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TkIE CIRONVIION CEAEMOVY
I HIS I'4l. 'RI %I. MAJESTY NAPOLEON THE VIRST,
(CI•tivYAST IIItUTUS ALY BOSAPARTI.)
the grace of t•••• 1.1,v0n•-t4, FAnneror or the French, King of
the Lomb ,tc Sec Sic.

Tne festivity of the day was announced by the
ing Ot the c tnnnn opposite the Church of St. Roch,
Id If:ern-Ards proclaimed by Heralds, dressed in

fire colnared j ickets, in honour of the five consti-
tution; which France ha; sworn to preserve within
these last t•velve Yeats. That the good Parisians
r .ight Istinaly see the ceremony, the Prefed of the
p Ake hut ordered a general illumin.ition for 24
low, from the sun-rise of one day to the sun-rise
of the nest. Instead of Aix la Chapelle or of Rheims,
to avoid giving oCfence, either to the shades of
Ch.alemagne, or to those of the bourbons, the eon-
ser;alive Senate had decreed that the coronation
I.ll.eald be performed at B,estre, the ancient family

r<• _knee (S the Bonaparte Emily.
The procession set out from the Thuilleries in the

Fi!owing order: Eight running footmen, a French-

urn, a Dutchman, a Swiss, an Italian, a Spaniard,
a Pirtuguese, a Prussian, and a Bavarian, each
leading an ass richly caparisoned, six Lends in
waiting, an Austrian, a Russian, a Swede, a Dane,
a Saxon, and an American, all packed up in the
urn: state carriage, on which, instead of a coat of
arms, were painted the Temple in perspective; five
ta:nerets, General L t Fayette, dressed a /a Panta-
Iws, carrying an urn, with the ashes of the Righ:s
of Man, General Charles la Methe, dressed a is

Ildequ'll, carrying the Tree of Liberty reduced to
a wain; stick ; the Senator Fouche dressed a la
Sim Calorie, with a veonden bacon, containing the
2111e1 of the bible burned by him in 1793, at Lyons,
in a republican auto de fe ; the Tribune C.trnot,
dressed a 1s Carrrartol, with a cloak a la Tar!rtf,
decorated with a Jacobin cap, covered with black
crape, with the inscription 12,sur7am ; and Citizen

Baum, dressed in a Corsi:An livery,:carrying 3 guil-
lotine fresh 'minted with the blood of thz Duke of
Enghien.

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Seven banner carriers, each having in his hand a
bamboo pole, with a paper flag nailed to it, on
which were painted the dates of the resithaiverepuls-
'lcon constitutions, with these words; Fartity re Me
Cortai:44e., or Des b ; the Senator Abbe Sieyes car-
ried the Constitution of 1791 ; the Senator Bishop
Gregoire that of 1793 ;.the Senator Boissy d'Anglas,
that of 1795; the Senator Francois de Neufchateau,
the Constitutional variations of 1797 ; the Senator
Vulney, the Constitution of 1799 ; the Seaator Roe-
derer the Constitutional variations of 1509 ; and the
Senator Joseph Bonaparte) the Imperial Republican
Constitution of 1804.
'I he Mameluke, Roston, carried the Swords of
State, and of Justice, before the Grand Judge,
Regnier, who was attended by a numerous suite of
one hundred Special Military Commissioners ; fifty
daousandJailors; twenty-five thousand Executioners;
sad fifteen hundred thousand Spies; headed by Ci-
tizen Mchee, Spy-in-Chief of the French Republic.
Ten millions of Members of the 1.4i0n of
Honour, carrying with them nine millions nine
hundred and ninety-nine reprieves from the gal-
lows. from the gallies, from the hulks, from
the pillories, and from the houses of correElion.
They all wore the new Imperial Order of St. Guil-
laine, suspended in a tri-coloured ribbon. The
collar, of this order were chains highly-finished, in-
terwoven with guillotines, daggers, and bayonets ;
the robes of the order red, coulcur du :ang. lined
with the skins of tygers, foxes, and monkie; .
General Alxlallah Menou, in full regimentals,
c Tried the Akoran, escorted by a corps of Manse-
Lies and Arabs ; and the Bishop of Autun, Tab
ityrand, in episcopal dress, carried the Bible, es-
corted by the Italian Consular Guard.
His Imperial Maj,:sty. Napoleon the First, then
Lllowed ; having in one hand a demi-globe, in the
firm of a bowl, and, in the other, a sceptre, with
two sharp points, one of which was poisoned. The
b"1, as well as the sceptre, was of the Jaffa ma.
inlaCtory. His Majesty's carriage was drawn by
116 horses, representing the 116 departments of hit
deruinicais ; and mounted by deputations of the Se-
"ate, of the Tribunate, nnd of the Legislative Bo-
dressed like Mountebanks. Ventral Berthier
ailed as a coachman ; the two Consuls as Lague, a ;
and Cardinal Capron', with the four French Revo-
nunnery Cardinals, as postillions.
•trnediately after the Emperor's coach, followed
Moon, Her Imperial Majesty the Empress,
La Pagerie, Beauharnors. Darras, Flo-
;e. She was accompanied by a battalion
honour on horseback.
at Dieting', Their Majesties were met by
rn of Mafties, Chicks, and of the other
tory clergy, repeating, Pawing, sfliven foe
eem demi bye, ; to which all the aerDe cai-
icetre answered, Amen!
the masselmen had finished their readings
:wail, Abbe Sieyes— tiz:Ended thu pulpit,

