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FROM TIIE MONITOR.

The fete given by the city of Paris to their impe-
;4l Majesties, was a compliment worthy of those
who obtained a place in the Coronation. Paris, the
capital of France, the capital of arts and sciences;
the centre of taste, and, at all times, the arbitrator
of all that which belongs to convenience and urba-
nity; on this solemn day presented, on the whole,
the most perfea order, die most brilliant assem-
blage of the principal inhabitants, the immense con-
course of its population, the expressions of vows of
gratitude, and the display of public joy. Such it
was that Paris presented on this inestimable day ;
a magnificent speftacle whichbinds us to the greatest
of Sovereigns, awakens all imaginations, and ought
to animate all hearts ; a solemn day. an affeaing
confederacy betweea the monarch and a great por-
tion of the people, in w:ach are mingled the send.
meets of admiration, of profound effeCtien, and
thas^ on M. iiie6 depends an unshaken lid: lity.
lite genius of arts presided at the whole of the
fete ; a textile irnaginatioa assisted the dispositions,
while taste, the most ingenious, and politeness, the
most refined, ens/Ohs/led every part. We will first
endeavour to give an idea of the general dispositions
and decorations.
The Hotel-de-Ville, situated on the right side the
Seism, has no front to the rivet ; and the *singe of
buildings on our side of the place has not been con-
tinued with uniformity on the other. M. Molinos,
the -lichee& of that depart imra, to \thorn is ascribed
the general design of the fete, had er..aed in the
Piece de-Greve, two edifices in shod, designed to
finish the uniformity of the structure; the one facing
the Seine, and the other facing the Hotel-de-Ville.
?he elk& of this building is absolutely equal to that
of the principal one, with this only exception, that
the ornaments and appendairs are, perhaps, in te-
ther a more moderei taste. Fn., interior of the Ho-
tel is entirely changed ; you there enter the most
beautiful galleries newly decorated, into immense
vestibules and magi:it-Icent halls, set out with the
rarest luxuries.
The Hall of State presents the most beautiful
ever ; it forms an immense oblong, at the ex-
tremity of which a Throne is raised under a canopy.
At the left is an armed chair for the Empress; on
one of the steps of the Thome is a stand, on which
is placed a volume inscribed with these words :
"Care. Neeeleon," an ingenious emblem, and one of
the titles the most powerful to secure to the Emperor
the pratitudetof the French, particularly of those
numerous families who assembled at the foot of the
'Throne. This Ittli is hung with as much richneas
ai ekgatice. All the pannels are covered with
glasses or the largest size, refleaing the brilliant it-
. lurninations of an immense and elegant lustre,
which, assisted by the richness and weight of the
crystals, sae .% and multiplies the light.
The hall deigned for die eatertaimeamt of their
Majesties is called the Hall of Viaery ; the style of
the decorations, the attributes, :he pr lures, and the
inscriptioes, with Which it is embellished, justify yet
less its title to this appellation, thin the names of the
personages who were there catieslemon to take their
places, under the eve: of the Emperor.
Over the door are these words, " Frei Napile-
@lei," and from 'distance to distance, separated by
military trophies and armed figures, are the in-
scriptions which we believe ought to be inserted.
here.

tliere follow the inscriptions, Stc. in the ori-
ginal.] .
They are composed by M. Petit Nadel, who is
attached to the Statistic Office, of the department
of the Seine, and equally honour his learning and
his taste,
The other hanquetting rooms present decorations
equally analogous to the °Nes% of the tete; the Pie-
vire Room has the until ornaments, namely. the
most beautiful produaions of the Arts. with which
,it isenriched. In this apaitrnent, the attention is
panicularly attraEled by two busts of the Emperor
and' Empress, which are striking likenesses.
The toilette and the service offered 117 the City of
Paris to their Imperial Majesties (inasrer-pieces of
curving, the workmanship of which. precious as it is,
is yet inferior to the suelit of th. iirsign4 and
' artist) are placed in a particular Cabinet.
Two separate invitatioas had been addressed i 3
b,
the city of Pans, the o'l2 comprehended the cere-
motre of the reception of their M iiesties, which was
to occupy the entire mi-rning. and the other at the
ball, which was to follow the ceremons% The
avenues were free and ersy, and the most wife. or-
der was established.
About twelve o'clock, the people beFan to as-
semble in the 11,11 of State j each person invited was
received at the top of the stain by we sit the Mas-
ters of the cervmonies, introduced into she vestibule,
announced and admitted into th.• ball ; a parry of
the public officers were habited in their robes, Anil
others, like those who were invited, were dressed in

