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LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 31.

IT is with unfeigned regret we see the Senate
of the United States occupied in useless and sense-
less discussions and attempts to misconstrue the
terms of a Treaty with England, about the messing
of which no impartial man ran have any doubt.
The Treaty in question is that concluded by Sir
HILIRY &Loan. and Mr. CLAYTON, at Washington,
in 1650,—guaranteeing the neutrality of the inter-
oceanic communication, which all the world is inte-
rested in seeing established through the State of
Nicaragua, but which the world has little hope of
enjoying so long as these absurd disputes are per-
mitted to retard a work of such universal importance.
The state of things which led to that Treaty can
hardly be forgotten by the public. The subordinate
agents of each country was carrying out a set
of intrigues of his own to gain a predominant in-
fluence in the State of Nicaragua. The government
of that State, troubled and perplexed by British
rights of undefined territory on one shore, and by
British claims of protectorate, almost equally unde-
fined, on the other, leant to the American side of the
question ; made a concession of transit to an Ameri-
can company, and concluded a treaty with the Ameri-
can representative whereupon the English agents
threatened and blustered, just as the Ammons
would have dons under similar circumstances. Very
fortunately, Sir HENRY BuLwea and Mr. CLAYTON,
at this juncture, took the subject up in a very diffe-
rent spirit, and evolved to settle it like two rational
men. The American Treaty with Nicaragua accord-
ingly wee not ratified ; and the Treaty of Washington
was concluded and signed by those negotiators. Its
object was to give every possible encouragement and
protection to the construction of an inter-oceanic
communication. For this purpose the two Govern-
ments undertook to enter into treaties with the
Central American States for the promotion of the
work, to use their influence to facilitate it, to protect
the enterprise when in progress of construction, to
guarantee its neutrality when finished, to procure
the establishments of free ports at either
end, and in ass of war not to capture
se detain each other's weeds while passing
through or within a reasonable distance of either
extremity. All very wise and proper provisions.
The Treaty went even further. By its very first
Article both parties thereto agreed " not to erect or
maintain any fortifications commanding the canal, or
In the vicinity thereof ; nor to occupy, fortify, colo-
nise, or assume or exercise any dominion whatever
over any part of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito
Coast, or Central America; nor to make use of any
protection or alliance for any of these
And it is this Article that the Senate of trerrnatiged
States is now debating and misconstruing.
According to General CASs and his friends, its in-
tention "was that all the power, dominion, and con-
trol of Great Britain in Central America were swept
away." In this sense the Treaty, he boldly asserts, was
ratined by the Senate, andin support of thatriatement he
says that Mr. KING, the then Chairman of its Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, assured him that in any
other sense the Treaty would not in July, 1850, have
received a single vote. Now the policy of Great Bri-
tain reuouncing its ancient territorial rights in
Honduras, and in withdrawing from the protectorate
of an Indian Sovereignty on the Mosquito Coast, is one
thing. Very possibly the best course we could pur-
sue would be to give both up—under proper estrange-
ments and proper indemnification for our native ally
and his family. But those are questions quite dis-
tinct and separate from theconstruction of the Treaty,
and from the morality which is being brought to bear
on the question in the United States Senate. It is
with the latter only we are immediately concerned.
That the first article contains no such renunciation