'tits is a orison two m,ls, fr•sn Pa, s, whe.sst ul
ly mu!, •x srse.ar:s4sisiy smicsil, are I`.ut II?.
• • v... casee, a; ) ...a a larip

and delivered a pathetic i:ernioa, itifonbilig the
audience of tf: e great honour and eminent services
the new Emperor had done the French nation,
during the maibacres at Toulon, in 1793, in those
at Paris, in 1795 ; in those in Italy, during 1797;
and in those at Jaffa, in 1799.
In the absence of the Pope, the Bishop Talleyrand
performed the coronation ceremony. To preserve
the republican simplicity, the Imperial Crown had
been made at Luxemburgh, of gilt pap !r, and
received the blessings of Bishop Gregoire f, and
Abbe Sieyes.
Madame Talleyrand performed the coronation
ceremony on Madame Bonaparte. 11cr crown was
similar to that of her Imperial Consort, with the
exception that Madame Tallinn and Madame Reca-
mier had read prayers over it.
To gratify the curiosity of the people, the pro-
cession returned on foot. But the conspirAcie.i
the Chouans are not yet at an end ; their accom-
plice; in the clouds, poured down a hail-storm,
which washed away the Imperial Crowns, and the
Constitutional Codes, and wetted, besides, Their
Imperial Majesties to the skin.
Except this accident, every thing passed on with
the greatest regularity.

t Bishop Gregoire, in giving his vote for the death of Louis
XVI. slid : " The word hereditary Sovereign is a kind of talis-
man; the magic power of which may create many disorders;
thc ab.,iition is therefore necessary. King: or Emperors are,
in the moral would, what monsters are in the natural; Courts
are always the centre of corruption, and the workhouse of
crimes." Gregoire is now a Senator, and one of those who
voted for the hereditary Sovereignty in thz Bonaparte family.

ACTIUNS AT SEA.

DOVER, MAY 20.

It seems as if the enemy's flotilla have adopted a
more aftive state of warfare, and that our ships not
going in to engage them under the fire of their bat- '
teries, has emboldened them to try their strength,
by commencing an attack on our squadron in a
cairn. News has been received here that a flotilla
of about 17 sail, consisting of gun-brigs, loggers,
&c. attacked the Vratejo, Lieut. Wright, in Quibe-
ron Bay ; it was quite calm, they rowed out, and
having found that the brig's guns (181 b. carronades)
would carry their shot only a short distance, conti-
nued to lay to or. their sweeps, out of the range of
her shot, and commenced a very heavy cannonade
with their long 24-pounders ; every shot of theirs
neatly told ; and, I am sorry to say, that, after
continuing this unequal contest from :even until ele-
ven, A.M. the brig was obliged to strike, having
not an air of wino, and the vessel having received
so many shot in her hull, as to be nearly in a sink-
ing state. A small cutter in company narrowly es-
caped being taken, owing to a light air of wind
springing up. The Favourite. cutter arrived here
last night also, bringing the intellig.:nce that about
fifty gun-brigs, tuggers, &c. came out of Flush-
ing to attack. the gallant defender of Acre, Sir
Sidney Smith; after a few broadsides however,
they were obliged to sheer off ; the gallant Sir Sid-
ney dashed in among them, regardless of the fire of
their batteries, untiThis ship took the ground, when
he was obliged to sheer offs the frigates (3) with
the Cruiser gun-brig in company, suffered very
much in, sails and rigging ; seven of. the enemy's
gun-boats were sunk, one taken, and between
twenty and thirty run on shore ; the rest escaped,
some back into Flushing, and some to Ostend ; a
very heavy firing was heard here nearly the whole
of yesterday, which we suppose was Sir Sidney
following up his blow in attacking the remain-
der in Ostend harbour ; nothing but the shallow-
ness of the coast saved the whole of their flotilla
from destruftion. AN'e espefl news of the yesterday's
cannonade every hour.
DrAi., MAY e2O-3 o'cLoce, P. M.
A renor; this moment prevails that His Majesty's
sloop lie.,r:Pjo, Capt. Wright, has been captured by
five french gun-brigs in Quiberon Bay. ' From the
best information I can get, it appean that this brave
and intelligent officer, in the a 9 of taking soundings
and surveys of the coast, suddenly got becalmed,
and a strong tide setting inshore, he became sur-
rounded by the vessels above-mentioned, and being
within range of the enemy's batteries, was obliged
to yield to such a supetior force.
rzsZANCII, MAY 18.
Yesterday the Alert hired armed lugger arrived
from a cruise, anl the Providence cutter from Scilly,
for suppl:e; ; and thli in caning the /find and Reso-
lution cutters from a cruise. Also
...a small vessel

from Jersey, canc.! th • Cbariotir, J. Butler, Master,
who states, that on Thursday and Friday last, a
number of Frrnch gunboats were discovered from
the N. E. coming, a it is supposed, from Cher-
bourg, and steering in the direslion of Granville
and St. Maloes. Some of His Majebty's ships, ol-
der the command of that gallant Admiral, Sir James
&miniver, were ordered to give chase, which our
brave tar. siid with the grea:est promptitude ; and
I am happy to acquaint jou, that several of the
gun-boats, in endeavouring IQ avoid the British
thunder, ran on soma rocks, and, my informaas ac-
quaints me, were totally lost.

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