the French coat and sword.
The women were all dressed with that decency
' which embellishes grace ; the splendour inseparable
from the elegance and richness which belonged to
such a circumstance, w.ll in them conspicuous.
i They all wore beautiful French stuff, which were
for the most part magnificently enabrcidered. The
costumethat
the twolhe mo
tsvieretal pretty nearly resembled
s.
Towards one o'clock the assembly was calk:led.
and was composed of all the families in Pitii, which
were at all distinguished ;n sciences, letters, arts,
and commerce, of public officers and principals of
all parts of the administration of Paris, of a patty of
1 the officers, civil and military, of the departments
summoned to the coronation, of the Mayors of the
thirty-six principal cities of the empire, and of a part
of the depoties of the National Ciiards, and the
Gaards of Honour, who were vet in the capital.
At one the ladies were coudiselrd into the break-
fastthall, they anmented to shout six handfed, and
, all were seated. The honors of the hart,pret were
' perfernsed by M. M. of the Municipal Corps, and by
" foe men who had been iosited, and Pay eacirsling
• the ladies, assisted in sc:s ing them, and afterwards
took the places which they had lei or colleAed at
the boles, • hich had been prepared in the ether
moms
Daring the iireakfast :.1. k Mare,,hll, rover:we
of Paris, armed; ne was received at ti:: 1.-st of the

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great stair-case by M. M. and the members of the I
Municipal Corps.
Soon after, the Municipal Council were convoked
in a loud voice, and assembled in an apartment ad-
joining the Banqiunting Hall, where they arranged
themselves to walk before their Majesties, having at
their head, M. le Mareschal Governor of Paris ; M.
le Prefea of the Dcpatttnent ; M. le Prete6t of
Police; and the Secretaries General to each Pre-
feCture.

This retinue proceeded on foot almost to the de-
scent of the Pont Neuf. where they awaited their
Majesties. On the arrivid of their carriage, M. le
Maeeschal Gouverneur received the orders of the
Frrperor, and the Municipal Corps returned in or-
der, and ranged themselves on the steps of the Hotel
de Ville, to receive their Majesties on their alighting.
The Assembly in a few moments collected in the
Hall of State, when a discharge of artillery and the
cry df nee PEmpercur reverberating from all sides
announced the arrival of L. L. M. M. They soon
appeared, preceded by Members of their family, by
the Grand Dignitaries, by the Ministers and Great
Officers of the Empire, and those of the Crown, and
by the retinue which had met them.
The assembly wete all standing, and acclama-
tions the most lively, resounded through the Hall,
when L. L. M. M. took their places, and, on the
steps of the Throne, the Princes and the Dignitaries,
all habited in the great robes of ceremony.
M. le Marechal Governor then took the orders of
the Emperor, and immediately M. le Counsellor of
State, Prefect of the Department of the Seine, ad-
dressed the following discourse to L. L. M. M.
"Si az—ln this solemnity, in this place, the
countenances alone of the objeds which surround
you, are, perhaps, the most eloquent of all languages.
" Without, you have heard the voice of the peo-
ple, their acclamations have accompanied you al-
anost to this apartment, again become the chief
place of the principal Magistracy; and your Ma-
jesty well knows how to prepare them to rejoice in
the honour which they here, in this moment, re-
ceive by your august presence.
" Here, in the midst of this assembly, where the
gravity of the wise delights to find themselves in this
day of feasting, with the pleasures of a sex, who
owes to you the revival of the French politeness;
you behold the elders of this city, its chiefs, its
magistrates, and in their looks your Majesty may
discover the noble sentiments that inspire them, and
how much each of them wishes, as the interpreter
of all, to lay in homage at the foot of the throne,
the devotion, love, and respeet of the whole family.
in short, in this place, ancient witness of the union
of our fathers, with the chiefs of the nation ; in this
place, a long time during our troubles, abandoned
to destruction ; you see, Sire, there is nothing,
even the walls themselves, which do not seem to
seek to make themselves understood, and which,
suddenly raised up from ruins, form a new temple of
concord and love; having, in effed, in this day of
solemn splendour, a kind of eloquence impossible to
be supplied.
" Sire, this people, this assembly, these magis-
trates, these walls, every thing declares Paris is re-
, established ; yes, Sire, Paris is re-established, and
not only such as it was before, attraaed without
knowing to whom, devoted by tradition, faithful
by habit, but &waded, devoted, faithful, by gra-
titude; not by turfs, ardent and careless, presump-
tuous and servile, but enlightened by your glory.
tinder the character of true grandeur, proved by
long calamities, fortified by its own experience, mo•
dined by the force of your institutions, revived in
some sort by that superior influence which the ge-
nius of a great man exercises over his age ; yes,
Sire, Paris is re-established ; Paris, not the rival
but the emulation and the friend of the pro-
vinces of the empire ; Paris, this hospitable city,
which the traveller never quits without promising
himself to return there again. this Athens of our
days, where the graces themselves have been em-
bellished by the lusnry of arts. this capital of the
pokheil world, where pro•ound sciences make
themselves agreeable as they were formerly in
Attica; in short, this heir of Rome, where the
genius of a single man has assembled an the ages
of grandeur, still to surpass th -m, and which
already at the accession of Napoleon calls upon it
the regards of the l'ving world, the pen of history,
and the eye of posterity.
" Sire, these are your benefits: here are our
I vows. Others have reigned, but at the commence-