in words as General CASS contends for, is obviore
enough. On the contrary,. pledging England not to
use " any protection or " that then existed
for the purpose of ' 'mg exclusive power over the
contemplated ' it recognises, at least de fade,
our protectorate of the Mosquito Coast. Neverthe-
less, unscrupulous advocates might raise= bride=
argument that au undertaking not to °skin R mo-
cram any dominion whatever over any pert of
Central America ousted us of our title to HaNdunts,
which is part of Central America. But after the
signature of the Treaty on the 19th of April. 1850,
Sir HENRY BULWES seems to have anticipated this
danger, and in providing against it, cut ground
from beneath the feet of any such remains.
The Treaty, we have said, was signed on the
19th of April, 1850. On the 29th of June following
Sir HENRY MILNER proceeded to ratify It NI the
part of her MAJESTY; but before doing sobs placed
in Mr. CLATTON's hands a formal declaration./ that
date, to the effect that his Sovereign " does net under.
• stand the engagements of the Convention to apply
to her MAJESTY 's settlements of Honduras, or to its
_dependencies, and that her Waterrv's ratification is
exchanged under this explicit declaration.* But
this deckration,ample as it is both in language and
in point of time, it is now stated by Osumi Cass
was not communicated to the United States Senate
before it ratified on the 4th of July the Convention.
Tire proper medium of such communication by the
American Saciurrssi of STATE, seems to be the
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relatiens,
who at that time was Mr. Klima. Dar. CLATTONt
it is stated by General Cuss, showed Mr. KING Sis
HENRY &axles declaration, asking him if it
should be sent to the Senate; whereupon Mr. Kixq
replied that if the Convention were seat with that
qualification, it would defeat the whole Treaty. The
Senate, in ignorance of any such litnitadene Masi
the Convention. Sucker* Qteneral CAlit
This, d merle, involves a charge ifpee
. demptiiia against Mr. CLAYTON. Bat be,
. tamately, is able to refute it by hie
• with Mr. Into at that time. is
Senate had sanctioned the treaty, it WNW Cat,
to reply to Sir HENRY BOLwnts declared= Of Mt
June, 1850; and before doing so, he took the pre-
caution to tell Ms..X.Rta, in writing, that he in-
- tended to inform Sir Hamm that "we do not
"pretend that Central America in the Treaty
includes British Honduras." "I shall," Mr. CLAY-
TON goes eo, " therefore say to him, in effect,
that such construction was not in the contemplation
of the negotiators, or the Senate, at the time of con-
firmation." " May I," he cautiously inquires, "have
your permission to add that the misunderstanding
was explained by you to the Senate before the vote
was taken on the Treaty ? I think it due to frank-
Dere on our part." Now, to this inquiry Mr. KING,
on the 4th July, 1850, answered: "The Senate per-
fectly understood that the Treaty did not include
British Honduras." And next day Mr. CLAYTON
officially announced to SLR HENRY BULWER that
" British Honduras was not embraced in the Treaty."
• Yet it is in spite of this evidence that General
CASs asks the Senate to declare itself to have been
deceived, and on the ground of deception to put an
end to this Treaty. how, though in our opinion the
British possessions in Honduras are not worth a
squabble—though we think Sir 'GUN Psitritcrox,
when be constituted, in July last, the islands
of Hasten, Baum, Barbaret, Helena, and
Morat, lying in the Bay of Honduras, into
a British colony, committed an act of vary
great folly ;—and though we have always condemaid
our absurd protectorate of the Mosquito coast, never.
Swirl's, to am the Senate of the United States at.
tempting to pervert the obvious language of a most
useful treaty, and to wriggle out of its obligations,
in our judgment, thorned deplorable of all sights. For,
if on the Senate of the United States, the break-
water of their government, foreign nations cannot
rely, where can they seek security for any engage-
ments they have interchanged?

