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London, England, 1804-12-22 00:00:00

THE CORONATION.

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SEXTRACT /ROM • P KIVATS LETTCR.
A private letter from Paris, of the 4th inst.
Inas the following particulars: I have, -A-4:
difficulty, procured permission to be present at Ow
Ceremony in Notre Dame, of Bo earaa rt's C ,rona-
tion. A friend introduced me as one of the Der,'
ties of the Department of —, and I occupied
a place convenient to observe and see every thing ;
and I can assure yap I never have read of, cr see':
any public fete where less cont.n4 and satisfaftion
r prevailed. 3314•1. A* se was pale and sulky, watch-
ring with an anxious and suspicious eye all perso
approaching him ; and, though surrounded by his
most trusty slaves, started often at the foot of the
altar, as wellas when seated upon the throne, as if
from apprehension of the secret presence of some
revengeful or hired assassin, or from the irresistible
pangs of a guilty conscience. He sent General
Duaoc twice to the Cardinal CAPIARA, and to the
Pees, t hasten the ceremony, with an impatient
look, which indicated hi. great uneasiness and
• enable; and when, after a space of five hours, the
recession left the church, General Muevr received
=ether message, to be particular in not pernsitti.it;
Waggon to approach the imperial carriages, which
bad an escort msressamerous than the coach which
parried the unfortunate Louis XVI. to the scaffold.
sMadame Bon AAAAA a never ceased to have her
• eyes fixed upon her husband, and several times,
petting her handkerchief to her face, seemed, or; I
believe, rather wished the spelators to suppose
*hat she cried, from tendernzas or aUftion.-
1101AP*RTI spoke to her th,-ee times in an angry
.tine, because she did not perform her part es sale
&emulated by the Grand blaster of the Ceremony.
Steen or %scathe she was not qnick enough in
performing it. Bow AP Aar e's brothers were proud
of their precedence, insolent in their manners,
find ailed as a kind of police ministers in this
Playa as their aid de camps were continually
envier& in carrying messages to the military, to
place or persons from their seats, or to
lbein out those who were not dressed well enough,
thenfote, or for some other cause, suspicious
wr 46111111100111110. BO A P leS sisters appeared to
/Wad little else bat to admire their rich and elegant
ekes's% mutt* coot, or rather command, the al-
gelation of others. They seemed the most satis-
Sed of the whole family, and exhibited themselves
&OM the niers boldness in the Church, as, report
two of them have formerly done on the stage.
Irk Pots, when in Notre Dame, as when in the
Zilth amassedail ethers in weakness. mean-
ie& sneaky, and would, with the same -
beagle sdbeeiseion, have crowned BoxAPAsrt the
Prevideam of Burope, ss an Emperor of the French
Phone who placed the tiara on the bead of this
week sad ignorant Pontiff; did as much harm to te-
r. as does who tore of the crown of L, vi.
Idid to 'monarchy. With the seperstitions de
ratioa of a friar, he is as little acquainted with th-
-17110 interest of religion and of mankind, as a re-
sins. He is. as all other weak charades:, good,
Mame he is not under the necessity of being
bads to promote his views. Without ambition,
be is fond of power, and, without any pas-
sion for pleasure. fond of sheers and processions
lie has the puerile vanity to wish to be considered
es having received the gift of languages since his
elevation to the vicariate of Christ. Wishing to
answer in the language he is addressed, he commits
the most ridiculous blunders. When the Senate
complimented him, be began an answer in French,
which caused eves the Senators to smile, notwith-
standing the gravity of the occasion; but be was
obliged to finish it it Italian. In few words, the
any place he is fit to occupy, without danger to so-
tiety, is that of a superior of a convent. He has
beady mat with several insults from Bouiraara.
bet would be resented by a man of sense ; but
now prove, that he is well known to the
wbo regards him as his first slave, with
those rank he lends to enslave the Catholic States,
ad tyrannise consciences. From Bavaria, Saxony,
in, and other parts of Germany, several
priests and friars had obtained permission
Peas VII. to salute him here, and to receive
is blessing ; bet Boa AAAAAA ordered Fisucee to
Ike to the Prefab on the frontiers to stop every
wigs clergyman. and. though provided with a
pima pass frame the Pore, to carry them to the
Dor side of the Rhine.
4•Datto stip this interruption of the occurrences at
;titre Dame, the Constituted Authorities there
mend net much more at their ease than the Swiv-
el's they had made; they were as glad when every
she was over. as be was himself; a rumour being
amdmed. that the Military Deputies bad proposed
sillired these authorities until a peace. and con-
r apes &marmite the Legislative as well as the
me rive Authority. The military men, who formed
pa of the epedlaters, were as noisy in the church as
4y Inlaid have been in a camp. Though they
assigned to them, they introduced

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