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London, England, 1825-06-20 00:00:00

FRAIVCE.

Extract of a private letter from Paris, dated the 10th
instant :
`• Lee fetes du Sacre mat finis, and the peaceful Lougenisie
of the good city of Paris, have returned to their compters
and magazines, after the fatigue of three day.. dissipation,
of which, as an attentive eye-witness, I shall give a suc-
cinct account, which you will find to differ from that given
in some of the Paris Journals, man Toblenu est dun Quire
cooker. On Monday, the streets leading from the Ban-eve
Saint Martin, were gravelled and lined with soldiers, the
Municipality•met the crowned Monarch at La Villette, and
at half-past one the King entered his capital, preceded by
heralds, and an immense cavalcade. All Paris apputriel
emptied into the streets, or placed at the windows, (frnm
the ground flour to the garret,) to behold this pageant.— '
The horses of the state coaches, richly caparisoned, excited
universal admiration. The coronation carriage, in which
were.Charlas X. and the mcmbersof his family, surmount-
ed with the insignia of loyalty, superbly gilt, drew forth
repeated cries of " cve c'rst beau!" but no deafening
shouts of " Vire le Roi T. !" " fire les Bourbons!" ex-
cept by a few veices hired by the Police, and mechanically
joined in the chorus. In fact, there was no joyousness of
heart manifested by the populace. It was impossible to
believe•it way the same people who hailed the same King
at his former public entry, some months since, with such
enthusiastic clamour of filial affection. The sun of his
popularityls set. The Minister is execrated in the person
of the Monarch. The reign of the Jesuits has coin-
inenoed. His Majesty repaired to the Church of Notre
Dame,- heard High Mass, and returned to the Tuilleries
tviumplial arches. In the streets Castiglione and
ltivoli, thousands of elegant females lined the balconies,
and by the waving of white handkerchiefs, proved that the
gallant Menarch was still a favourite with the fair. The
shops being closed, the inhabitants strolled with listless
ennui alone' the Tuilleries and Champs Elysee, till nine
ti clock, when the illuminations, which were very brilliant,
commenced, and the general gloom began to disaipate. The
grand fire-works in the square Louis XY. were extensive and
well disposed ; the rockets were magnificent; but the ar-
rangements made to represent a chateau en feu d Artifice,
failed from the badness of the powder. The whole was
enveloped in a dense smoke, which smothered the fire,
and the spectacle of the burning edifice was so dimly
seen, as to lose its efflct. Among the buildings illuminated,
the Garde Menhirs, the Cluetibre de Deputes, and
Hotel de Ville, were pre-eminent. More than eighty
thousand lights illuminated the Palace and Gardens
of the Tuilleries. At about twelve at night, Somnus
had reclaimed the greater number of his straggling sub-
jects, and the illuminations expired at their leisure. On
Tuesday, nothing distinguished this Jour de I'de, ex-
cept the entrance gratis of the multitude to the Theatres.
At two o'clock the rush to get in was prodigious; the
screams of the fernales, with the mutilated robes and the
disheveled tresses of those who braved every danger to
gratify their ardent curiosity, presented a scene more
easily imagined than described ; to add to which the
lien-d'arrnes stationed to keep order were very busy with
their sabres, as many a bleeding head and arm could
testify.
" Wednesday was theft to par excellence. The whole of
the Champs Elyaee were covered with booths. Orchestras,
salles de spectacles, round-abouts, and all the customary
accompaniments, of vulgar festivity, covered the open
spaces. On the sides of the grand avenue were platforms,
erected for the distribution of wine, bread, and sausages,
to thirty or forty thousand of the rabble. The manner in
which this impolitic munificence was displayed was sadly
disgusting; whole buckets of wine were got by many who
bore the brunt of the struggle. As for the Gen-d'armee,
they appeared to think none but thick skulls were in the
snob, as the backs of their swords made many a one rattle.
The bread was not distributed to the crowd, they were
literally pelted with loaves for two hours. The horrid
din, the ensanguitued faces, the black eyes, the ferocious
countenances of this apparently half-famished rabble, et-
bibited a scene of sordid wretchedness and drunken apathy
which would have made your heart ache. You sought in
vain the joyous Frenchman, abandoning himself to the
boasted gaiety of his nation ; there were no marks of
good-humour, no symptoms of loyal mirth, no signs indeed
of anything but misery, escaping for the moment from
itself, and, to all appearance, reckless of the future.
" At five o'clock M. Garnerin ascended in a balloon, in
majestic style. The inflated orb remained suspended over
the Champ. Elysee for upwards of an hour. A grand
banquet was given by the City to the Royal Family and
Foreign Ambassadors, and some thousands of invited