UNCLE TOM IN FRANCF--The bate fres for the
promat carnival selected by the jury at roury. on Than-
day. It is a carious fact ushowing the extraordinary po-
pcilanty of Mrs. Stowe wink that the name of this Shrove
Tuesday martyr is Pere Tom, the French paraphrase of
" Uncle Tom, ' and the two next best beasts, destined for
immolation at the same time, are celled Shelby and St

MARRIAIA
OF f 0.14-
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?ARM SIINDAT 111r3311Kle.
The civil or state ceremonial of the marriage of
the Emperor of France took place last evening at the
Palace of the Tuileries, ♦ery nearly at the hour and
in the order of form that had been previously officially

--
A few minutes before eight o'clock the Grand
Master of Ceremonies, accompanied by a Master of
Ceremonies, left the Tuileries with two carriages,
and proceeded to the Elyste,
_ in order to conduct the
aftlanoed bride of the Emperor to the former palace.
At a quarter-past eight, two Ladies of Honour and
the Master of Ceremonies entered the first carriage,
and the future Empress, accompanied by her mother
(the Duchess of Penemanda), the Marquis of Valde-
games (Spanish Minister), and the Grand Muter
of Ceremonies occupied the second carriage. The
cortege having arrived at the gate of the Pavilion of
Flora, the imperial bride was received there by the
grand chamberlain, the first ecuyer, and other chief
officers of the household.
At the entrance of the first saloon, Prince Na-
poleon and the Princess Mathilde received Made-
moiselle Montijo, and conducted her to the Emperor,
in the salon de familia. There were in attendance
, upon the Emperor, Prince Jerome and several other
lumbers of the imperial family ; the cardinals, mar-
e=
and =NAM of the cabinet, the officers and
din= af the household, and the foreign am-
end ministers at present in Paris.
'One ceremony was performed in the salts de mare-
gam where a platform had been erected, upon
width were placed two fauteuils both alike; the one
at the right tor the Emperor, and that at the left foe
the Empress. At the foot of the platform and a
little to the left, an elegant table was placed, on
which was deposited the civil register of the imperial
family.
Upon the entrance of the Emperor and his bride
into this saloon, all the ladies and gentlemen present
arose, and remained standing until the ceremony was
concluded.
The Emperor having taken his seat, the Grand
Muter of the Ceremonies invited the Minister of
State, in the exercise of his functions as officer of
tetat dui!, and assisted by the President of the Coun-
cil of State, to proceed to the fauteuil of the Empe-
ror. The Minister of State then received the decla-
ration of his Imperial Majesty Napoleon the Third,
by the grace of God and the will of the nation, Em-
ror of the French; and also that of Mademoiselle
Eugenie de Montijo, Countess of Theba, and formally
declared them to be united in marriage. The Presi-
dent of the council of State then presented the pen
6) the Emperor, and afterwards to the Empress,
wbase signatures were followed by those of the
Callibei de Montijo (mother of the Empress), the
apish& Ambassador, the Imperial princes andprin-
swiss, and other witnesses appointed by his Majesty.
The conclusion of the ceremony was notified to the
Parisians by a royal salute from artillery placed in
the Champs Elysees, a rocket signal having been
given from the Court of the Tuileries. The Empress
was shortly afterwards recooducted to her residence
with the same formalities that had been observed on
her arrival.
Notwithstanding the gloomy state of the weather,
great crowds had assembled in the vicinity of the
Tuileries and the Elysee from the hour of 7 o'clock
until the return of the Empress. Her Majesty was
received with respect, but certainly not with the en-
I thusiaam which generally characterises Frenchmen ;
there was little more interest manifested than that of
ordinary curiosity, the general attitude of the people
being calm rather than indifferent. There were, it
is true, cries of " Vive l'lmperatrice r uttered from
time to time; but as for tumultuous exclamations, or
earnest, hearty hurrahs, such as Englishmen may
hear when their Queen is proceeding in state to
meet her parliament—and which the French people
too can indulge in when they are really excited—
there was nothing of that kind. Her Majesty grace-
fully bowed her acknowledgments for the cheers
that were given by the crowd, and in half an hour
after the cortege had quitted the gate of the
Elyse!, Paris resumed its wonted Saturday evening's

