate the proceedings, and prevent as much as possibl e those diSorders which such grO.lit occasions giir; rise tv. n the eveAing the public edificeg - ontl the private batites.vittdH. laminated. This -- sight drew an iniaae - m-e etp*tt to the streets, uhd the reiterated shows Of le Ito; !'' Vivent its Bourbons !" ‘` Vivo Ltted wellington t" Were only the preludes to thole triinsports trlfich soon ttok place in tbe.Capitnl itself. At six in the evening- the persons invited to tlit FiAc assembled in the grand hail of that in full dreA. The 'great staircase which 'meads to -it was ornaluented With vases of fiQviers And pis of orange trees; , ,i . iimich made a most pleasing pearance. imlare than 300 Ladies, as much dia.= tinguishuf by their youth, beauty,'and grxee, as by ; t he elegance and luxury of their . drt:sses, seated therbselves on benches, which had been arrtuged in,the form of an amphirtmeatre, on both sides of the Gallery of jilustriausMen. This G a ll er y decorikted with drapery,and wlendidlY illittninat cd. The intermediate halt was set :;part far th: .reccption of the English, .`punish, „And .portu gmmee Officers, time Magistrates, the Honorary Guard, and the inhabitants of the Town, who were invited to the fête.. The two lateral halls of the Gallery. of, Illustrious Men were appropriated for the banquet. , At eleveit o'clock Field-Marshal the Mar(pis of WellingtOn arrived, accompanied by his Staff, and a great nmulfer of Generals And supertilr Of ficers of the Allied Army. His Lordship was re "ceived at the bottom of the stairs by the Mayor and the Members of the Municipal Body, and conducted into th i e Hall which contains the Throne, amidst the plaudits of the assembly, and the shouts, a thonsand times repealed, of " Vive Lord Wellington ! Vive le Roi !" The pre!...2nce of the British Turenne, the air of satiifactton and mildness' which animated his leP.tures, the emo tions which operated . on .his mind, and to which he gave vent with so expressive a sensibility, ex cited :Ind maintained these transports for a great length of time. 'As soon as his Lordship lrad ,talzeit bit seat, the concert commenced. The - theatrical performers, together with several einatetrs, executed, with admirable precision, the overture to Henri IV. a brilliant coMpositioh, which will henceforth fomt one of our regularpieces of harthony. After.this overture, appropriate airs were,sung ; and these were, followed by ..thqt admired ;French song, " !Ire Henry IV," on which the shouts of I ‘ . Vita le IZui! fire Lovis )'!.'III! Vivent Us Bourbons !" broke forth again with redoubled ardour.. Afier the concert, the ball commenced ; :hut this was interrtirted. at half-Past twelve, for the Itnper. The Ladies were invited to go from the .hall to the banclueting-rooms: Lord 'Wellington presided at 416'6 rep t, and the Officers of the-Al lied Army did the lionOtirs of' it _with the most de licate attention. After supper, (lancing was resumed, and conti nued til,i four n the.moroing. • . This domestic festival 'will leave the deepest impres,sion on the minds. of the spcoplq. of Ton lo*. Its object was to testify their gratitude to theillustri t ms Hero to rihom.they owe the 'pre servation oftheir town and children=—in short, alt their happiness ; and their hearts must be highiv gratified, since he whose.glory . and 'inagnaniinity they' wished to celebratv, deigned to partake of the..ir. transports. I.3OiIRDEAUXi APRIL 24.---The-Englisb Pen Sir . C. Stewart arrived here on the dis- Iliadic-5 for the D u ke d'Ang,ouleme.. He was Kc. conOnied by the alquis dc. Riviere, who had been so lo ng persecuted by Buonaparte, and who, after Mureau's trial, was sitcces , ively imprisoned g in the Temple, a t Vincennes and Stras Imir 1 0 0 TURIN, APRIL 1 9.--4'rince Rospigliosi has as smned the Govenlment•of Tuscany, i n t he mlnie of his Imperial Highness the Granci‘Dukc Ferdi nand oE Austria. STUTCARD; APRIL 17.---Hi& Majesty has re ceived, by Couriers, the ftillowitig official iufur- Illa I ion :- . In consequence of the provisional suspensionof hostilities, concluded - with the Commandant 'of the French Army, a general dislocation of the corps composin i. , , , .th e Grand Allied Army Eras beers (!rderetl, with the consent of the Emperor of RusNia i in consequence of which the corps com posing, it will take the following Caraonments .1. The Austrian Army of the South, (the. corps of Generals &lima, Bianchi ' and the Pri nce o f Hesse Homberr,) depai tments of VII antblanc, the Isere, the Ilhonc,.the Aiu, the SaOue, and the Loire. 2. 'The Prussian Army, (the corps, of Generals "korck, Kleist, and Bubna) in the departments of the North, the de-t'alais, and the Soutme. 3. The aussian Andy, (corps of Generals Worr..nzow and Langeron) ih the eepa:ttnetiti of the Oise, the Ainie, the Sa•ctiw, and the Ardennes. 4. The Russian guards and the reserves, 6 battalions of Austrian grenadiers, and two regiatents of cavalry, at Paris. 5, The 6t ii army corps .(Generai Rajewsky). in the depart ment, of the Nlairnt.. 6. The sth army. corps (Bavarian) in the departments of tl.e Vosges and the Mearthe„ s . 7. Tile ash army Burps (Wurtenthoerw in, thaze of tit; Youne and the Aube. 8. Th. s..l.(Q.neral ()inlay) in the cieparenent of Ccte 9. Ag4trian ca 4 . - 41ry..0f restr4'e iu that of the Lippe: Marne. The troops were toset ont onTlte 10th for tlle:r cantonments. The grand bead-quarters were tv be. at tk. Cloud ; those of the Emperor of anz.;:ia .- and . ic.iogof Prussia were to remain at Paris. All the corps were tip remain not more thal three wicks, and, some of them not more than a fortnight in these cantonments; alter which they were to, march out of France by the foliorviug; routes Wortemberg army corps, by Fort Louis ; the Austrian army of the south, :by Basle ., athi 'Schaffhausen ; the other Austrians troops, by Bask acid Ic,e111 ; the Russian army, by Mentz and Coblenti; the Prussian army, 'by Cologne tufd All the reserves and traosports have already :44, ceived order J La wt. ruaTHER EXTRACTS. TURIN, Apati. 19,—The Armistice was con, chided-47g the IGth, between Marshal Bellegartie and - Prince Eugene; in it . all :he Allied troops are included. The news, from Paris reached theNvg politan Anuy the teme day,- linder the wuns Pleasance, while they wgrec . fghting. The in.. of Naples immediately 144 a stop tc. tr(4itiihittip t lit . ~ ~ct