guests.
At ten there was a grand display of fire-works at the
Champs Elysee and Barriere du Trone; but the badness
of the powder again produced the same disappointment as
on Monday. The whole city was brillantly illuminated.
" At two o'clock in the morning the drunkards reeled
to their flock beds, but the feast and dance continued at
the Hotel de Ville till four o'clock, when this tedious
fete closed; leaving every man of humanity to lament its
eacesacs, and evety man of common sense to laugh at its
abursidity."

THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S
GRAND BAI.L.

Nan, Juxr 18.

At the Ball given yesterday evening by his Grace the
Duke of Northumberland the ladies were very nutneroua,
and the arena extremely rich and elegant. All the Am-
bassadors and Are,:assadresses, the Marshals of France,
the Foreign Princes at Paris, and many persons of the
highest rank formed part of this magnificent assembly,
which was honoured with the presence of their R. 11. the
Dauphin and Dauphines:, and the Duchess of Berry.
On their arriving at the hotel of the Duke of Northum-
berland, the Princes of the Royal Family were saluted
with the airs of " Vive Henri IV." and of " Charniante
Gabrille." The garden of the htgel was illuminated with
coloured lamps, and the Arms of England surrounded a
brilliant illuminated castle, near which was a white flag.
Elegance and grace enhanced this magnificence. The
Duchess of Northumberland, and all the ladies of her fa-
mily, were adorned with fleur de lys.
There were fire-works at eleven, in the centre of which
were the arms of France and England.—Mottiteur.
P•nts, JvNE 17.

The following are some further particulars of the
Duke of Northumberland's magnificent fete. The Duke
of Bourbon was the only Prince of the Royal Family who
was not present, being indisposed. The Duchess of Berry
was rather unwell, and did not go till late. The apart-
ments were decorated with the greatest splendor; there
were several tables ; the principal one for 40 persons, was
entirely covered with gold plate. The vase of Sevre porce-
lain which the King has given to the Duke, is of cxtraor-
dins►y size and unrivalled for magnificence and beauty.
Lcquai, one of the principal artists of the Royal manu-
factory, has employed three years labour in the paintings ;
it represents the tribunal of Diana.
Nine apartments magnificently decorated were thrown
open. _ _

• There were not genuine pearls in the nosegays given to
the ladies, as ajournal says this morning ; but all these nose-
gays in which a lilly was observed, were exchanged for
fresh, two or three times in the evening. The staircase
was adorned with flowers and surrounded by French and
English flags. Among the illuminations we shall notice
that of the sem of France and England, and which had
the following motto in coloured lamps :—Viacat lea fie-
scendans de Henri IV.

The fete lasted till five o'clock in the morning.—Efolle.

We regret to learn, from the Royal Gazelle of the 30th
of April, the death of the Lady of the Bishop of Jamaica,
which cock place on the with of that month. She wu in
the 30th year of her age. Her remains were privately
mrerred early on the following morning, in the parish
church-yard of Halfway-Tree. This lady, Mrs. Cobe-
ridge, wu married a short time before she left England.
Phe is said not to have (lied from fever or the effects of the
climate, but to have been silLig before her departure for
Jamaica.

•
%5 e understand that Richard Pollen, Esq. has acceded
to the soliciiation of a numerous body of the magistracy of
this county, and will succeed the Hon. and Rev. George
herbert u Chairman of the County Quarter Sessions.—
l'uper.