THE IXPRBSS, MONDAY

Floirvgiron: 470,7.-464-g—biLir4A)lda
d'Hosbigt,Virkich splenlgly tpotaterk lot 4he
'ooessioh.cialt
*
he ption of Empiesa ,w conclude& pre-
select" seeordanea with thilyest °Baia pre-
gramme ; and a few minutes aftereettlsihe Emperor
appeared, leading her Majesty ty the land. At-
tended as before by the grut officers of state, their
Msjestiea entered their carriage, a signal was given
from the flag-staff on the palace to the park 'of artil-
lery, and the imperial procession started for Notre
Dame, amid the thunders of the cannon, and the
cheers of the people.
Although the entire line of route from the palace to
the cathedral was so strongly guarded,the double line
of militaryhad hard service in keeping the eager crowd
within their prescribed limits. Every window, nook,
and corner commanding any kind of view was
crammed with spectators, who greeted the imperial
bride and bridegroom with repeated "Vivas" and
waving of handkerchiefs, which were acknowledged
gracetullyby her Majesty, and graciously by. the Em-
peror. Yet the impulse appeared to be mainly that
of gallantry overcoming the habitual coldness and
indifference which mark the reception of the Emperor
by the Parisians whenever he appears among them
on ordinary occasions. Now and then a hearty cheer
might be heard along the line, and the Emperor fre-
quently bowed very affably, seemingly well satisfied
with the popular reception of the partner of his
throne. _ .

From the Place du Carrousel, the cortege moved
forward through the court of the Louvre, the Fosses
St. Germain, Rue de Rivoli. Place de rßotel de
Ville, the Quay Pelletier, over the bridge of Notre
Dame to the Quay Napoleon, and thence to the great
door of the cathedral, tn the following order:
Bend of the 7th Regiment of Lenten.
Squadron of the National Guard (mounted)
The State Major-Genersl, of the NadalGoard.

Other Squadron; of the National Guard (mounted).
Squadron of the 7th Laneen.
General Kerte, in plate of Marshal Magnan, Cornmander-i
chief, whose poet was appointed for the left of the
Imperial Carriage.
Major-General of the Army of Paris, with the First
Military Division.
District Officers on lionebact.

The GenerrlcoZet;n7liaitThe Division of the Seine.
Band of the Military School.
The 7th Regiment of Lancers.
Band of the 12th Dragoons.
General Partottneasz, commanding the First Brigade of
Cavalry.
Three Squadrons of the 12th Dragoons.
Carriages tantalising the Civil and Military Officers of the
Imperial Establishment.
Squedrem of the 12th Dragoons.
Curlew of the Imperial Ministry.
Other Carriages, containing respectively
Ladies of the Princesses, and Officers of the Princes;
Chief Personages in the Household of the Princess Mathilde;
Ladies of the Empress's Palace.
The Grand Master and First Chamberlain of the Emprem.
Squadron of the new Company of Guides
(the appearance of this new company was very brilliant).
Carriage sad Six, occupied by the Chief Oaken of the
Emperor's Household.
The Princess Mathilde, in a Carriage and Six.
Prince Jerome and Prices Napoleon, in a Carriage and Six.
General OSINITs, not in command of the day.
The Grand State Carriage,
drawn by Eight beautifully-caparisoned Horses,
and containing
THEIR MAJESTIES
THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS,
surrounded by the Imperial Aidea•de-Camp and chief
Ordnance Officers. _ _

A Squadron of the new Company of Guides.
Band and Squadron of the 6th Regiment of Cuirassien.
The let and 2nd Regiments of Carabiniers, commanded by
Brigadier-General Ferny.
The procreators was closed by the Gendarmerie of the
Seine, and a Squadron of the Mounted Horse-Guards of
Paris.
The distinguished guests who had been invited
entered the cathedral at the side doors, many as early
as nine o'clock this morning; the grand central
entrance was reserved exclusively for their Majesties
and the Corps
_Diplomatique, the latter of whom
arrived in a body, and with a grand military escort.
The foreign =humidors and ministers, and all
the public functionaries of distinction, were conducted
to seats which had been specially reserved for them.
The tont ensemble now became strikingly gorgeous.
The splendid attire of the ladies, and the rich um-
*forms of all services, together with a brilliant array
of foreign civilians of note, and many officers of the
English army, gave to the scene a magnificence that
can only be realised by the privileged spectator.
On the announcement of the Emperor's approach
the Archbishop of Paris, attended by his clergy, pro-
ceeded to the grand entrance of the cathedral to re-
ceive their Majesties. The great doors suddenly
opened, and the Emperor, apparently in the best of
health and spirits, conducted her Majesty to her seat
on the throne near the altar; and it was remarked,
that the Empress looked, indeed, very beautiful as
she took her seat by the side of her imperial
husband.
The Archbishop having saluted their Majesties,
proceeded at once to the ceremony of the marriage,
which was conducted in all respects according to the
solemnities of the Roman catholic church, and accom-
panied by all the pomp of imperial prestige and royal
tradition. A canopy of silver brocade was held over
their Majesties' heads by two bishops; the choir re-
peated several times the "Domino Saloum;" the
Archbishop presented holy'water, and chanted the
Te Dew, which was repeated with ecstatic effect by
the orchestra and choir.