mcnt of their reign, th;vagne hope of some relief.
or timid supplications to riatain it, were almost the
only desires they expressed. Certainly it is not so
inwards your Majesty 6 and France delights herself
in shewiag to Europe, that no Prince ever heed
like you to celebrate his glorious accession to the
Empire, by the lively acclamations of an entire
people, who, governed for a long time by. yen, al-
ready know all they have to taped from their Em-
peror, and think, that in forming vows for your
Majesty, they are only forming them for themselves.
" Equally presen to your mind. all the parts of
this vast empire owe to your Majesty an equal ac-
knowledgment ; and however, Sere, such is the ef-
felt of your care, th it each of them believe them-
selves so have bean the pafalcular (RIM of your at-
retina, thinking thas they owe you more, and love
you better. These are, Sire, national chino, diffi-
cult to repress—sweeter to tolerate t but, above all,
it is necessary to allow to this capital, which, glo-
rious on account of this high title, wouli %lon count
itself as nothing. if you did not assure it the right of
aspiring to the special proteBion of the Chi-t of the
Empire, to give to France the example of devotion
to your person, and even to offer to the ambition of
all Europe the model of the French charafter rege-
nerated. 'I hat this Paris, restored to itself by you,
Sire, as ancient Lattice. dear to Cesar, dear to Ju-
lien, and dear to the great men amongst your pre-
decessors, may always be so to your Majesty, and to
your Jescendasts t and also, may Paris be always
worthy of you and your posterity.
*1 In our nausea. magistrates. and in the name of
the great city, already have we sworn to you obedi-
ence and fidelity to-day. Sire. it is Paris itself.
Paris entirely. which celebrates the fete of this
0660, sworn in ymn torn to fulfil it.' May
the bronze east to comecnite the memory of this
fete be less durable than this engagement ! and
if it he true, that the remembrance ..f our political
agitation cannot escape our latest posterity ; may
those at kart never sepaeate from it the sirtses
which sllustrate this stormy epoch of our history ;

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but, above all, may they praise us for having fore-
sent in you the saviour of the country, and for hav-
ing been the first to implore you. May the faithful
heirs of their fathers be even to the latest generation
the firmest helps to the throne bequeathed to your
descendants, and mu), this throw., he always then as
at its origin, founded on justice and nn graciousness.
•• At this word, Madame, every eye turns to-
wards your Majesty, and every heart divides itself
between you and your august spouse ; you bear the
same homage of devotion and respea which his pre-
sence at first demanded. Here, Madam, as on the
day on which you were crowned, at is less the eclat of
the supreme rank which fixes on you every eye,
which calls to you every heart, than that me:-
hatuitible benevolence of which your features carry the
stamp, of which your actions offer the character, and
of which, the public gratitude is, for your MAjec-
ty, the sweetest and the most glorious testimony !
Happy the people ! happy France ! who see, seated
on the same throne, the virtues which they can re-
speel, the graces which they may love !"
This discourse was followed by the reiterated ap-
, playse of the whole assembly.

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