The orchestra consisted of 500 musicians, directed
byM. Auber, musical director and chapel master to
the Emperor, and the following pieces were played
during the ceremony :-1. Hymn to St. Genevieve,
Patron Saint of Paris (the Urbe Beata of Leseueur);
2. The Consecration Credo of Cherubini ; 3. The
Sanctus for Mass of St. Cecilia, by Adolphe Adam; ,
4. An 0 Salutaria, by Cherubini ; 6. Domine Selma
(after benediction); 6. The Te Deum of Lessuenr.
The latter composition has now in turn been chanted
at Notre Dame to celebrate the battle of Austerlitz,
the consecration of Napoleon 1., the vote of Dec. 20,
1851, and the marriage of Napoleon 111.
At the conclusion of the Te Deem, the Emperor
and Empress descended from the throne, and the
imperial cortege, having formed as in the order of
arrival, their Majesties returned to the Tuileries by
the Rue d'Arcole and Quai Napoleon, to the Moe
de la Concorde, passing to the palace by the garden
entrance. The Archbishop of Perim also accompanied
their Majesties, and conducted them to the door of
the Tuileries ; the return, as bad been the departure,
being celebrated by the roll of drums, the flourish
of trumpets, the roars of the artillery, the shouts of
the people, and, heard above all, the deep boom of
the bowdon, or great bell of Notre Dame.
Telegraphic dispatches were immediately for-
warded to all the chief towns in France, instructing
the Prefects and Mayors to make known to the in-
habitants the completion of the religions ceremonies
of their Majesties' marriage, and their safe return to
the Tuileries amidst the enthusiastic greetings of the
people.

From Monday until Saturday night the cathedral,
with all the decorations standing, will be open to
the public.
The Baroness de Pierres, one of the Ladies of the
Palace to the Empress, is an Ameriain, being
daughter of Col. Thorn, of New York.
The Municipal Coutioil of Marseilles, following
the example of Nantes, has voted an address of feli-
citation to the Emperor on his marriage. Similar
addresses will probably 'De pouring in for a month.
Deputations from the workmen, and the dames
and damsels in white dresses, with flowers, and flags
surmounted with the eagle, and bearing inscriptions
" Vice l'Empereur and rlmperatrice," went to the
Tuileries very early in the morning, and were joined
by large numbers of persons in masks returning
home from balls, which rendered the scene most

unique and interesting.
About nine o'clock an immense congregation of
people and large bodies of soldiers surrounded the
Tuileries, and groups of all characters and both sexes
took breakfast on the drum-heads of the military
bands.

The traders in wine, tobacco, and medals, trans-
acted a large business on the whole line of pro-
cession.
There was a great sensation among the multitude
about this time, as the streets tilled with the car-
riages of the ambassadors, ministers, &c., many of
them splendidly decorated.
The favoured holders of tickets, who were crowd-
ing into Notre Dame, induced thousands to remain
for several hours to witness the arrivals.
Each side of the river was lined with troops, and
perfect order was kept. The scene, from the streets
or the housetops, from the bridges or the parapets,
was most imposing. Every building and every spot
in the entire line of procession was filled with ele-

ple. who displayed flags sad
giont:A 100
genteel deer ataisettes as the cortlge rued
The &sprees were a white dress, 'nth coronet sad 1
djamocieds.
'Their Mslesties walked frost the Cathedral to their
carelage, amidst great enthusiasm of the distin-
guished assembly, and great excitement of the plan-
tation. Their return to the Tuileries was marked

by inereseed acelaination.
On their arrival at the Palace, the Emperor and
Empress appeared on the balcony; whereupon the
air was rent with the cheeriog of the multitude
which filled the gardens of the Palace.
Hie Majesty wore the uniform of a lieutenant-
general, decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion
of Honour of Napoleon.
All along the route from the Tuileries to the cathe-
dral, Venetian masts were arranged, all streaming
with tri-coloured pennants.
The palaces and public buildings are splendidly
illuminated this evening, and thousands of addi-
tional lamps, both in oil and gas, are lighted on all
the chief promenades.
The Hotel de Ville was elegantly pavilioned, and
extensive platforms were erected, both there and at
the Hotel Dieu, for the benefit of distinguished
people not invited to the cathedral.
Prince Jerome and Prince Napoleon were placed
near the throne, on the right of the Emperor, in the
cathedral, and the other princes and princesses pre-
sent were stationed on the left of the Empress.
Crowds of foreigners overrun the hotels, and pri-
vate lodgings are let at unconscionable prices. The
Municipal Council has voted in favour of construct-
ing a boulevard on the line of railroad about to be
built between the city and Auteuil. Thus the Pa-
risians will be able to boast of another magnificent

promenade.
The Three per Cent. Renter declined 80 c. to-day,
and Bank Stock sustained a further fall of 10 francs.
.. .

The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed sc. higher
than yesterday.
The greatest order prevailed throughout Paris at
the hour of our telegraphic despatch.

The following is a portion of a more detailed as
since received from our correspondent:
I have sent you so many accounts of fete days
within the last few months, that I feel myself con-
demned to be wearisome when I perform the duty of
describing with a little more particularity than
my last despatch which will precede my letter,
the wedding day of Napoleon 111. and Eugenie de
Montijo, Countess de Teba. A fete in Paris is an
important engine of government. Any emperor,
king, president, convention, or committee, that will
give a grand popular entertainment, may be always
sure of a full audience and a fair hearing.
No people on earth are so easily amused
as the French. When they put on their Sunday
deals to see a show they excuse all faults in the
INN= whiffing, reserve their criticism for a cooler mo-
ment, and seek only to be pleased for the hour. All
governments construe the favourable reception of the
drama as a testimony of personal affection to the
manager of the theatre. It as, however, an historical
fact lately ascertained that no theatrical performance
will go off well in Paris without the aid of pram-
*banal claqueurs. The audiences are indulgent, not
enthusiastic. In these grand street spectacles, more
even than within the walls of the Varietr's
or the Vauderille the claqueurs play. a pro-
, minent part, and the result is "triumphant
success." Some five or six of these triumphs
have been achieved within the last twelvemonth,
and on every occasion the telegraph has assured the
remotest villages in France that the enthusiasm of
Paris in favour of the government defied all descrip-
tion. But although all the fetes to which I allude
have had distinct political objects, the ,use en scene
has been pretty much the same. When the Presi-
dent of the Republic returned from his triumphal
progress in the provinces there was &double" hedge"
of infantry from the Orleans railway to the Tuileries,
a long procession of cavalry, and a great crowd.
When the empire was proclaimed there was a double
hedge of infantry from the Berrien de rEtoile to
the Tuileries, a long procession of cavalry, and
again a great crowd. To-day there was a double
hedge of infantry from the Tuileries to Notre Dame,
a long procession of cavalry, and a suffocating crowd.
But the monotony of a mere military spectacle was
varied to-day by the resuscitation of the old imperial
state ooaches. Few people supposed that the very
carriages which conveyed Napoleon I. to be crowned,
and the King of Rome to be baptised, were yet in
existence. They were the distingushing feature at
the pageant to-day, and the gilded crown displayed
on the high roof of the antiquated vehicle that bore
the Emperor and Empress was to the eyes of many
thousand spectators, hopelessly endeavouring to peer
over the forest of bayonets in front of them, the only
evidence that the expected procession was passing by.
As early as eight o'clock this morning the doors of
Notre Dame were besieged by holders of tickets
anxious to secure their places in the cathedral. De-
licate ladies in toilettes much toolight for theweather
braved the raw fog which rose from the Seine, stood
patiently upon the cold stones waiting for the open-
ing of the doors, and were prepared to wait more
patiently still for four hours before the imperial
bride and bridegroom would arrive. At this early
hour all the avenues to Notre Dame were blocked up
by the curious, chiefly iuhabitants of that thickly-
populated quarter, many of whom saw for the first
time in their lives the extraordinary masquerading
costume inwhich thesenators, councillorsofstate, and
other anpportersof the principle of authority are now
bedizened. Nearly half of M. Victor Hugo's most
celebrated work is devoted to an architectural descrip-
tion of the church of Notre Dame. It would require
equal genius and equal space to do justice to the
appearance of the venerable cathedral to-day in its
decorated state. The towers and portico were so
ornamented, with streamers, garlands, gilded eagles,
statues of saints, and the initials N.E. that very little
of the Gothic architecture could be seen. A colossal
gilt statue of Christ was placed between the towers.
The four owners of both towers were ornamented
with golden eagles, whose wings, widely spread,
were very conspicuous. Tapestry, apparently an imi-
tation of the antique of the time of Louis XIV., was
hung in front of the church, and along the sides to
nearly half their extent. In the interior of the building
the quantity of crimson velvet ermine, golden em-
broidered bees, garlands, and lustre. passes all con-
ception. From the nave were suspended 86 ori-
'ammo; of all colours, rose, blue, green, orange, B:c.,
bearing in letters of gold the names of the
N departments of France. I carefully &b-
-ride from expressing any opinion upon
the taste of these sumptuous decorations. The pub-
lic will have plenty of opportunities of judging of
this, for the cathedral is to remain in its present state
until February 5, and after to-morrow it will be open
to public inspection. Meanwhile, it is impossible
not to admire the ingenuity and activity of the
desonitors who have effected such a magical
transformation on so vast a acids at such a short no-
tioe. After examining Notre Dame I went to the
Tuileries to see the cortege start. The public were
admitted to the Place du CarrouseL A considerable
number of adventurous spectators took up good,
though dangerous, positions upon the scaffoldings
and masonry belonging to the works now
going on for the completion of the Louvre.
They were not interfered with. Indeed,
' every soldier and urgent de villa seemed to be so
much in request upon the immediate line of prom-
sion that the rest of Paris was left to take care of
itself. I saw some people in the Rue Rivoli delibe-
rately break down the boarding that separates the
street from the unfinished wing of the Louvre
and creep throuh. Crowd, of people fol-
lowed them unmolested, but only those who were
good climbers could have been rewarded for their
pains. A few minutes before 12 o'clock the Emperor
appeared at the central window of the Tuileries,
I looking. towards the Carousel, and was recognised by'
many in the crowd, although the distance was too
great for his appearance to be the signal of anything
Bike a demonstration. At 12 o'clock precisely the
Ma= announced the departure from the palace.
PARIS, SATURDAY Errata°.
The Moniteur publishes a decree of the Emperor
appointing the household of Prince Jerome Napoleon,
which is to be composed as follows : First Equerry,
Baron Auguste de Plancy ; Seceetaim des Com-
mandements, Baron do Strelting ; Intendant-General,
M. Vareollier ; First Aide-de-Camp, General Ricard;
Aides-dc-Camp, M. de Prebois, Chef d'Eseadron
d'Etat-Major ; M. Decease, Captain of the Staff;
Lieut.-Colonel Renault, of the Staff; Captain de
lwrminat, of the Navy; and M. de Channy, Chef
d'Eseadron of the Staff.
In my letter of Jan. 18th I was led into an error,

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